Job 41
1 “[Think also about] (crocodiles/great sea dragons). Can you catch them with a fishhook or fasten their jaws with a rope?
Dia da Lifaiada: ne (hanome ohe fi agoai) amo dimani bese amoga gaguma: bela: ? O ea gona: su efega lala: gilisima: bela: ?
2 Can you put ropes through their noses [to control them] or thrust hooks through their jaws?
Dia da efe amo ea migifu amodili sanasima: bela: ? O ea magadoa dimani besega badofalesima: bela: ?
3 Will they plead with you to act mercifully toward them or (use sweet talk/speak to you nicely) [in order that you will not harm them]?
E da masusa: dima adole ba: ma: bela: ? E da dima olofosu ema ima: ne edegema: bela: ?
4 Will they make an agreement with you to work for you, to be your slaves as long as they live?
E da dima gousa: su ilegesu hamoma: bela: ? E da mae yolele eso huluane dima fa: no bobogelalumu ilegele sia: ma: bela: ?
5 Can you cause them to become pets like you cause birds to become your pets? Can you put a leash/rope around their [necks] so that your servant girls [can play with them]?
Di da e fofoi sio agoane, dia hawa: hamosu uda hahawane ba: ma: ne, e la: la: gima: bela: ?
6 Will merchants try to buy them [in the market]? Will they cut them up into pieces and sell the meat?
Dimani adosu dunu da e bidi lama: ne, bobolema: bela: ? Bidi lasu dunu da e bidi lama: ne, dadega: ma: bela: ?
7 Can you pierce their skins by throwing fishing spears at them? Can you pierce their heads with a harpoon?
Di da ea gadofo amo guisu asuni amoga magufamu dawa: sala: ? O ea dialuma goge agei amoga somu dawa: sala: ?
8 If you grab one of them with your hands, it will fight you in a way that you will never forget, and you will never try to do it again!
Di da e afaewane digili ba: lu, eno hamedafa digili ba: mu. Bai e da dima gegei amo di da hamedafa gogolemu.
9 It is useless to try to subdue them. Anyone who tries to subdue one of them will lose his courage.
Nowa da Lifaiada: ne ba: sea, beda: ga gasa hamedene, osoba diadaha.
10 No one dares/tries to (arouse them/cause them to be angry). So, [since I am much more powerful than they are, ] (who would dare to cause me to be angry?/no one would dare to cause me to be angry!) [RHQ]
Dunu da e ougima: ne didilisisia, e da mi hanaidafa ba: sa. Dunu afae da ea midadi gadenene aligimu hamedei ba: mu.
11 Also, everything on the earth is mine. Therefore, no one [RHQ] is able to give anything to me and require me to pay [money] for it!
Nowa da e doagala: sea, se hame nabi ba: ma: bela: ? Osobo bagade dunu afae da amane hamomu hamedei.
12 I will tell you about [how strong] crocodiles' legs [are] and how strong their well-formed bodies are.
Na Lifaiada: ne ea emo ea hou dima adomu galebe. Ea gasa bagade hou amola dima olelemu.
13 (Can anyone strip off their hides?/No one is able to strip off their hides.) [RHQ] (Can anyone try to put bridles on them?/No one can try to put bridles on them.) [RHQ] (OR, Can anyone pierce their very thick hides?)
Dunu huluane da ea dabua gadofo houga: mu da hamedei. Amola ea da: igene ga: su amo somu hamedei.
14 (Can anyone pry open their jaws, which have terrible teeth in them?/No one can pry open their jaws, which have terrible teeth in them!) [RHQ]
E da bese agesoi bagade gala. Ea lafi dagama: ne, nowa da sesema: bela: ?
15 They have rows of scales on their back which are as hard as a rock (OR, tightly fastened together).
Ea baligi da da: igene ga: su dadalesu amoga hamoi. Ilia da madelagili la: la: gi, amola igi defele ga: nasi gala.
16 The scales are very close together, with the result that not even air can get between them.
Afae afae da enoma gilisili disisibiba: le, mifo da ili adobodili masunu logo hame ba: sa.
17 The scales are joined very closely to each other, and they cannot be separated.
Ilia da noga: le gilisimusa: madelagiba: le, afafamu da hamedei.
