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.”
Sofari fi ẹ̀sùn irọ́ pípa àti àìṣòótọ́ kan Jobu
1Ìgbà náà ni Sofari, ará Naama, dáhùn, ó sì wí pé:
2“A ha lè ṣe kí a máa dáhùn sí ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ọ̀rọ̀?
A ha lè fi gbogbo ọ̀rọ̀ wọ̀nyí da ènìyàn láre?
3Ṣé àmọ̀tán rẹ le mú ènìyàn pa ẹnu wọn mọ́ bí?
Ṣé ẹnikẹ́ni kò ní bá ọ wí bí ìwọ bá yọ ṣùtì sí ni?
4Ìwọ sá à ti wí fún Ọlọ́run pé,
‘ìṣe mi jẹ́ aláìléérí, èmi sì mọ́ ní ojú rẹ.’
5Ṣùgbọ́n Ọlọ́run ìbá jẹ́ sọ̀rọ̀,
kí ó sì ya ẹnu rẹ̀ sí ọ;
6Kí ó sì fi àṣírí ọgbọ́n hàn ọ́ pé, ó pọ̀ ju òye ènìyàn lọ;
Nítorí náà, mọ̀ pé Ọlọ́run ti
gbàgbé àwọn ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ rẹ kan.
7“Ìwọ ha le ṣe àwárí ohun ìjìnlẹ̀ Ọlọ́run bí?
Ìwọ ha le ṣe àwárí ibi tí Olódùmarè dé bi?
8Ó ga ju àwọn ọ̀run lọ; kí ni ìwọ le è ṣe?
Ó jì ju jíjìn isà òkú lọ; kí ni ìwọ le mọ̀?
9Ìwọ̀n rẹ̀ gùn ju ayé lọ,
ó sì ní ibú ju Òkun lọ.
10“Bí òun bá rékọjá, tí ó sì sé ọnà,
tàbí tí ó sì mú ni wá sí ìdájọ́, ǹjẹ́, ta ni ó lè dí i lọ́wọ́?
11Òun sá à mọ ẹlẹ́tàn ènìyàn;
àti pé ṣé bí òun bá rí ohun búburú, ṣé òun kì i fi iyè sí i?
12Ṣùgbọ́n òmùgọ̀ ènìyàn ki yóò di ọlọ́gbọ́n,
bi ko ti rọrùn fún ọmọ kẹ́tẹ́kẹ́tẹ́ igbó láti bí ènìyàn.
13“Bí ìwọ bá fi ọkàn rẹ fún un,
tí ìwọ sì na ọwọ́ rẹ sí ọ̀dọ̀ rẹ̀,
14Bí ìwọ bá gbé ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ tí ń bẹ ní ọwọ́ rẹ jù sọnù,
tí ìwọ kò sì jẹ́ kí aburú gbé nínú àgọ́ rẹ.
15Nígbà náà ni ìwọ ó gbé ojú rẹ sókè láìní àbàwọ́n,
àní ìwọ yóò dúró ṣinṣin, ìwọ kì yóò sì bẹ̀rù,
16Nítorí pé ìwọ ó gbàgbé ìṣòro rẹ,
ìwọ ó sì rántí rẹ̀ bí omi tí ó ti sàn kọjá lọ.
17Ọjọ́ ayé rẹ yóò sì mọ́lẹ̀ ju ọ̀sán gangan lọ,
bí òkùnkùn tilẹ̀ bò ọ́ mọ́lẹ̀ nísinsin yìí, ìwọ ó dàbí òwúrọ̀.
18Ìwọ ó sì wà láìléwu, nítorí pé ìrètí wà;
àní ìwọ ó rin ilé rẹ wò, ìwọ ó sì sinmi ní àlàáfíà.
19Ìwọ ó sì dùbúlẹ̀ pẹ̀lú, kì yóò sì sí ẹni tí yóò dẹ́rùbà ọ́,
àní ènìyàn yóò máa wá ojúrere rẹ.
20Ṣùgbọ́n ojú ìkà ènìyàn yóò mófo;
gbogbo ọ̀nà àbáyọ ni yóò nù wọ́n,
ìrètí wọn a sì dàbí ẹni tí ó jọ̀wọ́ ẹ̀mí rẹ̀ lọ́wọ́.”
