Job 6
1 Bvt Iob answered, and said,
Tete Hiob ɖo eŋu nɛ be,
2 Oh that my griefe were well weighed, and my miseries were layed together in the balance.
“Ne ɖe woada nye vevesese eye woada nye fukpekpewo ɖe nudanu me ɖe!
3 For it woulde be nowe heauier then the sande of the sea: therefore my wordes are swallowed vp.
Vavã woakpe wu ke si katã le ƒuta, eya ta mewɔ nuku be nye nyawo mele ame ŋu dzem o.
4 For the arrowes of the Almightie are in me, the venime whereof doeth drinke vp my spirit, and the terrours of God fight against me.
Ŋusẽkatãtɔ la ƒe aŋutrɔwo le nye lãme, nye gbɔgbɔ le aɖi si le dodom le wo me la nom. Woƒo Mawu ƒe ŋɔdzidodowo nu ƒu ɖe ŋunye.
5 Doeth the wilde asse bray when he hath grasse? or loweth the oxe when he hath fodder?
Ɖe gbetedzi xlɔ̃na ne ele gbe mumu gbɔ alo nyi xlɔ̃na ne wotsɔ gbe ƒuƒu nɛ be wòaɖua?
6 That which is vnsauerie, shall it be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egge?
Ɖe woaɖu nu vɔvɔ dzemademee alo ɖe koklozi ƒe ɣia vivinaa?
7 Such things as my soule refused to touch, as were sorowes, are my meate.
Megbe be nyemaɖui o, nuɖuɖu mawo tɔgbi ɖe wònana medzea dɔ.
8 Oh that I might haue my desire, and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
“O, ne ɖe woana nu si mebia lam, ne Mawu ɖe wòana nu si mele mɔ kpɔm na lam,
9 That is, that God would destroy me: that he would let his hand go, and cut me off.
ne Mawu ɖe wòalɔ̃ agbãm gudugudu eye wòaɖe ka eƒe asi ɖe dzinye, ahawum ɖe!
10 Then should I yet haue comfort, (though I burne with sorowe, let him not spare) because I haue not denyed the wordes of the Holy one.
Ekema esia aganye akɔfafa nam ko kple nye dzidzɔ le vevesese si nu mele tsotsom o la me be, nyemagbe nu le Kɔkɔetɔ la ƒe nyawo gbɔ o.
11 What power haue I that I should endure? or what is mine end, if I should prolong my life?
“Ŋusẽ kae gale asinye be maganɔ mɔ kpɔm? Mɔnukpɔkpɔ kawoe gali ta magbɔ dzi ɖi?
12 Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brasse?
Kpe ƒe ŋusẽe le asinyea? Akɔblie nye nye ŋutilãa?
13 Is it not so, that there is in me no helpe? and that strength is taken from me?
Ɖe ŋusẽ aɖe le asinye be makpe ɖe ɖokuinye ŋu, esi azɔ la wonya dzidzedzekpɔkpɔ ɖa le ŋunyea?
14 He that is in miserie, ought to be comforted of his neighbour: but men haue forsaken the feare of the Almightie.
“Ele na xɔlɔ̃wo be woakpe ɖe ame si ƒo dzi ɖe le la ŋu togbɔ be egbe nu le Ŋusẽkatãtɔ vɔvɔ̃ gbɔ hã.
15 My brethre haue deceiued me as a brook, and as the rising of the riuers they passe away.
Ke womate ŋu aɖo dzi ɖe nɔvinye ŋutsuwo ŋu o elabena wole abe tɔʋu si miena le kuɖiɣi ene alo abe tɔʋu si ɖɔna gbagbana,
16 Which are blackish with yee, and wherein the snowe is hid.
ne tsikpe si le ete doe ɖe dzi, ne sno si dza ɖe edzi la lolo hena wòsɔ gbɔ ɖe edzi
17 But in time they are dryed vp with heate and are consumed: and when it is hote they faile out of their places,
gake eƒe sisi nu tsona ne kuɖiɣi ɖo eye dzoxɔxɔ nana wòmiena la ene.
18 Or they depart from their way and course, yea, they vanish and perish.
Asihawo ɖea asi le woƒe mɔwo ŋu hedzea gbe toa tagba eye wokuna ɖe mɔ dzi.
19 They that go to Tema, considered them, and they that goe to Sheba, waited for them.
Asiha siwo tso Tema la le tsi dim, asigbedela siwo tso Seba la le mɔ kpɔm.
20 But they were confounded: when they hoped, they came thither and were ashamed.
Ke woƒe dzi tsi dzi elabena kakaɖedzi nɔ wo si hafi gake esi wova ɖo afi ma la, ŋukpe ko woɖu.
21 Surely nowe are ye like vnto it: ye haue seene my fearefull plague, and are afraide.
Azɔ miawo hã mieɖee fia be, mienye ŋudɔwɔnu aɖeke o, miekpɔ nu si ŋu ŋɔdzi le eye mievɔ̃.
22 Was it because I said, Bring vnto me? or giue a rewarde to me of your substance?
Ɖe megblɔ kpɔ be, ‘Mina nane ɖe nunye, mixe fe ɖe tanye tso miaƒe kesinɔnuwo me,
23 And deliuer me from the enemies hande, or ransome me out of the hand of tyrants?
miɖem le ketɔ la ƒe asi me alo mixɔm le ŋutasẽla ƒe fegomea?’
24 Teach me, and I wil hold my tongue: and cause me to vnderstande, wherein I haue erred.
“Mifia num eye mazi ɖoɖoe; mifia afi si meda ƒu le lam.
25 Howe stedfast are the wordes of righteousnes? and what can any of you iustly reproue?
Aleke nyateƒenyawo mehe venae o! Ke nu ka miaƒe nyahehewo ɖe fia?
26 Doe ye imagine to reproue wordes, that the talke of the afflicted should be as the winde?
Ɖe miedi be yewoaɖɔ nya si megblɔ la ɖo eye miawɔ ame si ƒo dzi ɖe le la ƒe nyawo abe yaƒoƒo enea?
27 Ye make your wrath to fall vpon the fatherlesse, and dig a pit for your friende.
Miadzidze nu gɔ̃ hã ɖe tsyɔ̃eviwo dzi eye miatsɔ mia xɔlɔ̃wo gɔ̃ hã aɖɔli nue.
28 Nowe therefore be content to looke vpon me: for I will not lie before your face.
“Azɔ la, minyo dɔ me miatrɔ mo ɖe gbɔnye, ɖe mate ŋu ada alakpa le mia ŋkumea?
29 Turne, I pray you, let there be none iniquitie: returne, I say, and ye shall see yet my righteousnesse in that behalfe.
Miɖe asi, migawɔ nu madzɔmadzɔ o migbugbɔ bu eŋuti elabena nye nuteƒewɔwɔ ɖo xaxa me.
30 Is there iniquitie in my tongue? doeth not my mouth feele sorowes?
Ɖe vɔ̃ɖivɔ̃ɖi aɖe le nye nuyiwo dzia? Ɖe nye nu made dzesi beble oa?”
