Job 8
1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,
Ìgbà náà ni Bilidadi, ará Ṣuhi, sì dáhùn wí pé,
2 "How long will you speak these things? Shall the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?
“Ìwọ yóò ti máa sọ nǹkan wọ̀nyí pẹ́ tó? Tí ọ̀rọ̀ ẹnu rẹ̀ yóò sì máa bí ẹ̀fúùfù ńlá?
3 Does God pervert justice? Or does Shaddai pervert righteousness?
Ọlọ́run a ha máa yí ìdájọ́ po bí? Tàbí Olódùmarè a máa gbé ẹ̀bi fún aláre?
4 If your children have sinned against him, He has delivered them into the hand of their disobedience.
Nígbà tí àwọn ọmọ rẹ̀ ṣẹ̀ sí i, ó sì gbá wọn kúrò nítorí ìrékọjá wọn.
5 If you want to seek God diligently, make your petition to Shaddai.
Bí ìwọ bá sì ké pe Ọlọ́run ní àkókò, tí ìwọ sì gbàdúrà ẹ̀bẹ̀ sí Olódùmarè.
6 If you were pure and upright, surely now he would awaken for you, and make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous.
Ìwọ ìbá jẹ́ mímọ, kí ó sì dúró ṣinṣin: ǹjẹ́ nítòótọ́ nísinsin yìí òun yóò tají fún ọ, òun a sì sọ ibùjókòó òdodo rẹ di púpọ̀.
7 Though your beginning was small, yet your latter end would greatly increase.
Ìpilẹ̀ṣẹ̀ rẹ ìbá tilẹ̀ kéré si í, bẹ́ẹ̀ ìgbẹ̀yìn rẹ ìbá pọ̀ sí i gidigidi.
8 "Please inquire of past generations. Find out about the learning of their fathers.
“Èmi bẹ̀ ọ́ ǹjẹ́, béèrè lọ́wọ́ àwọn ará ìgbà nì kí o sì kíyèsi ìwádìí àwọn baba wọn.
9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days on earth are a shadow.)
Nítorí pé ọmọ-àná ni àwa, a kò sì mọ nǹkan, nítorí pé òjìji ni ọjọ́ wa ni ayé.
10 Shall they not teach you, tell you, and utter words out of their heart?
Àwọn kì yóò wa kọ ọ́, wọn kì yóò sì sọ fún ọ? Wọn kì yóò sì sọ̀rọ̀ láti inú òye wọn jáde wá?
11 "Can the papyrus grow up without mire? Can the rushes grow without water?
Papirusi ha lè dàgbà láìní ẹrẹ̀ tàbí eèsún ha lè dàgbà láìlómi?
12 While it is yet in its greenness, not cut down, it withers before any other reed.
Nígbà tí ó wà ní tútù, tí a kò ké e lulẹ̀, ó rọ dànù, ewéko gbogbo mìíràn hù dípò rẹ̀.
13 So are the paths of all who forget God. The hope of the godless man shall perish,
Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ipa ọ̀nà gbogbo àwọn tí ó gbàgbé Ọlọ́run, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ìrètí àwọn àgàbàgebè yóò di òfo.
14 Whose confidence shall break apart, Whose trust is a spider's web.
Àbá ẹni tí a ó kèé kúrò, àti ìgbẹ́kẹ̀lé ẹni tí ó dàbí ilé aláǹtakùn.
15 He shall lean on his house, but it shall not stand. He shall cling to it, but it shall not endure.
Yóò fi ara ti ilé rẹ̀, ṣùgbọ́n kì yóò lè dúró, yóò fi di ara rẹ̀ mú ṣinṣin ṣùgbọ́n kì yóò lè dúró pẹ́.
16 He is green before the sun. His shoots go forth over his garden.
Ó tutù bí irúgbìn tí a bomirin níwájú oòrùn, ẹ̀ka rẹ̀ sì yọ jáde nínú ọgbà rẹ̀.
17 His roots are wrapped around the rock pile. He sees the place of stones.
Gbòǹgbò rẹ̀ ta yí ebè ká, ó sì wó ibi òkúta wọ̀n-ọn-nì.
18 If he is destroyed from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, 'I have not seen you.'
Bí ó bá sì pa á run kúrò ní ipò rẹ̀, nígbà náà ni ipò náà yóò sọ, ‘Èmi kò ri ọ rí!’
19 Look, this is the joy of his way: out of the earth, others shall spring.
Kíyèsi i, ayé rẹ̀ gbẹ dànù àti láti inú ilẹ̀ ní irúgbìn òmíràn yóò hù jáde wá.
20 "Look, God will not cast away a blameless man, neither will he uphold the evildoers.
“Kíyèsi i, Ọlọ́run kì yóò ta ẹni òtítọ́ nù, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kì yóò ran oníwà búburú lọ́wọ́
21 He will still fill your mouth with laughter, your lips with shouting.
títí yóò fi fi ẹ̀rín kún ọ ní ẹnu, àti ètè rẹ pẹ̀lú ìhó ayọ̀,
22 Those who hate you shall be clothed with shame. The tent of the wicked shall be no more."
ìtìjú ní a o fi bo àwọn tí ó kórìíra rẹ̀, àti ibùjókòó ènìyàn búburú kì yóò sí mọ́.”
