Job 38
1 Then Yahweh spoke to Job from inside a great windstorm. He said to him,
Amalalu, foga mulu bagade amodili, Hina Gode da Youbema amane sia: i,
2 “(Who are you to question what I plan to do?/You have no right/authority to question what I plan to do.) [RHQ] You are speaking ignorantly!
“Di da abuliba: le Na bagade dawa: su hou da defele hame sia: sala: ? Dia sia: da gagaoui amola hamedei sia: fawane.
3 I want to ask you [some] questions, so, just like men prepare themselves for a difficult task [MET], prepare to answer my questions.
Wali, molole wa: legadole, Na dima adole ba: be amo nama dabe adole ima.
4 (“Where were you/Were you there with me) [long ago] when I (laid the foundations of/created) the earth? Since you know so much, tell me [where you were at that time].
Na da osobo bagade hahamonoba, di amogawi esalebe ba: bela: ? Di da liligi huluane dawa: beba: le, Nama dabe adole ima.
5 Do you know how I decided how large the earth would be? Do you know who stretched a measuring tape around the earth? Surely [since you think that you know so much, ] you should know that!
Nowa da osobo bagade ea defei ilegebela: ? Nowa da amo defemusa: , defesu efe bobaila: ? Di da adole iasu huluane dawa: sala: ?
6 What supports the pillars on which the earth rests? When the stars [that shine early] in the morning sang together, and someone put in place the stone that causes the earth to stay in its place, and all the angels shouted joyfully [when they saw that happening], who laid that cornerstone? [Did you?]
Fedege agoane, dunu bugi amo da osobo bagade udidia gadosa, amo adiga udidisala: ? Osobo bagade ea igi bai bagade, nowa da fa: bela: ?
Osobo bagade hahamoi eso hehebolo amoga gasumuni huluane da gilisili gesami hea: lalu. Amola Hebene esalebe fi huluane da hahawaneba: le, wele sia: i.
8 “When the seas poured forth from inside the earth, who prevented the water from flooding over the land?
Hano wayabo bagade da musa: osobo bagade dogoa ganodini galu amo fudagala: le, ga ahoanoba, osobo bi hamoi amo hasalasisa: besa: le, nowa da ea logo hedofama: ne, logo ga: su ga: sibala: ?
9 It was I, [not you, ] who caused clouds to come over the seas and caused it to become very dark [under those clouds].
Na Nisu fawane da hano wayabo bagade mumobiga dedebolesi dagoi. Na Nisu fawane da hano wayabo bagade gasiga lala: boloi.
10 I set limits for the seas, and I put barriers [so that the water would not come over the land].
Na da hano wayabo bagade alalo ilegei, amola ga mae masa: ne logo gaga: lesi.
11 [I pointed to the shore] and said to the water, ‘I permit you to come up to here, but I do not permit you to come any farther. Your powerful waves must stop there!’
Na da hano wayabo bagadema amane sia: i, ‘Dia alalo da goea! Amo mae baligigama! Dia gasa bagade gafulubi amoga, amo alalo mae baligiligama!’
12 “Job, have you [ever] commanded the morning [to begin]? Have you [ever] told the dawn to start a new day?
Yoube! Di da dia esalusu ganodini huluane amo eso hehebolo misa: ne sia: bela: ?
13 Have you [ever] told the dawn to spread out over the whole earth, with the result that wicked people run away from the light?
Di da hehebolo amoma amane hamoma: ne sia: bela: ? ‘Osobo bagade gagulaligima! Wadela: i hamosu dunu ilia wamoaligisu amoga uguguli gugudili fasima!’ Di da amo hamoma: ne sia: bela: ?
14 When it becomes light after the dawn, the hills and the valleys become clear like the folds in a cloth.
Haiyoga, agolo amola fago ilia da abula miginisisi amola laga osoboga dedei agoane, noga: i ba: sa.
15 When it becomes daylight, the wicked do not have the darkness [that they like]; [in the daylight] they no longer are able to raise up their arms, ready to hurt people.
Wadela: i hamosu dunu da esohaiyo si gagasenei agoai ba: sa. Bai amo da ilia wadela: le hamomu logo hedofasa.
16 “[Job, ] have you traveled to the springs [in the bottom of the ocean] from which the water in the seas comes? Have you investigated/explored the very bottom of the oceans?
Di da hano wayabo bagade lugudu amoga gudunini bubuga: ne gadobe amo ba: la asibala: ? Di hano wayabo bagade amo hano oso hagudu amo da: iya lalula: ?
17 Has someone shown you the gates to the place where dead people are, the gates to the place where it is very dark?
Dunu afae da dima logo ga: su, amo da bogoi gasi soge ga: sibi, amo dima olebela: ?
18 Do you know how big the earth is? Tell me, if you know all these things!
Di da osobo bagade ea bagade defei amo dawa: bela: ? Dia da dawa: i galea, nama adoma!
19 “Where is the road to the place where light comes from? And [can you tell me] where darkness lives?
Dia da hadigi ea mabe bai dawa: bela: ? Amola gasi ea banuguma dawa: bela: ?
20 Can take me to its home? Do you know where the road is that goes there?
Dia da hadigi amola gasi amoma ela masa: ne olemu dawa: bela: ? Amola ela bu sinidigima: ne adomu dawa: sala: ?
