Job 36
1 And Elius further continued, and said,
Elihu yi edzi be,
2 Wait for me yet a little while, that I may teach thee: for there is yet speech in me.
“Kpɔ nye asinu vie eye maɖee afia wò be nya geɖewo li magblɔ ɖe Mawu nu.
3 Having fetched my knowledge from afar, and according to my works,
Mexɔa nye gɔmesese tso afi aɖeke ɖaa, eya ta matso na nye Wɔla.
4 I will speak just things truly, and thou shalt not unjustly receive unjust words.
Kakaɖedzi nenɔ asiwò be, nye nyawo menye aʋatso o eya ta ame si si gɔmesese deto le lae le gbɔwò.
5 But know that the Lord will not cast off an innocent man: being mighty in strength of wisdom,
“Mawu nye Ŋusẽtɔ, etri akɔ eye meʋãna le eƒe taɖodzinu me o gake medoa vlo amewo o.
6 he will not by any means save alive the ungodly: and he will grant the judgment of the poor.
Menana ame vɔ̃ɖiwo nɔa agbe o, ke boŋ ekpɔa hiãtɔwo ƒe hiahiãwo gbɔ na wo.
7 He will not turn away his eyes from the righteous, but [they shall be] with kings on the throne: and he will establish them in triumph, and they shall be exalted.
Meɖea eƒe ŋku ɖa le ame dzɔdzɔewo ŋu o, eɖoa wo zi dzi ɖe fiawo xa eye wòdoa wo ɖe dzi tegbetegbe.
8 But they that are bound in fetters shall be holden in cords of poverty.
Ke ne wode ga amewo, hebla wo sesĩe kple hiã ƒe kawo la,
9 And he shall recount to them their works, and their transgressions, for such will act with violence.
egblɔa nu si wowɔ la na wo, esi nye be wowɔ nu vɔ̃ dadatɔe.
10 But he will hearken to the righteous: and he has said that they shall turn from unrighteousness.
Enana woɖoa to ɖɔɖɔɖo eye wòɖea gbe na wo be woatrɔ le woƒe nu vɔ̃ɖi la me.
11 If they should hear and serve [him], they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in honour.
Ne woɖo to eye wosubɔe la, woanɔ woƒe agbemeŋkeke mamlɛawo le nukpɔkpɔ me eye woƒe ƒewo ayɔ fũu kple dzidzeme.
12 But he preserves not the ungodly; because they are not willing to know the Lord, and because when reproved they were disobedient.
Ke ne womeɖo to o la, yi atsrɔ̃ wo eye woaku numanyamanyae.
13 And the hypocrites in heart will array wrath [against themselves]; they will not cry, because he has bound them.
“Fuléle le dzi me na Mawumavɔ̃lawo, ne ede kunyowu woƒe afɔwo hã la, womedoa ɣli be woaxɔ na yewo o.
14 Therefore let their soul die in youth, and their life be wounded by messengers [of death].
Wokuna le woƒe ɖekakpui dzodzoe me, ɖe ŋutsu gbolowɔla siwo nɔa trɔ̃xɔwo me la dome.
15 Because they afflicted the weak and helpless: and he will vindicate the judgment of the meek.
Ke eɖea ame siwo le fu kpem la le woƒe fukpekpewo me eye wòƒoa nu na wo le woƒe xaxa me.
16 And he has also enticed thee out of the mouth of the enemy:
“Ele nuwò blem be nàdo go tso xaxa ƒe glã me, ava teƒe keke, ahavo tso dzizizi me eye nànɔ wò kplɔ̃ si dzi nuɖuɖu damiwo le fũu la ŋu le dziɖeɖi me.
17 [there is] a deep gulf [and] a rushing stream beneath it, and thy table came down full of fatness. Judgment shall not fail from the righteous;
Ke azɔ la, wotsɔ ʋɔnudɔdrɔ̃ si dze na ame vɔ̃ɖiwo la do agbae na wò, ale nège ɖe afiatsotso kple tohehe ƒe asi me.
