Iyyoob 35
1 Eliihuunis itti fufee akkana jedhe:
Elihu spoke moreover, and said,
2 “Ati waan kana qajeelaa seetaa? Ati, ‘Ani fuula Waaqaa duratti qajeelaa dha’ jetta.
Thinkest thou this to be right, [that] thou saidst, My righteousness [is] more than God's?
3 Ati, ‘Wanni kun faayidaa maalii naa qaba? Ani cubbuu hojjechuu dhiisuudhaan maalin argadha?’ jettee gaafatta.
For thou saidst, What advantage will it be to thee? [and], What profit shall I have, [if I be cleansed] from my sin?
4 “Ani siʼii fi michoota kee kanneen si wajjin jiraniif deebii kennuu nan barbaada.
I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
5 Ol jedhiitii samiiwwan ilaali; duumessoota siin ol jiranis argi.
Look to the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds [which] are higher than thou.
6 Ati yoo cubbuu hojjette maal isa miita? Cubbuun kees yoo baayʼate maal isa godha?
If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or [if] thy transgressions are multiplied, what doest thou to him?
7 Ati yoo qajeelaa taate, maal isaaf kennita? Yookaan inni harka kee irraa maal argata?
If thou art righteous, what givest thou to him? or what receiveth he from thy hand?
8 Hamminni kee nama akka keetii qofa miidha; qajeelummaan kees ilmaan namaa qofa fayyada.
Thy wickedness [may hurt] a man as thou [art]: and thy righteousness [may profit] the son of man.
9 “Waan cunqursaan itti hammaatteef namoonni ni iyyu; irree humna qabeessaa jalaa baʼuufis gargaarsaaf wawwaatu.
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make [the oppressed] to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
10 Garuu namni tokko iyyuu akkana hin jedhu; ‘Waaqni Uumaan koo, inni halkaniin faarfannaa namaa kennu,
But none saith, Where [is] God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
11 kan bineensota lafa irraa caalaa beektota, simbirroo samii caalaas ogeeyyii nu godhu eessa jira?’
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
12 Inni sababii of tuulummaa jalʼootaatiif yommuu namoonni iyyanitti deebii hin kennu.
There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
13 Dhugumaan Waaqni iyya isaanii kan gatii hin qabne sana hin dhaggeeffatu; Waaqni Waan Hunda Dandaʼu iyya sanaaf gurra hin kennu.
Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard 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!
Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, [yet] judgment [is] before him; therefore trust thou in him.
15 Amma illee sababii dheekkamsi isaa nama hin adabneef, sababii inni balleessaa namaa akka waan guddaa tokkootti hin fudhanneef,
But now, because [it is] not [so], he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth [it] not in great extremity:
16 Iyyoob oduu faayidaa hin qabneen afaan bana; beekumsa malees dubbii baayʼisa.”
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
