Job 29
1 Job spoke again,
| ئەیوب سەرلەنوێ دەستی بە قسە کردەوە و گوتی: |
2 “I wish/desire that I could be like I was previously, during the years when God took care of me.
| «خۆزگەم بە مانگەکانی ڕابردوو، بەو ڕۆژانەی کە خودا منی پاراست، |
3 During those years, [it was as though] God’s lamp [MET] shone on me and gave me light while I walked in the darkness.
| کاتێک چراکەی خۆی لە سەرم هەڵکرد و بە ڕووناکی ئەو بەناو تاریکیدا دەڕۆیشتم! |
4 At that time I was young and strong, and because God was my friend, [he protected] [PRS] my tent.
| خۆزگە بەو ڕۆژانەی کە لە هەڕەتی هێز و توانادا بووم، هاوڕێیەتییە گیانی بەگیانییەکەم لەگەڵ خودا چادرەکەی منی بەرەکەتدار کردبوو، |
5 Almighty [God] was with me during those years when all my children were around me.
| خودای هەرە بەتوانا هێشتا لەگەڵم بوو و منداڵەکانیشم لە چواردەورم بوون، |
6 [My herds] provided me with plenty of milk, and streams of oil flowed from the rock where my olives were pressed.
| کاتێک پێیەکانم بە شیر دەشوشت، تاشەبەردیش جۆگەکانی زەیتی بۆ هەڵدەقوڵاندم. |
7 “Whenever I went to [the place where the elders gathered at] the city gate, I sat down with them,
| «کاتێک بۆ لای دەروازەی شارەکە دەچووم و لە گۆڕەپانەکەدا دیوەخانی خۆم ئامادە دەکرد، |
8 and when the young men saw me, they stepped aside [respectfully], and the old men [also] stood [respectfully].
| گەنجەکان کە منیان دەبینی خۆیان دەشاردەوە، پیرانیش لەبەرم هەڵدەستان و ڕادەوەستان؛ |
9 The leaders of the people stopped talking [DOU],
| پیاوە گەورەکان نەیاندەویست قسە بکەن، دەستیان دەخستە سەر دەمی خۆیان؛ |
10 and even the most important men became quiet and ceased talking [MTY] [in order to hear me speak to them].
| پیاوماقوڵان دەنگیان لێ دەبڕا و زمانیان بە مەڵاشوویانەوە دەنووسا. |
11 When they [SYN] all heard [what I told them], they said good things about me. When they [SYN] saw me (OR, what I had done), they commended me,
| ئەوەی گوێی لێم دەبوو ستایشی دەکردم، ئەو چاوەی کە دەیبینی شایەتی بۆ دەدام، |
12 because I had helped the poor people when they cried out for help and I aided/helped orphans who had no one else to help them.
| چونکە ئەو هەژارانەی کە هاواریان بۆ دەهێنام و ئەو هەتیوانەی کە بێکەس بوون ڕزگارم دەکردن. |
13 Those who were suffering and about to die praised [PRS] me, and I caused widows [SYN] to sing joyfully, [because of my helping them].
| ئەوانەی لە سەرەمەرگدا بوون بەرەکەتیان دەدامێ و دڵی بێوەژنم دەهێنایە قریوە. |
14 I always acted justly; my continually doing that was like [MET] a robe that I wore and a turban [that was wrapped around my head].
| ڕاستودروستیم لەبەر دەکرد و دەمپۆشی؛ دادپەروەری کەوا و مێزەرەکەم بوو. |
15 [It was as though] [MET] I was eyes for blind people and feet for people who were lame.
| دەبووم بە چاو بۆ نابینایان و بە قاچ بۆ شەلان. |
16 I was [like] [MET] a father to poor people, and in courts I defended those who were strangers.
| من بۆ نەداران باوکێک دەبووم و بەرگریم لە کەسێک دەکرد کە پێی ئاشنا نەبووم. |
17 My causing wicked people [to be unable to continue oppressing others was like] [MET] breaking the fangs [of fierce wild animals] and forcing them to drop from their teeth/mouths the animals that they had caught/seized.
| کەڵبەی ستەمکارم وردوخاش دەکرد و لەنێو ددانەکانی نێچیرم دەڕفاند. |
18 “At that time I thought, ‘Surely I will live securely, until I am very old [SIM], and I will die at home [with my family].’
| «جا گوتم:”لەناو لانەکەی خۆم ڕۆح بەدەستەوە دەدەم و وەک لم ڕۆژگارم زۆر دەبێت. |
19 I was [like a tree] [MET] whose roots reach down into the water and whose branches become wet with dew each night.
| ڕەگم بەرەو ئاوەکان درێژ دەبێتەوە، بە درێژایی شەو شەونم بەسەر چڵەکانمەوە دەبێت. |
20 People always honored me, and I was always [strong like] [MET] a new bow.
| شکۆمەندیم بە هەمیشەیی لەگەڵم دەبێت، کەوانەکەم لە دەستم نوێ دەبێتەوە.“ |
21 “When I spoke, people waited to hear [what I would say] and remained silent until I advised them [what they should do].
| «گوێیان لە من دەگرت و چاوەڕێیان دەکرد لە کاتی ڕاوێژکردنم گوێیان بۆم شل دەکرد. |
22 After I finished speaking, they did not say any more; [it was as though] [MET] my words fell on their ears [like refreshing drops of rain].
| لەدوای قسەکانم هیچیان لە دەم نەدەهاتە دەرەوە؛ قسەکانم دڵۆپەی بەسەریاندا کرد. |
23 They waited for me [to speak] like they wait for rain; they [appreciated what I said] like [MET] [farmers appreciate] the final rain in the spring [before the dry season].
| چاوەڕێیان دەکردم وەک چاوەڕێی نمە باران بکەن و دەمیان دەکردەوە وەک بۆ بارانی بەهار. |
24 When they were discouraged, I smiled at them [to encourage them]; they became encouraged when they saw that I approved of them.
| کاتێک لەگەڵیان ڕووخۆش دەبووم، باوەڕیان نەدەکرد؛ کاتێک ڕەزامەندیم پیشان دەدا، چاوەڕێی ئەوەیان نەدەکرد. |
25 I was their leader, and I decided what things [would be good for them to do]; I was among them like [SIM] a king who is among his troops; I was like someone who comforts [others] who are mourning.”
| ڕێگام بۆیان هەڵدەبژارد و وەک سەرۆک دادەنیشتم؛ وەک پاشایەک لەناو سوپا نیشتەجێ دەبووم، وەک ئەوەی دڵنەوایی شیوەنگێڕان دەداتەوە. |
