Yoube 5
1 Ilaifa: se da eno amane sia: i, “Yoube! Di wele sia: ma! Eno da dima adole ima: bela: ? A: igele dunu da di fidima: bela: ?
“Job, [it is okay that you] continue to cry out for someone to help you, but [I am certain that] [RHQ] no angel will come to help you!
2 Di da bogosa: besa: le, da: i dione Godema ougi hou yolesima! Amo hou da gagaoui agoane.
Foolish people die because of being (resentful/very angry at someone); people who are easily deceived are destroyed by their being jealous [of others].
3 Na da gagaoui dunu ba: i. Ilia da hahawane amola gaga: i dagoi agoane ba: i. Be na da hedolowane ilia sosogo ilima gagabusu aligima: ne sia: i.
I have seen foolish people who seemed to be successful/prosperous, but suddenly [they experienced disaster/trouble because] someone cursed their home.
4 Ilia mano da gaga: su hamedafa ba: mu. Ilia fofada: musa: ahoasea, dunu afae da ili fidimu hame ba: sa.
Their sons are never safe; they (lose their case/are condemned) when someone (takes them to court/sues them), because there is no one to defend them.
5 Ha: aligi dunu ilia da gagaoui dunu ilia dadami naha. Ilia gagoma aya: gaga: nomei ganodini sagai amo naha. Lafi hafoga: i dunu da gagaoui dunu ea bagade gagui amoma mudasa.
Hungry people [steal] the crops that foolish people harvest, [and] eat [those crops]; they even steal the crops that grow among thorns, and greedy people take away the wealth of foolish people.
6 Wadela: i hou da osobo ganodini hame heda: sa. Bidi hamosu da osobogadili hame heda: sa.
But evil circumstances/sufferings are not produced by the soil; troubles do not grow up from the ground.
7 Hame mabu! Lalu geso da dafawane laluga heda: sa! Amo defele, ninia hamobeba: le bidi hamosu ninima doaga: sa.
People have troubles from the time that they are born just as surely as sparks shoot up [from a fire].
8 Be dia bidi hamosu da nama doaga: i ganiaba, na da Godema sinidigili, E da na gaga: ma: ne, Ema fofada: la: loba!
[“If I were suffering like you are, ] I would ask God [for help] and tell him (what I am complaining about/about my suffering).
9 Ninia da Ea gasa bagade hamobe hamedafa dawa: sa. Amola E da musa: hame ba: su dawa: digima: ne olelesu hou mae dagole hamonana.
He does great things, things that we cannot understand; we cannot even count the marvelous things that he does.
10 E da osobo bagadega gibu ia, amola moifufu nasegagima: ne gibu hano iaha.
He sends rain on the ground; he sends water on our fields.
11 Dafawane! Gode da fonoboi dunu ili gaguia gadosa. E da dinanebe dunuma hahawane hou iaha.
He exalts those who are humble, and causes those who mourn to be joyful (OR, safe, prosperous).
12 E da hohonosu dunu ilia ilegei hedofasa. E da bagade dawa: su dunu ilia ilegei amo ganodini ili sanisa. Amaiba: le, ilia hamobe huluanedafa da hame didisa.
He causes crafty/cunning people to not be able to do what they plan to do, with the result that they achieve nothing.
He causes people who [think that they] [IRO] are wise to be trapped by the cunning things they try to do, with the result that they do not succeed.
14 Ilia da esomogoa amolawane dadoula ahoa.
[It is as though] even in the daytime they are covered by darkness, and grope around [trying to find the road] at noontime like people do at night.
15 Be Gode da hame gagui dunu mae bogoma: ne gaga: sa. Amola eno dunu ili mae banenesima: ne gaga: sa.
But God saves helpless people from being harmed by what [wicked people] say [MTY], he saves needy people from being injured by [MTY] powerful people.
16 E da hame gagui dunu ilima dafawane hamoma: beyale dawa: su iaha amola wadela: le hamosu dunu ouiya: ma: ne, ilia lafi ga: sisa.
So, poor people confidently expect [that good things will happen to them] but God causes wicked [people] to stop talking.
17 Nowa dunu amoma Gode da gagabole sia: sea, e da hahawane bagade. Gode da dima gagabole sia: sea, mae hihima!
“But those whom God corrects/rebukes are happy; so do not despise/dislike it when [God] who is all-powerful disciplines you.
18 Gode da dunu ea da: i hodo fai oda hida: sea, E da amo ga: le la: gisa. Di da Gode Ea loboga fabeba: le, se naba. Be E da Ea loboga di uhinisisa.
He wounds people, but then he puts bandages on those wounds; he hurts people, but he [SYN] also heals them.
19 E da di se mae nabima: ne, eso huluane gaga: lala.
He will rescue you many times from your troubles, with the result that nothing evil will happen to you.
20 Ha: bagade doaga: sea, E da di mae bogoma: ne ouligimu. Gegesu doaga: sea, E da di mae bogoma: ne gaga: mu.
When there is a famine, he will not allow you to die, and when there is a war, you will not be killed [MTY].
21 Dunu eno da dia hou wadela: ma: ne baligidu sia: sea, Gode da di gaga: mu. Gugunufinisisu hou da doaga: sea, E da di fidimu.
God will protect you when people slander [MTY] you; you will not be afraid when many things [around you] are destroyed.
22 Luduli mimisa: i da dima doaga: sea, di da dodona: gini oumu. Di da gasonasu sigua oheba: le hame beda: mu.
You will [be able to] laugh/scoff when things are destroyed and when there is famine, and you will not be afraid of wild animals.
23 Osobo amo di da gidinasea, gele da dialebe hame ba: mu. Nimi bagade sigua ohe da dima hamedafa doagala: mu.
You will not worry about [having big] rocks in your fields [that will make plowing difficult], and you will not worry about [being attacked by] wild animals there.
24 Amasea, di da olofole dia abula diasu ganodini esalumu. Di da dia sibi wa: i abodele ba: sea, ili huluane hahawane esalebe ba: mu.
In your tent, you will know that things will go well for you, and when you look at your livestock, you will see that (they are all there/none of them is missing).
25 Dia mano lalelegemu idi, da gisi lubi ilia idi defele ba: mu.
You will be sure that you will have many descendants, who will be as numerous as blades of grass.
26 Widi da heda: le, yole, gamisu esoga doaga: sa. Amo defele, di da asigilale, gagoaloidafa ba: mu.
You will become very old before you die, like sheaves of grain continue to grow until it is time to harvest them.
27 Yoube! Ninia da ode bagohame idili dadawa: beba: le, amo hou huluane dawa: Ninia sia: da dafawane. Amaiba: le, di lalegaguma!”
[“My friends and I] have thought carefully about these things, and [we know that] they are true, so pay attention to what I have said!”
