Job 13
1 “Behold, my eye has seen all this. My ear has heard and understood it.
“Wò ó, ojú mi ti rí gbogbo èyí rí, etí mí sì gbọ́, ó sì ti yé mi.
2 What you know, I know also. I am not inferior to you.
Ohun tí ẹ̀yin mọ̀, èmi mọ̀ pẹ̀lú, èmi kò kéré sí i yin.
3 “Surely I would speak to the Almighty. I desire to reason with God.
Nítòótọ́ èmi ó bá Olódùmarè sọ̀rọ̀, èmi sì ń fẹ́ bá Ọlọ́run sọ àsọyé.
4 But you are forgers of lies. You are all physicians of no value.
Ẹ̀yin fi irọ́ bá mi sọ̀rọ̀, oníṣègùn lásán ni gbogbo yín.
5 Oh that you would be completely silent! Then you would be wise.
Háà! ẹ̀yin kì bá kúkú dákẹ́! Èyí ni kì bá sì ṣe ọgbọ́n yín.
6 Hear now my reasoning. Listen to the pleadings of my lips.
Ẹ gbọ́ àwíyé mi nísinsin yìí; ẹ sì fetísílẹ̀ sí àròyé ẹnu mi.
7 Will you speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for him?
Ẹ̀yin fẹ́ sọ ìsọkúsọ fún Ọlọ́run? Ki ẹ sì fi ẹ̀tàn sọ̀rọ̀ gbè é?
8 Will you show partiality to him? Will you contend for God?
Ẹ̀yin fẹ́ ṣe ojúsàájú rẹ̀? Ẹ̀yin fẹ́ gbèjà fún Ọlọ́run?
9 Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceives a man, will you deceive him?
Ó ha dára to tí yóò hú àṣírí yín síta, tàbí kí ẹ̀yin tàn án bí ẹnìkan ti í tan ẹnìkejì?
10 He will surely reprove you if you secretly show partiality.
Yóò máa bá yín wí nítòótọ́, bí ẹ̀yin bá ṣe ojúsàájú ènìyàn níkọ̀kọ̀.
11 Won’t his majesty make you afraid and his dread fall on you?
Ìwà ọlá rẹ̀ kì yóò bà yín lẹ́rù bí? Ìpayà rẹ̀ kì yóò pá yín láyà?
12 Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes. Your defences are defences of clay.
Àwọn òwe yín dàbí eérú, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni àwọn odi ìlú yin dàbí amọ̀.
13 “Be silent! Leave me alone, that I may speak. Let come on me what will.
“Ẹ pa ẹnu yín mọ́ kúrò lára mi, kí èmi kí ó lè sọ̀rọ̀, ki ohun tí ń bọ̀ wá í bá mi, le è máa bọ̀.
14 Why should I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?
Ǹjẹ́ nítorí kí ni èmi ṣe ń fi eyín mi bu ẹran-ara mi jẹ, tí mo sì gbé ẹ̀mí mi lé ara mi lọ́wọ́?
15 Behold, he will kill me. I have no hope. Nevertheless, I will maintain my ways before him.
Bí ó tilẹ̀ pa mí, síbẹ̀ èmi ó máa gbẹ́kẹ̀lé e, èmi ó máa tẹnumọ́ ọ̀nà mi níwájú rẹ̀.
16 This also will be my salvation, that a godless man will not come before him.
Èyí ni yóò sì ṣe ìgbàlà mi, àgàbàgebè kì yóò wá síwájú rẹ̀.
17 Listen carefully to my speech. Let my declaration be in your ears.
Ẹ gbọ́ ọ̀rọ̀ ẹnu mi ní ìfarabalẹ̀, jẹ́ kí ọ̀rọ̀ mí dún ni etí yín.
18 See now, I have set my cause in order. I know that I am righteous.
Wò ó nísinsin yìí, èmi ti mura ọ̀ràn mi sílẹ̀; èmi mọ̀ pé a ó dá mi láre.
19 Who is he who will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and give up the spirit.
Ta ni òun ti yóò bá mi ṣàròyé? Ǹjẹ́ nísinsin yìí, èmi fẹ́ pa ẹnu mi mọ́, èmi ó sì jọ̀wọ́ ẹ̀mí mi lọ́wọ́.
20 “Only don’t do two things to me, then I will not hide myself from your face:
“Ṣùgbọ́n, má ṣe ṣe ohun méjì yìí sí mi, nígbà náà ni èmi kì yóò sì fi ara mi pamọ́ kúrò fún ọ.
21 withdraw your hand far from me, and don’t let your terror make me afraid.
Fa ọwọ́ rẹ sẹ́yìn kúrò lára mi, má sì jẹ́ kí ẹ̀rù rẹ kí ó pá mi láyà.
22 Then call, and I will answer, or let me speak, and you answer me.
Nígbà náà ni kí ìwọ kí ó pè, èmi o sì dáhùn, tàbí jẹ́ kí ń máa sọ̀rọ̀, ki ìwọ kí ó sì dá mi lóhùn.
23 How many are my iniquities and sins? Make me know my disobedience and my sin.
Mélòó ní àìṣedéédéé àti ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ mi? Mú mi mọ̀ ìrékọjá àti ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ mi.
24 Why do you hide your face, and consider me your enemy?
Nítorí kí ni ìwọ ṣe pa ojú rẹ mọ́, tí o sì yàn mí ní ọ̀tá rẹ?
25 Will you harass a driven leaf? Will you pursue the dry stubble?
Ìwọ ó fa ewé ti afẹ́fẹ́ ń fẹ́ síyìn-ín sọ́hùn-ún ya bi? Ìwọ a sì máa lépa ìyàngbò?
26 For you write bitter things against me, and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.
Nítorí pé ìwọ kọ̀wé ohun kíkorò sí mi, o sì mú mi jogún àìṣedéédéé èwe mi.
27 You also put my feet in the stocks, and mark all my paths. You set a bound to the soles of my feet,
Ìwọ kàn àbà mọ́ mi lẹ́sẹ̀ pẹ̀lú, ìwọ sì ń wò ipa ọ̀nà ìrìn mi ní àwòfín; nípa fífi ìlà yí gígísẹ̀ mi ká.
28 though I am decaying like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.
“Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ènìyàn ń ṣègbé bí ohun ìdíbàjẹ́, bi aṣọ tí kòkòrò jẹ.
