Iyyoob 24
1 “Waaqni Waan Hunda Dandaʼu sun maaliif yeroo murtii hin murteessine? Warri isa beekan maaliif akkasumaan guyyoota isaa hin argine?
Why, seeing times [are] not hid from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
2 Namoonni dhagaa daarii ni dhiibu; bushaayee hataniis ni bobbaasu.
[Some] remove the landmarks: they violently take away flocks, and [their] feed.
3 Isaan harree ijoollee abbaa hin qabnee ooffatanii deemu; sangaa haadha hiyyeessaa qabdii fudhatu.
They drive away the ass of the fatherless, 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 hide themselves together.
5 Hiyyeeyyiin akkuma harree diidaa kan gammoojjii keessaa nyaata barbaacha asii fi achi jooru; gammoojjii sana keessaas ijoollee isaaniitiif nyaata kenna.
Behold, [as] wild asses in the desert, they go forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness [yieldeth] food for them [and] for [their] children.
6 Isaan dirree irratti okaa walitti qabatu; iddoo dhaabaa wayinii nama hamaa irraas qarmii funaannatu.
They reap [every one] his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.
7 Uffata dhabanii halkan qullaa bulu; waan dhaamocha keessatti uffatan tokko illee hin qaban.
They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that [they 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 want of a shelter.
9 Mucaan abbaa hin qabne harma irraa butameera; daaʼimni hiyyeessaa qabdii kennameera.
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
10 Isaan uffata dhabanii qullaa deemu; bissii baatu; garuu ni beelaʼu.
They cause [him] to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf [from] the hungry;
11 Isaan dhagaa gidduutti zayitii ejersaa baasu; wayinii cuunfu; garuu ni dheebotu.
[Who] make oil within their walls, [and] tread [their] 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.
Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly [to them].
13 “Warri ifatti fincilan kanneen daandii isaa hin beekne yookaan daandii ifaa irra hin jiraanne jiru.
They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not 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 rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
15 Iji ejjaan dimimmisa eeggata; innis, ‘Iji na argu hin jirtu’ jedha; fuula isaas ni dhokfata.
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth [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, [which] they had marked for themselves in the day-time: they know not the light.
17 Hunda isaaniitiif, dukkanni guddaan barii isaanii ti; isaan sodaa dukkana guddaatti michoomu.
For the morning [is] to them even as the shades of death: if [one] knoweth [them], [they are in] the terrors of the shades of death.
18 “Taʼus isaan hoomacha bishaan gubbaa ti; akka namni tokko iyyuu gara iddoo dhaabaa wayinii hin dhaqneef, qoodni lafa isaanii abaarameera.
He [is] swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
19 Akkuma hoʼii fi hoongeen cabbii baqee xuuxee fixu, awwaalli namoota cubbuu hojjetan ni butata. (Sheol h7585)
Drouth and heat consume the snow-waters: [so doth] the grave [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; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
21 Isaan dubartii dhabduu ni saamu; haadha hiyyeessaatiif illee garaa hin laafan.
He oppresseth the barren [that] beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
22 Waaqni garuu humna isaatiin jajjaboota alatti harkisa; isaan ol kaʼu; garuu wabii jireenyaa hin qaban.
He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no [man] is sure of life.
23 Inni akka isaan waan nagaan jiraatan seʼaniif ittuma dhiisuu dandaʼa; iji isaa garuu karaa isaanii ni toʼata.
[Though] it is given him [to be] in safety, on which he resteth; yet his eyes [are] upon 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 for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all [others], and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.
25 “Yoo kun akkas taʼuu baate eenyutu sobduu na godhee dubbii koo busheessa?”
And if [it is] not [so] now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech of no worth?
