Job 35
1 Elihu spoke moreover, and said,
Eliihuunis itti fufee akkana jedhe:
2 Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God’s?
“Ati waan kana qajeelaa seetaa? Ati, ‘Ani fuula Waaqaa duratti qajeelaa dha’ jetta.
3 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be to thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
Ati, ‘Wanni kun faayidaa maalii naa qaba? Ani cubbuu hojjechuu dhiisuudhaan maalin argadha?’ jettee gaafatta.
4 I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
“Ani siʼii fi michoota kee kanneen si wajjin jiraniif deebii kennuu nan barbaada.
5 Look to the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.
Ol jedhiitii samiiwwan ilaali; duumessoota siin ol jiranis argi.
6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions are multiplied, what doest thou to him?
Ati yoo cubbuu hojjette maal isa miita? Cubbuun kees yoo baayʼate maal isa godha?
7 If thou art righteous, what givest thou to him? or what receiveth he from thy hand?
Ati yoo qajeelaa taate, maal isaaf kennita? Yookaan inni harka kee irraa maal argata?
8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
Hamminni kee nama akka keetii qofa miidha; qajeelummaan kees ilmaan namaa qofa fayyada.
9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
“Waan cunqursaan itti hammaatteef namoonni ni iyyu; irree humna qabeessaa jalaa baʼuufis gargaarsaaf wawwaatu.
10 But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
Garuu namni tokko iyyuu akkana hin jedhu; ‘Waaqni Uumaan koo, inni halkaniin faarfannaa namaa kennu,
11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
kan bineensota lafa irraa caalaa beektota, simbirroo samii caalaas ogeeyyii nu godhu eessa jira?’
12 There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
Inni sababii of tuulummaa jalʼootaatiif yommuu namoonni iyyanitti deebii hin kennu.
13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
Dhugumaan Waaqni iyya isaanii kan gatii hin qabne sana hin dhaggeeffatu; Waaqni Waan Hunda Dandaʼu iyya sanaaf gurra hin kennu.
14 Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.
Yoo ati, ‘Dubbiin koo fuula isaa dura jira; ani isa eeggachaan jira; garuu isa arguu hin dandaʼu’ jette, inni hammam kanaa gad iyyuu xinneessee haa dhagaʼu ree!
15 But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:
Amma illee sababii dheekkamsi isaa nama hin adabneef, sababii inni balleessaa namaa akka waan guddaa tokkootti hin fudhanneef,
16 Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
Iyyoob oduu faayidaa hin qabneen afaan bana; beekumsa malees dubbii baayʼisa.”
