Job 35
1 Then Elihu continued, saying,
Eliihuunis itti fufee akkana jedhe:
2 “Do you think it's honest to claim you are right before God?
“Ati waan kana qajeelaa seetaa? Ati, ‘Ani fuula Waaqaa duratti qajeelaa dha’ jetta.
3 And you ask, ‘What benefit do I get? What good has it done me by not sinning?’
Ati, ‘Wanni kun faayidaa maalii naa qaba? Ani cubbuu hojjechuu dhiisuudhaan maalin argadha?’ jettee gaafatta.
4 I'll tell you, and your friends too!
“Ani siʼii fi michoota kee kanneen si wajjin jiraniif deebii kennuu nan barbaada.
5 Just look up at the sky and see. Observe the clouds high above you.
Ol jedhiitii samiiwwan ilaali; duumessoota siin ol jiranis argi.
6 If you sin, how does that harm God? How do your many sins affect God?
Ati yoo cubbuu hojjette maal isa miita? Cubbuun kees yoo baayʼate maal isa godha?
7 If you do what's right, what good are you doing for him?
Ati yoo qajeelaa taate, maal isaaf kennita? Yookaan inni harka kee irraa maal argata?
8 No—your sins only affect people like yourself, and whatever good you do only affects them too.
Hamminni kee nama akka keetii qofa miidha; qajeelummaan kees ilmaan namaa qofa fayyada.
9 People cry out because of terrible persecution; they call for someone to save them from their oppressors.
“Waan cunqursaan itti hammaatteef namoonni ni iyyu; irree humna qabeessaa jalaa baʼuufis gargaarsaaf wawwaatu.
10 But no one asks, ‘Where is the God my maker, the one who gives songs in the night,
Garuu namni tokko iyyuu akkana hin jedhu; ‘Waaqni Uumaan koo, inni halkaniin faarfannaa namaa kennu,
11 who teaches us more than the animals, and makes us wiser than the birds?’
kan bineensota lafa irraa caalaa beektota, simbirroo samii caalaas ogeeyyii nu godhu eessa jira?’
12 When they call out for help, God doesn't answer because they are proud and evil people.
Inni sababii of tuulummaa jalʼootaatiif yommuu namoonni iyyanitti deebii hin kennu.
13 God doesn't listen to their empty cries; the Almighty doesn't pay them any attention.
Dhugumaan Waaqni iyya isaanii kan gatii hin qabne sana hin dhaggeeffatu; Waaqni Waan Hunda Dandaʼu iyya sanaaf gurra hin kennu.
14 How much less will God hear you when you say he can't see you? Your case is before him, so you have to wait for him.
Yoo ati, ‘Dubbiin koo fuula isaa dura jira; ani isa eeggachaan jira; garuu isa arguu hin dandaʼu’ jette, inni hammam kanaa gad iyyuu xinneessee haa dhagaʼu ree!
15 You're saying that God doesn't punish people in his anger and pays little attention to sin.
Amma illee sababii dheekkamsi isaa nama hin adabneef, sababii inni balleessaa namaa akka waan guddaa tokkootti hin fudhanneef,
16 You, Job, are talking nonsense, making long speeches when you know nothing!”
Iyyoob oduu faayidaa hin qabneen afaan bana; beekumsa malees dubbii baayʼisa.”
