Job 21
1 Jobu wá dáhùn, ó sì wí pé,
Then answered Job, and said,
2 “Ẹ tẹ́tí sílẹ̀ dáradára sì àwọn ọ̀rọ̀ mi, kí èyí kí ó jásí ìtùnú fún mi.
Hear, O hear my speech, and let this be wherewith you give consolations.
3 Ẹ jọ̀wọ́ mi ki èmi sọ̀rọ̀; lẹ́yìn ìgbà ìwọ le máa fi mi ṣẹ̀sín ń ṣo.
Bear with me that I may indeed speak: and after my speaking, then canst thou mock.
4 “Àròyé mi ha ṣe sí ènìyàn bí? Èétise tí ọkàn mi kì yóò fi ṣe àìbalẹ̀?
As for me, —is against man my complaint? and if this be so, why should my spirit not be impatient?
5 Ẹ wò mí fín, kí ẹnu kí ó sì yà yín, kí ẹ sì fi ọwọ́ lé ẹnu yín.
Turn yourselves unto me, and be astounded, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
6 Àní nígbà tí mo rántí, ẹ̀rù bà mí, ìwárìrì sì mú mi lára.
Yea, when I think of it, I am terrified, and shuddering seizeth hold of my flesh.
7 Nítorí kí ní ènìyàn búburú fi wà ní ayé, tí wọ́n gbó, àní tí wọ́n di alágbára ní ipa?
Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, grow strong in power?
8 Irú-ọmọ wọn fi ìdí kalẹ̀ ní ojú wọn pẹ̀lú wọn, àti ọmọ ọmọ wọn ní ojú wọn.
Their seed is firmly established in their presence with them. their offspring are before their eyes.
9 Ilé wọn wà láìní ewu àti ẹ̀rù, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ọ̀pá ìbínú Ọlọ́run kò sí lára wọn.
Their houses are at peace without any dread, and no rod of God [cometh] over them.
10 Akọ màlúù wọn a máa gùn, kì í sì tàsé; abo màlúù wọn a máa bí, kì í sì í ṣẹ́yun.
The bull of each one gendereth, and disappointeth not: the cow of each one calveth, and casteth not her young.
11 Wọn a máa rán àwọn ọmọ wọn wẹ́wẹ́ jáde bí agbo ẹran, àwọn ọmọ wọn a sì máa jo kiri.
They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children skip about [with joy].
12 Wọ́n mú ohun ọ̀nà orin, ìlù àti haapu; wọ́n sì ń yọ̀ sí ohùn fèrè.
They sing to the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
They wear out their days in happiness, and in a moment they go down to the nether world. (Sheol h7585)
14 Nítorí náà ni wọ́n ṣe wí fún Ọlọ́run pé, ‘Lọ kúrò lọ́dọ̀ wa!’ Nítorí pé wọn kò fẹ́ ìmọ̀ ipa ọ̀nà rẹ.
And yet they say unto God, “Depart from us; and the knowledge of thy ways we desire not.
15 Kí ni Olódùmarè tí àwa ó fi máa sìn in? Èrè kí ni a ó sì jẹ bí àwa ba gbàdúrà sí i?
What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit shall we have, if we entreat him urgently?”
16 Kíyèsi i, àlàáfíà wọn kò sí nípa ọwọ́ wọn; ìmọ̀ ènìyàn búburú jìnnà sí mi réré.
Lo, not in their hand doth their happiness rest! The counsel of the wicked be [still] far from me.
17 “Ìgbà mélòó mélòó ní a ń pa fìtílà ènìyàn búburú kú? Ìgbà mélòó mélòó ní ìparun wọn dé bá wọn, tí Ọlọ́run sì í máa pín ìbìnújẹ́ nínú ìbínú rẹ̀?
How often is the lamp of the wicked quenched? and how often cometh over them their calamity? and doth [God] distribute their lot in his anger?
18 Wọ́n dàbí àgékù koríko níwájú afẹ́fẹ́, àti bí ìyàngbò, tí ẹ̀fúùfù ńlá fẹ́ lọ.
Are they as straw before the wind, and as chaff which the stealeth away?
