Job 30
1 “Ṣùgbọ́n nísinsin yìí, àwọn tí mo gbà ní àbúrò ń fi mí ṣe ẹlẹ́yà baba ẹni tí èmi kẹ́gàn láti tò pẹ̀lú àwọn ajá nínú agbo ẹran mi.
And now - they have laughed on me [people] young more than me to days whom I rejected fathers their to put with [the] dogs of flock my.
2 Kí ni ìwúlò agbára ọwọ́ wọn sí mi, níwọ̀n ìgbà tí agbára wọn ti fi wọ́n sílẹ̀?
Also [the] strength of hands their why? to me on them it had perished vigor.
3 Wọ́n rù nítorí àìní àti ìyàn wọ́n ń rìn káàkiri ní ilẹ̀ gbígbẹ ní ibi ìkọ̀sílẹ̀ ní òru.
In poverty and in hunger barren the [ones who] gnaw a dry region yesterday of ruin and desolation.
4 Àwọn ẹni tí ń já ewé iyọ̀ ní ẹ̀bá igbó; gbogbo igikígi ni oúnjẹ jíjẹ wọn.
Those [who] pluck off mallow on bush[es] and [the] root of broom plants [for] food their.
5 A lé wọn kúrò láàrín ènìyàn, àwọn ènìyàn sì pariwo lé wọn lórí bí ẹní pariwo lé olè lórí.
From [the] community they are driven away people shout on them like thief.
6 A mú wọn gbe inú pàlàpálá òkúta àfonífojì, nínú ihò ilẹ̀ àti ti òkúta.
On [the] slope of wadis to dwell holes of [the] ground and rocks.
7 Wọ́n ń dún ní àárín igbó wọ́n kó ara wọn jọ pọ̀ ní abẹ́ ẹ̀gún neteli.
Between bushes they bray under nettle[s] they are joined together.
8 Àwọn ọmọ ẹni tí òye kò yé, àní àwọn ọmọ lásán, a sì lé wọn jáde kúrò ní orí ilẹ̀.
Sons of a fool also sons of not a name they have been scourged from the land.
9 “Ǹjẹ́ nísinsin yìí, àwọn ọmọ wọn ń fi mí ṣe ẹlẹ́yà nínú orin; àní èmi di ẹni ìṣọ̀rọ̀ sí láàrín wọn.
And now taunt song their I have become and I have become for them a word.
10 Wọ́n kórìíra mi; wọ́n sá kúrò jìnnà sí mi, wọn kò sì bìkítà láti tutọ́ sí mi lójú.
They abhor me they are distant from me and from face my not they have withheld spittle.
11 Nítorí Ọlọ́run ti tú okùn ìyè mi, ó sì pọ́n mi lójú; àwọn pẹ̀lú sì dẹ ìdẹ̀kùn níwájú mi.
For (string my *Q(K)*) he has loosened and he has afflicted me and [the] halter from before me they have sent away.
12 Àwọn ènìyàn lásán dìde ní apá ọ̀tún mi; wọ́n tì ẹsẹ̀ mi kúrò, wọ́n sì la ipa ọ̀nà ìparun sílẹ̀ dè mí.
On [the] right [side] a brood they arise feet my they have sent away and they have piled up on me [the] paths of disaster their.
13 Wọ́n da ipa ọ̀nà mi rú; wọ́n sì sọ ìparun mi di púpọ̀, àwọn tí kò ní olùrànlọ́wọ́.
They have torn down pathway my to destruction my they benefit not a helper [belongs] to them.
14 Wọ́n ya sí mi bí i omi tí ó ya gbuuru; ní ariwo ńlá ni wọ́n rọ́ wá.
Like a breach wide they come under devastation they have rolled themselves.
15 Ẹ̀rù ńlá bà mí; wọ́n lépa ọkàn mi bí ẹ̀fúùfù, àlàáfíà mi sì kọjá lọ bí àwọ̀ sánmọ̀.
