Job 17
1 My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves [are ready] for me.
Hafuurri koo dadhabeera; barri koo gabaabbateera; awwaallis naa qopheeffameera.
2 [Are there] not mockers with me? and doth not my eye continue in their provocation?
Dhugumaan qoostonni na marsaniiru; iji koos hojii isaanii isa hamaa sana hubatee ilaala.
3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who [is] he [that] will strike hands with me?
“Yaa Waaqi, qabsiisa naa taʼi; si malee eenyutu wabii naa taʼa?
4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt [them].
Akka isaan waa hin hubanneef ati sammuu isaanii cufteerta; kanaafuu ati akka isaan moʼatan hin gootu.
5 He that speaketh flattery to [his] friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
Yoo namni tokko faayidaa argachuuf michuu isaa maqaa balleesse, iji ijoollee isaa ni jaama.
6 He hath made me also a by-word of the people; and in former time I was as a tabret.
“Waaqni nama hunda biratti nama kolfaa, nama namni fuula isaatti tufu na godheera.
7 My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members [are] as a shade.
Iji koo sababii gaddaatiif arguu dhabe; dhagni koo guutuunis akkuma gaaddidduu ti.
8 Upright [men] shall be astonished at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
Qajeeltonni waan kanaan ni rifatu; namni balleessaa hin qabnes warra Waaqatti hin bulle irratti kaʼa.
9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
Qajeelaan garuu karaa isaatti cima; warri harki isaanii qulqulluu taʼes jabaachaa deemu.
10 But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find [one] wise [man] among you.
“Hundi keessan garuu mee deebiʼaa yaalaa! Ani isin keessaa nama ogeessa tokko illee hin argadhu.
11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, [even] the thoughts of my heart.
Barri koo darbeera; karoorri koo fashalaaʼeera; hawwiin garaa koos akkasuma taʼeera.
12 They change the night into day: the light [is] short because of darkness.
Namoonni kunneen halkan guyyaatti geeddaraniiru; utuma dukkana arganuus, ‘Ifni dhiʼaateera’ jedhu.
Yoo manni ani abdadhu awwaala qofa taʼe, yoo ani dukkana keessatti siree koo afadhe, (Sheol h7585)
14 I have said to corruption, Thou [art] my father: to the worm, [Thou art] my mother, and my sister.
yoo ani boolla qileetiin, ‘Ati abbaa koo ti;’ raammoodhaan immoo, ‘Ati haadha koo ti;’ yookaan ‘Obboleettii koo ti’ jedhe,
15 And where [is] now my hope? as for my hope, who will see it?
egaa abdiin koo eessa jira? Eenyutus abdii tokko illee naa arga?
