Job 16
1 Then Job answered and said,
Iyyoobis akkana jedhee deebise:
2 I have heard many such things: miserable comforters [are] ye all.
“Ani waan akkanaa baayʼee dhagaʼeera; hundi keessan jajjabeessitoota nama dhiphistanii dha!
3 Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
Haasaan faayidaa hin qabne kun hin dhumuu? Wanni akka ati oduu dheeressituuf si tuttuqu maali?
4 I also could speak as ye [do]: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake my head at you.
Utuu isin iddoo koo jiraattanii silaa ani akkuma keessan kana nan dubbadha ture; dubbii miʼooftuu dubbachuudhaanis mataa koo isinitti nan raasan ture.
5 [But] I would strengthen you with my mouth and the moving of my lips should assuage [your grief].
Ani afaan kootiin isin jajjabeessee gorsi arraba kootiis qabbana isinii kenna ture.
6 Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged: and [though] I forbear, what am I eased?
“Yoo ani dubbadhe dhukkubni koo natti hin wayyaaʼu; cal jedhus na hin dhiisu.
7 But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.
Yaa Waaqi, ati dhugumaan na dadhabsiifteerta; warra mana koo jiru hundas balleessiteerta.
8 And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, [which] is a witness [against me]: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.
Ati na kokotteessite; kunis ragaa natti taʼe; akka malee huqqachuun koos ifatti baʼee na saaxile.
9 He teareth [me] in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; my enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
Waaqni dheekkamsa isaatiin rukutee na ciccire; ilkaan isaa natti qarate; diinni koo ija isaa natti babaase.
10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves against me.
Namoonni natti qoosuuf afaan banatan; tuffiidhaan maddii koo kabalan; tokko taʼanii natti kaʼan.
11 God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
Waaqnis dabarsee hamootatti na kenne; harka jalʼootaa keessas na buuse.
12 I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken [me] by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
Ani nagaan jiraachaan ture; inni garuu na burkuteesse; morma na qabee na caccabse. Xiyyeeffannaa isaas na godhate;
13 His archers encompass me; he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
loltoonni isaa warri xiyyaan lolan na marsu. Inni gara laafina malee kalee koo waraanee hadhooftuu koo illee lafatti gad jigse.
14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
Inni ammumaa amma na caccabsa; akkuma loltuu tokkootti natti fiiga.
15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
“Ani gogaa kootti uffata gaddaa hodhadheera; gaanfa koos biyyoo keessatti awwaaleera.
16 My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids [are] the shades of death;
Fuulli koo booʼichaan diimateera; dukkanni limixiinis ija koo irra buʼeera.
17 Not for [any] injustice in my hands: also my prayer [is] pure.
Taʼus harki koo yakka tokko illee hin hojjenne; kadhannaan koos qulqulluu dha.
18 O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
“Yaa lafa, ati dhiiga koo hin dhoksin; akka iyyi koo iddoo boqonnaa argatus hin godhin!
19 Also now, behold, my witness [is] in heaven, and my record [is] on high.
Amma iyyuu dhuga baʼaan koo samii irra jira; abukaattoon koos ol gubbaa jira.
20 My friends scorn me: [but] my eye poureth out [tears] to God.
Michoonni koo na tuffatu; iji koos imimmaan gara Waaqaatti facaasa;
21 O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man [pleadeth] for his neighbor!
akkuma namni michuu isaatiif kadhatu sana utuu namni Waaqa kadhatu namaaf jiraatee!
22 When a few years are come, then I shall go the way [whence] I shall not return.
“Waggoota xinnoo booddee, ani gara deemanii deebiʼuun hin jirre nan deema.
