Bildad
1Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
2“How long will you say such things?
Your words are a blustering wind.
3Does God pervert justice?
Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
4When your children sinned against him,
he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.
5But if you will seek God earnestly
and plead with the Almighty,
6if you are pure and upright,
even now he will rouse himself on your behalf
and restore you to your prosperous state.
7Your beginnings will seem humble,
so prosperous will your future be.
8“Ask the former generation
and find out what their ancestors learned,
9for we were born only yesterday and know nothing,
and our days on earth are but a shadow.
10Will they not instruct you and tell you?
Will they not bring forth words from their understanding?
11Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh?
Can reeds thrive without water?
12While still growing and uncut,
they wither more quickly than grass.
13Such is the destiny of all who forget God;
so perishes the hope of the godless.
14What they trust in is fragile8:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.;
what they rely on is a spider’s web.
15They lean on the web, but it gives way;
they cling to it, but it does not hold.
16They are like a well-watered plant in the sunshine,
spreading its shoots over the garden;
17it entwines its roots around a pile of rocks
and looks for a place among the stones.
18But when it is torn from its spot,
that place disowns it and says, ‘I never saw you.’
19Surely its life withers away,
and8:19 Or Surely all the joy it has / is that from the soil other plants grow.
20“Surely God does not reject one who is blameless
or strengthen the hands of evildoers.
21He will yet fill your mouth with laughter
and your lips with shouts of joy.
22Your enemies will be clothed in shame,
and the tents of the wicked will be no more.”
Bilidadi
1Ìgbà náà ni Bilidadi, ará Ṣuhi, sì dáhùn wí pé:
2“Ìwọ yóò ti máa sọ nǹkan wọ̀nyí pẹ́ tó?
Tí ọ̀rọ̀ ẹnu rẹ̀ yóò sì máa bí ẹ̀fúùfù ńlá?
3Ọlọ́run a ha máa yí ìdájọ́ po bí?
Tàbí Olódùmarè a máa gbé ẹ̀bi fún aláre?
4Nígbà tí àwọn ọmọ rẹ̀ ṣẹ̀ sí i,
ó sì gbá wọn kúrò nítorí ìrékọjá wọn.
5Bí ìwọ bá sì ké pe Ọlọ́run ní àkókò,
tí ìwọ sì gbàdúrà ẹ̀bẹ̀ sí Olódùmarè.
6Ìwọ ìbá jẹ́ mímọ, kí ó sì dúró ṣinṣin:
ǹjẹ́ nítòótọ́ nísinsin yìí òun yóò tají fún ọ,
òun a sì sọ ibùjókòó òdodo rẹ di púpọ̀.
7Ìpilẹ̀ṣẹ̀ rẹ ìbá tilẹ̀ kéré si í,
bẹ́ẹ̀ ìgbẹ̀yìn rẹ ìbá pọ̀ sí i gidigidi.
8“Èmi bẹ̀ ọ́ ǹjẹ́, béèrè lọ́wọ́ àwọn ará ìgbà nì
kí o sì kíyèsi ìwádìí àwọn baba wọn.
9Nítorí pé ọmọ-àná ni àwa, a kò sì mọ nǹkan,
nítorí pé òjìji ni ọjọ́ wa ni ayé.
10Àwọn kì yóò wa kọ ọ́, wọn kì yóò sì sọ fún ọ?
Wọn kì yóò sì sọ̀rọ̀ láti inú òye wọn jáde wá?
11Papirusi ha lè dàgbà láìní ẹrẹ̀
tàbí eèsún ha lè dàgbà láìlómi?
12Nígbà tí ó wà ní tútù, tí a kò ké e lulẹ̀,
ó rọ dànù, ewéko gbogbo mìíràn hù dípò rẹ̀
13Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ipa ọ̀nà gbogbo àwọn tí ó gbàgbé Ọlọ́run,
bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ìrètí àwọn àgàbàgebè yóò di òfo.
14Àbá ẹni tí a ó kèé kúrò,
àti ìgbẹ́kẹ̀lé ẹni tí ó dàbí ilé aláǹtakùn.
15Yóò fi ara ti ilé rẹ̀, ṣùgbọ́n kì yóò lè dúró,
yóò fi di ara rẹ̀ mú ṣinṣin ṣùgbọ́n kì yóò lè dúró pẹ́.
16Ó tutù bí irúgbìn tí a bomirin níwájú oòrùn,
ẹ̀ka rẹ̀ sì yọ jáde nínú ọgbà rẹ̀.
17Gbòǹgbò rẹ̀ ta yí ebè ká,
ó sì wó ibi òkúta wọ̀n-ọn-nì.
18Bí ó bá sì pa á run kúrò ní ipò rẹ̀,
nígbà náà ni ipò náà yóò sọ, ‘Èmi kò ri ọ rí!’
19Kíyèsi i, ayé rẹ̀ gbẹ dànù
àti láti inú ilẹ̀ ní irúgbìn òmíràn yóò hù jáde wá.
20“Kíyèsi i, Ọlọ́run kì yóò ta ẹni òtítọ́ nù,
bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kì yóò ran oníwà búburú lọ́wọ́
21títí yóò fi fi ẹ̀rín kún ọ ní ẹnu,
àti ètè rẹ pẹ̀lú ìhó ayọ̀,
22ìtìjú ní a o fi bo àwọn tí ó kórìíra rẹ̀,
àti ibùjókòó ènìyàn búburú kì yóò sí mọ́.”
