Job 12
1 Then Iob answered, and sayde,
Na Hiob buae se,
2 In deede because that ye are the people onely, wisedome must dye with you.
“Akyinnye nni ho, mo ne nnipa no na muwu a na nyansa asa!
3 But I haue vnderstanding aswel as you, and am not inferior vnto you: yea, who knoweth not such things?
Nanso mewɔ adwene sɛ mo ara monnsen me. Hena na onnim saa nneɛma yi nyinaa?
4 I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth vpon God, and he heareth him: the iust and the vpright is laughed to scorne.
“Mayɛ aserewde ama me nnamfonom, mefrɛɛ Onyankopɔn na obuae, aserewde teta bi, nanso meteɛ na me ho nni asɛm.
5 Hee that is readie to fall, is as a lampe despised in the opinion of the riche.
Nnipa a wɔn ho tɔ wɔn no bu amanehunu animtiaa sɛnea wobu wɔn a wɔn nan rewatiri no awiei animtiaa no.
6 The tabernacles of robbers doe prosper, and they are in safetie, that prouoke God, whome God hath enriched with his hand.
Wɔmmfa wɔn nsa nka akorɔmfo ntamadan, na wɔn a woyi Onyankopɔn abufuw wɔ bammɔ na Onyankopɔn bɔ nea ɔde ma wɔn ho ban.
7 Aske now the beasts, and they shall teach thee, and the foules of the heauen, and they shall tell thee:
“Bisa mmoa no, na wɔbɛkyerɛ wo anaasɛ wim nnomaa no, na wɔbɛka akyerɛ wo
8 Or speake to the earth, and it shall shewe thee: or the fishes of the sea, and they shall declare vnto thee.
anaasɛ kasa kyerɛ asase, na ɛbɛkyerɛ wo, anaasɛ ma po mu mpataa nka nkyerɛ wo.
9 Who is ignorant of all these, but that the hande of the Lord hath made these?
Wɔn nyinaa mu hena na onnim sɛ Awurade nsa na ayɛ eyi.
10 In whose hande is the soule of euery liuing thing, and the breath of all mankinde.
Ne nsam na abɔde nyinaa home wɔ ne adesamma nyinaa home.
11 Doeth not the eares discerne the words? and the mouth taste meate for it selfe?
So aso nsɔ nsɛm nhwɛ sɛnea tɛkrɛma ka aduan hwɛ no ana?
12 Among the ancient is wisedome, and in the length of dayes is vnderstanding.
Wonnya nyansa mfi mpanyin nkyɛn, na ɛnyɛ onyinkyɛ na ɛde ntease ba ana?
13 With him is wisedome and strength: he hath counsell and vnderstanding.
“Nyansa ne tumi yɛ Onyankopɔn de; afotu ne ntease yɛ ne dea.
14 Beholde, he will breake downe, and it can not be built: he shutteth a man vp, and he can not be loosed.
Nea obubu gu no, obiara rentumi nsi; nea ɔde no to afiase no, obiara rentumi nyi no.
15 Beholde, he withholdeth the waters, and they drie vp: but when he sendeth them out, they destroy the earth.
Sɛ ɔma osu gyae tɔ a, asase no so yɛ wosee; sɛ ogyaa osutɔ mu a, ɛsɛe asase no.
16 With him is strength and wisedome: hee that is deceiued, and that deceiueth, are his.
Ahoɔden ne nkonimdi yɛ ne de osisifo ne nea wosisi no no nso yɛ ne de.
17 He causeth the counsellers to goe as spoyled, and maketh the iudges fooles.
Ɔpa afotufo ho ntama ma wɔkɔ na ɔma atemmufo yɛ nkwasea.
18 He looseth the collar of Kings, and girdeth their loynes with a girdle.
Ɔworɔw ahemfo nkyehama na ɔde abɔso bɔ wɔn asen.
19 He leadeth away the princes as a pray, and ouerthroweth the mightie.
Ɔpa asɔfo ho ntama, na otu nnipa a wɔn ase atim akyɛ gu.
20 He taketh away the speach from the faithfull counsellers, and taketh away the iudgement of the ancient.
Ɔka afotufo a wogye wɔn di no kasaboa hyɛ, na ogye mpanyimfo nhumu.
21 He powreth contempt vpon princes, and maketh the strength of the mightie weake.
Ɔde animguase gu atitiriw so na otintim gye ahoɔdenfo nsam akode.
22 He discouereth the deepe places from their darkenesse, and bringeth foorth the shadowe of death to light.
Ɔda sum mu nneɛma a ahintaw adi na ɔde sum kabii ba hann mu.
23 He increaseth the people, and destroyeth them: he inlargeth the nations, and bringeth them in againe.
Ɔyɛ aman akɛse, na ɔsɛe wɔn; ɔtrɛw aman mu, na ɔhwete wɔn mu.
24 He taketh away the heartes of the that are the chiefe ouer the people of the earth, and maketh them to wander in the wildernes out of the way.
Ogye wiase akannifo adwene fi wɔn nsam; na ɔma wokyinkyin asase wosee a ɔkwan nna so so.
25 They grope in the darke without light: and he maketh the to stagger like a drunken man.
Wɔkeka wɔ sum mu a wonni kanea; na ɔma wɔtɔ ntintan sɛ asabowfo.”
