1“I’m sick of living.
So I’ll talk openly about my problems.
I’ll speak out because my spirit is bitter.
2I say to God, ‘Don’t find me guilty.
Instead, tell me what charges
you are bringing against me.
3Does it make you happy when you crush me?
Does it please you to turn your back on what you have made?
While you do those things,
you smile on the plans of sinful people!
4You don’t have human eyes.
You don’t see as people see.
5Your days aren’t like the days of a mere human being.
Your years aren’t even like the years of a strong man.
6So you search for my mistakes.
You look for my sin.
7You already know I’m not guilty.
No one can save me from your power.
8“ ‘Your hands shaped me and made me.
So are you going to destroy me now?
9Remember, you molded me like clay.
So are you going to turn me back into dust?
10Didn’t you pour me out like milk?
Didn’t you form me like cheese?
11Didn’t you put skin and flesh on me?
Didn’t you sew me together with bones and muscles?
12You gave me life. You were kind to me.
You took good care of me. You watched over me.
13“ ‘But here’s what you hid in your heart.
Here’s what you had on your mind.
14If I sinned, you would be watching me.
You wouldn’t let me go without punishing me.
15If I were guilty, how terrible that would be for me!
Even if I haven’t sinned,
I can’t be proud of what I’ve done.
That’s because I’m so full of shame.
I’m drowning in my suffering.
16If I become proud, you hunt me down like a lion.
You show your mighty power against me.
17You bring new witnesses against me.
You become more and more angry with me.
You use your power against me again and again.
18“ ‘Why did you bring me out of my mother’s body?
I wish I had died before anyone saw me.
19I wish I’d never been born!
I wish I’d been carried straight from my mother’s body to the grave!
20Aren’t my few days almost over?
Leave me so I can have a moment of joy.
21Turn away before I go to the place I can’t return from.
It’s the land of gloom and total darkness.
22It’s the land of darkest night
and total darkness and disorder.
There even the light is like darkness.’ ”
Àròyé Jobu tẹ̀síwájú
1“Agara ìwà ayé mi dá mi tán,
èmi yóò tú àròyé mi sókè lọ́dọ̀ mi,
èmi yóò máa sọ̀rọ̀ nínú kíkorò ìbìnújẹ́ ọkàn mi.
2Èmi yóò wí fún Ọlọ́run pé: má ṣe dá mi lẹ́bi;
fihàn mí nítorí ìdí ohun tí ìwọ fi ń bá mi jà.
3Ó ha tọ́ tí ìwọ ìbá fi máa ni mí lára,
tí ìwọ ìbá fi máa gan iṣẹ́ ọwọ́ rẹ,
tí ìwọ yóò fi máa tàn ìmọ́lẹ̀ sí ìmọ̀ ènìyàn búburú.
4Ojú rẹ kì ha ṣe ojú ènìyàn bí?
Tàbí ìwọ a máa ríran bí ènìyàn ti í ríran?
5Ọjọ́ rẹ ha dàbí ọjọ́ ènìyàn,
ọdún rẹ ha dàbí ọjọ́ ènìyàn?
6Tí ìwọ fi ń béèrè àìṣedéédéé mi,
tí ìwọ sì fi wá ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ mi rí?
7Ìwọ mọ̀ pé èmi kì í ṣe oníwà búburú,
kò sì sí ẹni tí ó le gbà mí kúrò ní ọwọ́ rẹ?
8“Ọwọ́ rẹ ni ó mọ mi, tí ó sì da mi.
Síbẹ̀ ìwọ tún yípadà láti jẹ mí run.
9Èmi bẹ̀ ọ́ rántí pé ìwọ ti mọ mí bí amọ̀;
ìwọ yóò ha sì tún mú mi padà lọ sínú erùpẹ̀?
10Ìwọ kò ha ti tú mí dà jáde bí i wàrà,
ìwọ kò sì mú mí dìpọ̀ bí i wàràǹkàṣì?
11Ìwọ sá ti fi àwọ̀ ẹran-ara wọ̀ mí,
ìwọ sì fi egungun àti iṣan ṣọgbà yí mi ká.
12Ìwọ ti fún mi ní ẹ̀mí àti ojúrere,
ìbẹ̀wò rẹ sì pa ọkàn mi mọ́.
13“Nǹkan wọ̀nyí ni ìwọ sì ti fi pamọ́ nínú rẹ;
èmi mọ̀ pé, èyí ń bẹ ní ọkàn rẹ.
14Bí mo bá ṣẹ̀, nígbà náà ni ìwọ yóò máa ṣọ́ mi
ìwọ kì yóò sì dárí àìṣedéédéé mi jì.
15Bí mo bá ṣe ẹni búburú, ègbé ni fún mi!
Bí mo bá sì ṣe ẹni rere,
bẹ́ẹ̀ ni èmi kò sì le gbe orí mi sókè.
Èmi dààmú, mo si wo ìpọ́njú mi.
16Bí mo bá gbé orí mi ga. Ìwọ ń dẹ mí kiri bi i kìnnìún;
àti pẹ̀lú, ìwọ a sì fi ara rẹ hàn fún mi ní ìyànjú.
17Ìwọ sì tún mun àwọn ẹlẹ́rìí rẹ dìde sí mi
di ọ̀tún, Ìwọ sì sọ ìrunú rẹ di púpọ̀ sí mi;
Àwọn ogun rẹ si dìde sinmi bi igbe omi Òkun.
18“Nítorí kí ni ìwọ ṣe mú mi jáde láti inú wá?
Háà! Èmi ìbá kúkú ti kú, ojúkójú kì bá tí rí mi.
19Tí kò bá le jẹ́ pé èmi wà láààyè,
À bá ti gbé mi láti inú lọ isà òkú.
20Ọjọ́ mi kò ha kúrú bí? Rárá!
Dáwọ́ dúró, kí ó sì yí padà kúrò lọ́dọ̀ mi.
Nítorí kí èmi lè ni ayọ̀ ní ìṣẹ́jú kan.
21Kí èmi kí ó tó lọ sí ibi tí èmi kì yóò padà sẹ́yìn mọ́,
Àní si ilẹ̀ òkùnkùn àti òjìji ikú.
22Ilẹ̀ òkùnkùn bí òkùnkùn tìkára rẹ̀,
Àti ti òjìji ikú àti rúdurùdu,
Níbi tí ìmọ́lẹ̀ dàbí òkùnkùn.”
