Job 9
1 And Job answered and said,
Jobu sì dáhùn ó sì wí pé,
2 Of a truth I know it is so; but how can man be just with God?
“Èmi mọ̀ pe bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ní òtítọ́. Báwo ní ènìyàn yóò ha ti ṣe jẹ́ aláre níwájú Ọlọ́run?
3 If he shall choose to strive with him, he cannot answer him one thing of a thousand.
Bí ó bá ṣe pé yóò bá a jà, òun kì yóò lè dalóhùn kan nínú ẹgbẹ̀rún ọ̀rọ̀.
4 He is wise in heart and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and had peace?
Ọlọ́gbọ́n nínú àwọn alágbára ní ipa ní Òun. Ta ni ó ṣe agídí sí i tí ó sì gbé fún rí?
5 Who removeth mountains, and they know it not, when he overturneth them in his anger;
Ẹni tí ó sí òkè nídìí tí wọn kò sì mọ́: tí ó taari wọn ṣubú ní ìbínú rẹ̀.
6 Who shaketh the earth out of its place, and the pillars thereof tremble;
Tí ó mi ilẹ̀ ayé tìtì kúrò ní ipò rẹ̀, ọwọ̀n rẹ̀ sì mì tìtì.
7 Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, and he sealeth up the stars;
Ó pàṣẹ fún oòrùn kò sì le è ràn, kí ó sì dí ìmọ́lẹ̀ ìràwọ̀ mọ́.
8 Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the high waves of the sea;
Òun nìkan ṣoṣo ni ó ta ojú ọ̀run, ti ó sì ń rìn lórí ìgbì Òkun.
9 Who maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south;
Ẹni tí ó dá ìràwọ̀ Beari àti Orioni, Pleiadesi àti ìràwọ̀ púpọ̀ ti gúúsù.
10 Who doeth great things past finding out, and wonders without number.
Ẹni tí ń ṣe ohun tí ó tóbi jù àwárí lọ, àní ohun ìyanu láìní iye.
11 Lo, he goeth by me, and I see [him] not; and he passeth along, and I perceive him not.
Kíyèsi i, ó ń kọjá lọ ní ẹ̀bá ọ̀dọ̀ mi, èmi kò sì rí i, ó sì kọjá síwájú, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni èmi kò rí ojú rẹ̀.
12 Behold, he taketh away: who will hinder him? Who will say unto him, What doest thou?
Kíyèsi i, ó já a gbà lọ, ta ni ó lè fà á padà? Ta ni yóò bi í pé kí ni ìwọ ń ṣe nì?
13 God withdraweth not his anger; the proud helpers stoop under him:
Ọlọ́run kò ní fa ìbínú rẹ̀ sẹ́yìn, àwọn onírànlọ́wọ́ ti Rahabu a sì tẹríba lábẹ́ rẹ̀.
14 How much less shall I answer him, choose out my words [to strive] with him?
“Kí ní ṣe tí èmi ti n o fi ba ṣàròyé? Tí èmi yóò fi ma ṣe àwáwí?
15 Whom, though I were righteous, [yet] would I not answer; I would make supplication to my judge.
Bí ó tilẹ̀ ṣe pé mo ṣe aláìlẹ́bi, èmi kò gbọdọ̀ dá a lóhùn; ṣùgbọ́n èmi ó gbàdúrà fún àánú.
16 If I had called, and he had answered me, I would not believe that he hearkened to my voice, —
Bí èmi bá sì ké pè é, tí Òun sì dá mi lóhùn, èmi kì yóò sì gbàgbọ́ pé, Òun ti fetí sí ohùn mi.
17 He, who crusheth me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
Nítorí pé òun yóò lọ̀ mí lúúlúú pẹ̀lú ìjì ńlá, ó sọ ọgbẹ́ mi di púpọ̀ láìnídìí.
18 He suffereth me not to take my breath, for he filleth me with bitternesses.
Òun kì yóò jẹ́ kí èmi kí ó rí ẹ̀mí mi, ṣùgbọ́n ó mú ohun kíkorò kún un fún mi.
