Job 16
1 Then Job answered and said:
Iyyoobis akkana jedhee deebise:
2 I have heard many such things; sorry comforters are ye all.
“Ani waan akkanaa baayʼee dhagaʼeera; hundi keessan jajjabeessitoota nama dhiphistanii dha!
3 Shall windy words have an end? Or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?
Haasaan faayidaa hin qabne kun hin dhumuu? Wanni akka ati oduu dheeressituuf si tuttuqu maali?
4 I also could speak as ye do; if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could join words together against you, and shake my head at you.
Utuu isin iddoo koo jiraattanii silaa ani akkuma keessan kana nan dubbadha ture; dubbii miʼooftuu dubbachuudhaanis mataa koo isinitti nan raasan ture.
5 I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips would assuage your grief.
Ani afaan kootiin isin jajjabeessee gorsi arraba kootiis qabbana isinii kenna ture.
6 Though I speak, my pain is not assuaged; and though I forbear, what am I eased?
“Yoo ani dubbadhe dhukkubni koo natti hin wayyaaʼu; cal jedhus na hin dhiisu.
7 But now He hath made me weary; Thou hast made desolate all my company.
Yaa Waaqi, ati dhugumaan na dadhabsiifteerta; warra mana koo jiru hundas balleessiteerta.
8 And Thou hast shrivelled me up, which is a witness against me; and my leanness riseth up against me, it testifieth to my face.
Ati na kokotteessite; kunis ragaa natti taʼe; akka malee huqqachuun koos ifatti baʼee na saaxile.
9 He hath torn me in His wrath, and hated me; He hath gnashed upon me with His teeth; mine adversary sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
Waaqni dheekkamsa isaatiin rukutee na ciccire; ilkaan isaa natti qarate; diinni koo ija isaa natti babaase.
10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek scornfully; they gather themselves together against me.
Namoonni natti qoosuuf afaan banatan; tuffiidhaan maddii koo kabalan; tokko taʼanii natti kaʼan.
11 God delivereth me to the ungodly, and casteth me into the hands of the wicked.
Waaqnis dabarsee hamootatti na kenne; harka jalʼootaa keessas na buuse.
12 I was at ease, and He broke me asunder; yea, He hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces; He hath also set me up for His mark.
Ani nagaan jiraachaan ture; inni garuu na burkuteesse; morma na qabee na caccabse. Xiyyeeffannaa isaas na godhate;
13 His archers compass me round about, He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; He poureth out my gall upon the ground.
loltoonni isaa warri xiyyaan lolan na marsu. Inni gara laafina malee kalee koo waraanee hadhooftuu koo illee lafatti gad jigse.
14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach; He runneth upon me like a giant.
Inni ammumaa amma na caccabsa; akkuma loltuu tokkootti natti fiiga.
15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and have laid my horn in the dust.
“Ani gogaa kootti uffata gaddaa hodhadheera; gaanfa koos biyyoo keessatti awwaaleera.
16 My face is reddened with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
Fuulli koo booʼichaan diimateera; dukkanni limixiinis ija koo irra buʼeera.
17 Although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
Taʼus harki koo yakka tokko illee hin hojjenne; kadhannaan koos qulqulluu dha.
18 O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no resting-place.
“Yaa lafa, ati dhiiga koo hin dhoksin; akka iyyi koo iddoo boqonnaa argatus hin godhin!
19 Even now, behold, my Witness is in heaven, and He that testifieth of me is on high.
Amma iyyuu dhuga baʼaan koo samii irra jira; abukaattoon koos ol gubbaa jira.
20 Mine inward thoughts are my intercessors, mine eye poureth out tears unto God;
Michoonni koo na tuffatu; iji koos imimmaan gara Waaqaatti facaasa;
21 That He would set aright a man contending with God, as a son of man setteth aright his neighbour!
akkuma namni michuu isaatiif kadhatu sana utuu namni Waaqa kadhatu namaaf jiraatee!
22 For the years that are few are coming on, and I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
“Waggoota xinnoo booddee, ani gara deemanii deebiʼuun hin jirre nan deema.
