Job 15
1 But Eliphaz the Themanite, answering, said:
Na Temanni Elifas buaa sɛ,
2 Will a wise man answer as if he were speaking wind, and will he fill his stomach with fire?
“Enti onyansafoɔ de nsɛm a aba biara nni muo bɛyi nʼano anaasɛ ɔde apueeɛ mframa a emu yɛ hye bɛhyɛ nʼafuru ma?
3 You rebuke with words he who is not equal to you, and you speak what is not expedient for you,
Ɔde nsɛm huhuo bɛdi anobaabaeɛ, aka nsɛm a ɛntu bunu biara anaa?
4 to such an extent that, within yourself, you have expelled reverence and have taken away prayers from the presence of God.
Wototo onyamesuro ase mmom na wosi Onyankopɔn mu ahotosoɔ ho ɛkwan.
5 For your iniquity has mislead your mouth, and you imitate the tongue of blasphemers.
Wo bɔne kyerɛ wʼano deɛ ɔnka; na woafa aniteɛ tɛkrɛma.
6 Your own mouth will condemn you, not I; and your own lips will answer you.
Wo ankasa wʼano bu wo kumfɔ, ɛnyɛ me deɛ; wʼankasa wʼano di adanseɛ tia wo.
7 Are you the first man who was born, or were you formed before the hills?
“Wone onipa a wɔwoo wo dii ɛkan? Wɔwoo wo ansa na wɔrewo nkokoɔ?
8 Have you heard the intentions of God, and will his wisdom be inferior to you?
Wotie Onyankopɔn afotuo anaa? Wo nko ara na wonim nyansa anaa?
9 What do you know, about which we are ignorant? What do you understand that we do not know?
Ɛdeɛn na wonim a, yɛnnim? Nhunumu bɛn na wowɔ a yɛnnie?
10 There are with us both aged and ancient men, even more senior than your fathers.
Deɛ wafu dwono ne akɔkoraa wɔ yɛn afa, wɔn a wɔanyini sene wʼagya mpo.
11 Is it so important that God should console you? But your own depraved words prevent this.
Onyankopɔn awerɛkyekyerɛ ne nsɛm a wɔka no brɛoo kyerɛ wo no sua ma wo anaa?
12 Why does your heart exalt you, and why do you gaze with your eyes, as if thinking great things?
Adɛn enti na wʼakoma atwe wo korɔ adɛn enti na wʼani asɔ ogya,
13 Why does your spirit stir against God, so as to utter such speeches from your mouth?
na woadane wʼabofuo agu Onyankopɔn so na woma saa nsɛm yi pue firi wʼano?
14 What is man that he should be immaculate, and that he should appear just, having been born of woman?
“Ɔdasani ne hwan a ɔbɛtumi ayɛ pɛ, anaasɛ deɛ ɔbaa awo noɔ bɛn na ɔbɛtumi ayɛ ɔteneneeni?
15 Behold, among his holy ones not one is immutable, and even the heavens are not pure in his sight.
Onyankopɔn nni ahotosoɔ wɔ nʼakronkronfoɔ mu. Ɔsorosoro mpo nnyɛ kronn wɔ nʼani so,
16 How much more abominable and useless is the man who drinks as if from the water of iniquity?
na nkantom onipa bɔnefoɔ ne omumuyɛfoɔ a ɔnom awurukasɛm sɛ nsuo.
17 I will reveal to you, so listen to me; and I will explain to you what I have seen.
“Tie me, na mɛkyerɛ wo mu; ma menka deɛ mahunu nkyerɛ wo,
18 The wise acknowledge, and they do not leave behind, their fathers,
deɛ anyansafoɔ apae mu aka, a wɔamfa biribiara a wɔnya firii wɔn agyanom hɔ no ansie
19 to whom alone the earth has been given, and no stranger passed among them.
