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.”
Zofali Ayogera
1Awo Zofali Omunaamasi n’ayogera nti,
211:2 Yob 8:2“Ebigambo ebyo byonna bisigale nga tebiddiddwamu?
Omwogezi ono anaabalibwa ng’ataliiko musango?
311:3 Yob 17:2; 21:3Okwogera kwo okutaliimu kunaatusirisa?
Oduule bw’otyo wabulewo akunenya?
411:4 a Yob 6:10 b Yob 10:7Ogamba Katonda nti, ‘Ebirowoozo byange tebirina nsobi,
era ndi mutukuvu mu maaso go.’
5Naye, singa Katonda ayogera,
singa abikkula akamwa ke n’akuddamu,
611:6 a Yob 9:4 b Ezr 9:13; Yob 15:5n’akubikkulira ebyama by’amagezi;
kubanga amagezi amatuufu ddala galiko enjuuyi bbiri.
Manya kino: Katonda n’okwerabira yeerabira ebimu ku bibi byo.
711:7 Mub 3:11; Bar 11:33“Osobola okupima ebyama bya Katonda?
Oyinza okunoonyereza ku Ayinzabyonna n’omumalayo?
811:8 Yob 22:12Bigulumivu okusinga eggulu, kiki ky’osobola okukola?
Bikka okusinga obuziba bw’emagombe, kiki ky’osobola okumanya?
9Obuwanvu bwabyo businga ensi
era bugazi okusinga ennyanja.
1011:10 Yob 9:12; Kub 3:7“Singa ajja n’akusibira mu kkomera era n’atuuza olukiiko,
ani ayinza okumuwakanya?
1111:11 Yob 34:21-25; Zab 10:14Mazima ddala amanya abantu abalimba.
Bw’alaba ebibi, tabifaako?
12Naye omuntu omusirusiru, talifuna magezi,
ng’omwana gw’endogoyi ogw’omu nsi bwe gutayinza kuzaalibwa nga gusobola okufugibwa.
1311:13 a 1Sa 7:3; Zab 78:8 b Zab 88:9“Naye bw’owaayo omutima gwo gy’ali,
n’ogolola emikono gyo gy’ali,
1411:14 a Zab 101:4 b Yob 22:23singa oggyawo ekibi ekiri mu mukono gwo,
n’otokkiriza kibi kubeera mu weema yo,
1511:15 Yob 22:26; 1Yk 3:21olwo onoositula omutwe n’obwenyi bwo nga tokwatibwa nsonyi,
era oyimirire ng’oli munywevu awatali kutya.
1611:16 a Is 65:16 b Yob 22:11Mazima ddala ojja kwerabira emitawaana gyo,
olijjukira bujjukizi ng’amazzi agaayita edda.
1711:17 Yob 22:28; Zab 37:6; Is 58:8, 10Obulamu bujja kwaka okusinga omusana ogw’omu ttuntu,
n’ekizikiza kijja kufuuka ng’obudde obw’oku nkya.
1811:18 a Zab 3:5 b Lv 26:6; Nge 3:24Olibeera munywevu, kubanga olibeera n’essuubi;
olitunuulira ebikwetooloodde n’owummulira mu mirembe.
1911:19 a Lv 26:6 b Is 45:14Oligalamira nga tewali n’omu akutiisa,
era bangi abalikunoonyaako omukisa.
2011:20 a Ma 28:65; Yob 17:5 b Yob 27:22; 34:22 c Yob 8:13Naye amaaso g’abakozi b’ebibi galiremererwa,
era tebalisobola kuwona,
essuubi lyabwe libeere ng’omukka ogw’enkomerero.”
