< Job 35 >
1 And Elihu answers and says:
Eliihuunis itti fufee akkana jedhe:
2 “Have you reckoned this for judgment [when] you have said, My righteousness [is] more than God’s?
“Ati waan kana qajeelaa seetaa? Ati, ‘Ani fuula Waaqaa duratti qajeelaa dha’ jetta.
3 For you say, What does it profit You? What do I profit from my sin?
Ati, ‘Wanni kun faayidaa maalii naa qaba? Ani cubbuu hojjechuu dhiisuudhaan maalin argadha?’ jettee gaafatta.
4 I return words, and your friends with you,
“Ani siʼii fi michoota kee kanneen si wajjin jiraniif deebii kennuu nan barbaada.
5 Behold attentively the heavens—and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than you.
Ol jedhiitii samiiwwan ilaali; duumessoota siin ol jiranis argi.
6 If you have sinned, what do you do against Him? And your transgressions have been multiplied, What do you do to Him?
Ati yoo cubbuu hojjette maal isa miita? Cubbuun kees yoo baayʼate maal isa godha?
7 If you have been righteous, What do you give to Him? Or what does He receive from your hand?
Ati yoo qajeelaa taate, maal isaaf kennita? Yookaan inni harka kee irraa maal argata?
8 For a man like yourself [is] your wickedness, And for a son of man your righteousness.
Hamminni kee nama akka keetii qofa miidha; qajeelummaan kees ilmaan namaa qofa fayyada.
9 Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty.
“Waan cunqursaan itti hammaatteef namoonni ni iyyu; irree humna qabeessaa jalaa baʼuufis gargaarsaaf wawwaatu.
10 And none said, Where [is] God my Maker? Giving songs in the night,
Garuu namni tokko iyyuu akkana hin jedhu; ‘Waaqni Uumaan koo, inni halkaniin faarfannaa namaa kennu,
11 Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Indeed, He makes us wiser than the bird of the heavens.
kan bineensota lafa irraa caalaa beektota, simbirroo samii caalaas ogeeyyii nu godhu eessa jira?’
12 There they cry, and He does not answer, Because of the pride of evildoers.
Inni sababii of tuulummaa jalʼootaatiif yommuu namoonni iyyanitti deebii hin kennu.
13 Surely God does not hear vanity, And the Mighty does not behold it.
Dhugumaan Waaqni iyya isaanii kan gatii hin qabne sana hin dhaggeeffatu; Waaqni Waan Hunda Dandaʼu iyya sanaaf gurra hin kennu.
14 Indeed, though you say you do not behold Him, Judgment [is] before Him, and stays for Him.
Yoo ati, ‘Dubbiin koo fuula isaa dura jira; ani isa eeggachaan jira; garuu isa arguu hin dandaʼu’ jette, inni hammam kanaa gad iyyuu xinneessee haa dhagaʼu ree!
15 And now, because there is not, He has appointed His anger, And He has not known in great extremity.
Amma illee sababii dheekkamsi isaa nama hin adabneef, sababii inni balleessaa namaa akka waan guddaa tokkootti hin fudhanneef,
16 And Job opens his mouth [with] vanity, He multiplies words without knowledge.”
Iyyoob oduu faayidaa hin qabneen afaan bana; beekumsa malees dubbii baayʼisa.”