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 Crocodile with a fish-hook? Or, with a cord, canst thou fasten down his tongue?
2 Ìwọ lè fi okùn bọ̀ ọ́ ní í mú, tàbí fi ìwọ̀ ẹ̀gún gun ní ẹ̀rẹ̀kẹ́?
Wilt thou put a rush-cord on his nose? or, with a thorn, wilt thou pierce his jaw?
3 Òun ha jẹ́ bẹ ẹ̀bẹ̀ fún àánú lọ́dọ̀ rẹ ní ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ bí òun ha bá ọ sọ̀rọ̀ pẹ̀lẹ́?
Will he multiply unto thee supplications, or will he speak unto thee softly?
4 Òun ha bá ọ dá májẹ̀mú bí? Ìwọ ó ha máa mú ṣe ẹrú láéláé bí?
Will he solemnise a covenant with thee? Wilt thou take him for a life-long servant?
5 Ìwọ ha lè ba sáré bí ẹni pé ẹyẹ ni, tàbí ìwọ ó dè é fún àwọn ọmọbìnrin ìránṣẹ́ rẹ̀?
Wilt thou sport with him, as with a little bird? Or wilt thou bind him, for thy maidens?
6 Ẹgbẹ́ àwọn apẹja yóò ha máa tà á bí? Wọn ó ha pín láàrín àwọn oníṣòwò?
Shall the companions bargain over him? or will they part him among the traders?
7 Ìwọ ha lè fi ọ̀kọ̀-irin gun awọ rẹ̀, tàbí orí rẹ̀ pẹ̀lú ọ̀kọ̀ ìpẹja.
Wilt thou fill, with darts, his skin? or, with fish-spears, his head?
8 Fi ọwọ́ rẹ lé e lára, ìwọ ó rántí ìjà náà, ìwọ kì yóò sì ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀ mọ́.
Lay thou upon him thy hand, remember the battle—no more!
9 Kíyèsi, ìgbìyànjú láti mú un ní asán; ní kìkì ìrí rẹ̀ ara kì yóò ha rọ̀ ọ́ wẹ̀sì?
Lo! any hope of him, hath been found deceptive, Even at the sight of him, shall not one be overwhelmed?
10 Kò sí ẹni aláyà lílé tí ó lè ru sókè. Ǹjẹ́ ta ni ó lè dúró níwájú mi.
None so bold, that he will rouse him! Who then is he that, before me, can stand?
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 forestalled me, that I may repay him? Under all the heavens, mine it is!
12 “Èmi kì yóò fi ẹ̀yà ara Lefitani, tàbí ipá rẹ, tàbí ìhámọ́ra rẹ tí ó ní ẹwà pamọ́.
I will not pass by in silence his parts, or the matter of strength, or the grace of his armour.
13 Ta ni yóò lè rídìí aṣọ àpáta rẹ̀? Tàbí ta ni ó lè súnmọ́ ọ̀nà méjì eyín rẹ̀?
Who hath removed his outer garment, through his double row of teeth, who would enter?
14 Ta ni ó lè ṣí ìlẹ̀kùn iwájú rẹ̀? Àyíká ẹ̀yin rẹ ni ìbẹ̀rù ńlá.
The doors of his face, who hath opened? The circles of his teeth, are a terror!
15 Ìpẹ́ lílé ní ìgbéraga rẹ̀; ó pàdé pọ̀ tímọ́tímọ́ bí àmì èdìdì.
A pride, are his arched sides, closed up, with a firm seal;
16 Èkínní fi ara mọ́ èkejì tó bẹ́ẹ̀ tí afẹ́fẹ́ kò lè wọ àárín wọn.
One to another, they join, and, air, cannot enter between them;
17 Èkínní fi ara mọ́ èkejì rẹ̀; wọ́n lè wọ́n pọ̀ tí a kò lè mọ̀ wọ́n.
Each to its fellow, they cleave, they grasp each other, and cannot be parted;
18 Nípa sí sin rẹ̀ ìmọ́lẹ̀ á mọ́, ojú rẹ̀ a sì dàbí ìpéǹpéjú òwúrọ̀.
His sneezings, flash forth light, and, his eyes, are like the eyelashes of the dawn;
19 Láti ẹnu rẹ ni ọ̀wọ́-iná ti jáde wá, ìpẹ́pẹ́ iná a sì ta jáde.
Out of his mouth, torches dart forth, sparks of fire, escape;
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, proceedeth smoke, like a blown pot and rushes;
21 Èémí rẹ̀ tiná bọ ẹ̀yin iná, ọ̀wọ́-iná sì ti ẹnu rẹ̀ jáde.
His breath, setteth coals ablaze, and, a flame, out of his mouth, proceedeth;
22 Ní ọrùn rẹ̀ ní agbára kù sí, àti ìbànújẹ́ àyà sì padà di ayọ̀ níwájú rẹ̀.
In his neck, lodgeth strength, and, before him, danceth dismay;
23 Jabajaba ẹran rẹ̀ dìjọ pọ̀, wọ́n múra gírí fún ara wọn, a kò lè sí wọn ní ipò.
The dewlaps of his flesh, cleave together, hardened upon him, they cannot be moved;
24 Àyà rẹ̀ dúró gbagidi bí òkúta, àní, ó le bi ìyá ọlọ.
His heart, is hardened like a stone, yea hardened, like the nether millstone;
25 Nígbà tí ó bá gbé ara rẹ̀ sókè, àwọn alágbára bẹ̀rù; nítorí ìbẹ̀rù ńlá, wọ́n dààmú.
At his rising up, mighty men are afraid, by reason of terror, they are beside themselves:
26 Ọ̀kọ̀ tàbí idà, tàbí ọfà, ẹni tí ó ṣá a kò lè rán an.
As for him that assaileth him, the sword availeth not, spear, dart, or coat of mail:
27 Ó ká irin sí ibi koríko gbígbẹ àti idẹ si bi igi híhù.
He counteth iron as broken straw, and bronze as rotten wood:
28 Ọfà kò lè mú un sá; òkúta kànnakánná lọ́dọ̀ rẹ̀ dàbí àgékù koríko.
The arrow, will not make him flee, Into chaff, are sling-stones changed by him:
29 Ó ka ẹṣin sí bí àgékù ìdì koríko; ó rẹ́rìn-ín sí mímì ọ̀kọ̀.
As a straw, is a club accounted, and he laugheth at the whir of the javelin;
30 Òkúta mímú ń bẹ nísàlẹ̀ abẹ́ rẹ̀, ó sì tẹ́ ohun mímú ṣóńṣó sórí ẹrẹ̀.
His underparts, are points of potsherd, a pointed threshing roller spreadeth out upon the slime:
31 Ó mú ibú omi hó bí ìkòkò; ó sọ̀ agbami òkun dàbí kólòbó ìkunra.
He causeth to boil, as a cauldron, the raging deep, the sea, he maketh like a brewing vessel:
32 Ó mú ipa ọ̀nà tan lẹ́yìn rẹ̀; ènìyàn a máa ka ibú sí ewú arúgbó.
After him, he lighteth up a path, one might think the resounding deep to be hoary!
33 Lórí ilẹ̀ ayé kò sí ẹni tí ó dàbí rẹ̀, tí a dá láìní ìbẹ̀rù.
There is not—upon the dust—his like, that hath been made to be without fear;
34 Ó bojú wo ohun gíga gbogbo, ó sì nìkan jásí ọba lórí gbogbo àwọn ọmọ ìgbéraga.”
Every thing lofty, he beholdeth, he, is king over all ravenous beasts.
