Job 31 - Listen Online

¹ EMI ti bá oju mi da majẹmu, njẹ emi o ha ṣe tẹjumọ wundia?

¹ I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?

² Nitoripe kini ipin Ọlọrun lati ọrun wá, tabi kini ogún Olodumare lati oke ọrun wá?

² For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?

³ Kò ṣepe awọn enia buburu ni iparun wà fun, ati ìṣẹniṣẹ fun awọn oniṣẹ ẹ̀ṣẹ?

³ Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?

⁴ On kò ha ri ipa-ọ̀na mi, on kò ha si ka gbogbo iṣiṣe mi?

⁴ Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?

⁵ Bi o ba ṣepe emi ba fi aiṣotitọ rìn, tabi ti ẹsẹ mi si yara si ẹ̀tan.

⁵ If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;

⁶ Ki a diwọn mi ninu iwọ̀n ododo, ki Ọlọrun le imọ̀ iduroṣinṣin mi.

⁶ Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.

⁷ Bi ẹsẹ mi ba yà kuro loju ọ̀na, ti aiya mi si tẹ̀le ipa oju mi, bi àbawọn kan ba si lẹmọ́ mi li ọwọ.

⁷ If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;

⁸ Njẹ ki emi ki o gbìn ki ẹlomiran ki o si mu u jẹ, ani ki a fà iru-ọmọ mi tu.

⁸ Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.

⁹ Bi aiya mi ba di fifa sipasẹ obinrin kan, tabi bi mo ba lọ ibadeni li ẹnu-ọ̀na ile aladugbo mi,

⁹ If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;

¹⁰ Njẹ ki aya mi ki o lọ ọlọ fun ẹlomiran, ki awọn ẹlomiran ki o tẹ̀ ara wọn li ara rẹ̀.

¹⁰ Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.

¹¹ Nitoripe ẹ̀ṣẹ buburu li eyi; ani ẹ̀ṣẹ ìṣẹniṣẹ ni lọdọ awọn onidajọ.

¹¹ For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.

¹² Nitoripe iná ni eyi ti o jo de iparun, ti iba si fà gbongbo ohun ibisi mi gbogbo tu.

¹² For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.

¹³ Bi mo ba si ṣe aikà ọ̀ran iranṣẹkunrin mi tabi iranṣẹbinrin mi si, nigbati nwọn ba mba mi jà;

¹³ If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;

¹⁴ Kili emi o ha ṣe nigbati Ọlọrun ba dide; nigbati o ba si ṣe ibẹwo, ohùn kili emi o dá?

¹⁴ What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

¹⁵ Ẹniti o dá mi ni inu kọ li o da a? ẹnikanna ki o mọ wa ni inu?

¹⁵ Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?

¹⁶ Bi mo ba fà ọwọ sẹhin fun ifẹ-inu talaka, tabi bi mo ba si mu oju opó mofo;

¹⁶ If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

¹⁷ Tabi ti mo ba nikan bu òkele mi jẹ, ti alainibaba kò jẹ ninu rẹ̀;

¹⁷ Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;

¹⁸ Nitoripe lati igba ewe mi wá li a ti tọ́ ọ dàgba pẹlu mi bi ẹnipe baba, emi si nṣe itọju rẹ̀ (opó) lati inu iya mi wá.

¹⁸ (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)

¹⁹ Bi emi ba ri olupọnju laini aṣọ, tabi talaka kan laini ibora;

¹⁹ If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;

²⁰ Bi ẹgbẹ rẹ̀ kò ba sure fun mi, tabi bi ara rẹ̀ kò si gbona nipasẹ irun agutan mi.

²⁰ If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

²¹ Bi mo ba si gbe ọwọ mi soke si alainibaba, nitoripe mo ri iranlọwọ mi li ẹnu-bode,

²¹ If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:

²² Njẹ ki apá mi ki o wọ́n kuro li ọkọ́ ejika rẹ̀, ki apá mi ki o si ṣẹ́ lati egungun rẹ̀ wá.

²² Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.

²³ Nitoripe iparun lati ọdọ Ọlọrun wá ni ẹ̀ru-nla fun mi, ati nitori Ọlanla rẹ̀ emi kò le iduro.

²³ For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.

²⁴ Bi o ba ṣepe mo fi wura ṣe igbẹkẹle mi, tabi bi mo ba wi fun wura didara pe, iwọ ni igbẹkẹle mi;

²⁴ If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;

²⁵ Bi mo ba yọ̀ nitori ọrọ̀ mi pọ̀, ati nitori ọwọ mi dẹ̀ lọpọlọpọ;

²⁵ If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;

²⁶ Bi mo ba bojuwo õrùn nigbati nràn, tabi òṣupa ti nrin ninu itan-imọlẹ,

²⁶ If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;

²⁷ Ti aiya mi si di titan, lati fi ẹnu mi kò ọwọ mi:

²⁷ And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:

²⁸ Eyi pẹlu li ẹ̀ṣẹ ìṣẹniṣẹ lọdọ awọn onidajọ, nitoripe emi iba sẹ́ Ọlọrun ti o wà loke.

²⁸ This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.

²⁹ Bi o ba ṣepe mo yọ̀ si iparun ẹniti o korira mi, tabi bi mo ba si gbera soke, nigbati ibi bá a.

²⁹ If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:

³⁰ Bẹ̃li emi kò si jẹ ki ẹnu mi ki o ṣẹ̀ nipa fifẹ egún si ọkàn rẹ̀.

³⁰ Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.

³¹ Bi awọn enia inu agọ mi kò ba le wipe, Tali o le ri ẹniti agbo-ẹran rẹ̀ kò tẹlọrùn?

³¹ If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.

³² Alejo kò wọ̀ ni igboro ri, emi ṣi ilẹkun mi silẹ fun èro.

³² The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.

³³ Bi mo ba bò irekọja mi mọlẹ bi Adamu, ni pipa ẹbi mi mọ́ li aiya mi:

³³ If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:

³⁴ Ọ̀pọlọpọ enia ni mo ha bẹ̀ru bi, tabi ẹ̀gan awọn idile ni mba mi li ẹ̀ru? ti mo fi pa ẹnu mọ́, ti emi kò si fi jade sode?

³⁴ Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?

³⁵ Ibaṣepe ẹnikan le gbọ́ ti emi! kiyesi i, àmi mi! ki Olodumare ki o da mi lohùn! ki emi ki o si ri iwe na ti ọta mi ti kọ!

³⁵ Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.

³⁶ Nitõtọ emi iba gbe e le ejika mi, emi iba si dì i bi ade mọ́ ori mi.

³⁶ Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.

³⁷ Emi iba si sọ iye ìṣisẹ mi fun u, bi ọmọ-alade li emi iba sunmọ ọdọ rẹ̀.

³⁷ I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.

³⁸ Bi ilẹ mi ba si ke fi mi sùn, tabi ti aporo rẹ̀ pẹlu si sọkun,

³⁸ If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;

³⁹ Bi mo ba jẹ eso oko mi lainawo si i, tabi ti mo si mu ọkàn oluwa rẹ̀ fò lọ,

³⁹ If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:

⁴⁰ Ki ẹgun òṣuṣu ki o hù nipo alikama, ati wèpe nipo ọka-bàba. (Ọ̀rọ Jobu pari.)

⁴⁰ Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.