Job 14
1 Man born of a woman is short of days, and sated with harrowing trouble.
“Nama dubartoota irraa dhalate, barri isaa gabaabaa fi kan rakkinaan guutamee dha.
2 Like a flower he cometh forth, and is cut down: and he fleeth like a shadow, and remaineth not.
Inni akkuma daraaraa ni biqila; ni coollagas; akkuma gaaddidduu ariifatee darba malee hin turu.
3 And yet on such a one dost thou open thy eyes, and me thou bringest into judgment with thee?
Iji kee nama akkasii xiyyeeffatee ilaalaa? Ati murtiif fuula kee duratti isa fiddaa?
4 Who can make a clean thing out of an unclean? not one [thing].
Eenyutu waan xuraaʼaa keessaa waan qulqullaaʼaa baasuu dandaʼa? Namni tokko iyyuu hin dandaʼu!
5 Seeing that his days are determined, the number of his months are [fixed] with thee, that thou hast set his bounds which he cannot pass:
Barri jireenya namaa murtaaʼaa dha; baayʼinni jiʼoota isaas si bira jira; daangaa inni darbuu hin dandeenye daangessiteefii jirta.
6 Turn thyself from him that he may recover from his pain, and be able to enjoy like a hired laborer his day.
Hamma inni akka hojjetaa tokkootti bara isaa raawwatutti, fuula kee isa irraa deebifadhu; isas dhiisi.
7 For there is hope for the tree: if it be cut down, it may still sprout again, while its young shoot will not cease.
“Mukni illee abdii qaba: Yoo murame deebiʼee ni lata; dameen isaa haaraanis hin gogu.
8 If even its root become old in the earth, and its stock die in the dust:
Yoo gufuun isaa lafa keessatti dulloomee gufuun isaa biyyoo keessatti tortore iyyuu,
9 Yet through the scent of water will it flourish [again], and produce boughs as though It were newly planted.
foolii bishaaniitiin lata; akka biqiltuuttis damee ni baafata.
10 But man dieth, and lieth powerless: yea, the son of earth departeth—and where is he?
Namni garuu duʼee awwaalama; lubbuun isaa keessaa baati; innis hin jiraatu.
11 The waters run off from the sea, and the river faileth and drieth up:
Akkuma bishaan galaanaa gogu yookaan lagnis dhumee gogu sana,
12 So doth man lie down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they will not awake, and will not be roused out of their sleep.
namnis akkasuma ni ciisa; hin kaʼus; hamma samiiwwan darbanittis hin dammaqu yookaan hirribaa hin kaʼu.
13 Oh who would grant that thou mightest hide me in the nether world, that thou mightest conceal me, until thy wrath be appeased, that thou mightest set for me a fixed time, and remember me then! (Sheol h7585)
“Maaloo utuu awwaala keessa na dhoksitee hamma dheekkamsi kee darbutti na haguugdee! Maaloo utuu beellama naa kennitee ergasii immoo na yaadattee! (Sheol h7585)
14 Or, when a man dieth, will he live again? all the days of my time of service would I then wait, till [the hour of] my release were come.
Namni tokko yoo duʼe deebiʼee ni jiraataa? Ani hamma haaromfamni koo dhufutti, bara rakkoo koo hunda obsaan nan eeggadha.
15 Do thou call, and I will truly answer thee: have a desire for the work of thy hands.
Ati na waamta; anis si jalaa nan owwaadha; hojii harka keetiis ni hawwita.
16 Yet now thou numberest my steps: and thou waitest not with [the punishment of] my sin.
Yeroo sana ati tarkaanfii koo ni lakkoofta; cubbuu koo garuu hin toʼattu.
17 Sealed up in a bag is my transgression, and thou yet addest to my iniquity.
Yakki koo korojootti naqamee chaappeffama; ati cubbuu koo ni haguugda.
18 But truly a falling mountain will crumble, and [even] a rock is moved out of its place.
“Garuu akkuma tulluun lolaadhaan dhiqamee jigu, kattaanis iddoo isaatii buqqaʼu sana,
19 The water weareth out stones; thou sweepest away their fragments [like] the dust of the earth: and so thou destroyest the hope of man.
akkuma bishaan dhagaa nyaatee haphisu, akkuma lolaan biyyoo dhiqu sana, atis akkasuma abdii namaa ni balleessita.
20 Thou assailest him with might without ceasing, till he passeth away: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him off.
Ati bara baraan isa ni moota; innis ni bada; bifa isaa ni geeddarta; of irraas isa fageessita.
21 His children acquire honor, but he knoweth it not: and they are esteemed little, but he perceiveth nothing of them.
Yoo ilmaan isaa ulfina argatan inni hin beeku; yoo isaan salphatanis hin argu.
22 But his body. on him, feeleth pain, and his soul will mourn for him.
Dhukkuba dhagna isaa qofatu isatti dhagaʼama; inni mataa isaa qofaaf booʼa.”
