Jovu 38
1 Hagi tusi'a kagigagi zaho erino efi Anumzamo'a mani'neno, Jopuna amanage huno kenona hunte'ne,
Then Yahweh spoke to Job from inside a great windstorm. He said to him,
2 Jopuga kagrira knare antahi'zana omane'ne. Ana hu'neankinka Nagrama eri'zama erinaku'ma retro'ma hua zankura neginagi nanekea nehane.
“(Who are you to question what I plan to do?/You have no right/authority to question what I plan to do.) [RHQ] You are speaking ignorantly!
3 Nagra menina kagenoka hu'za huanki, vene'ne antahi'za erinka oti hankavetio. Ana nehunka Nagri kere'ma kenonama hananku trotra huo.
I want to ask you [some] questions, so, just like men prepare themselves for a difficult task [MET], prepare to answer my questions.
4 Kagra iga mani'nankena ama mopamofona tra'a eri agafa hu'na trora hu'noe? Kagra e'i anazama antahi ama'ma hu'nesunka nasamio.
(“Where were you/Were you there with me) [long ago] when I (laid the foundations of/created) the earth? Since you know so much, tell me [where you were at that time].
5 Ama mopamofo za'za'ane atupa'ane amu'noma'anema nofi'ma (measurement) avazu huno ke nofira iza tro hunte'ne? E'i ana zana kagra ko kenka antahinka hu'nampi?
Do you know how I decided how large the earth would be? Do you know who stretched a measuring tape around the earth? Surely [since you think that you know so much, ] you should know that!
6 Ama mopamo'ma agofetu'ma me'nea trara na'amo azeri hanavenetigeno, ome renage eme renage huntete'ma me'nea haveramina, ome regari eme regari hunte'ne?
What supports the pillars on which the earth rests? When the stars [that shine early] in the morning sang together, and someone put in place the stone that causes the earth to stay in its place, and all the angels shouted joyfully [when they saw that happening], who laid that cornerstone? [Did you?]
7 Hagi kotu ofumo'za anazama nege'za magoka zamagira ante'za zagamera nehazage'za, ankero ramimo'zanena ranke hu'za kezati'za musenkasea hu'naze.
8 Hagerimo'ma ruvarehiramino mopafima ezankura ama anante megahane huno iza huntegeno me'ne?
“When the seas poured forth from inside the earth, who prevented the water from flooding over the land?
9 Hagerimofona hamponteti Nagra kukenama hiaza hu'na eri ano vazinente'na, hagerina kumazu haninu eri anakinte'noe.
It was I, [not you, ] who caused clouds to come over the seas and caused it to become very dark [under those clouds].
10 Ana nehu'na hagerimoka agaterenka ovunka, amare megahane nehu'na, hagerimo'ma ome atre eme atrema hu'nea ankina ankina, kafa erigi'na rentarako hunte'noe.
I set limits for the seas, and I put barriers [so that the water would not come over the land].
11 Ana nehu'na amanage hu'na asami'noe. Kavufgama erisgama nehana hagerimoka amare marenka eme netrenka, mago'enena agatarenka ovuo hu'na asami'noe.
[I pointed to the shore] and said to the water, ‘I permit you to come up to here, but I do not permit you to come any farther. Your powerful waves must stop there!’
12 Hagi Jopuga mago zupa masa huo hunka hankeno nanterana rumsa nehigenka, kotu masagura hunka remasa hunka marerio hunka hankeno anara hu'nefi?
“Job, have you [ever] commanded the morning [to begin]? Have you [ever] told the dawn to start a new day?
13 Hagi kagra mago zupa huntankeno nanterama remasama hia masazamo'a, ama mopama ometre eme trema hu'nerega vuno eno huvaga nereno, havi avu'ava zama nehaza vahera zamazeri ama hige'za tavimofo korora hu'za fre'nazafi?
Have you [ever] told the dawn to spread out over the whole earth, with the result that wicked people run away from the light?
