Job 31
1 “Mo ti bá ojú mi dá májẹ̀mú, èmi yó ha ṣe tẹjúmọ́ wúńdíá?
“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?
2 Nítorí pé kí ni ìpín Ọlọ́run láti ọ̀run wá? Tàbí kí ni ogún Olódùmarè láti òkè ọ̀run wá.
For what is the allotment of God from above, or the heritage from the Almighty on high?
3 Kò ṣe pé àwọn ènìyàn búburú ni ìparun wà fún, àti àjàkálẹ̀-ààrùn fún àwọn oníṣẹ́ ẹ̀ṣẹ̀?
Does not disaster come to the unjust and calamity to the workers of iniquity?
4 Òun kò ha ri ipa ọ̀nà mi, òun kò ha sì ka gbogbo ìṣísẹ̀ mi?
Does He not see my ways and count my every step?
5 “Bí ó bá ṣe pé èmi bá fi àìṣòótọ́ rìn, tàbí tí ẹsẹ̀ mi sì yára sí ẹ̀tàn,
If I have walked in falsehood or my foot has rushed to deceit,
6 (jẹ́ kí Ọlọ́run wọ́n mí nínú ìwọ̀n òdodo, kí Ọlọ́run le mọ ìdúró ṣinṣin mi.)
let God weigh me with honest scales, that He may know my integrity.
7 Bí ẹsẹ̀ mí bá yà kúrò lójú ọ̀nà, tí àyà mí sì tẹ̀lé ipa ojú mi, tàbí bí àbàwọ́n kan bá sì lẹ̀ mọ́ mi ní ọwọ́,
If my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has followed my eyes, or if impurity has stuck to my hands,
8 ǹjẹ́ kí èmi kí ó gbìn kí ẹlòmíràn kí ó sì mújẹ, àní kí a fa irú-ọmọ mi tu.
then may another eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted.
9 “Bí àyà mi bá di fífà sí ipasẹ̀ obìnrin kan, tàbí bí mo bá lọ í ba de ènìyàn ní ẹnu-ọ̀nà ilé aládùúgbò mi,
If my heart has been enticed by my neighbor’s wife, or I have lurked at his door,
10 kí àyà mi kí ó lọ ọlọ fún ẹlòmíràn, kí àwọn ẹlòmíràn kí ó tẹ̀ ara wọn ní ara rẹ̀.
then may my own wife grind grain for another, and may other men sleep with her.
11 Nítorí pé yóò jẹ́ ohun ìtìjú àní, ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ tí a ó ṣe onídàájọ́ rẹ̀.
For that would be a heinous crime, an iniquity to be judged.
12 Nítorí pé iná ní èyí tí ó jó dé ibi ìparun, tí ìbá sì fa gbòǹgbò ohun ìbísí mi gbogbo tu.
For it is a fire that burns down to Abaddon; it would root out my entire harvest.
13 “Tí mo bá sì ṣe àìka ọ̀ràn ìránṣẹ́kùnrin mi tàbí ìránṣẹ́bìnrin mi sí, nígbà tí wọ́n bá ń bá mi jà;
If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me,
14 kí ni èmi ó ha ṣe nígbà tí Ọlọ́run bá dìde? Nígbà tí ó bá sì ṣe ìbẹ̀wò, ohùn kí ni èmi ó dá?
what will I do when God rises to judge? How will I answer when called to account?
15 Ẹni tí ó dá mi ní inú kọ́ ni ó dá a? Ẹnìkan náà kí ó mọ wá ní inú ìyá wa?
Did not He who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same One form us in the womb?
16 “Bí mo bá fa ọwọ́ sẹ́yìn fún ìfẹ́ inú tálákà, tàbí bí mo bá sì mú kí ojú opó rẹ̀wẹ̀sì,
If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,
17 tàbí tí mo bá nìkan bu òkèlè mi jẹ, tí aláìní baba kò jẹ nínú rẹ̀;
if I have eaten my morsel alone, not sharing it with the fatherless—
18 nítorí pé láti ìgbà èwe mi wá ni a ti tọ́ ọ dàgbà pẹ̀lú mi bí ẹni pé baba, èmi sì ń ṣe ìtọ́jú opó láti inú ìyá mi wá:
though from my youth I reared him as would a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow—
19 bí èmi bá rí olùpọ́njú láìní aṣọ, tàbí tálákà kan láìní ìbora;
if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing, or a needy man without a cloak,
20 bí ọkàn rẹ̀ kò bá súre fún mi, tàbí bí ara rẹ̀ kò sì gbóná nípasẹ̀ irun àgùntàn mi;
if his heart has not blessed me for warming him with the fleece of my sheep,
21 bí mo bá sì gbé ọwọ́ mi sókè sí aláìní baba, nítorí pé mo rí ìrànlọ́wọ́ mi ní ẹnu ibodè,
if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,
22 ǹjẹ́, ní apá mi kí o wọ́n kúrò ní ihò èjìká rẹ̀, kí apá mi kí ó sì ṣẹ́ láti egungun rẹ̀ wá.
then may my arm fall from my shoulder and be torn from its socket.