21 I am sure that you know these things, because you [talk as though you] were born before the time when all things were created; you [must] be very old!
Dafawane! Di da amo hou huluane dawa: ! Di da da: i hamoi dagoi. Amola Na da osobo bagade hahamoloba, di amo amogai esalula: ?
22 “Have you entered the place where I store the snow and the place where I keep the hail?
Di da liligi legesu diasu amoga Na da mugene (snow) amola mugene ga: nasi (hail) legesa, amoga ba: la asibala: ?
23 I store the snow and the hail [in order that I can use them to help my people] when [they have] troubles, in times when [they are fighting] wars [DOU].
Na da gegesu amola bidi hamosu eso amoga, ha lai dunuma gegema: ne amo liligi ouligisa.
24 And where is the road to the place from which I cause the lightning to flash? Where is the place from where the east wind begins to blow over all the earth?
Di da eso ea mabe sogebi amo ba: la asibala: ? Di da gusudili fo ea mabe sogebi amo ba: la asibala: ?
25 Who created the channels in which the rain comes down from the sky? Who makes the roads for the thunder/lightning?
Gibu bagade dasea, hano sa: ima: ne, nowa ogabela: ? Isu gibula bobodole masa: ne, nowa da logo fodobela: ?
26 Who causes rain to fall in the desert, in places where no one lives?
Dunu hame esalebe soge amogai gibu sa: ima: ne, nowa da hamobela: ?
27 Who sends the rain that gives moisture/water to areas where nothing has grown, with the result that grass begins to grow again?
Gisi noga: le heda: ma: ne, nowa da hafoga: i sogega gibu iabela: ?
28 Does the rain have a father? Does the dew [also] have a father?
Gibu amola oubi baeya ela da eda ganabela: ?
29 And from whose womb does ice come [in the (winter/cold season)]? Who gives birth to the frost that comes down from the sky?
‘Aisi’ amola mugene ela eme da nowala: ?
30 [In the winter, ] the water [freezes and] becomes hard, like a rock, and the surface of lakes becomes frozen.
Mugene da hano amo igi ga: nasi agoai hamosa, amola hano wayabo bagade ea odagi ga: nasi hamosa.
31 “[Job], can you fasten the chains that hold the stars together in clusters/groups in the sky?
Di da Balia: idese gasumuni ili dodobole la: la: gimusa: dawa: bela: ? Di da Olione gasumuni la: la: gi fadegamusa: dawa: bela: ?
32 Can you tell the stars when they should shine? Can you guide [the stars in the groups in the northern sky whose names are] the Big Bear and the Little Bear?
Di da eso huluane gasumuni ilima logo olelemusa: dawa: bela: ? Di da Bea Bagade amola Bea Fonobahadi gasumuni ilima masunu logo olelemusa: dawa: bela: ?
33 Do you know the laws that the stars must obey? Can you cause those same laws to rule [everything here] on the earth?
Di da malei amo da mu ouligibi, amo dawa: bela: ? Amola amo malei da osobo bagade ouligima: ne, afadenemusa: dawa: bela: ?
34 “Can you shout to the clouds and cause rain to pour down on you?
Di da mumobima, ili hamoma: ne wele sia: mu dawa: bela: ? Amola ili dia gibuga nanegama: ne sia: musa: dawa: bela: ?
35 Can you cause flashes of lightning to come down and strike where you want it to strike? Do those flashes say to you, ‘Where do you want us to strike next?’
Amola di da ha: ha: nama nene gala: ma: ne sia: sea, ha: ha: na da dima misini, ‘Na da dia hamoma: ne sia: i defele hamomu’, amane sia: ma: bela: ?
36 Who enables the clouds to know when they should cause rain to fall?
Nowa da aowahea sio amoma Naile hano ea fili gala: be eso olelesala: ? Nowa da gagala gawalima gibu da sa: ima: ne sia: sala: ?
37 And who is skilled/wise enough to be able to count the clouds? Who can tilt the jugs of water in the sky [to cause the rain to fall],
38 with the result that the dry ground becomes hard as the dry (clods/lumps of soil) [become wet and] stick together?
Nowa ea bagade dawa: suga mumobi idima: bela: ? Amola nowa ea bagade dawa: suga mumobi amo gibu sogadigima: ne, giwigilisimusa: dawa: sala: ? (Gibu da gulu ganumu ga ganumunisisa.)
39 “When a lioness and her cubs crouch in their dens or hide in a thicket, [waiting for some animal to pass by that they can kill, ] can you find animals for a lioness to kill so that [she and] her cubs can [eat the meat and] not be hungry any more?
Laione wa: me amola ha: aligi laione wa: me waha debe, amo da magufu gelaba amola ilia diasu ganodini wamoaligisa, di da iligili ha: i manu hogole iabela: ?
41 Who provides dead animals for crows, when the baby crows are calling out to me [for food], [when they are so weak] because of their lack of food [that] they (stagger around/can hardly stand up) [in their nests]?”
Da: sio da ha: aligili udigili lalea, amola ilia mano da Nama ha: i manusa: dini iasea, nowa da ilima ha: i manu iahabela: ?
