Job 23
1 Then Job answered and said,
Na Hiob buae se,
2 Even to day [is] my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
“Nnɛ mpo, mʼanwiinwii mu da so yɛ den; ne nsa ayɛ den, mʼapinisi nyinaa akyi.
3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! [that] I might come [even] to his seat!
Sɛ minim baabi a mehu no; anaasɛ metumi akɔ ne tenabea a
4 I would order [my] cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
anka mɛka mʼasɛm wɔ nʼanim na magye akyinnye bebree.
5 I would know the words [which] he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
Anka mɛte mmuae a ɔde bɛma me, na madwen nea ɔbɛka ho.
6 Will he plead against me with [his] great power? No; but he would put [strength] in me.
Ɔbɛsɔre atia me dennen ana? Dabi, ɔremmɔ me kwaadu.
7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
Ɛhɔ de, nnipa trenee betumi aka nʼasɛm wɔ nʼanim, na wobegye me afi me temmufo nsam afebɔɔ.
8 Behold, I go forward, but he [is] not [there; ] and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
“Nanso sɛ mekɔ apuei fam a onni hɔ; sɛ mekɔ atɔe fam nso a minhu 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 minhu no; sɛ ɔdan ne ho kɔ anafo 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 onim ɔkwan a menam so; na sɛ ɔsɔ me hwɛ a mepue sɛ sikakɔkɔɔ.
11 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
Madi nʼanammɔn akyi pɛɛ; na manantew nʼakwan so a mamman.
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 mfii mmara nsɛm a efi nʼanom no ho, mama asɛm a efi nʼanom ho ahia me asen me daa aduan.
13 But he [is] in one [mind], and who can turn him? and [what] his soul desireth, even [that] he doeth.
“Nanso obiara nni hɔ ka ne ho, na hena na obetumi atia no? Ɔyɛ biribiara a ɔpɛ.
14 For he performeth [the thing that is] appointed for me: and many such [things are] with him.
Ɔde ne mmaransɛm di dwuma tia me; ɔda so kora nhyehyɛe a ɛte sɛɛ bebree.
15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
Ɛno nti na mebɔ hu wɔ nʼanim; na sɛ midwen eyinom nyinaa ho a, misuro no.
16 For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
Onyankopɔn ama me koma abotow; Otumfo ama mabɔ huboa.
17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, [neither] hath he covered the darkness from my face.
Nanso sum no mma menka mʼano nto mu, sum kabii a ɛkata mʼanim no.
