Job 35
1 Moreover Elihu answered,
Elihu sì wí pe:
2 "Do you think this to be your right, or do you say, 'My righteousness is more than God's,'
“Ìwọ rò pé èyí ha tọ́, tí ìwọ wí pé, òdodo mi ni èyí níwájú Ọlọ́run?
3 That you ask, 'What advantage will it be to you? What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?'
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 will answer you, and your companions with you.
“Èmi ó dá ọ lóhùn àti àwọn ẹgbẹ́ rẹ pẹ̀lú rẹ.
5 Look to the heavens, and see. See the skies, which are 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 effect do you have against him? If your transgressions are 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 are righteous, what do you give 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 Your wickedness may hurt a man as you are, and your righteousness may profit a son of man.
Ìwà búburú rẹ ni fún ènìyàn bí ìwọ; òdodo rẹ sì ni fún ọmọ ènìyàn.
9 "By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out. They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.
“Nípa ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ìninilára, wọ́n mú ni kígbe; wọ́n kígbe nípa apá àwọn alágbára.
10 But none says, 'Where is God my Maker, who gives 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 who teaches us more than the animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?'
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, but none gives answer, because of the pride of evil men.
Nígbà náà ni wọ́n ń ké ṣùgbọ́n Ọlọ́run kò dáhùn nítorí ìgbéraga ènìyàn búburú.
13 Surely God will not hear an empty cry, neither will Shaddai regard it.
Nítòótọ́ Ọlọ́run kì yóò gbọ́ ọ̀rọ̀ asán; bẹ́ẹ̀ ní Olódùmarè kì yóò kà á sí.
14 How much less when you say you do not see him. The cause is before him, and you wait 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 But now, because he has not visited in his anger, neither does he greatly regard arrogance.
Ṣùgbọ́n nísinsin yìí nítorí tí ìbínú rẹ̀ kò tí fìyà jẹ ni, òun kò ni ka ìwà búburú si?
16 Therefore Job opens his mouth with empty talk, and he multiplies words without knowledge."
Nítorí náà ní Jobu ṣe ya ẹnu rẹ̀ lásán ó sọ ọ̀rọ̀ di púpọ̀ láìsí ìmọ̀.”
