Iyyoob 7
1 “Jireenyi namaa lafa irratti qabsoo cimaa mitii? Barri isaas akkuma bara nama qacaramaa tokkootii mitii?
Is there not a warfare to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling?
2 Akkuma garbicha gaaddisa galgalaa hawwuu, yookaan akkuma hojjetaa mindaa isaa eegatu tokkoo,
As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, and as a hireling who looks for his wages,
3 jiʼoonni faayidaa hin qabne naa qoodaman; halkanoonni dhiphinaas naa ramadaman.
so I am made to possess months of misery, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
4 Yommuun ciisutti, ‘Ani yoomin kaʼa?’ jedheen yaada. Halkan natti dheerata; anis hamma bariʼutti nan gaggaragala.
When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? And I am full of tossing to and fro to the dawning of the day.
5 Nafni koo raammoo fi qonyanyaa uffateera; gogaan koo babbaqaqee malaʼaa jira.
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust. My skin closes up, and breaks out afresh.
6 “Barri koo kolloo wayya dhooftuu caalaa ariifata; innis abdii malee dhuma.
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
7 Egaa yaa Waaqayyo, akka jireenyi koo akkuma qilleensaa taʼe yaadadhu; iji koo lammata waan gaarii hin argu.
O remember that my life is a breath. My eye shall no more see good.
8 Iji amma na argu siʼachi na hin argu; ati na barbaadda; garuu ani hin jiru.
The eye of him who sees me shall behold me no more. Thine eyes shall be upon me, but I shall not be.
As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol shall come up no more. (Sheol h7585)
10 Inni lammata mana isaatti hin deebiʼu; iddoon isaas siʼachi isa hin beeku.
He shall return no more to his house, nor shall his place know him any more.
11 “Kanaafuu ani cal hin jedhu; ani hafuura koo dhiphate sanaan nan dubbadha; hadhaaʼummaa lubbuu kootiinis nan guunguma.
Therefore I will not refrain my mouth. I will speak in the anguish of my spirit. I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
12 Ati eegduu natti ramaduun kee, ani galaana moo yookaan bineensa galaanaa ti?
Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, that thou set a watch over me?
13 Yommuu ani, ‘Sireen koo na jajjabeessa; wanni ani irra ciisu guungummii koo naa xinneessa’ jedhutti,
When I say, My bed shall comfort me. My couch shall ease my complaint.
14 ati abjuu keessa na sodaachifta; mulʼataanis na rifachiifta.
Then thou scare me with dreams, and terrify me through visions,
15 Kanaafuu ani akkasitti jiraachuu irra of hudhee duʼuu nan filadha.
so that my soul chooses strangling and death rather than these my bones.
16 Jireenya koo nan jibba; ani bara baraan hin jiraadhu. Na dhiisi; jiraachuun koo faayidaa hin qabuutii.
I loathe my life. I would not live always. Let me alone, for my days are vanity.
17 “Akka ati isa leelliftuuf, akka qalbii kee isa irra keessuufis namni maali?
What is man, that thou should magnify him, and that thou should set thy mind upon him,
18 Ati ganama ganama isa xiinxaltee yeroo yerootti isa qorta.
and that thou should visit him every morning, and try him every moment?
19 Ati ija kee narraa hin buqqiftuu? Hamma ani hancufa liqimsutti kophaa koo na hin dhiiftuu?
How long will thou not look away from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
20 Yaa isa nama eegdu, yoon cubbuu hojjedhe iyyuu ani maalan si godha? Ati maaliif waan itti akeekkattu na godhatte? Ani baʼaa sitti taʼeeraa?
If I have sinned, what do I do to thee, O thou watcher of men? Why have thou set me as a mark for thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
21 Ati maaliif balleessaa koo irra dabartee cubbuu koo illee naaf hin dhiifne? Yeroon ani itti biyyoo keessa ciisu gaʼeeraatii; ati na barbaadda; garuu ani hin argamu.”
And why do thou not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I shall lie down in the dust, and thou will seek me diligently, but I shall not be.
