Iyyoob 11
1 Zoofaari Naaʼimaatichi akkana jedhee deebise:
Then responded Zophar the Naamathite, and said: —
2 “Dubbiiwwan kunneen hundi deebii argachuu hin qabanii? Dubbii baayʼisuun qajeelaa nama godhaa?
Should, the multitude of words, not be answered? Or should, a man full of talk, be justified?
3 Of jajuun kee afaan nama qabachiisaa? Yommuu ati qoostu namni si ifatu hin jiruu?
Shall, thy pratings, cause men to hold their peace? When thou hast mocked, shall there be none to put thee to shame?
4 Ati Waaqaan, ‘Barsiisni koo qulqulluu dha; ani fuula kee duratti hirʼina hin qabu’ jetta.
Since thou hast said, Right is my doctrine, and pure am I in his eyes.
5 Maaloo utuu Waaqni sitti dubbatee, utuu afaan isaas sitti saaqqatee
But, in very deed, oh that GOD would speak, that he would open his lips with thee:
6 icciitii ogummaa siif ibsee ani akkamin hawwa! Ogummaan dhugaan bifa lama qabaatii. Kanaafuu Waaqni cubbuu kee muraasa akka siif irraanfate beeki.
That he would declare to thee the secrets of wisdom, for they are double to that which actually is, —Know then that GOD could bring into forgetfulness for thee, a portion of thine iniquity.
7 “Icciitii Waaqaa qorattee bira gaʼuu yookaan yaada Waaqa Waan Hunda Dandaʼuu qorattee bira gaʼuu dandeessaa?
The hidden depth of GOD canst thou discover? Or, unto the furthest limit of the Almighty, canst thou attain?
8 Isaan samiiwwan caalaa ol fagaatu; ati maal gochuu dandeessa? Qilee awwaalaa caalaas gad fagaatu; ati maal beekuu dandeessa? (Sheol h7585)
The heights of the heavens, what canst thou do? Depths deeper than hades, what canst thou know? (Sheol h7585)
9 Safarri isaa lafa caalaa dheerata; galaana caalaa balʼata.
Longer than the earth, is the measure thereof, and broader than the sea.
10 “Yoo inni dhufee mana hidhaatti si galche, yoo waldaa murtiis walitti qabe eenyutu isa dhowwuu dandaʼa?
If he sweep on, or shut up, or call together, Who then shall hinder him?
11 Dhugumaan inni sobdoota ni beeka; inni yommuu jalʼina argutti hin qalbeeffatuu?
For, he, knoweth men of falsity, and seeth iniquity, and him that doth not diligently consider.
12 Yoo harreen diidaa nama taʼee dhalate malee gowwaan ogeessa taʼuu hin dandaʼu.
But, an empty person, will get sense, when, a wild ass’s colt, is born a man!
13 “Taʼus yoo ati yaada kee gara isaatti deebiftee harka kees gara isaatti diriirsite,
If, thou, hast prepared thy heart, and wilt spread forth, unto him, thy hands—
14 cubbuu harka kee keessa jiru yoo of irraa fageessite, akka wanni hamaanis dunkaana kee keessa hin jiraanne yoo goote,
If, iniquity, be in thy hand, Put it far away, and let there not dwell in thy tents perversity,
15 ati qaanii tokko malee fuula kee ol qabachuu dandeessa; sodaa tokko malees jabaattee dhaabatta.
Surely, then, shalt thou lift up thy face free from blemish, and shalt be established, and not fear.
16 Ati dhugumaan rakkina kee ni irraanfatta; akkuma lolaa darbeettis ni lakkoofta.
For, now, shalt thou forget, sorrow, Like waters passed away, shalt thou remember it.
17 Jireenyi kee aduu saafaa caalaa ifa; dukkanni isaas akkuma barii ganamaa taʼa.
Above high noon, shall rise life’s continuance, Darkness, like a morning, shall appear,
18 Waan abdiin jiruuf ati hin sodaattu; naannoo kee ni ilaalta; nagaadhaanis ni boqotta.
And thou shalt he confident, that there is hope, and, when thou hast searched, securely shalt thou lie down;
19 Ati ni rafta; namni tokko iyyuu si hin sodaachisu; namoonni baayʼeenis fuula kee barbaadu.
And shalt rest, with none to put thee in terror, —and many shall entreat thy favour.
20 Iji hamootaa ni dadhaba; karaan ittiin baqatanis isaan jalaa bada; abdiin isaaniis duʼa qofa.”
But, the eyes of the lawless, shall fail, —and, place of refuge, shall have vanished from them, and, their hope, be a breathing out of life.
