Yoube 29
1 Yoube da bu amane sia: i,
Job spoke again,
2 Gode da musa: na esalusu noga: le ouligi. Na da bu agoane esalumu da defea galu.
“I wish/desire that I could be like I was previously, during the years when God took care of me.
3 Amo esoga, Gode da na mae fisili, ani ahoasu. Na da gasi ganodini ahoabeba: le, E da nama hadigi iasu.
During those years, [it was as though] God’s lamp [MET] shone on me and gave me light while I walked in the darkness.
4 Amo esoga na da bagade gaguiwane ba: i. Gode da nama dogolegeiba: le, E da na diasu amola sosogo fi gaga: i.
At that time I was young and strong, and because God was my friend, [he protected] [PRS] my tent.
5 Gode Bagadedafa da ani esalu. Amola na mano huluane hahawane nini dafulili lelefulu.
Almighty [God] was with me during those years when all my children were around me.
6 Na bulamagau amola goudi, ilia da dodo maga: me bagade i. Amola na olife ifa ilia da igi galoase osobo da: iya noga: le heda: i.
[My herds] provided me with plenty of milk, and streams of oil flowed from the rock where my olives were pressed.
7 Na moilai bai bagade asigilai dunu da sia: sa: imusa: gilisilaloba, na amola da ilima gilisi.
“Whenever I went to [the place where the elders gathered at] the city gate, I sat down with them,
8 Ayeligi dunu da na ba: le, gasigasu. Amola da: i hamoi dunu da nama yosia: musa: , wa: legadosu.
and when the young men saw me, they stepped aside [respectfully], and the old men [also] stood [respectfully].
9 Dunu fi ouligisu dunu da naba: le sia: ouiya: su.
The leaders of the people stopped talking [DOU],
10 Mimogodafa dunu da ouiya: le esalebe ba: su.
and even the most important men became quiet and ceased talking [MTY] [in order to hear me speak to them].
11 Dunu huluane da na hou ba: beba: le, o enoga amo hou nababeba: le, ilia da na hou amoma nodone sia: i.
When they [SYN] all heard [what I told them], they said good things about me. When they [SYN] saw me (OR, what I had done), they commended me,
12 Hame gagui dunu da digini wele sia: beba: le, na da ili fidisu. Na da guluba: mano amo da fidisu dunu hamedafa gala, ili fidi.
because I had helped the poor people when they cried out for help and I aided/helped orphans who had no one else to help them.
13 Dunu amo da da: i dioi bagadedafa nabi, ilia da nama nodosu. Amola uda didalo gaga: iwane esaloma: ne, na fidisu.
Those who were suffering and about to die praised [PRS] me, and I caused widows [SYN] to sing joyfully, [because of my helping them].
14 Na da eso huluane moloidafa hou fawane hamonanu.
I always acted justly; my continually doing that was like [MET] a robe that I wore and a turban [that was wrapped around my head].
15 Na da fedege agoane, si dofoi dunu ilia si agoai galusu, amola emo gasuga: igi dunu ilia emo agoai galusu.
[It was as though] [MET] I was eyes for blind people and feet for people who were lame.
16 Na da hame gagui dunu ilia eda agoai galusu. Amola ga fi da bidi hamosu ba: loba, na da ilimagai galusu.
I was [like] [MET] a father to poor people, and in courts I defended those who were strangers.
17 Na da nimi bagade dodona: gi dunu ilia gasa wadela: lesi. Amola dunu amo da iliba: le se nabi, amo gaga: i.
My causing wicked people [to be unable to continue oppressing others was like] [MET] breaking the fangs [of fierce wild animals] and forcing them to drop from their teeth/mouths the animals that they had caught/seized.
18 Na da ode bagohame esalumu, amola hahawane na diasuga bogomu dawa: i galu.
“At that time I thought, ‘Surely I will live securely, until I am very old [SIM], and I will die at home [with my family].’
19 Na da ifa amo ea difi da eso huluane hano defele naha, amola ea amoda amola lubi da eso huluane oubi baeyaga nanegasa, amo defele ba: su.
I was [like a tree] [MET] whose roots reach down into the water and whose branches become wet with dew each night.
20 Dunu huluane da na houba: le, nodonanusu. Na gasa da hamedafa dafamu agoai ba: su.
People always honored me, and I was always [strong like] [MET] a new bow.
21 Na da fada: i sia: sea, eno dunu da ouiya: lewane nabasu. Ilia da na sia: dawa: iwane nabasu.
“When I spoke, people waited to hear [what I would say] and remained silent until I advised them [what they should do].
22 Na da sia: dagoloba, ilia eno sia: mu hamedei ba: su. Na sia: da gibu ea dabe agoai ba: su.
After I finished speaking, they did not say any more; [it was as though] [MET] my words fell on their ears [like refreshing drops of rain].
23 Ifabi ouligisu dunu da woufo oubi gibu yosia: be, amo defele, dunu huluane da na sia: hahawane nabasu.
They waited for me [to speak] like they wait for rain; they [appreciated what I said] like [MET] [farmers appreciate] the final rain in the spring [before the dry season].
24 Ilia da dafawane hamoma: beyale dawa: su fisi dagoi galea, na da ilia dogo denesima: ne, ilima ohomogisu.
When they were discouraged, I smiled at them [to encourage them]; they became encouraged when they saw that I approved of them.
25 Na da ilima ouligisu hou hamone, ilegesu hamosu. Hina bagade da ea dadi gagui wa: i gegemusa: oule ahoabe defele, na da ili bisili oule ahoasu. Amola ilia da heawini da: i dione esalea, na da ilia dogo denesinisisu.
I was their leader, and I decided what things [would be good for them to do]; I was among them like [SIM] a king who is among his troops; I was like someone who comforts [others] who are mourning.”
