ኢዮብ 21 – NASV & NIRV

New Amharic Standard Version

ኢዮብ 21:1-34

ኢዮብ

1ኢዮብም እንዲህ ሲል መለሰ፤

2“ቃሌን በጥንቃቄ ስሙ፤

የምታጽናኑኝም በዚህ ይሁን፤

3ንግግሬን በትዕግሥት አድምጡ፤

ከተናገርሁ በኋላ፣ መሣለቅ ትችላላችሁ።

4“በውኑ ቅርታዬ በሰው ላይ ነውን?

ትዕግሥት ማጣትስ አይገባኝምን?

5ተመልከቱኝና ተገረሙ፤

አፋችሁን በእጃችሁ ለጕሙ።

6ስለዚህ ነገር ባሰብሁ ቍጥር እደነግጣለሁ፤

ሰውነቴም በፍርሀት ይንቀጠቀጣል።

7ኀጢአተኞች ለምን በሕይወት ይኖራሉ?

ለምን ለእርጅና ይበቃሉ? ለምንስ እያየሉ ይሄዳሉ?

8ዘራቸው በዐይናቸው ፊት፣

ልጆቻቸውም በዙሪያቸው ጸንተው ሲኖሩ ያያሉ፤

9ቤታቸው ያለ ሥጋት በሰላም ይኖራል፤

የእግዚአብሔርም በትር የለባቸውም።

10ኮርማቸው ዘሩ በከንቱ አይወድቅም፤

ያስረግዛል፤ ላማቸውም ሳትጨነግፍ ትወልዳለች።

11ልጆቻቸውን እንደ በግ መንጋ ያሰማራሉ፤

ሕፃናታቸውም ይቦርቃሉ።

12በከበሮና በክራር ይዘፍናሉ፤

በዋሽንትም ድምፅ ይፈነጫሉ።

13ዕድሜያቸውን በተድላ ያሳልፋሉ፤

በሰላምም21፥13 ወይም በፍጥነት ማለት ነው። ወደ መቃብር21፥13 በዕብራይስጡ፣ ሲኦል ይላል። ይወርዳሉ።

14እግዚአብሔርንም እንዲህ ይሉታል፤ ‘አትድረስብን!

መንገድህንም ማወቅ አንፈልግም።

15እናገለግለው ዘንድ፣ ሁሉን ቻይ አምላክ ማን ነው?

ወደ እርሱ ብንጸልይስ ምን እናገኛለን?’

16ይሁንና ብልጽግናቸው በእጃቸው አይደለም፤

ከኀጢአተኞች ምክር እርቃለሁ።

17“የኀጢአተኞች መብራት የጠፋው ስንት ጊዜ ነው?

የእግዚአብሔር ቍጣ መከራ የመጣባቸው፣

መቅሠፍትም የደረሰባቸው ስንት ጊዜ ነው?

18በነፋስ ፊት እንዳለ ገለባ፣

በዐውሎ ነፋስም እንደ ተወሰደ ዕብቅ የሆኑት ስንት ጊዜ ነው?

19እናንተ፣ ‘እግዚአብሔር የሰውን ቅጣት ለልጆቹ ያከማቻል’ ትላላችሁ፤

ነገር ግን ያውቀው ዘንድ ለሰውየው ለራሱ ይክፈለው፤

20ዐይኖቹ የራሱን ውድቀት ይዩ፤

ሁሉን ከሚችል አምላክ21፥17-20 17፡18 ቃለ አጋኖዎች ሲሆኑ፣ 19፡20 ደግሞ ብያኔዎች ናቸው። ቍጣ ይጠጣ።

21ሰው ወራቱ በተገባደደ ጊዜ፣

ለቀሪ ቤተ ሰቡ ምን ይገድደዋል?

22“ከፍ ባሉት ላይ ለሚፈርድ አምላክ፣

ዕውቀትን ሊያስተምረው የሚችል አለን?

23አንድ ሰው በፍጹም ተድላ ደስታ እየኖረ፣

በሙሉ ብርታቱም እያለ ይሞታል፤

24ሰውነቱ21፥24 የዚህ ቃል የዕብራይስጡ ትርጕም በትክክል አይታወቅም። በምቾት፣

ዐጥንቱም በሥብ ተሞልቶ እያለ በሞት ይለያል።

25ሌላው ሰው ደግሞ አንዳች መልካም ነገር ሳያይ፣

በተመረረች ነፍስ ይሞታል፤

26ሁለቱም በዐፈር ውስጥ አንድ ላይ ይተኛሉ፤

ትልም ይወርሳቸዋል።

27“እነሆ፣ ምክራችሁን፣

በእኔ ላይ ያሤራችሁትንም ተረድቻለሁ።

28እናንተ፣ ‘የትልቁ ሰው ቤት፣

ኀጢአተኛውም የኖረበት ድንኳን የት አለ?’ አላችሁ፤

29መንገደኞችን አልጠየቃችሁምን?

