Job 13
1 “Wò ó, ojú mi ti rí gbogbo èyí rí, etí mí sì gbọ́, ó sì ti yé mi.
Lo, all [this] hath my eye seen, my ear hath heard and noted it for itself;
2 Ohun tí ẹ̀yin mọ̀, èmi mọ̀ pẹ̀lú, èmi kò kéré sí i yin.
As much as ye know, do I also know: I do not fall short compared with you.
3 Nítòótọ́ èmi ó bá Olódùmarè sọ̀rọ̀, èmi sì ń fẹ́ bá Ọlọ́run sọ àsọyé.
However, I would gladly speak to the Almighty; and to argue with God do I desire.
4 Ẹ̀yin fi irọ́ bá mi sọ̀rọ̀, oníṣègùn lásán ni gbogbo yín.
But ye are inventors of falsehood, physicians of no value are all of you.
5 Háà! ẹ̀yin kì bá kúkú dákẹ́! Èyí ni kì bá sì ṣe ọgbọ́n yín.
Oh, who would grant that ye might keep a profound silences! and it would he accounted unto you as wisdom.
6 Ẹ gbọ́ àwíyé mi nísinsin yìí; ẹ sì fetísílẹ̀ sí àròyé ẹnu mi.
Do hearken but to my reasoning, and listen to the pleadings of my lips.
7 Ẹ̀yin fẹ́ sọ ìsọkúsọ fún Ọlọ́run? Ki ẹ sì fi ẹ̀tàn sọ̀rọ̀ gbè é?
Will ye speak wrong things for God? and will ye speak for him deceitfully?
8 Ẹ̀yin fẹ́ ṣe ojúsàájú rẹ̀? Ẹ̀yin fẹ́ gbèjà fún Ọlọ́run?
Will ye show him undue favor, when ye contend for God?
9 Ó ha dára to tí yóò hú àṣírí yín síta, tàbí kí ẹ̀yin tàn án bí ẹnìkan ti í tan ẹnìkejì?
Will it be well if he should search you out? or as one overreacheth another mortal, do ye expect to overreach him?
10 Yóò máa bá yín wí nítòótọ́, bí ẹ̀yin bá ṣe ojúsàájú ènìyàn níkọ̀kọ̀.
He will surely reprove you, if in secret you show him undue favor.
11 Ìwà ọlá rẹ̀ kì yóò bà yín lẹ́rù bí? Ìpayà rẹ̀ kì yóò pá yín láyà?
Doth not his excellency terrify you? and his dread fall upon you?
12 Àwọn òwe yín dàbí eérú, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni àwọn odi ìlú yin dàbí amọ̀.
The things you remember are mere proverbs of ashes, your high-places are high-places of clay.
13 “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.
Keep silence toward me, that I may indeed speak, and let pass over me what will.
14 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?
Whatever it may cost, I will take my flesh in my teeth, and my life will I put in my hand.
15 Bí ó tilẹ̀ pa mí, síbẹ̀ èmi ó máa gbẹ́kẹ̀lé e, èmi ó máa tẹnumọ́ ọ̀nà mi níwájú rẹ̀.
Lo, though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: only I will argue my own ways before him.
16 Èyí ni yóò sì ṣe ìgbàlà mi, àgàbàgebè kì yóò wá síwájú rẹ̀.
Even he will come to my assistance; for a hypocrite cannot come before him.
17 Ẹ gbọ́ ọ̀rọ̀ ẹnu mi ní ìfarabalẹ̀, jẹ́ kí ọ̀rọ̀ mí dún ni etí yín.
Listen well to my word, and to my demonstration with your ears.
18 Wò ó nísinsin yìí, èmi ti mura ọ̀ràn mi sílẹ̀; èmi mọ̀ pé a ó dá mi láre.
Behold now, I have arrayed my cause: I know that I shall be indeed justified.
19 Ta ni òun ti yóò bá mi ṣàròyé? Ǹjẹ́ nísinsin yìí, èmi fẹ́ pa ẹnu mi mọ́, èmi ó sì jọ̀wọ́ ẹ̀mí mi lọ́wọ́.
Who is he that will contend with me? for now, if I keep silence, I must perish.
20 “Ṣùgbọ́n, má ṣe ṣe ohun méjì yìí sí mi, nígbà náà ni èmi kì yóò sì fi ara mi pamọ́ kúrò fún ọ.
Only two things do not unto me: then will I not hide myself from thy presence.
21 Fa ọwọ́ rẹ sẹ́yìn kúrò lára mi, má sì jẹ́ kí ẹ̀rù rẹ kí ó pá mi láyà.
Remove thy hand far from me; and let not thy dread terrify me.
22 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.
Then call thou, and I will answer; or let me speak, and do thou reply to me.
23 Mélòó ní àìṣedéédéé àti ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ mi? Mú mi mọ̀ ìrékọjá àti ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ mi.
How many are my iniquities and sins? my transgression and my sin let me know.
24 Nítorí kí ni ìwọ ṣe pa ojú rẹ mọ́, tí o sì yàn mí ní ọ̀tá rẹ?
Wherefore wilt thou hide thy face, and regard me as an enemy unto thee?
25 Ìwọ ó fa ewé ti afẹ́fẹ́ ń fẹ́ síyìn-ín sọ́hùn-ún ya bi? Ìwọ a sì máa lépa ìyàngbò?
Wilt thou terrify a leaf driven about [by the wind]? and wilt thou pursue dry stubble?
26 Nítorí pé ìwọ kọ̀wé ohun kíkorò sí mi, o sì mú mi jogún àìṣedéédéé èwe mi.
That thou writest bitter decrees against me, and assignest unto me the iniquities of my youth;
27 Ìwọ kàn àbà mọ́ mi lẹ́sẹ̀ pẹ̀lú, ìwọ sì ń wò ipa ọ̀nà ìrìn mi ní àwòfín; nípa fífi ìlà yí gígísẹ̀ mi ká.
And [that] thou puttest my feet in the stocks, and watchest narrowly all my paths; [and] settest for thyself a mark upon the soles of my feet?
28 “Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ènìyàn ń ṣègbé bí ohun ìdíbàjẹ́, bi aṣọ tí kòkòrò jẹ.
And yet the body decayeth like a rotten thing, as a garment that the moth hath eaten.
