Job 16
1 Then Job answered,
Iyyoobis akkana jedhee deebise:
2 “I have heard many such things. You are all miserable comforters!
“Ani waan akkanaa baayʼee dhagaʼeera; hundi keessan jajjabeessitoota nama dhiphistanii dha!
3 Shall vain words have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer?
Haasaan faayidaa hin qabne kun hin dhumuu? Wanni akka ati oduu dheeressituuf si tuttuqu maali?
4 I also could speak as you do. If your soul were in my soul’s place, I could join words together 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. The solace of my lips would relieve you.
Ani afaan kootiin isin jajjabeessee gorsi arraba kootiis qabbana isinii kenna ture.
6 “Though I speak, my grief is not subsided. Though I forbear, what am I eased?
“Yoo ani dubbadhe dhukkubni koo natti hin wayyaaʼu; cal jedhus na hin dhiisu.
7 But now, God, you have surely worn me out. You have made all my company desolate.
Yaa Waaqi, ati dhugumaan na dadhabsiifteerta; warra mana koo jiru hundas balleessiteerta.
8 You have shriveled me up. This is a witness against me. My leanness rises up against me. It testifies to my face.
Ati na kokotteessite; kunis ragaa natti taʼe; akka malee huqqachuun koos ifatti baʼee na saaxile.
9 He has torn me in his wrath and persecuted me. He has gnashed on me with his teeth. My adversary sharpens his eyes on me.
Waaqni dheekkamsa isaatiin rukutee na ciccire; ilkaan isaa natti qarate; diinni koo ija isaa natti babaase.
10 They have gaped on me with their mouth. They have struck me on the cheek reproachfully. They gather themselves together against me.
Namoonni natti qoosuuf afaan banatan; tuffiidhaan maddii koo kabalan; tokko taʼanii natti kaʼan.
11 God delivers me to the ungodly, and casts me into the hands of the wicked.
Waaqnis dabarsee hamootatti na kenne; harka jalʼootaa keessas na buuse.
12 I was at ease, and he broke me apart. Yes, he has taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces. He has also set me up for his target.
Ani nagaan jiraachaan ture; inni garuu na burkuteesse; morma na qabee na caccabse. Xiyyeeffannaa isaas na godhate;
13 His archers surround me. He splits my kidneys apart, and does not spare. He pours out my bile on the ground.
loltoonni isaa warri xiyyaan lolan na marsu. Inni gara laafina malee kalee koo waraanee hadhooftuu koo illee lafatti gad jigse.
14 He breaks me with breach on breach. He runs at me like a giant.
Inni ammumaa amma na caccabsa; akkuma loltuu tokkootti natti fiiga.
15 I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and have thrust my horn in the dust.
“Ani gogaa kootti uffata gaddaa hodhadheera; gaanfa koos biyyoo keessatti awwaaleera.
16 My face is red with weeping. Deep darkness is on my eyelids,
Fuulli koo booʼichaan diimateera; dukkanni limixiinis ija koo irra buʼeera.
17 although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
Taʼus harki koo yakka tokko illee hin hojjenne; kadhannaan koos qulqulluu dha.
18 “Earth, don’t cover my blood. Let my cry have no place to rest.
“Yaa lafa, ati dhiiga koo hin dhoksin; akka iyyi koo iddoo boqonnaa argatus hin godhin!
19 Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven. He who vouches for me is on high.
Amma iyyuu dhuga baʼaan koo samii irra jira; abukaattoon koos ol gubbaa jira.
20 My friends scoff at me. My eyes pour out tears to God,
Michoonni koo na tuffatu; iji koos imimmaan gara Waaqaatti facaasa;
21 that he would maintain the right of a man with God, of a son of man with his neighbour!
akkuma namni michuu isaatiif kadhatu sana utuu namni Waaqa kadhatu namaaf jiraatee!
22 For when a few years have come, I will go the way of no return.
“Waggoota xinnoo booddee, ani gara deemanii deebiʼuun hin jirre nan deema.
