Job 31
1 I made a covenant with my eyes, that I would not so much as think upon a virgin.
“Me ne mʼani yɛɛ apam sɛ meremfi akɔnnɔ mu, nhwɛ ababaa.
2 For what part should God from above have in me, and what inheritance the Almighty from on high?
Dɛn ne onipa kyɛfa a efi ɔsoro Nyankopɔn nkyɛn? Dɛn ne nʼagyapade a efi ɔsoro Tumfo no nkyɛn?
3 Is not destruction to the wicked, and aversion to them that work iniquity?
Ɛnyɛ ɔsɛe mma amumɔyɛfo, atoyerɛnkyɛm mma wɔn a wɔyɛ bɔne ana?
4 Doth not he consider my ways, and number all my steps?
Onhu mʼakwan na ɔnkan anammɔn biara a mitu ana?
5 If I have walked in vanity, and my foot hath made haste to deceit:
“Sɛ manantew wɔ nkontompo mu anaasɛ matu mmirika adi nnaadaasɛm akyi a,
6 Let him weigh me in a just balance, and let God know my simplicity.
ma Onyankopɔn nkari me wɔ nsania papa so na obehu sɛ me ho nni asɛm;
7 If my step hath turned out of the way, and if my heart hath followed my eyes, and if a spot hath cleaved to my hands:
sɛ mʼanammɔntu afom ɔkwan, sɛ me koma adi mʼani akyi, anaasɛ me nsa ho agu fi a
8 Then let me sow and let another eat: and let my offspring be rooted out.
ɛno de ma afoforo nni nea madua, na ma wontutu me nnɔbae ngu.
9 If my heart hath been deceived upon a woman, and if I have laid wait at my friend’s door:
“Sɛ ɔbea bi atɔ me koma so, anaasɛ matɛw me yɔnko bi pon akyi a,
10 Let my wife be the harlot of another, and let other men lie with her.
ɛno de, me yere nyam ɔbarima foforo aduan, na mmarima afoforo ne no nna.
11 For this is a heinous crime, and a most grievous iniquity.
Efisɛ anka ɛno na ɛbɛyɛ aniwusɛm ne bɔne a ɛsɛ sɛ wɔtwe aso wɔ so.
12 It is a fire that devoureth even to destruction, and rooteth up all things that spring.
Ɛyɛ ogya a ɛhyew kodu Ɔsɛe mu; na ebetumi atutu me nnɔbae ase.
13 If I have despised to abide judgment with my manservant, or my maidservant, when they had any controversy against me:
“Sɛ mabu mʼasomfo mmarima ne mmea ntɛnkyew, bere a wɔne me nyaa asɛm,
14 For what shall I do when God shall rise to judge? and when he shall examine, what shall I answer him?
sɛ Onyankopɔn de si mʼanim a dɛn na mɛyɛ? Sɛ wɔfrɛ me akontaabu a, mmuae bɛn na mɛma?
15 Did not he that made me in the womb make him also: and did not one and the same form me in the womb?
Ɛnyɛ nea ɔbɔɔ me wɔ ɔyafunu mu no na ɔbɔɔ wɔn? Ɛnyɛ onipa koro no na ɔyɛɛ yɛn baanu wɔ yɛn nanom yafunu mu?
16 If I have denied to the poor what they desired, and have made the eyes of the widow wait:
“Sɛ mamma ahiafo nea wɔn koma pɛ anaa mama akunafo ani ayɛ wɔn yaw,
17 If I have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof:
sɛ mabɔ mʼaduan ho atirimɔden a mamma ayisaa bi,
18 (For from my infancy mercy grew up with me: and it came out with me from my mother’s womb: )
nanso efi mmerantebere mu matetew no sɛnea agya bɛyɛ, na efi ɔyafunu mu, mahwɛ akunafo.
19 If I have despised him that was perishing for want of clothing, and the poor man that had no covering:
Sɛ mahu obi a onni adurade na ɔrebrɛ, anaa ohiani bi a onni atade,
20 If his sides have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep:
na sɛ wɔamfi koma mu anhyira me sɛ mede me nguan ho nwi kaa wɔn hyew,
21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, even when I saw myself superior in the gate:
sɛ mama me nsa so atia ayisaa bi, esiane sɛ mewɔ tumi wɔ asennii nti a,
22 Let my shoulder fall from its joint, and let my arm with its bones be broken.
ɛno de, ma me basa mpan mfi me mmati, ma emmubu mfi nʼapɔw so.
