Job 31
1 I vowed to myself never to look with desire at young women.
“Mo ti bá ojú mi dá májẹ̀mú, èmi yó ha ṣe tẹjúmọ́ wúńdíá?
2 What should people expect to receive from God? What reward should the Almighty on high give them?
Nítorí pé kí ni ìpín Ọlọ́run láti ọ̀run wá? Tàbí kí ni ogún Olódùmarè láti òkè ọ̀run wá.
3 Isn't it disaster for the wicked and destruction for those who do wrong?
Kò ṣe pé àwọn ènìyàn búburú ni ìparun wà fún, àti àjàkálẹ̀-ààrùn fún àwọn oníṣẹ́ ẹ̀ṣẹ̀?
4 Doesn't God see everything I do—even count every step I take?
Òun kò ha ri ipa ọ̀nà mi, òun kò ha sì ka gbogbo ìṣísẹ̀ mi?
5 Have I lived a deceitful life? Have I been eager to tell lies?
“Bí ó bá ṣe pé èmi bá fi àìṣòótọ́ rìn, tàbí tí ẹsẹ̀ mi sì yára sí ẹ̀tàn,
6 No! Let God weigh me on the scales of his justice and let him discover my integrity.
(jẹ́ kí Ọlọ́run wọ́n mí nínú ìwọ̀n òdodo, kí Ọlọ́run le mọ ìdúró ṣinṣin mi.)
7 If I have wandered from God's way, if I have let what I see become my desires, if there's any stain of sin on 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 let someone else eat what I have sown, and all that I have grown be uprooted.
ǹjẹ́ kí èmi kí ó gbìn kí ẹlòmíràn kí ó sì mújẹ, àní kí a fa irú-ọmọ mi tu.
9 If a woman has seduced me, or if I have looked for an opportunity to sleep with my neighbor's wife,
“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 serve another, let other men sleep with her.
kí àyà mi kí ó lọ ọlọ fún ẹlòmíràn, kí àwọn ẹlòmíràn kí ó tẹ̀ ara wọn ní ara rẹ̀.
11 For that would be wicked, a sin deserving punishment,
Nítorí pé yóò jẹ́ ohun ìtìjú àní, ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ tí a ó ṣe onídàájọ́ rẹ̀.
12 for this sin is like a fire that leads to destruction, destroying everything I have.
Nítorí pé iná ní èyí tí ó jó dé ibi ìparun, tí ìbá sì fa gbòǹgbò ohun ìbísí mi gbogbo tu.
13 If I had refused to listen to my menservants or maidservants when they brought their complaints to me,
“Tí mo bá sì ṣe àìka ọ̀ràn ìránṣẹ́kùnrin mi tàbí ìránṣẹ́bìnrin mi sí, nígbà tí wọ́n bá ń bá mi jà;
14 what would I do when God came to judge me? How would I reply if he investigated me?
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 Didn't the same God make all of us?
Ẹni tí ó dá mi ní inú kọ́ ni ó dá a? Ẹnìkan náà kí ó mọ wá ní inú ìyá wa?
16 Have I refused to give the poor what they needed, or caused widows to despair?
“Bí mo bá fa ọwọ́ sẹ́yìn fún ìfẹ́ inú tálákà, tàbí bí mo bá sì mú kí ojú opó rẹ̀wẹ̀sì,
17 Have I even eaten just a piece of bread by myself? Haven't I always shared my food with orphans?
tàbí tí mo bá nìkan bu òkèlè mi jẹ, tí aláìní baba kò jẹ nínú rẹ̀;
18 From when I was young I was a father to orphans and took care of widows.
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 ever I saw someone needing clothes, the poor without anything to wear,
bí èmi bá rí olùpọ́njú láìní aṣọ, tàbí tálákà kan láìní ìbora;
20 they always thanked me for the wool clothing that kept them warm.
bí ọkàn rẹ̀ kò bá súre fún mi, tàbí bí ara rẹ̀ kò sì gbóná nípasẹ̀ irun àgùntàn mi;
21 If I raised my hand to hit an orphan, confident that if it came to court the judges would be on my side,
bí mo bá sì gbé ọwọ́ mi sókè sí aláìní baba, nítorí pé mo rí ìrànlọ́wọ́ mi ní ẹnu ibodè,
22 then let my shoulder be pulled from its joint, my arm wrenched out of its socket.
