Job 24
1 “Ṣe bí ìgbà kò pamọ́ lọ́dọ̀ Olódùmarè fún ìdájọ́? Èéṣe tí ojúlùmọ̀ rẹ̀ kò fi rí ọjọ́ rẹ̀?
The times are not hidden from the Almighty; even those who know him, do not know his days.
2 Wọ́n a sún àmì ààlà ilẹ̀, wọ́n á fi agbára kó agbo ẹran lọ, wọ́n a sì bọ́ wọn.
Some have crossed the boundaries, plundered the flocks, and given them pasture.
3 Wọ́n á sì da kẹ́tẹ́kẹ́tẹ́ aláìní baba lọ, wọ́n a sì gba ọ̀dá màlúù opó ní ohun ògo.
They have driven away the donkey of orphans, and have taken the cow from the widow as collateral.
4 Wọ́n á bi aláìní kúrò lójú ọ̀nà, àwọn tálákà ayé a fi agbára sá pamọ́.
They have undermined the way of the poor, and have pressed together the meek of the earth.
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.
Others, like wild asses in the desert, go forth to their work; by watching for prey, they obtain bread for their children.
6 Olúkúlùkù a sì sá ọkà oúnjẹ ẹran rẹ̀ nínú oko, wọn a sì ká ọgbà àjàrà ènìyàn búburú.
They reap a field that is not their own, and they harvest a vineyard that they have taken by force.
7 Ní ìhòhò ni wọn máa sùn láìní aṣọ, tí wọn kò ní ìbora nínú òtútù.
They send men away naked, having taken the clothing of those who have no covering in the cold;
8 Ọ̀wààrà òjò òkè ńlá sì pa wọ́n, wọ́n sì lẹ̀ mọ́ àpáta nítorí tí kò sí ààbò.
these are wet with the mountain rain, and, having no covering, they embrace the rocks.
9 Wọ́n já ọmọ aláìní baba kúrò ní ẹnu ọmú, wọ́n sì gbà ọmọ tálákà nítorí gbèsè.
They have used violence to deprive orphans, and they have robbed the poor common people.
10 Wọ́n rìn kiri ní ìhòhò láìní aṣọ; àwọn tí ebi ń pa rẹrù ìdì ọkà.
From the naked and those who do not have enough clothing, and from the hungry, they have taken away sheaves of grain.
11 Àwọn ẹni tí ń fún òróró nínú àgbàlá wọn, tí wọ́n sì ń tẹ ìfúntí àjàrà, síbẹ̀ òǹgbẹ sì ń gbẹ wọn.
They take their midday rest among the stockpiles of those who, though they have trodden the winepresses, suffer thirst.
12 Àwọn ènìyàn ń kérora láti ìlú wá, ọkàn àwọn ẹni tí ó gbọgbẹ́ kígbe sókè fún ìrànlọ́wọ́ síbẹ̀ Ọlọ́run kò kíyèsi àṣìṣe náà.
In the cities, they caused the men to groan and the spirit of the wounded to cry out, and so God does not allow this to go unpunished.
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.
They have been rebellious against the light; they have not known his ways, nor have they returned by his paths.
14 Apànìyàn a dìde ní àfẹ̀mọ́júmọ́, a sì pa tálákà àti aláìní, àti ní òru a di olè.
The killer of men rises at first light; he executes the destitute and the poor, but, in truth, he is like a thief in the night.
15 Ojú alágbèrè pẹ̀lú dúró kí ilẹ̀ ṣú díẹ̀; ‘Ó ní, ojú ẹnìkan kì yóò rí mi,’ ó sì fi ìbòjú bojú rẹ̀.
The eye of the adulterer waits for darkness, saying, “No eye will see me,” and he covers his face.
16 Ní òkùnkùn wọn á rúnlẹ̀ wọlé, tí wọ́n ti fi ojú sọ fún ara wọn ní ọ̀sán, wọn kò mọ̀ ìmọ́lẹ̀.
He passes through houses in the nighttime, just as they had agreed among themselves in the daytime; and they are ignorant of the light.
17 Nítorí pé bí òru dúdú ní òwúrọ̀ fún gbogbo wọn; nítorí tí wọn sì mọ̀ ìbẹ̀rù òkùnkùn.
If sunrise should suddenly appear, it is treated by them like the shadow of death; and they walk in darkness, as if in light.
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 nimble on the surface of water. His place on land is to be accursed. May he not walk by way of the vineyards.
19 Gẹ́gẹ́ bi ọ̀dá àti òru ní í mú omi òjò-dídì yọ́, bẹ́ẹ̀ ní isà òkú í run àwọn tó dẹ́ṣẹ̀. (Sheol h7585)
May he cross from the snowy waters to excessive heat, and his sin, all the way to hell. (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.
Let mercy forget him. His charm is worms. Let him not be remembered, but instead be broken like an unfruitful tree.
21 Ẹni tí o hù ìwà búburú sí àgàn tí kò ṣe rere sí opó.
For he has fed on the barren, who does not bear fruit, and he has not done good to the widow.
22 Ọlọ́run fi ipá agbára rẹ̀ fa alágbára, bí wọ́n tilẹ̀ fìdímúlẹ̀, kò sí ìrètí ìyè fún wọn.
He has pulled down the strong by his strength, and, when he stands up, he will not have trust in his 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.
God has given him a place for repentance, and he abuses it with arrogance, but his eyes are upon his ways.
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.
They are lifted up for a little while, but they will not continue, and they will be brought low, just like all things, and they will be taken away, and, like the tops of the ears of grain, they will be crushed.
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 this is not so, who is able to prove to me that I have lied and to place my words before God?
