Job 31
1 “Mo ti bá ojú mi dá májẹ̀mú, èmi yó ha ṣe tẹjúmọ́ wúńdíá?
I made a covenant with mine eyes, and I will not think upon a virgin.
2 Nítorí pé kí ni ìpín Ọlọ́run láti ọ̀run wá? Tàbí kí ni ogún Olódùmarè láti òkè ọ̀run wá.
Now what portion has God given from above? and is there an inheritance [given] of the Mighty One from the highest?
3 Kò ṣe pé àwọn ènìyàn búburú ni ìparun wà fún, àti àjàkálẹ̀-ààrùn fún àwọn oníṣẹ́ ẹ̀ṣẹ̀?
Alas! destruction to the unrighteous, and rejection to them that do iniquity.
4 Òun kò ha ri ipa ọ̀nà mi, òun kò ha sì ka gbogbo ìṣísẹ̀ mi?
Will he not see my way, and number all my steps?
5 “Bí ó bá ṣe pé èmi bá fi àìṣòótọ́ rìn, tàbí tí ẹsẹ̀ mi sì yára sí ẹ̀tàn,
But if I had gone with scorners, and if too my foot has hasted to deceit:
6 (jẹ́ kí Ọlọ́run wọ́n mí nínú ìwọ̀n òdodo, kí Ọlọ́run le mọ ìdúró ṣinṣin mi.)
(for I am weighed in a just balance, and the Lord knows my innocence: )
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 foot has turned aside out of the way, or if mine heart has followed mine eye, and if too I have touched gifts with my hands;
8 ǹjẹ́ kí èmi kí ó gbìn kí ẹlòmíràn kí ó sì mújẹ, àní kí a fa irú-ọmọ mi tu.
then let me sow, and let others eat; and let me be uprooted on the earth.
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 gone forth after another man's wife, and if I laid wait at her doors;
10 kí àyà mi kí ó lọ ọlọ fún ẹlòmíràn, kí àwọn ẹlòmíràn kí ó tẹ̀ ara wọn ní ara rẹ̀.
then let my wife also please another, and let my children be brought low.
11 Nítorí pé yóò jẹ́ ohun ìtìjú àní, ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ tí a ó ṣe onídàájọ́ rẹ̀.
For the rage of anger is not to be controlled, [in the case] of defiling [another] man's wife.
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 burning on every side, and whoever it attacks, it utterly destroys.
13 “Tí mo bá sì ṣe àìka ọ̀ràn ìránṣẹ́kùnrin mi tàbí ìránṣẹ́bìnrin mi sí, nígbà tí wọ́n bá ń bá mi jà;
And if too I despised the judgment of my servant or [my] handmaid, when they pleaded with 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 then shall I do if the Lord should try me? and if also he should at all visit me, can I make an answer?
15 Ẹni tí ó dá mi ní inú kọ́ ni ó dá a? Ẹnìkan náà kí ó mọ wá ní inú ìyá wa?
Were not they too formed as I also was formed in the womb? yes, we were formed in the same womb.
16 “Bí mo bá fa ọwọ́ sẹ́yìn fún ìfẹ́ inú tálákà, tàbí bí mo bá sì mú kí ojú opó rẹ̀wẹ̀sì,
But the helpless missed not whatever need they had, and I did not cause the eye of the widow to fail.
17 tàbí tí mo bá nìkan bu òkèlè mi jẹ, tí aláìní baba kò jẹ nínú rẹ̀;
And if too I ate my morsel alone, and did not impart [of it] to the orphan;
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:
(for I nourished [them] as a father from my youth and guided [them] from my mother's womb.)
19 bí èmi bá rí olùpọ́njú láìní aṣọ, tàbí tálákà kan láìní ìbora;
And if too I overlooked the naked as he was perishing, and did not clothe him;
20 bí ọkàn rẹ̀ kò bá súre fún mi, tàbí bí ara rẹ̀ kò sì gbóná nípasẹ̀ irun àgùntàn mi;
and if the poor did not bless me, and their shoulders were [not] warmed with the fleece of my lambs;
21 bí mo bá sì gbé ọwọ́ mi sókè sí aláìní baba, nítorí pé mo rí ìrànlọ́wọ́ mi ní ẹnu ibodè,
if I lifted my hand against an orphan, trusting that my strength was far superior [to his]:
22 ǹjẹ́, ní apá mi kí o wọ́n kúrò ní ihò èjìká rẹ̀, kí apá mi kí ó sì ṣẹ́ láti egungun rẹ̀ wá.
let them my shoulder start from the blade-bone, and my arm be crushed off from the elbow.
