Iyyoob 38
1 Kana irratti Waaqayyo bubbee jabaa keessaa Iyyoobitti dubbate. Akkana jedhes:
Then Yahweh called to Job out of a fierce storm and said,
2 “Namni dubbii beekumsa malee dubbatamuun karoora koo dukkanneessu kun eenyu?
“Who is this who brings darkness to plans by means of words without knowledge?
3 Mee akka gootaa mudhii kee hidhadhu; ani sin gaafadha; ati immoo deebii naa kenni.
Now gird up your loins like a man for I will ask you questions, and you must answer me.
4 “Yeroo ani hundee lafaa kaaʼetti ati eessa turte? Yoo hubatte mee natti himi.
Where were you when I laid the earth's foundations? Tell me, if you have so much understanding.
5 Eenyutu balʼina ishee murteesse? Dhugumaan ni beektaa? Eenyutu ulee safaraa ishee irra harkise?
Who determined its dimensions? Tell me, if you know. Who stretched the measuring line over it?
6 Hundeen ishee maal irra dhaabame? Yookaan eenyutu dhagaa golee ishee dhaabe?
On what were its foundations laid? Who laid its cornerstone
7 Kunis yeroo bakkalchoonni barii walii wajjin faarfatanitti, yeroo ilmaan Waaqayyoos ililchanitti ture.
when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
8 “Yeroo galaanni cabsee garaa lafaa keessaa baʼetti eenyutu balbala itti cufee ittise?
Who shut up the sea with doors when it burst out, as if it had come out of the womb—
9 Yeroo ani duumessoota uffata isaa godhee dukkana guddaan maretti,
when I made clouds its clothing, and thick darkness its swaddling bands?
10 yeroo ani daangaa isaa dhaabee balbalaa fi danqaraa hojjedheefitti,
That was when I marked out for the sea my boundary, and when I placed its bars and doors,
11 anis, ‘Ati hamma asiitti dhufta; garuu darbuu hin dandeessu; dambaliin of jajuu keetii illee asumatti dhaabata!’ jedheen.
and when I said to it, 'You may come this far, but no farther; here is where I will put a boundary to the pride of your waves.'
12 “Ati bara jireenya keetii barraaqa ajajjee yookaan barii obborootti iddoo isaa argisiiftee beektaa?
Have you given orders to the morning, or caused the dawn to know its place,
13 Akka inni handaara lafaa qabatee namoota hamoo achi keessaa hurgufu gooteertaa?
so that it might take hold of the edges of the earth and shake the wicked out of it?
14 Lafti akka suphee chaappaa jala jiruutti bifa geeddaratti; bifti ishees akka bifa uffataatti mulʼata.
The earth is changed in appearance like clay changes under a seal; all things on it stand out clearly like the folds of a piece of clothing.
15 Hamoonni ifa isaanii dhowwatamaniiru; irreen isaanii inni ol kaʼes cabeera.
From wicked people their 'light' is taken away; their uplifted arm is broken.
16 “Ati gara burqaa galaanaa gad buutee yookaan tuujuba bishaanii seentee hundee isaa irra deemtee beektaa?
Have you gone to the sources of the waters of the sea? Have you walked in the lowest parts of the deep?
17 Karri duʼaa sitti mulʼifameeraa? Karra gaaddidduu duʼaas argiteertaa?
Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?
18 Balʼina lafaa guddaa sana hubatteertaa? Yoo kana hunda beekte dubbadhu.
Have you understood the earth in its expanse? Tell me, if you know it all.
19 “Karaan iddoo ifni jirutti nama geessu kami? Dukkannis eessa jiraata?
Where is the way to the resting place of light— as for darkness, where is its place?
20 Iddoo isaaniitti isaan geessuu dandeessaa? Daandii lafa jireenya isaaniitti geessu beektaa?
Can you lead light and darkness to their places of work? Can you find the way back to their houses for them?
21 Ati dhugumaan ni beekta; yeroo sana dhalatteertaatii! Ati bara hedduu jiraatteerta!
Undoubtedly you know, for you were born then; the number of your days is so large!
22 “Mankuusa cabbii seentee yookaan mankuusa dhagaa cabbii argiteertaa?