14 Zagema marerino rumasama higeno'a, kokamo'a ruzahe huno ama tfaza higeno, avonkrenankre tvaravemo'ma nehiaza huno avasese'amo'a so'e zantfa nehie.
When it becomes light after the dawn, the hills and the valleys become clear like the folds in a cloth.
15 Hagi zagema marerino remsama hige'za, kefo zamavu'zmava zama nehaza vahe'mo'zama hanimpima vano nehu'za, vahe'ma zamazeri havizama nehaza vahe'mo'za zamazana ruhantgi trege'za anara nosaze.
When it becomes daylight, the wicked do not have the darkness [that they like]; [in the daylight] they no longer are able to raise up their arms, ready to hurt people.
16 Kagra Jopuga hagerimpina uraminka hagerimo'ma agafa huno ne-ea kampuira ome negenka, hagerimo'ma amefenkame'ma urami'neama'a ome keme vunka kevaga re'nampi?
“[Job, ] have you traveled to the springs [in the bottom of the ocean] from which the water in the seas comes? Have you investigated/explored the very bottom of the oceans?
17 Fri vahe'mokizmi kuma kafaramima me'neama'a ko negenka, hanintirima hu'nea hanizamofo kafantamina ko ke'nampi?
Has someone shown you the gates to the place where dead people are, the gates to the place where it is very dark?
18 Ama mopamo'ma ra huno vuno eno'ma hu'neana kagra kenka antahinka hu'nampi? Kagrama ana maka zantamima ko'ma antahi vagare'nesunka nasamio.
Do you know how big the earth is? Tell me, if you know all these things!
19 Masamo'ma mani'neno'ma ne-ea kumara kagra kenampi? Hanimo'ma nemania kumara iga me'ne?
“Where is the road to the place where light comes from? And [can you tell me] where darkness lives?
20 Kagra kana ke'nana zanaveri hanankeke masamo'ene, hanimokea zanagrama nemani'a nonkumatega vuke eke hugahapi?
Can take me to its home? Do you know where the road is that goes there?
21 Kagra ko antahi'nane, na'ankure maka zana forera osu'negenka kagra ko fore hugota hu'nanankino, kafukamo'a rama'a hu'negahie!
I am sure that you know these things, because you [talk as though you] were born before the time when all things were created; you [must] be very old!
22 Aisimo'ma aviteno me'neno eneramia nona ome negenka, ko'mopa ko'mo'ma aviteno me'neno eneramia nona ke'nano?
“Have you entered the place where I store the snow and the place where I keep the hail?
23 E'i ana zantamima retro huntogeno'ma me'neana, hazenke knama esanige'nama ha'ma hanuaza retro huntogeno me'ne.
I store the snow and the hail [in order that I can use them to help my people] when [they have] troubles, in times when [they are fighting] wars [DOU].
24 Kopsinamo'ma ruganini huno vuno eno'ma nehia kana iga me'ne? Zage hanati kazigati zaho'ma erino vuno enoma nehia nonkuma'a iga me'ne?
And where is the road to the place from which I cause the lightning to flash? Where is the place from where the east wind begins to blow over all the earth?
25 Monafinti'ma avune ko'mo'ma herafi ramino'ma eneramia tinkana iza tro hunte'ne? Monamo'ma monagema huteno agasasama runo'ma vuno eno'ma hania kana iza varinte'ne?
Who created the channels in which the rain comes down from the sky? Who makes the roads for the thunder/lightning?
26 Vahe'ma omani hagege ka'ma kokampina, iza kora atregeno runente?
Who causes rain to fall in the desert, in places where no one lives?
27 Ana mopafina kora, zafane trazanena omanenegeno mago zana omanetfa hu'neane. Hianagi iza kora atregeno eno mopa eme rufru higeno, trazamo'a ete hageno marenerie?
Who sends the rain that gives moisture/water to areas where nothing has grown, with the result that grass begins to grow again?
