Job 22
1 Ìgbà náà ni Elifasi, ará Temani, dáhùn wí pé,
Then Eliphaz the Themanite answered, and said:
2 “Ènìyàn lè è ṣe rere fún Ọlọ́run? Bí ọlọ́gbọ́n ti í ṣe rere fún ara rẹ̀?
Can man be compared with God, even though he were of perfect knowledge?
3 Ohun ayọ̀ ha ni fún Olódùmarè pé olódodo ni ìwọ? Tàbí èrè kí ni fún un ti ìwọ mú ọ̀nà rẹ̀ pé?
What doth it profit God if thou be just? or what dost thou give him if thy way be unspotted?
4 “Yóò ha bá ọ wí bí, nítorí ìbẹ̀rù Ọlọ́run rẹ? Yóò ha bá ọ lọ sínú ìdájọ́ bí?
Shall he reprove thee for fear, and come with thee into judgment:
5 Ìwà búburú rẹ kò ha tóbi, àti ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ rẹ láìníye?
And not for thy manifold wickedness, and thy infinite iniquities?
6 Nítòótọ́ ìwọ béèrè fún ààbò ni ọwọ́ arákùnrin rẹ láìnídìí, ìwọ sì tú oníhòhò ní aṣọ wọn.
For thou hast taken away the pledge of thy brethren without cause, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
7 Ìwọ kò fi omi fún aláàárẹ̀ mu, ìwọ sì háwọ́ oúnjẹ fún ẹni tí ebi ń pa.
Thou hast not given water to the weary, thou hast withdrawn bread from the hungry.
8 Bí ó ṣe ti alágbára nì, òun ni ó ní ilẹ̀, ọlọ́lá sì tẹ̀dó sínú rẹ̀.
In the strength of thy arm thou didst possess the land, and being the most mighty thou holdest it.
9 Ìwọ ti rán àwọn opó padà lọ ní ọwọ́ òfo, apá àwọn ọmọ aláìní baba ti di ṣiṣẹ́.
Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless thou hast broken in pieces.
10 Nítorí náà ni ìdẹ̀kùn ṣe yí ọ káàkiri, àti ìbẹ̀rù òjijì ń yọ ọ́ lẹ́nu.
Therefore art thou surrounded with snares, and sudden fear troubleth thee.
11 Èéṣe tí òkùnkùn fi pọ̀ tó bẹ́ẹ̀ tí ìwọ kò fi lè ríran. Èéṣe tí ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ omi sì bò ọ́ mọ́lẹ̀.
And didst thou think that thou shouldst not see darkness, and that thou shouldst not be covered with the violence of overflowing waters?
12 “Ọlọ́run kò ha jẹ́ ẹni gíga ọ̀run? Sá wo orí àwọn ìràwọ̀ bí wọ́n ti ga tó!
Dost not thou think that God is higher than heaven, and is elevated above the height of the stars?
13 Ìwọ sì wí pé, Ọlọ́run ti ṣe mọ̀? Òun ha lè ṣe ìdájọ́ láti inú òkùnkùn wá bí?
And thou sayst: What doth God know? and he judgeth as it were through a mist.
14 Ǹjẹ́ àwọsánmọ̀ tí ó nípọn jẹ ìbora fún un, tí kò fi lè ríran; ó sì ń rìn nínú àyíká ọ̀run.
The clouds are his covert, and he doth not consider our things, and he walketh about the poles of heaven.
15 Ǹjẹ́ ìwọ fẹ́ rin ipa ọ̀nà ìgbàanì tí àwọn ènìyàn búburú tí rìn?
Dost thou desire to keep the path of ages, which wicked men have trodden?
16 A ké wọn lulẹ̀ kúrò nínú ayé láìpé ọjọ́ wọn, ìpìlẹ̀ wọn ti da bí odò ṣíṣàn.
Who were taken away before their time, and a flood hath overthrown their foundation.
17 Àwọn ẹni tí ó wí fún Ọlọ́run pé, ‘Lọ kúrò lọ́dọ̀ wa! Kí ni Olódùmarè yóò ṣe fún wọn?’
Who said to God: Depart from us: and looked upon the Almighty as if he could do nothing:
18 Síbẹ̀ ó fi ohun rere kún ilé wọn! Ṣùgbọ́n ìmọ̀ ènìyàn búburú jìnnà sí mi!
Whereas he had filled their houses with good things: whose way of thinking be far from me.
19 Àwọn olódodo rí ìparun wọn, wọ́n sì yọ̀, àwọn aláìlẹ́ṣẹ̀ sì fi wọ́n rẹ́rìn-ín ẹlẹ́yà pé,
The just shall see, and shall rejoice, and the innocent shall laugh them to scorn.
20 ‘Lóòtítọ́ àwọn ọ̀tá wa ni a ké kúrò, iná yóò sì jó oró wọn run.’
Is not their exaltation cut down, and hath not fire devoured the remnants of them?
21 “Fa ara rẹ súnmọ́ Ọlọ́run, ìwọ ó sì rí àlàáfíà; nípa èyí ni rere yóò wá bá ọ.
Submit thyself then to him, and be at peace: and thereby thou shalt have the best fruits.
22 Èmi bẹ̀ ọ́, gba òfin láti ẹnu rẹ̀ wá, kí o sì to ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ̀ sí àyà rẹ.
Receive the law of his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.
23 Bí ìwọ bá yípadà sọ́dọ̀ Olódùmarè, a sì gbé ọ ró. Bí ìwọ bá sì mú ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ jìnnà réré kúrò nínú àgọ́ rẹ,
If thou wilt return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, and shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacle.
24 tí ìwọ bá tẹ́ wúrà dáradára sílẹ̀, lórí erùpẹ̀ àti wúrà Ofiri lábẹ́ òkúta odò,
He shall give for earth flint, and for flint torrents of gold.
25 nígbà náà ní Olódùmarè yóò jẹ́ wúrà rẹ, àní yóò sì jẹ́ fàdákà fún ọ ní ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀.
And the Almighty shall be against thy enemies, and silver shall be heaped together for thee.
26 Lóòtítọ́ nígbà náà ní ìwọ ó ní inú dídùn nínú Olódùmarè, ìwọ ó sì gbé ojú rẹ sókè sọ́dọ̀ Ọlọ́run.
Then shalt thou abound in delights in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face to God.
27 Bí ìwọ bá gbàdúrà rẹ sọ́dọ̀ rẹ̀, yóò sì gbọ́ tìrẹ, ìwọ ó sì san ẹ̀jẹ́ rẹ.
Thou shalt pray to him, and he will hear thee, and thou shalt pay vows.
28 Ìwọ ó sì gbìmọ̀ ohun kan pẹ̀lú, yóò sì fi ìdí múlẹ̀ fún ọ; ìmọ́lẹ̀ yóò sì mọ́ sípa ọ̀nà rẹ.
Thou shalt decree a thing, and it I shall come to thee, and light shall shine in thy ways.
29 Nígbà tí ipa ọ̀nà rẹ bá lọ sísàlẹ̀, nígbà náà ni ìwọ o wí pé, ‘Ìgbésókè ń bẹ!’ Ọlọ́run yóò sì gba onírẹ̀lẹ̀ là!
For he that hath been humbled, shall be in glory: and he that shall bow down his eyes, he shall be saved.
30 Yóò gba ẹni tí kì í ṣe aláìjẹ̀bi là, a ó sì gbà á nípa mímọ́ ọwọ́ rẹ̀.”
The innocent shall be saved, and he shall be saved by the cleanness of his hands.
