Job 23
1 Then Job answered and said:
Ìgbà náà ni Jobu sì dáhùn wí pé,
2 Even to-day is my complaint bitter; my hand is become heavy because of my groaning.
“Àní lónìí ni ọ̀ràn mi korò; ọwọ́ mí sì wúwo sí ìkérora mi.
3 Oh that I knew where I might find Him, that I might come even to His seat!
Háà! èmi ìbá mọ ibi tí èmí ìbá wá Ọlọ́run rí, kí èmí kí ó tọ̀ ọ́ lọ sí ibùgbé rẹ̀!
4 I would order my cause before Him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
Èmi ìbá sì to ọ̀ràn náà níwájú rẹ̀, ẹnu mi ìbá sì kún fún àròyé.
5 I would know the words which He would answer me, and understand what He would say unto me.
Èmi ìbá sì mọ ọ̀rọ̀ tí òun ìbá fi dá mi lóhùn; òye ohun tí ìbáwí a sì yé mi.
6 Would He contend with me in His great power? Nay; but He would give heed unto me.
Yóò ha fi agbára ńlá bá mi wíjọ́ bí? Àgbẹdọ̀, kìkì pé òun yóò sì kíyèsi mi.
7 There the upright might reason with Him; so should I be delivered for ever from my Judge.
Níbẹ̀ ni olódodo le è bá a wíjọ́, níwájú rẹ̀ bẹ́ẹ̀ ni èmi yóò sì bọ́ ni ọwọ́ onídàájọ́ mi láéláé.
8 Behold, I go forward, but He is not there, and backward, but I cannot perceive Him;
“Sì wò ó, bí èmi bá lọ sí iwájú, òun kò sí níbẹ̀, àti sí ẹ̀yìn, èmi kò sì rí òye rẹ̀.
9 On the left hand, when He doth work, but I cannot behold Him, He turneth Himself to the right hand, but I cannot see Him.
Ni apá òsì bí ó bá ṣiṣẹ́ níbẹ̀, èmi kò rí i, ó fi ara rẹ̀ pamọ́ ni apá ọ̀tún, tí èmi kò le è rí i.
10 For He knoweth the way that I take; when He hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Ṣùgbọ́n òun mọ ọ̀nà tí èmi ń tọ̀, nígbà tí ó bá dán mí wò, èmi yóò jáde bí wúrà.
11 My foot hath held fast to His steps, His way have I kept, and turned not aside.
Ẹsẹ̀ mí ti tẹ̀lé ipasẹ̀ ìrìn rẹ̀; ọ̀nà rẹ̀ ni mo ti kíyèsi, tí ń kò sì yà kúrò.
12 I have not gone back from the commandment of His lips; I have treasured up the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.
Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni èmi kò padà sẹ́yìn kúrò nínú òfin ẹnu rẹ̀, èmi sì pa ọ̀rọ̀ ẹnu rẹ̀ mọ́ ju oúnjẹ òòjọ́ lọ.
13 But He is at one with Himself, and who can turn Him? And what His soul desireth, even that He doeth.
“Ṣùgbọ́n onínú kan ni òun, ta ni yóò sì yí i padà? Èyí tí ọkàn rẹ̀ sì ti fẹ́, èyí náà ní í ṣe.
14 For He will perform that which is appointed for me; and many such things are with Him.
Nítòótọ́ ohun tí a ti yàn fún mi ní í ṣe; ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ irú ohun bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ó wà ní ọwọ́ rẹ̀.
15 Therefore am I affrighted at His presence; when I consider, I am afraid of Him.
Nítorí náà ni ara kò ṣe rọ̀ mí níwájú rẹ̀; nígbà tí mo bá rò ó, ẹ̀rù a bà mi.
16 Yea, God hath made my heart faint, and the Almighty hath affrighted me;
Nítorí pé Ọlọ́run ti pá mi ní àyà, Olódùmarè sì ń dààmú mi.
17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither did He cover the thick darkness from my face.
Nítorí tí a kò tí ì ké mi kúrò níwájú òkùnkùn, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kò pa òkùnkùn biribiri mọ́ kúrò níwájú mi.
