Job 5
1 CALL now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?
“Wopɛ a frɛ, na hwan na ɔbɛgye wo soɔ? Akronkronfoɔ no mu hwan nkyɛn na wobɛkorɔ?
2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
Ahisɛm kum ɔkwasea, na anibereɛ kum atetekwaa.
3 I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
Mʼankasa mahunu ɔkwasea a ɔrefefɛ, nanso, mpofirim, wɔdomee ne fie.
4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
Ne mma ne banbɔ ntam ɛkwan ware, wɔdwerɛ wɔn wɔ asɛnniiɛ a wɔnnya ɔkamafoɔ.
5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
Deɛ ɛkɔm de noɔ no di ne nnɔbaeɛ, na ɔfa firi nkasɛɛ mu mpo, na deɛ osukɔm de noɔ no pere di nʼahodeɛ akyi.
6 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
Ahokyere mmpue mfiri dɔteɛ mu na ɔhaw nso mmpue mfiri fam.
7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
Nanso wɔwo nnipa to ɔhaw mu mpɛn dodoɔ a ogyaframa turi kɔ ɔsoro.
8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
“Nanso sɛ ɛyɛ me a, anka mɛdwane atoa Onyankopɔn; na mede mʼasɛm ato nʼanim.
9 Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
Ɔyɛ anwanwadeɛ a wɔntumi nhwehwɛ mu, ne nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ a wɔntumi nkan ne dodoɔ.
10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
Ɔtɔ nsuo gu asase so; na ɔde kɔ wira mu.
11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
Ɔde ahobrɛasefoɔ si deɛ ɛkorɔn, na ɔma wɔn a wɔdi awerɛhoɔ nya asomdwoeɛ.
12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
Ɔsɛe anifirefoɔ nhyehyɛeɛ, ma wɔn nsa si fam.
13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
Ɔkyere anyansafoɔ wɔ wɔn anifire mu, na ɔbɔ anitefoɔ nhyehyɛeɛ gu.
14 They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
Esum duru wɔn awia ketee; na wɔkeka owigyinaeɛ te sɛ anadwo.
15 But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
Ɔgye ahiafoɔ firi afena a ɛhyɛ wɔn anomu; ɔgye wɔn firi ahoɔdenfoɔ nkyehoma mu.
16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
Enti, ahiafoɔ wɔ anidasoɔ, na ntɛnkyea ka nʼano to mu.
17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
“Nhyira ne onipa a Onyankopɔn tene no, enti mmu Otumfoɔ ntenetene no animtiaa.
18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
Ɛfiri sɛ, ɔno na ɔpira na ɔno ara akyekyere; ɔpira nanso ne nsa sa yadeɛ.
19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
Ɔbɛgye wo afiri ɔhaw ahodoɔ nsia mu; nson so, a bɔne biara renka wo.
20 In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
Ɛkɔm ba a, ɔbɛgye wo afiri owuo mu, na ɔko mu nso, ɔbɛgye wo afiri afena ano.
21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
Wɔbɛbɔ wo ho ban afiri kasatwie ho na sɛ ɔsɛeɛ ba a, ɛnsɛ sɛ wosuro.
22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
Wobɛsere ɔsɛeɛ ne ɔkɔm; na ɛnsɛ sɛ wosuro asase so mmoa.
23 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
Wo ne afuo so aboɔ bɛyɛ apam, na emu nkekaboa nso ne wo bɛtena asomdwoeɛ mu.
24 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.
Wobɛhunu sɛ wo ntomadan wɔ banbɔ; na sɛ wosese wʼahodeɛ a, wobɛhunu sɛ hwee nyeraeɛ.
25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
Wobɛhunu sɛ wo mma bɛyɛ bebree; na wʼasefoɔ bɛdɔre sɛ ɛserɛ.
26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
Wode ahoɔden bɛkɔ damena mu, te sɛ afiafi a wɔaboa ano wɔ otwa berɛ mu.
27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
“Yɛahwehwɛ yei mu, na ɛyɛ nokorɛ ɛno enti tie na fa toto wʼabrabɔ ho.”
