Yoube 40
1 Yoube! Di da Gode Bagadedafa amo Ema mogoi dagoi. Di da wali fisima: bela: ? O di da Nama bu adole ima: bela: ?” Yoube da amane sia: i,
Then Yahweh said to Job,
“Do you still want to argue with me, the Almighty One? Since you criticize me, (you should be able to answer my questions!/why are you not able to answer my questions?) [RHQ]”
Then Job replied to Yahweh,
4 “Hina Gode! Na da gagaoule agoane sia: i. Na da Dima adi dabe adole ima: bela: ? Na da eno sia: sia: musa: hame dawa: lala!
“[Now I realize that] I am completely worthless. So (how could I answer [those questions]?/I could not possibly answer [those questions]!) [RHQ] I will put my hand over my mouth [and not say anything].
5 Na da ni sia: mu galu amo baligili sia: i dagoi.”
I have already said more than I should have said, so now I will say nothing more.”
6 Amalalu, foga mulu mabe amo ganodini, amodili Hina Gode da bu Youbema sia: i. Hina Gode da amane sia: i.
Then Yahweh [again] spoke to Job from inside the great windstorm. He said,
7 “Wa: legadole, molole aligili, Na dima adole ba: mu amoma di bu dabe adole ima.
“I want to ask you some [more] questions. So as men prepare themselves for a difficult task [MET], prepare yourself again to answer some [more] questions.
8 Amola Na da moloi hame amola di fawane da moloi, amo dafawaneyale dawa: ma: ne, dia da Nama fofada: sala: ?
“Are you going to accuse me and say that I am unjust? Are you going to say that what I have done is wrong, in order that you can say that what you have done is right?
9 Dia gasa da Na gasa defelela: ? Dia sia: da Na sia: sea gugelebe agoaila: ?
Are you as powerful [MTY] as I am? Can your voice sound [as loud] as thunder, as mine can?
10 Amai galea, di hidalewane wa: legadole, hadigidafa amola bagadedafa hou abula agoane gaga: ma.
[If you can do that], put on the robes that show that you are glorious and are greatly honored!
11 Gasa fi hidabe dunu ba: ma! Amasea, ilima ougili, ilia hou fofonoboma!
Show that you are very angry; show that you have the right/authority to humble people who are [very] proud!
12 Dafawane! Ilima ba: lu, gudu oule sa: imu. Di wadela: i hamosu dunu ilia lelebe sogebi amogaiwane gugunufinisima!
Humble those proud people [just] by looking at them [angrily] Crush wicked people quickly!
13 Ili huluane uli dogonesima. Ili bogoi sogebi ganodini lala: gilisima.
Bury them in the ground! Send them to the place where dead people are, where they will not be able to get out!
14 Amasea, Na da bisili dima nodone sia: mu. Amola, disu fawane da hasalasi dagoi sia: mu.
After you do that, I will congratulate/praise you and say that [truly] you can save yourself by your own ability/power.
15 Ohe fi bagade ea dio amo Bihimode, amo ba: ma: ! Na da e hahamoi amola na da di hahamoi. E da bulamagau defele, gisi naha.
“Think [also] about the huge animals that live near the water. I made you, and I made them also. They eat grass, like oxen do.
16 Be e da gasa bagadedafa. Ea laboso da gasa bagadedafa.
Their legs/thighs are [very] strong, and the muscles of their bellies are [very] powerful.
17 Ea la: go da dolo ifa defele sanosa. Amola ea emoso da gasa bagade.
Their tails are stiff (OR, bend down) like the branches of a cedar tree. The sinews/muscles of their thighs are close together.
18 Ea gasa da balase defele, gasa bagade gala. Amola ea emo da ouli fesonoi defele, gasa gala.
Their [thigh] bones are [like] tubes [made] of bronze, and the bones of their legs are like bars [made] of iron.
19 Ea da esalebe liligi huluane ilia fofogadigisu hou baligisa. Ea Hahamosu Dunu fawane da e hasalimusa: dawa:
They are among the strongest of the animals that I made, and I, who created them, am the only one who can kill them.
20 E moma: ne, gisi da agolo amoga sigua ohe da hedesa, amogai heda: sa.
On the hills grows food [PRS] for them to eat while many [HYP] other wild animals play nearby.
21 E da aya: gaga: nomei ifalaboha golasa. Amola heahai sogebi saga: heda: i, amo ganodini wamoaligisa.
They lie down [in the water] under the lotus plants; they hide in [tall] reeds in the swamps.
22 Aya: gaga: nomei ifalabo amola dilaguba ifa hano gadenene lelebe, da ema ougigala: sa.
Those huge animals find shade under the lotus plants, and they are surrounded by poplar trees.
23 E da hano yogo amoba: le hame beda: sa. Yodane hano da ea odagia fana masea, e olofolewane lelebe ba: sa.
They are not disturbed by raging/swiftly-flowing rivers; they are not even disturbed/frightened when [rivers like the] Jordan [River] rush over them.
24 Nowa da ea si dofonesili, e gagulaligima: bela: ? Nowa da ea migifu saneni gaguma: bela: ?
No one can [RHQ] catch them by blinding their eyes or by piercing their noses with [the teeth of] a trap!”
