Job 4
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
First Series of Speeches
Eliphaz Speaks
4 Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
2 Should anyone try to speak with you
when you are exhausted?
Yet who can keep from speaking?
3 Indeed, you have instructed many
and have strengthened(A) weak hands.
4 Your words have steadied the one who was stumbling
and braced the knees that were buckling.(B)
5 But now that this has happened to you,
you have become exhausted.
It strikes(C) you, and you are dismayed.
6 Isn’t your piety your confidence,
and the integrity of your life[a] your hope?(D)
7 Consider: Who has perished when he was innocent?
Where have the honest[b] been destroyed?(E)
8 In my experience, those who plough injustice
and those who sow trouble(F) reap the same.(G)
9 They perish at a single blast(H) from God
and come to an end by the breath of his nostrils.(I)
10 The lion may roar and the fierce lion(J) growl,
but the teeth of young lions are broken.(K)
11 The strong lion dies if it catches no prey,
and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.(L)
12 A word was brought to me in secret;
my ears caught a whisper of it.(M)
13 Among unsettling thoughts from visions in the night,(N)
when deep sleep(O) comes over men,
14 fear and trembling came over me(P)
and made all my bones shake.
15 I felt a draught[c] on my face,
and the hair on my body stood up.
16 A figure stood there,
but I could not recognise its appearance;
a form loomed before my eyes.
I heard a whispering voice:
17 ‘Can a mortal be righteous before God?
Can a man be more pure than his Maker? ’(Q)
18 If God puts no trust in his servants
and he charges his angels with foolishness,[d](R)
19 how much more those who dwell in clay houses,(S)
whose foundation is in the dust,
who are crushed like a moth!
20 They are smashed to pieces from dawn to dusk;
they perish for ever while no one notices.(T)
21 Are their tent cords not pulled up?
They die without wisdom.(U)
Ayuub 4
Somali Bible
Eliifas
4 Markaasaa Eliifas kii reer Teemaan u jawaabay, oo wuxuu ku yidhi,
2 Mid hadduu isku dayo inuu kula hadlo, ma ka xumaanaysaa?
Laakiinse bal yaa hadal iska celin kara?
3 Bal eeg, adigu kuwa badan wax baad bartay,
Oo gacmihii itaalka darnaana waad xoogaysay.
4 Erayadaadu way tiiriyeen kii sii dhacayay,
Oo jilbihii tabarta yaraana waad adkaysay.
5 Laakiinse haatan dhibaatadu aday kuu timid, oo waad taag yaraanaysaa,
Wayna ku soo gaadhay, oo waad dhibaataysan tahay.
6 War kalsoonidaadu sow ma aha cabsida aad Ilaahaaga ka cabsato,
Rajadaaduse sow ma aha daacadnimada jidadkaaga?
7 Waan ku baryayaaye bal wax xusuuso, bal yaa weligiis halligmay isagoo aan xaq qabin?
Amase xaggee baa mid qumman lagu halaagay?
8 Sidaan anigu arkay, weligoodba kuwii xumaan tacbadaa,
Oo belaayo beertaa, isla waxaasay goostaan.
9 Iyagu waxay ku baabba'aan Ilaah neeftiisa,
Oo waxay ku dhammaadaan afuufidda cadhadiisa.
10 Libaaxa cidiisii, iyo aarka cadhaysan codkiisii,
Iyo libaaxyada yaryar miciyahoodiiba waa jajabaan.
11 Libaaxa duqa ahu ugaadhla'aanta buu u bakhtiyaa,
Oo goosha dhasheediina way kala firdhaan.
12 Haddaba war baa qarsoodi la iigu keenay,
Oo dhegtayduna faqiisay qabsatay.
13 Habeenkii markay riyooyinku fikirro kiciyaan,
Oo ay dadku hurdo weyn ku fogaadaan,
14 Ayaa cabsi iyo gariiru igu dhacay,
Oo lafahayga oo dhammuna way wada ruxruxmadeen.
15 Markaasaa ruux wejigayga soo hor maray,
Oo timihii jidhkayguna waa soo wada istaageen.
16 Oo isagii wuu joogsaday, laakiinse muuqashadiisii waan kala saari waayay;
Muuqaal baa indhahayga hortooda joogay;
Intii mudda ah aamusnaan baa jirtay, dabadeedna waxaan maqlay cod leh,
17 War nin dhiman karaa miyuu Ilaah ka sii caaddilsanaan karaa?
Mase nin baa ka sii daahirsanaan kara kii isaga abuuray?
18 Bal eeg, isagu addoommadiisa iskuma halleeyo;
Oo malaa'igihiisana nacasnimuu ku eedeeyaa.
19 Intee ka sii badan buu eedeeyaa kuwa guryaha dhoobada ah deggan,
Oo aasaaskoodii boodhka ku jiro,
Oo sida balanbaallis u burbura!
20 Subaxdii iyo fiidkii inta ka dhex leh ayay baabba'aan;
Weligoodba way halligmaan iyadoo aan ciduna ka fikirayn.
21 Xadhkaha teendhooyinkoodii sow lama siibo?
Way dhintaan iyagoo aan xigmad lahayn.
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