Job 7
1 [Is there] not an appointed time to man upon earth? [are not] his days also like the days of a hireling?
“Jireenyi namaa lafa irratti qabsoo cimaa mitii? Barri isaas akkuma bara nama qacaramaa tokkootii mitii?
2 As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as a hireling looketh for [the reward of] his work;
Akkuma garbicha gaaddisa galgalaa hawwuu, yookaan akkuma hojjetaa mindaa isaa eegatu tokkoo,
3 So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
jiʼoonni faayidaa hin qabne naa qoodaman; halkanoonni dhiphinaas naa ramadaman.
4 When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro to the dawning of the day.
Yommuun ciisutti, ‘Ani yoomin kaʼa?’ jedheen yaada. Halkan natti dheerata; anis hamma bariʼutti nan gaggaragala.
5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken and become lothsome.
Nafni koo raammoo fi qonyanyaa uffateera; gogaan koo babbaqaqee malaʼaa jira.
6 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
“Barri koo kolloo wayya dhooftuu caalaa ariifata; innis abdii malee dhuma.
7 O remember that my life [is] wind: my eye will no more see good.
Egaa yaa Waaqayyo, akka jireenyi koo akkuma qilleensaa taʼe yaadadhu; iji koo lammata waan gaarii hin argu.
8 The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no [more]: thy eyes [are] upon me, and I [am] not.
Iji amma na argu siʼachi na hin argu; ati na barbaadda; garuu ani hin jiru.
9 [As] the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no [more]. (Sheol h7585)
Akkuma duumessi bittinnaaʼee badus namni awwaalame hin deebiʼu. (Sheol h7585)
10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
Inni lammata mana isaatti hin deebiʼu; iddoon isaas siʼachi isa hin beeku.
11 Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
“Kanaafuu ani cal hin jedhu; ani hafuura koo dhiphate sanaan nan dubbadha; hadhaaʼummaa lubbuu kootiinis nan guunguma.
12 [Am] I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
Ati eegduu natti ramaduun kee, ani galaana moo yookaan bineensa galaanaa ti?
13 When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
Yommuu ani, ‘Sireen koo na jajjabeessa; wanni ani irra ciisu guungummii koo naa xinneessa’ jedhutti,
14 Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:
ati abjuu keessa na sodaachifta; mulʼataanis na rifachiifta.
15 So that my soul chooseth strangling, [and] death rather than my life.
Kanaafuu ani akkasitti jiraachuu irra of hudhee duʼuu nan filadha.
16 I lothe [it]; I would not live always: let me alone; for my days [are] vanity.
Jireenya koo nan jibba; ani bara baraan hin jiraadhu. Na dhiisi; jiraachuun koo faayidaa hin qabuutii.
17 What [is] man, that thou shouldst magnify him? and that thou shouldst set thy heart upon him?
“Akka ati isa leelliftuuf, akka qalbii kee isa irra keessuufis namni maali?
18 And [that] thou shouldst visit him every morning, [and] try him every moment?
Ati ganama ganama isa xiinxaltee yeroo yerootti isa qorta.
19 How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow my spittle?
Ati ija kee narraa hin buqqiftuu? Hamma ani hancufa liqimsutti kophaa koo na hin dhiiftuu?
20 I have sinned; what shall I do to thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
Yaa isa nama eegdu, yoon cubbuu hojjedhe iyyuu ani maalan si godha? Ati maaliif waan itti akeekkattu na godhatte? Ani baʼaa sitti taʼeeraa?
21 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I [shall] not [be].
Ati maaliif balleessaa koo irra dabartee cubbuu koo illee naaf hin dhiifne? Yeroon ani itti biyyoo keessa ciisu gaʼeeraatii; ati na barbaadda; garuu ani hin argamu.”
