Job 29

1 And Job addeth to lift up his simile, and saith: —

Pẹ̀lúpẹ̀lú, Jobu sì tún tẹ̀síwájú nínú ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ̀, ó sì wí pé,

2 Who doth make me as [in] months past, As [in] the days of God's preserving me?

“Háà! ìbá ṣe pé èmi wà bí ìgbà oṣù tí ó kọjá, bí ọjọ́ tí Ọlọ́run pa mí mọ́,

3 In His causing His lamp to shine on my head, By His light I walk [through] darkness.

nígbà tí fìtílà rẹ tàn sí mi ní orí, àti nípa ìmọ́lẹ̀ rẹ̀ èmi rìn nínú òkùnkùn já.

4 As I have been in days of my maturity, And the counsel of God upon my tent.

Bí mo ti rí nígbà ọ̀dọ́ mi, nígbà tí ọ̀rẹ́ Ọlọ́run tímọ́tímọ́ bùkún ilé mi,

5 When yet the Mighty One [is] with me. Round about me — my young ones,

nígbà tí Olódùmarè wà pẹ̀lú mi, nígbà tí àwọn ọmọ mi wà yí mi ká;

6 When washing my goings with butter, And the firm rock [is] with me rivulets of oil.

nígbà tí èmi fi òrí-àmọ́ n wẹ ìṣísẹ̀ mi, àti tí àpáta ń tú ìṣàn òróró jáde fún mi wá.

7 When I go out to the gate by the city, In a broad place I prepare my seat.

“Nígbà tí mo jáde la àárín ìlú lọ sí ẹnu ibodè, nígbà tí mo tẹ́ ìtẹ́ mi ní ìgboro,

8 Seen me have youths, and they, been hidden, And the aged have risen — they stood up.

nígbà náà ni àwọn ọmọkùnrin rí mi, wọ́n sì sá pamọ́, àwọn àgbà dìde dúró ní ẹsẹ̀ wọn,

9 Princes have kept in words, And a hand they place on their mouth.

àwọn ọmọ-aládé dákẹ́ ọ̀rọ̀ sísọ, wọn a sì fi ọwọ́ wọn lé ẹnu.

10 The voice of leaders hath been hidden, And their tongue to the palate hath cleaved.

Àwọn ọlọ́lá dákẹ́, ahọ́n wọn sì lẹ̀ mọ́ èrìgì ẹnu wọn.

11 For the ear heard, and declareth me happy, And the eye hath seen, and testifieth [to] me.

Nígbà tí etí gbọ́, ó sì súre fún mi, àti nígbà tí ojú sì rí mi, ó jẹ́rìí mi,

12 For I deliver the afflicted who is crying, And the fatherless who hath no helper.

nítorí mo gbà tálákà tí n fẹ́ ìrànlọ́wọ́, àti aláìní baba tí kò sí olùrànlọ́wọ́ fún un.

13 The blessing of the perishing cometh on me, And the heart of the widow I cause to sing.

Ẹni tí ó ń kìlọ̀ súre fún mi, èmi sì mú àyà opó kọrin fún ayọ̀.

14 Righteousness I have put on, and it clotheth me, As a robe and a diadem my justice.

Èmi sì mú òdodo wọ̀ bí aṣọ, ẹ̀tọ́ mi dàbí aṣọ ìgúnwà àti adé ọba.

15 Eyes I have been to the blind, And feet to the lame [am] I.

Mo ṣe ojú fún afọ́jú mo sì ṣe ẹsẹ̀ fún amúnkùn ún.

16 A father I [am] to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out.

Mo ṣe baba fún tálákà; mo ṣe ìwádìí ọ̀ràn àjèjì tí èmi kò mọ̀ rí.

17 And I break the jaw-teeth of the perverse, And from his teeth I cast away prey.

Mo sì ká eyín ẹ̀rẹ̀kẹ́ ènìyàn búburú, mo sì já ohun ọdẹ náà kúrò ní eyín rẹ̀.

18 And I say, 'With my nest I expire, And as the sand I multiply days.'

“Nígbà náà ni mo rò pé, ‘Èmi yóò kú nínú ilé mi, èmi yóò sì mú ọjọ́ mi pọ̀ sí i bí iyanrìn.

19 My root is open unto the waters, And dew doth lodge on my branch.

Gbòǹgbò mi yóò ta kan omi, ìrì yóò sì sẹ̀ ní gbogbo òru sí ara ẹ̀ka mi.

20 My honour [is] fresh with me, And my bow in my hand is renewed.

Ògo mi yóò wà ní ọ̀tún ní ọ̀dọ̀ mi, ọrun mi sì padà di tuntun ní ọwọ́ mi.’

21 To me they have hearkened, Yea, they wait, and are silent for my counsel.

“Èmi ni ènìyàn ń dẹtí sílẹ̀ sí, wọn a sì dúró, wọn a sì dákẹ́ rọ́rọ́ ní ìmọ̀ràn mi.

22 After my word they change not, And on them doth my speech drop,

Lẹ́yìn ọ̀rọ̀ mi, wọn kò tún sọ̀rọ̀ mọ́; ọ̀rọ̀ mi wọ̀ wọ́n ní etí ṣinṣin.

23 And they wait as [for] rain for me, And their mouth they have opened wide [As] for the latter rain.

Wọn a sì dúró dè mí bí ẹni wí pé wọ́n dúró fún ọ̀wọ́ òjò; wọn a sì mu nínú ọ̀rọ̀ mi bí ẹní mu nínú òjò àrọ̀kúrò.

24 I laugh unto them — they give no credence, And the light of my face cause not to fall.

Èmi sì rẹ́rìn-ín sí wọn nígbà tí wọn kò bá gbà á gbọ́; ìmọ́lẹ̀ ojú mi jẹ́ iyebíye sí wọn.

25 I choose their way, and sit head, And I dwell as a king in a troop, When mourners he doth comfort.

Mo la ọ̀nà sílẹ̀ fún wọn, mo sì jókòó bí olóyè wọn. Mo jókòó bí ọba ní àárín ológun rẹ, mo sì rí bí ẹni tí ń tu ẹni tí ń ṣọ̀fọ̀ nínú.