Sofari Anasema: Hatia Ya Ayubu Inastahili Adhabu
111:1 Ay 2:11Ndipo Sofari Mnaamathi akajibu:
211:2 Ay 8:2; 16:3; Mwa 41:6“Je, maneno haya yote yapite bila kujibiwa?
Je, huyu mnenaji athibitishwe kuwa na haki?
311:3 Efe 4:29; 5:4; Ay 12:4; 16:10; 17:2; 21:3Je, maneno yako ya upuzi yawafanye watu wanyamaze kimya?
Je, mtu asikukemee unapofanya dhihaka?
411:4 Ay 6:10; 9:21; 10:7; 1Pet 3:15Unamwambia Mungu, ‘Imani yangu ni kamili
nami ni safi mbele zako.’
5Aha! Laiti kwamba Mungu angesema,
kwamba angefungua midomo yake dhidi yako,
611:6 Ay 9:4; 1Kor 2:10; Mao 3:22; Ezr 9:13naye akufunulie siri za hekima,
kwa kuwa hekima ya kweli ina pande mbili.
Ujue hili: Mungu amesahau hata baadhi ya dhambi zako.
711:7 Mhu 3:11; Rum 11:33; Isa 40:28; Ay 5:9; Mt 11:27; Efe 3:8“Je, waweza kujua siri za Mungu?
Je, waweza kuyachunguza mambo yote kumhusu Mwenyezi?
811:8 Za 57:10; Isa 55:9; Efe 3:18; Mwa 15:5; Ay 22:12; 25:2; Za 57:10; 139:8; Isa 55:9; Ay 7:9; 15:13, 25; 33:13; 40:2Ni juu mno kuliko mbingu: waweza kufanya nini?
Kina chake ni kirefu kuliko kuzimu:
wewe waweza kujua nini?
911:9 Efe 3:19-20; Ay 22:12; 35:5; 36:26; 37:5, 23; Isa 40:26Kipimo chake ni kirefu kuliko dunia,
nacho ni kipana kuliko bahari.
1011:10 Ay 9:12; Ufu 3:7“Kama akija na kukufunga gerezani,
na kuitisha mahakama, ni nani awezaye kumpinga?
1111:11 Ay 10:4; 31:37; 34:11, 25; 36:7; Za 10:14Hakika anawatambua watu wadanganyifu;
naye aonapo uovu, je, haangalii?
1211:12 Mwa 12:16; 2Nya 6:36Mpumbavu aweza kuwa mwenye hekima,
endapo mtoto wa punda-mwitu atazaliwa mwanadamu.
1311:13 1Sam 7:3; Za 78:8; 88:9; Kut 9:29; Ay 5:8, 27“Hata sasa ukiutoa moyo wako kwake
na kumwinulia mikono yako,
1411:14 Yos 24:14; Za 101:4; 22:23ukiiondolea mbali ile dhambi iliyo mkononi mwako
wala usiuruhusu uovu ukae hemani mwako,
1511:15 Ay 22:26; 1Yn 3:21; 1Tim 2:8; 1Sam 2:9; Za 20:8; 37:23; 40:2; Efe 6:14; Mwa 4:7ndipo utainua uso wako bila aibu;
utasimama imara bila hofu.
1611:16 Isa 26:16; 37:3; 65:16; Eze 21:7; Yos 7:5; Za 58:7; 112:10; Ay 22:11Hakika utaisahau taabu yako,
utaikumbuka tu kama maji yaliyokwisha kupita.
1711:17 Ay 22:28; Za 37:6; Isa 58:8, 10; 62:1; Ay 17:12; Za 18:28Maisha yako yatangʼaa kuliko adhuhuri,
nalo giza litakuwa kama alfajiri.
1811:18 Mhu 5:12; Isa 11:10; Zek 3:10; Za 127:2Utakuwa salama, kwa kuwa lipo tumaini;
utatazama pande zote na kupumzika kwa salama.
1911:19 Law 26:6; Isa 45:14Utalala, wala hakuna atakayekuogofya,
naam, wengi watajipendekeza kwako.
2011:20 Kum 28:65; Yer 11:11; Amo 2:14; Ay 8:13; 17:5Bali macho ya waovu hayataona,
wokovu utawaepuka;
tarajio lao litakuwa ni hangaiko
la mtu anayekata roho.”
Zophar
1Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
2“Are all these words to go unanswered?
Is this talker to be vindicated?
3Will your idle talk reduce others to silence?
Will no one rebuke you when you mock?
4You say to God, ‘My beliefs are flawless
and I am pure in your sight.’
5Oh, how I wish that God would speak,
that he would open his lips against you
6and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom,
for true wisdom has two sides.
Know this: God has even forgotten some of your sin.
7“Can you fathom the mysteries of God?
Can you probe the limits of the Almighty?
8They are higher than the heavens above—what can you do?
They are deeper than the depths below—what can you know?
9Their measure is longer than the earth
and wider than the sea.
10“If he comes along and confines you in prison
and convenes a court, who can oppose him?
11Surely he recognizes deceivers;
and when he sees evil, does he not take note?
12But the witless can no more become wise
than a wild donkey’s colt can be born human.11:12 Or wild donkey can be born tame
13“Yet if you devote your heart to him
and stretch out your hands to him,
14if you put away the sin that is in your hand
and allow no evil to dwell in your tent,
15then, free of fault, you will lift up your face;
you will stand firm and without fear.
16You will surely forget your trouble,
recalling it only as waters gone by.
17Life will be brighter than noonday,
and darkness will become like morning.
18You will be secure, because there is hope;
you will look about you and take your rest in safety.
19You will lie down, with no one to make you afraid,
and many will court your favor.
20But the eyes of the wicked will fail,
and escape will elude them;
their hope will become a dying gasp.”
