< Job 19 >
1 Ìgbà náà ni Jobu dáhùn, ó sì wí pé:
And he answered Job and he said.
2 “Yóò ti pẹ́ tó tí ẹ̀yin ó fi máa fi ìyà jẹ mí, tí ẹ̀yin ó fi máa fi ọ̀rọ̀ yìí?
Until when? will you torment! self my and will you crush? me with words.
3 Ìgbà mẹ́wàá ní yin yọ mi lénu ẹ̀yin ti ń gàn mí; ojú kò tì yín tí ẹ fi jẹ mí ní yà.
This ten times you have insulted me not you have been ashamed you have ill-treated me.
4 Kí a sì wí bẹ́ẹ̀ pé, mo ṣìnà nítòótọ́, ìṣìnà mi wà lára èmi tìkára mi.
And even truly I have erred with me it lodges error my.
5 Bí ó tilẹ̀ ṣe pé ẹ̀yin ó ṣògo si mi lórí nítòótọ́, tí ẹ ó sì máa fi ẹ̀gàn mi gún mí lójú,
If truly above me you will magnify yourselves and you may argue on me disgrace my.
6 kí ẹ mọ̀ nísinsin yìí pé, Ọlọ́run ni ó bì mí ṣubú, ó sì nà àwọ̀n rẹ̀ yí mi ká.
Know then that God he has wronged me and net his over me he has closed.
7 “Kíyèsi, èmi ń kígbe pe, ‘Ọwọ́ alágbára!’ Ṣùgbọ́n a kò gbọ́ ti èmi; mo kígbe fún ìrànlọ́wọ́, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kò sí ìdájọ́.
There! I cry out violence and not I am answered I cry for help and there not [is] justice.
8 Ó ṣọgbà dí ọ̀nà mi tí èmi kò le è kọjá, Ó sì mú òkùnkùn ṣú sí ipa ọ̀nà mi.
Way my he has walled up and not I will pass and on paths my darkness he puts.
9 Ó ti bọ́ ògo mi, ó sì ṣí adé kúrò ní orí mi.
Honor my from on me he has stripped off and he has removed [the] crown of head my.
10 Ó ti bà mí jẹ́ ní ìhà gbogbo, ẹ̀mí sì pin; ìrètí mi ni a ó sì fàtu bí igi.
He has torn down me all around and I have gone and he has uprooted like a tree hope my.
11 Ó sì tiná bọ ìbínú rẹ̀ sí mi, ó sì kà mí sí bí ọ̀kan nínú àwọn ọ̀tá rẹ̀.
And he has kindled towards me anger his and he has considered me himself like foes his.
12 Ẹgbẹ́ ogun rẹ̀ sì dàpọ̀ sí mi, wọ́n sì mọ odi yí mi ká, wọ́n sì yí àgọ́ mi ká.
Together - they have come troops his and they have piled up on me way their and they have encamped all around tent my.
13 “Ó mú àwọn arákùnrin mi jìnà sí mi réré, àti àwọn ojúlùmọ̀ mi di àjèjì sí mi pátápátá.
Brothers my from with me he has put far away and acquaintances my surely they have become estranged from me.
14 Àwọn alájọbí mi fàsẹ́yìn, àwọn ọ̀rẹ́ tímọ́tímọ́ mi sì di onígbàgbé mi.
They have ceased kindred my and acquaintances my they have forgotten me.
15 Àwọn ará inú ilé mi àti àwọn ìránṣẹ́bìnrin mi kà mí sí àjèjì; èmi jásí àjèjì ènìyàn ní ojú wọn.
[the] sojourners of House my and female servants my to a stranger they consider me a foreigner I have become in view their.
16 Mo pe ìránṣẹ́ mi, òun kò sì dá mi lóhùn; mo fi ẹnu mi bẹ̀ ẹ́.
To servant my I call and not he answers with mouth my I seek favor to him.
17 Ẹ̀mí mi ṣú àyà mi, àti òórùn mi ṣú àwọn ọmọ inú ìyá mi.
Breath my it is loathsome to wife my and I am repulsive to [the] sons of womb my.
18 Àní àwọn ọmọdékùnrin fi mí ṣẹ̀sín, mo dìde, wọ́n sì sọ̀rọ̀ ẹ̀gàn sí mi.
Also young boys they reject me I arise and they spoke against me.
19 Gbogbo àwọn ọ̀rẹ́ kòríkòsùn mi kórìíra mi, àwọn olùfẹ́ mi sì kẹ̀yìndà mí.
They abhor me all [the] men of council my and whom I love they have turned against me.
20 Egungun mi lẹ̀ mọ́ ara mi àti mọ́ ẹran-ara mi, mo sì yọ́ pẹ̀lú awọ eyín mi.
On skin my and on flesh my it clings bone my and I have escaped! with [the] skin of teeth my.
21 “Ẹ ṣàánú fún mi, ẹ ṣàánú fún mi, ẹ̀yin ọ̀rẹ́ mi, nítorí ọwọ́ Ọlọ́run ti bà mí.
Show favor to me show favor to me O you friends my for [the] hand of God it has touched me.
22 Nítorí kí ni ẹ̀yin ṣe lépa mi bí Ọlọ́run, tí ẹran-ara mi kò tẹ́ yín lọ́rùn?
Why? are you persecuting me like God and from flesh my not are you satisfied?
23 “Háà! Ìbá ṣe pé a le kọ̀wé ọ̀rọ̀ mi nísinsin yìí, ìbá ṣe pé a le kọ ọ sínú ìwé!
Who? will he give then and they will be written down! words my who? will he give on the scroll so they may be inscribed.
24 Kí a fi kálámù irin àti ti òjé kọ wọ́n sínú àpáta fún láéláé.
With a stylus of iron and lead for ever in the rock they will be engraved!
25 Nítorí èmi mọ̀ pé olùdáǹdè mi ń bẹ láààyè àti pe òun ni yóò dìde dúró lórí ilẹ̀ ní ìkẹyìn;
And I I know vindicator my he lives and last on dust he will stand.
26 àti lẹ́yìn ìgbà tí a pa àwọ̀ ara mi run, síbẹ̀ láìsí ẹran-ara mi ni èmi ó rí Ọlọ́run,
And after skin my people have struck off this and from flesh my I will see God.
27 ẹni tí èmi ó rí fún ara mi, tí ojú mi ó sì wo, kì sì í ṣe ti ẹlòmíràn; ọkàn mi sì dákú ní inú mi.
Whom I - I will see for myself and own eyes my they will see and not a stranger they are faint kidneys my in bosom my.
28 “Bí ẹ̀yin bá wí pé, ‘Àwa ó ti lépa rẹ̀ tó! Àti pé, gbogbo ọ̀rọ̀ náà ni a sá à rí ní ọwọ́ rẹ̀,’
If you will say what? will we persecute him and [the] root of [the] matter it has been found in me.
29 kí ẹ̀yin kí ó bẹ̀rù, nítorí ìbínú ní í mú ìjìyà wá nípa idà, kí ẹ̀yin kí ó lè mọ̀ pé ìdájọ́ kan ń bẹ.”
Be afraid yourselves - of [the] sword for rage [is] iniquities of [the] sword so that you may know! (that a judgment. *Q(k)*)