ǹjẹ́, ní apá mi kí o wọ́n kúrò ní ihò èjìká rẹ̀, kí apá mi kí ó sì ṣẹ́ láti egungun rẹ̀ wá.
23 Since I'm terrified of what punishment God may have in store for me, and because of his majesty, I could never do this.
Nítorí pé ìparun láti ọ̀dọ̀ Ọlọ́run wá ni ẹ̀rù ńlá fún mi, àti nítorí ọláńlá rẹ̀ èmi kò le è dúró.
24 Have I put my trust in gold, calling fine gold, ‘My security’?
“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 Have I delighted in being rich, happy at all my wealth I had gained?
bí mo bá yọ̀ nítorí ọrọ̀ mí pọ̀, àti nítorí ọwọ́ mi dara lọ́pọ̀lọ́pọ̀,
26 Have I looked at the sun shining so brilliantly or the moon moving in majesty across the sky
bí mo bá bojú wo oòrùn nígbà tí ń ràn, tàbí òṣùpá tí ń ràn nínú ìtànmọ́lẹ̀,
27 and been tempted to secretly worship them by kissing my hand to them in devotion?
bí a bá tàn ọkàn mi jẹ láti fi ẹnu mi kò ọwọ́ mi,
28 This too would be a sin deserving punishment for it would mean I had denied God above.
èyí pẹ̀lú ni ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ ti àwọn onídàájọ́ ní láti bẹ̀wò, nítorí pé èmí yóò jẹ́ aláìṣòótọ́ sí Ọlọ́run tí ó wà lókè.
29 Have I ever been happy when disaster destroyed those who hated me, or celebrated when evil took them down?
“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 I have never allowed my mouth to sin by putting a curse on someone's life.
Bẹ́ẹ̀ èmi kò sì jẹ ki ẹnu mi ki ó ṣẹ̀ nípa fífẹ́ ègún sí ọkàn rẹ̀.
31 Haven't my family asked, ‘Is there anyone who has not eaten as much as they wanted of his food?’
Bí àwọn ènìyàn inú àgọ́ mi kò bá lè wí pé, ‘Ta ni kò ì tí ì jẹ ẹran rẹ̀ ní àjẹyó?’
32 I have never let strangers sleep in the street; I have opened my doors to travelers.
Àlejò kò wọ̀ ni ìgboro rí; èmí ṣí ìlẹ̀kùn mi sílẹ̀ fún èrò.
33 Have I concealed my sins from others, hiding my wrongdoing deep inside me?
Bí mo bá bò ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ mi mọ́lẹ̀ bí Adamu ni pápá, ẹ̀bi mi pamọ́ ni àyà mi.
34 Was I afraid of what everybody else would think, scared of the contempt families would show me, so that I kept quiet and didn't go outside?
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 Why won't anyone listen to what I'm saying! I'm signing my name to endorse everything I've said. Let the Almighty answer me. Let my accuser write down what he is charging me with.
(“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 I would hold them up high; I would wear them on my head like a crown.
Nítòótọ́ èmí ìbá gbé le èjìká mi, èmi ìbá sì dé bí adé mọ́ orí mi.
37 I would explain to him everything I'd done; I would hold my head high before him.
Èmi ìbá sì sọ iye ìṣísẹ̀ mi fún un, bí ọmọ-aládé ni èmi ìbá súnmọ́ ọ̀dọ̀ rẹ̀.)
38 If my land has cried out against me; if her furrows have wept over me;
“Bí ilẹ̀ mi bá sì ké rara lòdì sí mi tí a sì fi omijé kún gbogbo poro rẹ̀.
39 if I have taken its crops without payment or if I have caused harm to the farmers;
Bí mo bá jẹ èso oko mi láìsan owó tàbí tí mo sì mú ọkàn olúwa rẹ̀ fò lọ,
40 then let thorns grow instead of wheat, and weeds instead of barley.” The words of Job are ended.
kí ẹ̀gún òṣùṣú kí ó hù dípò alikama, àti èpò búburú dípò ọkà barle.” Ọ̀rọ̀ Jobu parí.
