Iyyoob 16
1 Iyyoobis akkana jedhee deebise:
Then Job answered and said,
2 “Ani waan akkanaa baayʼee dhagaʼeera; hundi keessan jajjabeessitoota nama dhiphistanii dha!
I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are all of you all.
3 Haasaan faayidaa hin qabne kun hin dhumuu? Wanni akka ati oduu dheeressituuf si tuttuqu maali?
Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldens you that you answer?
4 Utuu isin iddoo koo jiraattanii silaa ani akkuma keessan kana nan dubbadha ture; dubbii miʼooftuu dubbachuudhaanis mataa koo isinitti nan raasan ture.
I also could speak as all of you do: if your soul were in my soul's position, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.
5 Ani afaan kootiin isin jajjabeessee gorsi arraba kootiis qabbana isinii kenna ture.
But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should subside your grief.
6 “Yoo ani dubbadhe dhukkubni koo natti hin wayyaaʼu; cal jedhus na hin dhiisu.
Though I speak, my grief is not subsided: and though I forbear, what am I eased?
7 Yaa Waaqi, ati dhugumaan na dadhabsiifteerta; warra mana koo jiru hundas balleessiteerta.
But now he has made me weary: you have made desolate all my company.
8 Ati na kokotteessite; kunis ragaa natti taʼe; akka malee huqqachuun koos ifatti baʼee na saaxile.
And you have filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me bears witness to my face.
9 Waaqni dheekkamsa isaatiin rukutee na ciccire; ilkaan isaa natti qarate; diinni koo ija isaa natti babaase.
He tears me in his wrath, who hates me: he gnashes upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpens his eyes upon me.
10 Namoonni natti qoosuuf afaan banatan; tuffiidhaan maddii koo kabalan; tokko taʼanii natti kaʼan.
They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
11 Waaqnis dabarsee hamootatti na kenne; harka jalʼootaa keessas na buuse.
God has delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
12 Ani nagaan jiraachaan ture; inni garuu na burkuteesse; morma na qabee na caccabse. Xiyyeeffannaa isaas na godhate;
I was at ease, but he has broken me asunder: he has also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
13 loltoonni isaa warri xiyyaan lolan na marsu. Inni gara laafina malee kalee koo waraanee hadhooftuu koo illee lafatti gad jigse.
His archers compass me round about, he cleaves my reins asunder, and does not spare; he pours out my gall upon the ground.
14 Inni ammumaa amma na caccabsa; akkuma loltuu tokkootti natti fiiga.
He breaks me with breach upon breach, he runs upon me like a giant.
15 “Ani gogaa kootti uffata gaddaa hodhadheera; gaanfa koos biyyoo keessatti awwaaleera.
I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
16 Fuulli koo booʼichaan diimateera; dukkanni limixiinis ija koo irra buʼeera.
My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
17 Taʼus harki koo yakka tokko illee hin hojjenne; kadhannaan koos qulqulluu dha.
Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
18 “Yaa lafa, ati dhiiga koo hin dhoksin; akka iyyi koo iddoo boqonnaa argatus hin godhin!
O earth, cover not you my blood, and let my cry have no place.
19 Amma iyyuu dhuga baʼaan koo samii irra jira; abukaattoon koos ol gubbaa jira.
Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.
20 Michoonni koo na tuffatu; iji koos imimmaan gara Waaqaatti facaasa;
My friends scorn me: but mine eye pours out tears unto God.
21 akkuma namni michuu isaatiif kadhatu sana utuu namni Waaqa kadhatu namaaf jiraatee!
O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleads for his neighbour!
22 “Waggoota xinnoo booddee, ani gara deemanii deebiʼuun hin jirre nan deema.
When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
