1“Call if you will, but who will answer you?
To which of the holy ones will you turn?
2Resentment kills a fool,
and envy slays the simple.
3I myself have seen a fool taking root,
but suddenly his house was cursed.
4His children are far from safety,
crushed in court without a defender.
5The hungry consume his harvest,
taking it even from among thorns,
and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
6For hardship does not spring from the soil,
nor does trouble sprout from the ground.
7Yet man is born to trouble
as surely as sparks fly upward.
8“But if I were you, I would appeal to God;
I would lay my cause before him.
9He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed,
miracles that cannot be counted.
10He provides rain for the earth;
he sends water on the countryside.
11The lowly he sets on high,
and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
12He thwarts the plans of the crafty,
so that their hands achieve no success.
13He catches the wise in their craftiness,
and the schemes of the wily are swept away.
14Darkness comes upon them in the daytime;
at noon they grope as in the night.
15He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth;
he saves them from the clutches of the powerful.
16So the poor have hope,
and injustice shuts its mouth.
17“Blessed is the one whom God corrects;
so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.5:17 Hebrew Shaddai; here and throughout Job
18For he wounds, but he also binds up;
he injures, but his hands also heal.
19From six calamities he will rescue you;
in seven no harm will touch you.
20In famine he will deliver you from death,
and in battle from the stroke of the sword.
21You will be protected from the lash of the tongue,
and need not fear when destruction comes.
22You will laugh at destruction and famine,
and need not fear the wild animals.
23For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field,
and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
24You will know that your tent is secure;
you will take stock of your property and find nothing missing.
25You will know that your children will be many,
and your descendants like the grass of the earth.
26You will come to the grave in full vigor,
like sheaves gathered in season.
27“We have examined this, and it is true.
So hear it and apply it to yourself.”
1“እስቲ ተጣራ፤ የሚመልስልህ አለን?
ከቅዱሳንስ ወደ ማንኛው ዘወር ትላለህ?
2ሞኙን ሰው ብስጭት ይገድለዋል፤
ቂሉንም ቅናት ያጠፋዋል።
3ቂል ሰው ሥር ሰድዶ አየሁት፤
ግን ድንገት ቤቱ ተረገመ።
4ልጆቹ የኑሮ ዋስትና የራቃቸው፤
በፍርድ አደባባይ ጥቃት የደረሰባቸው፣ ታዳጊ የሌላቸው ናቸው።
5ከእሾኽ መካከል እንኳ አውጥቶ፣
ራብተኛ ሰብሉን ይበላበታል፤
ጥማተኛም ሀብቱን ይመኝበታል።
6ችግር ከምድር አይፈልቅም፤
መከራም ከመሬት አይበቅልም።
7ፍንጣሪው ከእሳቱ ላይ ሽቅብ እንደሚወረወር፣
ሰውም ለመከራ ይወለዳል።
8“እኔ ብሆን ኖሮ፣ ወደ እግዚአብሔር በቀረብሁ፣
ጕዳዬንም በፊቱ በገለጽሁለት ነበር።
9እርሱ፣ የማይመረመሩ ድንቅ ነገሮች፣
የማይቈጠሩም ታምራት ያደርጋል።
10ምድሪቱን በዝናብ ያረሰርሳል፤
ሜዳውንም ውሃ ያጠጣል።
11የተዋረዱትን በከፍታ ቦታ ያስቀምጣል፤
ያዘኑትንም ወደ አስተማማኝ ስፍራ ያወጣቸዋል።
12እጃቸው ያሰቡትን እንዳይፈጽም፣
የተንኰለኞችን ዕቅድ ያከሽፋል።
13ጠቢባንን በጥበባቸው ይይዛል፤
የተንኰለኞችንም ሤራ ያጠፋል።
14ቀኑ ጨለማ ይሆንባቸዋል፤
በቀትርም ጊዜ በሌሊት እንዳለ ሰው በዳበሳ ይሄዳሉ።
15ችግረኛውን ከአፋቸው ሰይፍ፣
ከኀይለኛውም እጅ ያድነዋል።
16ስለዚህ ድኻ ተስፋ አለው፤
ዐመፅም አፏን ትዘጋለች።
17“እነሆ፤ እግዚአብሔር የሚገሥጸው ሰው ምስጉን ነው፤
ስለዚህ ሁሉን የሚችለውን5፥17 በዕብራይስጥ ሻዳይ ማለት ሲሆን፣ በዚህ ቍጥርና በኢዮብ መጽሐፍ ውስጥም እንዲሁ ነው። አምላክ ተግሣጽ አትናቅ።
18እርሱ ያቈስላል፤ ይፈውሳል፤
እርሱ ይሰብራል፤ በእጁም ይጠግናል፤
19እርሱ ከስድስት መቅሠፍት ይታደግሃል፤
በሰባተኛውም ጕዳት አያገኝህም።
20በራብ ጊዜ ከሞት፣
በጦርነትም ከሰይፍ ያድንሃል።
21ከምላስ ጅራፍ ትሰወራለህ፤
ጥፋት ሲመጣም አትፈራም።
22በጥፋትና በራብ ላይ ትሥቃለህ፤
የምድርንም አራዊት አትፈራም።
23ከሜዳ ድንጋዮች ጋር ትዋዋላለህና፤
የዱር አራዊትም ከአንተ ጋር ይስማማሉ።
24ድንኳንህ በሚያስተማምን ሁኔታ እንዳለ ታውቃለህ፤
በረትህን ትቃኛለህ፤ አንዳችም አይጐድልብህም።
25ዘሮችህ አያሌ እንደሚሆኑ፣
የምትወልዳቸውም እንደ ሣር እንደሚበዙ ታውቃለህ።
26የእህል ነዶ ጐምርቶ በወቅቱ እንደሚሰበሰብ፣
ዕድሜ ጠግበህ ወደ መቃብር ትሄዳለህ።
27“እነሆ፤ ይህን ሁሉ መርምረናል፤ እውነት ሆኖ አግኝተነዋል፤
ስለዚህ ልብ በል፤ ተቀበለውም።”