18 When crocodiles sneeze, [the tiny drops of water that come out of their noses] sparkle in the sunlight. Their eyes are red like the rising sun.
Lifaiada: ne da hadisia: sea, hadigi agoai nene gala: sa. Amola ea si da eso mabe ea hadigi agoai ba: sa.
19 [It is as though] sparks of fire pour out of their mouths [DOU].
Ea lafidili, lalu gona: su agoai gadili ahoa. Amola ea lafidili, lalu geso bagohame gadili ahoa.
20 Smoke pours out of their nostrils/noses like steam comes out of a pot that is put over a fire made from dry reeds.
Ea mi gelabodili, lalu mobi (amo da gagalobo osobo ofodo hagududili nebe defele) da maha.
21 Their breath can cause coals to blaze, and flames shoot out from their mouths.
Ea mifoga lalu nema: ne fulabosa. Ea lafidili, lalu gona: su da heloagala: sa.
22 Their necks are very strong; wherever they go, they cause people to be very afraid.
Ea galogoa da gasa bagadeba: le, ema doaga: be dunu huluane da beda: gia: sa.
23 The folds in their flesh are very close together and are very hard/firm.
Ea gadofoa dibi asaboi da hame ba: sa. Ea gadofo da ouli defele, ga: nasidafa.
24 [They are fearless, because] the inner parts of their bodies are as hard as a rock, as hard as the lower millstone [on which grain is ground].
Ea dogo da widi goudasu igi agoai, ga: nasidafa. E da beda: su hamedafa dawa:
25 When they rise up, they cause [even] very strong people to be terrified. As a result, people (fall back/run away) when crocodiles thrash around.
E da wa: legadosea, baligili gasa bagade dunu amolawane da beda: gia: sa. Ilia da bagadewane beda: iba: le, hahanidafa ba: sa.
26 [People] [PRS] cannot injure them with swords, and spears or darts or javelins cannot injure them, either.
E fofa: gimusa: , gegesu gobihei da hamedafa gala. Goge agei, amola dadi da ema se ima: ne hamedafa gala.
27 They [certainly are not afraid of weapons made of] straw or rotten wood, but [they are not even afraid of weapons made of] iron or bronze!
E da ouli, amo gisi defele, gasa hamedei ba: sa. Amola e da balase amo ifa dasai defele ba: sa.
28 [Shooting] arrows [at them] does not cause them to run away. [Hurling] stones at them from a sling is like [hurling] bits of chaff at them.
E da dadi gala: be amoga hobeamusa: ; hame dawa: Dunu da ema gelega gala: be da gisi bioiga gala: be agoane hagisa.
29 They are not afraid of clubs [any more than they would be afraid of men throwing] bits of straw [at them], and they laugh when they hear the whirl/sound of javelins [being thrown at them].
Ea ba: sea, gegesu gigi da gisi biole hagi agoai ba: sa, amola dunu da ema dadiga gala: sea, e da amoba: le ousa.
30 Their bellies are covered with scales that are as sharp as broken pieces of pottery. When they drag themselves through the mud, their bellies tear up the ground like a plow.
Ea hagomo gagi da laga osoboga hamoi ofodo gagoudane fofonoboi defele ba: sa. Ilia da osobo gidinasu defele, fafu osobo dogonana.
31 They stir up the water and cause it to foam [as they churn/swim through it].
E da hano wayabo bagade, hano gobei dubu heda: be agoai amola susuligi di bubunuma heda: be agoai, hamosa.
32 As they go through the water, the (wakes/trails in the water behind them) glisten. People [who see it] would think that the foam in those wakes had become white hair.
E da hano wayabo bagade da: iya ahoasea, e da ela: mei logo agoane hamosa. E da hano dubu foloai agoai hamosa.
33 There are no creatures on earth that are as fearless as crocodiles.
Osobo bagadega, e agoai hame ba: sa. E da beda: su hamedafa dawa:
34 They are the proudest of all the creatures; [it is as though] they [rule like] kings over all the other wild animals.”
E da hidale, eno ohe fi huluane ilima ba: le gudusa. E da sigua ohe fi huluane ilima hina bagade agoai esala.
