< Job 9 >
1 And Job answers and says:
Jobu sì dáhùn ó sì wí pé,
2 “Truly I have known that [it is] so, But how is man righteous with God?
“Èmi mọ̀ pe bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ní òtítọ́. Báwo ní ènìyàn yóò ha ti ṣe jẹ́ aláre níwájú Ọlọ́run?
3 If he delights to strive with Him—He does not answer him one of a thousand.
Bí ó bá ṣe pé yóò bá a jà, òun kì yóò lè dalóhùn kan nínú ẹgbẹ̀rún ọ̀rọ̀.
4 Wise in heart and strong in power—Who has hardened toward Him and is at peace?
Ọlọ́gbọ́n nínú àwọn alágbára ní ipa ní Òun. Ta ni ó ṣe agídí sí i tí ó sì gbé fún rí?
5 Who is removing mountains, And they have not known, Who has overturned 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 is shaking earth from its place, And its pillars move themselves.
Tí ó mi ilẹ̀ ayé tìtì kúrò ní ipò rẹ̀, ọwọ̀n rẹ̀ sì mì tìtì.
7 Who is commanding to the sun, and it does not rise, And the stars He seals up.
Ó pàṣẹ fún oòrùn kò sì le è ràn, kí ó sì dí ìmọ́lẹ̀ ìràwọ̀ mọ́.
8 Stretching out the heavens by Himself, And treading on the heights of the sea,
Òun nìkan ṣoṣo ni ó ta ojú ọ̀run, ti ó sì ń rìn lórí ìgbì Òkun.
9 Making the Great Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, And the inner chambers of the south.
Ẹni tí ó dá ìràwọ̀ Beari àti Orioni, Pleiadesi àti ìràwọ̀ púpọ̀ ti gúúsù.
10 Doing great things until there is no searching, And wonderful, until there is no numbering.
Ẹni tí ń ṣe ohun tí ó tóbi jù àwárí lọ, àní ohun ìyanu láìní iye.
11 Behold, He goes over by me, and I do not see, And He passes on, and I do not attend to it.
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 snatches away, who brings it back? Who says to Him, What [are] You doing?
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 does not turn back His anger, Proud helpers have bowed under Him.
Ọlọ́run kò ní fa ìbínú rẹ̀ sẹ́yìn, àwọn onírànlọ́wọ́ ti Rahabu a sì tẹríba lábẹ́ rẹ̀.
14 How much less do I answer Him? Choose out my words 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, I do not answer, For my judgment I make supplication.
Bí ó tilẹ̀ ṣe pé mo ṣe aláìlẹ́bi, èmi kò gbọdọ̀ dá a lóhùn; ṣùgbọ́n èmi ó gbàdúrà fún àánú.
16 Though I had called and He answers me, I do not believe that He gives ear [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 Because He bruises me with a storm, And has multiplied my wounds for nothing.
Nítorí pé òun yóò lọ̀ mí lúúlúú pẹ̀lú ìjì ńlá, ó sọ ọgbẹ́ mi di púpọ̀ láìnídìí.
18 He does not permit me to refresh my spirit, But fills me with bitter things.
Òun kì yóò jẹ́ kí èmi kí ó rí ẹ̀mí mi, ṣùgbọ́n ó mú ohun kíkorò kún un fún mi.
19 If of power, behold, the Strong One; And if of judgment—who convenes me?
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 am righteous, my mouth declares me wicked; [If] I am perfect, it declares 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 I am perfect; I do not know my soul, I despise my life.
“Olóòótọ́ ni mo ṣe, síbẹ̀ èmi kò kíyèsi ara mi, ayé mi ní èmi ìbá máa gàn.
22 It is the same thing, therefore I said, He is consuming 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 a scourge puts to death suddenly, He laughs at the trial of the innocent.
Bí ìjàǹbá bá pa ni lójijì, yóò rẹ́rìn-ín nínú ìdààmú aláìṣẹ̀.
24 Earth has been given Into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of her judges, If not—where, who [is] he?
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 My days have been swifter than a runner, They have fled, they have not seen good,
“Ǹjẹ́ nísinsin yìí ọjọ́ mi yára ju oníṣẹ́ lọ, wọ́n fò lọ, wọn kò rí ayọ̀.
26 They have passed on with ships of reed, As an eagle darts on food.
Wọ́n kọjá lọ bí ọkọ̀ eèsún papirusi tí ń sáré lọ; bí idì tí ń yára si ohùn ọdẹ.
27 Though I say, I forget my talking, I forsake my corner, and I 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 have been afraid of all my griefs, I have known that You do not acquit me.
Ẹ̀rù ìbànújẹ́ mi gbogbo bà mí, èmi mọ̀ pé ìwọ kì yóò mú mi bí aláìṣẹ̀.
29 I become wicked; why [is] this? I labor [in] vain.
Bí ó bá ṣe pé ènìyàn búburú ni èmi, ǹjẹ́ kí ni èmi ń ṣe làálàá lásán sí?
30 If I have washed myself with snow-water, And purified my hands with soap,
Bí mo tilẹ̀ fi ọṣẹ dídì wẹ ara mi, tí mo fi omi aró wẹ ọwọ́ mi mọ́,
31 Then You dip me in corruption, And my garments have detested me.
síbẹ̀ ìwọ ó gbé mi wọ inú ihò ọ̀gọ̀dọ̀ aṣọ ara mi yóò sọ mi di ìríra.
32 But if a man like myself—I answer Him, We come together into judgment.
“Nítorí Òun kì í ṣe ènìyàn bí èmi, tí èmi ó fi dá a lóhùn tí àwa o fi pàdé ní ìdájọ́.
33 If there were a mediator between us, He places his hand on us both.
Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kò sí alátúnṣe kan ní agbede-méjì wa tí ìbá fi ọwọ́ rẹ̀ lé àwa méjèèjì lára.
34 He turns aside His rod from off me, And His terror does not 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 I speak, and do not fear Him, but I am not right with myself.”
Nígbà náà ni èmi ìbá sọ̀rọ̀, èmi kì bá sì bẹ̀rù rẹ̀; ṣùgbọ́n bí ó tí dúró tì mí, kò ri bẹ́ẹ̀ fún mi.