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Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
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ወደገመ ፡ ኢዮብ ፡ ወቀደመ ፡ ወይቤ ።
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Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;
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መኑ ፡ እምአግብአኒ ፡ ውስተ ፡ መዋዕለ ፡ አውራኀ ፡ ትካት ። አመ ፡ ዐቀበኒ ፡ እግዚአ ፡ ብሔር ።
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When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
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ከመ ፡ አመ ፡ ይበርህ ፡ ማኅቶትየ ፡ በትርአሲየ ። አመ ፡ አሐውር ፡ በብርሃኑ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ጽልመት ።
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As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;
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አመ ፡ ሀለውኩ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ኵሉበረከት ። አመ ፡ እግዚአ ፡ ብሔር ፡ ይኄውጽ ፡ ቤትየ ።
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When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
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አመ ፡ ጽፉቅ ፡ ንዋይየ ። ወአውድየ ፡ አግብርትየ ።
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When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
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ወአመ ፡ ይውሕዝ ፡ ቅብእ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ፍናዊየ ። ወይትከዐው ፡ ሐሊብ ፡ ውስተ ፡ አድባርየ ።
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When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
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አመ ፡ እገይሥ ፡ በግርማ ፡ ሀገርየ ። ወአነብር ፡ ውስተ ፡ መርሕብ ፡ መንበርየ ።
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The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.
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ወይሬኢዩኒ ፡ ወራዙት ፡ ወይትኀብኡ ። ወይፀንሑኒ ፡ ኵሉ ፡ ሊቃውንት ።
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The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
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ወኃያላንሂ ፡ ይትፈጸሙ ፡ ወኢይነቡ ። ወያጠውቁ ፡ አፉሆሙ ፡ በእደዊሆሙ ።
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The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
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ወያስተበፅዑኒ ፡ እለ ፡ ሰምዑኒ ። ወይጠግእ ፡ ልሳኖሙ ፡ በጕርዔሆሙ ።
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When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:
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ወእዝን ፡ ሰምዐተኒ ፡ ታስተበፅዐኒ ። ወዐይን ፡ ርኢየተኒ ፡ ትትገሐሠኒ ።
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Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
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እስመ ፡ አድኀንኩ ፡ ነዳየ ፡ እምእደ ፡ ዘይትኤገሎ ። ወረዳእኩ ፡ እጓለ ፡ ማውታ ፡ ዘአልቦ ፡ ረዳኤ ።
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The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
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ወደሐሩኒ ፡ ዘሂ ፡ ይመውት ። ወባረከኒ ፡ አፈ ፡ አቤራት ።
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I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
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ወለበስክዋ ፡ ለጽድቅ ። ወተረሰይኩ ፡ ርትዐ ፡ ከመ ፡ ዐፅፍ ።
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I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
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ኮንክዎሙ ፡ ዐይነ ፡ ለዕዉራን ፡ ወእግረ ፡ ለስቡራን ።
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I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
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አነ ፡ ውእቱ ፡ አበ ፡ ምስኪናን ። ወተኃሠሥኩ ፡ በዘ ፡ ኢያአምር ፡ ቅሥተ ።
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And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
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ወሰበርኩ ፡ ስነኒሆሙ ፡ ለዐማፂያን ። ወአንገፍክዎሙ ፡ እማእከለ ፡ ጥረሲሆሙ ፡ ዘመሠጡ ።
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Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
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ወተሐዘብኩሰ ፡ እልሀቅ ፡ ወእርሣእ ። ወእሕየው ፡ ጕንዱየ ፡ ዓመተ ። ከመ ፡ ነዋኅ ፡ በቀልተ ፡ ትምርት ።
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My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
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ወተርኅወ ፡ ማይ ፡ ለሥረዊየ ። ወይኀድር ፡ ጠል ፡ ውስተ ፡ ማእረርየ ።
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My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
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ወክብርየ ፡ ሐዲስ ፡ ምስሌየ ። ወአሐውር ፡ እንዘ ፡ ቀስትየ ፡ ውስተ ፡ እዴየ ።
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Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
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ኪያየ ፡ ያጸምኡ ፡ ወይሰምዑ ። ወያረሙ ፡ በምክረ ፡ ዚአየ ።
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After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
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ወኢይደግሙ ፡ በዲበ ፡ ነገርየ ። ወይትሐሠዩ ፡ ሶበ ፡ እትናገሮሙ ።
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And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
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ከመ ፡ ምድር ፡ ጽምእት ፡ እንተ ፡ ትሴፈው ፡ ዝናመ ። ከማሁ ፡ እሙንቱሂ ፡ ለነገረ ፡ ዚአየ ።
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If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
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ወኢይትአመኑ ፡ እመ ፡ ሠሐቁ ፡ ምስሌሆሙ ። ወኢይወድቅ ፡ ብርሃነ ፡ ገጽየ ።
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I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.
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ኀሢሥየ ፡ ፍኖቶሙ ፡ ነበርኩ ፡ እኰንኖሙ ። ወነበርኩ ፡ ከመ ፡ ንጉሥ ፡ ባሕቲትየ ። ወእንዘ ፡ ይበከዩ ፡ ይትጋነዩ ፡ ሊተ ።
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