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Ìdáhùn Jobu fún Elifasi

16 Ìgbà náà ní Jobu dáhùn, ó sì wí pé:

“Èmi ti gbọ́ irú ohun púpọ̀ bẹ́ẹ̀ rí
    ayọnilẹ́nu onítùnú ènìyàn ní gbogbo yín.
Ọ̀rọ̀ asán lè ni òpin?
    Tàbí kí ni ó gbó ọ láyà tí ìwọ fi dáhùn?
Èmi pẹ̀lú le sọ bí ẹ̀yin;
    bí ọkàn yín bá wà ní ipò ọkàn mi,
èmi le sọ ọ̀rọ̀ dáradára púpọ̀ sí yín ní ọrùn,
    èmi a sì mi orí mi sí i yín.
Èmi ìbá fi ọ̀rọ̀ ẹnu mi gbà yín ni
    ìyànjú, àti ṣíṣí ètè mi ìbá sì tu ìbìnújẹ́ yín.

“Bí èmi tilẹ̀ sọ̀rọ̀, ìbìnújẹ́ mi kò lọ;
    bí mo sì tilẹ̀ dákẹ́, níbo ni ìtùnú mí ko kúrò?
Ṣùgbọ́n nísinsin yìí, ó dá mi lágara;
    Ìwọ Ọlọ́run mú gbogbo ẹgbẹ́ mi takété.
Ìwọ fi ìhunjọ kùn mí lára, èyí tí o jẹ́rìí tì mí;
    àti rírù tí ó hàn lára mi, ó jẹ́rìí tì mí ní ojú.
Ọlọ́run fi i ìbínú rẹ̀ fà mí ya, ó sì gbóguntì mí;
    ó pa eyín rẹ̀ keke sí mi,
    ọ̀tá mi sì gbójú rẹ̀ sí mi.
10 Wọ́n ti fi ẹnu wọn yẹ̀yẹ́ mi;
    Wọ́n gbá mi ní ẹ̀rẹ̀kẹ́ ni ìgbá ẹ̀gàn;
    Wọ́n kó ara wọn pọ̀ sí mi.
11 Ọlọ́run ti fi mí lé ọwọ́ ẹni
    búburú, ó sì mú mi ṣubú sí ọwọ́ ènìyàn ìkà.
12 Mo ti jókòó jẹ́ẹ́, ṣùgbọ́n ó fà mí já;
    ó sì dì mí ni ọrùn mú, ó sì gbọ̀n mí túútúú,
ó sì gbé mi kalẹ̀ láti ṣe ààmì ìtafàsí rẹ̀;
13     àwọn tafàtafà rẹ̀ dúró yí mi káàkiri.
Ó là mí láyà pẹ̀rẹ̀, kò si dá sí,
    ó sì tú òróòro ara mi dà sílẹ̀.
14 Ìbàjẹ́ lórí ìbàjẹ́ ní ó fi bà mí jẹ́;
    ó súré kọlù mi bí jagunjagun.

15 “Mo rán aṣọ ọ̀fọ̀ bò ara mi,
    mo sì rẹ̀ ìwo mi sílẹ̀ nínú erùpẹ̀.
16 Ojú mi ti pọ́n fún ẹkún,
    òjìji ikú sì ṣẹ́ sí ìpéǹpéjú mi.
17 Kì í ṣe nítorí àìṣòótọ́ kan ní ọwọ́
    mi; àdúrà mi sì mọ́ pẹ̀lú.

18 “Háà! Ilẹ̀ ayé, ìwọ má ṣe bò ẹ̀jẹ̀ mi,
    kí ẹkún mi má ṣe wà ní ipò kan.
19 Ǹjẹ́ nísinsin yìí kíyèsi i, ẹlẹ́rìí mi ń bẹ ní ọ̀run,
    ẹ̀rí mi sì ń bẹ lókè ọ̀run.
20 Àwọn ọ̀rẹ́ mi ń fi mí ṣẹ̀sín,
    ṣùgbọ́n ojú mi ń da omijé sọ́dọ̀ Ọlọ́run;
21 Ìbá ṣe pé ẹnìkan le è máa ṣe alágbàwí fún ẹnìkejì lọ́dọ̀ Ọlọ́run,
    bí ènìyàn kan ti í ṣe alágbàwí fún ẹnìkejì rẹ̀.

22 “Nítorí nígbà tí iye ọdún díẹ̀ rékọjá tán,
    nígbà náà ni èmi ó lọ sí ibi tí èmi kì yóò padà bọ̀.

Job

16 Then Job replied:

“I have heard many things like these;
    you are miserable comforters,(A) all of you!(B)
Will your long-winded speeches never end?(C)
    What ails you that you keep on arguing?(D)
I also could speak like you,
    if you were in my place;
I could make fine speeches against you
    and shake my head(E) at you.
But my mouth would encourage you;
    comfort(F) from my lips would bring you relief.(G)

“Yet if I speak, my pain is not relieved;
    and if I refrain, it does not go away.(H)
Surely, God, you have worn me out;(I)
    you have devastated my entire household.(J)
You have shriveled me up—and it has become a witness;
    my gauntness(K) rises up and testifies against me.(L)
God assails me and tears(M) me in his anger(N)
    and gnashes his teeth at me;(O)
    my opponent fastens on me his piercing eyes.(P)
10 People open their mouths(Q) to jeer at me;(R)
    they strike my cheek(S) in scorn
    and unite together against me.(T)
11 God has turned me over to the ungodly
    and thrown me into the clutches of the wicked.(U)
12 All was well with me, but he shattered me;
    he seized me by the neck and crushed me.(V)
He has made me his target;(W)
13     his archers surround me.(X)
Without pity, he pierces(Y) my kidneys
    and spills my gall on the ground.
14 Again and again(Z) he bursts upon me;
    he rushes at me like a warrior.(AA)

15 “I have sewed sackcloth(AB) over my skin
    and buried my brow in the dust.(AC)
16 My face is red with weeping,(AD)
    dark shadows ring my eyes;(AE)
17 yet my hands have been free of violence(AF)
    and my prayer is pure.(AG)

18 “Earth, do not cover my blood;(AH)
    may my cry(AI) never be laid to rest!(AJ)
19 Even now my witness(AK) is in heaven;(AL)
    my advocate is on high.(AM)
20 My intercessor(AN) is my friend[a](AO)
    as my eyes pour out(AP) tears(AQ) to God;
21 on behalf of a man he pleads(AR) with God
    as one pleads for a friend.

22 “Only a few years will pass
    before I take the path of no return.(AS)

Footnotes

  1. Job 16:20 Or My friends treat me with scorn