Job 35
1 Moreover Elihu answered and said,
Afei, Elihu kaa sɛ:
2 Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?
“Wogye di sɛ yei fata? Woka sɛ, ‘Onyankopɔn bɛtwitwa agye me.’
3 For thou hast asked of what profit it is unto thee: what do I gain more than if I had sinned?
Nanso wobisa no sɛ, ‘Mfasoɔ bɛn na mɛnya, na sɛ manyɛ bɔne a, mfasoɔ bɛn na mɛnya?’
4 I will reply to thee in words, and to thy companions with thee.
“Mepɛ sɛ mebua wo ne wo nnamfonom nyinaa.
5 Look unto the heavens and see; and survey the skies: they are higher than thou.
Ma wʼani so kyerɛ ɔsoro na hwɛ; hwɛ omununkum a ɛwɔ wʼatifi ɔsorosoro nohoa.
6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? If thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
Sɛ woyɛ bɔne a, ɛkwan bɛn so na ɛsakyera Onyankopɔn? Mpo sɛ wo bɔne dɔɔso a, nsunsuansoɔ bɛn na ɛnya wo ne so?
7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou to him? or what doth he receive of thy hand?
Sɛ wotene a, ɛdeɛn na wode ma noɔ anaasɛ ɛdeɛn na ɔnya firi wo nsam?
8 Thy wickedness [may affect] a man as thou [art], and thy righteousness a son of man.
Wʼamumuyɛ pira onipa a ɔte sɛ wo na wo tenenee pira nnipa mma nko ara.
9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry; they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty:
“Nnipa su ɛberɛ a wɔwɔ nhyɛsoɔ ase; na wɔsrɛ mmoa firi deɛ ɔwɔ tumi nsam.
10 But none saith, Where is God my Maker, who giveth songs in the night,
Nanso, obi mmisa sɛ, ‘Ɛhe na Onyankopɔn, me Yɛfoɔ no wɔ, deɛ ɔma nnwom anadwo no,
11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowl of the heavens?
deɛ ɔkyerɛ yɛn nimdeɛ bebree sene asase so mmoa na ɔma yɛhunu nyansa sene ewiem nnomaa?’
12 There they cry, and he answereth not, because of the pride of evil men.
Sɛ nnipa su team a, ɔmmua, amumuyɛfoɔ ahantan enti.
13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
Ampa ara Onyankopɔn rentie wɔn nkotosrɛ hunu no; na Otumfoɔ remmu.
14 Although thou sayest thou dost not see him, judgment is before him, therefore wait for him.
Woka sɛ wonhunu no, nanso sɛ wotwɛn no a, ɔde atɛntenenee bɛba enti ɛsɛ sɛ wotwɛn no.
15 But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, doth not [Job] know [his] great arrogancy?
Bio, woka sɛ nʼabufuo mmfa asotweɛ mma na nʼani nni amumuyɛsɛm akyi pii.
16 For Job hath opened his mouth in vanity, and made words abundant without knowledge.
Enti Hiob bue nʼano ka nsɛm hunu; nimdeɛ a ɔnni enti, ɔkeka nsɛm bebree.”
