Job 18
1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
Na Suhini Bildad buae se,
2 How long will ye hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.
“Bere bɛn na wubegyae kasa tenten yi? Dwene ho yiye, na afei yebetumi akasa.
3 Wherefore are we counted as beasts, [And] are become unclean in your sight?
Adɛn nti na wofa yɛn sɛ anantwi na wususuw sɛ yennim nyansa yi?
4 Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, Shall the earth be forsaken for thee? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?
Wo a wode abufuw tetew wo mu nketenkete, wo nti na yemfi asase so anaasɛ wonnwiriw abotan mfi wɔn sibea ana?
5 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, And the spark of his fire shall not shine.
“Omumɔyɛfo kanea adum; na ne gya nnɛw bio.
6 The light shall be dark in his tent, And his lamp above him shall be put out.
Hann a ɛwɔ ne ntamadan mu duru sum; kanea a esi ne ho no dum.
7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, And his own counsel shall cast him down.
Nʼanammɔntu mu ahoɔden ano bɛbrɛ ase; nʼankasa nhyehyɛe hwe no ase.
8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walketh upon the toils.
Nʼanammɔn de no kɔ afiri mu, na okyinkyin kɔtɔ ne tan mu.
9 A gin shall take [him] by the heel, [And] a snare shall lay hold on him.
Afiri so ne nantin na eso ne mu dennen.
10 A noose is hid for him in the ground, And a trap for him in the way.
Wɔasum no afiri ahintaw wɔ fam; afiri wɔ ne kwan mu.
11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, And shall chase him at his heels.
Ahunahuna ma ɔbɔ huboa wɔ ne ho nyinaa na ɛhaw no wɔ nʼanammɔntu biara mu.
12 His strength shall be hunger-bitten, And calamity shall be ready at his side.
Atoyerɛnkyɛm kɔn dɔ no; na sɛ ɔhwe ase a, amanehunu retwɛn no.
13 The members of his body shall be devoured, [Yea], the first-born of death shall devour his members.
Ɛwewe ne honam ani baabi; na owu di kan sɛe nʼakwaa.
14 He shall be rooted out of his tent wherein he trusteth; And he shall be brought to the king of terrors.
Wɔtwe no fi ne ntamadan bammɔ mu na wɔde no brɛ ahunahunahene.
15 There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his: Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
Ogya te ne ntamadan mu; na wɔabɔ sufre a ɛredɛw apete nʼatenae.
16 His roots shall be dried up beneath, And above shall his branch be cut off.
Ne ntin wuwu wɔ ase na ne mman nso wu wɔ soro.
17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, And he shall have no name in the street.
Wɔnnkae no asase so bio; na onni din wɔ asase so.
18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, And chased out of the world.
Wɔka no fi hann mu kɔ sum mu na wɔpam no fi wiase.
19 He shall have neither son nor son’s son among his people, Nor any remaining where he sojourned.
Onni mma anaa nananom wɔ ne nkurɔfo mu, na nʼaseni biara renka wɔ baabi a ɔtenae.
20 They that come after shall be astonished at his day, As they that went before were affrighted.
Nnipa a wofi atɔe fam ho adwiriw wɔn wɔ nea ato no no ho; na aninyanne bunkam wɔn a wɔwɔ apuei fam no so.
21 Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, And this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
Ampa ara, sɛɛ na omumɔyɛfo atenae te; sɛɛ ne beae a nea onnim Onyankopɔn no te.”
