1“ሌዋታንን41፥1 ምናልባት ዐዞ ሊሆን ይችላል። በመንጠቆ ልታወጣው፣
ወይም ምላሱን በገመድ ልታስረው ትችላለህን?
2መሰነጊያ በአፍንጫው ልታስገባ፣
ወይም ጕንጩን በሜንጦ ልትበሳ ትችላለህን?
3እርሱ እንድትምረው ይለማመጥሃል?
በለስላሳ ቃላትስ ይናገርሃል?
4ለዘላለም ባሪያ ታደርገው ዘንድ፣
ከአንተ ጋር ይዋዋላልን?
5እንደ ወፍ አልምደኸው ከእርሱ ጋር ልትጫወት ትችላለህ?
ወይስ ለሴት አገልጋዮችህ መጫወቻነት ታስረዋለህን?
6ነጋዴዎችስ በእርሱ ላይ ይከራከራሉን?
ለቸርቻሪዎችስ ያከፋፍሉታል?
7ቈዳው ላይ ዐንካሴ ልትሰካ፣
ጭንቅላቱንም በዓሣ መውጊያ ጦር ልትበሳ ትችላለህን?
8እርሱን እስቲ ንካው፣
ግብግቡን ታስታውሳለህ፤ ከቶም አያላምድህም።
9እርሱን በቍጥጥር ሥር አውላለሁ ማለት ዘበት ነው፤
በዐይን ማየት እንኳ ብርክ ያስይዛል።
10ሊቀሰቅሰው የሚደፍር የለም፤
ማን ፊቱ ሊቆም ይችላል?
11ነክቶት በሰላም የሚሄድ ማን ነው?
ከሰማይ በታች ማንም የለም።41፥11 አንዳንድ ትርጕሞች፣ በዕዳ የሚጠይቀኝ ማን ነው? ከሰማይ በታች ያለው ሁሉ ንብረቴ ነው ይላሉ።
12“ስለ ብርታቱና ስለ አካላቱ ውበት፣
ስለ እጅና እግሩ ከመናገር አልቈጠብም።
13የደረበውን ልብስ ማን ሊያወልቅ ይችላል?
ማንስ ሊለጕመው ወደ መንጋጋው ይቀርባል?
14አስፈሪ ጥርሶቹ የተገጠገጡበትን፣
የአፉን ደጅ ማን ደፍሮ ይከፍታል?
15ጀርባው፣ አንድ ላይ የተጣበቁ፣
የጋሻ ረድፎች አሉት፤
16እጅግ የተቀራረቡ ስለሆኑ፣
ነፋስ በመካከላቸው አያልፍም፤
17እርስ በርስ የተገጣጠሙ ናቸው፤
አንዱ ከአንዱ ጋር ተጣብቋልና ማንም ሊለያያቸው አይችልም።
18እንጥሽታው የብርሃን ብልጭታ ያወጣል፤
ዐይኖቹም እንደ ማለዳ ጮራ ናቸው።
19ከአፉ ፍም ይወጣል፤
የእሳት ትንታግ ይረጫል።
20በሸንበቆ ማገዶ ላይ ከተጣደ ድስት እንደሚወጣ እንፋሎት፣
ከአፍንጫው ጢስ ይትጐለጐላል።
21እስትንፋሱ ከሰል ያቀጣጥላል፤
የእሳትም ነበልባል ከአፉ ይወጣል።
22ብርታት በዐንገቱ ውስጥ አለ፤
አሸባሪነትም በፊቱ እመር እመር ይላል።
23የሥጋው ንብርብር እርስ በርስ የተጣበቀ፣
በላዩ የጸናና ከቦታው የማይናጋ ነው።
24ደረቱ እንደ ዐለት የጠጠረ፣
እንደ ወፍጮ ድንጋይም የጠነከረ ነው።
25እርሱ በተነሣ ጊዜ፣ ኀያላን ይርዳሉ፤
በሚንቀሳቀስበትም ጊዜ ወደ ኋላ ያፈገፍጋሉ።
26ጦር፣ ፍላጻ ወይም ዐንካሴ፣
ሰይፍም ቢያገኘው አንዳች አይጐዳውም።
27እርሱ ብረትን እንደ አገዳ፣
ናስንም እንደ ነቀዘ ዕንጨት ይቈጥራል።
28ቀስት አያባርረውም፤
የወንጭፍ ድንጋይም ለእርሱ እንደ ገለባ ነው።
29ቈመጥ በእርሱ ፊት እንደ ገለባ ነው፤
ጦር ሲሰበቅ ይሥቃል።
30የሆዱ ሥር እንደ ሸካራ ገል ነው፤
እንደ መውቂያ መሣሪያም በጭቃ ላይ ምልክት ጥሎ ያልፋል።
31እንደሚፈላ ምንቸት ጥልቁን ያናውጠዋል፤
ባሕሩንም እንደ ሽቶ ብልቃጥ ያደርገዋል።
32ያለፈበትን መንገድ ብሩህ ያደርጋል፤
ቀላዩንም ሽበት ያወጣ ያስመስለዋል።
33ያለ ፍርሀት የተፈጠረ፣
እንደ እርሱ ያለ በምድር ላይ የለም።
34ከፍ ያሉትን ሁሉ በንቀት ይመለከታል፤
በትዕቢተኞችም ሁሉ ላይ ንጉሥ ነው።”
1Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?41.1 leviathan: probably an extinct animal of some kind41.1 which…: Heb. which thou drownest? 2Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn? 3Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee? 4Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever? 5Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens? 6Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants? 7Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears? 8Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more. 9Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him? 10None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?
11Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine. 12I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion. 13Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?41.13 with: or, within 14Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about. 15His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.41.15 scales: Heb. strong pieces of shields 16One is so near to another, that no air can come between them. 17They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered. 18By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. 19Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out. 20Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron. 21His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth. 22In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.41.22 is turned into joy: Heb. rejoiceth 23The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.41.23 flakes: Heb. fallings 24His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone. 25When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves. 26The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.41.26 habergeon: or, breastplate 27He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood. 28The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble. 29Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear. 30Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.41.30 Sharp stones: Heb. Sharp pieces of potsherd 31He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment. 32He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary. 33Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.41.33 is made without fear: or, behave themselves without fear 34He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.
