Job 24
1 Times are not hid from the Almighty: but they that know him, know not his days.
“Adɛn nti na Onyankopɔn nhyɛ bere mma atemmu? Adɛn nti na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔn a wonim no no hwɛ saa da no anim nanso ɛmma da?
2 Some have removed landmarks, have taken away flocks by force, and fed them.
Nnipa yiyi abo a wɔde ato ɔhye; na wɔde nguankuw a wɔawia kɔ hɔ adidi.
3 They have driven away the ass of the fatherless, and have taken away the widow’s ox for a pledge.
Wɔpam ayisaa mfurum na wogye akunafo anantwi sɛ awowaside.
4 They have overturned the way of the poor, and have oppressed together the meek of the earth.
Wosum ahiafo fi kwan so na wɔhyɛ asase no so ahiafo ma wɔkɔtetɛw.
5 Others like wild asses in the desert go forth to their work: by watching for a prey they get bread for their children.
Sɛnea sare so mfurum yɛ no saa ara na ahiafo no yɛ wɔn adwuma de pɛ aduan; asase kesee no so na wonya aduan ma wɔn mma.
6 They reap the field that is not their own, and gather the vintage of his vineyard whom by violence they have oppressed.
Wɔboaboa mmoa aduan ano wɔ mfuw no so na wodi mpɛpɛ wɔ amumɔyɛfo bobe nturo mu.
7 They send men away naked, taking away their clothes who have no covering in the cold:
Wonni ntama, na wɔda adagyaw anadwo; wonni hwee a wɔde kata wɔn ho wɔ awɔw mu.
8 Who are wet, with the showers of the mountains, and having no covering embrace the stones.
Mmepɔw so osu tɔ fɔw wɔn kyam na wɔtetare abotan no ho, efisɛ wonni nnae.
9 They have violently robbed the fatherless, and stripped the poor common people.
Wɔtew ayisaa fi nufu ano; na wɔfa ohiani abotafowa de si ne ka anan mu.
10 From the naked and them that go without clothing, and from the hungry they have taken away the ears of corn.
Wɔnenam adagyaw a wonni ntama; wɔsoa awi afiafi, nanso ɔkɔm de wɔn ara.
11 They have taken their rest at noon among the stores of them, who after having trodden the winepresses suffer thirst.
Wokyi ngo wɔn adan mu; wotiatia nsakyiamoa mu, nanso osukɔm de wɔn.
12 Out of the cities they have made men to groan, and the soul of the wounded hath cried out, and God doth not suffer it to pass unrevenged.
Wɔn a wɔrewuwu no apinisi fi kuropɔn no mu, na apirafo kra su pɛ mmoa. Nanso Onyankopɔn mfa bɔne nto obiara so.
13 They have been rebellious to the light, they have not known his ways, neither have they returned by his paths.
“Ebinom wɔ hɔ a wɔsɔre tia hann no, wɔn a wonnim nʼakwan anaasɛ wɔnnantew nʼatempɔn so no.
14 The murderer riseth at the very break of day, he killeth the needy, and the poor man: but in the night he will be as a thief.
Sɛ adekyee hann no kɔ a, owudifo no sɔre na okum ohiani ne mmɔborɔni; anadwo, mu owiawia ne ho sɛ ɔkorɔmfo.
15 The eye of the adulterer observeth darkness, saying: No eye shall see me: and he will cover his face.
Ɔwaresɛefo twɛn bere a anim rebiribiri; ɔka se, ‘obiara renhu me,’ na ɔde nʼanim hintaw.
16 He diggeth through houses in the dark, as in the day they had appointed for themselves, and they have not known the light.
Sum mu na nnipa bubu apon wura afi mu, na adekyee, wɔtoto wɔn ho apon mu; wɔne hann nni hwee yɛ.
17 If the morning suddenly appear, it is to them the shadow of death: and they walk in darkness as if it were in light.
Sum kabii yɛ adekyee ma wɔn nyinaa; wɔne sum mu nneɛma a ɛyɛ hu fa nnamfo.
18 He is light upon the face of the water: cursed be his portion on the earth, let him not walk by the way of the vineyards.
“Nanso wɔte sɛ ahuru a ɛte nsu ani; wɔadome wɔn kyɛfa wɔ asase no so, enti obiara nkɔ bobe nturo no mu.
Sɛnea ɔhyew ne ɔpɛ hwim sukyerɛmma a anan kɔ no, saa ara na ɔda de wɔn a wɔayɛ bɔne kɔ ne no. (Sheol h7585)
20 Let mercy forget him: may worms be his sweetness: let him be remembered no more, but be broken in pieces as an unfruitful tree.
Awotwaa werɛ fi wɔn, na osunson di wɔn nam; nnipa bɔne de wɔnnkae wɔn bio na mmom wobubu te sɛ dua.
21 For he hath fed the barren that beareth not, and to the widow he hath done no good.
Wɔde ɔbea bonin a onni ba yɛ hanam, na wonhu akunafo mmɔbɔ.
22 He hath pulled down the strong by his might: and when he standeth up, he shall not trust to his life.
Onyankopɔn nam ne tumi so twe atumfo kɔ; ɛwɔ mu sɛ wonya asetena pa de, nanso wonni nkwa ho bɔhyɛ.
23 God hath given him place for penance, and he abuseth it unto pride: but his eyes are upon his ways.
Otumi ma wɔn tena ase asomdwoe mu, nanso nʼani wɔ wɔn akwan so.
24 They are lifted up for a little while and shall not stand, and shall be brought down as all things, and shall be taken away, and as the tops of the ears of corn they shall be broken.
Wɔma wɔn so bere tiaa bi, na afei wonni hɔ bio; wɔbrɛ wɔn ase boaboa wɔn ano sɛ nnipa nyinaa; wotwitwa wɔn gu te sɛ aburow ti.
25 And if it be not so, who can convince me that I have lied, and set my words before God?
“Sɛ eyi nte saa a, hena na obetumi agye me akyinnye na ama nea maka no ayɛ nsɛnhunu?”
