Iyyoob 31

1 “Ani ija koo wajjin kakuu galeera; yoos ani akkamiin hawwiidhaan gara durbaa ilaala ree?

I made a covenant with mine eyes, and I will not think upon a virgin.

2 Carraan namni Waaqa samii biraa qabu, dhaalli inni Waaqa Waan Hunda Dandaʼu irraa argatu maali?

Now what portion has God given from above? and is there an inheritance [given] of the Mighty One from the highest?

3 Hamootaaf badiisa, warra jalʼina hojjetaniif immoo dhaʼicha mitii?

Alas! destruction to the unrighteous, and rejection to them that do iniquity.

4 Inni karaa koo hin arguu? Tarkaanfii koo hundas hin lakkaaʼuu?

Will he not see my way, and number all my steps?

5 “Yoo ani karaa sobaa irra deemee yookaan miilli koo gara gowwoomsaatti ariifatee jiraate,

But if I had gone with scorners, and if too my foot has hasted to deceit:

6 Waaqni madaalii dhugaatiin na haa madaalu; akka ani hirʼina hin qabne illee haa beeku;

(for I am weighed in a just balance, and the Lord knows my innocence: )

7 yoo tarkaanfiin koo karaa irraa goree, garaan koo waan iji koo argu duukaa buʼee jiraate yookaan yoo harki koo xuraaʼee jiraate,

if my foot has turned aside out of the way, or if mine heart has followed mine eye, and if too I have touched gifts with my hands;

8 waan ani facaafadhe namni biraa haa nyaatu; midhaan koos haa buqqifamu.

then let me sow, and let others eat; and let me be uprooted on the earth.

9 “Yoo garaan koo dubartiidhaan gowwoomfamee jiraate, yookaan yoo ani balbala ollaa koo jalatti riphee eeggadhe,

If my heart has gone forth after another man's wife, and if I laid wait at her doors;

10 niitiin koo midhaan nama biraa haa daaktu; namoonni biraas ishee wajjin haa ciisan.

then let my wife also please another, and let my children be brought low.

11 Kun hammina; kan abbaa murtiitiinis adabamuu qabuu dha.

For the rage of anger is not to be controlled, [in the case] of defiling [another] man's wife.

12 Kun ibidda hamma Barbadeessutti waa gubuu dha; midhaan ani qabu hundas gubee balleessa ture.

For it is a fire burning on every side, and whomsoever it attacks, it utterly destroys.

13 “Yoo ani yeroo isaan na himatanitti, tajaajiltoota koo dhiiraa fi dubartii murtii qajeelaa dhowwadhee jiraadhe,

And if too I despised the judgment of my servant or [my] handmaid, when they pleaded with me;

14 yeroo Waaqni kaʼutti ani maalan godha? Yoo inni na gaafates ani maalan deebisa?

what then shall I do if the Lord should try me? and if also he should at all visit me, can I make an answer?

15 Isuma gadameessa keessatti na uume sanatu isaan uume mitii? Kan hunda keenya gadameessa keessatti tolches isuma mitii?

Were not they too formed as I also was formed in the womb? yea, we were formed in the same womb.

16 “Yoo ani waan hiyyeessaaf barbaachisu dhowwadhee jiraadhe, yookaan yoo ani akka iji haadha hiyyeessaa dadhabu godhee jiraadhe,

But the helpless missed not whatever need they had, and I did not cause the eye of the widow to fail.

17 yoo ani buddeena koo utuu ilma abbaa hin qabneef hin qoodin kophaa koo nyaadhee jiraadhe,

And if too I ate my morsel alone, and did not impart [of it] to the orphan;

18 ani garuu dargaggummaa kootii jalqabee akkuma abbaattin isa guddise; dhaloota kootii jalqabees haadha hiyyeessaa karaa argisiise.

(for I nourished [them] as a father from my youth and guided [them] from my mother's womb.)

19 Ani yoon utuu namni tokko wayyaa dhabee akka malee miidhamuu, yookaan rakkataa uffata of irraa hin qabne tokko argee

And if too I overlooked the naked as he was perishing, and did not clothe him;

20 sababii ani rifeensa hoolota kootiin isa hoʼiseef, yoo garaan isaa na hin eebbisin,

and if the poor did not bless me, and their shoulders were [not] warmed with the fleece of my lambs;

21 yoo ani mana murtiitti fudhatama qaba jedhee ijoollee abbaa hin qabnetti harka koo ol kaasee jiraadhe,

if I lifted my hand against an orphan, trusting that my strength was far superior [to his]:

22 irreen koo gatiittii koo irraa haa buqqaʼu; irreen koo buusaa isaatti haa cabu.

let them my shoulder start from the blade-bone, and my arm be crushed off from the elbow.

