Job 23 - Listen Online

¹ NIGBANA ni Jobu si dahùn wipe,

¹ Then Job answered and said,

² Ani loni ni ọ̀ran mi korò; ọwọ mi si wuwo si ikerora mi.

² Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.

³ A! emi iba mọ̀ ibi ti emi iba wá Ọlọrun ri! ki emi ki o tọ̀ ọ lọ si ibujoko rẹ̀,

³ Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!

⁴ Emi iba si tò ọran na niwaju rẹ̀, ẹnu mi iba si kún fun aroye.

⁴ I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

⁵ Emi iba si mọ̀ ọ̀rọ ti on iba fi da mi lohùn, oye ohun ti iba wi a si ye mi.

⁵ I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.

⁶ Yio ha fi agbara nla ba mi wijọ bi? agbẹdọ̀! kiki on o si kiyesi mi:

⁶ Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.

⁷ Nibẹ li olododo le iba a wijọ, bẹ̃li emi o si bọ́ li ọwọ onidajọ mi lailai.

⁷ There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

⁸ Si wò! bi emi ba lọ si iha ila-õrùn, on kò si nibẹ, ati si iwọ-õrùn ni, emi kò si roye rẹ̀:

⁸ Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:

⁹ Niha ariwa bi o ba ṣiṣẹ nibẹ, emi kò ri i, o fi ara rẹ̀ pamọ niha gusu, ti emi kò le ri i.

⁹ On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:

¹⁰ Ṣugbọn on mọ̀ ọ̀na ti emi ntọ̀, nigbati o ba dan mi wò, emi o jade bi wura.

¹⁰ But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

¹¹ Ẹsẹ mi ti tẹle ipasẹ irin rẹ, ọ̀na rẹ̀ ni mo ti kiyesi, ti nkò si yà kuro.

¹¹ My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.

¹² Bẹ̃ni emi kò pada sẹhin kuro ninu ofin ẹnu rẹ̀, emi si pa ọ̀rọ ẹnu rẹ̀ mọ́ jù ofin inu mi lọ.

¹² Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

¹³ Ṣugbọn oninukan li on, tani yio si yi i pada? Eyiti ọkàn rẹ̀ si ti fẹ, eyi na ni iṣe.

¹³ But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

¹⁴ Nitõtọ ohun ti ati yàn silẹ fun mi ni nṣe, ọ̀pọlọpọ iru bẹ li o wà li ọwọ rẹ̀.

¹⁴ For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.

¹⁵ Nitorina ni ara ko ṣe rọ̀ mi niwaju rẹ̀, nigbati mo ba rò o, ẹ̀ru a ba mi.

¹⁵ Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.

¹⁶ Nitoripe Ọlọrun ti pá mi li aiya, Olodumare si ndamu mi.

¹⁶ For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:

¹⁷ Nitoriti a kò ti ke mi kuro niwaju òkunkun, bẹ̃ni kò pa òkùnkùn-biribiri mọ kuro niwaju mi.

¹⁷ Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.