Job 9
1 Then Job answered and said:
Jobu sì dáhùn ó sì wí pé,
2 Of a truth, I know that it is so: For how can man be just before God?
“Èmi mọ̀ pe bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ní òtítọ́. Báwo ní ènìyàn yóò ha ti ṣe jẹ́ aláre níwájú Ọlọ́run?
3 If he choose to contend with him, He cannot answer him to one charge of a thousand.
Bí ó bá ṣe pé yóò bá a jà, òun kì yóò lè dalóhùn kan nínú ẹgbẹ̀rún ọ̀rọ̀.
4 He is excellent in wisdom, mighty in strength: Who hath hardened himself against him, and prospered?
Ọlọ́gbọ́n nínú àwọn alágbára ní ipa ní Òun. Ta ni ó ṣe agídí sí i tí ó sì gbé fún rí?
5 He removeth the mountains, and they know it not; He overturneth them in his anger.
Ẹni tí ó sí òkè nídìí tí wọn kò sì mọ́: tí ó taari wọn ṣubú ní ìbínú rẹ̀.
6 He shaketh the earth out of her place, And the pillars thereof tremble.
Tí ó mi ilẹ̀ ayé tìtì kúrò ní ipò rẹ̀, ọwọ̀n rẹ̀ sì mì tìtì.
7 He commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, And he sealeth up the stars.
Ó pàṣẹ fún oòrùn kò sì le è ràn, kí ó sì dí ìmọ́lẹ̀ ìràwọ̀ mọ́.
8 He alone spreadeth out the heavens, And walketh upon the high waves of the sea.
Òun nìkan ṣoṣo ni ó ta ojú ọ̀run, ti ó sì ń rìn lórí ìgbì Òkun.
9 He made the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, And the secret chambers of the South.
Ẹni tí ó dá ìràwọ̀ Beari àti Orioni, Pleiadesi àti ìràwọ̀ púpọ̀ ti gúúsù.
10 He doeth great things past finding out, Yea, wonderful things without number.
Ẹni tí ń ṣe ohun tí ó tóbi jù àwárí lọ, àní ohun ìyanu láìní iye.
11 Lo! he goeth by me, but I see him not; He passeth along, but I do not perceive him.
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 Lo! he seizeth, and who can hinder him? Who will say to him, What doest thou?
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 will not turn away his anger; The proud helpers are brought low before him.
Ọlọ́run kò ní fa ìbínú rẹ̀ sẹ́yìn, àwọn onírànlọ́wọ́ ti Rahabu a sì tẹríba lábẹ́ rẹ̀.
14 How much less shall I answer him, And choose out words to contend with him?
“Kí ní ṣe tí èmi ti n o fi ba ṣàròyé? Tí èmi yóò fi ma ṣe àwáwí?
15 Though I were innocent, I would not answer him; I would cast myself on the mercy of my judge.
Bí ó tilẹ̀ ṣe pé mo ṣe aláìlẹ́bi, èmi kò gbọdọ̀ dá a lóhùn; ṣùgbọ́n èmi ó gbàdúrà fún àánú.
16 Should I call, and he make answer to me, I could not believe that he listened 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 He who falleth upon me with a tempest, And multiplieth my wounds without cause!
Nítorí pé òun yóò lọ̀ mí lúúlúú pẹ̀lú ìjì ńlá, ó sọ ọgbẹ́ mi di púpọ̀ láìnídìí.
18 Who will not suffer me to take my breath, But filleth me with bitterness!
Òun kì yóò jẹ́ kí èmi kí ó rí ẹ̀mí mi, ṣùgbọ́n ó mú ohun kíkorò kún un fún mi.
19 If I look to strength, “Lo! here am I!” [[saith he, ]] If to justice, “Who shall summon me to trial?”
Bí mo bá sọ ti agbára, wò ó! Alágbára ni, tàbí ní ti ìdájọ́, ta ni yóò dá àkókò fún mi láti rò?
20 Though I were upright, yet must my own mouth condemn me; Though I were innocent, He would prove 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 Though I were innocent, I would not care for myself; I would despise my life.
“Olóòótọ́ ni mo ṣe, síbẹ̀ èmi kò kíyèsi ara mi, ayé mi ní èmi ìbá máa gàn.
22 It is all one; therefore I will affirm, He destroyeth the righteous and the wicked alike.
Ohùn kan náà ni, nítorí náà ni èmi ṣe sọ: ‘Òun a pa ẹni òtítọ́ àti ènìyàn búburú pẹ̀lú.’
23 When the scourge bringeth sudden destruction, He laugheth at the sufferings of the innocent.
Bí ìjàǹbá bá pa ni lójijì, yóò rẹ́rìn-ín nínú ìdààmú aláìṣẹ̀.
24 The earth is given into the hands of the wicked; He covereth the face of the judges thereof; If it be not He, who is it?
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 courier; They have fled away; they have seen no good.
“Ǹjẹ́ nísinsin yìí ọjọ́ mi yára ju oníṣẹ́ lọ, wọ́n fò lọ, wọn kò rí ayọ̀.
26 They have gone by like the reed-skiffs; Like the eagle, darting upon his prey.
Wọ́n kọjá lọ bí ọkọ̀ eèsún papirusi tí ń sáré lọ; bí idì tí ń yára si ohùn ọdẹ.
27 If I say, I will forget my lamentation, I will change my countenance, and take courage,
Bí èmi bá wí pé, ‘Èmi ó gbàgbé arò ìbìnújẹ́ mi, èmi ó fi ọkàn lélẹ̀, èmi ó sì rẹ ara mi lẹ́kún.’
28 Still am I in dread of the multitude of my sorrows; For I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
Ẹ̀rù ìbànújẹ́ mi gbogbo bà mí, èmi mọ̀ pé ìwọ kì yóò mú mi bí aláìṣẹ̀.
29 I shall be found guilty; Why then should 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 wash myself in snow, And cleanse my hands with lye,
Bí mo tilẹ̀ fi ọṣẹ dídì wẹ ara mi, tí mo fi omi aró wẹ ọwọ́ mi mọ́,
31 Still wilt thou plunge me into the pit, So that my own clothes will abhor me.
síbẹ̀ ìwọ ó gbé mi wọ inú ihò ọ̀gọ̀dọ̀ aṣọ ara mi yóò sọ mi di ìríra.
32 For He is not a man, as I am, that I may contend with him, And that we may go 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 There is no umpire between us, Who may lay his hand upon us both.
Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kò sí alátúnṣe kan ní agbede-méjì wa tí ìbá fi ọwọ́ rẹ̀ lé àwa méjèèjì lára.
34 Let him take from me his rod, And not dismay me with his terrors,
Kí ẹnìkan sá à mú ọ̀pá Ọlọ́run kúrò lára mi, kí ìbẹ̀rù rẹ̀ kí ó má sì ṣe dáyà fò mí.
35 Then I will speak, and not be afraid of him: For I am not so at heart.
Nígbà náà ni èmi ìbá sọ̀rọ̀, èmi kì bá sì bẹ̀rù rẹ̀; ṣùgbọ́n bí ó tí dúró tì mí, kò ri bẹ́ẹ̀ fún mi.
