Job 17
1 I perish, carried away by the wind, and I seek for burial, and obtain [it] not.
Me honhom atɔ beraw, me nna so atwa, na ɔda retwɛn me.
2 Weary I entreat; and what have I done? and strangers have stolen my goods.
Ampa ara fɛwdifo atwa me ho ahyia; ɛsɛ sɛ mehwɛ wɔn atutuwpɛ.
3 Who is this? let him join hands with me.
“Ao Onyankopɔn, hyɛ me bɔ a wuhia. Hena bio na ɔbɛma me bammɔ?
4 For you have hid their heart from wisdom; therefore you shall not exalt them.
Wɔato wɔn adwene mu a wɔnte asɛm ase; enti woremma wonni nkonim.
5 He shall promise mischief to [his] companions: but [their] eyes have failed for [their] children.
Sɛ obi sopa ne nnamfonom de gye akatua a, ɛbɛhwere ne mma aniwa.
6 But you has made me a byword amount the nations, and I am become a scorn to them.
“Onyankopɔn de me ayɛ asɛm a ɛda obiara ano, obi a wɔte ntasu gu nʼani so.
7 For my eyes are dimmed through pain; I have been grievously beset by all.
Awerɛhow ama mʼani ayɛ siamoo me nipadua nyinaa yɛ sunsuma.
8 Wonder has seized true men upon this; and let the just rise up against the transgressor.
Ɛyɛ atreneefo nwonwa; wɔn a wodi bem tia wɔn a wonni nyamesu.
9 But let the faithful hold on his own way, and let him that is pure of hands take courage.
Nanso atreneefo bɛkɔ wɔn anim, na wɔn a wɔn nsa ho tew no bɛkɔ so anya ahoɔden.
10 Howbeit, do you all strengthen [yourselves] and come now, for I do not find truth in you.
“Mo nyinaa monsan mmra mmɛsɔ nhwɛ! Na merennya onyansafo wɔ mo mu.
11 My days have passed in groaning, and my heart-strings are broken.
Me nna atwa mu, me nhyehyɛe apansam. Nanso me koma apɛde
12 I have turned the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
ma anadwo dan awia; sum mu koraa no hann bɛn.
Sɛ ofi a mʼani da so nkutoo ne ɔda, sɛ mesɛw me kɛtɛ wɔ sum mu, (Sheol h7585)
14 I have called upon death to be my father, and corruption [to be] my mother and sister.
sɛ meka kyerɛ porɔwee se, ‘Wo yɛ mʼagya,’ ne osunson se, ‘Me na’ anaa ‘Me nuabea’ a,
15 Where then is yet my hope? or [where] shall I see my good?
na afei mʼanidaso wɔ he? Hena na obetumi anya anidaso bi ama me?
