Iyyoob 6
1 Iyyoobis akkana jedhee deebise:
But Job answered and said,
2 “Utuu gaddi koo safaramee dhiphinni koo hundis madaalii irra kaaʼamee jiraatee!
Oh that one would indeed weigh the wrath that is upon me, and take up my griefs in a balance together!
3 Waan inni cirracha galaanaa caalaa ulfaatuuf, ariitiin dubbachuun koo nama hin dinqisiisu ture.
And verily they would be heavier than the sand by the seashore: but, as it seems, my words are vain.
4 Xiyyawwan Waaqa Waan Hunda Dandaʼuu na keessa jiru; hafuurri koo summii isaanii dhuga; sodaachisuun Waaqaa natti hiriireera.
For the arrows of the Lord are in my body, whose violence drinks up my blood: whenever I am going to speak, they pierce me.
5 Harreen diidaa utuu marga qabuu halaakaa? Yookaan qotiyyoon utuu okaa qabuu baroodaa?
What then? will the wild ass bray for nothing, if he is not seeking food? or again, will the ox low at the manger, when he has a fodder?
6 Nyaanni hin miʼoofne soogidda malee nyaatamaa? Yookaan bishaan hanqaaquu ni miʼaawaa?
Shall bread be eaten without salt? or again, is there taste in empty words?
7 Ani isa tuquu hin fedhu; nyaanni akkasii na dhukkubsa.
For my wrath can’t cease; for I perceive my food as the smell of a lion [to be] loathsome.
8 “Utuu kadhannaan koo deebii argatee, Waaqnis waan ani hawwu naa kennee jiraatee,
For oh that he would grant [my desire], and my petition might come, and the Lord would grant my hope!
9 utuu na caccabsuun fedhii Waaqaa taʼee, utuu harki isaa hiikamee na galaafatee!
Let the Lord begin and wound me, but let him not utterly destroy me.
10 Silaa kun jajjabina naa taʼa ture; dhukkuba hamaa keessatti iyyuu nan gammada ture; ani dubbii Qulqullicha sanaa hin ganneetii.
Let the grave be my city, upon the walls of which I have leaped: I will not shrink from it; for I have not denied the holy words of my God.
11 “Ammas akkan abdadhuuf jabinni koo maali? Akkan obsuufis humni koo maali?
For what is my strength, that I continue? what is my time, that my soul endures?
12 Ani jabina dhagaa qabaa? Foon koos naasiidhaa?
Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?
13 Ani of gargaaruuf humna tokko illee qabaa? Ogummaan na keessaa badeera mitii?
Or have I not trusted in him? but help is [far] from me.
14 “Namni michuu isaatiif garaa hin laafne Waaqa Waan Hunda Dandaʼu iyyuu sodaachuu dhiiseera.
Mercy has rejected me; and the visitation of the Lord has disregarded me.
15 Obboloonni koo garuu akka doloolloo, akkuma laga yeroof guutee darbuu gowwoomsitoota;
My nearest relations have not regarded me; they have passed me by like a failing brook, or like a wave.
16 isaan laga cabbiidhaan booraʼee yommuu cabbiin sun baqutti immoo guutee irra yaaʼuu ti.
They who used to reverence me, now have come against me like snow or congealed ice.
17 Lageen yeroo bonni cimutti ni goggogu; yeroo hoʼaatti immoo iddoo isaaniitii badu.
When it has melted at the approach of heat, it is not known what it was.
18 Warri gaalaan daldalan karaa isaanii irraa jalʼatu; gammoojjiitti namʼanii dhumu.
Thus I also have been deserted of all; and I am ruined, and become an outcast.
19 Daldaltoonni Teemaa kanneen gaalaan daldalan bishaan barbaadu; karaa adeemtonni Shebaa immoo isaan abdatu.
Behold the ways of the Thaemanites, you that mark the paths of the Sabaeans.
20 Isaan waan abdatanii turaniif ni qaanaʼan; achi gaʼaniis waan jedhan wallaalan.
They too that trust in cities and riches shall come to shame.
21 Ammas isin akka waan faayidaa hin qabnee taatan; gidiraa koo argitanii sodaattan.
But you also have come to me without pity; so that beholding my wound you are afraid.
22 Ani takkumaa, ‘Waa naaf kennaa’ yookaan ‘Qabeenya keessan furii naaf godhaa’ jedheeraa?
What? have I made any demand of you? or do I ask for strength from you,
23 Yookaan, ‘Harka diinaa jalaa na baasaa’ yookaan, ‘Harka cunqursitootaa jalaa na furaa’ jedheeraa?
to deliver me from enemies, or to rescue me from the hand of the mighty ones?
24 “Na barsiisaa; ani nan calʼisa; iddoo ani itti dogoggores na argisiisaa.
Teach you me, and I will be silent: if in anything I have erred, tell me.
25 Dubbiin qajeelaan akkam ulfaataa dha! Falmiin keessan garuu maal mirkaneessa?
But as it seems, the words of a true man are vain, because I do not ask strength of you.
26 Isin waan ani jedhu qajeelchuu, dubbii nama abdii kutatees akka bubbeetti heduu barbaadduu?
Neither will your reproof cause me to cease my words, for neither will I endure the sound of your speech.
27 Isin ijoollee abbaa hin qabnetti ixaa buufattu; michoota keessaniifis boolla qottu.
Even because you attack the fatherless, and insult your friend.
28 “Amma garuu yoo fedhii keessan taʼe na ilaalaa. Ani fuula keessan duratti nan sobaa?
But now, having looked upon your countenances, I will not lie.
29 Deebiʼaa; murtiis hin jalʼisinaa; hubadhaa; ani nama qajeelaadhaatii.
Sit down now, and let there not be unrighteousness; and unite again with the just.
30 Jalʼinni arraba koo irra jiraa? Afaan koo daba addaan baasuu hin dandaʼuu?
For there is no injustice in my tongue; and does not my throat meditate understanding?
