Job 3
1 Finally, Job spoke, and he cursed the day that he was born.
Kana irratti Iyyoob afaan isaa banatee guyyaa itti dhalate abaare.
2 He said,
Innis akkana jedhe:
3 “I wish that the day when I was born could be eradicated, and also the night when I was conceived.
“Guyyaan ani itti dhaladhe haa badu; halkan, ‘Ilmi dhalate!’ jedhame sunis haa badu.
4 I wish that the day when I was born would have been covered in darkness. I wish that God who is in heaven [MTY] would have forgotten about that day, and that the sun would not have shone on it.
Guyyaan sun haa dukkanaaʼu; Waaqni ol gubbaadhaa isa hin ilaalin; ifnis itti hin ifin.
5 I wish that thick/intense darkness would have filled that day, and that a black cloud would have come over it and blotted out all light and caused people to be terrified.
Dukkannii fi gaaddidduun guddaan isa haa dhaalan; duumessi isa irra haa buʼu; ifa isaa dukkanni haa liqimsu.
6 I wish that the night when I was conceived would be erased from the calendar, with the result that it would never again appear as one night in any month, and that it would not be included in any calendar.
Halkan sana dukkanni limixiin haa qabatu; guyyoota waggaa keessa jiranittis hin dabalamin yookaan jiʼoota kam iyyuu keessatti hin lakkaaʼamin.
7 I wish that no child would again be conceived on that night of the month [MET], and that no one would again be happy on that night.
Halkan sun haa maseenu; ililleenis keessatti hin dhagaʼamin.
8 I want those people who (curse/put evil spells on) days—those who know how to arouse/awaken the great sea monster—to curse that day.
Warri Lewaataanin kakaasuuf qophaaʼan, kanneen guyyoota abaaran guyyaa sana haa abaaran.
9 I wish that the stars that shone early in the morning on that day [after I was conceived] will not shine again. I want those stars to have wished in vain for light to shine; and that they would not have shone on that day.
Bakkalchi barii kan guyyaa sanaa haa dukkanaaʼu; ifa eeggatee haa dhabu; boruu baqaqus hin argin.
10 [That was an evil day] because my mother was able to conceive; instead, I was born, and I have now experienced all these terrible things.
Inni ija koo duraa rakkina dhoksuuf, balbala gadameessa haadha kootii natti hin cufneetii.
11 “I wish that I had died [RHQ] when I was born— at the time I emerged from my mother’s womb.
“Ani maaliif gadameessa haadha kootii keessatti hin badin? Maaliifis yeruman garaa keessaa baʼetti hin duʼin?
12 I wish that my mother had not [RHQ] allowed me to live. I wish that she had not nursed me.
Jilbawwan na simatan, harmawwan ani hodhus maaliif achitti argaman?
13 If I had died at the time when I was born, I would be asleep, resting peacefully [in the place where the dead people are].
Ani silaa yoona nagaan nan ciisa; rafees nan boqodhan tureetii;
14 I would be resting with kings whose [beautiful palaces] that they built are now in ruins (OR, who rebuilt [palaces] that had previously been destroyed), and I would be resting with their officials [who have also died].
moototaa fi gorsitoota addunyaa warra iddoowwan amma diigamanii jiran ofii isaaniitiif qopheeffatan wajjin,
15 I would be resting with princes who were wealthy, whose palaces were filled with gold and silver.
bulchitoota warqee qaban, kanneen manneen isaanii meetiidhaan guutatan wajjin nan boqodhan ture.
16 I wish that I had been buried like a child who died in its mother’s womb and never lived to see the light.
Yookaan ani maaliifin akkuma mucaa duʼee garaa baʼee, akkuma daaʼima ifa guyyaa hin arginiitti hin awwaalamin?
17 After wicked people die, they do not cause any more troubles; those who are very tired now will rest.
Achittis namoonni hamoonni jeequu ni dhiisu; dadhaboonnis achitti ni boqotu.
18 Those who were in prison rest peacefully [after they die]; they no longer have slave-drivers who curse them.
Boojiʼamtoonni nagaadhaan walii wajjin jiraatu; waca cunqursitoota isaaniis hin dhagaʼan.
19 Rich people and poor people are alike after they die, and those who were slaves are no longer controlled by their masters.
Xinnaa fi guddaan achi jira; garbichis gooftaa isaa jalaa bilisoomeera.
20 (“Why does God allow those who are suffering greatly [like me] to continue to remain alive?/I do not understand why God allows those who are suffering greatly [like me] to continue to remain alive.) [RHQ] Why does he allow those who are very miserable/distressed to keep living [RHQ]?
“Maaliif warra gadadoo keessa jiraniif ifni warra lubbuun isaanii gadditeef immoo jireenyi kennama?
21 They long/want to die, but they do not die. They desire to die more than people desire to find a hidden treasure.
Warra duʼa hawwanii dhabaniif warra qabeenya dhokfame caalaa duʼa barbaadaniif
22 When they finally die and are buried, they are very happy.
warra yommuu awwaalamuu gaʼanitti gammachuun guutamanii ililchaniif jireenyi maaliif kennama?
23 Those who do not know where they are [eventually] going when they die [RHQ], people whom God has forced [MET] to continue to live in misery, (it is not right that they continue to live./why do they continue to live?) [RHQ]
Nama karaan isaa duraa dhokateef nama Waaqni dallaa itti marse jireenyi maaliif kennama?
24 I continually cry very much; as a result, I cannot eat; and I can never stop groaning.
Gaddi buddeena naa taʼeera; aaduun koos akka bishaanii dhangalaʼa.
25 Things that I always worried might happen to me, have happened to me; things that I always dreaded have happened to me.
Wanni ani sodaadhe natti dhufeera; wanni na naasisus narra gaʼeera.
26 Now I have no peace [in my inner being], I have no peace; I cannot rest; instead, I have only troubles.”
Ani nagaa hin qabu; tasgabbiis hin qabu; jeequmsa malee boqonnaa hin qabu.”
