Job 35

1 After this, Eliu again spoke in this way:

Elihu sì wí pe:

2 Does it seem right to you in your thoughts, that you should say, “I am more just than God?”

“Ìwọ rò pé èyí ha tọ́, tí ìwọ wí pé, òdodo mi ni èyí níwájú Ọlọ́run?

3 For you said, “Having done what is right does not please you,” and, “How will it benefit you, if I sin?”

Nítorí tí ìwọ wí pé èrè kí ní yóò jásí fún ọ, tàbí èrè kí ni èmi yóò fi jẹ́ ju èrè ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ mi lọ.

4 And so, I will respond to your words, and to your friends who are with you.

“Èmi ó dá ọ lóhùn àti àwọn ẹgbẹ́ rẹ pẹ̀lú rẹ.

5 Look up towards heaven and consider; also, think about the sky, which is higher than you.

Síjú wo ọ̀run; kí o rí i, kí ó sì bojú wo àwọsánmọ̀ tí ó ga jù ọ́ lọ.

6 If you sin, how will it hurt him? And if your iniquities are multiplied, what will you do against him?

Bí ìwọ bá dẹ́ṣẹ̀, kí ni ìwọ fi sẹ̀ sí? Tàbí bí ìrékọjá rẹ di púpọ̀, kí ni ìwọ fi èyí nì ṣe sí i?

7 Furthermore, if you act justly, what will you give him, or what will he receive from your hand?

Bí ìwọ bá sì ṣe olódodo, kí ni ìwọ fi fún un, tàbí kí ni òun rí gbà láti ọwọ́ rẹ wá?

8 Your impiety may hurt a man who is like you, though your justice may help the son of the man.

Ìwà búburú rẹ ni fún ènìyàn bí ìwọ; òdodo rẹ sì ni fún ọmọ ènìyàn.

9 Because of the multitude of false accusers, they will cry out; and they will lament because of the strong arm of the tyrants.

“Nípa ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ìninilára, wọ́n mú ni kígbe; wọ́n kígbe nípa apá àwọn alágbára.

10 Yet he has not said: “Where is God, who made me, who has given songs in the night,

Ṣùgbọ́n kò sí ẹni tí ó wí pé, ‘Níbo ni Ọlọ́run Ẹlẹ́dàá mi wà tí ó sì fi orin fún mi ní òru;

11 who teaches us in addition to the beasts of the earth, and who educates us along with the birds of the air?”

tí òun kọ́ wa ní ẹ̀kọ́ jù àwọn ẹranko ayé lọ, tí ó sì mú wa gbọ́n ju àwọn ẹyẹ ojú ọ̀run lọ?’

12 There they will cry, and he will not heed them, because of the arrogance of the wicked.

Nígbà náà ni wọ́n ń ké ṣùgbọ́n Ọlọ́run kò dáhùn nítorí ìgbéraga ènìyàn búburú.

13 Therefore, God does not hear in vain, and the Almighty will look into each and every case.

Nítòótọ́ Ọlọ́run kì yóò gbọ́ ọ̀rọ̀ asán; bẹ́ẹ̀ ní Olódùmarè kì yóò kà á sí.

14 And so, when you say, “He does not examine,” be judged before him, but wait for him.

Bí ó tilẹ̀ ṣe pé ìwọ wí pé ìwọ kì í rí i, ọ̀rọ̀ ìdájọ́ ń bẹ níwájú rẹ, ẹni tí ìwọ sì gbọdọ̀ dúró dè.

15 For, at the present time, he does not bring forth his fury, nor does he punish sin exceedingly.

Ṣùgbọ́n nísinsin yìí nítorí tí ìbínú rẹ̀ kò tí fìyà jẹ ni, òun kò ni ka ìwà búburú si?

16 Therefore, Job has opened his mouth in vain and has multiplied words without knowledge.

Nítorí náà ní Jobu ṣe ya ẹnu rẹ̀ lásán ó sọ ọ̀rọ̀ di púpọ̀ láìsí ìmọ̀.”