Job 12
1 And Job answered and said,
Na Hiob buae se,
2 Truly ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you!
“Akyinnye nni ho, mo ne nnipa no na muwu a na nyansa asa!
3 I also have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you; and who knoweth not such things as these?
Nanso mewɔ adwene sɛ mo ara monnsen me. Hena na onnim saa nneɛma yi nyinaa?
4 I am to be one that is a derision to his friend, I who call upon God, and whom he will answer: a derision is the just upright [man].
“Mayɛ aserewde ama me nnamfonom, mefrɛɛ Onyankopɔn na obuae, aserewde teta bi, nanso meteɛ na me ho nni asɛm.
5 He that is ready to stumble with the foot is a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
Nnipa a wɔn ho tɔ wɔn no bu amanehunu animtiaa sɛnea wobu wɔn a wɔn nan rewatiri no awiei animtiaa no.
6 The tents of desolators are in peace, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth.
Wɔmmfa wɔn nsa nka akorɔmfo ntamadan, na wɔn a woyi Onyankopɔn abufuw wɔ bammɔ na Onyankopɔn bɔ nea ɔde ma wɔn ho ban.
7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowl of the heavens, and they shall tell thee;
“Bisa mmoa no, na wɔbɛkyerɛ wo anaasɛ wim nnomaa no, na wɔbɛka akyerɛ wo
8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
anaasɛ kasa kyerɛ asase, na ɛbɛkyerɛ wo, anaasɛ ma po mu mpataa nka nkyerɛ wo.
9 Who knoweth not in all these, that the hand of Jehovah hath wrought this?
Wɔn nyinaa mu hena na onnim sɛ Awurade nsa na ayɛ eyi.
10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the spirit of all flesh of man.
Ne nsam na abɔde nyinaa home wɔ ne adesamma nyinaa home.
11 Doth not the ear try words, as the palate tasteth food?
So aso nsɔ nsɛm nhwɛ sɛnea tɛkrɛma ka aduan hwɛ no ana?
12 With the aged is wisdom, and in length of days understanding.
Wonnya nyansa mfi mpanyin nkyɛn, na ɛnyɛ onyinkyɛ na ɛde ntease ba ana?
13 With him is wisdom and might; he hath counsel and understanding.
“Nyansa ne tumi yɛ Onyankopɔn de; afotu ne ntease yɛ ne dea.
14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it is not built again; he shutteth up a man, and there is no opening.
Nea obubu gu no, obiara rentumi nsi; nea ɔde no to afiase no, obiara rentumi nyi no.
15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; and he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
Sɛ ɔma osu gyae tɔ a, asase no so yɛ wosee; sɛ ogyaa osutɔ mu a, ɛsɛe asase no.
16 With him is strength and effectual knowledge; the deceived and the deceiver are his.
Ahoɔden ne nkonimdi yɛ ne de osisifo ne nea wosisi no no nso yɛ ne de.
17 He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and judges maketh he fools;
Ɔpa afotufo ho ntama ma wɔkɔ na ɔma atemmufo yɛ nkwasea.
18 He weakeneth the government of kings, and bindeth their loins with a fetter;
Ɔworɔw ahemfo nkyehama na ɔde abɔso bɔ wɔn asen.
19 He leadeth priests away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty;
Ɔpa asɔfo ho ntama, na otu nnipa a wɔn ase atim akyɛ gu.
20 He depriveth of speech the trusty, and taketh away the judgment of the elders;
Ɔka afotufo a wogye wɔn di no kasaboa hyɛ, na ogye mpanyimfo nhumu.
21 He poureth contempt upon nobles, and slackeneth the girdle of the mighty;
Ɔde animguase gu atitiriw so na otintim gye ahoɔdenfo nsam akode.
22 He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out into light the shadow of death;
Ɔda sum mu nneɛma a ahintaw adi na ɔde sum kabii ba hann mu.
23 He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them; he spreadeth out the nations, and bringeth them in;
Ɔyɛ aman akɛse, na ɔsɛe wɔn; ɔtrɛw aman mu, na ɔhwete wɔn mu.
24 He taketh away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a pathless waste.
Ogye wiase akannifo adwene fi wɔn nsam; na ɔma wokyinkyin asase wosee a ɔkwan nna so so.
25 They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunkard.
Wɔkeka wɔ sum mu a wonni kanea; na ɔma wɔtɔ ntintan sɛ asabowfo.”
