Job 15
1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
Temanitɔ, Elifaz ɖo Hiob ƒe nyawo ŋu be,
2 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
“Ɖe nunyala aɖo nya ŋu kple susu gbɔlo alo ana ɣedzeƒeya xɔdzo nayɔ eƒe dɔ mea?
3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
Ɖe wòatsɔ nya manyatalenuwo ahe nya alo atsɔ nuƒoƒo si nye nya dzodzro ahe nyaea?
4 Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before El.
Kura gɔ̃ hã la, èɖi gbɔ̃ mawuvɔvɔ̃ eye nèhe mawusubɔsubɔ adodoea ɖe megbe.
5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
Wò nu vɔ̃e ƒoe ɖe nuwò ale nètia ayetɔwo ƒe aɖe.
6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
Wò ŋutɔ wò nue bu fɔ wò, menye tɔnyee o, eye wò ŋutɔ wò nuyiwoe ɖu ɖasefo ɖe ŋuwò.
7 Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?
“Wòe nye ame gbãtɔ si wodzi kpɔa? Ɖe wodzi wò hafi togbɛwo va dzɔa?
8 Hast thou heard the secret of Eloah? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
Èse Mawu ƒe aɖaŋudede kple toa? Gbɔwò ko nunya tso aƒe ɖoa?
9 What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?
Nu ka nènya si míawo ya míenya o? Nu ka gɔmee nèse esi gɔme míawo míese o?
10 With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.
Ta ƒowɔ tɔwo kple amegãɖeɖiwo le mía dzi, ame siwo tsi wu fofowò gɔ̃ hã.
11 Are the consolations of El small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?
Ɖe Mawu ƒe akɔfanamenya siwo wògblɔ bɔlɔɔ la, mesɔ agbɔ na wò oa?
12 Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,
Nu ka ŋuti wò dzi kplɔ wò dzoe, wò ŋkuwo le dzo dam,
13 That thou turnest thy spirit against El, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?
ale be nènyɔ wò dziku ɖe Mawu ŋu eye nètrɔ nya siawo kɔ ɖi tso wò nu me?
14 What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
“Nu kae nye amegbetɔ be, wòadza alo ame si nyɔnu dzi la be wòanɔ dzɔdzɔe?
15 Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
Ne Mawu meka ɖe eƒe kɔkɔetɔwo dzi o eye dziƒowo gɔ̃ hã medza le eƒe ŋkume o,
16 How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
aleke wòahanye amegbetɔ si nye aɖi, esi dovo eye wòno nu vɔ̃ɖi abe tsi ene!
17 I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;
“Ɖo tom ne maɖe nu me na wò; na magblɔ nu si teƒe mekpɔ la na wò,
18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:
nu si nunyalawo ɖe gbeƒãe eye womeɣla naneke si woxɔ tso wo fofowo gbɔ o,
19 Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.
ame siwo ko wotsɔ anyigba la na, esi amedzro aɖeke meto wo dome o.
20 The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
Ame vɔ̃ɖi kpea fuwo ƒe fu le eƒe agbemeŋkekewo katã me, nenema ke ŋutasẽla hã kpea fu le ƒe siwo katã woɖo ɖi nɛ la me.
21 A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
Gbeɖiɖi siwo ŋu ŋɔdzi le la yɔ eƒe tome fũu eye ne wòdze abe nuwo ɖe wole afɔ tsɔm ene la, adzohawo va dzea edzi.
22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
Dzi ɖe le eƒo be mate ŋu asi le viviti la nu o elabena wotsɔe de asi na yi.
23 He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
Ele tsaglalã tsam le nuɖuɖu dim abe akaga ene elabena enya be vivitidogbe la tu aƒe kpokploe.
24 Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
Xaxa kple vevesese na ŋɔdzi lé eya amea ŋutɔ eye wova dze edzi abe fia si le klalo na aʋakpekpe ene.
25 For he stretcheth out his hand against El, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.
Elabena eŋlɔ kɔ do ɖe mo na Mawu eye wòdze aglã ɖe Ŋusẽkatãtɔ la ŋu,
26 He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:
helũ ɖe edzi ɖekematsɔlemetɔe kple akpoxɔnu titri sesẽ aɖe.
27 Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.
“Togbɔ be eda ami ɖe mo gbɔ eye wòlolo ɖe ali gbɔ hã la,
28 And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.
anɔ du gbagbãwo kple xɔ siwo me ame aɖeke mele o la me, xɔ siwo gbã zu glikpo.
29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.
Magakpɔ hotsui o eye eƒe kesinɔnuwo maganɔ anyi alo eƒe nunɔamesiwo nagbagba ɖe anyigba dzi o.
30 He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
Masi le viviti la nu o, dzo ƒe aɖe ana eƒe alɔwo nayrɔ eye Mawu ƒe numegbɔgbɔ akplɔe adzoe.
31 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
Megable eɖokui, atsɔ eƒe dzi aɖo nu si nye tofloko la ŋu o elabena ɖeke maɖe vi nɛ o.
32 It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
Hafi eƒe ɣeyiɣi nade la, woaɖo eteƒe nɛ abe ale si dze ene eye eƒe alɔdzewo matsi ɖe edzi o.
33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.
Anɔ abe wainka si ŋu wogbe waintsetse gbogbowo katã le la ene alo abe amiti si dudu eƒe seƒoƒowo ene.
34 For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
Elabena mawumavɔ̃lawo ƒe ha madzi ɖe edzi o eye dzo afia ame siwo lɔ̃a zãnuxɔxɔ ƒe agbadɔwo.
35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
Wofɔa fukpekpe ƒe fu, hedzia nu vɔ̃ɖi eye beble ɖoa atsyɔ̃ ɖe woƒe vidzidɔwo me.”
