Job 23
1 Then Job answered and said,
Na Hiob buaa sɛ,
2 Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
“Ɛnnɛ mpo, mʼabooboodie mu da so yɛ den; ne nsa ayɛ den mʼapinisie nyinaa akyi.
3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
Sɛ menim baabi a mɛhunu no; anaasɛ mɛtumi akɔ ne tenaberɛ a,
4 I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
anka mɛka mʼasɛm wɔ nʼanim na magye akyinnyeɛ bebree.
5 I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
Anka mɛte mmuaeɛ a ɔde bɛma me, na madwene deɛ ɔbɛka ho.
6 Will 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 dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
Ɛhɔ deɛ nnipa tenenee bɛtumi aka nʼasɛm wɔ nʼanim, na wɔbɛgye me afiri me ɔtemmufoɔ nsam afebɔɔ.
8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
“Nanso sɛ mekɔ apueeɛ fam a, ɔnni hɔ; sɛ mekɔ atɔeɛ fam nso a, menhunu no.
9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see 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 the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Nanso, ɔnim ɛkwan a me nam soɔ; na sɛ ɔsɔ me hwɛ a, mɛfiri mu aba sɛ sikakɔkɔɔ.
11 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
Madi nʼanammɔn akyi pɛɛ; na manante nʼakwan so a mammane.
12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
Mentwee me ho mfirii mmaransɛm a ɛfiri nʼanom ho, mama asɛm a ɛfiri nʼanom ho ahia me asene me daa aduane.
13 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
“Nanso ɔbiara nni hɔ ka ne ho, na hwan na ɔbɛtumi atia no? Ɔyɛ biribiara a ɔpɛ.
14 For he performeth the thing that is appointed for 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 am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
Ɛno enti na mebɔ hu wɔ nʼanim; na sɛ medwene yeinom nyinaa ho a, mesuro no.
16 For El maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
Onyankopɔn ama mʼakoma aboto; Otumfoɔ ama mabɔ huboa.
17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
Nanso esum no mma menka mʼano ntom, esum kabii a ɛkata mʼanim no mpo.
