Iyyoob 35
1 Eliihuunis itti fufee akkana jedhe:
And Elihu made answer and said,
2 “Ati waan kana qajeelaa seetaa? Ati, ‘Ani fuula Waaqaa duratti qajeelaa dha’ jetta.
Does it seem to you to be right, and righteousness before God, to say,
3 Ati, ‘Wanni kun faayidaa maalii naa qaba? Ani cubbuu hojjechuu dhiisuudhaan maalin argadha?’ jettee gaafatta.
What profit is it to me, and how am I better off than if I had done wrong?
4 “Ani siʼii fi michoota kee kanneen si wajjin jiraniif deebii kennuu nan barbaada.
I will make answer to you and to your friends:
5 Ol jedhiitii samiiwwan ilaali; duumessoota siin ol jiranis argi.
Let your eyes be turned to the heavens, and lifted up to see the skies; they are higher than you.
6 Ati yoo cubbuu hojjette maal isa miita? Cubbuun kees yoo baayʼate maal isa godha?
If you have done wrong, is he any the worse for it? and if your sins are great in number, what is it to him?
7 Ati yoo qajeelaa taate, maal isaaf kennita? Yookaan inni harka kee irraa maal argata?
If you are upright, what do you give to him? or what does he take from your hand?
8 Hamminni kee nama akka keetii qofa miidha; qajeelummaan kees ilmaan namaa qofa fayyada.
Your evil-doing may have an effect on a man like yourself, or your righteousness on a son of man.
9 “Waan cunqursaan itti hammaatteef namoonni ni iyyu; irree humna qabeessaa jalaa baʼuufis gargaarsaaf wawwaatu.
Because the hand of the cruel is hard on them, men are making sounds of grief; they are crying out for help because of the arm of the strong.
10 Garuu namni tokko iyyuu akkana hin jedhu; ‘Waaqni Uumaan koo, inni halkaniin faarfannaa namaa kennu,
But no one has said, Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night;
11 kan bineensota lafa irraa caalaa beektota, simbirroo samii caalaas ogeeyyii nu godhu eessa jira?’
Who gives us more knowledge than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heaven?
12 Inni sababii of tuulummaa jalʼootaatiif yommuu namoonni iyyanitti deebii hin kennu.
There they are crying out because of the pride of the evil-doers, but he gives them no answer.
13 Dhugumaan Waaqni iyya isaanii kan gatii hin qabne sana hin dhaggeeffatu; Waaqni Waan Hunda Dandaʼu iyya sanaaf gurra hin kennu.
But God will not give ear to what is false, or the Ruler of all take note of it;
14 Yoo ati, ‘Dubbiin koo fuula isaa dura jira; ani isa eeggachaan jira; garuu isa arguu hin dandaʼu’ jette, inni hammam kanaa gad iyyuu xinneessee haa dhagaʼu ree!
How much less when you say that you do not see him; that the cause is before him, and you are waiting for him.
15 Amma illee sababii dheekkamsi isaa nama hin adabneef, sababii inni balleessaa namaa akka waan guddaa tokkootti hin fudhanneef,
And now ...;
16 Iyyoob oduu faayidaa hin qabneen afaan bana; beekumsa malees dubbii baayʼisa.”
And Job's mouth is open wide to give out what is of no profit, increasing words without knowledge.
