< Job 35 >
1 And Elihu answers and says:
Elihu sì wí pe:
2 “Have you reckoned this for judgment [when] you have said, My righteousness [is] more than God’s?
“Ìwọ rò pé èyí ha tọ́, tí ìwọ wí pé, òdodo mi ni èyí níwájú Ọlọ́run?
3 For you say, What does it profit You? What do I profit from my sin?
Nítorí tí ìwọ wí pé èrè kí ní yóò jásí fún ọ, tàbí èrè kí ni èmi yóò fi jẹ́ ju èrè ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ mi lọ.
4 I return words, and your friends with you,
“Èmi ó dá ọ lóhùn àti àwọn ẹgbẹ́ rẹ pẹ̀lú rẹ.
5 Behold attentively the heavens—and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than you.
Síjú wo ọ̀run; kí o rí i, kí ó sì bojú wo àwọsánmọ̀ tí ó ga jù ọ́ lọ.
6 If you have sinned, what do you do against Him? And your transgressions have been multiplied, What do you do to Him?
Bí ìwọ bá dẹ́ṣẹ̀, kí ni ìwọ fi sẹ̀ sí? Tàbí bí ìrékọjá rẹ di púpọ̀, kí ni ìwọ fi èyí nì ṣe sí i?
7 If you have been righteous, What do you give to Him? Or what does He receive from your hand?
Bí ìwọ bá sì ṣe olódodo, kí ni ìwọ fi fún un, tàbí kí ni òun rí gbà láti ọwọ́ rẹ wá?
8 For a man like yourself [is] your wickedness, And for a son of man your righteousness.
Ìwà búburú rẹ ni fún ènìyàn bí ìwọ; òdodo rẹ sì ni fún ọmọ ènìyàn.
9 Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty.
“Nípa ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ìninilára, wọ́n mú ni kígbe; wọ́n kígbe nípa apá àwọn alágbára.
10 And none said, Where [is] God my Maker? Giving songs in the night,
Ṣùgbọ́n kò sí ẹni tí ó wí pé, ‘Níbo ni Ọlọ́run Ẹlẹ́dàá mi wà tí ó sì fi orin fún mi ní òru;
11 Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Indeed, He makes us wiser than the bird of the heavens.
tí òun kọ́ wa ní ẹ̀kọ́ jù àwọn ẹranko ayé lọ, tí ó sì mú wa gbọ́n ju àwọn ẹyẹ ojú ọ̀run lọ?’
12 There they cry, and He does not answer, Because of the pride of evildoers.
Nígbà náà ni wọ́n ń ké ṣùgbọ́n Ọlọ́run kò dáhùn nítorí ìgbéraga ènìyàn búburú.
13 Surely God does not hear vanity, And the Mighty does not behold it.
Nítòótọ́ Ọlọ́run kì yóò gbọ́ ọ̀rọ̀ asán; bẹ́ẹ̀ ní Olódùmarè kì yóò kà á sí.
14 Indeed, though you say you do not behold Him, Judgment [is] before Him, and stays for Him.
Bí ó tilẹ̀ ṣe pé ìwọ wí pé ìwọ kì í rí i, ọ̀rọ̀ ìdájọ́ ń bẹ níwájú rẹ, ẹni tí ìwọ sì gbọdọ̀ dúró dè.
15 And now, because there is not, He has appointed His anger, And He has not known in great extremity.
Ṣùgbọ́n nísinsin yìí nítorí tí ìbínú rẹ̀ kò tí fìyà jẹ ni, òun kò ni ka ìwà búburú si?
16 And Job opens his mouth [with] vanity, He multiplies words without knowledge.”
Nítorí náà ní Jobu ṣe ya ẹnu rẹ̀ lásán ó sọ ọ̀rọ̀ di púpọ̀ láìsí ìmọ̀.”