Job 12
1 Then Job said [to his three friends],
Iyyoob akkana jedhee deebise:
2 “You (talk as though/You think) [SAR] that you are the people [whom everyone should listen to], and that when you die, there will be no more wise people.
“Nama jechuun dhugumaan isin; ogummaanis isin wajjin duuti!
3 But I have as much good sense as you do; I am (not less wise than/certainly as wise as [LIT]) you. Certainly everyone knows [RHQ] all that you have said.
Garuu anis akkuma keessan sammuun qaba; ani isinii gad miti. Namni waan akkanaa hin beekne eenyu?
4 My friends all laugh at me now. Previously I habitually requested God to help me, and he answered/helped me. I am righteous, a very godly man [DOU], but everyone laughs at me.
“Ani nama Waaqa waammatee deebii argate taʼu illee, michoota koo biratti nama kolfaa taʼeera. Ani utuun nama qajeelaa hirʼina hin qabne taʼee jiruu nama kolfaa taʼeera.
5 Those [like you] who have no troubles make fun of me; they cause those [like me] who are already suffering to have more troubles.
Warri itti tole rakkinatti qoosu; nama kufuuf miilli isaa mucucaateenis kun hiree isaati jedhu.
6 Bandits live peacefully, and no one threatens those who cause God to become angry; their own strength is the god [that they worship].
Dunkaanni saamtotaa hin jeeqamu; warri Waaqa isaanii harkatti baatanii jooran, warri Waaqa dheekkamsiisan nagaan jiraatu.
7 “But ask the wild animals [what they know about God], and [if they could speak] they would teach you. [If you could] ask the birds, they would tell you.
“Mee horii gaafadhu; isaan si barsiisu; yookaan simbirroota samii gaafadhu; isaan sitti himu;
8 [If you could] ask the creatures [that crawl] on the ground, or the fish in the sea, they would tell you [about God].
yookaan lafatti dubbadhu; inni si barsiisa; yookaan qurxummiiwwan galaanaa sitti haa himan.
9 All of them certainly know [RHQ] that it is Yahweh who has made them with his hands.
Akka harki Waaqayyoo waan kana hojjete, isaan kanneen hunda keessaa eenyutu hin beekne?
10 He directs the lives of all living creatures; he gives breath to all [us] humans [to enable us to remain alive].
Lubbuun uumama hundaa, hafuurri nama hundaas harka isaa keessa jira.
11 And when we [SYN] hear what other people [like you] say, we [RHQ] think carefully about what they say [to determine what is good and what is bad], like we [SYN] taste food [to determine what is good and what is bad].
Akkuma arrabni nyaata afaaniin qabu, gurris dubbii dhagaʼee addaan hin baasuu?
12 Old people are [often] very wise, and because of having lived many years, they understand much,
Ogummaan jaarsolii biratti, hubannaanis warra umuriin dheerate biratti argama mitii?
13 but God is wise and very powerful; he has good sense and understands [everything].
“Ogummaa fi humni kan Waaqaa ti; gorsii fi hubannaanis kan isaa ti.
14 If he tears [something] down, no one can rebuild it; if he puts someone in prison, no one can open [the prison doors to allow that person to escape].
Waan inni diigu eenyu iyyuu deebisee ijaaruu hin dandaʼu; nama inni hidhe eenyu iyyuu hiikuu hin dandaʼu.
15 When he prevents rain from falling, everything dries up. When he causes a lot of rain to fall, [the result is that] there are floods.
Yoo inni bishaan dhowwate, hongeetu buʼa; yoo inni gad dhiise immoo biyya balleessa.
16 He is the one who is truly strong and wise; he rules over those who deceive others and those whom they deceive.
Jabinnii fi ogummaan kan isaa ti; namni gowwoomfamuu fi inni gowwoomsus kanuma isaa ti.
17 He [sometimes] causes [the king’s] officials to no longer be wise, and he causes judges to become foolish.
Inni gorsitoota qullaa deemsisa; abbootii murtiis gowwoota godha.
18 He takes from kings the robes that they wear and puts loincloths around their waists, [causing them to become slaves].
Inni mootota irraa hidhaa hiikee, mudhii isaaniitti sabbata hidha.
19 He takes from priests the sacred clothes that they wear, [with the result that they no longer can do their work], and takes power from those who rule others.
Luboota qullaa deemsisa; jajjabeeyyiis ni gaggaragalcha.
20 He [sometimes] causes those whom others trust to be unable to speak, and he causes old men to no longer have good sense.
Gorsitoota amanamoo afaan qabachiisa; hubannaa jaarsoliis irraa fuudha.
21 He causes those who have authority to be despised, and he causes those who are powerful to no longer have any power/strength.
Warra kabajamootti salphina fida; warra jajjaboo immoo hidhata hiikachiisa.
22 He causes things that are hidden in the darkness to be revealed.
Inni icciitii dukkanaa keessaa ifatti baasa; dukkana limixiis ifatti geeddara.
23 He causes some nations to become very great, and [later] he destroys them; he causes the territory of some nations to become much larger, and [later] he causes them to be defeated and their people to be scattered.
Inni saboota ni guddisa; ni balleessas; saboota ni baayʼisa; ni bittinneessas.
24 He causes [some] rulers to become foolish/stupid, and then he causes them to wander around, lost, in an barren desert.
Bulchitoota addunyaa hubannaa malee hambisa; gammoojjii daandii hin qabne keessas isaan joorsa.
25 They grope around in the darkness, without any light, and he causes them to stagger like [SIM] people who are drunk.”
Isaan dukkana ifa hin qabne keessa qaqqabannaadhaan deemu; inni akka isaan akkuma nama machaaʼeetti gatantaranis ni godha.
