Yoube 37
1 Na da isu gibula bobodobe ba: sea, na dogo da gilugilusa.
“My heart pounds [DOU] when [I think about] that.
2 Dilia huluane! Gode Ea sia: nabima! Gugelebe amo da Ea lafidili mabe, nabima!
Listen, all of you, to the thunder, which is like God’s voice [DOU].
3 Gode da ha: ha: na diga: be muagadodili iasisa. Ha: ha: na da osobo bagade na: iyado bega: bega: ahoa.
He causes thunder to be heard all across the sky, and he causes lighting to flash to the most distant places on the earth.
4 Amasea, Gode Ea gogonomosu naba. Amo da gugelebe ea gogonomobe bagade. Amola ha: ha: na da mae fisili nene gala: lala.
After [the lightning flashes], we hear the thunder which is like [MET] God’s majestic voice; he does not restrain the lightning when he speaks.
5 Gode da sia: sea, fofogadigisu liligi da doaga: sa. Ninia da agoai liligi hame dawa: digisa.
When God speaks, it is awesome, like thunder; he does amazing things which we cannot [fully] understand.
6 Ea sia: beba: le, mugene da osoboga daha. Gode da gibu bagadedafa osobo bagadega iasisa.
He commands the snow to fall on the ground, and [sometimes] he causes it to rain very hard.
7 E da dunu ilia hawa: hamosu dagolesisa. E da Ea gasa bagade hamobe ilima olelesa.
And [when God does that, ] it prevents people [SYN] from working, in order that all people may know that he is the one who has done that (OR, what he can do).
8 Sigua ohe fi da ilia diasuga ahoa.
[When it rains, ] animals go into their hiding places, and they remain there [until the rain stops].
9 Gibula bobodoi isu da ga (north) amodili maha. Anegagidafa fo da ga (south) amodili maha.
The storms/hurricanes come from the place [in the south where they start], and the cold wind comes from the north.
10 Gode Ea mifo da hano anegagini, ga: nasi mugene hamosa.
[In the (winter/cold season), the cold north wind is like] God’s breath [that] causes [MET] water to freeze; he causes the lakes/streams to become ice.
11 Haha: na da mu mobiga nene gala: sa.
God fills the clouds with moisture/hail, and lightning flashes from the clouds.
12 Mumobi da Gode Ea hanaiga ahoa. Osobo bagade huluane ganodini, mumobi da Gode Ea hamoma: ne sia: be defele hamosa.
He guides the clouds and causes them to move back and forth in order that they may accomplish all that he commands them to do, all over the world.
13 Gode da osobo bagadega hano soga: ma: ne gibu iaha. Eso enoga E da osobo bagade dunu ilima se dabe ima: ne gibu iaha. Amola eso enoga E da ilia hahawane ba: ma: ne, gibu iaha.
Sometimes God sends rain to punish us, and sometimes he sends rain to show us that he acts kindly toward us.
14 Yoube! Di fonobahadi ouesalu, nabima! Gode Ea noga: idafa hamobe amo dadawa: ma!
“Job, listen to this; stop and think about the wonderful things that God does.
15 Gode da ha: ha: na nene gala: ma: ne sia: sa! E da habodane agoai hamosala: ? Di amo dawa: sala: ? E da habodane ha: ha: na mumobiga nene gala: ma: ne hamosala: ?
(Do you know how God commands the lightning to flash down from the clouds?/We do not know how God commands the lightning to flash down from the clouds.) [RHQ]
16 Gode da fofogadigiliwane hamobela: le, mumobi da muagado gila ahoa. Di da amo mumobi ilia gila ahoabe hou ea bai dawa: sala: ?
Only God knows everything perfectly; so (do you know how he causes the clouds to (move/float) (amazingly/wonderfully) across the sky?/you certainly do not know how he causes the clouds to (move/float) (amazingly/wonderfully) across the sky!) [RHQ]
17 Hame mabu! Ga (south) dogoloi fo da soge wadela: sea, di da dogolobeba: le, se naba.
No, you just sweat there in your clothes; [it is very oppressive] when the [hot] wind stops blowing from the south and [all the leaves on the trees] (become still/do not move).
18 Gode da mu fadegale gagasea, di da E fidimu dawa: sala: ? E da mu ga: nasi gula enemei defele hamosea, di da E fidimu dawa: sala: ?
(Can you stretch out the skies like God does and make them as hard as [SIM] a sheet of polished brass?/You certainly cannot stretch out the skies like God does and make them as hard as [SIM] a sheet of polished brass!) [RHQ]
19 Gode! Ninia Dima sia: mu amo Dia ninima olelema! Ninia asigi dawa: su da hame gala. Ninia sia: mu gogolesa.
“Job, tell us(exc) what we should say to God; we do not know anything [IDM]. As a result, we do not know what to say to him to defend ourselves.
20 Na da Godema sia: musa: hame adole ba: mu. Bai na da abuliba: le, E na gugunufinisisima: ne logo doasima: bela: ?
Should I tell God that I want to speak to him? No, because [if I did that, ] he might destroy me.
21 Wali, mu da: iya hadigi da si nenemeginana. Amaiba: le, ninia ba: mu si gasenei. Mu da foga fulaboiba: le, fofoloi gala.
Now, people cannot look [directly] at the sun when it shines brightly in the sky after the wind has blown the clouds away; [so, we certainly cannot look at the brightness of God].
22 Ninia da ga (north) la: idiga gouli agoai hadigi ba: sa. Amo da Gode E hadigi, amola amoga ninia da beda: sa.
God comes out of the north with a light [that shines like] gold; his glory causes us to be afraid.
23 Gode Ea gasa da bagadedafaba: le, ninia da E gadenena misunu da hamedei. Ea ninima hamobe liligi huluane da moloidafa amola defele hamosa.
Almighty God is very powerful, and we cannot come near to him. He always acts righteously, and he will never oppress us.
24 Amaiba: le, dunu huluane ilia Ema beda: su hou da fofogadigisu liligi hame. E da nowa dunu da hidale, hifae da asigi dawa: su bagade lai dagoiyale sia: sea, E da amo dunu ea sia: hame naba.
That is the reason that we have an awesome respect for him; he does not pay attention to those who proudly, [but wrongly], think that they are wise.”
