Iyyoob 41
1 “Ati hokkoo qurxummiitiin Lewaataan harkiftee baasuu yookaan arraba isaa funyoodhaan hidhuu ni dandeessaa?
Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord [which] thou lettest down?
2 Funyaan isaa keessa funyoo baasuu yookaan lafee mangaagaa isaa hokkoodhaan uruu ni dandeessaa?
Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
3 Inni akka ati isaaf araaramtuuf guddisee si kadhataa? Afaan nagaatiinis sitti ni dubbataa?
Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft [words] 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 for a servant 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? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
6 Daldaltoonni isa irratti gatii wal dubbatuu? Warra bitee gurguruufis isa ni qooduu?
Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?
7 Ati gogaa isaa xiyyaan, yookaan mataa isaa hokkoo ittiin qurxummii qabaniin wawwaraanuu ni dandeessaa?
Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?
8 Yoo harka keetiin isa tuqxe, walʼaansoo sana ni yaadatta; deebitees waan sana hin gootu!
Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.
9 Isa moʼanna jedhanii abdachuun soba; ijumaan isa ilaaluunuu nama hollachiisa.
Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not [one] be 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] fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?
11 Namni waa natti kennatee ani deebisuufii qabu eenyu? Wanni samii jala jiru hundinuu kanuma koo ti.
Who hath prevented 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 conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
13 Eenyutu uffata inni irraan uffatu irraa baasa? Eenyutu luugama qabatee isatti dhiʼaata?
Who can discover the face of his garment? [or] who can come [to him] with his double bridle?
14 Eenyutu balbala afaan isaa isa ilkaan isaa sodaachisaa sanaan marfame banuu dandaʼa?
Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth [are] terrible round about.
15 Dugdi isaa gaachanawwan tarree galan, kanneen akka malee walitti maxxanfaman qaba;
[His] scales [are his] 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 one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
18 Haxxissoon isaa balaqqeessa ifaa baasa; iji isaa immoo akkuma ifa biiftuu reefuu baatuu ti.
By his neesings a light doth shine, 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 burning lamps, [and] 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 seething pot or caldron.
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 remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.
23 Dachaan foon isaa wal qabateera; dachaan sunis walitti fayyeera; hin sochoʼus.
The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.
24 Lapheen isaa akka kattaa jabaata; akka dhagaa daakuus jabaa dha.
His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether [millstone].
25 Yeroo inni ol kaʼutti, jajjaboonni ni sodaatu; yommuu inni lafa sochoosaa dhufutti isaan of irra garagalanii baqatu.
When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.
26 Goraadeen itti buʼu illee homaa isa hin godhu; eeboon yookaan xiyyi yookaan ankaaseenis homaa isa hin godhu.
The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.
27 Inni sibiila akka cidiitti, naasii immoo akka muka tortoreetti heda.
He esteemeth iron as straw, [and] brass as rotten wood.
28 Xiyyi isa hin baqachiisu; dhagaan furrisaa isaaf akkuma habaqii ti.
The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
29 Bokkuun isaaf akkuma cidii ti; inni mirmirfamuu eebootti ni kolfa.
Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
30 Garaan isaa jalli akka cabaa okkotee kan qara qabuu ti; akka muka ittiin midhaan dhaʼaniittis dhoqqee baqaqsa.
Sharp stones [are] under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things 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 a 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] a king over all the children of pride.