23 Nítorí pé ìparun láti ọ̀dọ̀ Ọlọ́run wá ni ẹ̀rù ńlá fún mi, àti nítorí ọláńlá rẹ̀ èmi kò le è dúró.
For the fear of the Lord constrained me, and I can’t bear up by reason of his burden.
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 made gold my treasure, and if too I trusted the precious stone;
25 bí mo bá yọ̀ nítorí ọrọ̀ mí pọ̀, àti nítorí ọwọ́ mi dara lọ́pọ̀lọ́pọ̀,
and if too I rejoiced when my wealth was abundant, and if too I laid my hand on innumerable [treasures]:
26 bí mo bá bojú wo oòrùn nígbà tí ń ràn, tàbí òṣùpá tí ń ràn nínú ìtànmọ́lẹ̀,
(do we not see the shining sun eclipsed, and the moon waning? for they have not [power to continue]: )
27 bí a bá tàn ọkàn mi jẹ láti fi ẹnu mi kò ọwọ́ mi,
and if my heart was secretly deceived, and if I have laid my hand upon my mouth and kissed it:
28 èyí pẹ̀lú ni ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ ti àwọn onídàájọ́ ní láti bẹ̀wò, nítorí pé èmí yóò jẹ́ aláìṣòótọ́ sí Ọlọ́run tí ó wà lókè.
let this also then be reckoned to me as the greatest iniquity: for I [should] have lied against the Lord Most 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.
And if too I was glad at the fall of mine enemies, and mine heart said, Aha!
30 Bẹ́ẹ̀ èmi kò sì jẹ ki ẹnu mi ki ó ṣẹ̀ nípa fífẹ́ ègún sí ọkàn rẹ̀.
let then mine ear hear my curse, and let me be a byword among my people in my affliction.
31 Bí àwọn ènìyàn inú àgọ́ mi kò bá lè wí pé, ‘Ta ni kò ì tí ì jẹ ẹran rẹ̀ ní àjẹyó?’
And if too my handmaids have often said, Oh that we might be satisfied with his flesh; (whereas I was very kind:
32 Àlejò kò wọ̀ ni ìgboro rí; èmí ṣí ìlẹ̀kùn mi sílẹ̀ fún èrò.
for the stranger did not lodge without, and my door was opened to every one that came: )
33 Bí mo bá bò ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ mi mọ́lẹ̀ bí Adamu ni pápá, ẹ̀bi mi pamọ́ ni àyà mi.
or if too having sinned unintentionally, I hid my sin;
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?
(for I did not stand in awe of a great multitude, so as not to declare boldly before them: ) and if too I permitted a poor man to go out of my door with an empty bosom:
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 a hearer, ) and if I had not feared the hand of the Lord; and [as to] the written charge which I had against any one,
36 Nítòótọ́ èmí ìbá gbé le èjìká mi, èmi ìbá sì dé bí adé mọ́ orí mi.
I would place [it] as a chaplet on my shoulders, and read it.
37 Èmi ìbá sì sọ iye ìṣísẹ̀ mi fún un, bí ọmọ-aládé ni èmi ìbá súnmọ́ ọ̀dọ̀ rẹ̀.)
And if I did not read it and return it, having taken nothing from the debtor:
38 “Bí ilẹ̀ mi bá sì ké rara lòdì sí mi tí a sì fi omijé kún gbogbo poro rẹ̀.
If at any time the land groaned against me, and if its furrows mourned together;
39 Bí mo bá jẹ èso oko mi láìsan owó tàbí tí mo sì mú ọkàn olúwa rẹ̀ fò lọ,
and if I ate its strength alone without price, and if I too grieved the heart of the owner of the soil, by taking [anything] from [him]:
40 kí ẹ̀gún òṣùṣú kí ó hù dípò alikama, àti èpò búburú dípò ọkà barle.” Ọ̀rọ̀ Jobu parí.
then let the nettle come up to me instead of wheat, and a bramble instead of barley. And Job ceased speaking.
