Iyyoob 23
1 Iyyoob akkana jedhee deebise:
And Job answered and said,
2 “Harʼa iyyuu guungummiin koo hadhaaʼaa dha; yoo ani akkam aade iyyuu harki isaa natti ulfaateera.
Even to-day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
3 Ani utuun iddoo itti isa argadhu beekee, utuu iddoo inni jiraatu illee dhaquu dandaʼee!
Oh that I knew where I might find him, that I might come to his seat!
4 Silaa dhimma koo fuula isaa duratti dhiʼeeffadhee afaan koo falmiin guuttadha ture.
I would order the cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments;
5 Waan inni naa deebisu nan beekan ture; waan inni naan jedhus nan hubadhan ture.
I would know the words he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
6 Inni humna isaa guddaa sanaan anaan mormaa? Lakki, na dhaggeeffata malee.
Would he plead against me with [his] great power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me.
7 Namni qajeelaan achuma fuula isaa duratti dhimma isaa ni dhiʼeeffata; anis isa natti muru jalaa bara baraan nan baʼa.
There would an upright man reason with him; and I should be delivered for ever from my judge.
8 “Garuu yoo ani gara baʼa biiftuu deeme, inni achi hin jiru; ani yoo gara dhiʼaa dhaqes achitti isa hin argadhu.
Lo, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I do not perceive him;
9 Yommuu inni kaabatti hojii irra jirutti ani isa hin argu; yommuu inni gara kibbaatti deebiʼuttis ani hamma libsuu ijaa isa arguu hin dandaʼu.
On the left hand, where he doth work, but I behold [him] not; he hideth himself on the right hand, and I see [him] not.
10 Inni garuu karaa ani baʼu ni beeka; yommuu inni na qoruttis ani akka warqee taʼee nan mulʼadha.
But he knoweth the way that I take; he trieth me, I shall come forth as gold.
11 Miilli koo tarkaanfii isaatti dhiʼaatee duukaa buʼeera; ani utuun irraa hin gorin karaa isaa eegeera.
My foot hath held to his steps; his way have I kept, and not turned aside.
12 Ani ajaja afaan isaa irraa hin fagaanne; nyaata guyyaa guyyaa caalaas dubbii afaan isaa nan jaalladha.
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have laid up the words of his mouth more than the purpose of my own heart.
13 “Inni garuu of dandaʼee kophaa isaa dhaabata; kan isaan mormuu dandaʼu eenyu? Inni waanuma jaallatu hojjeta.
But he is in one [mind], and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, that will he do.
14 Inni waan natti mure ni raawwata; amma illee karoora akkanaa hedduu yaada isaa keessaa qaba.
For he will perform [what] is appointed for me; and many such things are with him.
15 Wanni ani fuula isaa duratti naʼuufis kanuma; ani yommuun waan kana hunda yaadutti isa nan sodaadha.
Therefore am I troubled at his presence; I consider, and I am afraid of him.
16 Waaqni garaa koo ni raase; Waaqni Waan Hunda Dandaʼu na sodaachise.
For God hath made my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me;
17 Haa taʼu malee dukkanni, dukkanni limixiin fuula koo haguugu iyyuu na hin barbadeessine.
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he hidden the gloom from me.