23 Ani sababiin dhaʼicha Waaqaa sodaadhee fi sababiin surraa isaa kabajeef waan akkanaa hojjechuu hin dandeenye.

For the fear of the Lord constrained me, and I cannot bear up by reason of his burden.

24 “Yoo ani warqee abdadhee yookaan warqee qulqulluudhaan, ‘Ati irkoo koo ti’ jedhee jiraadhe,

If I made gold my treasure, and if too I trusted the precious stone;

25 yoo ani qabeenya koo guddaatti, milkaaʼina harki koo argatetti gammadee jiraadhe,

and if too I rejoiced when my wealth was abundant, and if too I laid my hand on innumerable [treasures]:

26 yoo ani aduu iftu argee yookaan jiʼa miidhaginaan deemu ilaalee kabajee,

(do we not see the shining sun eclipsed, and the moon waning? for they have not [power to continue]: )

27 akkasiinis garaan koo dhoksaan gowwoomfamee afaan koo harka koo dhungatee jiraate,

and if my heart was secretly deceived, and if I have laid my hand upon my mouth and kissed it:

28 wanni kun cubbuu adabamuu qabuu dha; ani Waaqa samiitiif hin amanamne tureetii.

let this also then be reckoned to me as the greatest iniquity: for I [should] have lied against the Lord Most High.

29 “Yoo ani badiisa diina kootiitti gammadee yookaan rakkina isa irra gaʼeef ililchee jiraadhe,

And if too I was glad at the fall of mine enemies, and mine heart said, Aha!

30 ani jireenya isaa abaaruudhaan akka afaan koo cubbuu hojjetu hin eeyyamne.

let then mine ear hear my curse, and let me be a byword among my people in my affliction.

31 Yoo namoonni mana koo jiraatan, takkumaa, ‘Eenyutu buddeena mana Iyyoob nyaatee hin quufin?’ hin jedhin,

And if too my handmaids have often said, Oh that we might be satisfied with his flesh; (whereas I was very kind:

32 sababii manni koo karaa deemtuuf banaa tureef, keessummaan kam iyyuu ala hin bulu ture.

for the stranger did not lodge without, and my door was opened to every one that came: )

33 Yoo ani akkuma namoonni godhan sana balleessaa koo garaatti qabadhee cubbuu koos dhokfadhee jiraadhe,

or if too having sinned unintentionally, I hid my sin;

34 ani waldaa guddaa sodaadhee yookaan tuffiin gosaa na naasisee, calʼisee gad baʼuu dhiiseeraa?

(for I did not stand in awe of a great multitude, so as not to declare boldly before them: ) and if too I permitted a poor man to go out of my door with an empty bosom:

35 “Maaloo ani utuu nama na dhagaʼu argadhee! Ani mallattoo falmii koo nan mallatteessa; Waaqni Waan Hunda Dandaʼu deebii naaf haa kennu; himataan koo dubbii isaa barreeffamaan haa dhiʼeeffatu.

(Oh that I had a hearer, ) and if I had not feared the hand of the Lord; and [as to] the written charge which I had against any one,

36 Dhugumaan ani gatiittii koo irratti waan kana nan baadha; akka gonfoottis mataa irra nan kaaʼadhan ture.

I would place [it] as a chaplet on my shoulders, and read it.

37 Tokkoo tokkoo tarkaanfii koo isatti nan hima; akkuma ilma mootiittis isatti nan dhiʼaadhan ture.

And if I did not read it and return it, having taken nothing from the debtor:

38 “Yoo lafti koo natti iyyitee boʼoon ishee hundinuu imimmaaniin jiidhe,

If at any time the land groaned against me, and if its furrows mourned together;

39 yoo ani kaffaltii malee midhaan ishee nyaadhe, yookaan akka hojjettoonni isaa lubbuu isaanii dhaban godhee jiraadhe,

and if I ate its strength alone without price, and if I too grieved the heart of the owner of the soil, by taking [aught] from [him]:

40 qooda qamadii qoraattiin, qooda garbuus aramaan itti haa biqilu.” Dubbiin Iyyoob xumurame.

then let the nettle come up to me instead of wheat, and a bramble instead of barley. And Job ceased speaking.