Job 23

1 Then answered Job, and said,

Ìgbà náà ni Jobu sì dáhùn wí pé,

2 Even now is my complaint bitter: my suffering is heavier than my groans.

“Àní lónìí ni ọ̀ràn mi korò; ọwọ́ mí sì wúwo sí ìkérora mi.

3 Oh who would grant that I knew where I might find him! that I might attain to his Judgment throne!

Háà! èmi ìbá mọ ibi tí èmí ìbá wá Ọlọ́run rí, kí èmí kí ó tọ̀ ọ́ lọ sí ibùgbé rẹ̀!

4 I would put in order before him my cause, and my mouth would I fill with arguments.

Èmi ìbá sì to ọ̀ràn náà níwájú rẹ̀, ẹnu mi ìbá sì kún fún àròyé.

5 I should know the words which he might answer me, and understand what he might 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 with his power contend against me? he would truly not lay such doings to my charge.

Yóò ha fi agbára ńlá bá mi wíjọ́ bí? Àgbẹdọ̀, kìkì pé òun yóò sì kíyèsi mi.

7 There would an upright one argue with him; and I should be allowed to escape for ever by my judge.

Níbẹ̀ ni olódodo le è bá a wíjọ́, níwájú rẹ̀ bẹ́ẹ̀ ni èmi yóò sì bọ́ ni ọwọ́ onídàájọ́ mi láéláé.

8 But, lo, I go eastward—and he is not there; and to the west— and 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 When he doth great things at the north, I behold him not; he hideth himself in the south—and I see him not.

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 But he knoweth the way that I take: were he to probe me, I should 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 On his steps my foot hath held fast: his way have I kept, and swerved not.

Ẹsẹ̀ mí ti tẹ̀lé ipasẹ̀ ìrìn rẹ̀; ọ̀nà rẹ̀ ni mo ti kíyèsi, tí ń kò sì yà kúrò.

12 From the commandment of his lips have I also not moved away: as a fixed statute for me have I treasured up the sayings of his mouth.

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 unchangeably one, and who can turn him? And what his will desireth, even that he doth.

“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 bring to completion what hath been destined for me: and like these hath he many other things 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 terrified at his presence: I will reflect, and be in dread of him.

Nítorí náà ni ara kò ṣe rọ̀ mí níwájú rẹ̀; nígbà tí mo bá rò ó, ẹ̀rù a bà mi.

16 Still God hath made timid my heart, and the Almighty hath terrified me;

Nítorí pé Ọlọ́run ti pá mi ní àyà, Olódùmarè sì ń dààmú mi.

17 Because I was not destroyed before this darkness, and because he hath not hidden from my face [this] gloom.

Nítorí tí a kò tí ì ké mi kúrò níwájú òkùnkùn, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kò pa òkùnkùn biribiri mọ́ kúrò níwájú mi.