Job 31
1 I reached an agreement with my eyes, that I would not so much as think about a virgin.
“Mo ti bá ojú mi dá májẹ̀mú, èmi yó ha ṣe tẹjúmọ́ wúńdíá?
2 For what portion should God from above hold for me, and what inheritance should the Almighty from on high keep?
Nítorí pé kí ni ìpín Ọlọ́run láti ọ̀run wá? Tàbí kí ni ogún Olódùmarè láti òkè ọ̀run wá.
3 Is not destruction held for the wicked and repudiation kept for those who work injustice?
Kò ṣe pé àwọn ènìyàn búburú ni ìparun wà fún, àti àjàkálẹ̀-ààrùn fún àwọn oníṣẹ́ ẹ̀ṣẹ̀?
4 Does he not examine my ways and number all my steps?
Òun kò ha ri ipa ọ̀nà mi, òun kò ha sì ka gbogbo ìṣísẹ̀ mi?
5 If I have walked in vanity, or if my foot has hurried towards deceitfulness,
“Bí ó bá ṣe pé èmi bá fi àìṣòótọ́ rìn, tàbí tí ẹsẹ̀ mi sì yára sí ẹ̀tàn,
6 let him weigh me in a just balance, and let God know my simplicity.
(jẹ́ kí Ọlọ́run wọ́n mí nínú ìwọ̀n òdodo, kí Ọlọ́run le mọ ìdúró ṣinṣin mi.)
7 If my steps have turned aside from the way, or if my heart has followed my eyes, or if a blemish has clung to my hands,
Bí ẹsẹ̀ mí bá yà kúrò lójú ọ̀nà, tí àyà mí sì tẹ̀lé ipa ojú mi, tàbí bí àbàwọ́n kan bá sì lẹ̀ mọ́ mi ní ọwọ́,
8 then may I sow, and let another consume, and let my offspring be eradicated.
ǹjẹ́ kí èmi kí ó gbìn kí ẹlòmíràn kí ó sì mújẹ, àní kí a fa irú-ọmọ mi tu.
9 If my heart has been deceived over a woman, or if I have waited in ambush at my friend’s door,
“Bí àyà mi bá di fífà sí ipasẹ̀ obìnrin kan, tàbí bí mo bá lọ í ba de ènìyàn ní ẹnu-ọ̀nà ilé aládùúgbò mi,
10 then let my wife be the harlot of another, and let other men lean over her.
kí àyà mi kí ó lọ ọlọ fún ẹlòmíràn, kí àwọn ẹlòmíràn kí ó tẹ̀ ara wọn ní ara rẹ̀.
11 For this is a crime and a very great injustice.
Nítorí pé yóò jẹ́ ohun ìtìjú àní, ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ tí a ó ṣe onídàájọ́ rẹ̀.
12 It is a fire devouring all the way to perdition, and it roots out all that springs forth.
Nítorí pé iná ní èyí tí ó jó dé ibi ìparun, tí ìbá sì fa gbòǹgbò ohun ìbísí mi gbogbo tu.
13 If I have despised being subject to judgment with my servant or my maid, when they had any complaint against me,
“Tí mo bá sì ṣe àìka ọ̀ràn ìránṣẹ́kùnrin mi tàbí ìránṣẹ́bìnrin mi sí, nígbà tí wọ́n bá ń bá mi jà;
14 then what will I do when God rises to judge, and, when he inquires, how will I respond to him?
kí ni èmi ó ha ṣe nígbà tí Ọlọ́run bá dìde? Nígbà tí ó bá sì ṣe ìbẹ̀wò, ohùn kí ni èmi ó dá?
15 Is not he who created me in the womb, also he who labored to make him? And did not one and the same form me in the womb?
Ẹni tí ó dá mi ní inú kọ́ ni ó dá a? Ẹnìkan náà kí ó mọ wá ní inú ìyá wa?
16 If I have denied the poor what they wanted and have made the eyes of the widow wait;
“Bí mo bá fa ọwọ́ sẹ́yìn fún ìfẹ́ inú tálákà, tàbí bí mo bá sì mú kí ojú opó rẹ̀wẹ̀sì,
17 if I have eaten my morsel of food alone, while orphans have not eaten from it;
tàbí tí mo bá nìkan bu òkèlè mi jẹ, tí aláìní baba kò jẹ nínú rẹ̀;
18 (for from my infancy mercy grew with me, and it came out with me from my mother’s womb; )
nítorí pé láti ìgbà èwe mi wá ni a ti tọ́ ọ dàgbà pẹ̀lú mi bí ẹni pé baba, èmi sì ń ṣe ìtọ́jú opó láti inú ìyá mi wá:
19 if I have looked down on him who was perishing because he had no clothing and the poor without any covering,
bí èmi bá rí olùpọ́njú láìní aṣọ, tàbí tálákà kan láìní ìbora;
20 if his sides have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
bí ọkàn rẹ̀ kò bá súre fún mi, tàbí bí ara rẹ̀ kò sì gbóná nípasẹ̀ irun àgùntàn mi;
21 if I have lifted up my hand over an orphan, even when it might seem to me that I have the advantage over him at the gate;
bí mo bá sì gbé ọwọ́ mi sókè sí aláìní baba, nítorí pé mo rí ìrànlọ́wọ́ mi ní ẹnu ibodè,
22 then may my shoulder fall from its joint, and may my arm, with all its bones, be broken.
