Job 8
1 Then Bildad, from [the] Shuah [area], spoke to Job. He said,
Ìgbà náà ni Bilidadi, ará Ṣuhi, sì dáhùn wí pé,
2 “Job, how much longer will you talk like this? What you say is [only] hot air.
“Ìwọ yóò ti máa sọ nǹkan wọ̀nyí pẹ́ tó? Tí ọ̀rọ̀ ẹnu rẹ̀ yóò sì máa bí ẹ̀fúùfù ńlá?
3 Almighty God certainly never does [RHQ] what is unfair/unjust. He always does [LIT] what is right/fair.
Ọlọ́run a ha máa yí ìdájọ́ po bí? Tàbí Olódùmarè a máa gbé ẹ̀bi fún aláre?
4 So, it is evident that your children have sinned against him, therefore he has caused them to be punished for evil things that they have done.
Nígbà tí àwọn ọmọ rẹ̀ ṣẹ̀ sí i, ó sì gbá wọn kúrò nítorí ìrékọjá wọn.
5 But, if you will [now] earnestly request [DOU] Almighty [God] to help you,
Bí ìwọ bá sì ké pe Ọlọ́run ní àkókò, tí ìwọ sì gbàdúrà ẹ̀bẹ̀ sí Olódùmarè.
6 and if you are pure and honest/righteous, he will surely do something good for you and reward you by giving your family back to you and enabling you to prosper.
Ìwọ ìbá jẹ́ mímọ, kí ó sì dúró ṣinṣin: ǹjẹ́ nítòótọ́ nísinsin yìí òun yóò tají fún ọ, òun a sì sọ ibùjókòó òdodo rẹ di púpọ̀.
7 And even though you [think that you] were not very prosperous/wealthy before, during the last part of your life you will become very wealthy.
Ìpilẹ̀ṣẹ̀ rẹ ìbá tilẹ̀ kéré si í, bẹ́ẹ̀ ìgbẹ̀yìn rẹ ìbá pọ̀ sí i gidigidi.
8 “I request you to think about what happened long ago and consider what our ancestors found out.
“Èmi bẹ̀ ọ́ ǹjẹ́, béèrè lọ́wọ́ àwọn ará ìgbà nì kí o sì kíyèsi ìwádìí àwọn baba wọn.
9 [It seems as though] we were born only yesterday and we know very little [HYP]; our time here on the earth [disappears quickly, like] a shadow [MET].
Nítorí pé ọmọ-àná ni àwa, a kò sì mọ nǹkan, nítorí pé òjìji ni ọjọ́ wa ni ayé.
10 So, why do you not allow your ancestors to teach you and tell you something? Allow them to tell you from what they learned!
Àwọn kì yóò wa kọ ọ́, wọn kì yóò sì sọ fún ọ? Wọn kì yóò sì sọ̀rọ̀ láti inú òye wọn jáde wá?
11 Papyrus can certainly not [RHQ] grow in places where there is no marsh/swamp; reeds certainly cannot [RHQ] flourish/grow where there is no water.
Papirusi ha lè dàgbà láìní ẹrẹ̀ tàbí eèsún ha lè dàgbà láìlómi?
12 [If they do not have enough water], while they are still blossoming, they wither more quickly than other plants wither.
Nígbà tí ó wà ní tútù, tí a kò ké e lulẹ̀, ó rọ dànù, ewéko gbogbo mìíràn hù dípò rẹ̀.
13 Those who do not pay attention to what God says are like those [reeds]; godless people stop confidently expecting [that good things will happen to them].
Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ipa ọ̀nà gbogbo àwọn tí ó gbàgbé Ọlọ́run, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ìrètí àwọn àgàbàgebè yóò di òfo.
14 The things they confidently expect to happen do not happen; things they trust [will help them] are [as fragile as] [MET] a spider’s web.
Àbá ẹni tí a ó kèé kúrò, àti ìgbẹ́kẹ̀lé ẹni tí ó dàbí ilé aláǹtakùn.
15 If they lean against a house (OR, trust in their wealth; OR, lean on a spider web), it does not (endure/protect them) [LIT]; they cling to things [to be protected], but those things do not remain firm.
Yóò fi ara ti ilé rẹ̀, ṣùgbọ́n kì yóò lè dúró, yóò fi di ara rẹ̀ mú ṣinṣin ṣùgbọ́n kì yóò lè dúró pẹ́.
16 Godless people [are like plants] [MET] that are watered before the sun rises; their shoots spread all over the gardens.
Ó tutù bí irúgbìn tí a bomirin níwájú oòrùn, ẹ̀ka rẹ̀ sì yọ jáde nínú ọgbà rẹ̀.
17 The roots of those plants twist around piles of stones and cling tightly to rocks.
Gbòǹgbò rẹ̀ ta yí ebè ká, ó sì wó ibi òkúta wọ̀n-ọn-nì.
18 But if those plants are pulled out, [it is as though] the place where they were planted says ‘They were never here!’ [And that is what happens to wicked people who do not heed what God says].
Bí ó bá sì pa á run kúrò ní ipò rẹ̀, nígbà náà ni ipò náà yóò sọ, ‘Èmi kò ri ọ rí!’
19 Truly, evil people [MET] are not joyful [IRO] for a long time; other people come and take their places.
Kíyèsi i, ayé rẹ̀ gbẹ dànù àti láti inú ilẹ̀ ní irúgbìn òmíràn yóò hù jáde wá.
20 :So, [I tell you, Job], God will not reject you if you are truly godly/righteous, but he does not help [IDM] evil people.
“Kíyèsi i, Ọlọ́run kì yóò ta ẹni òtítọ́ nù, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kì yóò ran oníwà búburú lọ́wọ́
21 He will enable you [MTY] to continually laugh and to always shout [joyfully].
títí yóò fi fi ẹ̀rín kún ọ ní ẹnu, àti ètè rẹ pẹ̀lú ìhó ayọ̀,
22 But those who hate you will be very ashamed, and the homes of wicked people will disappear.”
ìtìjú ní a o fi bo àwọn tí ó kórìíra rẹ̀, àti ibùjókòó ènìyàn búburú kì yóò sí mọ́.”
