ሶፋር
1ናዕማታዊውም ሶፋር እንዲህ ሲል መለሰ፤
2“እጅግ ታውኬአለሁና፣
ሐሳቤ መልስ እንድሰጥ ይጐተጕተኛል።
3የሚያቃልለኝን ንግግር ሰምቼአለሁ፤
መልስም እሰጥ ዘንድ መንፈሴ ገፋፋኝ።
4“ሰው20፥4 ወይም አዳም ማለት ነው። በምድር ላይ ከተቀመጠ ጊዜ ጀምሮ፣
ከጥንቱ እንዴት እንደ ነበረ ታውቃለህን?
5የኀጢአተኞች መፈንጨት ለዐጭር ጊዜ፣
የክፉዎችም ደስታ ለቅጽበት መሆኑን አታውቅምን?
6እስከ ሰማይ ከፍ ከፍ ቢልም፣
ዐናቱም ደመናትን ቢነካ፣
7እንደ ኵበት ለዘላለም ይጠፋል፤
ቀድሞ ያዩትም፣ ‘የት ገባ?’ ይላሉ።
8እንደ ሕልም በርሮ ይጠፋል፤ አይገኝምም፤
እንደ ሌሊትም ራእይ በቅጽበት ያልፋል።
9ቀድሞ ያየው ዐይን ዳግመኛ አያየውም፤
የነበረበትም ቦታ ከእንግዲህ አይመለከተውም።
10ልጆቹ ለድኾች ካሳ መክፈል አለባቸው፤
እጆቹም ሀብቱን መልሰው መስጠት ይገባቸዋል።
11ዐጥንቱን የሞላው የወጣትነት ብርታት፣
ከእርሱ ጋር በዐፈር ውስጥ ይተኛል።
12“ክፋት በአፉ ውስጥ ቢጣፍጥ፣
ከምላሱም በታች ቢደብቀው፣
13አውጥቶ ለመጣል እየሳሳ፣
በአፉ ውስጥ ቢያቈየው፣
14ምግቡ በሆዱ ውስጥ ይመርራል፤
በውስጡም እንደ እባብ መርዝ ይሆናል።
15የዋጠውን ሀብት ይተፋል፤
እግዚአብሔርም መልሶ ከሆዱ ያወጣዋል።
16የእባብ መርዝ ይጠባል፤
የእፉኝትም ምላስ ይገድለዋል።
17ማርና ቅቤ በሚያፈስሱ ጅረቶች፣
በወንዞችም አይደሰትም።
18የለፋበትን ሳይበላው ይመልሳል፤
ከንግዱም ባገኘው ትርፍ አይደሰትም፤
19ድኾችን በመጨቈን ባዶ
አስቀርቷቸዋልና፣ ያልሠራውንም ቤት ነጥቋል።
20“ክፉ ምኞቱ ዕረፍት አይሰጠውም
ሀብቱም ሊያድነው አይችልም።
21ያለውን አሟጥጦ ስለሚበላ፣
ዘላቂ ብልጽግና አይኖረውም።
22በተድላ መካከል እያለ ጕስቍልና ይመጣበታል፤
በከባድ መከራም ይዋጣል።
23ሆዱን በሞላ ጊዜ፣
እግዚአብሔር የሚነድድ ቍጣውን ይሰድበታል፤
መዓቱንም ያወርድበታል።
24ከብረት መሣሪያ ቢሸሽም፣
የናስ ቀስት ይወጋዋል።
25ቀስቱን ከጀርባው፣
የሚያብለጨልጨውንም ጫፍ ከጕበቱ ይመዝዛል፤
ፍርሀትም ይይዘዋል፤
26ሀብቱ ለድቅድቅ ጨለማ ተዳርጓል፤
ሰው ባላራገበው እሳት ይበላል፤
በድንኳኑም ውስጥ የተረፈውን ይልሳል።
27ሰማያት ኀጢአቱን ይገልጡበታል፤
ምድርም ትነሣበታለች፤
28በእግዚአብሔር የቍጣ ቀን ቤቱን ጐርፍ፣
መኖሪያውንም ወራጅ ውሃ20፥28 ወይም በቤቱ ውስጥ ያለውን ንብረት ወራጅ ውሃ ይወስድበታል ማለት ነው። ይወስድበታል።
29እግዚአብሔር ለኀጢአተኞች የወሰነው ዕድል ፈንታ፣
ከአምላክም ዘንድ የተመደበላቸው ቋሚ ቅርስ ይህ ነው።”
Zophar
1Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
2‘My troubled thoughts prompt me to answer
because I am greatly disturbed.
3I hear a rebuke that dishonours me,
and my understanding inspires me to reply.
4‘Surely you know how it has been from of old,
ever since mankind20:4 Or Adam was placed on the earth,
5that the mirth of the wicked is brief,
the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.
6Though the pride of the godless person reaches to the heavens
and his head touches the clouds,
7he will perish for ever, like his own dung;
those who have seen him will say, “Where is he?”
8Like a dream he flies away, no more to be found,
banished like a vision of the night.
9The eye that saw him will not see him again;
his place will look on him no more.
10His children must make amends to the poor;
his own hands must give back his wealth.
11The youthful vigour that fills his bones
will lie with him in the dust.
12‘Though evil is sweet in his mouth
and he hides it under his tongue,
13though he cannot bear to let it go
and lets it linger in his mouth,
14yet his food will turn sour in his stomach;
it will become the venom of serpents within him.
15He will spit out the riches he swallowed;
God will make his stomach vomit them up.
16He will suck the poison of serpents;
the fangs of an adder will kill him.
17He will not enjoy the streams,
the rivers flowing with honey and cream.
18What he toiled for he must give back uneaten;
he will not enjoy the profit from his trading.
19For he has oppressed the poor and left them destitute;
he has seized houses he did not build.
20‘Surely he will have no respite from his craving;
he cannot save himself by his treasure.
21Nothing is left for him to devour;
his prosperity will not endure.
22In the midst of his plenty, distress will overtake him;
the full force of misery will come upon him.
23When he has filled his belly,
God will vent his burning anger against him
and rain down his blows on him.
24Though he flees from an iron weapon,
a bronze-tipped arrow pierces him.
25He pulls it out of his back,
the gleaming point out of his liver.
Terrors will come over him;
26total darkness lies in wait for his treasures.
A fire unfanned will consume him
and devour what is left in his tent.
27The heavens will expose his guilt;
the earth will rise up against him.
28A flood will carry off his house,
rushing waters20:28 Or The possessions in his house will be carried off, / washed away on the day of God’s wrath.
29Such is the fate God allots the wicked,
the heritage appointed for them by God.’
