Job 35
1 Moreover Eliu spoke these words:
Afei, Elihu kae se:
2 Doth thy thought seem right to thee, that thou shouldst say: I am more just than God?
“Wugye di sɛ, eyi fata? Woka se, ‘Onyankopɔn betwitwa agye me.’
3 For thou saidst: That which is right doth not please thee: or what will it profit thee if I sin?
Nanso wubisa no se, ‘Mfaso bɛn na menya, na sɛ manyɛ bɔne a, mfaso bɛn na menya?’
4 Therefore I will answer thy words, and thy friends with thee.
“Mepɛ sɛ mibua wo ne wo nnamfonom nyinaa.
5 Look up to heaven and see, and behold the sky, that it is higher than thee.
Ma wʼani so kyerɛ soro na hwɛ; hwɛ omununkum a ɛwɔ wʼatifi sorosoro nohɔ.
6 If thou sin, what shalt thou hurt him? and if thy iniquities be multiplied, what shalt thou do against him?
Sɛ woyɛ bɔne a, ɔkwan bɛn so na ɛfa haw no? Mpo sɛ wo bɔne dɔɔso a, nsunsuanso bɛn na enya wɔ ne so?
7 And if thou do justly, what shalt thou give him, or what shall he receive of thy hand?
Sɛ woteɛ a, dɛn na wode ma no anaasɛ dɛn na onya fi wo nsam?
8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man that is like thee: and thy justice may help the son of man.
Wʼamumɔyɛ ka onipa a ɔte sɛ wo na wo trenee ka nnipa mma nko ara.
9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they shall cry out: and shall wail for the violence of the arm of tyrants.
“Nnipa su bere a wɔhyɛ wɔn so; na wɔsrɛ mmoa fi nea ɔwɔ tumi nsam.
10 And he hath not said: Where is God, who made me, who hath given songs in the night?
Nanso obi mmisa se, ‘Ɛhe na Onyankopɔn, me Yɛfo no wɔ, nea ɔma nnwom anadwo no,
11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and instructeth us more than the fowls of the air.
nea ɔkyerɛ yɛn nimdeɛ bebree sen asase so mmoa na ɔma yehu nyansa sen wim nnomaa no?’
12 There shall they cry, and he will not hear, because of the pride of evil men.
Sɛ nnipa su teɛ mu a, ommua, amumɔyɛfo ahantan nti.
13 God therefore will not hear in vain, and the Almighty will look into the causes of every one.
Ampa ara Onyankopɔn rentie wɔn nkotosrɛ hunu no; na Otumfo remmu.
14 Yea when thou shalt say: He considereth not: be judged before him, and expect him.
Ɛno de adɛn na ɔrentie bere a woka se wunhu no, na woka se wʼasɛm wɔ nʼanim enti ɛsɛ sɛ wotwɛn no,
15 For he doth not now bring on his fury, neither doth he revenge wickedness exceedingly.
na bio, nʼabufuw mmfa asotwe mma na nʼani nni amumɔyɛsɛm akyi pii?
16 Therefore Job openeth his mouth in vain, and multiplieth words without knowledge.
Enti Hiob bue nʼano ka nsɛnhunu; nimdeɛ a onni nti, ɔkeka nsɛm bebree.”
