Iyyoob 7
1 “Jireenyi namaa lafa irratti qabsoo cimaa mitii? Barri isaas akkuma bara nama qacaramaa tokkootii mitii?
Is there not an appointed time to man vpon earth? and are not his dayes as the dayes of an hyreling?
2 Akkuma garbicha gaaddisa galgalaa hawwuu, yookaan akkuma hojjetaa mindaa isaa eegatu tokkoo,
As a seruant longeth for the shadowe, and as an hyreling looketh for the ende of his worke,
3 jiʼoonni faayidaa hin qabne naa qoodaman; halkanoonni dhiphinaas naa ramadaman.
So haue I had as an inheritance the moneths of vanitie, and painefull nights haue bene appointed vnto me.
4 Yommuun ciisutti, ‘Ani yoomin kaʼa?’ jedheen yaada. Halkan natti dheerata; anis hamma bariʼutti nan gaggaragala.
If I layed me downe, I sayde, When shall I arise? and measuring the euening I am euen full with tossing to and from vnto the dawning of the day.
5 Nafni koo raammoo fi qonyanyaa uffateera; gogaan koo babbaqaqee malaʼaa jira.
My flesh is clothed with wormes and filthinesse of the dust: my skinne is rent, and become horrible.
6 “Barri koo kolloo wayya dhooftuu caalaa ariifata; innis abdii malee dhuma.
My dayes are swifter then a weauers shittle, and they are spent without hope.
7 Egaa yaa Waaqayyo, akka jireenyi koo akkuma qilleensaa taʼe yaadadhu; iji koo lammata waan gaarii hin argu.
Remember that my life is but a wind, and that mine eye shall not returne to see pleasure.
8 Iji amma na argu siʼachi na hin argu; ati na barbaadda; garuu ani hin jiru.
The eye that hath seene me, shall see me no more: thine eyes are vpon me, and I shall be no longer.
As the cloude vanisheth and goeth away, so he that goeth downe to the graue, shall come vp no more. (Sheol h7585)
10 Inni lammata mana isaatti hin deebiʼu; iddoon isaas siʼachi isa hin beeku.
He shall returne no more to his house, neither shall his place knowe 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 spare my mouth, but will speake in the trouble of my spirite, and muse in the bitternesse of my minde.
12 Ati eegduu natti ramaduun kee, ani galaana moo yookaan bineensa galaanaa ti?
Am I a sea or a whalefish, that thou keepest me in warde?
13 Yommuu ani, ‘Sireen koo na jajjabeessa; wanni ani irra ciisu guungummii koo naa xinneessa’ jedhutti,
When I say, My couch shall relieue me, and my bed shall bring comfort in my meditation,
14 ati abjuu keessa na sodaachifta; mulʼataanis na rifachiifta.
Then fearest thou me with dreames, and astonishest me with visions.
15 Kanaafuu ani akkasitti jiraachuu irra of hudhee duʼuu nan filadha.
Therefore my soule chuseth rather to be strangled and to die, then to be in my bones.
16 Jireenya koo nan jibba; ani bara baraan hin jiraadhu. Na dhiisi; jiraachuun koo faayidaa hin qabuutii.
I abhorre it, I shall not liue alway: spare me then, for my dayes are but vanitie.
17 “Akka ati isa leelliftuuf, akka qalbii kee isa irra keessuufis namni maali?
What is man, that thou doest magnifie him, and that thou settest thine heart vpon him?
18 Ati ganama ganama isa xiinxaltee yeroo yerootti isa qorta.
And doest visite him euery morning, and tryest him euery moment?
19 Ati ija kee narraa hin buqqiftuu? Hamma ani hancufa liqimsutti kophaa koo na hin dhiiftuu?
Howe long will it be yer thou depart from me? thou wilt not let me alone whiles I may swallowe my spettle.
20 Yaa isa nama eegdu, yoon cubbuu hojjedhe iyyuu ani maalan si godha? Ati maaliif waan itti akeekkattu na godhatte? Ani baʼaa sitti taʼeeraa?
I haue sinned, what shall I do vnto thee? O thou preseruer of me, why hast thou set me as a marke against thee, so that I am a burden vnto my selfe?
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 doest thou not pardon my trespasse? and take away mine iniquitie? for nowe shall I sleepe in the dust, and if thou seekest me in the morning, I shall not be found.
