< Job 15 >
1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
Ìgbà náà ní Elifasi, ará Temani, dáhùn wí pé,
2 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
“Ọlọ́gbọ́n a máa sọ̀rọ̀ ìmọ̀ asán kí ó sì máa fi afẹ́fẹ́ ìlà-oòrùn kún ara rẹ̀ nínú?
3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches which he can do no good?
Òun lè máa fi àròyé sọ̀rọ̀ tí kò ní èrè, tàbí pẹ̀lú ọ̀rọ̀ nínú èyí tí kò lè fi ṣe rere?
4 Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
Ṣùgbọ́n ìwọ ṣá ìbẹ̀rù tì, ìwọ sì dí iṣẹ́ ìsìn lọ́nà níwájú Ọlọ́run.
5 For thy mouth uttereth thy iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
Nítorí pé ẹnu ara rẹ̀ ni ó jẹ́wọ́ ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ rẹ̀, ìwọ sì yàn ahọ́n alárékérekè ni ààyò.
6 Thy own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thy own lips testify against thee.
Ẹnu ara rẹ̀ ni ó dá lẹ́bi, kì í ṣe èmi; àní ètè ara rẹ̀ ni ó jẹ́rìí gbè ọ́.
7 Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?
“Ìwọ ha í ṣe ọkùnrin tí a kọ́ bí? Tàbí a ha dá ọ ṣáájú àwọn òkè?
8 Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou limit wisdom to thyself?
Ìwọ gbúròó àṣírí Ọlọ́run rí? Tàbí ìwọ ha dá ọgbọ́n dúró sọ́dọ̀ ara rẹ?
9 What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?
Kí ni ìwọ mọ̀ tí àwa kò mọ̀? Òye kí ní ó yé ọ tí kò sí nínú wa?
10 With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.
Àwọn arúgbó àti ògbólógbòó ènìyàn wà pẹ̀lú wa, tí wọ́n dàgbà ju baba rẹ lọ.
11 Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?
Ìtùnú Ọlọ́run ha kéré lọ́dọ̀ rẹ? Ọ̀rọ̀ kan sì ṣe jẹ́jẹ́ jù lọ́dọ̀ rẹ?
12 Why doth thy heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,
Èéṣe ti ọkàn rẹ fi ń ti ọ kiri, kí ni ìwọ tẹjúmọ́ tóbẹ́ẹ̀.
13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?
Tí ìwọ fi yí ẹ̀mí rẹ padà lòdì sí Ọlọ́run, tí ó fi ń jẹ́ ki ọ̀rọ̀kọ́rọ̀ kí ó máa bọ́ ní ẹnu rẹ̀ bẹ́ẹ̀?
14 What is man, that he should be clean? and he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
“Kí ni ènìyàn tí ó fi jẹ mímọ́, àti ẹni tí a tinú obìnrin bí tí yóò fi ṣe olódodo?
15 Behold, he putteth no trust in his holy ones; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
Kíyèsi i, bi Ọlọ́run ko ba gbẹ́kẹ̀lé àwọn ẹni mímọ́ rẹ̀, àní àwọn ọ̀run kò mọ́ ní ojú rẹ̀,
16 How much more abominable and filthy is man, who drinketh iniquity like water?
mélòó mélòó ni ènìyàn, ẹni ìríra àti eléèérí, tí ń mu ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ bi ẹní mu omi.
17 I will show thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;
“Èmi ó fihàn ọ́, gbọ́ ti èmi; èyí tí èmi sì rí, òun ni èmi ó sì sọ,
18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:
ohun tí àwọn ọlọ́gbọ́n ti pa ní ìtàn láti ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn baba wọn wá, ti wọ́n kò sì fi pamọ́.
19 To whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.
Àwọn tí a fi ilẹ̀ ayé fún nìkan, ti àlejò kan kò sì là wọ́n kọjá.
20 The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
Ènìyàn búburú ń ṣe làálàá, pẹ̀lú ìrora, ní ọjọ́ rẹ̀ gbogbo, àti iye ọdún ní a dá sílẹ̀ fún aninilára.
21 A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
Ìró ìbẹ̀rù ń bẹ ní etí rẹ̀; nínú ìrora ni apanirun yóò dìde sí i.
22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for by the sword.
Kò gbàgbọ́ pé òun ó jáde kúrò nínú òkùnkùn; a sì ṣà á sápá kan fún idà.
23 He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
Ó ń wò káàkiri fún oúnjẹ wí pé, níbo ní ó wà? Ó mọ̀ pé ọjọ́ òkùnkùn súnmọ́ tòsí.
24 Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
Ìpọ́njú pẹ̀lú ìrora ọkàn yóò mú un bẹ̀rù, wọ́n ó sì ṣẹ́gun rẹ̀ bi ọba ti ìmúra ogun.
25 For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.
Nítorí pé ó ti nawọ́ rẹ̀ jáde lòdì sí Ọlọ́run, ó sì múra rẹ̀ le lòdì sí Olódùmarè,
26 He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon his thick strong shield:
ó súre, ó sì fi ẹ̀yìn gíga, àní fi ike-kókó àpáta rẹ̀ tí ó nípọn kọlù ú.
27 Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh his flanks heavy with fat.
“Nítorí tí òun fi ọ̀rá rẹ̀ bo ara rẹ̀ lójú, o sì ṣe ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ẹran sí ẹ̀gbẹ́ rẹ̀.
28 And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.
Òun sì gbé inú ahoro ìlú, àti nínú ilẹ̀ tí ènìyàn kò gbé mọ́, tí ó múra tán láti di àlàpà.
29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection of it upon the earth.
Òun kò lé di ọlọ́rọ̀, bẹ́ẹ̀ ohun ìní rẹ̀ kò lè dúró pẹ́; bẹ́ẹ̀ kò lè mú pípé rẹ̀ dúró pẹ́ lórí ilẹ̀.
30 He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
Òun kì yóò jáde kúrò nínú òkùnkùn; ọ̀wọ́-iná ni yóò jó ẹ̀ka rẹ̀, àti nípasẹ̀ ẹ̀mí ẹnu Ọlọ́run ní a ó gba kúrò.
31 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
Kí òun kí ó má ṣe gbẹ́kẹ̀lé asán, kí ó má sì ṣe tan ara rẹ̀ jẹ. Nítorí pé asán ní yóò jásí èrè rẹ̀.
32 It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
A ó mú un ṣẹ ṣáájú pípé ọjọ́ rẹ̀, ẹ̀ka rẹ̀ kì yóò sì tutù.
33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.
Yóò dàbí àjàrà tí a gbọn èso àìpọ́n rẹ̀ dànù, yóò sì rẹ̀ ìtànná rẹ̀ dànù bí i ti igi Olifi.
34 For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
Nítorí pé ayọ̀ àwọn àgàbàgebè yóò túká, iná ní yóò sì jó àgọ́ àwọn tí ó fẹ́ràn àbẹ̀tẹ́lẹ̀.
35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their heart prepareth deceit.
Wọ́n lóyún ìwà ìkà, wọ́n sì bí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀, ikùn wọn sì pèsè ẹ̀tàn.”