Job 8
1 But Baldad the Suhite, responding, said:
Tete Suhitɔ, Bildad ɖo nya ŋu na Hiob be,
2 How long will you speak this way, so that the words of your mouth are like a changeable wind?
“Va se ɖe ɣe ka ɣie nànɔ nya siawo gblɔm? Wò nyawo nye yaƒoƒo sesẽ ɖeɖe ko.
3 Does God supplant judgment, or does the Almighty subvert that which is just?
Ɖe Mawu atso afia ŋkunɔa? Ɖe Ŋusẽkatãtɔ la atrɔ nya dzɔdzɔe abua?
4 And if now your children have sinned against him, and he has dismissed them into the power of their iniquity,
Esi viwòwo wɔ nu vɔ̃ ɖe eŋu la, etsɔ wo de asi na tohehe si woƒe nu vɔ̃ dze na.
5 even so, you should arise early to God, so as to beseech the Almighty.
Gake ne àkpɔ Mawu dzi ɖa, aƒo koko na Ŋusẽkatãtɔ la,
6 If you approach with purity and honesty, he will quickly be attentive to you, and a peaceful life will repay your righteousness,
ekema ne èle dzadzɛe, le dzɔdzɔe, fifia gɔ̃ hã la, atso le tawò eye wòagaɖo wò te, ada wò ɖe teƒe si wòle be nànɔ.
7 so much so that, if your former things were small, your latter things would be multiplied greatly.
Wò gɔmedzedze anɔ sue gake emegbe àdzi asɔ gbɔ ɖe edzi.
8 For inquire of the earliest generation, and investigate diligently the history of the fathers,
“Bia dzidzime siwo do ŋgɔ, eye nàkpɔe ɖa be nu ka wo fofowo srɔ̃ mahã,
9 (of course, we are but of yesterday and are ignorant that our days on earth are like a shadow, )
elabena míawo la, etsɔviwo míenye, míenya naneke o eye míaƒe ŋkekewo le anyigba dzi le abe vɔvɔli ko ene.
10 and they will teach you; they will speak with you and will offer you the eloquence of their hearts.
Ɖe womafia nu wò, agblɔe na wò oa? Ɖe womagblɔ nya na wò tso woƒe gɔmesese me oa?
11 Can the marsh plant live without moisture? Or can sedges grow without water?
Ɖe keti miena, tsina ƒlaluu ɖe teƒe si sii mele oa? Ɖe aƒla awɔ nyuie ne mekpɔ tsi oa?
12 When it is still in flower, and has not been pulled up by hand, it withers before all other plants.
Esi wogale mumu ko eye womeɖo sisi me haɖe o la, woyrɔna kaba wu gbe si le gbedzi.
13 Just so are the ways of all who forget God, and the hope of the hypocrite will perish.
Aleae wòvaa emee na ame siwo katã ŋlɔ Mawu be eye nenemae Mawumavɔ̃lawo ƒe mɔkpɔkpɔ tsrɔ̃nae.
14 His frenzy will not please him, and his faith will be like a spider’s web.
Nu si ŋu wòɖo dzi ɖo la meɖo ŋusẽ o eye nu si wòde mee la nye yiyiɖɔ.
15 He will lean on his house, and it will not stand; he will prop it up, but it will not rise.
Ede me eƒe ɖɔ eye wòlã, eku ɖe eŋu, gake etso ɖe eƒe asi me.
16 He seems to have moisture before the sun arrives; and at sunrise, his sprout shoots forth.
Ɖeko wòle abe ati si wode tsii nyuie le ŋdɔgbe ene ekekea eƒe alɔwo ɖe abɔa me,
17 His roots will crowd together over a heap of stones, and among the stones he will remain.
eƒe kewo blana ɖe agakpe geɖewo ŋu eye wodia teƒe le kpewo dome.
18 If someone is devoured right beside him, he will deny him and will say: “I do not know you.”
Gake ne wohoe le enɔƒe la, teƒe la gbea nu le egbɔ eye wògblɔna be, ‘Nyemekpɔ wò kpɔ o.’
19 For this is the benefit of his way, that others in turn may spring up from the earth.
Vavã eƒe agbe yrɔna eye atiku bubuwo miena ɖe eteƒe.
20 God will not discard the simple, nor will he extend his hand to the spiteful,
“Enye nyateƒe be Mawu megbea ame si ŋu fɔɖiɖi mele o alo doa ŋusẽ nu vɔ̃ɖi wɔlawo ƒe asi o.
21 even until your mouth is filled with laughter and your lips with rejoicing.
Ke hã la, agana nukoko nayɔ wò nu me fũu, eye wòatsɔ dzidzɔɣli ayɔ wò nuyiwo nu.
22 Those who hate you, will be clothed with confusion, and the tabernacle of the impious will not continue.
Ŋukpe alé wò futɔwo eye ame vɔ̃ɖiwo ƒe agbadɔwo maganɔ anyi o.”
