Bildad
1Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
2“When will you end these speeches?
Be sensible, and then we can talk.
3Why are we regarded as cattle
and considered stupid in your sight?
4You who tear yourself to pieces in your anger,
is the earth to be abandoned for your sake?
Or must the rocks be moved from their place?
5“The lamp of a wicked man is snuffed out;
the flame of his fire stops burning.
6The light in his tent becomes dark;
the lamp beside him goes out.
7The vigor of his step is weakened;
his own schemes throw him down.
8His feet thrust him into a net;
he wanders into its mesh.
9A trap seizes him by the heel;
a snare holds him fast.
10A noose is hidden for him on the ground;
a trap lies in his path.
11Terrors startle him on every side
and dog his every step.
12Calamity is hungry for him;
disaster is ready for him when he falls.
13It eats away parts of his skin;
death’s firstborn devours his limbs.
14He is torn from the security of his tent
and marched off to the king of terrors.
15Fire resides18:15 Or Nothing he had remains in his tent;
burning sulfur is scattered over his dwelling.
16His roots dry up below
and his branches wither above.
17The memory of him perishes from the earth;
he has no name in the land.
18He is driven from light into the realm of darkness
and is banished from the world.
19He has no offspring or descendants among his people,
no survivor where once he lived.
20People of the west are appalled at his fate;
those of the east are seized with horror.
21Surely such is the dwelling of an evil man;
such is the place of one who does not know God.”
Bildadi Anasema: Mungu Huwaadhibu Waovu
118:1 Ay 8:1Bildadi Mshuhi akajibu:
218:2 Ay 8:2; 16:3“Je, ni lini utafika mwisho wa maneno haya?
Uwe mwenye busara, nasi ndipo tutakapoweza kuongea.
318:3 Za 73:22; Ay 12:7Kwa nini sisi tunafikiriwa kama wanyama,
na kuonekana wajinga machoni pako?
418:4 Ay 13:14; 16:9; 14:18Wewe unayejirarua mwenyewe vipande vipande
katika hasira yako,
je, dunia iachwe kwa ajili yako wewe?
Au ni lazima miamba iondolewe mahali pake?
518:5 Yer 25:10; Yn 8:12; Mit 13:9“Taa ya mwovu imezimwa,
nao mwali wa moto wake umezimika.
618:6 Ay 8:22; 5:14; 11:17; 12:25Mwanga hemani mwake umekuwa giza;
taa iliyo karibu naye imezimika.
718:7 Za 18:36; Mit 4:12; Ay 5:13; 15:6Nguvu za hatua zake zimedhoofishwa;
shauri lake baya litamwangusha.
818:8 Mik 7:2; Hab 1:15Miguu yake imemsukumia kwenye wavu,
naye anatangatanga kwenye matundu ya wavu.
918:9 Ay 22:10; 30:12; Isa 24:18; Yer 48:44; Amo 5:14; Mit 7:22Tanzi litamkamata kwenye kisigino;
mtego utamshikilia kwa nguvu.
1018:10 Mit 7:22; Isa 51:20; 1Sam 28:9; Za 140:5Kitanzi kimefichwa ardhini kwa ajili yake;
mtego uko kwenye njia yake.
1118:11 Ay 15:21; 20:8; Za 31:13; Isa 22:18; Yer 6:25Vitisho vimemtia hofu kila upande,
na adui zake humwandama kila hatua.
1218:12 Isa 9:20; 65:13; 8:21; Ay 21:17; 31:3; 15:25Janga linamwonea shauku;
maafa yako tayari kwa ajili yake aangukapo.
1318:13 Zek 14:12; Hes 12:12Nayo yatakula sehemu ya ngozi yake;
mzaliwa wa kwanza wa mauti atakula maungo yake.
1418:14 Ay 8:22; 15:24; 18:11Atangʼolewa kutoka usalama wa hema lake,
na kupelekwa kwa mfalme wa vitisho.
1518:15 Mwa 19:24; Za 11:6; Ay 18:18; 20:26Moto utakaa katika hema lake;
moto wa kiberiti utamwagwa juu ya makao yake.
1618:16 Hos 5:12; Amo 2:9; Mwa 27:28Mizizi yake chini itakauka
na matawi yake juu yatanyauka.
1718:17 Mit 2:22; 10:7; Isa 49:15; Kum 32:26; 9:14; Za 9:5; 69:28Kumbukumbu lake litatoweka katika dunia,
wala hatakuwa na jina katika nchi.
1818:18 Ay 5:14; 18:11; 11:20; 30:8Ameondolewa nuruni na kusukumiwa gizani,
naye amefukuzwa mbali atoke duniani.
1918:19 Za 37:28; 21:10; Isa 14:22; Ay 27:14-15Hana mtoto wala mzao miongoni mwa watu wake,
wala aliyenusurika mahali alipoishi.
2018:20 Yer 46:21; Eze 7:7Watu wa magharibi watashangaa yaliyompata;
watu wa mashariki watapatwa na hofu.
2118:21 Ay 21:28; Yer 9:3; 1The 4:5Hakika ndivyo yalivyo makao ya mtu mwovu;
ndivyo palivyo mahali pake mtu asiyemjua Mungu.”
