Job Answer Back
Job answer yab with yab, wisdom go die with una, then im talk say even animal and bird sabi say na our Papa hand do dis tin. Im poem no be comfort: God dey strip counsellors, judges, priests and kings, and E leave the leaders of the earth dey grope for darkness.
12 1Then Job answer: 2"No doubt, na una be di people wey sabi, and wisdom go die wit una. 3But I get sense sotay reach una; I no dey below una. Who no sabi tins like dis? 4I don turn to laughing-stock for my friends dem—me, wey call God and He answer me; correct-and-holy man wey no get blame, now don turn laughing-stock. 5Person wey dey enjoy dey look down on trouble—dem ready to give knock to person wey im leg dey slip. 6Di tent of tiff-tiff people dey enjoy peace, and dem wey dey provoke God dey safe—dem wey carry dia own god for dia own hand. a a v6 Dem wey carry dia own god for dia own hand: people wey put dia trust fully for dia own power instead of God. 7But ask di animal dem, and dem go teach you; di bird for sky, and dem go tell you; 8abi talk to di earth, and e go teach you; and di fish wey dey inside sea go explain am to you. 9Who among all dis ones no sabi say na di hand of our Papa do dis tin? b b v9 For inside di long argument wit im three friends, na only for dis one place Job call our Papa by name — di family name wey im friends no go ever use. Im heart, even for di middle of im complain, dey reach toward di Papa wey im first know. 10For im hand na di life of every living tin and di breath of all mankind dey. 11Abi no be di ear dey test word, di same way di tongue dey taste food? 12Dem dey find wisdom for old people, and understanding for person wey don live long. 13Na wit Am wisdom and power dey; counsel and understanding na im own. 14Wetin He break down, nobody fit build am back; person wey He lock inside, nobody fit release am. 15If He hold di water back, e go dry; if He release am, e go cover di land finish. 16Na wit Am strength and correct wisdom dey; di person wey dem deceive and di person wey dey deceive, na im own dem be. 17He dey carry advisers comot wit dia body bare, and He dey make judge dem turn foolish person. 18He dey loose di chain wey king dem put for people, and He dey tie ordinary cloth for di king dem own waist. 19He dey carry priest dem comot wit dia body bare, and He dey throw down dem wey don stand strong for long time. 20He dey shut di mouth of people wey dem dey trust, and He dey take sense comot for hand of di elders. 21He dey pour shame for princes head, and He dey take power comot for hand of di strong ones. 22He dey uncover deep tins wey dey inside darkness, and He dey bring deep shadow come inside light. 23He dey make nation dem big, then He dey destroy dem; He dey make nation dem wide, then He dey scatter dem comot. 24He dey take sense comot for hand of di leaders of di earth, and He dey make dem wander for empty place wey no get road. 25Dem dey feel-feel for inside darkness wey no get light, and He dey make dem waka anyhow like person wey don drunk."
