Job 5
1 “Ó jẹ́ pé nísinsin yìí bí ẹnìkan bá wà tí yóò dá wa lóhùn? Tàbí ta ni nínú àwọn ènìyàn mímọ́ tí ìwọ ó yípadà sí?
Call out now; is there anyone who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
2 Nítorí pé ìbínú pa aláìmòye, ìrunú a sì pa òpè ènìyàn.
For anger kills the foolish man; jealousy kills the silly one.
3 Èmi ti rí aláìmòye ti ó ta gbọ̀nọ́ngbọ̀nọ́n lulẹ̀, ṣùgbọ́n lójúkan náà mo fi ibùjókòó rẹ̀ bú.
I have seen a foolish person taking root, but suddenly I cursed his home.
4 Àwọn ọmọ rẹ̀ kò jìnnà sí ewu, a sì tẹ̀ wọ́n mọ́lẹ̀ lójú ibodè, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kò sí aláàbò kan.
His children are far from safety; they are crushed in the city gate. There is no one to rescue them.
5 Ìkórè oko ẹni tí àwọn tí ebi ń pa sọ̀ di jíjẹ, tí wọ́n sì wọ inú ẹ̀gún lọ kó, àwọn ìgárá ọlọ́ṣà sì gbé ohun ìní wọn mì.
The hungry eat up their harvest; they even take it from among the thorns. The thirsty pant for their wealth.
6 Bí ìpọ́njú kò bá ti inú erùpẹ̀ jáde wá ni, tí ìyọnu kò ti ilẹ̀ jáde wá.
For difficulties do not come out from the soil; neither does trouble sprout from the ground.
7 Ṣùgbọ́n a bí ènìyàn sínú wàhálà, gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìpẹ́pẹ́ iná ti máa ń ta sókè.
Instead, mankind is born for trouble, just as sparks fly upward.
8 “Ṣùgbọ́n bí ó ṣe tèmi, ọ̀dọ̀ Ọlọ́run ní èmi yóò ti ṣìpẹ̀, ní ọwọ́ Ọlọ́run ní èmi yóò máa fi ọ̀rọ̀ mi lé.
But as for me, I would turn to God himself; to him I would commit my cause—
9 Ẹni tí ó ṣe ohun tí ó tóbi tí a kò lè ṣe àwárí, ohun ìyanu láìní iye.
he who does great and unsearchable things, marvelous things without number.
10 Tí ń rọ̀jò sí orí ilẹ̀ ayé tí ó sì ń rán omi sínú ilẹ̀kílẹ̀.
He gives rain on the earth, and sends water on the fields.
11 Láti gbé àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè lékè kí á lè gbé àwọn ẹni ìbànújẹ́ ga sí ibi aláìléwu.
He does this in order to set up on high those who are low; to raise to safety those who mourn.
12 Ó yí ìmọ̀ àwọn alárékérekè po, bẹ́ẹ̀ ní ọwọ́ wọn kò lè mú ìdáwọ́lé wọn ṣẹ.
He breaks the plans of the crafty people, so that their hands cannot achieve success.
13 Ó mú àwọn ọlọ́gbọ́n nínú àrékérekè ara wọn, àti ìmọ̀ àwọn òǹrorò ní ó tì ṣubú ní ògèdèǹgbé.
He traps wise people in their own crafty actions; the plans of twisted people are hurried to their end.
14 Wọ́n sáré wọ inú òkùnkùn ní ọ̀sán; wọ́n sì fọwọ́ tálẹ̀ ní ọ̀sán gangan bí ẹni pé ní òru ni.
They encounter darkness in the daytime, and grope at noonday as if it were night.
15 Ṣùgbọ́n ó gba tálákà là ní ọwọ́ idà, lọ́wọ́ ẹnu wọn àti lọ́wọ́ àwọn alágbára.
But he saves the poor person from the sword in their mouths and the needy person from the hand of mighty people.
16 Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ìrètí wà fún tálákà, àìṣòótọ́ sì pa ẹnu rẹ̀ mọ́.
So the poor person has hope, and injustice shuts her own mouth.
17 “Kíyèsi i, ìbùkún ni fún ẹni tí Ọlọ́run bá wí, nítorí náà, má ṣe gan ìbáwí Olódùmarè.
See, blessed is the man whom God corrects; therefore, do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.
18 Nítorí pé òun a máa pa ni lára, síbẹ̀ òun a sì tún dì í ní ìdì ìtura, ó sá lọ́gbẹ́, a sì fi ọwọ́ rẹ̀ di ojú ọgbẹ̀ náà jiná.
For he wounds and then binds up; he wounds and then his hands heal.
19 Yóò gbà ọ́ nínú ìpọ́njú mẹ́fà, àní nínú méje, ibi kan kì yóò bá ọ.
He will rescue you out of six troubles; indeed, in seven troubles, no evil will touch you.
20 Nínú ìyanu yóò gbà ọ́ lọ́wọ́ ikú àti nínú ogun, yóò gbà ọ́ lọ́wọ́ idà.
In famine he will ransom you from death, and in war from the hands of the sword.
21 A ó pa ọ́ mọ́ kúrò lọ́wọ́ iná ahọ́n, bẹ́ẹ̀ ní ìwọ kì yóò bẹ̀rù ìparun tí ó bá dé.
You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue; and you will not be afraid of destruction when it comes.
22 Ìwọ yóò rẹ́rìn-ín nínú ìparun àti ìyàn, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ìwọ kì yóò bẹ̀rù ẹranko ilẹ̀ ayé.
You will laugh at destruction and famine, and you will not be afraid of beasts of the earth.
23 Nítorí pé ìwọ ti bá òkúta igbó mulẹ̀, àwọn ẹranko igbó yóò wà pẹ̀lú rẹ ní àlàáfíà.
For you will have a covenant with the stones in your field, and the beasts of the field will be at peace with you.
24 Ìwọ ó sì mọ̀ pé àlàáfíà ni ibùjókòó rẹ wà, ìwọ yóò sì máa ṣe ìbẹ̀wò ibùjókòó rẹ, ìwọ kì yóò ṣìnà.
You will know that your tent is in safety; you will visit your sheepfold and you will not miss anything.
25 Ìwọ ó sì mọ̀ pẹ̀lú pé irú-ọmọ rẹ ó sì pọ̀ àti àwọn ọmọ ọmọ rẹ yóò rí bí koríko igbó.
You will also know that your seed will be great, that your offspring will be like the grass on the ground.
26 Ìwọ yóò wọ isà òkú rẹ ní ògbólógbòó ọjọ́, bí síírí ọkà tí ó gbó tí á sì kó ní ìgbà ìkórè rẹ̀.
You will come to your grave at a full age, like a stack of grain bundles that goes up at its time.
27 “Kíyèsi i, àwa ti wádìí rẹ̀ bẹ́ẹ̀ ní ó rí! Gbà á gbọ́, kí o sì mọ̀ pé fún ìre ara rẹ ni.”
See, we have examined this matter; it is like this; listen to it, and know it for yourself.”
