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Soofar

11 Markaasaa Soofar oo ahaa reer Nacamaatii u jawaabay, oo wuxuu ku yidhi,

War sow waajib ma aha in laga jawaabo erayada faraha badan?
Balse ninka hadalka badan xaq ma laga dhigaa?
Amase faankaagu miyuu dadka aamusiin karaa?
Oo markaad majaajilootid miyaan ninna ku kashifi karin?
Waayo, waxaad leedahay, Cilmigaygu waa daahir,
Oo nadiif baan ku ahay indhahaaga hortooda.
Bal muu Ilaah hadlo!
Oo bal muu bushimihiisa furo isagoo kaa gees ah!
Oo bal muu ku tuso waxyaalaha qarsoon ee xigmadda ah,
Waayo, way badan yihiin.
Haddaba bal ogow in Ilaah kaa jisaynayo in ka sii yar ciqaabta dembigaagu istaahilo.
War miyaad baadhi kartaa Ilaah axwaalkiisa moolka dheer?
Miyaadse Ilaaha Qaadirka ah si kaamil ah u garan kartaa?
Xigmaddiisu way u sarraysaa sida samada, ee bal maxaad samayn kartaa?
Oo She'oolna way ka sii mool dheer tahay, ee maxaad garan kartaa?
Qiyaasteeduna waa ka sii dheer tahay dhulka, waana ka sii ballaadhan tahay badda oo dhan.
10 Oo isagu hadduu dhex gudbo, wax kastana xidho,
Oo uu garsoorid isugu yeedho, bal yaa isaga hor joogsan kara?
11 Waayo, wuu gartaa dadka waxmatarayaasha ah,
Weliba xumaantana wuu arkaa, sow kama fikirin?
12 Laakiinse ninkii waxmatare ahu waxgarasho waa ka madhan yahay,
Hubaal dadku wuxuu u dhashaa sida qayl dameerdibadeed,
13 Haddaad qalbigaaga hagaajisid,
Oo aad isaga gacmaha u fidsatid,
14 Haddii xumaanu gacantaada ku jirto iska fogee,
Oo xaqdarrona yaanay teendhooyinkaaga degin.
15 Hubaal markaasaad wejigaaga kor u qaadi doontaa isagoo aan ceeb lahayn;
Oo waad adkaan doontaa, mana aad baqi doontid,
16 Waayo, dhibaatadaada waad illoobi doontaa,
Oo waxaad u xusuusan doontaa sidii biyo ku dhaafay,
17 Oo noloshaaduna way ka sii dhalaal dheeraan doontaa hadhkii,
Oo in kastoo gudcur jiro, waxay ahaan doontaa sida subaxda.
18 Oo ammaan baad ahaan doontaa, maxaa yeelay, rajaa jirta,
Hareerahaagaad fiirin doontaa, oo nabaadiinona waad ku nasan doontaa.
19 Weliba waad jiifsan doontaa, oo waxba kuma cabsiin doonaan;
Hubaal kuwa badan ayaa raallinimo kaa baryi doona.
20 Laakiinse kuwa sharka ahu way indhabbeeli doonaan.
Mana ay heli doonaan jid ay ku cararaan,
Rajadooduna waxay ahaan doontaa nafta oo ka dhacda.

Zophar

11 Then Zophar the Naamathite(A) replied:

“Are all these words to go unanswered?(B)
    Is this talker to be vindicated?(C)
Will your idle talk(D) reduce others to silence?
    Will no one rebuke you when you mock?(E)
You say to God, ‘My beliefs are flawless(F)
    and I am pure(G) in your sight.’
Oh, how I wish that God would speak,(H)
    that he would open his lips against you
and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom,(I)
    for true wisdom has two sides.
    Know this: God has even forgotten some of your sin.(J)

“Can you fathom(K) the mysteries of God?
    Can you probe the limits of the Almighty?
They are higher(L) than the heavens(M) above—what can you do?
    They are deeper than the depths below(N)—what can you know?(O)
Their measure(P) is longer than the earth
    and wider than the sea.(Q)

10 “If he comes along and confines you in prison
    and convenes a court, who can oppose him?(R)
11 Surely he recognizes deceivers;
    and when he sees evil, does he not take note?(S)
12 But the witless can no more become wise
    than a wild donkey’s colt(T) can be born human.[a](U)

13 “Yet if you devote your heart(V) to him
    and stretch out your hands(W) to him,(X)
14 if you put away(Y) the sin that is in your hand
    and allow no evil(Z) to dwell in your tent,(AA)
15 then, free of fault, you will lift up your face;(AB)
    you will stand firm(AC) and without fear.(AD)
16 You will surely forget your trouble,(AE)
    recalling it only as waters gone by.(AF)
17 Life will be brighter than noonday,(AG)
    and darkness will become like morning.(AH)
18 You will be secure, because there is hope;
    you will look about you and take your rest(AI) in safety.(AJ)
19 You will lie down, with no one to make you afraid,(AK)
    and many will court your favor.(AL)
20 But the eyes of the wicked will fail,(AM)
    and escape will elude them;(AN)
    their hope will become a dying gasp.”(AO)

Footnotes

  1. Job 11:12 Or wild donkey can be born tame