የነገሯችሁንስ ነገር በጥሞና አላዳመጣችሁምን?

30ክፉ ሰው በመቅሠፍት ቀን እንደሚጠበቅ፣

በቍጣም ቀን እንደሚተርፍ21፥30 ወይም ለመቅሠፍት ቀን ተጠብቆ እንደሚቈይ ማለት ነው። አታውቁምን?

31ተግባሩን ፊት ለፊት የሚነግረው ማን ነው?

የእጁንስ ማን ይሰጠዋል?

32ወደ መቃብር ይወስዱታል፤

ለመቃብሩም ጠባቂ ይደረግለታል።

33የሸለቈው ዐፈር ምቹ ይሆንለታል፤

ሰው ሁሉ ይከተለዋል፤

ስፍር ቍጥር የሌለው ሕዝብ21፥33 ወይም ስፍር ቍጥር እንደ ሌለው ሕዝብ ማለት ነው። በፊቱ ይሄዳል።

34“መልሳችሁ ከሐሰት በስተቀር ሌላ አይገኝበትም!

ታዲያ፣ በማይረባ ነገር እንዴት ልታጽናኑኝ ትችላላችሁ?”

New International Reader’s Version

Job 21:1-34

Job’s Reply

1Job replied,

2“Listen carefully to what I’m saying.

Let that be the comfort you people give me.

3Put up with me while I speak.

After I’ve spoken, you can make fun of me!

4“I’m not arguing with mere human beings.

So why shouldn’t I be angry and uneasy?

5Look at me and be shocked.

Put your hand over your mouth and stop talking!

6When I think about these things, I’m terrified.

My whole body trembles.

7Why do sinful people keep on living?

The older they grow, the richer they get.

8They see their children grow up around them.

They watch their family grow larger.

9Their homes are safe.

They don’t have to be afraid.

God isn’t punishing them.

10Every time their bulls mate, their cows become pregnant.

And the calves don’t die before they are born.

11Sinful people send their children out like a flock of lambs.

Their little ones dance around.

12They sing to the music of tambourines and lyres.

They have a good time while flutes are being played.

13Those who are evil spend their years living well.

They go down to their graves in peace.

14But they say to God, ‘Leave us alone!

We don’t want to know how you want us to live.

15Who is the Mighty One? Why should we serve him?

What would we get if we prayed to him?’

16But they aren’t in control of their own success.

So I don’t pay any attention to their plans.

17“How often are their lamps blown out?

How often does trouble come on them?

How often does God punish them when he’s angry?

18How often are they like straw blowing in the wind?

How often are they like tumbleweeds swept away by a storm?

19People say, ‘God stores up the punishment of evil people for their children.’

But let God punish the evil people themselves.

Then they’ll learn a lesson from it.

20Let their own eyes see how they are destroyed.

Let them drink the wine of the Mighty One’s anger.

21What do they care about the families they leave behind?

What do they care about them

when their lives come to an end?

22“Can anyone teach God anything?

After all, he judges even the angels in heaven.

23Some people die while they are still very strong.

They are completely secure. They have an easy life.

24They are well fed.

Their bodies are healthy.

25Others die while their spirits are bitter.

They’ve never enjoyed anything good.

26Side by side they lie in the dust of death.

The worms in their graves cover all of them.

27“I know exactly what you people are thinking.

I know you are planning to do bad things to me.

28You are saying to yourselves,

‘Where is the great man’s house now?

Where are the tents where his evil family lived?’

29Haven’t you ever asked questions of those who travel?

Haven’t you paid any attention to their stories?

30They’ll tell you that sinful people

are spared from the day of trouble.

They’ll say that those people

are saved from the day when God will judge.

31Who speaks against them for the way they act?

Who pays them back for what they’ve done?

32Their bodies will be carried to their graves.

Guards will watch over their tombs.

33The soil in the valley will be pleasant

to those who have died.

Many people will walk along behind their bodies.

Many others will walk in front of them.

34“So how can you comfort me with your speeches?

They don’t make any sense at all.

Your answers are nothing but lies!”