Job 9
1 And Job answered, and said:
Hiob ɖo eŋu nɛ gblɔ be,
2 Indeed I know it is so, and that man cannot be justified compared with God.
“Vavã menya be esia nye nyateƒe, gake aleke amegbetɔ kodzogbea anɔ dzɔdzɔe le Mawu ŋkumee?
3 If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one for a thousand.
Togbɔ be anye ame ƒe didi be yeahe nya kplii hã la, mate ŋu aɖo nya ɖeka pɛ hã ŋu nɛ le nya akpe dome o.
4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath resisted him, and hath had peace?
Eƒe nunya de to, eƒe ŋusẽ keke ta, ame kae tso ɖe eŋu kpɔ gbe abixɔxɔ?
5 Who hath removed mountains, and they whom he overthrew in his wrath, knew it not.
Emli towo ɖa gake womenya o eye wòtrɔ wo bu anyi le eƒe dziku me.
6 Who shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
Eʋuʋu anyigba le enɔƒe eye wòna eƒe sɔtiwo ʋuʋu kpekpekpe.
7 Who commandeth tile sun and it riseth not: and shutteth up the stars as it were under a seal:
Eƒoa nu na ɣe eye meklẽna o, etsɔa nu xea ɣletiviwo ŋkume ale be womeklẽna o.
8 Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and walketh upon the waves of the sea.
Eya ɖekae keke dziƒowo me eye wòzɔa ƒutsotsoewo dzi.
9 Who maketh Arcturus, and Orion, and Hyades, and the inner parts of the south.
Eyae wɔ ɣletivi siwo woyɔna be, Avutɔ, Koklovinɔ kple Atifieŋu kple dzieheɣletiviwo.
10 Who doth things great and incomprehensible, and wonderful, of which there is no number.
Ewɔ nu dzɔtsu siwo me dzodzro meli o eye wòwɔ nukunu siwo mele xexlẽme o.
11 If he come to me, I shall not see him: if he depart I shall not understand.
Ne eva to ŋunye yi la, nyemate ŋu akpɔe o, ne etso eme va yi la, nyemate ŋu adze sii o.
12 If he examine on a sudden, who shall answer him? or who can say: Why dost thou so?
Ne exɔ nu le ame si sesẽtɔe la, ame kae ate ŋu aɖo asi edzi? Ame kae ate ŋu agblɔ nɛ be, ‘Nu kae nye ema wɔm nèle?’
13 God, whose wrath no mall can resist, and under whom they stoop that bear up the world.
Mawu meɖoa asi eƒe dziku dzi o, Rahab ƒe aʋakɔwo gɔ̃ hã bɔbɔ ɖe eƒe afɔ te.
14 What am I then, that I should answer him, and have words with him?
“Eya ta aleke nye ya mate ŋu aɖe ɖeklemie? Afi ka makpɔ nyawo le atsɔ ahe nya kplii?
15 I, who although I should have any just thing, would not answer, but would make supplication to my judge.
Togbɔ be nyemedze agɔ o hã la, nyemate ŋu aɖo nya ŋu nɛ o. Kuku ko mate ŋu aɖe na nye Ʋɔnudrɔ̃la be wòakpɔ nublanui nam.
16 And if he should hear me when I call, I should not believe that he had heard my voice.
Ne meyɔe eye wòtɔ nam gɔ̃ hã la, nyemebu be aɖo tom o.
17 For he shall crush me in a whirlwind, and multiply my wounds even without cause.
Atsɔ ahomya agbãm gudugudu eye wòadzi nye abiwo ɖe edzi dzodzro.
18 He alloweth not my spirit to rest, and he filleth me with bitterness.
Maɖe mɔ nam be magakpɔ gbɔdzɔe o, ke boŋ ana vevesese nakpɔ ŋusẽ ɖe dzinye.
