Job 4
1 Ìgbà náà ni Elifasi, ará Temani dáhùn wí pé,
Then spake Eliphaz the Temanite, and said:
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?
If one attempt a word with thee, wilt thou be offended? But who can refrain from speaking?
3 Kíyèsi i, ìwọ sá ti kọ́ ọ̀pọ̀ ènìyàn, ìwọ ṣá ti mú ọwọ́ aláìlera le.
Behold, thou hast admonished many; Thou hast strengthened feeble hands;
4 Ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ ti gbé àwọn tí ń ṣubú lọ dúró, ìwọ sì ti mú eékún àwọn tí ń wárìrì lera.
Thy words have upheld him that was falling, And thou hast given strength to feeble knees.
5 Ṣùgbọ́n nísinsin yìí ó dé bá ọ, ó sì rẹ̀ ọ́, ó kọlù ọ́; ara rẹ kò lélẹ̀.
But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; It toucheth thee, and thou art confounded!
6 Ìbẹ̀rù Ọlọ́run rẹ kò ha jẹ́ ìgbẹ́kẹ̀lé rẹ àti ìdúró ọ̀nà rẹ kò ha sì jẹ́ ìrètí rẹ?
Is not thy fear of God thy hope, And the uprightness of thy ways thy confidence?
7 “Èmi bẹ̀ ọ́ rántí, ta ni ó ṣègbé rí láìṣẹ̀? Tàbí níbo ni a gbé gé olódodo kúrò rí?
Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished being innocent? Or where have the righteous 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.
According to what I have seen, they who plough iniquity, And sow mischief, reap the same.
9 Nípa ìfẹ́ sí Ọlọ́run wọn a ṣègbé, nípa èémí ìbínú rẹ̀ wọn a parun.
By the blast of God they perish, And by the breath of his nostrils they are consumed.
10 Bíbú ramúramù kìnnìún àti ohùn òǹrorò kìnnìún àti eyín àwọn ẹgbọrọ kìnnìún ní a ká.
The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young lions are broken.
11 Kìnnìún kígbe, nítorí àìrí ohun ọdẹ, àwọn ẹgbọrọ kìnnìún sísanra ni a túká kiri.
The fierce lion perisheth for lack of prey, And the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.
12 “Ǹjẹ́ nísinsin yìí a fi ohun àṣírí kan hàn fún mi, etí mi sì gbà díẹ̀ nínú rẹ̀.
A word was once secretly brought to me, And mine ear caught a whisper thereof.
13 Ní ìrò inú lójú ìran òru, nígbà tí oorun èjìká kùn ènìyàn.
Amid thoughts from visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth upon men,
14 Ẹ̀rù bà mí àti ìwárìrì tí ó mú gbogbo egungun mi jí pépé.
A fear and a horror came upon me, Which made all my bones to shake.
15 Nígbà náà ni ẹ̀mí kan kọjá lọ ní iwájú mi, irun ara mi dìde dúró ṣánṣán.
Then a spirit passed before my face, The hair of my flesh rose on end;
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 stood still, but its form I could not discern; An image was before mine eyes; There was silence, and I heard a voice:
17 ‘Ẹni kíkú le jẹ́ olódodo ju Ọlọ́run, ènìyàn ha le mọ́ ju ẹlẹ́dàá rẹ̀ bí?
“Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall man be more pure than his Maker?
18 Kíyèsi i, òun kò gbẹ́kẹ̀lé àwọn ìránṣẹ́ rẹ̀, nínú àwọn angẹli rẹ̀ ní ó sì rí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀.
Behold, he putteth no trust in his ministering spirits, And his angels he chargeth with frailty.
19 Mélòó mélòó àwọn tí ń gbé inú ilé amọ̀, ẹni tí ìpìlẹ̀ wọ́n jásí erùpẹ̀ tí yóò di rírun kòkòrò.
What then are they who dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who crumble to pieces, as if moth-eaten!
20 A pa wọ́n run láàrín òwúrọ̀ àti àṣálẹ́ wọ́n sì parun títí láé, láìrí ẹni kà á sí.
Between morning and evening are they destroyed; They perish for ever, and none regardeth it.
21 A kò ha ké okùn iye wọ́n kúrò bí? Wọ́n kú, àní láìlọ́gbọ́n?’
The excellency that is in them is torn away; They die before they have become wise.”
