Job 41
1 “Ǹjẹ́ ìwọ le è fi ìwọ̀ fa Lefitani jáde? Tàbí ìwọ lè fi okùn so ahọ́n rẹ̀ mọ́lẹ̀?
Canst thou draw out the leviathan with a hook, or canst thou tie his tongue with a cord?
2 Ìwọ lè fi okùn bọ̀ ọ́ ní í mú, tàbí fi ìwọ̀ ẹ̀gún gun ní ẹ̀rẹ̀kẹ́?
Canst thou put a ring in his nose, or bore through his jaw with a buckle?
3 Òun ha jẹ́ bẹ ẹ̀bẹ̀ fún àánú lọ́dọ̀ rẹ ní ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ bí òun ha bá ọ sọ̀rọ̀ pẹ̀lẹ́?
Will he make many supplications to thee, or speak soft words to thee?
4 Òun ha bá ọ dá májẹ̀mú bí? Ìwọ ó ha máa mú ṣe ẹrú láéláé bí?
Will he make a covenant with thee, and wilt thou take him to be a servant for ever?
5 Ìwọ ha lè ba sáré bí ẹni pé ẹyẹ ni, tàbí ìwọ ó dè é fún àwọn ọmọbìnrin ìránṣẹ́ rẹ̀?
Shalt thou play with him as with a bird, or tie him up for thy handmaids?
6 Ẹgbẹ́ àwọn apẹja yóò ha máa tà á bí? Wọn ó ha pín láàrín àwọn oníṣòwò?
Shall friends cut him in pieces, shall merchants divide him?
7 Ìwọ ha lè fi ọ̀kọ̀-irin gun awọ rẹ̀, tàbí orí rẹ̀ pẹ̀lú ọ̀kọ̀ ìpẹja.
Wilt thou fill nets with his skin, and the cabins of fishes with his head?
8 Fi ọwọ́ rẹ lé e lára, ìwọ ó rántí ìjà náà, ìwọ kì yóò sì ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀ mọ́.
Lay thy hand upon him: remember the battle, and speak no more.
9 Kíyèsi, ìgbìyànjú láti mú un ní asán; ní kìkì ìrí rẹ̀ ara kì yóò ha rọ̀ ọ́ wẹ̀sì?
Behold his hope shall fail him, and in the sight of all he shall be cast down.
10 Kò sí ẹni aláyà lílé tí ó lè ru sókè. Ǹjẹ́ ta ni ó lè dúró níwájú mi.
I will not stir him up, like one that is cruel: for who can resist my countenance?
11 Ta ni ó kọ́kọ́ ṣe fún mi, tí èmi ìbá fi san án fún un? Ohunkóhun ti ń bẹ lábẹ́ ọ̀run gbogbo, tèmi ni.
Who hath given me before that I should repay him? All things that are under heaven are mine.
12 “Èmi kì yóò fi ẹ̀yà ara Lefitani, tàbí ipá rẹ, tàbí ìhámọ́ra rẹ tí ó ní ẹwà pamọ́.
I will not spare him, nor his mighty words, and framed to make supplication.
13 Ta ni yóò lè rídìí aṣọ àpáta rẹ̀? Tàbí ta ni ó lè súnmọ́ ọ̀nà méjì eyín rẹ̀?
Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can go into the midst of his mouth?
14 Ta ni ó lè ṣí ìlẹ̀kùn iwájú rẹ̀? Àyíká ẹ̀yin rẹ ni ìbẹ̀rù ńlá.
Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.
15 Ìpẹ́ lílé ní ìgbéraga rẹ̀; ó pàdé pọ̀ tímọ́tímọ́ bí àmì èdìdì.
His body is like molten shields, shut close up with scales pressing upon one another.
16 Èkínní fi ara mọ́ èkejì tó bẹ́ẹ̀ tí afẹ́fẹ́ kò lè wọ àárín wọn.
One is joined to another, and not so much as any air can come between them:
17 Èkínní fi ara mọ́ èkejì rẹ̀; wọ́n lè wọ́n pọ̀ tí a kò lè mọ̀ wọ́n.