19 Ẹ̀yin wí pé, ‘Ọlọ́run to ìyà ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ rẹ̀ jọ fún àwọn ọmọ rẹ̀.’ Jẹ́ kí ó san án fún un, yóò sì mọ̀ ọ́n.
Should God lay up for his children his wrong-doing? it were better that he reward him, that he might know it himself.
20 Ojú rẹ̀ yóò rí ìparun ara rẹ̀, yóò sì máa mu nínú ríru ìbínú Olódùmarè.
His own eyes ought to see his downfall, and from the wrath of the Almighty ought he to drink.
21 Nítorí pé àlàáfíà kí ni ó ní nínú ilé rẹ̀ lẹ́yìn rẹ̀, nígbà tí a bá ké iye oṣù rẹ̀ kúrò ní agbede-méjì?
For what care hath he for his household after him, when the number of his months is all apportioned to him?
22 “Ǹjẹ́ ẹnikẹ́ni le kọ Ọlọ́run ní ìmọ̀? Òun ní í sá à ń ṣe ìdájọ́ ẹni ibi gíga.
Is this fitting God, who teacheth knowledge? him who judgeth those that are highest?
23 Ẹnìkan a kú nínú pípé agbára rẹ̀, ó wà nínú ìrora àti ìdákẹ́ pátápátá.
That this one dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet;
24 Ọpọ́n rẹ̀ kún fún omi ọmú, egungun rẹ̀ sì tutù fún ọ̀rá.
His vessels being full of healthy fluid, and the marrow of his bones being well moistened:
25 Ẹlòmíràn a sì kú nínú kíkorò ọkàn rẹ̀, tí kò sì fi inú dídùn jẹun.
While this other dieth with an embittered soul, and hath never partaken of any happiness;
26 Wọ́n o dùbúlẹ̀ bákan náà nínú erùpẹ̀, kòkòrò yóò sì ṣùbò wọ́n.
[And yet] together they must lie down in the dust, and the worms will cover them?
27 “Kíyèsi i, èmi mọ̀ èrò inú yín àti àrékérekè ọkàn yín láti ṣe ìlòdì sí mi.
Behold, I know your thoughts, and the opinions which ye wrongfully devise against me.
28 Nítorí tí ẹ̀yin wí pé, ‘Níbo ní ilé ọmọ-aládé, àti níbo ní àgọ́ àwọn ènìyàn búburú nì gbé wà?’
For ye say, Where is the house of the noble-minded? and where is the tent of the dwelling-places of the wicked?
29 Ẹ̀yin kò béèrè lọ́wọ́ àwọn tí ń kọjá lọ ní ọ̀nà? Ẹ̀yin kò mọ̀ àmì wọn,
Have ye not asked the wayfarers? surely their token ye cannot disregard,
30 pé ènìyàn búburú ní a fi pamọ́ fún ọjọ́ ìparun. A ó sì mú wọn jáde ní ọjọ́ ríru ìbínú.
That the bad man is reserved for the day of calamity, [that the wicked] are carried forward to the day of wrath.
31 Ta ni yóò tako ipa ọ̀nà rẹ̀ lójúkojú, ta ni yóò sì san án padà fún un ní èyí tí ó ti ṣe?
[But] who will tell him to his face of his way? and who will repay him what he hath done?
32 Síbẹ̀ a ó sì sin ín ní ọ̀nà ipò òkú, a ó sì máa ṣọ́ ibojì òkú.
Yea he will indeed be carried to the grave, and men will quickly think of his monument:
33 Ògúlùtu àfonífojì yóò dùn mọ́ ọn. Gbogbo ènìyàn yóò sì máa tọ̀ ọ́ lẹ́yìn, bí ènìyàn àìníye ti lọ síwájú rẹ̀.
Sweet are to him the clods of the valley; and after him succeedeth every man, as those that were before him are without number.
34 “Èéha ti ṣe tí ẹ̀yin fi ń tù mí nínú lásán, bí ò ṣe pé ní ìdáhùn yín, àrékérekè wa níbẹ̀!”
How then will ye comfort me with vanity? and of your answers there remaineth only deception.
