Job
1Then Job replied:
2“Even today my complaint is bitter;
his hand23:2 Septuagint and Syriac; Hebrew / the hand on me is heavy in spite of23:2 Or heavy on me in my groaning.
3If only I knew where to find him;
if only I could go to his dwelling!
4I would state my case before him
and fill my mouth with arguments.
5I would find out what he would answer me,
and consider what he would say to me.
6Would he vigorously oppose me?
No, he would not press charges against me.
7There the upright can establish their innocence before him,
and there I would be delivered forever from my judge.
8“But if I go to the east, he is not there;
if I go to the west, I do not find him.
9When he is at work in the north, I do not see him;
when he turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of him.
10But he knows the way that I take;
when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
11My feet have closely followed his steps;
I have kept to his way without turning aside.
12I have not departed from the commands of his lips;
I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.
13“But he stands alone, and who can oppose him?
He does whatever he pleases.
14He carries out his decree against me,
and many such plans he still has in store.
15That is why I am terrified before him;
when I think of all this, I fear him.
16God has made my heart faint;
the Almighty has terrified me.
17Yet I am not silenced by the darkness,
by the thick darkness that covers my face.
Èsì Jobu
1Ìgbà náà ni Jobu sì dáhùn wí pé:
2“Àní lónìí ni ọ̀ràn mi korò;
ọwọ́ mí sì wúwo sí ìkérora mi.
3Háà! èmi ìbá mọ ibi tí èmí ìbá wá
Ọlọ́run rí, kí èmí kí ó tọ̀ ọ́ lọ sí ibùgbé rẹ̀!
4Èmi ìbá sì to ọ̀ràn náà níwájú rẹ̀,
ẹnu mi ìbá sì kún fún àròyé.
5Èmi ìbá sì mọ ọ̀rọ̀ tí òun ìbá fi dá
mi lóhùn; òye ohun tí ìbáwí a sì yé mi.
6Yóò ha fi agbára ńlá bá mi wíjọ́ bí?
Àgbẹdọ̀, kìkì pé òun yóò sì kíyèsi mi.
7Níbẹ̀ ni olódodo le è bá a wíjọ́,
níwájú rẹ̀ bẹ́ẹ̀ ni èmi yóò sì bọ́ ni ọwọ́ onídàájọ́ mi láéláé.
8“Sì wò ó, bí èmi bá lọ sí iwájú,
òun kò sí níbẹ̀, àti sí ẹ̀yìn, èmi kò sì rí òye rẹ̀:
9Ni apá òsì bí ó bá ṣiṣẹ́ níbẹ̀, èmi kò rí i,
ó fi ara rẹ̀ pamọ́ ni apá ọ̀tún, tí èmi kò le è rí i.
10Ṣùgbọ́n òun mọ ọ̀nà tí èmi ń tọ̀,
nígbà tí ó bá dán mí wò, èmi yóò jáde bí wúrà.
11Ẹsẹ̀ mí ti tẹ̀lé ipasẹ̀ ìrìn rẹ̀;
ọ̀nà rẹ̀ ni mo ti kíyèsi, tí ń kò sì yà kúrò.
12Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni èmi kò padà sẹ́yìn kúrò nínú òfin ẹnu rẹ̀,
èmi sì pa ọ̀rọ̀ ẹnu rẹ̀ mọ́ ju oúnjẹ òòjọ́ lọ.
13“Ṣùgbọ́n onínú kan ni òun, ta ni yóò sì yí i padà?
Èyí tí ọkàn rẹ̀ sì ti fẹ́, èyí náà ní í ṣe.
14Nítòótọ́ ohun tí a ti yàn fún mi ní í ṣe;
ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ irú ohun bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ó wà ní ọwọ́ rẹ̀.
15Nítorí náà ni ara kò ṣe rọ̀ mí níwájú rẹ̀;
nígbà tí mo bá rò ó, ẹ̀rù a bà mi.
16Nítorí pé Ọlọ́run ti pá mi ní àyà,
Olódùmarè sì ń dààmú mi.
17Nítorí tí a kò tí ì ké mi kúrò níwájú òkùnkùn,
bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kò pa òkùnkùn biribiri mọ́ kúrò níwájú mi.