ǹjẹ́, ní apá mi kí o wọ́n kúrò ní ihò èjìká rẹ̀, kí apá mi kí ó sì ṣẹ́ láti egungun rẹ̀ wá.
23 For I have always feared God, like waves flowing over me, whose weight I was unable to bear.
Nítorí pé ìparun láti ọ̀dọ̀ Ọlọ́run wá ni ẹ̀rù ńlá fún mi, àti nítorí ọláńlá rẹ̀ èmi kò le è dúró.
24 If I have considered gold to be my strength, or if I have called purified gold ‘my Trust;’
“Bí ó bá ṣe pé mo fi wúrà ṣe ìgbẹ́kẹ̀lé mi, tàbí tí mo bá wí fún fàdákà dídára pé, ‘Ìwọ ni ààbò mi,’
25 if I have rejoiced over my great success, and over the many things my hand has obtained;
bí mo bá yọ̀ nítorí ọrọ̀ mí pọ̀, àti nítorí ọwọ́ mi dara lọ́pọ̀lọ́pọ̀,
26 if I gazed upon the sun when it shined and the moon advancing brightly,
bí mo bá bojú wo oòrùn nígbà tí ń ràn, tàbí òṣùpá tí ń ràn nínú ìtànmọ́lẹ̀,
27 so that my heart rejoiced in secret and I kissed my hand with my mouth,
bí a bá tàn ọkàn mi jẹ láti fi ẹnu mi kò ọwọ́ mi,
28 which is a very great iniquity and a denial against the most high God;
èyí pẹ̀lú ni ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ ti àwọn onídàájọ́ ní láti bẹ̀wò, nítorí pé èmí yóò jẹ́ aláìṣòótọ́ sí Ọlọ́run tí ó wà lókè.
29 if I have been glad at the ruin of him who hated me and have exulted that evil found him,
“Bí ó bá ṣe pé mo yọ̀ sì ìparun ẹni tí ó kórìíra mi. Tàbí bí mo bá sì gbéraga sókè, nígbà tí ibi bá a.
30 for I have not been given my throat to sin by asking for a curse on his soul;
Bẹ́ẹ̀ èmi kò sì jẹ ki ẹnu mi ki ó ṣẹ̀ nípa fífẹ́ ègún sí ọkàn rẹ̀.
31 if the men around my tabernacle have not said: “He might give us some of his food, so that we will be filled,”
Bí àwọn ènìyàn inú àgọ́ mi kò bá lè wí pé, ‘Ta ni kò ì tí ì jẹ ẹran rẹ̀ ní àjẹyó?’
32 for the foreigner did not remain at the door, my door was open to the traveler;
Àlejò kò wọ̀ ni ìgboro rí; èmí ṣí ìlẹ̀kùn mi sílẹ̀ fún èrò.
33 if, as man does, I have hidden my sin and have concealed my iniquity in my bosom;
Bí mo bá bò ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ mi mọ́lẹ̀ bí Adamu ni pápá, ẹ̀bi mi pamọ́ ni àyà mi.
34 if I became frightened by an excessive crowd, and the disrespect of close relatives alarmed me, so that I would much rather have remained silent or have gone out the door;
Ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ènìyàn ni mo ha bẹ̀rù bí? Tàbí ẹ̀gàn àwọn ìdílé ní ń bà mí ní ẹ̀rù? Tí mo fi pa ẹnu mọ́, tí èmí kò sì fi sọ̀rọ̀ jáde?
35 then, would he grant me a hearing, so that the Almighty would listen to my desire, and he who judges would himself write a book,
(“Ìbá ṣe pé ẹnìkan le gbọ́ ti èmí! Kíyèsi i, àmì mi, kí Olódùmarè kí ó dá mi lóhùn, kí èmí kí ó sì rí ìwé náà tí olùfisùn mi ti kọ.
36 which I would then carry on my shoulder and wrap around me like a crown?
Nítòótọ́ èmí ìbá gbé le èjìká mi, èmi ìbá sì dé bí adé mọ́ orí mi.
37 With each of my steps, I would pronounce and offer it, as if to a prince.
Èmi ìbá sì sọ iye ìṣísẹ̀ mi fún un, bí ọmọ-aládé ni èmi ìbá súnmọ́ ọ̀dọ̀ rẹ̀.)
38 So, if my land cries out against me, and if its furrows weep with it,
“Bí ilẹ̀ mi bá sì ké rara lòdì sí mi tí a sì fi omijé kún gbogbo poro rẹ̀.
39 if I have used its fruits for nothing but money and have afflicted the souls of its tillers,
Bí mo bá jẹ èso oko mi láìsan owó tàbí tí mo sì mú ọkàn olúwa rẹ̀ fò lọ,
40 then, may thistles spring forth for me instead of grain, and thorns instead of barley. (This ended the words of Job.)
kí ẹ̀gún òṣùṣú kí ó hù dípò alikama, àti èpò búburú dípò ọkà barle.” Ọ̀rọ̀ Jobu parí.
