Job 13
1 “Wò ó, ojú mi ti rí gbogbo èyí rí, etí mí sì gbọ́, ó sì ti yé mi.
Lo, my eye hath seen all [this], my ear hath heard and understood it.
2 Ohun tí ẹ̀yin mọ̀, èmi mọ̀ pẹ̀lú, èmi kò kéré sí i yin.
What ye know, [the same] do I know also: I [am] not inferior to you.
3 Nítòótọ́ èmi ó bá Olódùmarè sọ̀rọ̀, èmi sì ń fẹ́ bá Ọlọ́run sọ àsọyé.
Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
4 Ẹ̀yin fi irọ́ bá mi sọ̀rọ̀, oníṣègùn lásán ni gbogbo yín.
But ye [are] forgers of lies, ye [are] all physicians of no value.
5 Háà! ẹ̀yin kì bá kúkú dákẹ́! Èyí ni kì bá sì ṣe ọgbọ́n yín.
O that ye would altogether hold your peace and it would be your wisdom.
6 Ẹ gbọ́ àwíyé mi nísinsin yìí; ẹ sì fetísílẹ̀ sí àròyé ẹnu mi.
Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
7 Ẹ̀yin fẹ́ sọ ìsọkúsọ fún Ọlọ́run? Ki ẹ sì fi ẹ̀tàn sọ̀rọ̀ gbè é?
Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
8 Ẹ̀yin fẹ́ ṣe ojúsàájú rẹ̀? Ẹ̀yin fẹ́ gbèjà fún Ọlọ́run?
Will ye accept his person? will 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?
Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye [so] mock him?
10 Yóò máa bá yín wí nítòótọ́, bí ẹ̀yin bá ṣe ojúsàájú ènìyàn níkọ̀kọ̀.
He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.
11 Ìwà ọlá rẹ̀ kì yóò bà yín lẹ́rù bí? Ìpayà rẹ̀ kì yóò pá yín láyà?
Shall not his excellence make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?
12 Àwọn òwe yín dàbí eérú, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni àwọn odi ìlú yin dàbí amọ̀.
Your remembrances [are] like to ashes, your bodies to bodies 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.
Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on 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?
Why do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?
15 Bí ó tilẹ̀ pa mí, síbẹ̀ èmi ó máa gbẹ́kẹ̀lé e, èmi ó máa tẹnumọ́ ọ̀nà mi níwájú rẹ̀.
Though he shall slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain my own ways before him.
16 Èyí ni yóò sì ṣe ìgbàlà mi, àgàbàgebè kì yóò wá síwájú rẹ̀.
He also [shall be] my salvation: for a hypocrite shall not come before him.
17 Ẹ gbọ́ ọ̀rọ̀ ẹnu mi ní ìfarabalẹ̀, jẹ́ kí ọ̀rọ̀ mí dún ni etí yín.
Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration 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 ordered [my] cause; I know that I shall be 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 plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall expire.
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 do not two [things] to me: then will I not hide myself from thee.
21 Fa ọwọ́ rẹ sẹ́yìn kúrò lára mi, má sì jẹ́ kí ẹ̀rù rẹ kí ó pá mi láyà.
Withdraw thy hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.
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 answer thou me.
23 Mélòó ní àìṣedéédéé àti ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ mi? Mú mi mọ̀ ìrékọjá àti ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ mi.
How many [are] my iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.
24 Nítorí kí ni ìwọ ṣe pa ojú rẹ mọ́, tí o sì yàn mí ní ọ̀tá rẹ?
Why hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thy enemy?
25 Ìwọ ó fa ewé ti afẹ́fẹ́ ń fẹ́ síyìn-ín sọ́hùn-ún ya bi? Ìwọ a sì máa lépa ìyàngbò?
Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
26 Nítorí pé ìwọ kọ̀wé ohun kíkorò sí mi, o sì mú mi jogún àìṣedéédéé èwe mi.
For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess 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.
Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly to all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.
28 “Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ènìyàn ń ṣègbé bí ohun ìdíbàjẹ́, bi aṣọ tí kòkòrò jẹ.
And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth-eaten.
