1Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?5.1 turn: or, look? 2For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.5.2 envy: or, indignation 3I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation. 4His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them. 5Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
6Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;5.6 affliction: or, iniquity 7Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.5.7 trouble: or, labour5.7 sparks…: Heb. the sons of the burning coal lift up to fly 8I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause: 9Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:5.9 unsearchable: Heb. there is no search5.9 without…: Heb. till there be no number 10Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:5.10 fields: Heb. outplaces 11To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety. 12He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.5.12 their enterprise: or, any thing 13He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong. 14They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.5.14 meet…: or, run into 15But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty. 16So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
17Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: 18For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole. 19He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. 20In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.5.20 power: Heb. hands 21Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.5.21 from…: or, when the tongue scourgeth 22At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth. 23For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee. 24And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.5.24 thy tabernacle…: or, peace is thy tabernacle5.24 sin: or, err 25Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.5.25 great: or, much 26Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.5.26 cometh in: Heb. ascendeth 27Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.5.27 for…: Heb. for thyself
Ìjìyà jẹ́ èso àìṣòdodo
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?
2Nítorí pé ìbínú pa aláìmòye,
ìrunú a sì pa òpè ènìyàn.
3Èmi ti rí aláìmòye ti ó ta gbọ̀nọ́ngbọ̀nọ́n lulẹ̀,
ṣùgbọ́n lójúkan náà mo fi ibùjókòó rẹ̀ bú.
4Àwọn ọmọ rẹ̀ kò jìnnà sí ewu,
a sì tẹ̀ wọ́n mọ́lẹ̀ lójú ibodè,
bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kò sí aláàbò kan.
5Ìkórè 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.
6Bí ìpọ́njú kò bá ti inú erùpẹ̀ jáde wá ni,
tí ìyọnu kò ti ilẹ̀ jáde wá.
7Ṣùgbọ́n a bí ènìyàn sínú wàhálà,
gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìpẹ́pẹ́ iná ti máa ń ta sókè.
8“Ṣùgbọ́n bí ó ṣe tèmi, ọ̀dọ̀ Ọlọ́run ní èmi yóò ti ṣìpẹ̀,
ní ọwọ́ Ọlọ́run ní èmi yóò máa fi ọ̀rọ̀ mi lé.
9Ẹni tí ó ṣe ohun tí ó tóbi tí a kò lè ṣe àwárí,
ohun ìyanu láìní iye.
10Tí ń rọ̀jò sí orí ilẹ̀ ayé
tí ó sì ń rán omi sínú ilẹ̀kílẹ̀.
11Láti gbé àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè lékè
kí á lè gbé àwọn ẹni ìbànújẹ́ ga sí ibi aláìléwu.
125.12-13: 1Kọ 3.19.Ó yí ìmọ̀ àwọn alárékérekè po,
bẹ́ẹ̀ ní ọwọ́ wọn kò lè mú ìdáwọ́lé wọn ṣẹ.
13Ó mú àwọn ọlọ́gbọ́n nínú àrékérekè ara wọn,
àti ìmọ̀ àwọn òǹrorò ní ó tì ṣubú ní ògèdèǹgbé.
14Wọ́n sáré wọ inú òkùnkùn ní ọ̀sán;
wọ́n sì fọwọ́ tálẹ̀ ní ọ̀sán gangan bí ẹni pé ní òru ni.
15Ṣùgbọ́n ó gba tálákà là ní ọwọ́ idà,
lọ́wọ́ ẹnu wọn àti lọ́wọ́ àwọn alágbára.
16Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ìrètí wà fún tálákà,
àìṣòótọ́ sì pa ẹnu rẹ̀ mọ́.
17“Kíyèsi i, ìbùkún ni fún ẹni tí Ọlọ́run bá wí,
nítorí náà, má ṣe gan ìbáwí Olódùmarè.
18Nítorí 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.
19Yóò gbà ọ́ nínú ìpọ́njú mẹ́fà,
àní nínú méje, ibi kan kì yóò bá ọ
20Nínú ìyanu yóò gbà ọ́ lọ́wọ́ ikú
àti nínú ogun, yóò gbà ọ́ lọ́wọ́ idà.
21A ó pa ọ́ mọ́ kúrò lọ́wọ́ iná ahọ́n,
bẹ́ẹ̀ ní ìwọ kì yóò bẹ̀rù ìparun tí ó bá dé.
22Ìwọ yóò rẹ́rìn-ín nínú ìparun àti ìyàn,
bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ìwọ kì yóò bẹ̀rù ẹranko ilẹ̀ ayé.
23Nítorí pé ìwọ ti bá òkúta igbó mulẹ̀,
àwọn ẹranko igbó yóò wà pẹ̀lú rẹ ní àlàáfíà.
24Ìwọ ó sì mọ̀ pé àlàáfíà ni ibùjókòó rẹ wà,
ìwọ yóò sì máa ṣe ìbẹ̀wò ibùjókòó rẹ, ìwọ kì yóò ṣìnà.
25Ìwọ ó sì mọ̀ pẹ̀lú pé irú-ọmọ rẹ ó sì pọ̀
àti àwọn ọmọ ọmọ rẹ yóò rí bí koríko igbó.
26Ìwọ yóò wọ isà òkú rẹ ní ògbólógbòó ọjọ́,
bí síírí ọkà tí ó gbó tí á sì kó ní ìgbà ìkórè rẹ̀.
27“Kíyèsi i, àwa ti wádìí rẹ̀ bẹ́ẹ̀ ní ó rí!
Gbà á gbọ́, kí o sì mọ̀ pé fún ìre ara rẹ ni.”
