Job 24
1 “Ṣe bí ìgbà kò pamọ́ lọ́dọ̀ Olódùmarè fún ìdájọ́? Èéṣe tí ojúlùmọ̀ rẹ̀ kò fi rí ọjọ́ rẹ̀?
But why have the seasons been hidden from the Lord,
2 Wọ́n a sún àmì ààlà ilẹ̀, wọ́n á fi agbára kó agbo ẹran lọ, wọ́n a sì bọ́ wọn.
while the ungodly have passed over the bound, carrying off the flock with the shepherd?
3 Wọ́n á sì da kẹ́tẹ́kẹ́tẹ́ aláìní baba lọ, wọ́n a sì gba ọ̀dá màlúù opó ní ohun ògo.
They have led away, the ass of the fatherless, and taken the widow's ox for a pledge.
4 Wọ́n á bi aláìní kúrò lójú ọ̀nà, àwọn tálákà ayé a fi agbára sá pamọ́.
They have turned aside the weak from the right way: and the meek of the earth have hidden themselves together.
5 Kíyèsi i, bí i kẹ́tẹ́kẹ́tẹ́ igbó nínú ijù ni àwọn tálákà jáde lọ sí iṣẹ́ wọn, wọ́n a tètè dìde láti wá ohun ọdẹ; ijù pèsè oúnjẹ fún wọn àti fún àwọn ọmọ wọn.
And they have departed like asses in the field, having gone forth on my account according to their own order: his bread is sweet to [his] little ones.
6 Olúkúlùkù a sì sá ọkà oúnjẹ ẹran rẹ̀ nínú oko, wọn a sì ká ọgbà àjàrà ènìyàn búburú.
They have reaped a field that was not their own before the time: the poor have laboured in the vineyards of the ungodly without pay and without food.
7 Ní ìhòhò ni wọn máa sùn láìní aṣọ, tí wọn kò ní ìbora nínú òtútù.
They have caused many naked to sleep without clothes, and they have taken away the covering of their body.
8 Ọ̀wààrà òjò òkè ńlá sì pa wọ́n, wọ́n sì lẹ̀ mọ́ àpáta nítorí tí kò sí ààbò.
They are wet with the drops of the mountains: they have embraced the rock, because they had no shelter.
9 Wọ́n já ọmọ aláìní baba kúrò ní ẹnu ọmú, wọ́n sì gbà ọmọ tálákà nítorí gbèsè.
They have snatched the fatherless from the breast, and have afflicted the outcast.
10 Wọ́n rìn kiri ní ìhòhò láìní aṣọ; àwọn tí ebi ń pa rẹrù ìdì ọkà.
And they have wrongfully caused [others] to sleep without clothing, and taken away the morsel of the hungry.
11 Àwọn ẹni tí ń fún òróró nínú àgbàlá wọn, tí wọ́n sì ń tẹ ìfúntí àjàrà, síbẹ̀ òǹgbẹ sì ń gbẹ wọn.
They have unrighteously laid wait in narrow places, and have not known the righteous way.
12 Àwọn ènìyàn ń kérora láti ìlú wá, ọkàn àwọn ẹni tí ó gbọgbẹ́ kígbe sókè fún ìrànlọ́wọ́ síbẹ̀ Ọlọ́run kò kíyèsi àṣìṣe náà.
Who have cast forth [the] poor from the city and their own houses, and the soul of the children has groaned aloud.
13 “Àwọn ni ó wà nínú àwọn tí ó ṣọ̀tẹ̀ sí ìmọ́lẹ̀, wọn kò mọ̀ ipa ọ̀nà rẹ̀, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni wọn kò dúró nípa ọ̀nà rẹ̀.
Why then has he not visited these? forasmuch as they were upon the earth, and took no notice, and they knew not the way of righteousness, neither have they walked in their [appointed] paths?
14 Apànìyàn a dìde ní àfẹ̀mọ́júmọ́, a sì pa tálákà àti aláìní, àti ní òru a di olè.
But having known their works, he delivered them into darkness: and in the night one will be as a thief:
15 Ojú alágbèrè pẹ̀lú dúró kí ilẹ̀ ṣú díẹ̀; ‘Ó ní, ojú ẹnìkan kì yóò rí mi,’ ó sì fi ìbòjú bojú rẹ̀.
and the eye of the adulterer has watched [for] the darkness, saying, Eye shall not perceive me, and he puts a covering on his face.
16 Ní òkùnkùn wọn á rúnlẹ̀ wọlé, tí wọ́n ti fi ojú sọ fún ara wọn ní ọ̀sán, wọn kò mọ̀ ìmọ́lẹ̀.
In darkness he digs through houses: by day they conceal themselves securely: they know not the light.
17 Nítorí pé bí òru dúdú ní òwúrọ̀ fún gbogbo wọn; nítorí tí wọn sì mọ̀ ìbẹ̀rù òkùnkùn.
For the morning is to them all [as] the shadow of death, for [each] will be conscious of the terror of the shadow of death.
18 “Ó yára lọ bí ẹni lójú omi; ìpín wọn ní ilé ayé ni a ó parun; òun kò rìn lọ mọ́ ní ọ̀nà ọgbà àjàrà.
He is swift on the face of the water: let his portion be cursed on the earth; and let their plants be laid bare.
19 Gẹ́gẹ́ bi ọ̀dá àti òru ní í mú omi òjò-dídì yọ́, bẹ́ẹ̀ ní isà òkú í run àwọn tó dẹ́ṣẹ̀. (Sheol h7585)
[Let them be] withered upon the earth; for they have plundered the sheaves of the fatherless. (Sheol h7585)
20 Inú ìbímọ yóò gbàgbé rẹ̀, kòkòrò ní yóò máa fi adùn jẹun lára rẹ̀; a kì yóò rántí ènìyàn búburú mọ́; bẹ́ẹ̀ ní a ó sì ṣẹ ìwà búburú bí ẹní ṣẹ́ igi.
Then is his sin brought to remembrance, and he vanishes like a vapour of dew: but let what he has done be recompensed to him, and let every unrighteous one be crushed like rotten wood.
21 Ẹni tí o hù ìwà búburú sí àgàn tí kò ṣe rere sí opó.
For he has not treated the barren woman well, and has had no pity on a feeble woman.
22 Ọlọ́run fi ipá agbára rẹ̀ fa alágbára, bí wọ́n tilẹ̀ fìdímúlẹ̀, kò sí ìrètí ìyè fún wọn.
And in wrath he has overthrown the helpless: therefore when he has arisen, [a man] will not feel secure of his own life.
23 Ọlọ́run sì fi àìléwu fún un, àti nínú èyí ni a ó sì tì i lẹ́yìn, ojú rẹ̀ sì wà ní ipa ọ̀nà wọn.
When he has fallen sick, let him not hope to recover: but let him perish by disease.
24 A gbé wọn lékè nígbà díẹ̀, wọ́n kọjá lọ; a sì rẹ̀ wọ́n sílẹ̀, a sì mú wọn kúrò ní ọ̀nà bí àwọn ẹlòmíràn, a sì ké wọn kúrò bí orí síírí ọkà bàbà.
For his exaltation has hurt many; but he has withered as mallows in the heat, or as an ear of corn falling off of itself from the stalk.
25 “Ǹjẹ́, bí kò bá rí bẹ́ẹ̀ nísinsin yìí, ta ni yóò mú mi ní èké, tí yóò sì sọ ọ̀rọ̀ mi di aláìníláárí?”
But if not, who is he that says I speak falsely, and will make my words of no account?