(wɔn a wɔde asase no maa wɔn ɛberɛ a ananafoɔ biara nni hɔ):
20 The impious is arrogant for all his days, and the number of the years of his tyranny is uncertain.
Omumuyɛfoɔ kɔ ahohiahia mu ne nkwanna nyinaa. Na basabasayɛni nso, wɔahyehyɛ ne mfeɛ nyinaa ama no.
21 The sound of terror is always in his ears; and when there is peace, he always suspects treason.
Nnyegyeɛ a ɛyɛ hu hyɛ nʼasom ma; na sɛ ɛyɛ sɛ nneɛma rekɔ yie ma no a, akorɔmfoɔ to hyɛ ne so.
22 He does not believe that it is possible for him to be turned from darkness into the light, for he sees around him the sword on every side.
Ɔpa aba sɛ ɔbɛdwane afiri esum mu; wɔabɔ no ato hɔ ama akofena.
23 When he moves himself to seek bread, he knows that the day of darkness has been prepared for his hand.
Ɔkyinkyini hwehwɛ aduane; ɔnim sɛ esum da no abɛn.
24 Tribulation will terrify him, and anguish will prevail over him, like a king who is being prepared to go to battle.
Ɔhaw ne ahoyera yi no hu; ɛhyɛ ne so sɛ ɔhene a wasiesie ne ho ama ɔko,
25 For he has extended his hand against God, and he has strengthened himself against the Almighty.
ɛfiri sɛ ɔtenetene ne nsa kyerɛ Onyankopɔn na ɔma ne ho so tia Otumfoɔ.
26 He has rushed against him with his throat exposed, and he has been armed with a fat neck.
Wɔde akokyɛm a emu pi na ɛyɛ den kɔ ne so a wɔnsuro no.
27 Thickness has covered his face, and lard hangs down from his sides.
“Ɛwom sɛ sradeɛ ama wɔn afono atotɔ na wɔn asene mu ɛnam agu mmɛbɛ deɛ,
28 He has lived in desolate cities and deserted houses, which have been turned into tombs.
nanso wɔbɛtena nkuro a aguo so na wɔatena afie a obi nte mu, afie a ɛrebubu mu.
29 He will not be enriched, nor will his basic necessities endure, nor will he establish his root in the earth.
Wɔrenkɔ so nyɛ adefoɔ bio, na wɔn ahonya rennyina, na wɔn agyapadeɛ so bɛte na ayera wɔ asase so.
30 He will not withdraw from the darkness; the flame will burn up his branches, and he will be defeated by the breath of his own mouth.
Esum bɛduru wɔn; ogyaframa bɛkusa wɔn mman, na Onyankopɔn anom ahomeguo bɛsoa wɔn akɔ.
31 He will not believe, being vainly deceived by error, that he could be redeemed at any price.
Ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔde wɔn ho to nneɛma huhuo so de daadaa wɔn ho, ɛfiri sɛ wɔrennya hwee mfiri mu.
32 Before his time is completed, he will pass into ruin and his hands will wither away.
Ansa na wɔn da bɛduru no, wɔbɛtua wɔn ka a ebi renka, na wɔn mman renyɛ frɔmfrɔm.
33 He will be wounded like a grapevine, when its cluster is in first flower, and like an olive tree that casts off its flower.
Wɔbɛyɛ sɛ bobedua a wɔapore so aba a ɛnnyiniiɛ, te sɛ ngo dua a ne nhyerɛnne repore gu fam.
34 For the congregation of the hypocrites is fruitless, and fire will devour the tabernacles of those who love to accept money.
Na abɔnefoɔ fekuo a wɔnnim Onyankopɔn no renso aba, na ogya bɛhye wɔn a wɔdɔ kɛtɛasehyɛ no ntomadan.
35 He has conceived sorrow, and he has brought forth iniquity, and his womb prepares deceit.
Wɔnyinsɛn ɔhaw na wɔwo amumuyɛ; wɔn awotwaa siesie nnaadaa.”
