Job 11
1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and sayde,
Na Naamani Sofar buaa sɛ,
2 Should not the multitude of wordes be answered? or should a great talker be iustified?
“Ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔyi saa nsɛm yi ano anaa? Ɛsɛ sɛ wɔbu saa ɔkasafoɔ yi bem anaa?
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 anaa? Sɛ wodi fɛ a obiara renka wʼanim anaa?
4 For thou hast sayde, My doctrine is pure, and I am cleane in thine eyes.
Woka kyerɛ Onyankopɔn sɛ, ‘Me gyidie 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 ɔmmue nyansa mu ahintasɛm so nkyerɛ wo, ɛfiri sɛ nyansa turodoo yɛ afanu. Hunu yei sɛ, Onyankopɔn werɛ afiri wo bɔne no bi mpo.
7 Canst thou by searching finde out God? canst thou finde out ye Almighty to his perfection?
“Wobɛtumi ate Onyankopɔn anwanwadeɛ ase anaa? Wobɛtumi abɔre ahunu deɛ Otumfoɔ no tumi kɔpem anaa?
8 The heauens are hie, what canst thou doe? it is deeper then the hell, how canst thou know it? (Sheol h7585)
Ɛkorɔn sene ɔsoro, ɛdeɛn na wobɛtumi ayɛ? Emu dɔ sene damena ase tɔnn, ɛdeɛn na wobɛtumi ahunu? (Sheol h7585)
9 The measure thereof is longer then the earth, and it is broader then the sea.
Ne nsusuiɛ mu ware sene asase na ɛtrɛ sene ɛpo.
10 If hee cut off and shut vp, or gather together, who can turne him backe?
“Sɛ ɔba na ɔde wo to nneduadan mu ansa na wasi nkonnwa a, hwan na ɔbɛtumi asi no ɛkwan?
11 For hee knoweth vaine men, and seeth iniquitie, and him that vnderstandeth nothing.
Ampa ara ɔhyɛ nnipa nnaadaafoɔ nso; na sɛ ɔhunu amumuyɛ a, ɔnhyɛ ne nso anaa?
12 Yet vaine man would be wise, though man new borne is like a wilde asse colte.
Nanso ogyimifoɔ rentumi nyɛ onyansafoɔ sɛdeɛ wɔrentumi nwo afunumu ba sɛ onipa no.
13 If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him:
“Na sɛ wode wʼakoma ma no na wopagya wo nsa kyerɛ no,
14 If iniquitie be in thine hand, put it farre away, and let no wickednesse dwell in thy Tabernacle.
sɛ wogyaa bɔne a wokura no mu na woamma amumuyɛ antena wo ntomadan mu a,
15 The truely shalt thou lift vp thy face without spot, and shalt be stable, and shalt not feare.
ɛnneɛ, wobɛpagya wo ti a womfɛre; wobɛgyina pintinn a wonsuro.
16 But thou shalt forget thy miserie, and remember it as waters that are past.
Wo werɛ bɛfiri wʼahokyere, na ɛbɛyɛ wo sɛ nsuo a asene korɔ.
17 Thine age also shall appeare more cleare then the noone day: thou shalt shine and bee as the morning.
Wʼabrabɔ bɛhyerɛn asene owigyinaeɛ, na esum bɛyɛ sɛ adekyeɛ hann.
18 And thou shalt bee bolde, because there is hope: and thou shalt digge pittes, and shalt lye downe safely.
Wobɛnya banbɔ, ɛfiri sɛ anidasoɔ wɔ hɔ; wobɛhwɛ wo ho ahyia, na wahome asomdwoeɛ 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 afiri wo nkyɛn.
20 But the eyes of the wicked shall faile, and their refuge shall perish, and their hope shalbe sorow of minde.
Amumuyɛfoɔ ani bɛfira, wɔrentumi nnwane; na wɔn anidasoɔ bɛdane owuo ahomeguo.”