28 Ko'mofona nafa'a mani'nefi? Iza ata komofona nafa'a mani'neno atregeno eneramie?
Does the rain have a father? Does the dew [also] have a father?
29 Aisimofona iza anta'a mani'ne? Hagi iza monafintira aisi atakora kase atregeno eneramie?
And from whose womb does ice come [in the (winter/cold season)]? Who gives birth to the frost that comes down from the sky?
30 Zasi ko'matia knafina, tintamimo'a hankavetino havegna nehigeno, hagerimofo agofetu'ma aisima neramino'a azeri karagenefe.
[In the winter, ] the water [freezes and] becomes hard, like a rock, and the surface of lakes becomes frozen.
31 Hagi Pleiadesie nehaza hanafitamima, monare'ma me'nea zana Jopuga seni nofitetira magopi anaki nezmantenka, Orioniema nehaza hnafitamima anaki zmante'nea nofira ahekanora hugahampi?
“[Job], can you fasten the chains that hold the stars together in clusters/groups in the sky?
32 Ana nehunka kagra ana hanafitamina hananke'za, mago kafufina kna'zamire efore hutere nehanagenka, Beane mofavre naga'anema hu'za nehaza hanafitamina kagra kegava huzmantegahampi?
Can you tell the stars when they should shine? Can you guide [the stars in the groups in the northern sky whose names are] the Big Bear and the Little Bear?
33 Monafima ruzahu ruzahu zantamima me'naza zamo'za amage'ma nentaza kasegea kagra antahi'nampi? Ana'ma hu'nesnunka kagra hananke'za ama mopafi maka zantamimo'zanena ana kasegea amage antegahazafi?
Do you know the laws that the stars must obey? Can you cause those same laws to rule [everything here] on the earth?
34 Kagra monafima me'nea hampona kezati misankeno, kora atrenigeno eramino kora kahegahifi?
“Can you shout to the clouds and cause rain to pour down on you?
35 Kopasi'nagu'ma hunka mago kaziga vuo hunka'ma huntesnankeno'ma nevuno'a, e'ina huoma hunka hunantana zana hugahue hunora hugahifi?
Can you cause flashes of lightning to come down and strike where you want it to strike? Do those flashes say to you, ‘Where do you want us to strike next?’
36 Iza knare antahi'zana, vahe agu'afina nenteno, ama' antahi'zana vahe'mofo antahi'zampina ante'ne?
Who enables the clouds to know when they should cause rain to fall?
37 Iza knare antahi'zampina avite'nesnimo maka hampontamina hamprigara hu'ne? Ana nehuno monafima me'negeno anampinti'ma ko'ma neria mopa kavoa eriragisigeno ko'mo'a herafiramigahie?
And who is skilled/wise enough to be able to count the clouds? Who can tilt the jugs of water in the sky [to cause the rain to fall],
38 Anama higeno'a kugusopamo'a ome runtrako huno eme hanavetigeno, hihi huno magopi marenerie.
with the result that the dry ground becomes hard as the dry (clods/lumps of soil) [become wet and] stick together?
39 Zamagama netegenka Laioni anenta'a ramine, laioniraminena zagagafa ahezminke'za nenazafi?
“When a lioness and her cubs crouch in their dens or hide in a thicket, [waiting for some animal to pass by that they can kill, ] can you find animals for a lioness to kill so that [she and] her cubs can [eat the meat and] not be hungry any more?
40 Ana laioniramimo'za havegampine, kafoma ante'za nemaniza trazampinti etirami'za zamagra'a anara nosazafi?
41 Kotkotiema nehaza namaramimo'za ne'zanku'ma hake'za vano vanoma nehazageno, anenta'arimo'za ne'zama nesaza zanku'ma Anumzamo'naregama krafama nehazageno'a, iza ne'zana nezamie?
Who provides dead animals for crows, when the baby crows are calling out to me [for food], [when they are so weak] because of their lack of food [that] they (stagger around/can hardly stand up) [in their nests]?”
