Job 8
1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said:
Bildaad Shuhaahichi akkana jedhee deebise:
2 How long wilt thou speak these things, seeing that the words of thy mouth are as a mighty wind?
“Ati hamma yoomiitti waan akkasii dubbatta? Dubbiin kee bubbee jabaa dha.
3 Doth God pervert judgment? Or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
Waaqni murtii qajeelaa jalʼisaa ree? Waaqni Waan Hunda Dandaʼu waan qajeelaa jalʼisaa?
4 If thy children sinned against Him, He delivered them into the hand of their transgression.
Yommuu ijoolleen kee cubbuu isatti hojjetanitti, inni adabbii cubbuu isaaniitti dabarsee isaan kenne.
5 If thou wouldest seek earnestly unto God, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
Ati garuu yoo Waaqa barbaadatte, Waaqa Waan Hunda Dandaʼu yoo waammatte,
6 If thou wert pure and upright; surely now He would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
yoo ati qulqulluu fi qajeelaa taate, inni waaʼee keetiif ammuma kaʼa; jireenya qajeelummaa kees siif deebisa.
7 And though thy beginning was small, yet thy end should greatly increase.
Jalqabni kee xinnaa taʼu illee, dhumni kee baayʼee guddaa taʼa.
8 For inquire, I pray thee, of the former generation, and apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out —
“Dhaloota darbe gaafadhu; waan abbootiin isaanii qoratanii bira gaʼanis hubadhu;
9 For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow —
nu waan kaleessa dhalanneef waa tokko illee hin beeknuutii; baroonni keenyas lafa irratti akkuma gaaddidduu ti.
10 Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
Isaan si hin barsiisanii? Sittis hin himanii? Dubbii garaa isaanii keessa jirus hin dubbatanii?
11 Can the rush shoot up without mire? Can the reed-grass grow without water?
Dhallaadduun lafa caffee hin taʼinitti guddataa? Shambaqqoonis bishaan malee lalisaa?
12 Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
Isaan utuma guddachaa jiranuu, utuu hin muramin, biqiltuuwwan kaan dura dafanii gogu.
13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hope of the godless man shall perish;
Dhumni warra Waaqa irraanfataniis akkasuma taʼa; abdiin warra Waaqa hin beeknees ni bada.
14 Whose confidence is gossamer, and whose trust is a spider's web.
Abdiin isaa akkuma salphaatti cita; ofitti amanachuun isaas manʼee sariitii ti.
15 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand; he shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.
Inni manʼee isaatti irkata; manʼeen sun garuu hin dhaabatu; itti maxxanas; manʼeen sun garuu dandaʼee isa hin baatu.
16 He is green before the sun, and his shoots go forth over his garden.
Inni akka biqiltuu aduu keessatti bishaan obaafamee lalisuutti, dameewwan isaa lafa biqiltuu irra diriirfatuu ti.
17 His roots are wrapped about the heap, he beholdeth the place of stones.
Hidda isaa tuullaa dhagaatti marata; kattaa gidduus iddoo jiraatu ni barbaaddata.
18 If he be destroyed from his place, then it shall deny him: 'I have not seen thee.'
Yommuu inni iddoo isaatii badutti garuu, iddoon sun, ‘Ani si argee hin beeku’ jedhee isa gana.
19 Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others spring.
Kunis dhuma jireenya isaa ti; biqiltuuwwan biraas lafaa ni biqilu.
20 Behold, God will not cast away an innocent man, neither will He uphold the evil-doers;
“Waaqni nama hirʼina hin qabne hin gatu; yookaan harka jalʼootaa hin jabeessu.
21 Till He fill thy mouth with laughter, and thy lips with shouting.
Inni afaan kee kolfaan, arraba kee immoo ililleedhaan ni guuta.
22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the tent of the wicked shall be no more.
Warri si jibban salphina uffatu. Dunkaanni jalʼootaas siʼachi hin jiraatu.”
