Job 18
1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said:
Na Suhini Bildad buaa sɛ,
2 How long will ye lay snares for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.
“Ɛberɛ bɛn na wobɛgyae kasa tenten yi? Dwene ho yie, na afei yɛbɛtumi akasa.
3 Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed dull in your sight?
Adɛn enti na wofa yɛn sɛ anantwie na wosusu sɛ yɛnnim nyansa yi?
4 Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, shall the earth be forsaken for thee? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?
Wo a wode abufuo tete wo mu nketenkete, wo enti, ɛsɛ sɛ yɛfiri asase yi so anaasɛ wo enti, wɔnnwiri mmotan mfiri wɔn siberɛ anaa?
5 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
“Omumuyɛfoɔ kanea adum; na ne ogya nnɛre bio.
6 The light shall be dark in his tent, and his lamp over him shall be put out.
Hann a ɛwɔ ne ntomadan mu duru sum; kanea a ɛsi ne ho no dum.
7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
Nʼanammɔntuo mu ahoɔden ano bɛbrɛ ase; nʼankasa nhyehyɛeɛ bɛhwe nʼase.
8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon the toils.
Nʼanammɔn de no kɔ afidie mu, na ɔkyinkyini kɔtɔ nʼatena mu.
9 A gin shall take him by the heel, and a snare shall lay hold on him.
Afidie sɔ ne nantin na ɛsɔ ne mu denden.
10 A noose is hid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
Wɔasum no afidie ahinta wɔ fam; afidie wɔ ne kwan mu.
11 Terrors shall overwhelm him on every side, and shall entrap him at his feet.
Ahunahuna ma ɔbɔ huboa wɔ ne ho nyinaa na ɛha no wɔ nʼanammɔntuo biara mu.
12 His trouble shall be ravenous, and calamity shall be ready for his fall.
Atoyerɛnkyɛm kɔn dɔ no; na sɛ ɔhwe ase a, amanehunu retwɛn no.
13 It shall devour the members of his body, yea, the first-born of death shall devour his members.
Ɛwewe ne honam ani baabi; na owuo di ɛkan sɛe nʼakwaa.
14 That wherein he trusteth shall be plucked out of his tent; and he shall be brought to the king of terrors.
Wɔtwe no firi ne ntomadan banbɔeɛ mu na wɔde no brɛ ahunahunahene.
15 There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his; brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
Ogya te ne ntomadan mu; na wɔabɔ sɔfe a ɛrederɛ apete nʼatenaeɛ.
16 His roots shall dry up beneath, and above shall his branch wither.
Ne nhini wuwu wɔ aseɛ na ne mman nso wu wɔ ɔsoro.
17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name abroad.
Wɔrenkae no asase so bio; na ɔrennya edin wɔ asase so.
18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
Wɔka no firi hann mu kɔ sum mu na wɔpam no firi ewiase.
19 He shall have neither son nor son's son among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.
Ɔnni mma anaa nananom wɔ ne nkurɔfoɔ mu, na nʼase ni biara renka wɔ baabi a ɔtenaeɛ.
20 They that come after shall be astonished at his day, as they that went before are affrighted.
Nnipa a wɔfiri atɔeɛ fam ho adwiri wɔn wɔ deɛ ato noɔ no ho; na wɔn a wɔwɔ apueeɛ fam abɔ huboa.
21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
Ampa ara sei na omumuyɛfoɔ atenaeɛ teɛ; sei ne beaeɛ a deɛ ɔnnim Onyankopɔn teɛ.”
