Job 11
1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and sayde,
Na Naamani Sofar buae se,
2 Should not the multitude of wordes be answered? or should a great talker be iustified?
“Ɛnsɛ sɛ woyi saa nsɛm yi ano ana? Ɛsɛ sɛ wobu saa ɔkasafo yi bem ana?
3 Should men holde their peace at thy lyes? and when thou mockest others, shall none make thee ashamed?
Wo nsɛm hunu no bɛma nnipa ayɛ komm ana? Sɛ wudi fɛw a obiara nka wʼanim ana?
4 For thou hast sayde, My doctrine is pure, and I am cleane in thine eyes.
Woka kyerɛ Onyankopɔn se, ‘Me gyidi ho nni asɛm na meyɛ pɛ wɔ wʼani so.’
5 But, oh that God would speake and open his lippes against thee!
Ao, anka mepɛ sɛ Onyankopɔn kasa, anka ɔnkasa ntia wo
6 That he might shewe thee the secretes of wisedome, howe thou hast deserued double, according to right: know therefore that God hath forgotten thee for thine iniquitie.
na ommue nyansa mu ahintasɛm so nkyerɛ wo, efisɛ nyansa turodoo yɛ afanu. Hu sɛ Onyankopɔn werɛ afi wo bɔne no bi mpo.
7 Canst thou by searching finde out God? canst thou finde out ye Almighty to his perfection?
“Wubetumi ate Onyankopɔn anwonwade ase ana? Wubetumi abɔre ahu nea Otumfo no tumi kɔpem ana?
8 The heauens are hie, what canst thou doe? it is deeper then the hell, how canst thou know it? (Sheol h7585)
Ɛkorɔn sen ɔsoro, dɛn na wubetumi ayɛ? Emu dɔ sen ɔda ase tɔnn, dɛn na wubetumi ahu? (Sheol h7585)
9 The measure thereof is longer then the earth, and it is broader then the sea.
Ne nsusuwii mu ware sen asase na ɛtrɛw sen po.
10 If hee cut off and shut vp, or gather together, who can turne him backe?
“Sɛ ɔba de wo bɛto afiase ansa na osi nkongua a, hena na obetumi asiw no kwan?
11 For hee knoweth vaine men, and seeth iniquitie, and him that vnderstandeth nothing.
Ampa ara ohu nnipa nnaadaafo; na sɛ ohu bɔne a, ɔnhyɛ ne nsow ana?
12 Yet vaine man would be wise, though man new borne is like a wilde asse colte.
Nanso ogyimifo rentumi nyɛ onyansafo da na wɔawo afurum ba sɛ onipa.
13 If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him:
“Na sɛ wode wo koma ma no na wopagyaw wo nsa kyerɛ no,
14 If iniquitie be in thine hand, put it farre away, and let no wickednesse dwell in thy Tabernacle.
sɛ wugyaa bɔne a wukura no mu na woamma amumɔyɛ antena wo ntamadan mu a
15 The truely shalt thou lift vp thy face without spot, and shalt be stable, and shalt not feare.
ɛno de, bɔne nni wo ho, wobɛma wo ti so; wubegyina pintinn a worensuro.
16 But thou shalt forget thy miserie, and remember it as waters that are past.
Wo werɛ befi wʼahokyere, na wɔbɛkae no sɛ nsu a asen kɔ.
17 Thine age also shall appeare more cleare then the noone day: thou shalt shine and bee as the morning.
Abrabɔ bɛhyerɛn asen owigyinae, na sum bɛyɛ sɛ adekyee hann.
18 And thou shalt bee bolde, because there is hope: and thou shalt digge pittes, and shalt lye downe safely.
Wubenya bammɔ, efisɛ anidaso wɔ hɔ; wobɛhwɛ wo ho ahyia, na wahome asomdwoe mu.
19 For when thou takest thy rest, none shall make thee afraide: yea, many shall make sute vnto thee.
Wobɛda ahome, na obi renhunahuna wo, na bebree bɛhwehwɛ mmoa afi wo nkyɛn.
20 But the eyes of the wicked shall faile, and their refuge shall perish, and their hope shalbe sorow of minde.
Amumɔyɛfo ani befura, wɔrentumi nguan; na wɔn anidaso bɛdan owu ahomegu.”
