Job 22
1 Ìgbà náà ni Elifasi, ará Temani, dáhùn wí pé,
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and sayde,
2 “Ènìyàn lè è ṣe rere fún Ọlọ́run? Bí ọlọ́gbọ́n ti í ṣe rere fún ara rẹ̀?
May a man be profitable vnto God, as he that is wise, may be profitable to himselfe?
3 Ohun ayọ̀ ha ni fún Olódùmarè pé olódodo ni ìwọ? Tàbí èrè kí ni fún un ti ìwọ mú ọ̀nà rẹ̀ pé?
Is it any thing vnto the Almightie, that thou art righteous? or is it profitable to him, that thou makest thy wayes vpright?
4 “Yóò ha bá ọ wí bí, nítorí ìbẹ̀rù Ọlọ́run rẹ? Yóò ha bá ọ lọ sínú ìdájọ́ bí?
Is it for feare of thee that he will accuse thee? or go with thee into iudgement?
5 Ìwà búburú rẹ kò ha tóbi, àti ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ rẹ láìníye?
Is not thy wickednes great, and thine iniquities innumerable?
6 Nítòótọ́ ìwọ béèrè fún ààbò ni ọwọ́ arákùnrin rẹ láìnídìí, ìwọ sì tú oníhòhò ní aṣọ wọn.
For thou hast taken the pledge from thy brother for nought, and spoyled the clothes of the naked.
7 Ìwọ kò fi omi fún aláàárẹ̀ mu, ìwọ sì háwọ́ oúnjẹ fún ẹni tí ebi ń pa.
To such as were wearie, thou hast not giuen water to drinke, and hast withdrawen bread from the hungrie.
8 Bí ó ṣe ti alágbára nì, òun ni ó ní ilẹ̀, ọlọ́lá sì tẹ̀dó sínú rẹ̀.
But the mightie man had the earth, and he that was in autoritie, dwelt in it.
9 Ìwọ ti rán àwọn opó padà lọ ní ọwọ́ òfo, apá àwọn ọmọ aláìní baba ti di ṣiṣẹ́.
Thou hast cast out widowes emptie, and the armes of the fatherles were broken.
10 Nítorí náà ni ìdẹ̀kùn ṣe yí ọ káàkiri, àti ìbẹ̀rù òjijì ń yọ ọ́ lẹ́nu.
Therefore snares are round about thee, and feare shall suddenly trouble thee:
11 Èéṣe tí òkùnkùn fi pọ̀ tó bẹ́ẹ̀ tí ìwọ kò fi lè ríran. Èéṣe tí ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ omi sì bò ọ́ mọ́lẹ̀.
Or darkenes that thou shouldest not see, and abundance of waters shall couer thee.
12 “Ọlọ́run kò ha jẹ́ ẹni gíga ọ̀run? Sá wo orí àwọn ìràwọ̀ bí wọ́n ti ga tó!
Is not God on hie in the heauen? and behold the height of the starres how hie they are.
13 Ìwọ sì wí pé, Ọlọ́run ti ṣe mọ̀? Òun ha lè ṣe ìdájọ́ láti inú òkùnkùn wá bí?
But thou sayest, How should God know? can he iudge through the darke cloude?
14 Ǹjẹ́ àwọsánmọ̀ tí ó nípọn jẹ ìbora fún un, tí kò fi lè ríran; ó sì ń rìn nínú àyíká ọ̀run.
The cloudes hide him that he can not see, and he walketh in the circle of heauen.
15 Ǹjẹ́ ìwọ fẹ́ rin ipa ọ̀nà ìgbàanì tí àwọn ènìyàn búburú tí rìn?
Hast thou marked the way of the worlde, wherein wicked men haue walked?
16 A ké wọn lulẹ̀ kúrò nínú ayé láìpé ọjọ́ wọn, ìpìlẹ̀ wọn ti da bí odò ṣíṣàn.
Which were cut downe before the time, whose foundation was as a riuer that ouerflowed:
17 Àwọn ẹni tí ó wí fún Ọlọ́run pé, ‘Lọ kúrò lọ́dọ̀ wa! Kí ni Olódùmarè yóò ṣe fún wọn?’
Which sayd vnto God, Depart from vs, and asked what the Almightie could do for them.
18 Síbẹ̀ ó fi ohun rere kún ilé wọn! Ṣùgbọ́n ìmọ̀ ènìyàn búburú jìnnà sí mi!
Yet hee filled their houses with good things: but let the counsell of the wicked be farre from me.
19 Àwọn olódodo rí ìparun wọn, wọ́n sì yọ̀, àwọn aláìlẹ́ṣẹ̀ sì fi wọ́n rẹ́rìn-ín ẹlẹ́yà pé,
The righteous shall see them, and shall reioyce, and the innocent shall laugh them to scorne.
20 ‘Lóòtítọ́ àwọn ọ̀tá wa ni a ké kúrò, iná yóò sì jó oró wọn run.’
Surely our substance is hid: but the fire hath deuoured the remnant of them.
21 “Fa ara rẹ súnmọ́ Ọlọ́run, ìwọ ó sì rí àlàáfíà; nípa èyí ni rere yóò wá bá ọ.
Therefore acquaint thy selfe, I pray thee, with him, and make peace: thereby thou shalt haue prosperitie.
22 Èmi bẹ̀ ọ́, gba òfin láti ẹnu rẹ̀ wá, kí o sì to ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ̀ sí àyà rẹ.
Receiue, I pray thee, the law of his mouth, and lay vp his words in thine 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 returne to the Almightie, thou shalt be buylt vp, and thou shalt put iniquitie farre from thy tabernacle.
24 tí ìwọ bá tẹ́ wúrà dáradára sílẹ̀, lórí erùpẹ̀ àti wúrà Ofiri lábẹ́ òkúta odò,
Thou shalt lay vp golde for dust, and the gold of Ophir, as the flintes of the riuers.
25 nígbà náà ní Olódùmarè yóò jẹ́ wúrà rẹ, àní yóò sì jẹ́ fàdákà fún ọ ní ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀.
Yea, the Almightie shalbe thy defence, and thou shalt haue plentie of siluer.
26 Lóòtítọ́ nígbà náà ní ìwọ ó ní inú dídùn nínú Olódùmarè, ìwọ ó sì gbé ojú rẹ sókè sọ́dọ̀ Ọlọ́run.
And thou shalt then delite in the Almightie, and lift vp thy face vnto God.
27 Bí ìwọ bá gbàdúrà rẹ sọ́dọ̀ rẹ̀, yóò sì gbọ́ tìrẹ, ìwọ ó sì san ẹ̀jẹ́ rẹ.
Thou shalt make thy praier vnto him, and he shall heare thee, and thou shalt render thy vowes.
28 Ìwọ ó sì gbìmọ̀ ohun kan pẹ̀lú, yóò sì fi ìdí múlẹ̀ fún ọ; ìmọ́lẹ̀ yóò sì mọ́ sípa ọ̀nà rẹ.
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and he shall establish it vnto thee, and the light shall shine vpon thy wayes.
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!
When others are cast downe, then shalt thou say, I am lifted vp: and God shall saue the humble person.
30 Yóò gba ẹni tí kì í ṣe aláìjẹ̀bi là, a ó sì gbà á nípa mímọ́ ọwọ́ rẹ̀.”
The innocent shall deliuer the yland, and it shalbe preserued by the purenes of thine hands.