They stick one to another and they hold one another fast, and shall not be separated.
18 Nípa sí sin rẹ̀ ìmọ́lẹ̀ á mọ́, ojú rẹ̀ a sì dàbí ìpéǹpéjú òwúrọ̀.
His sneezing is like the shining of fire, and his eyes like the eyelids of the morning.
19 Láti ẹnu rẹ ni ọ̀wọ́-iná ti jáde wá, ìpẹ́pẹ́ iná a sì ta jáde.
Out of his mouth go forth lamps, like torches of lighted fire.
20 Láti ihò imú rẹ ni èéfín ti jáde wá, bí ẹni pé láti inú ìkòkò tí a fẹ́ iná ìfèéfèé lábẹ́ rẹ̀.
Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, like that of a pot heated and boiling.
21 Èémí rẹ̀ tiná bọ ẹ̀yin iná, ọ̀wọ́-iná sì ti ẹnu rẹ̀ jáde.
His breath kindleth coals, and a flame cometh forth out of his mouth.
22 Ní ọrùn rẹ̀ ní agbára kù sí, àti ìbànújẹ́ àyà sì padà di ayọ̀ níwájú rẹ̀.
In his neck strength shall dwell, and want goeth before his face.
23 Jabajaba ẹran rẹ̀ dìjọ pọ̀, wọ́n múra gírí fún ara wọn, a kò lè sí wọn ní ipò.
The members of his flesh cleave one to another: he shall send lightnings against him, and they shall not be carried to another place.
24 Àyà rẹ̀ dúró gbagidi bí òkúta, àní, ó le bi ìyá ọlọ.
His heart shall be as hard as a stone, and as firm as a smith’s anvil.
25 Nígbà tí ó bá gbé ara rẹ̀ sókè, àwọn alágbára bẹ̀rù; nítorí ìbẹ̀rù ńlá, wọ́n dààmú.
When he shall raise him up, the angels shall fear, and being affrighted shall purify themselves.
26 Ọ̀kọ̀ tàbí idà, tàbí ọfà, ẹni tí ó ṣá a kò lè rán an.
When a sword shall lay at him, it shall not be able to hold, nor a spear, nor a breastplate.
27 Ó ká irin sí ibi koríko gbígbẹ àti idẹ si bi igi híhù.
For he shall esteem iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
28 Ọfà kò lè mú un sá; òkúta kànnakánná lọ́dọ̀ rẹ̀ dàbí àgékù koríko.
The archer shall not put him to flight, the stones of the sling are to him like stubble.
29 Ó ka ẹṣin sí bí àgékù ìdì koríko; ó rẹ́rìn-ín sí mímì ọ̀kọ̀.
As stubble will he esteem the hammer, and he will laugh him to scorn who shaketh the spear.
30 Òkúta mímú ń bẹ nísàlẹ̀ abẹ́ rẹ̀, ó sì tẹ́ ohun mímú ṣóńṣó sórí ẹrẹ̀.
The beams of the sun shall be under him, and he shall strew gold under him like mire.
31 Ó mú ibú omi hó bí ìkòkò; ó sọ̀ agbami òkun dàbí kólòbó ìkunra.
He shall make the deep sea to boil like a pot, and shall make it as when ointments boil.
32 Ó mú ipa ọ̀nà tan lẹ́yìn rẹ̀; ènìyàn a máa ka ibú sí ewú arúgbó.
A path shall shine after him, he shall esteem the deep as growing old.
33 Lórí ilẹ̀ ayé kò sí ẹni tí ó dàbí rẹ̀, tí a dá láìní ìbẹ̀rù.
There is no power upon earth that can be compared with him who was made to fear no one.
34 Ó bojú wo ohun gíga gbogbo, ó sì nìkan jásí ọba lórí gbogbo àwọn ọmọ ìgbéraga.”
He beholdeth every high thing, he is king over all the children of pride.