It has been turned on me sudden terror it pursues like the wind dignity my and like a cloud it has passed away prosperity my.
16 “Àti nísinsin yìí, ayé mi n yòrò lọ díẹ̀díẹ̀; ọjọ́ ìpọ́njú mi dì mímú.
And now on me it pours itself out life my they seize me days of affliction.
17 Òru gún mi nínú egungun mi, èyí tí ó bù mí jẹ kò sì sinmi.
Night bones my he has pierced from on me and gnawing [pains] my not they rest!
18 Nípa agbára ńlá rẹ̀ Ọlọ́run wà bí aṣọ ìbora fún mi, ó sì lẹ̀ mọ́ mi ní ara yíká bí aṣọ ìlekè mi.
With greatness of strength it disguises itself clothing my like [the] mouth of tunic my he girds about me.
19 Ọlọ́run ti mú mi lọ sínú ẹrẹ̀, èmi sì dàbí eruku àti eérú.
He has thrown me to the mud and I have become like like dust and ash[es].
20 “Èmi ké pè ọ́ ìwọ Ọlọ́run, ṣùgbọ́n ìwọ kò dá mi lóhùn; èmi dìde dúró ìwọ sì wò mí lásán.
I cry for help to you and not you answer me I have stood and you have considered carefully me.
21 Ìwọ padà di ẹni ìkà sí mi; ọwọ́ agbára rẹ ni ìwọ fi dè mí ní ọ̀nà.
You change yourself into [one] cruel to me with [the] might of hand your you are hostile to me.
22 Ìwọ gbé mi sókè sí inú ẹ̀fúùfù, ìwọ mú mi fò lọ, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ìwọ sì sọ mí di asán pátápátá.
You lift up me to [the] wind you make ride me and you dissolve me (success. *Q(K)*)
23 Èmi sá à mọ̀ pé ìwọ yóò mú mi lọ sínú ikú, sí ilé ìpéjọ tí a yàn fún gbogbo alààyè.
For I know death you will bring me and a house of appointed meeting for every living [thing].
24 “Bí ó ti wù kí ó rí, ẹnìkan kí yóò ha nawọ́ rẹ̀ nígbà ìṣubú rẹ̀, tàbí kì yóò ké nínú ìparun rẹ̀.
Surely not on a heap of ruins anyone stretches out a hand or in disaster his to them a cry for help.
25 Èmi kò ha sọkún bí fún ẹni tí ó wà nínú ìṣòro? Ọkàn mi kò ha bàjẹ́ fún tálákà bí?
Not did I weep for [the] hard of day was it grieved? self my for the needy [person].
26 Nígbà tí mo fojú ṣọ́nà fún àlàáfíà, ibi sì dé; nígbà tí mo dúró de ìmọ́lẹ̀, òkùnkùn sì dé.
If good I waited for and it came evil and I waited for light and it came darkness.
27 Ikùn mí n ru kò sì sinmi, ọjọ́ ìpọ́njú ti dé bá mi.
Inward parts my they have been made to boil and not they have been still they have confronted me days of affliction.
28 Èmí ń rìn kiri nínú ọ̀fọ̀, ṣùgbọ́n kì í ṣe nínú oòrùn; èmi dìde dúró ní àwùjọ mo sì kígbe fún ìrànlọ́wọ́.
Being dark I have gone about with not sun I have stood in the assembly I cry out for help.
29 Èmi ti di arákùnrin ìkookò, èmi di ẹgbẹ́ àwọn ògòǹgò.
A brother I have become of jackals and a companion of daughters of an ostrich.
30 Àwọ̀ mi di dúdú ní ara mi; egungun mi sì jórun fún ooru.
Skin my it has become black from on me and bone my it has burned from heat.
31 Ohun èlò orin mi pẹ̀lú sì di ti ọ̀fọ̀, àti ìpè orin mi sì di ohùn àwọn tí ń sọkún.
And it has become mourning harp my and flute my [the] sound of weepers.
