Yoube 24
1 Gode da abuliba: le fofada: su eso hame ilegesala: ? Abuliba: le Ema hawa: hamosu dunu da moloidafa sia: ma: ne, fofada: su eso hame ilegesala: ?
“(Why does Almighty [God] not set a time when he will judge [evil people]?/I do not understand why Almighty [God does] not set a time when he will judge [evil people].) [RHQ] Those who know him never [RHQ] see him do that!
2 Dunu ilia da soge eno lama: ne, alalo legesu afadenesa. Ilia sibi wa: i gilisima: ne, eno sibi wamolasa.
[Some evil people] remove the markers of boundaries of [other people’s] land, [in order to steal their land]; they seize/steal [other people’s] sheep and put them in their own pastures.
3 Ilia da guluba: mano ilia dougi wamolasa, amola didalo ea dabe bu ima: ne sesesa, ea bulamagau samogesa.
[Some] (take away/steal) the donkeys that belong to orphans, and they take widow’s oxen to guarantee that the widows will pay back the money that they loaned to those widows.
4 Ilia hame gagui dunu amo moloidafa hou ba: ma: ne logo hedofasa. Amola ilia hahani dunu sesebeba: le, ilia hobeale, wamoaligisa.
[Some] shove poor people off the road (OR, prevent poor people from (obtaining their rights/being treated justly)), and they force poor people to find places to hide from them.
5 Amaiba: le, hame gagui dunu da sigua dougi agoane, wadela: i hafoga: i sogega ilia ha: i manu hogosa. Ilia manogili ha: i manu ima: ne, sogebi eno hame ba: sa.
The result is that poor people have to search for food in the desert like wild donkeys do.
6 Ilia da soge hame gaguiba: le, inia ifabia dadamisa. Ilia wadela: i hamosu dunu ilia waini sagaiga waini fage faisa.
The poor people harvest left-over grain in other people’s fields, and gather grapes from vineyards that belong to wicked men.
7 Gasia, ilia abula sosone diasu hameba: le, anegagini golasa.
During the night they have nothing to cover their bodies, nothing to keep them warm.
8 Gibu amo da goumia daha amoga ilia da: i nanegasa. Ilia da nanegaiga anegagiba: le, igihaguga aliligisa.
When it rains on the mountains, the poor people become very wet, so they huddle under the rock ledges to be protected [from the rain].
9 Wadela: le hamosu dunu da guluba: mano dudubu ili udigili hawa: hamoma: ne laha. Eno dunu da ilima dabe bu imunu galea, ilia da ilia mano amoga dabe imunusa: agoane samogesa.
[Some evil men] snatch infants away from their widowed mothers [SYN], and they say ‘I will return your babies to you when you repay the money that I lent to you.’
10 Be hame gagui dunu da da: i nabado agoane ahoa. Ilia ha: aligiwane widi ha: i manu gamisa.
But the poor people walk around with no clothes on; they are hungry while they are working to carry [other people’s] bundles of grain [to the places where their grain will be threshed].
11 Ilia da olife susuligi hamomusa: , olife fage banesa, amola waini hano hamoma: ne, waini fage ososa: gisa, be ilila: da hano hanai.
Poor people press olives to make [olive] oil; they tread on grapes [to make juice for wine], but [they are not allowed to drink any of it when] they become thirsty.
12 Moilai bai bagade ganodini, fofa: gi amola bogolalebe dunu ilia se nabawane wele sia: sa. Be Gode da ilia sia: ne gadosu hame naba.
In the cities, people who are wounded and dying cry out [to God for help], but God does not heed their prayers.
13 Wadela: i hamosu dunu da hadigidafa higasa. Ilia da amo hadigi hame dawa: digisa, amola amoma hame fa: no bobogesa.
Some wicked people avoid the light [because they do evil things in the dark]; they do not walk on roads that are lighted.
14 Hehebolo mabe galu, medole legesu dunu da nedigili, wa: legadole, hame gagui dunu medole legemusa: ahoa. Gasia, e da wamolasu hou hamosa.
Murderers steal things during the night, and then they arise before dawn in order that they may [go out again and] kill needy [DOU] people.
15 Inia uda adole lasu dunu da gasima: ne ouesalu, dunu eno da e mae ba: ma: ne, ea odagi dedebosa.
Those who want to commit adultery wait for twilight/evening; they say ‘I do not want anyone to see me,’ so they keep their faces covered.
16 Gasia, wamolasu dunu da diasu fili ganodini maha. Be hayoga ilia wamoaligisa amola hadigi ganodini hame ahoa.
It is during the night that robbers break into houses [to steal things], but during the day they hide because they want to avoid [being seen in] the light.
17 Ilia da eso ea hadigi amoma beda: i gala. Be gasia ilia beda: su hame dawa:” Soufa da amane sia: i,
All of those [people] want to do their evil things at night, not in the morning [when it is light], because they are not afraid of [the things that happen during the] night that terrify others.”
18 “Wadela: le hamosu dunu da hano leda: i amoga mini asi dagoi ba: sa. Gode da ilia soge amoga gagabusu aligima: ne sia: sa. Ilia da ilia waini sagaia hawa: hamomusa: hame ahoa.
“[But it is wicked people] who are swept/carried away by floods, and God curses the land that they own, and no one goes to work in their vineyards.
19 Eso da gia: sea, mugene ofo da alalolesisa. Amo defele, wadela: i hamosu dunu da dunu esalebe sogega bu mae ba: ma: ne alalolesisa. (Sheol h7585)
Just like the snow melts away when it is hot and there is no rain, those who have sinned disappear into the place where dead people are. (Sheol h7585)
20 Ilia emedafa da ili gogolelesisa. Daba: da ilia da: i na dagosa. Amola ilia da ifa fili sa: i defele dasasa.
Not even their mothers remember them now; wicked people are destroyed like trees that are cut down, and maggots eat their corpses.
21 Bai ilia da didalo ili se nabima: ne hamoi, amola aligime uda ilima hame asigi galu.
They mistreat women who have been unable to give birth to children and women who no longer have children [to take care of them], and they never do good things for widows.
22 Gode da gasa bagadeba: le, E da mimogo gasa bagade dunu gugunufinisisa. Gode Ea hamobeba: le, wadela: le hamosu dunu da bogogia: sa.
But God, by his power, gets rid of mighty/influential people. God acts and causes the wicked people to die.
23 Gode da ili fonobahadi gaga: iwane esaloma: ne, logo doasisa. Be E da ili eso huluane ha: giwane sosodo aligisa.
God allows them to think that they are secure and safe, but he is watching [MTY] them all the time.
24 Wadela: le hamosu dunu da fonobahadi hahawane amola bagade gaguiwane esala. Be amalu ilia da gagalobo amola widi gisi damui defele, hedolo biosa.
They prosper for a little while, and then [suddenly] they are gone; they disappear like weeds wither and die; they are like [SIM] stalks of grain that have been cut off.
25 Amo da dafawane hame, nowa da sia: ma: bela: ? Nowa da na adoi da dafawane hame sia: ma: bela: ?”
If this is not true, is there [RHQ] anyone who will show that I am a liar and prove that what I have said is not true?”