23 Nítorí pé ìparun láti ọ̀dọ̀ Ọlọ́run wá ni ẹ̀rù ńlá fún mi, àti nítorí ọláńlá rẹ̀ èmi kò le è dúró.
For calamity from God terrifies me, and His splendor I cannot overpower.
24 “Bí ó bá ṣe pé mo fi wúrà ṣe ìgbẹ́kẹ̀lé mi, tàbí tí mo bá wí fún fàdákà dídára pé, ‘Ìwọ ni ààbò mi,’
If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security,
25 bí mo bá yọ̀ nítorí ọrọ̀ mí pọ̀, àti nítorí ọwọ́ mi dara lọ́pọ̀lọ́pọ̀,
if I have rejoiced in my great wealth because my hand had gained so much,
26 bí mo bá bojú wo oòrùn nígbà tí ń ràn, tàbí òṣùpá tí ń ràn nínú ìtànmọ́lẹ̀,
if I have beheld the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,
27 bí a bá tàn ọkàn mi jẹ láti fi ẹnu mi kò ọwọ́ mi,
so that my heart was secretly enticed and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,
28 èyí pẹ̀lú ni ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ ti àwọn onídàájọ́ ní láti bẹ̀wò, nítorí pé èmí yóò jẹ́ aláìṣòótọ́ sí Ọlọ́run tí ó wà lókè.
this would also be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God on high.
29 “Bí ó bá ṣe pé mo yọ̀ sì ìparun ẹni tí ó kórìíra mi. Tàbí bí mo bá sì gbéraga sókè, nígbà tí ibi bá a.
If I have rejoiced in my enemy’s ruin, or exulted when evil befell him—
30 Bẹ́ẹ̀ èmi kò sì jẹ ki ẹnu mi ki ó ṣẹ̀ nípa fífẹ́ ègún sí ọkàn rẹ̀.
I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse—
31 Bí àwọn ènìyàn inú àgọ́ mi kò bá lè wí pé, ‘Ta ni kò ì tí ì jẹ ẹran rẹ̀ ní àjẹyó?’
if the men of my house have not said, ‘Who is there who has not had his fill?’—
32 Àlejò kò wọ̀ ni ìgboro rí; èmí ṣí ìlẹ̀kùn mi sílẹ̀ fún èrò.
but no stranger had to lodge on the street, for my door has been open to the traveler—
33 Bí mo bá bò ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ mi mọ́lẹ̀ bí Adamu ni pápá, ẹ̀bi mi pamọ́ ni àyà mi.
if I have covered my transgressions like Adam by hiding my guilt in my heart,
34 Ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ènìyàn ni mo ha bẹ̀rù bí? Tàbí ẹ̀gàn àwọn ìdílé ní ń bà mí ní ẹ̀rù? Tí mo fi pa ẹnu mọ́, tí èmí kò sì fi sọ̀rọ̀ jáde?
because I greatly feared the crowds and the contempt of the clans terrified me, so that I kept silent and would not go outside—
35 (“Ìbá ṣe pé ẹnìkan le gbọ́ ti èmí! Kíyèsi i, àmì mi, kí Olódùmarè kí ó dá mi lóhùn, kí èmí kí ó sì rí ìwé náà tí olùfisùn mi ti kọ.
(Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment.
36 Nítòótọ́ èmí ìbá gbé le èjìká mi, èmi ìbá sì dé bí adé mọ́ orí mi.
Surely I would carry it on my shoulder and wear it like a crown.
37 Èmi ìbá sì sọ iye ìṣísẹ̀ mi fún un, bí ọmọ-aládé ni èmi ìbá súnmọ́ ọ̀dọ̀ rẹ̀.)
I would give account of all my steps; I would approach Him like a prince.)—
38 “Bí ilẹ̀ mi bá sì ké rara lòdì sí mi tí a sì fi omijé kún gbogbo poro rẹ̀.
if my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together,
39 Bí mo bá jẹ èso oko mi láìsan owó tàbí tí mo sì mú ọkàn olúwa rẹ̀ fò lọ,
if I have devoured its produce without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,
40 kí ẹ̀gún òṣùṣú kí ó hù dípò alikama, àti èpò búburú dípò ọkà barle.” Ọ̀rọ̀ Jobu parí.
then let briers grow instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley.” Thus conclude the words of Job.
