Job 38
1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Kana irratti Waaqayyo bubbee jabaa keessaa Iyyoobitti dubbate. Akkana jedhes:
2 Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
“Namni dubbii beekumsa malee dubbatamuun karoora koo dukkanneessu kun eenyu?
3 Gird up now your loins like a man; for I will demand of you, and answer you me.
Mee akka gootaa mudhii kee hidhadhu; ani sin gaafadha; ati immoo deebii naa kenni.
4 Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if you have understanding.
“Yeroo ani hundee lafaa kaaʼetti ati eessa turte? Yoo hubatte mee natti himi.
5 Who has laid the measures thereof, if you know? or who has stretched the line on it?
Eenyutu balʼina ishee murteesse? Dhugumaan ni beektaa? Eenyutu ulee safaraa ishee irra harkise?
6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
Hundeen ishee maal irra dhaabame? Yookaan eenyutu dhagaa golee ishee dhaabe?
7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Kunis yeroo bakkalchoonni barii walii wajjin faarfatanitti, yeroo ilmaan Waaqayyoos ililchanitti ture.
8 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
“Yeroo galaanni cabsee garaa lafaa keessaa baʼetti eenyutu balbala itti cufee ittise?
9 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddling cloth for it,
Yeroo ani duumessoota uffata isaa godhee dukkana guddaan maretti,
10 And broke up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
yeroo ani daangaa isaa dhaabee balbalaa fi danqaraa hojjedheefitti,
11 And said, Till now shall you come, but no further: and here shall your proud waves be stayed?
anis, ‘Ati hamma asiitti dhufta; garuu darbuu hin dandeessu; dambaliin of jajuu keetii illee asumatti dhaabata!’ jedheen.
12 Have you commanded the morning since your days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
“Ati bara jireenya keetii barraaqa ajajjee yookaan barii obborootti iddoo isaa argisiiftee beektaa?
13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
Akka inni handaara lafaa qabatee namoota hamoo achi keessaa hurgufu gooteertaa?
14 It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
Lafti akka suphee chaappaa jala jiruutti bifa geeddaratti; bifti ishees akka bifa uffataatti mulʼata.
15 And from the wicked their light is withheld, and the high arm shall be broken.
Hamoonni ifa isaanii dhowwatamaniiru; irreen isaanii inni ol kaʼes cabeera.
16 Have you entered into the springs of the sea? or have you walked in the search of the depth?
“Ati gara burqaa galaanaa gad buutee yookaan tuujuba bishaanii seentee hundee isaa irra deemtee beektaa?
17 Have the gates of death been opened to you? or have you seen the doors of the shadow of death?
Karri duʼaa sitti mulʼifameeraa? Karra gaaddidduu duʼaas argiteertaa?
18 Have you perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if you know it all.
Balʼina lafaa guddaa sana hubatteertaa? Yoo kana hunda beekte dubbadhu.
19 Where is the way where light dwells? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
“Karaan iddoo ifni jirutti nama geessu kami? Dukkannis eessa jiraata?
20 That you should take it to the bound thereof, and that you should know the paths to the house thereof?
Iddoo isaaniitti isaan geessuu dandeessaa? Daandii lafa jireenya isaaniitti geessu beektaa?
21 Know you it, because you were then born? or because the number of your days is great?
Ati dhugumaan ni beekta; yeroo sana dhalatteertaatii! Ati bara hedduu jiraatteerta!
22 Have you entered into the treasures of the snow? or have you seen the treasures of the hail,
“Mankuusa cabbii seentee yookaan mankuusa dhagaa cabbii argiteertaa?
23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
Kan ani yeroo rakkinaatiif, guyyaa waraanaa fi lolaatiif ol kaaʼadhe argiteertaa?
24 By what way is the light parted, which scatters the east wind on the earth?
Karaan iddoo ifni itti bittinnaaʼutti yookaan gara iddoo bubbeen baʼaa itti lafa irra faffacaʼuutti nama geessu kami?
25 Who has divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
Eenyutu lolaadhaaf boʼoo, bakakkaadhaaf immoo daandii baasee,
26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
lafa namni tokko iyyuu keessa hin jiraanne, gammoojjii namni tokko iyyuu keessa hin jirre bishaan obaasuuf,
27 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
lafa namni keessa hin jiraannee fi lafa onaa quubsee margas itti biqilchu eenyu?
28 Has the rain a father? or who has begotten the drops of dew?
Roobni abbaa qabaa? Copha fixeensaa eenyutu dhalche?
29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who has gendered it?
Cabbiin garaa eenyuutii baʼa? Qorra samii eenyutu dhala?
30 The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
Bishaanonni akka dhagaa jabaatu, fuulli tuujubaas akka cabbii taʼa.
31 Can you bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
“Urjiiwwan babbareedoo Torbii jedhaman hidhuu ni dandeessaa? Yookaan hidhaa Urjii Sadee jedhamuu hiikuu ni dandeessaa?
32 Can you bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or can you guide Arcturus with his sons?
Tuuta urjiiwwanii waqtiilee isaaniitti fiduu yookaan urjii Amaaketa jedhamu ilmaan isaa wajjin bobbaasuu ni dandeessaa?
33 Know you the ordinances of heaven? can you set the dominion thereof in the earth?
Seera samiiwwanii beektaa? Bulchiinsa isaanii lafa irratti hundeessuu ni dandeessaa?
34 Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover you?
“Ati sagalee kee gara duumessaatti ol fudhattee, lolaa bishaaniitiin of haguuguu ni dandeessaa?
35 Can you send lightning, that they may go and say to you, Here we are?
Ati bakakkaa daandii isaa irra erguu ni dandeessaa? Innis, ‘Kunoo ani asan jira’ siin jedhaa?
36 Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? or who has given understanding to the heart?
Eenyutu yaada garaatiif ogummaa yookaan sammuudhaaf hubannaa kenne?
37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
Eenyutu duumessoota lakkaaʼuuf ogummaa qaba? Eenyutu okkotee bishaan samii
38 When the dust grows into hardness, and the clods stuck fast together?
yeroo biyyoon jabaattutti, yeroo supheen wal qabattutti jalʼisuu dandaʼa?
39 Will you hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
“Ati leenca dhalaadhaaf nyaata adamsitee saafela leencaas beela baaftee
40 When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
yeroo isaan manʼee isaanii keessatti riphanitti yookaan yeroo isaan daggala keessatti riphanii waa eeggatanitti beela ni baaftaa?
41 Who provides for the raven his food? when his young ones cry to God, they wander for lack of meat.
Eenyutu yeroo ilmaan ishee gara Waaqaatti iyyan, yeroo isaan nyaata dhabanii jooranitti, arraagessaaf nyaata kenna?
