Job 15
1 And Eliphaz the Themanite, answered, and said:
Na Temanni Elifas buaa sɛ,
2 Will a wise man answer as if he were speaking in the wind, and fill his stomach with burning heat?
“Enti onyansafoɔ de nsɛm a aba biara nni muo bɛyi nʼano anaasɛ ɔde apueeɛ mframa a emu yɛ hye bɛhyɛ nʼafuru ma?
3 Thou reprovest him by words, who is not equal to thee, and thou speakest that which is not good for thee.
Ɔde nsɛm huhuo bɛdi anobaabaeɛ, aka nsɛm a ɛntu bunu biara anaa?
4 As much as is in thee, thou hast made void fear, and hast taken away prayers from before God.
Wototo onyamesuro ase mmom na wosi Onyankopɔn mu ahotosoɔ ho ɛkwan.
5 For thy iniquity hath taught thy mouth, and thou imitatest the tongue of blasphemers.
Wo bɔne kyerɛ wʼano deɛ ɔnka; na woafa aniteɛ tɛkrɛma.
6 Thy own mouth shall condemn thee, and not I: and thy own lips shall answer thee.
Wo ankasa wʼano bu wo kumfɔ, ɛnyɛ me deɛ; wʼankasa wʼano di adanseɛ tia wo.
7 Art thou the first man that was born, or wast thou made before the hills?
“Wone onipa a wɔwoo wo dii ɛkan? Wɔwoo wo ansa na wɔrewo nkokoɔ?
8 Hast thou heard God’s counsel, and shall his wisdom be inferior to thee?
Wotie Onyankopɔn afotuo anaa? Wo nko ara na wonim nyansa anaa?
9 What knowest thou that we are ignorant of? what dost thou understand that we know not?
Ɛdeɛn na wonim a, yɛnnim? Nhunumu bɛn na wowɔ a yɛnnie?
10 There are with us also aged and ancient men, much elder than thy fathers.
Deɛ wafu dwono ne akɔkoraa wɔ yɛn afa, wɔn a wɔanyini sene wʼagya mpo.
11 Is it a great matter that God should comfort thee? but thy wicked words hinder this.
Onyankopɔn awerɛkyekyerɛ ne nsɛm a wɔka no brɛoo kyerɛ wo no sua ma wo anaa?
12 Why doth thy heart elevate thee, and why dost thou stare with thy eyes, as if they were thinking great things?
Adɛn enti na wʼakoma atwe wo korɔ adɛn enti na wʼani asɔ ogya,
13 Why doth thy spirit swell against God, to utter such words out of thy mouth?
na woadane wʼabofuo agu Onyankopɔn so na woma saa nsɛm yi pue firi wʼano?
14 What is man that he should be without spot, and he that is born of a woman that he should appear just?
“Ɔdasani ne hwan a ɔbɛtumi ayɛ pɛ, anaasɛ deɛ ɔbaa awo noɔ bɛn na ɔbɛtumi ayɛ ɔteneneeni?
15 Behold among his saints none is unchangeable, and the heavens are not pure in his sight.
Onyankopɔn nni ahotosoɔ wɔ nʼakronkronfoɔ mu. Ɔsorosoro mpo nnyɛ kronn wɔ nʼani so,
16 How much more is man abominable, and unprofitable, who drinketh iniquity like water?
na nkantom onipa bɔnefoɔ ne omumuyɛfoɔ a ɔnom awurukasɛm sɛ nsuo.
17 I will shew thee, hear me: and I will tell thee what I have seen.
“Tie me, na mɛkyerɛ wo mu; ma menka deɛ mahunu nkyerɛ wo,
18 Wise men confess and hide not their fathers.
deɛ anyansafoɔ apae mu aka, a wɔamfa biribiara a wɔnya firii wɔn agyanom hɔ no ansie
19 To whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger hath passed among them.
(wɔn a wɔde asase no maa wɔn ɛberɛ a ananafoɔ biara nni hɔ):
20 The wicked man is proud all his days, and the number of the years of his tyranny is uncertain.
Omumuyɛfoɔ kɔ ahohiahia mu ne nkwanna nyinaa. Na basabasayɛni nso, wɔahyehyɛ ne mfeɛ nyinaa ama no.
21 The sound of dread is always in his ears: and when there is peace, he always suspecteth treason.
Nnyegyeɛ a ɛyɛ hu hyɛ nʼasom ma; na sɛ ɛyɛ sɛ nneɛma rekɔ yie ma no a, akorɔmfoɔ to hyɛ ne so.
22 He believeth not that he may return from darkness to light, looking round about for the sword on every side.
Ɔpa aba sɛ ɔbɛdwane afiri esum mu; wɔabɔ no ato hɔ ama akofena.
23 When he moveth himself to seek bread, he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
Ɔkyinkyini hwehwɛ aduane; ɔnim sɛ esum da no abɛn.
24 Tribulation shall terrify him, and distress shall surround him, as a king that is prepared for the battle.
Ɔhaw ne ahoyera yi no hu; ɛhyɛ ne so sɛ ɔhene a wasiesie ne ho ama ɔko,
25 For he hath stretched out his hand against God, and hath strengthened himself against the Almighty.
ɛfiri sɛ ɔtenetene ne nsa kyerɛ Onyankopɔn na ɔma ne ho so tia Otumfoɔ.
26 He hath run against him with his neck raised up, and is armed with a fat neck.
Wɔde akokyɛm a emu pi na ɛyɛ den kɔ ne so a wɔnsuro no.
27 Fatness hath covered his face, and the fat hangeth down on his sides.
“Ɛwom sɛ sradeɛ ama wɔn afono atotɔ na wɔn asene mu ɛnam agu mmɛbɛ deɛ,
28 He hath dwelt in desolate cities, and in desert houses that are reduced into heaps.
nanso wɔbɛtena nkuro a aguo so na wɔatena afie a obi nte mu, afie a ɛrebubu mu.
29 He shall not be enriched, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he push his root in the earth.
Wɔrenkɔ so nyɛ adefoɔ bio, na wɔn ahonya rennyina, na wɔn agyapadeɛ so bɛte na ayera wɔ asase so.
30 He shall not depart out of darkness: the flame shall dry up his branches, and he shall be taken away by the breath of his own month.
Esum bɛduru wɔn; ogyaframa bɛkusa wɔn mman, na Onyankopɔn anom ahomeguo bɛsoa wɔn akɔ.
31 He shall not believe, being vainly deceived by error, that he may be redeemed with any price.
Ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔde wɔn ho to nneɛma huhuo so de daadaa wɔn ho, ɛfiri sɛ wɔrennya hwee mfiri mu.
32 Before his days be full he shall perish: and his hands shall wither away.
Ansa na wɔn da bɛduru no, wɔbɛtua wɔn ka a ebi renka, na wɔn mman renyɛ frɔmfrɔm.
33 He shall be blasted as a vine when its grapes are in the first flower, and as an olive tree that casteth its flower.
Wɔbɛyɛ sɛ bobedua a wɔapore so aba a ɛnnyiniiɛ, te sɛ ngo dua a ne nhyerɛnne repore gu fam.
34 For the congregation of the hypocrite is barren, and fire shall devour their tabernacles, who love to take bribes.
Na abɔnefoɔ fekuo a wɔnnim Onyankopɔn no renso aba, na ogya bɛhye wɔn a wɔdɔ kɛtɛasehyɛ no ntomadan.
35 He hath conceived sorrow, and hath brought forth iniquity, and his womb prepareth deceits.
Wɔnyinsɛn ɔhaw na wɔwo amumuyɛ; wɔn awotwaa siesie nnaadaa.”