Have you entered the storehouses for the snow, or have you seen the storehouses for the hail,
23 Kan ani yeroo rakkinaatiif, guyyaa waraanaa fi lolaatiif ol kaaʼadhe argiteertaa?
these things that I have kept for times of trouble, for days of battle and war?
24 Karaan iddoo ifni itti bittinnaaʼutti yookaan gara iddoo bubbeen baʼaa itti lafa irra faffacaʼuutti nama geessu kami?
What is the path to where the lightning bolts are distributed or to where the winds are scattered from the east over the earth?
25 Eenyutu lolaadhaaf boʼoo, bakakkaadhaaf immoo daandii baasee,
Who has created the channels for the floods of rain, or who has made a path for the thunder,
26 lafa namni tokko iyyuu keessa hin jiraanne, gammoojjii namni tokko iyyuu keessa hin jirre bishaan obaasuuf,
to cause it to rain on lands where no person exists, and on the wilderness, in which there is no one,
27 lafa namni keessa hin jiraannee fi lafa onaa quubsee margas itti biqilchu eenyu?
to satisfy the devastated and desolate places, and to make the ground sprout with grass?
28 Roobni abbaa qabaa? Copha fixeensaa eenyutu dhalche?
Does the rain have a father, or, who fathers the drops of dew?
29 Cabbiin garaa eenyuutii baʼa? Qorra samii eenyutu dhala?
Out of whose womb did the ice come? Who bore the white frost out of the sky?
30 Bishaanonni akka dhagaa jabaatu, fuulli tuujubaas akka cabbii taʼa.
The waters hide themselves and become like stone; the surface of the deep becomes frozen.
31 “Urjiiwwan babbareedoo Torbii jedhaman hidhuu ni dandeessaa? Yookaan hidhaa Urjii Sadee jedhamuu hiikuu ni dandeessaa?
Can you fasten chains on the Pleiades, or undo the cords of Orion?
32 Tuuta urjiiwwanii waqtiilee isaaniitti fiduu yookaan urjii Amaaketa jedhamu ilmaan isaa wajjin bobbaasuu ni dandeessaa?
Can you lead the constellations to appear at their proper times? Can you guide the Bear with its children?
33 Seera samiiwwanii beektaa? Bulchiinsa isaanii lafa irratti hundeessuu ni dandeessaa?
Do you know the regulations of the sky? Could you set in place the sky's rule over the earth?
34 “Ati sagalee kee gara duumessaatti ol fudhattee, lolaa bishaaniitiin of haguuguu ni dandeessaa?
Can you raise your voice up to the clouds, so that an abundance of rainwater may cover you?
35 Ati bakakkaa daandii isaa irra erguu ni dandeessaa? Innis, ‘Kunoo ani asan jira’ siin jedhaa?
Can you send out bolts of lightning that they may go out, that they say to you, 'Here we are'?
36 Eenyutu yaada garaatiif ogummaa yookaan sammuudhaaf hubannaa kenne?
Who has put wisdom in the clouds or has given understanding to the mists?
37 Eenyutu duumessoota lakkaaʼuuf ogummaa qaba? Eenyutu okkotee bishaan samii
Who can number the clouds by his skill? Who can pour out the water skins of the sky
38 yeroo biyyoon jabaattutti, yeroo supheen wal qabattutti jalʼisuu dandaʼa?
when the dust runs into a hard mass and the clods of earth clump tightly together?
39 “Ati leenca dhalaadhaaf nyaata adamsitee saafela leencaas beela baaftee
Can you hunt down a victim for a lioness or satisfy the appetite of her young lion cubs
40 yeroo isaan manʼee isaanii keessatti riphanitti yookaan yeroo isaan daggala keessatti riphanii waa eeggatanitti beela ni baaftaa?
when they are crouching in their dens and sheltering in hiding to lie in wait?
41 Eenyutu yeroo ilmaan ishee gara Waaqaatti iyyan, yeroo isaan nyaata dhabanii jooranitti, arraagessaaf nyaata kenna?
Who provides victims for the ravens when their young ones cry out to God and stagger about for lack of food?
