Job 6
1 And Job answered and said,
Tete Hiob ɖo eŋu nɛ be,
2 Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!
“Ne ɖe woada nye vevesese eye woada nye fukpekpewo ɖe nudanu me ɖe!
3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; therefore my words are vehement.
Vavã woakpe wu ke si katã le ƒuta, eya ta mewɔ nuku be nye nyawo mele ame ŋu dzem o.
4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, their poison drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
Ŋusẽkatãtɔ la ƒe aŋutrɔwo le nye lãme, nye gbɔgbɔ le aɖi si le dodom le wo me la nom. Woƒo Mawu ƒe ŋɔdzidodowo nu ƒu ɖe ŋunye.
5 Doth the wild ass bray by the grass? loweth an ox over his fodder?
Ɖe gbetedzi xlɔ̃na ne ele gbe mumu gbɔ alo nyi xlɔ̃na ne wotsɔ gbe ƒuƒu nɛ be wòaɖua?
6 Shall that which is insipid be eaten without salt? Is there any taste in the white of an egg?
Ɖe woaɖu nu vɔvɔ dzemademee alo ɖe koklozi ƒe ɣia vivinaa?
7 What my soul refuseth to touch, that is as my loathsome food.
Megbe be nyemaɖui o, nuɖuɖu mawo tɔgbi ɖe wònana medzea dɔ.
8 Oh that I might have my request, and that God would grant my desire!
“O, ne ɖe woana nu si mebia lam, ne Mawu ɖe wòana nu si mele mɔ kpɔm na lam,
9 And that it would please God to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!
ne Mawu ɖe wòalɔ̃ agbãm gudugudu eye wòaɖe ka eƒe asi ɖe dzinye, ahawum ɖe!
10 Then should I yet have comfort; and in the pain which spareth not I would rejoice that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
Ekema esia aganye akɔfafa nam ko kple nye dzidzɔ le vevesese si nu mele tsotsom o la me be, nyemagbe nu le Kɔkɔetɔ la ƒe nyawo gbɔ o.
11 What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should have patience?
“Ŋusẽ kae gale asinye be maganɔ mɔ kpɔm? Mɔnukpɔkpɔ kawoe gali ta magbɔ dzi ɖi?
12 Is my strength the strength of stones? is my flesh of brass?
Kpe ƒe ŋusẽe le asinyea? Akɔblie nye nye ŋutilãa?
13 Is it not that there is no help in me, and soundness is driven away from me?
Ɖe ŋusẽ aɖe le asinye be makpe ɖe ɖokuinye ŋu, esi azɔ la wonya dzidzedzekpɔkpɔ ɖa le ŋunyea?
14 For him that is fainting kindness [is meet] from his friend; or he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
“Ele na xɔlɔ̃wo be woakpe ɖe ame si ƒo dzi ɖe le la ŋu togbɔ be egbe nu le Ŋusẽkatãtɔ vɔvɔ̃ gbɔ hã.
15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a stream, as the channel of streams which pass away,
Ke womate ŋu aɖo dzi ɖe nɔvinye ŋutsuwo ŋu o elabena wole abe tɔʋu si miena le kuɖiɣi ene alo abe tɔʋu si ɖɔna gbagbana,
16 Which are turbid by reason of the ice, in which the snow hideth itself:
ne tsikpe si le ete doe ɖe dzi, ne sno si dza ɖe edzi la lolo hena wòsɔ gbɔ ɖe edzi
17 At the time they diminish, they are dried up; when heat affecteth them, they vanish from their place:
gake eƒe sisi nu tsona ne kuɖiɣi ɖo eye dzoxɔxɔ nana wòmiena la ene.
18 They wind about in the paths of their course, they go off into the waste and perish.
Asihawo ɖea asi le woƒe mɔwo ŋu hedzea gbe toa tagba eye wokuna ɖe mɔ dzi.
19 The caravans of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba counted on them:
Asiha siwo tso Tema la le tsi dim, asigbedela siwo tso Seba la le mɔ kpɔm.
20 They are ashamed at their hope; they come thither, and are confounded.
Ke woƒe dzi tsi dzi elabena kakaɖedzi nɔ wo si hafi gake esi wova ɖo afi ma la, ŋukpe ko woɖu.
21 So now ye are nothing; ye see a terrible object and are afraid.
Azɔ miawo hã mieɖee fia be, mienye ŋudɔwɔnu aɖeke o, miekpɔ nu si ŋu ŋɔdzi le eye mievɔ̃.
22 Did I say, Bring unto me, and make me a present from your substance?
Ɖe megblɔ kpɔ be, ‘Mina nane ɖe nunye, mixe fe ɖe tanye tso miaƒe kesinɔnuwo me,
23 Or, rescue me from the hand of the oppressor, and redeem me from the hand of the violent?
miɖem le ketɔ la ƒe asi me alo mixɔm le ŋutasẽla ƒe fegomea?’
24 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue; and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
“Mifia num eye mazi ɖoɖoe; mifia afi si meda ƒu le lam.
25 How forcible are right words! but what doth your upbraiding reprove?
Aleke nyateƒenyawo mehe venae o! Ke nu ka miaƒe nyahehewo ɖe fia?
26 Do ye imagine to reprove words? The speeches of one that is desperate are indeed for the wind.
Ɖe miedi be yewoaɖɔ nya si megblɔ la ɖo eye miawɔ ame si ƒo dzi ɖe le la ƒe nyawo abe yaƒoƒo enea?
27 Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and dig [a pit] for your friend.
Miadzidze nu gɔ̃ hã ɖe tsyɔ̃eviwo dzi eye miatsɔ mia xɔlɔ̃wo gɔ̃ hã aɖɔli nue.
28 Now therefore if ye will, look upon me; and it shall be to your face if I lie.
“Azɔ la, minyo dɔ me miatrɔ mo ɖe gbɔnye, ɖe mate ŋu ada alakpa le mia ŋkumea?
29 Return, I pray you, let there be no wrong; yea, return again, my righteousness shall be in it.
Miɖe asi, migawɔ nu madzɔmadzɔ o migbugbɔ bu eŋuti elabena nye nuteƒewɔwɔ ɖo xaxa me.
30 Is there wrong in my tongue? cannot my taste discern mischievous things?
Ɖe vɔ̃ɖivɔ̃ɖi aɖe le nye nuyiwo dzia? Ɖe nye nu made dzesi beble oa?”
