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Zôphar
1Giŏng anŭn, Zôphar, jing mơnuih mơ̆ng plei pơnăng Naamat, pơhiăp tui anai:
2“Kâo khŏm laĭ glaĭ hăng lu boh hiăp anai yơh.
Pô anai, jing pô pơhiăp hơdôm boh hiăp ƀu tŭ yua, ƀu dưi jing mơnuih tơpă hơnơ̆ng ôh.
3Ih ƀu dưi pơrơiăt hĭ arăng yua mơ̆ng tơlơi pơhiăp pơgao ih ôh.
Tơdang ih pơhiăp djik kar hăng anŭn, khŏm či hơmâo mơnuih jing pô či pơhiăp ƀuăh kơ ih yơh.
4Ih pơhiăp hăng Ơi Adai tui anai, ‘Kâo đaŏ kơnang kơ Ih sĭt
laih anŭn Ih thâo yơh kâo jing mơnuih ƀu soh.’
5Sĭt kâo kwưh kiăng kơ Ơi Adai pơhiăp biă mă,
kiăng kơ Ñu či pơhiăp pơkơdơ̆ng glaĭ hăng ih,
6laih anŭn pŏk pơblang khul tơlơi rơgơi hơgŏm kơ ih,
yuakơ arăng pơmĭn kơ tơlơi rơgơi sĭt amăng hơdôm hơdră jơlan phara yơh.
Tui anŭn, ih khŏm thâo bĕ tơlơi anai: Ơi Adai hơmâo pơkơhma̱l hĭ laih ih ƀiă hloh kơ ih năng tŭ mă yơh.
7“Ih ƀu dưi hơduah ƀuh khul tơlơi thâo hluh dơlăm Ơi Adai ôh.
Ih ƀu dưi pơrơđah khul hơnơ̆ng pơkă Pô Dưi Kơtang ôh.
8Ƀing gơñu glông hloh kơ adai rơngit yơh, ih ƀu dưi ngă hơget ôh pơkơdơ̆ng glaĭ hăng Ñu.
Gơñu dơlăm hloh kơ anih hlung dơlăm Seôl, ih ƀu dưi thâo hluh Ñu ôh.
9Ơi Adai jing glông hloh kơ lŏn tơnah
laih anŭn prŏng rơhaih hloh kơ ia rơsĭ yơh.
10“Tơdah Ñu găn rai laih anŭn mă krư̆ hĭ ih amăng sang mơnă
laih anŭn ba ih nao ƀơi anăp anih phat kơđi, ƀu hơmâo hlơi pô dưi pơgăn hĭ Ñu ôh.
11Sĭt yơh Ñu thâo krăn ƀing mơnuih pleč plư;
tơdang Ñu ƀuh ƀing sat ƀai, Ñu či čih pioh yơh.
12Mơnuih mlŭk ƀu dưi jing hĭ mơnuih rơgơi
ăt kar hăng aseh glai ƀu dưi jing hĭ mơnuih mơ̆n.
13“Samơ̆ tơdah ih jao pơyơr hĭ ih pô kơ Ñu
laih anŭn hăng tơlơi tơpă čơkă ju̱m Ñu,
14tơdah ih ƀu ngă soh dơ̆ng tah ƀơi anăp arăng
laih anŭn ƀu ngă soh hơgŏm amăng sang khăn ih ôh,
15tui anŭn ih ƀu či mlâo ôh,
laih anŭn ih či kơjăp hơđơ̆ng hăng ƀu huĭ hyưt ôh.
16Sĭt ih či wơr bĭt hĭ tơlơi rŭng răng ih yơh,
kar hăng ia rô nao ƀu či hơdơr dơ̆ng tah.
17Yang hrơi či pơčrang ƀơi abih bang gơnam ih hơmâo,
laih anŭn tơlơi hơget kar hăng kơnăm mơmŏt či jing hĭ bơngač kar hăng mơguah yơh.
18Ih či kơjăp hơđơ̆ng yuakơ ih čang rơmang amăng Ơi Adai;
Ơi Adai či git gai laih anŭn či brơi kơ ih pơdơi rơnŭk rơnua yơh.
19Ih či đih laih anŭn ƀu hơmâo hlơi pô pơhuĭ hĭ ih ôh,
laih anŭn lu mơnuih či hơduah tơña tơlơi djru mơ̆ng ih yơh.
20Samơ̆ ƀing mơnuih sat ƀai či lăng jum dar laih anŭn rŭng răng,
laih anŭn ƀu hơmâo jơlan kiăng kơ đuaĭ kơdŏp ôh;
ƀing gơñu kơnơ̆ng dưi čang rơmang kiăng kơ djai đôč yơh.”
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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.⚓
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.”