19 If strength be demanded, he is most strong: if equity of judgment, no man dare bear witness for me.
Ne ŋusẽ ƒe nya wònye la, kpɔ ɖa, ŋusẽtɔe wònye! Ke ne enye ʋɔnudɔdrɔ̃ ƒe nya la, ame kae akplɔe ayi ʋɔnui?
20 If I would justify myself, my own mouth shall condemn me: if I would shew myself innocent, he shall prove me wicked.
Ne nyemeɖi fɔ o gɔ̃ hã la, nye nu abu fɔm, eye ne nyemedze agɔ o hã la, abu fɔm.
21 Although I should be simple, even this my soul shall be ignorant of, and I shall be weary of my life.
“Togbɔ be nyemeɖi fɔ o hã la, nyemetsɔ ɖeke le eme na ɖokuinye o eye medo vlo nye ŋutɔ nye agbe.
22 One thing there is that I have spoken, both the innocent and the wicked he consumeth.
Wo katã le ɖeka eya ta megblɔ be, ‘Etsrɔ̃a ame maɖifɔ kple ame vɔ̃ɖi la siaa.’
23 If he scourge, let him kill at once, and not laugh at the pains of the innocent.
Ne ameƒoti he ku vɛ kpata la, eɖea alɔme le ame maɖifɔ ƒe mɔkpɔkpɔ bubu ŋuti.
24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked, he covereth the face of the judges thereof: and if it be not he, who is it then?
Ne anyigba aɖe ge ɖe ame vɔ̃ɖi ƒe asi me la, ekema etsyɔa nu mo na eƒe ʋɔnudrɔ̃lawo. Ne menye eyae o ɖe, ekema ame kae?
25 My days have been swifter than a post: they have fled away and have not seen good.
“Nye ŋkekewo le du ɖim wu duƒula, wodzo dzo kabakaba dzidzɔ aɖeke manɔmee.
26 They have passed by as ships carrying fruits, as an eagle flying to the prey.
Wozɔ mii va yi abe aƒlaʋuwo ene eye abe hɔ̃woe de agba anyi be yewoaƒo nu le anyigba ene.
27 If I say: I will not speak so: I change my face, and am tormented with sorrow.
Ne megblɔ be, ‘Maŋlɔ nye konyifafa be eye madzudzɔ adãɖoɖo, aɖo nukomo la,’
28 I feared all my works, knowing that thou didst not spare the offender.
ekema nye fukpekpewo katã doa ŋɔdzi nam elabena menyae be màbum fɔmaɖilae o.
29 But if so also I am wicked, why have I laboured in vain?
Esi wobum fɔɖilae xoxo ɖe, nu ka tae maganɔ ʋiʋlim dzodzro?
30 If I be washed as it were with snow waters, and my hands shall shine ever so clean:
Ne mele tsi kple tsiledzalẽ eye metsɔ nunyadzalẽ klɔ asi gɔ̃ hã la,
31 Yet thou shalt plunge me in filth, and my garments shall abhor me,
aganyrɔm ɖe anyiʋe me, ale be manyɔ ŋu na nye awuwo gɔ̃ hã.
32 For I shall not answer a man that is like myself: nor one that may be heard with me equally in judgment.
“Menye amee wònye abe nye ene ne maɖo nya ŋu nɛ, be makplɔe ayi ʋɔnui ahe nya kplii o.
33 There is none that may be able to reprove both, and to put his hand between both.
Ne ame aɖe ɖe wòli aƒo nu le mía dome, ada asi ɖe mí ame evea dzi
34 Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me.
ame si aɖe Mawu ƒe ameƒoti ɖa le ŋutinye, ale be eƒe ŋɔdzi magado vɔvɔ̃ nam o la, ne anyo.
35 I will speak, and will not fear him: for I cannot answer while I am in fear.
Ekema maƒo nu na eya amea mavɔmavɔ̃e, gake abe ale si wòle nam fifia ene la, nyemate ŋui o.”
