Job 5
1 Call, I pray thee! Is there any that answereth thee? and to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?
“Ne àlɔ̃ la, yɔ ame aɖe gake ame kae atɔ na wò? Kɔkɔetɔwo dometɔ ka ŋu nàtrɔ ɖo?
2 For vexation killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the simple.
Tosesẽ wua bometsila eye ŋubiã wua numanyala.
3 I myself saw the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
Nye ŋutɔ mekpɔ bometsila wònɔ ke tom gake kasia woƒo fi de eƒe aƒe.
4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is no deliverer:
Dedinɔnɔ le adzɔge ke na viawo, wobua fɔe le ʋɔnu eye ame aɖeke meli aʋli eta o.
5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh even out of the thorns; and the snare gapeth for his substance.
Dɔwuitɔwo ɖua nuku si wòxa, woɖea esiwo tsi ŋuwo me gɔ̃ hã eye ame siwo wum tsikɔ le la ƒe ve me ƒuna ɖe eƒe kesinɔnuwo ŋu.
6 For evil cometh not forth from the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
Elabena fukpekpe medoa go tso ke me alo dzɔgbevɔ̃e medona tso anyigba tume o.
7 For man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upwards.
Gake abe ale si dzoxi dzona yia dzii ene la, nenemae wodzi ame na hiãtuame.
8 But as for me I will seek unto God, and unto God commit my cause;
“Ke nenye nyee wònye la, anye ne maɖe kuku na Mawu atsɔ nye nya aɖo eƒe ŋkume.
9 Who doeth great things and unsearchable, marvellous things without number;
Ewɔa dzesi siwo gɔme womate ŋu ase o eye wòwɔa nukunu siwo womate ŋu axlẽ o.
10 Who giveth rain on the face of the earth, and sendeth waters on the face of the fields;
Enana tsi dzana ɖe anyigba dzi, eye wòɖoa tsi ɖe gbegbe.
11 Setting up on high those that are low; and mourners are exalted to prosperity.
Edoa ɖokuibɔbɔlawo ɖe dzi eye wòkɔa ame siwo le nu xam la dana ɖe dziɖeɖi me.
12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, and their hands carry not out the enterprise.
Egblẽa ayetɔwo ƒe ɖoɖowo me, ale be woƒe asiwo mekpɔa dzidzedze o.
13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong:
Eléa nunyalawo le woƒe ayemenuwɔwɔwo me eye wòkplɔa ame drãwo ƒe nu drã wɔwɔ dzonae.
14 They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at midday as in the night.
Viviti dona ɖe wo le ŋkeke me eye wotsaa asi blukɔ me abe zã mee ene.
15 And he saveth the needy from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
Eɖea hiãtɔwo tso yi si le woƒe nu me la me eye wòɖea wo le ŋusẽtɔwo ƒe fego me.
16 So the poor hath what he hopeth for, and unrighteousness stoppeth her mouth.
Ale mɔkpɔkpɔ ɖoa hiãtɔ si eye nu madzɔmadzɔ miaa eƒe nu.
17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth; therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty.
“Woayra ŋutsu si Mawu ɖɔna ɖo eya ta mègado vlo Ŋusẽkatãtɔ la ƒe amehehe o.
18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
Elabena edea abi ame ŋu eye wògablanɛ, ewɔa nuvevi ame gake eƒe asi yɔa dɔ.
19 He will deliver thee in six troubles, and in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
Aɖe wò le dzɔgbevɔ̃e ade me eye le adrelia me la, vɔ̃ aɖeke mawɔ wò o.
20 In famine he will redeem thee from death, and in war from the power of the sword.
Aɖe wò le ku ƒe asi me le dɔŋɔli eye le aʋa me la, aɖe wò le yi ƒe asi me.
21 Thou shalt be hidden from the scourge of the tongue; and thou shalt not be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
Aɖe wò le aɖeɖiƒoame me, eye màvɔ̃ ne gbegblẽ va o.
22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, and of the beasts of the earth thou shalt not be afraid.
Wò la àko nu ne gbegblẽ kple dɔwuame le nu gblẽm eye màvɔ̃ anyigbadzilã wɔadãwo o.
23 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
Elabena wò kple kpe siwo le agble me la miabla nu eye lã wɔadãwo anɔ anyi kpli wò le ŋutifafa me.
24 And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; and thou wilt survey thy fold, and miss nothing.
Ànyae be wò agbadɔ le dedie eye ne èxlẽ wò nunɔamesiwo la, àkpɔe be ɖeke mebu o.
25 And thou shalt know that thy seed is numerous, and thine offspring as the herb of the earth.
Ànyae be viwòwo asɔ gbɔ eye wò dzidzimeviwo asɔ agbɔ abe gbe mumu le anyigba dzi ene.
26 Thou shalt come to the grave in a ripe age, as a shock of corn is brought in in its season.
Ànɔ agbe wòade edeƒe, ayi yɔ me kple dzidzɔ abe lu ye woxa hebla le nuŋeɣi ene.
27 Behold this, we have searched it out, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thyself.
“Míedo esia kpɔ eye wònye nyateƒe. Eya ta see ne nànɔ agbe ɖe eŋu.”
