Jobu 4
Bíbélì Mímọ́ Yorùbá Òde Òn
Ọ̀rọ̀ Elifasi: Ọlọ́run kì í fi ìyà jẹ olódodo
4 Ìgbà náà ni Elifasi, ará Temani dáhùn wí pé:
2 “Bí àwa bá fi ẹnu lé e, láti bá ọ sọ̀rọ̀, ìwọ o ha banújẹ́?
Ṣùgbọ́n ta ni ó lè pa ọ̀rọ̀ mọ́ ẹnu láìsọ?
3 Kíyèsi i, ìwọ sá ti kọ́ ọ̀pọ̀ ènìyàn,
ìwọ ṣá ti mú ọwọ́ aláìlera le.
4 Ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ ti gbé àwọn tí ń ṣubú lọ dúró,
ìwọ sì ti mú eékún àwọn tí ń wárìrì lera.
5 Ṣùgbọ́n nísinsin yìí ó dé bá ọ, ó sì rẹ̀ ọ́, ó kọlù ọ́;
ara rẹ kò lélẹ̀.
6 Ìbẹ̀rù Ọlọ́run rẹ kò ha jẹ́ ìgbẹ́kẹ̀lé rẹ
àti ìdúró ọ̀nà rẹ kò ha sì jẹ́ ìrètí rẹ?
7 “Èmi bẹ̀ ọ́ rántí: Ta ni ó ṣègbé rí láìṣẹ̀?
Tàbí níbo ni a gbé gé olódodo kúrò rí?
8 Àní bí èmi ti rí i pé, àwọn tí ń ṣe ìtulẹ̀ ẹ̀ṣẹ̀,
tí wọ́n sì fún irúgbìn ìwà búburú, wọn a sì ká èso rẹ̀ náà.
9 Nípa ìfẹ́ sí Ọlọ́run wọn a ṣègbé,
nípa èémí ìbínú rẹ̀ wọn a parun.
10 Bíbú ramúramù kìnnìún àti ohùn òǹrorò kìnnìún
àti eyín àwọn ẹgbọrọ kìnnìún ní a ká.
11 Kìnnìún kígbe, nítorí àìrí ohun ọdẹ,
àwọn ẹgbọrọ kìnnìún sísanra ni a túká kiri.
12 “Ǹjẹ́ nísinsin yìí a fi ohun àṣírí kan hàn fún mi,
etí mi sì gbà díẹ̀ nínú rẹ̀.
13 Ní ìrò inú lójú ìran òru,
nígbà tí oorun èjìká kùn ènìyàn.
14 Ẹ̀rù bà mí àti ìwárìrì
tí ó mú gbogbo egungun mi jí pépé.
15 Nígbà náà ni ẹ̀mí kan kọjá lọ ní iwájú mi,
irun ara mi dìde dúró ṣánṣán.
16 Ó dúró jẹ́ẹ́,
ṣùgbọ́n èmi kò le wo àpẹẹrẹ ìrí rẹ̀,
àwòrán kan hàn níwájú mi,
ìdákẹ́rọ́rọ́ wà, mo sì gbóhùn kan wí pé:
17 ‘Ẹni kíkú le jẹ́ olódodo ju Ọlọ́run,
ènìyàn ha le mọ́ ju Ẹlẹ́dàá rẹ̀ bí?
18 Kíyèsi i, òun kò gbẹ́kẹ̀lé àwọn ìránṣẹ́ rẹ̀,
nínú àwọn angẹli rẹ̀ ní ó sì rí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀.
19 Mélòó mélòó àwọn tí ń gbé inú ilé amọ̀,
ẹni tí ìpìlẹ̀ wọ́n jásí erùpẹ̀
tí yóò di rírun kòkòrò.
20 A pa wọ́n run láàrín òwúrọ̀ àti àṣálẹ́
wọ́n sì parun títí láé, láìrí ẹni kà á sí.
21 A kò ha ké okùn iye wọ́n kúrò bí?
Wọ́n kú, àní láìlọ́gbọ́n?’
Job 4
International Standard Version
Eliphaz: the Innocent Don’t Suffer
4 In reply, Eliphaz from Teman answered:
2 “Will you get offended if somebody tries to talk to you?
Who can keep from speaking at a time like this?[a]
3 Look! You’ve admonished many people,[b]
and you’ve strengthened feeble hands.
4 A word from you has supported those who have stumbled,
and has strengthened faltering knees.
5 “But now it’s your turn,
and you’re the one who is worn out![c]
Now it’s striking you,
and you’re dismayed!
6 “Your fear of God has been your confidence, hasn’t it?
The integrity of your life has been your hope, hasn’t it?
7 Now please think:
Who has ever perished when they’re innocent?
Where have the upright been destroyed?
8 It’s been my experience that those who plow the soil of[d] iniquity
and those who sow the seed of[e] trouble will reap their harvest![f]
9 They perish by the breath of God;
they are consumed by the storm that is[g] his anger.[h]
10 “The lioness may roar,
and the lion cub may growl;
but even the ivory teeth of the full grown lion are broken.
11 Full grown lions die when they cannot find prey;
that’s when the lion cubs are scattered.
12 “A message was confided[i] to me;
my ear caught a whisper of it.
13 Disquieting thoughts from dreams at night;
when deep sleep falls on everyone.[j]
14 A fear fell upon me, along with trembling
that caused all my bones to shake in terror.[k]
15 A spirit glided past me
and made the hair on my skin[l] to bristle.
16 It remained standing,
but I couldn’t recognize its appearance.
A form appeared before my eyes;
At first there was[m] silence, and then this voice:
17 ‘Can a mortal person[n] be more righteous than God?
Or can the purity of the valiant exceed that of his maker?’[o]
18 “Indeed, since he doesn’t trust his servants,[p]
since he charges[q] his angels with error,
19 how much less confidence[r] does he have
in those who dwell in houses of clay;
who were formed from a foundation in dust
and can perish[s] like a moth?
20 They are defeated between morning and evening;
they perish forever—and no one notices!
21 Their wealth[t] perishes with them, doesn’t it?
They die, and do so without having wisdom, don’t they?”
Footnotes
- Job 4:2 The Heb. lacks at a time like this
- Job 4:3 The Heb. lacks people
- Job 4:5 Or impatient
- Job 4:8 The Heb. lacks the soil of
- Job 4:8 The Heb. lacks the seed of
- Job 4:8 The Heb. lacks their harvest
- Job 4:9 Or the breath of
- Job 4:9 Or anger
- Job 4:12 Or was delivered in secret
- Job 4:13 Lit. men
- Job 4:14 Or dread
- Job 4:15 Lit. flesh
- Job 4:16 The Heb. lacks At first there was
- Job 4:17 Lit. a man
- Job 4:17 The quotation possibly continues through v 21.
- Job 4:18 Cf. Job 15:15
- Job 4:18 Or lay upon
- Job 4:19 The Heb. lacks confidence
- Job 4:19 Lit. can crush them
- Job 4:21 Or remnants, left over
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