Iyyoob 11

1 Zoofaari Naaʼimaatichi akkana jedhee deebise:

Then answered Zophar the Na'amathite, and said.

2 “Dubbiiwwan kunneen hundi deebii argachuu hin qabanii? Dubbii baayʼisuun qajeelaa nama godhaa?

Shall a multitude of words not be answered? and is it so that a man full of talk shall be deemed in the right?

3 Of jajuun kee afaan nama qabachiisaa? Yommuu ati qoostu namni si ifatu hin jiruu?

Thy inventions are to bring men to silence; and when thou utterest thy mocking no one is to cause thee to feel abashed!

4 Ati Waaqaan, ‘Barsiisni koo qulqulluu dha; ani fuula kee duratti hirʼina hin qabu’ jetta.

For thou hast said [to God], My doctrine is pure, and I am become clean in thy eyes.

5 Maaloo utuu Waaqni sitti dubbatee, utuu afaan isaas sitti saaqqatee

But oh that God would but speak, and open his lips against thee;

6 icciitii ogummaa siif ibsee ani akkamin hawwa! Ogummaan dhugaan bifa lama qabaatii. Kanaafuu Waaqni cubbuu kee muraasa akka siif irraanfate beeki.

And that he would declare unto thee the secrets of wisdom; for it is double to that which is really in our possession: and thou wouldst experience that God overlooketh unto thee much of thy iniquity.

7 “Icciitii Waaqaa qorattee bira gaʼuu yookaan yaada Waaqa Waan Hunda Dandaʼuu qorattee bira gaʼuu dandeessaa?

Canst thou find out the experience of God? or canst thou find [the way] unto the utmost limit of the Almighty?

8 Isaan samiiwwan caalaa ol fagaatu; ati maal gochuu dandeessa? Qilee awwaalaa caalaas gad fagaatu; ati maal beekuu dandeessa? (Sheol h7585)

It is as high as heaven; what canst thou effect? it is deeper than the nether world; what canst thou know? (Sheol h7585)

9 Safarri isaa lafa caalaa dheerata; galaana caalaa balʼata.

Longer than the earth is its measure, and broader than the sea.

10 “Yoo inni dhufee mana hidhaatti si galche, yoo waldaa murtiis walitti qabe eenyutu isa dhowwuu dandaʼa?

If he pass by, and surrender [one to suffering], and call together an assembly, who can hinder him?

11 Dhugumaan inni sobdoota ni beeka; inni yommuu jalʼina argutti hin qalbeeffatuu?

For he knoweth the men of vanity: he seeth the wrong-doer and him who considereth not;

12 Yoo harreen diidaa nama taʼee dhalate malee gowwaan ogeessa taʼuu hin dandaʼu.

And the heartless who acquireth intelligence, and him who is [like] the colt of the wild ass who is transformed into a man.

13 “Taʼus yoo ati yaada kee gara isaatti deebiftee harka kees gara isaatti diriirsite,

If thou truly direct [aright] thy heart, and spread out thy hands toward him: —

14 cubbuu harka kee keessa jiru yoo of irraa fageessite, akka wanni hamaanis dunkaana kee keessa hin jiraanne yoo goote,

If wrong be in thy hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tents.

15 ati qaanii tokko malee fuula kee ol qabachuu dandeessa; sodaa tokko malees jabaattee dhaabatta.

For then canst thou lift up thy face free from blemish: yea, thou wilt stand steadfast, and needest not to fear;

16 Ati dhugumaan rakkina kee ni irraanfatta; akkuma lolaa darbeettis ni lakkoofta.

Because thou wilt truly forget thy trouble, and as a waterflood that is passed away wilt thou remember it;

17 Jireenyi kee aduu saafaa caalaa ifa; dukkanni isaas akkuma barii ganamaa taʼa.

And brighter than the noon of day will thy earthly existence arise; and thy obscurity will be like thy morning.

18 Waan abdiin jiruuf ati hin sodaattu; naannoo kee ni ilaalta; nagaadhaanis ni boqotta.

And thou wilt feel trust, because there is hope: yea, thou wilt search about carefully, and thou wilt lie down in safety.

19 Ati ni rafta; namni tokko iyyuu si hin sodaachisu; namoonni baayʼeenis fuula kee barbaadu.

Also thou wilt stretch thyself out [to rest], with none to make thee afraid; and many will entreat thy favor.

20 Iji hamootaa ni dadhaba; karaan ittiin baqatanis isaan jalaa bada; abdiin isaaniis duʼa qofa.”

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and the means of escape will vanish from them, and their [sole] hope shall be the breathing out of their soul.