Job 23

1 Ìgbà náà ni Jobu sì dáhùn wí pé,

And Job answers and says:

2 “Àní lónìí ni ọ̀ràn mi korò; ọwọ́ mí sì wúwo sí ìkérora mi.

“Also—today my complaint [is] bitter, My hand has been heavy because of my sighing.

3 Háà! èmi ìbá mọ ibi tí èmí ìbá wá Ọlọ́run rí, kí èmí kí ó tọ̀ ọ́ lọ sí ibùgbé rẹ̀!

O that I had known—and I find Him, I come to His seat,

4 Èmi ìbá sì to ọ̀ràn náà níwájú rẹ̀, ẹnu mi ìbá sì kún fún àròyé.

I arrange the cause before Him, And fill my mouth [with] arguments.

5 Èmi ìbá sì mọ ọ̀rọ̀ tí òun ìbá fi dá mi lóhùn; òye ohun tí ìbáwí a sì yé mi.

I know the words He answers me, And understand what He says to me.

6 Yóò ha fi agbára ńlá bá mi wíjọ́ bí? Àgbẹdọ̀, kìkì pé òun yóò sì kíyèsi mi.

Does He strive with me in the abundance of power? No! Surely He puts [it] in me.

7 Níbẹ̀ ni olódodo le è bá a wíjọ́, níwájú rẹ̀ bẹ́ẹ̀ ni èmi yóò sì bọ́ ni ọwọ́ onídàájọ́ mi láéláé.

There the upright reason with Him, And I escape from mine who is judging—forever.

8 “Sì wò ó, bí èmi bá lọ sí iwájú, òun kò sí níbẹ̀, àti sí ẹ̀yìn, èmi kò sì rí òye rẹ̀.

Behold, I go forward—and He is not, And backward—and I do not perceive Him.

9 Ni apá òsì bí ó bá ṣiṣẹ́ níbẹ̀, èmi kò rí i, ó fi ara rẹ̀ pamọ́ ni apá ọ̀tún, tí èmi kò le è rí i.

[To] the left in His working—and I do not see, He is covered [on] the right, and I do not behold.

10 Ṣùgbọ́n òun mọ ọ̀nà tí èmi ń tọ̀, nígbà tí ó bá dán mí wò, èmi yóò jáde bí wúrà.

For He has known the way with me, He has tried me—I go forth as gold.

11 Ẹsẹ̀ mí ti tẹ̀lé ipasẹ̀ ìrìn rẹ̀; ọ̀nà rẹ̀ ni mo ti kíyèsi, tí ń kò sì yà kúrò.

My foot has laid hold on His step, I have kept His way, and do not turn aside,

12 Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni èmi kò padà sẹ́yìn kúrò nínú òfin ẹnu rẹ̀, èmi sì pa ọ̀rọ̀ ẹnu rẹ̀ mọ́ ju oúnjẹ òòjọ́ lọ.

The command of His lips, and I do not depart. I have laid up above my allotted portion The sayings of His mouth.

13 “Ṣùgbọ́n onínú kan ni òun, ta ni yóò sì yí i padà? Èyí tí ọkàn rẹ̀ sì ti fẹ́, èyí náà ní í ṣe.

And He [is] in one [mind], And who turns Him back? And His soul has desired—and He does [it].

14 Nítòótọ́ ohun tí a ti yàn fún mi ní í ṣe; ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ irú ohun bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ó wà ní ọwọ́ rẹ̀.

For He completes my portion, And many such things [are] with Him.

15 Nítorí náà ni ara kò ṣe rọ̀ mí níwájú rẹ̀; nígbà tí mo bá rò ó, ẹ̀rù a bà mi.

Therefore, I am troubled at His presence, I consider, and am afraid of Him.

16 Nítorí pé Ọlọ́run ti pá mi ní àyà, Olódùmarè sì ń dààmú mi.

And God has made my heart soft, And the Mighty has troubled me.

17 Nítorí tí a kò tí ì ké mi kúrò níwájú òkùnkùn, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kò pa òkùnkùn biribiri mọ́ kúrò níwájú mi.

For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness.”