1 ULB እነሆ፥ ይህን ሁሉ ዓይኔ አይቷል፤ ጆሮዬም ሰምቶ አስተውያለሁ። BSB BSB: “Indeed, my eyes have seen all this; my ears have heard and understood.
2 ULB እናንተ የምታውቁትን እኔም ደግሞ አውቀዋለሁ ከእናንተ የማንስ አይደለሁም። BSB BSB: What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.
3 ULB ቢሆንም ግን ሁሉን ከሚችል አምላክ ጋር መነጋገር እመርጣለሁ፥ ከእግዚአብሔርም ጋር መዋቀስ እፈልጋለሁ። BSB BSB: Yet I desire to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God.
4 ULB እናንተ ግን እውነትን በሐሰት ለባጮች ናችሁ፤ ሁላችሁ ዋጋ የሌላችሁ ሃኪሞች ናችሁ። BSB BSB: You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians.
5 ULB ምነው ሁላችሁ ዝም ብትሉ! ይህም ጥበብ ይሆንላችሁ ነበር። BSB BSB: If only you would remain silent; for that would be your wisdom!
6 ULB እንግዲህ ክርክሬን ስሙ፥ የከንፈሬንም ሙግት አዳምጡ። BSB BSB: Hear now my argument, and listen to the plea of my lips.
7 ULB ለእግዚአብሔር ጽድቅ የሌለበትን ነገር ትናገሩለታላችሁን? ለእርሱስ በማታለል ታወሩለታላችሁን? BSB BSB: Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf or speak deceitfully for Him?
8 ULB ቸርነትንስ ታደርጉለታላችሁን? ለእግዚአብሔርስ በሸንጎ ጠበቃ ትሆኑለታላችሁን? BSB BSB: Would you show Him partiality or argue in His defense?
9 ULB እንደ ዳኛ ወደ እናንተ ቢዞርና ቢመረምራችሁ ይህ መልካም ይመስላችኋልን? ወይስ አንዱ ሌላውን ሰው እንደሚያታልል፣ በሸንጎ ትሳለቁበታላችሁን? BSB BSB: Would it be well when He examined you? Could you deceive Him as you would deceive a man?
10 ULB በስውር ወደ እርሱ ብታደሉ እንኳ፤ እርሱ በእርግጥ ይገስጻችኋል። BSB BSB: Surely He would rebuke you if you secretly showed partiality.
11 ULB ግርማዊነቱ አያስፈራችሁምን? ማስደንገጡስ በላያችሁ አይወድቅምን? BSB BSB: Would His majesty not terrify you? Would the dread of Him not fall upon you?
12 ULB አስገራሚ ንግግራችሁ ከአመድ የተሰሩ ምሳሌዎች ናቸው፤ ምላሻችሁም ከሸክላ የተሰሩ መመከቻዎች ናቸው። BSB BSB: Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.
13 ULB ዝም በሉ፥ እኔም እንድናገር ተዉኝ፤ የሚመጣው ነገር ይምጣብኝ። BSB BSB: Be silent, and I will speak. Then let come to me what may.
14 ULB ሥጋዬን በጥርሴ እይዛለሁ፥ ሕይወቴንም በእጆቼ አኖራታለሁ። BSB BSB: Why do I put myself at risk and take my life in my own hands?
15 ULB እነሆ ቢገድለኝ የሚቀርልኝ ተስፋ የለኝም፤ ቢሆንም ስለ መንገዴ በፊቱ እሟገታለሁ። BSB BSB: Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.
16 ULB አምላክ እንደሌለው ሰው ወደ ፊቱ አልቀረብኩምና፤ለደህንነቴ ይሆንልኛል። BSB BSB: Moreover, this will be my salvation, for no godless man can appear before Him.
17 ULB አምላኬ፡ንግግሬን በሚገባ አድምጥ፥ አስረግጬ የምለውም ለጆሮህ ይድረስ። BSB BSB: Listen carefully to my words; let my declaration ring in your ears.
18 ULB እነሆ አሁን፥ ሙግቴን አሰናድቻለሁ፤ ነጻ እንደምወጣም አውቃለሁ። BSB BSB: See now, I have prepared my case; I know that I will be vindicated.
19 ULB በሸንጎስ ቆሞ የሚከራከረኝ ማን ነው? ጥፋተኛ ሆኜ ከተገኘሁ፤ በዝምታ ህይወቴን ለሞት እሰጣለሁ። BSB BSB: Can anyone indict me? If so, I will be silent and die.
20 ULB አማላኬ ሁለት ነገር ብቻ አድርግልኝ፤ እኔም ራሴን ከፊትህ አልሸሽግም፤ BSB BSB: Only grant these two things to me, so that I need not hide from You:
21 ULB ጠንካራ እጅህን ከእኔ አርቅ፤ በማስደንገጥህም አታስፈራኝ። BSB BSB: Withdraw Your hand from me, and do not let Your terror frighten me.
22 ULB ከዚያም ጥራኝ፥ እኔም እመልስልሃለሁ። ወይም እኔ ልናገር፥ አንተም መልስልኝ። BSB BSB: Then call me, and I will answer, or let me speak, and You can reply.
23 ULB በደሌና ኃጢአቴ ምን ያህል ሆነ? መተላለፌንና ኃጢአቴን አስታውቀኝ። BSB BSB: How many are my iniquities and sins? Reveal to me my transgression and sin.
24 ULB ፊትህን ከእኔ ለምን ትሰውራለህ፥ እንደ ጠላትህስ ለምን ታደርገኛለህ? BSB BSB: Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy?
25 ULB የረገፈን ቅጠል ታሳድደዋለህን? ወይስ የደረቀን ገለባ ትከታተለዋለህ? BSB BSB: Would You frighten a windblown leaf? Would You chase after dry chaff?
26 ULB የመረረ ነገር ስለጻፍህብኝ፤ የወጣትነቴን ኃጢአት ታወርሰኛለህ። BSB BSB: For You record bitter accusations against me and bequeath to me the iniquities of my youth.
27 ULB እግሬንም በእግር ግንድ አስገባኸው፥ መንገዶቼን ሁሉ በቅርበት አየኻቸው፤ የእግሬ መርገጫ የተራመደበትን መሬት ሁሉ መረመርህ። BSB BSB: You put my feet in the stocks and stand watch over all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet.
28 ULB ምንምእንኳ እኔ እንደሚጣል ብስባሽ፥ ብልም እንደበላው ልብስ ብሆንም። BSB BSB: So man wastes away like something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment.
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