Iyyoob 24
1 “Waaqni Waan Hunda Dandaʼu sun maaliif yeroo murtii hin murteessine? Warri isa beekan maaliif akkasumaan guyyoota isaa hin argine?
"Why aren't times made known by Shaddai? Why do not those who know him see his days?
2 Namoonni dhagaa daarii ni dhiibu; bushaayee hataniis ni bobbaasu.
There are people who remove the landmarks. They violently take away flocks, and feed them.
3 Isaan harree ijoollee abbaa hin qabnee ooffatanii deemu; sangaa haadha hiyyeessaa qabdii fudhatu.
They drive away the donkey of the fatherless, and they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
4 Rakkataa karaa irraa balleessu; hiyyeeyyiin biyyaa hundis isaan jalaa dhokatu.
They turn the needy out of the way. The poor of the earth all hide themselves.
5 Hiyyeeyyiin akkuma harree diidaa kan gammoojjii keessaa nyaata barbaacha asii fi achi jooru; gammoojjii sana keessaas ijoollee isaaniitiif nyaata kenna.
Look, as wild donkeys in the desert, they go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food. The wilderness yields them bread for their children.
6 Isaan dirree irratti okaa walitti qabatu; iddoo dhaabaa wayinii nama hamaa irraas qarmii funaannatu.
They cut their provender in the field. They glean the vineyard of the wicked.
7 Uffata dhabanii halkan qullaa bulu; waan dhaamocha keessatti uffatan tokko illee hin qaban.
They lie all night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold.
8 Isaan bokkaa tulluutiin tortoraniiru; waan itti daʼatan illee dhabanii kattaa hammatu.
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for lack of a shelter.
9 Mucaan abbaa hin qabne harma irraa butameera; daaʼimni hiyyeessaa qabdii kennameera.
There are those who pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor,
10 Isaan uffata dhabanii qullaa deemu; bissii baatu; garuu ni beelaʼu.
So that they go around naked without clothing. Being hungry, they carry the sheaves.
11 Isaan dhagaa gidduutti zayitii ejersaa baasu; wayinii cuunfu; garuu ni dheebotu.
They make oil within the walls of these men. They tread wine presses, and suffer thirst.
12 Aaduun warra duʼuutti jiranii magaalaa keessaa ni dhagaʼama; lubbuun warra madaaʼaniis gargaarsa barbaacha iyyiti. Waaqni garuu balleessaa tokko iyyuu isaanitti hin lakkaaʼu.
From out of the populous city, men groan. The soul of the wounded cries out, yet God doesn't regard the folly.
13 “Warri ifatti fincilan kanneen daandii isaa hin beekne yookaan daandii ifaa irra hin jiraanne jiru.
"These are of those who rebel against the light. They do not know its ways, nor abide in its paths.
14 Yommuu aduun dhiitu, namni nama ajjeesu ni kaʼa; innis hiyyeeyyii fi rakkattoota ni ajjeesa; halkan immoo akkuma hattuu taʼa.
The murderer rises with the light. He kills the poor and needy. In the night he is like a thief.
15 Iji ejjaan dimimmisa eeggata; innis, ‘Iji na argu hin jirtu’ jedha; fuula isaas ni dhokfata.
The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, 'No eye shall see me.' He disguises his face.
16 Namoonni dukkana keessa mana cabsanii seenu; guyyaa garuu ofitti cufanii oolu; isaan ifa hin beekan.
In the dark they dig through houses. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They do not know the light.
17 Hunda isaaniitiif, dukkanni guddaan barii isaanii ti; isaan sodaa dukkana guddaatti michoomu.
For the morning is to all of them like thick darkness, for they know the terrors of the thick darkness.
18 “Taʼus isaan hoomacha bishaan gubbaa ti; akka namni tokko iyyuu gara iddoo dhaabaa wayinii hin dhaqneef, qoodni lafa isaanii abaarameera.
"They are foam on the surface of the waters. Their portion is cursed in the earth. They do not turn into the way of the vineyards.
19 Akkuma hoʼii fi hoongeen cabbii baqee xuuxee fixu, awwaalli namoota cubbuu hojjetan ni butata. (Sheol h7585)
Drought and heat consume the snow waters, so does Sheol those who have sinned. (Sheol h7585)
20 Gadameessi isaan irraanfata; raammoonnis itti duuddee isaan nyaatti; namoonni hamoon akkuma mukaa ni caccabu; siʼachis hin yaadataman.
The womb shall forget him. The worm shall feed sweetly on him. He shall be no more remembered. Unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree.
21 Isaan dubartii dhabduu ni saamu; haadha hiyyeessaatiif illee garaa hin laafan.
He devours the barren who do not bear. He shows no kindness to the widow.
22 Waaqni garuu humna isaatiin jajjaboota alatti harkisa; isaan ol kaʼu; garuu wabii jireenyaa hin qaban.
Yet he preserves the mighty by his power. He rises up who has no assurance of life.
23 Inni akka isaan waan nagaan jiraatan seʼaniif ittuma dhiisuu dandaʼa; iji isaa garuu karaa isaanii ni toʼata.
He gives them security, and they rest in it. His eyes are on their ways.
24 Isaan yeroo xinnoof mataa ol qabatu; ergasii immoo ni badu; gad deebifamaniis akkuma warra kaanii walitti qabamu; akkuma mataa midhaaniis ni muramu.
They are exalted; yet a little while, and they are gone. Yes, they are brought low, they are taken out of the way as all others, and are cut off as the tops of the ears of grain.
25 “Yoo kun akkas taʼuu baate eenyutu sobduu na godhee dubbii koo busheessa?”
If it isn't so now, who will prove me a liar, and make my speech worth nothing?"
