Job 8
1 Ìgbà náà ni Bilidadi, ará Ṣuhi, sì dáhùn wí pé,
Then Baldad the Sauchite answered, and said,
2 “Ìwọ yóò ti máa sọ nǹkan wọ̀nyí pẹ́ tó? Tí ọ̀rọ̀ ẹnu rẹ̀ yóò sì máa bí ẹ̀fúùfù ńlá?
How long wilt thou speak these things, [how long shall] the breath of thy mouth [be] abundant in words?
3 Ọlọ́run a ha máa yí ìdájọ́ po bí? Tàbí Olódùmarè a máa gbé ẹ̀bi fún aláre?
Will the Lord be unjust when he judges; or will he that has made all things pervert justice?
4 Nígbà tí àwọn ọmọ rẹ̀ ṣẹ̀ sí i, ó sì gbá wọn kúrò nítorí ìrékọjá wọn.
If thy sons have sinned before him, he has cast them away because of their transgression.
5 Bí ìwọ bá sì ké pe Ọlọ́run ní àkókò, tí ìwọ sì gbàdúrà ẹ̀bẹ̀ sí Olódùmarè.
But be thou early in prayer to the Lord Almighty.
6 Ìwọ ìbá jẹ́ mímọ, kí ó sì dúró ṣinṣin: ǹjẹ́ nítòótọ́ nísinsin yìí òun yóò tají fún ọ, òun a sì sọ ibùjókòó òdodo rẹ di púpọ̀.
If thou art pure and true, he will hearken to thy supplication, and will restore to thee the habitation of righteousness.
7 Ìpilẹ̀ṣẹ̀ rẹ ìbá tilẹ̀ kéré si í, bẹ́ẹ̀ ìgbẹ̀yìn rẹ ìbá pọ̀ sí i gidigidi.
Though then thy beginning should be small, yet thy end should be unspeakably great.
8 “Èmi bẹ̀ ọ́ ǹjẹ́, béèrè lọ́wọ́ àwọn ará ìgbà nì kí o sì kíyèsi ìwádìí àwọn baba wọn.
For ask of the former generation, and search diligently among the race of [our] fathers:
9 Nítorí pé ọmọ-àná ni àwa, a kò sì mọ nǹkan, nítorí pé òjìji ni ọjọ́ wa ni ayé.
(for we are of yesterday, and know nothing; for our life upon the earth is a shadow: )
10 Àwọn kì yóò wa kọ ọ́, wọn kì yóò sì sọ fún ọ? Wọn kì yóò sì sọ̀rọ̀ láti inú òye wọn jáde wá?
shall not these teach thee, and report [to thee], and bring out words from [their] heart?
11 Papirusi ha lè dàgbà láìní ẹrẹ̀ tàbí eèsún ha lè dàgbà láìlómi?
Does the rush flourish without water, or shall the flag grow up without moisture?
12 Nígbà tí ó wà ní tútù, tí a kò ké e lulẹ̀, ó rọ dànù, ewéko gbogbo mìíràn hù dípò rẹ̀.
When it is yet on the root, and [though] it has not been cut down, does not any herb wither before it has received moisture?
13 Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ipa ọ̀nà gbogbo àwọn tí ó gbàgbé Ọlọ́run, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ìrètí àwọn àgàbàgebè yóò di òfo.
Thus then shall be the end of all that forget the Lord: for the hope of the ungodly shall perish.
14 Àbá ẹni tí a ó kèé kúrò, àti ìgbẹ́kẹ̀lé ẹni tí ó dàbí ilé aláǹtakùn.
For his house shall be without inhabitants, and his tent shall prove a spider's web.
15 Yóò fi ara ti ilé rẹ̀, ṣùgbọ́n kì yóò lè dúró, yóò fi di ara rẹ̀ mú ṣinṣin ṣùgbọ́n kì yóò lè dúró pẹ́.
If he should prop up his house, it shall not stand: and when he has taken hold of it, it shall not remain.
16 Ó tutù bí irúgbìn tí a bomirin níwájú oòrùn, ẹ̀ka rẹ̀ sì yọ jáde nínú ọgbà rẹ̀.
For it is moist under the sun, and his branch shall come forth out of his dung-heap.
17 Gbòǹgbò rẹ̀ ta yí ebè ká, ó sì wó ibi òkúta wọ̀n-ọn-nì.
He lies down upon a gathering of stones, and shall live in the mist of flints.
18 Bí ó bá sì pa á run kúrò ní ipò rẹ̀, nígbà náà ni ipò náà yóò sọ, ‘Èmi kò ri ọ rí!’
If [God] should destroy [him], his place shall deny him. Hast thou not seen such things,
19 Kíyèsi i, ayé rẹ̀ gbẹ dànù àti láti inú ilẹ̀ ní irúgbìn òmíràn yóò hù jáde wá.
that such is the overthrow of the ungodly? and out of the earth another shall grow.
20 “Kíyèsi i, Ọlọ́run kì yóò ta ẹni òtítọ́ nù, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kì yóò ran oníwà búburú lọ́wọ́
For the Lord will by no means reject the harmless man; but he will not receive any gift of the ungodly.
21 títí yóò fi fi ẹ̀rín kún ọ ní ẹnu, àti ètè rẹ pẹ̀lú ìhó ayọ̀,
But he will fill with laughter the mouth of the sincere, and their lips with thanksgiving.
22 ìtìjú ní a o fi bo àwọn tí ó kórìíra rẹ̀, àti ibùjókòó ènìyàn búburú kì yóò sí mọ́.”
But their adversaries shall clothe themselves with shame; and the habitation of the ungodly shall perish.