18 but there shall be wrath upon the ungodly, by reason of the ungodliness of the bribes which they received for iniquities.
Kpɔ nyuie be ame aɖeke metsɔ kesinɔnuwo ble nuwòe o eye zãnu si le kpekpem segee la nana nàdze ɖe aga o.
19 Let not [thy] mind willingly turn thee aside from the petition of the feeble that are in distress.
Ɖe wò kesinɔnuwo alo wò kutrikuku veviwo katã alé wò ɖe asi be màɖo xaxa me oa?
20 And draw not forth all the mighty [men] by night, so that the people should go up instead of them.
Wò dzi megatsi dzi ɖe zã ƒe dodo ŋu ne nàhe amewo ado goe le woƒe aƒewo me o.
21 But take heed lest thou do that which is wrong: for of this thou has made choice because of poverty.
Kpɔ nyuie be mètrɔ ɖe nu vɔ̃ɖi, si nèdi wu hiã la ŋu o.
22 Behold, the Mighty One shall prevail by his strength: for who is powerful as he is?
“Kpɔ ɖa, wodo Mawu ɖe dzi bobobo le eƒe ŋusẽ me. Ame kae nye nufiala abe eya ene?
23 And who is he that examines his works? or who can say, he has wrought injustice?
Ame kae tia mɔ siwo wòato la nɛ alo gblɔ nɛ be, ‘Èwɔ nu gbegblẽ?’
24 Remember that his works are great [beyond] those which men have attempted.
Ɖo ŋku edzi, nàdo eƒe dɔwɔwɔwo ɖe dzi, siwo amewo kafuna le woƒe hadzidziwo me.
25 Every man has seen in himself, how many mortals are wounded.
Amegbetɔwo katã kpɔe eye agbagbeawo ɖea ŋku ɖee tso adzɔge.
26 Behold, the Mighty One is great, and we shall not know [him]: the number of his years is even infinite.
Mawu lolo loo, ekɔ gbɔ míaƒe gɔmesese ta! Eƒe ƒewo ƒe gɔmedidi gbɔ míaƒe nudidi ƒe ŋutete ta.
27 And the drops of rain are numbered by him, and shall be poured out in rain to form a cloud.
“Ehea tsi si le gegem toŋtoŋtoŋ la ƒoa ƒu, si dzana abe tsi ene ɖe tɔʋuwo me,
28 The ancient [heavens] shall flow, and the clouds overshadow innumerable mortals: he has fixed a time to cattle, and they know the order of rest. [Yet] by all these things thy understanding is not astonished, neither is thy mind disturbed in [thy] body.
lilikpowo hã lolõa tsi si le wo me, eye tsi dzana bababa ɖe amegbetɔwo dzi.
29 And though one should understand the outspreadings of the clouds, [or] the measure of his tabernacle;
Ame kae ase ale si wòkeke lilikpowo, kple ale si wòɖea gbe tso eƒe agbadɔ me la gɔme?
30 behold he will stretch his bow against him, and he covers the bottom of the sea.
Kpɔ ale si wòkaka eƒe dzikedzo ƒo xlã eɖokui eye wòblu atsiaƒu ƒe gogloƒewo ke hã ɖa.
31 For by them he will judge the nations: he will give food to him that has strength.
Aleae wòkplɔa dukɔwoe eye wònaa nuɖuɖu wo le agbɔsɔsɔ me.
32 He has hidden the light in [his] hands, and given charge concerning it to the interposing [cloud].
Etsɔa dzikedzo yɔa eƒe asiwo mee eye wòdɔnɛ be wòake dzo ɖe nu si wòɖoe na la dzi.
33 The Lord will declare concerning this [to] his friend: [but there is] a portion also for unrighteousness.
Eƒe dziɖegbe ɖea gbeƒã ahom si gbɔna, nyiwo gɔ̃ hã ɖea gbeƒã, ne egbɔna.
