Job 29
1 Pẹ̀lúpẹ̀lú, Jobu sì tún tẹ̀síwájú nínú ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ̀, ó sì wí pé,
And Job again took up his measure, and said,
2 “Háà! ìbá ṣe pé èmi wà bí ìgbà oṣù tí ó kọjá, bí ọjọ́ tí Ọlọ́run pa mí mọ́,
Oh that it were with me as in the months of old, as in the days, when, GOD, used to watch over me;
3 nígbà tí fìtílà rẹ tàn sí mi ní orí, àti nípa ìmọ́lẹ̀ rẹ̀ èmi rìn nínú òkùnkùn já.
When his lamp shone over my head, by whose light, I could go through darkness;
4 Bí mo ti rí nígbà ọ̀dọ́ mi, nígbà tí ọ̀rẹ́ Ọlọ́run tímọ́tímọ́ bùkún ilé mi,
As I was, in the days of my prime, when, the intimacy of GOD, was over my tent;
5 nígbà tí Olódùmarè wà pẹ̀lú mi, nígbà tí àwọn ọmọ mi wà yí mi ká;
While yet the Almighty was with me, round about me, were my young men;
6 nígbà tí èmi fi òrí-àmọ́ n wẹ ìṣísẹ̀ mi, àti tí àpáta ń tú ìṣàn òróró jáde fún mi wá.
When my steps were bathed in milk, and, the rock, poured out beside me, rivulets of oil:
7 “Nígbà tí mo jáde la àárín ìlú lọ sí ẹnu ibodè, nígbà tí mo tẹ́ ìtẹ́ mi ní ìgboro,
When I went out to the gate unto the city, in the open place, made ready my seat,
8 nígbà náà ni àwọn ọmọkùnrin rí mi, wọ́n sì sá pamọ́, àwọn àgbà dìde dúró ní ẹsẹ̀ wọn,
Young men saw me, and hid themselves, and, the aged, arose—they stood;
9 àwọn ọmọ-aládé dákẹ́ ọ̀rọ̀ sísọ, wọn a sì fi ọwọ́ wọn lé ẹnu.
Rulers, restrained speech, and, a hand, laid they on their mouth;
10 Àwọn ọlọ́lá dákẹ́, ahọ́n wọn sì lẹ̀ mọ́ èrìgì ẹnu wọn.
The voice of nobles, was hushed, and their tongue to their palate, did cleave;
11 Nígbà tí etí gbọ́, ó sì súre fún mi, àti nígbà tí ojú sì rí mi, ó jẹ́rìí mi,
When, the ear, heard, then it pronounced me happy, When, the eye, saw, then it bare me witness;
12 nítorí mo gbà tálákà tí n fẹ́ ìrànlọ́wọ́, àti aláìní baba tí kò sí olùrànlọ́wọ́ fún un.
Because I used to deliver the oppressed who was crying out for aid, the fatherless also, and him that had no helper;
13 Ẹni tí ó ń kìlọ̀ súre fún mi, èmi sì mú àyà opó kọrin fún ayọ̀.
The blessing of him that was ready to perish, upon me was wont to descend, and, the heart of the widow, caused I to sing for joy;
14 Èmi sì mú òdodo wọ̀ bí aṣọ, ẹ̀tọ́ mi dàbí aṣọ ìgúnwà àti adé ọba.
Righteousness, I put on, and it clothed me, Like a robe and turban, was my, justice;
15 Mo ṣe ojú fún afọ́jú mo sì ṣe ẹsẹ̀ fún amúnkùn ún.
Eyes, became I to the, blind, and, feet to the lame, was, I!
16 Mo ṣe baba fún tálákà; mo ṣe ìwádìí ọ̀ràn àjèjì tí èmi kò mọ̀ rí.
A father, was, I, to the needy, and, as for the cause which I knew not, I used to search it out;
17 Mo sì ká eyín ẹ̀rẹ̀kẹ́ ènìyàn búburú, mo sì já ohun ọdẹ náà kúrò ní eyín rẹ̀.
And I shivered the fangs of the perverse, —and, out of his teeth, I tare the prey.
18 “Nígbà náà ni mo rò pé, ‘Èmi yóò kú nínú ilé mi, èmi yóò sì mú ọjọ́ mi pọ̀ sí i bí iyanrìn.
Then said I, Like a stem, shall I grow old, yea, as the sand, shall I multiply days:
19 Gbòǹgbò mi yóò ta kan omi, ìrì yóò sì sẹ̀ ní gbogbo òru sí ara ẹ̀ka mi.
My root, is laid open to the waters, and, the dew, shall lodge for the night in my boughs;
20 Ògo mi yóò wà ní ọ̀tún ní ọ̀dọ̀ mi, ọrun mi sì padà di tuntun ní ọwọ́ mi.’
Mine honour, shall be young again with me, and, my bow, in my hand, be renewed.
21 “Èmi ni ènìyàn ń dẹtí sílẹ̀ sí, wọn a sì dúró, wọn a sì dákẹ́ rọ́rọ́ ní ìmọ̀ràn mi.
To me, men hearkened, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel;
22 Lẹ́yìn ọ̀rọ̀ mi, wọn kò tún sọ̀rọ̀ mọ́; ọ̀rọ̀ mi wọ̀ wọ́n ní etí ṣinṣin.
After I had spoken, they spake not again, and, upon them, used my speech to drop;
23 Wọn a sì dúró dè mí bí ẹni wí pé wọ́n dúró fún ọ̀wọ́ òjò; wọn a sì mu nínú ọ̀rọ̀ mi bí ẹní mu nínú òjò àrọ̀kúrò.
And they waited, as for rain, for me, and, their mouths, they opened wide for the spring-rain;
24 Èmi sì rẹ́rìn-ín sí wọn nígbà tí wọn kò bá gbà á gbọ́; ìmọ́lẹ̀ ojú mi jẹ́ iyebíye sí wọn.
I laughed at them—they lost confidence, and, the light of my countenance, they suffered not to fail;
25 Mo la ọ̀nà sílẹ̀ fún wọn, mo sì jókòó bí olóyè wọn. Mo jókòó bí ọba ní àárín ológun rẹ, mo sì rí bí ẹni tí ń tu ẹni tí ń ṣọ̀fọ̀ nínú.
I chose out their way, and sat chief, —and abode, as king, in an army, as one who, to mourners, giveth comfort.
