Job 27
1 Job also added to this, using figures of speech, and he said:
Hiob toaa nʼasɛm so se,
2 As God lives, who has taken away my judgment, and the Almighty, who has led my soul to bitterness,
“Sɛ Onyankopɔn te ase yi, nea wammu me atɛntrenee no, Otumfo a wama madi me kra mu awerɛhow,
3 as long as my breath remains in me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,
mmere dodow a nkwa wɔ me mu, na Onyankopɔn home wɔ me mu yi,
4 my lips will not speak iniquity, nor will my tongue devise lies.
mʼano renka amumɔyɛsɛm, na me tɛkrɛma rentwa nkontompo.
5 Far be it from me that I should judge you to be right, for, until I expire, I will not withdraw from my innocence.
Merennye nto mu da sɛ nea woka no yɛ nokware; merenka me mudi nhyɛ, kosi sɛ mewu.
6 I will not forsake my justification, which I have just begun to grasp, for my heart does not find blame for me in my whole life.
Mekura me trenee mu, merennyaa mu; sɛ mete ase yi, me tiboa remmu me fɔ.
7 Let the impious be as my enemy, and the sinful, as my adversary.
“Ma mʼatamfo nyɛ sɛ amumɔyɛfo, na wɔn a wokyi me nyɛ sɛ atorofo.
8 For what hope is there for the hypocrite, if he greedily plunders and God does not free his soul?
Anidaso bɛn na wɔn a wonni nyamesu no wɔ wɔ wɔn wu akyi, bere a Onyankopɔn agye wɔn nkwa afi wɔn nsam no?
9 Will God pay attention to his cry, when anguish overcomes him?
So Onyankopɔn tie wɔn sufrɛ bere a amanehunu aba wɔn so no ana?
10 Or will he take delight in the Almighty and call upon God at all times?
So wɔn ani begye wɔ Otumfo no mu? Wobesu afrɛ Onyankopɔn bere biara ana?
11 I will teach you through the hand of God, what the Almighty holds, and I will not conceal it.
“Mɛma mo Onyankopɔn tumi ho nkyerɛkyerɛ; meremfa Otumfo no akwan nhintaw.
12 Behold, you know all this, and so why do you speak vain things without a reason?
Mo ankasa moahu eyinom nyinaa. Afei nsɛnhunu yi ase ne dɛn?
13 This is the portion of the impious man with God, and the inheritance of the violent, which they will receive from the Almighty.
“Eyi ne nea Onyankopɔn ahyɛ ato hɔ ama omumɔyɛfo, agyapade a otirimɔdenfo nya fi Otumfo no nkyɛn:
14 If his sons should happen to increase, they will be for the sword, and his grandsons will not be satisfied with bread.
Sɛ ɔwɔ mma dodow dɛn ara, wɔn nkrabea ne afoa; na nʼasefo rennidi mmee da.
15 Whatever will remain of him will be buried in the ruins, and his widows will not weep.
Ɔyaredɔm besie wɔn a wɔbɛka wɔ nʼakyi, na wɔn akunafo rensu wɔn.
16 If he will amass silver as if it were dirt and fabricate garments as if they were clay,
Ɛwɔ mu sɛ ɔhɔre dwetɛ te sɛ mfutuma na ɔboa ntama ano sɛ dɔte,
17 then yes, he will gather, but the just will be clothed with it and the innocent will divide the silver.
nea ɔpɛ gu hɔ no, atreneefo na wobefura na pɛpɛyɛfo no nso akyekyɛ dwetɛ no.
18 He has built his house like a moth, and he has made a makeshift shelter like a sentry.
Ofi a osi no te sɛ ananse abubummaba, ɛte sɛ pata bi a ɔwɛmfo abɔ.
19 When he falls asleep, the rich man will leave him with nothing; he will open his eyes and find nothing.
Ɔda hɔ te sɛ ɔdefo, nanso ɔrenna saa bio; ɔbɛtew nʼani no na ne nyinaa atu ayera.
20 Destitution will surround him like water; a storm will overwhelm him in the night.
Ahunahuna ba ne so sɛ nsuyiri; ahum hwim no kɔ anadwo.
21 A burning wind will pick him up and carry him away, and, like a whirlwind, it will rush him from his place.
Apuei mframa soa no kɔ, na onni hɔ bio; ɛtwe no fi ne tenabea.
22 And it will hurl over him and will not spare him; fleeing from its power, he will go into exile.
Ɛbɔ no a ahummɔbɔ nni mu bere a ɔreguan afi ne tumi ase.
23 He will clasp his hands over himself, and he will hiss at himself, while considering his situation.
Ɔde fɛw bɔ ne nsam na ɔpam no fi ne tenabea.”
