Bildad Speaks

25 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

Dominion and dread(A) belong to him,
the one who establishes harmony in his heights.
Can his troops be numbered?
Does his light not shine on everyone?
How can a human be justified before God?(B)
How can one born of woman be pure?(C)
If even the moon does not shine
and the stars are not pure in his sight,(D)
how much less a human, who is a maggot,
a son of man,[a] who is a worm!(E)

Footnotes

  1. 25:6 Or a mere mortal

Ìdáhùn Bilidadi

25 Nígbà náà ní Bilidadi, ará Ṣuhi, dáhùn wí pé:

“Ìjọba àti ẹ̀rù ń bẹ lọ́dọ̀ Ọlọ́run rẹ̀,
    òun ní i ṣe ìlàjà ní ibi gíga gíga ọ̀run.
Àwọn ọmọ-ogun rẹ̀ ha ní ìyè bí,
    tàbí ara ta ni ìmọ́lẹ̀ rẹ̀ kò tàn sí?
Èéha ti ṣe tí a ó fi dá ènìyàn láre lọ́dọ̀ Ọlọ́run?
    Tàbí ẹni tí a bí láti inú obìnrin wá yóò ha ṣe mọ́?
Kíyèsi i, òṣùpá kò sì lè tàn ìmọ́lẹ̀,
    àní àwọn ìràwọ̀ kò mọ́lẹ̀ ní ojú rẹ̀,
kí a má sọ ènìyàn tí i ṣe ìdin,
    àti ọmọ ènìyàn tí í ṣe kòkòrò!”