Job 4
1 Ìgbà náà ni Elifasi, ará Temani dáhùn wí pé,
And Eliphaz the Temanite answers and says:
2 “Bí àwa bá fi ẹnu lé e, láti bá ọ sọ̀rọ̀, ìwọ o ha banújẹ́? Ṣùgbọ́n ta ni ó lè pa ọ̀rọ̀ mọ́ ẹnu láìsọ?
“Has one tried a word with you? You are weary! And who is able to keep in words?
3 Kíyèsi i, ìwọ sá ti kọ́ ọ̀pọ̀ ènìyàn, ìwọ ṣá ti mú ọwọ́ aláìlera le.
Behold, you have instructed many, And feeble hands you make strong.
4 Ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ ti gbé àwọn tí ń ṣubú lọ dúró, ìwọ sì ti mú eékún àwọn tí ń wárìrì lera.
Your words raise up the stumbling one, And you strengthen bowing knees.
5 Ṣùgbọ́n nísinsin yìí ó dé bá ọ, ó sì rẹ̀ ọ́, ó kọlù ọ́; ara rẹ kò lélẹ̀.
But now, it comes to you, And you are weary; It strikes to you, and you are troubled.
6 Ìbẹ̀rù Ọlọ́run rẹ kò ha jẹ́ ìgbẹ́kẹ̀lé rẹ àti ìdúró ọ̀nà rẹ kò ha sì jẹ́ ìrètí rẹ?
Is your reverence not your confidence? Your hope—the perfection of your ways?
7 “Èmi bẹ̀ ọ́ rántí, ta ni ó ṣègbé rí láìṣẹ̀? Tàbí níbo ni a gbé gé olódodo kúrò rí?
Now remember, Who, being innocent, has perished? And where have the upright been cut off?
8 Àní bí èmi ti rí i pé, àwọn tí ń ṣe ìtulẹ̀ ẹ̀ṣẹ̀, tí wọ́n sì fún irúgbìn ìwà búburú, wọn a sì ká èso rẹ̀ náà.
As I have seen—plowers of iniquity, And sowers of misery, reap it!
9 Nípa ìfẹ́ sí Ọlọ́run wọn a ṣègbé, nípa èémí ìbínú rẹ̀ wọn a parun.
From the breath of God they perish, And from the spirit of His anger [are] consumed.
10 Bíbú ramúramù kìnnìún àti ohùn òǹrorò kìnnìún àti eyín àwọn ẹgbọrọ kìnnìún ní a ká.
The roaring of a lion, And the voice of a fierce lion, And teeth of young lions have been broken.
11 Kìnnìún kígbe, nítorí àìrí ohun ọdẹ, àwọn ẹgbọrọ kìnnìún sísanra ni a túká kiri.
An old lion is perishing without prey, And the whelps of the lioness separate.
12 “Ǹjẹ́ nísinsin yìí a fi ohun àṣírí kan hàn fún mi, etí mi sì gbà díẹ̀ nínú rẹ̀.
And a thing is secretly brought to me, And my ear receives a little of it.
13 Ní ìrò inú lójú ìran òru, nígbà tí oorun èjìká kùn ènìyàn.
In thoughts from visions of the night, In the falling of deep sleep on men,
14 Ẹ̀rù bà mí àti ìwárìrì tí ó mú gbogbo egungun mi jí pépé.
Fear has met me, and trembling, And the multitude of my bones caused to fear.
15 Nígbà náà ni ẹ̀mí kan kọjá lọ ní iwájú mi, irun ara mi dìde dúró ṣánṣán.
And a spirit passes before my face, The hair of my flesh stands up;
16 Ó dúró jẹ́ẹ́, ṣùgbọ́n èmi kò le wo àpẹẹrẹ ìrí rẹ̀, àwòrán kan hàn níwájú mi, ìdákẹ́rọ́rọ́ wà, mo sì gbóhùn kan wí pé,
It stands, and I do not discern its aspect, A likeness [is] before my eyes, Silence! And I hear a voice:
17 ‘Ẹni kíkú le jẹ́ olódodo ju Ọlọ́run, ènìyàn ha le mọ́ ju ẹlẹ́dàá rẹ̀ bí?
Is mortal man more righteous than God? Is a man cleaner than his Maker?
18 Kíyèsi i, òun kò gbẹ́kẹ̀lé àwọn ìránṣẹ́ rẹ̀, nínú àwọn angẹli rẹ̀ ní ó sì rí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀.
Behold, He puts no credence in His servants, Nor sets praise in His messengers.
19 Mélòó mélòó àwọn tí ń gbé inú ilé amọ̀, ẹni tí ìpìlẹ̀ wọ́n jásí erùpẹ̀ tí yóò di rírun kòkòrò.
Also—the inhabitants of houses of clay (Whose foundation [is] in the dust, They bruise them before a moth).
20 A pa wọ́n run láàrín òwúrọ̀ àti àṣálẹ́ wọ́n sì parun títí láé, láìrí ẹni kà á sí.
From morning to evening are beaten down, Without any regarding, they perish forever.
21 A kò ha ké okùn iye wọ́n kúrò bí? Wọ́n kú, àní láìlọ́gbọ́n?’
Has their excellence not been removed with them? They die, and not in wisdom!”
