Job 7
1 “Isn't life for human beings like serving a sentence of hard labor? Don't their days pass like those of a hired laborer?
“Jireenyi namaa lafa irratti qabsoo cimaa mitii? Barri isaas akkuma bara nama qacaramaa tokkootii mitii?
2 Like some slave longing for a bit of shade, like a hired hand anxiously waiting for pay day,
Akkuma garbicha gaaddisa galgalaa hawwuu, yookaan akkuma hojjetaa mindaa isaa eegatu tokkoo,
3 I've been given months of emptiness and nights of misery.
jiʼoonni faayidaa hin qabne naa qoodaman; halkanoonni dhiphinaas naa ramadaman.
4 When I go to bed I ask, ‘When shall I get up?’ But the night goes on and on, and I toss and turn until dawn.
Yommuun ciisutti, ‘Ani yoomin kaʼa?’ jedheen yaada. Halkan natti dheerata; anis hamma bariʼutti nan gaggaragala.
5 My body is covered with maggots and caked in dirt; my skin is cracked, with oozing sores.
Nafni koo raammoo fi qonyanyaa uffateera; gogaan koo babbaqaqee malaʼaa jira.
6 My days pass quicker than a weaver's shuttle and they come to an end without hope.
“Barri koo kolloo wayya dhooftuu caalaa ariifata; innis abdii malee dhuma.
7 Remember that my life is just a breath; I will not see happiness again.
Egaa yaa Waaqayyo, akka jireenyi koo akkuma qilleensaa taʼe yaadadhu; iji koo lammata waan gaarii hin argu.
8 Those watching me won't see me anymore; your eyes will be looking for me, but I will be gone.
Iji amma na argu siʼachi na hin argu; ati na barbaadda; garuu ani hin jiru.
9 When a cloud disappears, it's gone, just as anyone who goes down to Sheol does not come back up. (Sheol h7585)
Akkuma duumessi bittinnaaʼee badus namni awwaalame hin deebiʼu. (Sheol h7585)
10 They will never return home, and the people they knew will forget them.
Inni lammata mana isaatti hin deebiʼu; iddoon isaas siʼachi isa hin beeku.
11 So, no, I won't hold my tongue—I will speak in the agony of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
“Kanaafuu ani cal hin jedhu; ani hafuura koo dhiphate sanaan nan dubbadha; hadhaaʼummaa lubbuu kootiinis nan guunguma.
12 Am I the sea or a sea monster that you have to guard me?
Ati eegduu natti ramaduun kee, ani galaana moo yookaan bineensa galaanaa ti?
13 If I tell myself, ‘I'll feel better if I lie down in my bed,’ or ‘it will help me to lie down on my couch,’
Yommuu ani, ‘Sireen koo na jajjabeessa; wanni ani irra ciisu guungummii koo naa xinneessa’ jedhutti,
14 then you scare me so much with dreams and terrify me with visions
ati abjuu keessa na sodaachifta; mulʼataanis na rifachiifta.
15 that I would rather be strangled—I would rather die than become just a bag of bones.
Kanaafuu ani akkasitti jiraachuu irra of hudhee duʼuu nan filadha.
16 I hate my life! I know I won't live long. Leave me alone because my life is just a breath.
Jireenya koo nan jibba; ani bara baraan hin jiraadhu. Na dhiisi; jiraachuun koo faayidaa hin qabuutii.
17 Why are human beings so important to you; why are you so concerned about them
“Akka ati isa leelliftuuf, akka qalbii kee isa irra keessuufis namni maali?
18 that you inspect them every morning and test them every moment? Won't you ever stop staring at me?
Ati ganama ganama isa xiinxaltee yeroo yerootti isa qorta.
19 Won't you ever leave me alone long enough to catch my breath?
Ati ija kee narraa hin buqqiftuu? Hamma ani hancufa liqimsutti kophaa koo na hin dhiiftuu?
20 What have I done wrong? What have I done to you, Watcher of Humanity? Why have you made me your target, so that I'm a burden even to myself?
Yaa isa nama eegdu, yoon cubbuu hojjedhe iyyuu ani maalan si godha? Ati maaliif waan itti akeekkattu na godhatte? Ani baʼaa sitti taʼeeraa?
21 If so why don't you pardon my sins, and take away my guilt? Right now I'm going to lie down in the dust, and though you will look for me, I will be gone.”
Ati maaliif balleessaa koo irra dabartee cubbuu koo illee naaf hin dhiifne? Yeroon ani itti biyyoo keessa ciisu gaʼeeraatii; ati na barbaadda; garuu ani hin argamu.”
