Job 23
1 Bvt Iob answered and sayd,
Na Hiob buaa sɛ,
2 Though my talke be this day in bitternes, and my plague greater then my groning,
“Ɛnnɛ mpo, mʼabooboodie mu da so yɛ den; ne nsa ayɛ den mʼapinisie nyinaa akyi.
3 Would God yet I knew how to finde him, I would enter vnto his place.
Sɛ menim baabi a mɛhunu no; anaasɛ mɛtumi akɔ ne tenaberɛ a,
4 I would pleade the cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
anka mɛka mʼasɛm wɔ nʼanim na magye akyinnyeɛ bebree.
5 I would knowe the wordes, that he would answere me, and would vnderstand what he would say vnto me.
Anka mɛte mmuaeɛ a ɔde bɛma me, na madwene deɛ ɔbɛka ho.
6 Would he plead against me with his great power? No, but he would put strength in me.
Ɔde tumi a ɛso bɛtia me anaa? Dabi, ɔremmɔ me kwaadu.
7 There the righteous might reason with him, so I shoulde be deliuered for euer from my Iudge.
Ɛhɔ deɛ nnipa tenenee bɛtumi aka nʼasɛm wɔ nʼanim, na wɔbɛgye me afiri me ɔtemmufoɔ nsam afebɔɔ.
8 Behold, if I go to the East, he is not there: if to the West, yet I can not perceiue him:
“Nanso sɛ mekɔ apueeɛ fam a, ɔnni hɔ; sɛ mekɔ atɔeɛ fam nso a, menhunu no.
9 If to the North where he worketh, yet I cannot see him: he wil hide himselfe in the South, and I cannot beholde him.
Sɛ ɔreyɛ adwuma wɔ atifi fam a, menhunu no; sɛ ɔdane ne ho kɔ anafoɔ fam a, mʼani nhye ne ho.
10 But he knoweth my way, and trieth mee, and I shall come forth like the gold.
Nanso, ɔnim ɛkwan a me nam soɔ; na sɛ ɔsɔ me hwɛ a, mɛfiri mu aba sɛ sikakɔkɔɔ.
11 My foote hath followed his steps: his way haue I kept, and haue not declined.
Madi nʼanammɔn akyi pɛɛ; na manante nʼakwan so a mammane.
12 Neyther haue I departed from the commandement of his lippes, and I haue esteemed the words of his mouth more then mine appointed foode.
Mentwee me ho mfirii mmaransɛm a ɛfiri nʼanom ho, mama asɛm a ɛfiri nʼanom ho ahia me asene me daa aduane.
13 Yet he is in one minde, and who can turne him? yea, he doeth what his minde desireth.
“Nanso ɔbiara nni hɔ ka ne ho, na hwan na ɔbɛtumi atia no? Ɔyɛ biribiara a ɔpɛ.
14 For he will performe that, which is decreed of me, and many such things are with him.
Ɔhwɛ ma ne ɔhyɛ nsɛm tia me; ɔda so kora nhyehyɛeɛ a ɛte sei bebree.
15 Therefore I am troubled at his presence, and in considering it, I am afraid of him.
Ɛno enti na mebɔ hu wɔ nʼanim; na sɛ medwene yeinom nyinaa ho a, mesuro no.
16 For God hath softened mine heart, and the Almightie hath troubled me.
Onyankopɔn ama mʼakoma aboto; Otumfoɔ ama mabɔ huboa.
17 For I am not cut off in darknesse, but he hath hid the darkenesse from my face.
Nanso esum no mma menka mʼano ntom, esum kabii a ɛkata mʼanim no mpo.
