Job 8
1 Then responded Bildad the Shuhite, and said: —
Ìgbà náà ni Bilidadi, ará Ṣuhi, sì dáhùn wí pé,
2 How long wilt thou speak these things? Or, as a mighty wind, shall be the sayings of thy mouth?
“Ìwọ yóò ti máa sọ nǹkan wọ̀nyí pẹ́ tó? Tí ọ̀rọ̀ ẹnu rẹ̀ yóò sì máa bí ẹ̀fúùfù ńlá?
3 Should, GOD, pervert justice? Or, the Almighty, pervert righteousness?
Ọlọ́run a ha máa yí ìdájọ́ po bí? Tàbí Olódùmarè a máa gbé ẹ̀bi fún aláre?
4 Though, thy children, sinned against him, and he delivered them into the hand of their transgression,
Nígbà tí àwọn ọmọ rẹ̀ ṣẹ̀ sí i, ó sì gbá wọn kúrò nítorí ìrékọjá wọn.
5 Yet, if, thou thyself, wilt diligently seek unto GOD, —and, unto the Almighty, wilt make supplication;
Bí ìwọ bá sì ké pe Ọlọ́run ní àkókò, tí ìwọ sì gbàdúrà ẹ̀bẹ̀ sí Olódùmarè.
6 If, pure and upright, thou thyself, art, surely, now, will he answer thy prayer, and will prosper thy righteous habitation:
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 So shall thy beginning appear small, —when, thy latter end, he shall greatly increase!
Ìpilẹ̀ṣẹ̀ rẹ ìbá tilẹ̀ kéré si í, bẹ́ẹ̀ ìgbẹ̀yìn rẹ ìbá pọ̀ sí i gidigidi.
8 For inquire, I pray thee, of a former generation, and prepare thyself for the research of their fathers; —
“Èmi bẹ̀ ọ́ ǹjẹ́, béèrè lọ́wọ́ àwọn ará ìgbà nì kí o sì kíyèsi ìwádìí àwọn baba wọn.
9 For, of yesterday, are, we, and cannot know, for, a shadow, are our days upon earth:
Nítorí pé ọmọ-àná ni àwa, a kò sì mọ nǹkan, nítorí pé òjìji ni ọjọ́ wa ni ayé.
10 Shall, they, not teach thee—tell thee, and, out of their memory, bring forth words?
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 paper-reed grow up, without a marsh? Or the rush grow up, without water?
Papirusi ha lè dàgbà láìní ẹrẹ̀ tàbí eèsún ha lè dàgbà láìlómi?
12 Though while still, in its freshness, it be not plucked off, yet, before any kind of grass, it doth wither:
Nígbà tí ó wà ní tútù, tí a kò ké e lulẹ̀, ó rọ dànù, ewéko gbogbo mìíràn hù dípò rẹ̀.
13 So, shall be the latter end of all who forget GOD, and, the hope of the impious, shall perish:
Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ipa ọ̀nà gbogbo àwọn tí ó gbàgbé Ọlọ́run, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ìrètí àwọn àgàbàgebè yóò di òfo.
14 Whose trust shall be contemptible, —and, a spider’s web, his confidence:
Àbá ẹni tí a ó kèé kúrò, àti ìgbẹ́kẹ̀lé ẹni tí ó dàbí ilé aláǹtakùn.
15 He leaneth upon his house, and it will not stand, he holdeth it fast, and it will not remain erect.
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 Full of moisture he is, before the sun, and, over his garden, his shoot goeth forth:
Ó tutù bí irúgbìn tí a bomirin níwájú oòrùn, ẹ̀ka rẹ̀ sì yọ jáde nínú ọgbà rẹ̀.
17 Over a heap, his roots are entwined, a place of stones, he descrieth;
Gbòǹgbò rẹ̀ ta yí ebè ká, ó sì wó ibi òkúta wọ̀n-ọn-nì.
18 If one destroy him out of his place, then will it disown him [saying] —I have not seen thee.
Bí ó bá sì pa á run kúrò ní ipò rẹ̀, nígbà náà ni ipò náà yóò sọ, ‘Èmi kò ri ọ rí!’
19 Lo! that, is the joy of his way, —and, out of the dust, shall others spring up.
Kíyèsi i, ayé rẹ̀ gbẹ dànù àti láti inú ilẹ̀ ní irúgbìn òmíràn yóò hù jáde wá.
20 Lo! GOD, will not reject a blameless man, neither will he grasp the hand of evil-doers:
“Kíyèsi i, Ọlọ́run kì yóò ta ẹni òtítọ́ nù, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kì yóò ran oníwà búburú lọ́wọ́
21 At length he shall fill with laughter thy mouth, and thy lips, with a shout of triumph:
títí yóò fi fi ẹ̀rín kún ọ ní ẹnu, àti ètè rẹ pẹ̀lú ìhó ayọ̀,
22 They who hate thee, shall be clothed with shame, but, the tent of the lawless, shall not be!
ìtìjú ní a o fi bo àwọn tí ó kórìíra rẹ̀, àti ibùjókòó ènìyàn búburú kì yóò sí mọ́.”