23 For I have always feared God as waves swelling over me, and his weight I was not able to bear.
Misuroo ɔsɛe a efi Onyankopɔn nkyɛn, na nʼanuonyam ho suro nti mantumi anyɛ saa nneyɛe no.
24 If I have thought gold my strength, and have said to fine gold: My confidence:
“Sɛ mede me werɛ ahyɛ sikakɔkɔɔ mu anaasɛ maka akyerɛ sikakɔkɔɔ ankasa se, ‘Wo na wobɔ me ho ban,’
25 If I have rejoiced over my great riches, and because my hand had gotten much.
sɛ masɛpɛw me ho wɔ mʼahode bebrebe nti, ahode a me nsa aka yi,
26 If I beheld the sun when it shined, and the moon going in brightness:
sɛ mahwɛ owia ne ne hyerɛn anaa ɔsram a ɔnam anuonyam mu,
27 And my heart in secret hath rejoiced, and I have kissed my hand with my mouth:
ama aka me koma a obiara nnim na me nsa yɛɛ wɔn atuu de nidi maa wɔn a,
28 Which is a very great iniquity, and a denial against the most high God.
ɛno de, na eyinom nso bɛyɛ bɔne a wobu ho atɛn, efisɛ na manni Onyankopɔn a ɔte ɔsoro no nokware.
29 If I have been glad at the downfall of him that hated me, and have rejoiced that evil had found him.
“Sɛ mʼani gyee wɔ me tamfo amanehunu nti anaa mesrew no wɔ ɔhaw a aba ne so nti,
30 For I have not given my mouth to sin, by wishing a curse to his soul.
memmaa mʼano nyɛɛ bɔne sɛ mɛdome ne nkwa,
31 If the men of my tabernacle have not said: Who will give us of his flesh that we may be filled?
sɛ nnipa a wɔwɔ me fi mu nkaa da sɛ, ‘Hena na Hiob pon so nam mmee no da?’
32 The stranger did not stay without, my door was open to the traveller.
Ɔhɔho biara anna abɔnten so da, efisɛ me pon ano daa hɔ da biara maa akwantufo,
33 If as a man I have hid my sin, and have concealed my iniquity in my bosom.
Makata me bɔne so sɛnea nnipa yɛ de mʼafɔdi ahyɛ me koma mu
34 If I have been afraid at a very great multitude, and the contempt of kinsmen hath terrified me: and I have not rather held my peace, and not gone out of the door.
esiane sɛ misuroo nnipadɔm ne ahohora a efi mmusua hɔ no nti na meyɛɛ komm a mamfi adi.
35 Who would grant me a hearer, that the Almighty may hear my desire; and that he himself that judgeth would write a book,
(“Ao, sɛ anka mewɔ obi a obetie me. Mede me din ahyɛ mʼanoyi ase, ma Otumfo no mmua me; ma nea ɔbɔ me kwaadu no nkyerɛw ne sobobɔ.
36 That I may carry it on my shoulder, and put it about me as a crown?
Ampa ara, mɛhyɛ wɔ me mmati, mɛhyɛ sɛ ahenkyɛw.
37 At every step of mine I would pronounce it, and offer it as to a prince.
Mebu mʼanammɔntu biara ho akontaa akyerɛ no; mɛkɔ nʼanim sɛ ɔheneba.)
38 If my land cry against me, and with it the furrows thereof mourn:
“Sɛ mʼasase teɛ mu tia me na nusu fɔw ne nkɔ nyinaa,
39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, and have afflicted the soul of the tillers thereof:
sɛ madi so aba a mintuaa ka anaasɛ mabu so apaafo no aba mu a,
40 Let thistles grow up to me instead of wheat, and thorns instead of barley.
ma nsɔe mfifi nsi awi anan mu na wura mfuw nsi atoko anan mu.” Hiob nsɛm no asi.
