Iyyoob 4
1 Eliifaaz namichi Teemaan sun akkana jedhee deebise:
Then Eliphaz the Themanite answered, and said:
2 “Yoo namni tokko sitti dubbachuu yaale, ati ni komattaa? Garuu eenyutu dubbachuu dhiisa?
If we begin to speak to thee, perhaps thou wilt take it ill, but who can withhold the words he hath conceived?
3 Ati akka nama baayʼee barsiifte, akka harka dadhabaa illee jajjabeessite yaadadhu.
Behold thou hast taught many, and thou hast strengthened the weary hands:
4 Dubbiin kee warra gatantaran gargaaree dhaabeera; atis jilba laafe jabeessiteerta.
Thy words have confirmed them that were staggering, and thou hast strengthened the trembling knees:
5 Amma garuu rakkinni sirra gaʼe; atis abdii kutatteerta; rakkinni si miidheera; atis rifatteerta;
But now the scourge is come upon thee, and thou faintest: it hath touched thee, and thou art troubled.
6 Waaqa sodaachuun kee irkoo kee, qajeelinni karaa keetiis abdii kee mitii?
Where is thy fear, thy fortitude, thy patience, and the perfection of thy ways?
7 “Ammas yaadadhu; namni qulqulluun takkumaa badee beekaa? Qajeelonni eessatti badanii beeku?
Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished being innocent? or when were the just destroyed?
8 Akka ani hubadhetti warri waan hamaa qotatan, kanneen waan hamaa facaasanis isuma haammatu.
On the contrary I have seen those who work iniquity, and sow sorrows, and reap them,
9 Isaanis hafuura Waaqni isaanitti baafatuun badu; hafuuraa dheekkamsa isaaniitiinis ni barbadeeffamu.
Perishing by the blast of God, and consumed by the spirit of his wrath.
10 Leenci ni aada; ni gururiʼas; ilkaan leenca saafelaa garuu ni caccaba.
The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the lioness, and the teeth of the whelps of lions are broken:
11 Leenci jabaan waan adamsu dhabee ni duʼa; ilmaan leenca dhaltuus ni bittinnaaʼu.
The tiger hath perished for want of prey, and the young lions are scattered abroad.
12 “Dubbiin tokko icciitiidhaan naa fidame; gurri koos asaasa isaa dhagaʼe.
Now there was a word spoken to me in private, and my ears by stealth as it were received the veins of its whisper.
13 Abjuu halkanii sodaachisaa keessa, yommuu hirribni cimaan nama qabatutti,
In the horror of a vision by night, when deep sleep is wont to hold men,
14 sodaa fi hollachuun na qabatee lafee koo hunda raase.
Fear seized upon me, and trembling, and all my bones were affrighted:
15 Hafuurri luffi jedhee fuula koo dura darbe; rifeensi dhagna koos kaʼee dhaabate.
And when a spirit passed before me, the hair of my flesh stood up.
16 Innis ni dhaabate; ani garuu inni maal akka taʼe hubachuu hin dandeenye. Fakkiin tokko ija koo dura dhaabate; anis sagalee tasgabbii kan akkana jedhu tokkon dhagaʼe:
There stood one whose countenance I knew not, an image before my eyes, and I heard the voice as it were of a gentle wind:
17 ‘Namni duʼa hin oolle, Waaqa caalaa qajeelaa taʼuu dandaʼaa? Namni Uumaa isaa caalaa qulqulluu taʼuu dandaʼaa?
Shall man be justified in comparison of God, or shall a man be more pure than his maker?
18 Waaqni tajaajiltoota isaa hin amanatu; ergamoota isaas balleessaa isaaniitiin ni gaafata;
Behold they that serve him are not steadfast, and in his angels he found wickedness:
19 yoos warri manneen suphee keessa jiraatan, warri hundeen isaanii biyyoo taʼe, warri bilii caalaa burkutaaʼan immoo akkam haa taʼan ree?
How much more shall they that dwell in houses of clay, who have an earthly foundation, be consumed as with the moth?
20 Isaan ganamaa fi galgala gidduutti burkutaaʼu; tasumas bara baraan ni badu.
From morning till evening they shall be cut down: and because no one understandeth, they shall perish for ever.
21 Akka isaan ogummaa malee duʼaniif funyoon dunkaana isaanii hin luqqifamnee?’
And they that shall be left, shall be taken away from them: they shall die, and not in wisdom.