19 Be it a question of strength, lo, [he is] strong; and be it of judgment, who will set me a time?
Bí mo bá sọ ti agbára, wò ó! Alágbára ni, tàbí ní ti ìdájọ́, ta ni yóò dá àkókò fún mi láti rò?
20 If I justified myself, mine own mouth would condemn me; were I perfect, he would prove me perverse.
Bí mo tilẹ̀ dá ara mi láre, ẹnu ara mi yóò dá mi lẹ́bi; bí mo wí pé olódodo ni èmi yóò sì fi mí hàn ní ẹni ẹ̀bi.
21 Were I perfect, [yet] would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
“Olóòótọ́ ni mo ṣe, síbẹ̀ èmi kò kíyèsi ara mi, ayé mi ní èmi ìbá máa gàn.
22 It is all one; therefore I said, he destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
Ohùn kan náà ni, nítorí náà ni èmi ṣe sọ: ‘Òun a pa ẹni òtítọ́ àti ènìyàn búburú pẹ̀lú.’
23 If the scourge kill suddenly, he mocketh at the trial of the innocent.
Bí ìjàǹbá bá pa ni lójijì, yóò rẹ́rìn-ín nínú ìdààmú aláìṣẹ̀.
24 The earth is given over into the hand of the wicked [man]; he covereth the faces of its judges. If not, who then is it?
Nígbà tí a bá fi ayé lé ọwọ́ ènìyàn búburú; ó sì bo àwọn onídàájọ́ rẹ̀ lójú; bí kò bá rí bẹ́ẹ̀ ǹjẹ́ ta ni?
25 And my days are swifter than a runner: they flee away, they see no good.
“Ǹjẹ́ nísinsin yìí ọjọ́ mi yára ju oníṣẹ́ lọ, wọ́n fò lọ, wọn kò rí ayọ̀.
26 They pass by like skiffs of reed; as an eagle that swoops upon the prey.
Wọ́n kọjá lọ bí ọkọ̀ eèsún papirusi tí ń sáré lọ; bí idì tí ń yára si ohùn ọdẹ.
27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my [sad] countenance, and brighten up,
Bí èmi bá wí pé, ‘Èmi ó gbàgbé arò ìbìnújẹ́ mi, èmi ó fi ọkàn lélẹ̀, èmi ó sì rẹ ara mi lẹ́kún.’
28 I am afraid of all my sorrows; I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
Ẹ̀rù ìbànújẹ́ mi gbogbo bà mí, èmi mọ̀ pé ìwọ kì yóò mú mi bí aláìṣẹ̀.
29 Be it that I am wicked, why then do I labour in vain?
Bí ó bá ṣe pé ènìyàn búburú ni èmi, ǹjẹ́ kí ni èmi ń ṣe làálàá lásán sí?
30 If I washed myself with snow-water, and cleansed my hands in purity,
Bí mo tilẹ̀ fi ọṣẹ dídì wẹ ara mi, tí mo fi omi aró wẹ ọwọ́ mi mọ́,
31 Then wouldest thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes would abhor me.
síbẹ̀ ìwọ ó gbé mi wọ inú ihò ọ̀gọ̀dọ̀ aṣọ ara mi yóò sọ mi di ìríra.
32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him; that we should come together in judgment.
“Nítorí Òun kì í ṣe ènìyàn bí èmi, tí èmi ó fi dá a lóhùn tí àwa o fi pàdé ní ìdájọ́.
33 There is not an umpire between us, who should lay his hand upon us both.
Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kò sí alátúnṣe kan ní agbede-méjì wa tí ìbá fi ọwọ́ rẹ̀ lé àwa méjèèjì lára.
34 Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his terror make me afraid,
Kí ẹnìkan sá à mú ọ̀pá Ọlọ́run kúrò lára mi, kí ìbẹ̀rù rẹ̀ kí ó má sì ṣe dáyà fò mí.
35 [Then] I will speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.
Nígbà náà ni èmi ìbá sọ̀rọ̀, èmi kì bá sì bẹ̀rù rẹ̀; ṣùgbọ́n bí ó tí dúró tì mí, kò ri bẹ́ẹ̀ fún mi.
