Job 23

1 Ìgbà náà ni Jobu sì dáhùn wí pé,

And Job answereth and saith: —

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

Also — to-day [is] my complaint bitter, My hand hath 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 in unto His seat,

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

I arrange before Him the cause, And my mouth fill [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 doth answer me, And understand what He saith to me.

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

In the abundance of power doth He strive with me? No! surely He putteth [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 doth reason with Him, And I escape for ever from my judge.

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

Lo, forward I go — and He is not, And backward — and I perceive him not.

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 see not, He is covered [on] the right, and I behold not.

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

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

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

On His step hath my foot laid hold, His way I have kept, and turn not 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 depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up 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 doth turn Him back? And His soul hath desired — and He doth [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 doth complete 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, from His presence I am troubled, I consider, and am afraid of Him.

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

And God hath made my heart soft, And the Mighty hath 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.