Job 21
1 Jobu wá dáhùn, ó sì wí pé,
But Job answered and said:
2 “Ẹ tẹ́tí sílẹ̀ dáradára sì àwọn ọ̀rọ̀ mi, kí èyí kí ó jásí ìtùnú fún mi.
Hear attentively my words, And let this be your consolation.
3 Ẹ jọ̀wọ́ mi ki èmi sọ̀rọ̀; lẹ́yìn ìgbà ìwọ le máa fi mi ṣẹ̀sín ń ṣo.
Bear with me, that I may speak; And after I have spoken, mock on!
4 “Àròyé mi ha ṣe sí ènìyàn bí? Èétise tí ọkàn mi kì yóò fi ṣe àìbalẹ̀?
Is my complaint concerning man? Why then should I not be angry?
5 Ẹ wò mí fín, kí ẹnu kí ó sì yà yín, kí ẹ sì fi ọwọ́ lé ẹnu yín.
Look upon me, and be astonished, And lay your hand upon your mouth!
6 Àní nígbà tí mo rántí, ẹ̀rù bà mí, ìwárìrì sì mú mi lára.
When I think of it, I am confounded; Trembling taketh hold of my flesh.
7 Nítorí kí ní ènìyàn búburú fi wà ní ayé, tí wọ́n gbó, àní tí wọ́n di alágbára ní ipa?
Why is it that the wicked live, Grow old, yea, become mighty in substance?
8 Irú-ọmọ wọn fi ìdí kalẹ̀ ní ojú wọn pẹ̀lú wọn, àti ọmọ ọmọ wọn ní ojú wọn.
Their children are established in their sight with them, And their offspring before their eyes.
9 Ilé wọn wà láìní ewu àti ẹ̀rù, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ọ̀pá ìbínú Ọlọ́run kò sí lára wọn.
Their houses are in peace, without fear, And the rod of God cometh not upon them.
10 Akọ màlúù wọn a máa gùn, kì í sì tàsé; abo màlúù wọn a máa bí, kì í sì í ṣẹ́yun.
Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; Their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
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 dance.
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 spend their days in prosperity, And in a moment go down to the under-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! We desire not the knowledge of thy ways!
15 Kí ni Olódùmarè tí àwa ó fi máa sìn in? Èrè kí ni a ó sì jẹ bí àwa ba gbàdúrà sí i?
Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what will it profit us, if we pray to him?”
16 Kíyèsi i, àlàáfíà wọn kò sí nípa ọwọ́ wọn; ìmọ̀ ènìyàn búburú jìnnà sí mi réré.
[[Ye say, ]] “Lo! their prosperity is not secure in their hands! Far from me be the conduct of the wicked!”
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 it, that the lamp of the wicked is put out? And that destruction cometh upon them, And that He dispenseth to them tribulations in his anger?
18 Wọ́n dàbí àgékù koríko níwájú afẹ́fẹ́, àti bí ìyàngbò, tí ẹ̀fúùfù ńlá fẹ́ lọ.
How often are they as stubble before the wind, Or as chaff, which the whirlwind carrieth 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.
“But” [[say ye]] “God layeth up his iniquity for his children.” Let him requite the offender, and let him feel it!
20 Ojú rẹ̀ yóò rí ìparun ara rẹ̀, yóò sì máa mu nínú ríru ìbínú Olódùmarè.
Let his own eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty!
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 concern hath he for his household after him, When the number of his own months is completed?
22 “Ǹjẹ́ ẹnikẹ́ni le kọ Ọlọ́run ní ìmọ̀? Òun ní í sá à ń ṣe ìdájọ́ ẹni ibi gíga.
Who then shall impart knowledge to God, —To him that judgeth the highest?
23 Ẹnìkan a kú nínú pípé agbára rẹ̀, ó wà nínú ìrora àti ìdákẹ́ pátápátá.
One dieth in the fulness of his prosperity, Being wholly at ease and quiet;
24 Ọpọ́n rẹ̀ kún fún omi ọmú, egungun rẹ̀ sì tutù fún ọ̀rá.
His sides are full of fat, And his bones moist with marrow.
25 Ẹlòmíràn a sì kú nínú kíkorò ọkàn rẹ̀, tí kò sì fi inú dídùn jẹun.
Another dieth in bitterness of soul, And hath not tasted pleasure.
26 Wọ́n o dùbúlẹ̀ bákan náà nínú erùpẹ̀, kòkòrò yóò sì ṣùbò wọ́n.
Alike they lie down in the dust, And the worms 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 devices by which ye wrong 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 oppressor, And where 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 never inquired of travellers, And do ye not know their tokens,
30 pé ènìyàn búburú ní a fi pamọ́ fún ọjọ́ ìparun. A ó sì mú wọn jáde ní ọjọ́ ríru ìbínú.
That the wicked is spared in the day of destruction, And that he is borne to his grave in 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?
Who will charge him with his conduct to his face, And who will requite him for the evil he hath done?
32 Síbẹ̀ a ó sì sin ín ní ọ̀nà ipò òkú, a ó sì máa ṣọ́ ibojì òkú.
Even this man is borne with honor to the grave; Yea, he watcheth over his tomb.
33 Ògúlùtu àfonífojì yóò dùn mọ́ ọn. Gbogbo ènìyàn yóò sì máa tọ̀ ọ́ lẹ́yìn, bí ènìyàn àìníye ti lọ síwájú rẹ̀.
Sweet to him are the sods of the valley: And all men move after him, As multitudes without number before him.
34 “Èéha ti ṣe tí ẹ̀yin fi ń tù mí nínú lásán, bí ò ṣe pé ní ìdáhùn yín, àrékérekè wa níbẹ̀!”
Why then do ye offer your vain consolations? Your answers continue false.
