Iyyoob 41
1 “Ati hokkoo qurxummiitiin Lewaataan harkiftee baasuu yookaan arraba isaa funyoodhaan hidhuu ni dandeessaa?
Wilt thou draw out the leviathan with the hook, and press down his tongue with a cord?
2 Funyaan isaa keessa funyoo baasuu yookaan lafee mangaagaa isaa hokkoodhaan uruu ni dandeessaa?
Wilt thou put a rush-rope into his nose, and pierce his jaw with a spike?
3 Inni akka ati isaaf araaramtuuf guddisee si kadhataa? Afaan nagaatiinis sitti ni dubbataa?
Will he make many supplications unto thee? or will he speak softly unto thee?
4 Akka ati bara baraan garbicha godhattuuf inni si wajjin kakuu ni galaa?
Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him as a bondman for ever?
5 Ati akka simbirroota wajjin taphattu isa wajjin ni taphattaa? Yookaan shamarran keetiif isa ni hiitaa?
Wilt thou play with him as with a bird, and wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
6 Daldaltoonni isa irratti gatii wal dubbatuu? Warra bitee gurguruufis isa ni qooduu?
Shall partners make traffic of him, will they divide him among merchants?
7 Ati gogaa isaa xiyyaan, yookaan mataa isaa hokkoo ittiin qurxummii qabaniin wawwaraanuu ni dandeessaa?
Wilt thou fill his skin with darts, and his head with fish-spears?
8 Yoo harka keetiin isa tuqxe, walʼaansoo sana ni yaadatta; deebitees waan sana hin gootu!
Lay thy hand upon him; remember the battle, — do no more!
9 Isa moʼanna jedhanii abdachuun soba; ijumaan isa ilaaluunuu nama hollachiisa.
Lo, hope as to him is belied: is not one cast down even at the sight of him?
10 Namni isa dammaqsuuf garaa qabaatu tokko iyyuu hin jiru. Egaa namni na dura dhaabachuu dandaʼu eenyu?
None is so bold as to stir him up; and who is he that will stand before me?
11 Namni waa natti kennatee ani deebisuufii qabu eenyu? Wanni samii jala jiru hundinuu kanuma koo ti.
Who hath first given to me, that I should repay [him]? [Whatsoever is] under the whole heaven is mine.
12 “Ani waaʼee harkaa fi miilla isaa, waaʼee jabinaa fi dhaaba toluu isaa dubbachuu hin dhiisu.
I will not be silent as to his parts, the story of his power, and the beauty of his structure.
13 Eenyutu uffata inni irraan uffatu irraa baasa? Eenyutu luugama qabatee isatti dhiʼaata?
Who can uncover the surface of his garment? who can come within his double jaws?
14 Eenyutu balbala afaan isaa isa ilkaan isaa sodaachisaa sanaan marfame banuu dandaʼa?
Who can open the doors of his face? Round about his teeth is terror.
15 Dugdi isaa gaachanawwan tarree galan, kanneen akka malee walitti maxxanfaman qaba;
The rows of his shields are a pride, shut up together [as with] a close seal.
16 tokkoon tokkoon gaachanawwan sanaa akka qilleensi gidduu isaanii hin baaneef baayʼee walitti maxxanu.
One is so near to another that no air can come between them;
17 Isaan jabeeffamanii walitti qabsiifaman; waan walitti fayyaniif gargar hin baafaman.
They are joined each to its fellow; they stick together, and cannot be sundered.
18 Haxxissoon isaa balaqqeessa ifaa baasa; iji isaa immoo akkuma ifa biiftuu reefuu baatuu ti.
His sneezings flash light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
19 Afaan isaa keessaa arraba ibiddaatu baʼa; qaanqeenis afaan isaa keessaa ni faffacaʼa.
Out of his mouth go forth flames; sparks of fire leap out:
20 Akkuma aara xuwwee ibidda shambaqqoo irratti dafqu keessaa baʼuu funyaan isaatii aarri ni baʼa.
Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a boiling pot and cauldron.
21 Hafuurri afaan isaatii baʼu cilee ibiddaa qabsiisa; afaan isaa keessaas arrabni ibiddaa ni baʼa.
His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
22 Morma isaa keessa jabinatu jira; sodaachisuunis fuula isaa dura ni utaala.
In his neck lodgeth strength, and terror danceth before him.
23 Dachaan foon isaa wal qabateera; dachaan sunis walitti fayyeera; hin sochoʼus.
The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are fused upon him, they cannot be moved.
24 Lapheen isaa akka kattaa jabaata; akka dhagaa daakuus jabaa dha.
His heart is firm as a stone, yea, firm as the nether [millstone].
25 Yeroo inni ol kaʼutti, jajjaboonni ni sodaatu; yommuu inni lafa sochoosaa dhufutti isaan of irra garagalanii baqatu.
When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid: they are beside themselves with consternation.
26 Goraadeen itti buʼu illee homaa isa hin godhu; eeboon yookaan xiyyi yookaan ankaaseenis homaa isa hin godhu.
If any reach him with a sword, it cannot hold; neither spear, nor dart, nor harpoon.
27 Inni sibiila akka cidiitti, naasii immoo akka muka tortoreetti heda.
He esteemeth iron as straw, bronze as rotten wood.
28 Xiyyi isa hin baqachiisu; dhagaan furrisaa isaaf akkuma habaqii ti.
The arrow will not make him flee; slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
29 Bokkuun isaaf akkuma cidii ti; inni mirmirfamuu eebootti ni kolfa.
Clubs are counted as stubble; he laugheth at the shaking of a javelin.
30 Garaan isaa jalli akka cabaa okkotee kan qara qabuu ti; akka muka ittiin midhaan dhaʼaniittis dhoqqee baqaqsa.
His under parts are sharp potsherds: he spreadeth a threshing-sledge upon the mire.
31 Inni tuujuba akka okkotee dafquutti koqsiisa; galaanas akkuma bilqaaxxii dibataa raasa.
He maketh the deep to boil like a pot; he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment;
32 Inni duuba isaatiin akka karaan ifu ni godha; namni waan tuujubni sun rifeensa adii qabu seʼa.
He maketh the path to shine after him: one would think the deep to be hoary.
33 Uumamni homaa hin sodaanne, kan isaan qixxaatu tokko iyyuu lafa irra hin jiru.
Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
34 Inni warra of tuulu ni tuffata; warra of jaju hunda irratti mootii dha.”
He beholdeth all high things; he is king over all the proud beasts.
