Job 35
1 Then Elihu continued, saying,
Afei, Elihu kae se:
2 “Do you think it's honest to claim you are right before God?
“Wugye di sɛ, eyi fata? Woka se, ‘Onyankopɔn betwitwa agye me.’
3 And you ask, ‘What benefit do I get? What good has it done me by not sinning?’
Nanso wubisa no se, ‘Mfaso bɛn na menya, na sɛ manyɛ bɔne a, mfaso bɛn na menya?’
4 I'll tell you, and your friends too!
“Mepɛ sɛ mibua wo ne wo nnamfonom nyinaa.
5 Just look up at the sky and see. Observe the clouds high above you.
Ma wʼani so kyerɛ soro na hwɛ; hwɛ omununkum a ɛwɔ wʼatifi sorosoro nohɔ.
6 If you sin, how does that harm God? How do your many sins affect God?
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 If you do what's right, what good are you doing for him?
Sɛ woteɛ a, dɛn na wode ma no anaasɛ dɛn na onya fi wo nsam?
8 No—your sins only affect people like yourself, and whatever good you do only affects them too.
Wʼamumɔyɛ ka onipa a ɔte sɛ wo na wo trenee ka nnipa mma nko ara.
9 People cry out because of terrible persecution; they call for someone to save them from their oppressors.
“Nnipa su bere a wɔhyɛ wɔn so; na wɔsrɛ mmoa fi nea ɔwɔ tumi nsam.
10 But no one asks, ‘Where is the God my maker, the one who gives songs in the night,
Nanso obi mmisa se, ‘Ɛhe na Onyankopɔn, me Yɛfo no wɔ, nea ɔma nnwom anadwo no,
11 who teaches us more than the animals, and makes us wiser than the birds?’
nea ɔkyerɛ yɛn nimdeɛ bebree sen asase so mmoa na ɔma yehu nyansa sen wim nnomaa no?’
12 When they call out for help, God doesn't answer because they are proud and evil people.
Sɛ nnipa su teɛ mu a, ommua, amumɔyɛfo ahantan nti.
13 God doesn't listen to their empty cries; the Almighty doesn't pay them any attention.
Ampa ara Onyankopɔn rentie wɔn nkotosrɛ hunu no; na Otumfo remmu.
14 How much less will God hear you when you say he can't see you? Your case is before him, so you have to wait for him.
Ɛno de adɛn na ɔrentie bere a woka se wunhu no, na woka se wʼasɛm wɔ nʼanim enti ɛsɛ sɛ wotwɛn no,
15 You're saying that God doesn't punish people in his anger and pays little attention to sin.
na bio, nʼabufuw mmfa asotwe mma na nʼani nni amumɔyɛsɛm akyi pii?
16 You, Job, are talking nonsense, making long speeches when you know nothing!”
Enti Hiob bue nʼano ka nsɛnhunu; nimdeɛ a onni nti, ɔkeka nsɛm bebree.”
