Job 9
1 Then Job answered and said,
Na Hiob kasaa bio sɛ:
2 I know of a truth that it is so: for how shall a mortal man be just before the Lord?
“Aane, menim sɛ yei yɛ nokorɛ. Na ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na ɔdasani bɛtene wɔ Onyankopɔn anim?
3 For if he would enter into judgment with him, [God] would not listen to him, so that he should answer to one of his charges of a thousand.
Sɛ obi pɛ sɛ ɔne Onyankopɔn yiyi a, ɔrentumi nyi nsɛm apem mu baako mpo ano.
4 For he is wise in mind, and mighty, and great: who has hardened himself against him and endured?
Ne nyansa mu dɔ, na ne tumi so. Hwan na ɔne no adi asie na ne ho baabiara anti?
5 Who wears out the mountains, and [men] know it not: who overturns them in anger.
Ɔtutu mmepɔ a wɔnnim ho hwee ɔbubu wɔn fa so wɔ nʼabufuo mu.
6 Who shakes the [earth] under heaven from its foundations, and its pillars totter.
Ɔwoso asase firi ne siberɛ, na ɔma ne nnyinasoɔ woso biribiri.
7 Who commands the sun, and it rises not; and he seals up the stars.
Ɔkasa kyerɛ owia na ɛnhyerɛn, na ɔsɔ nsoromma hyerɛn ano.
8 Who alone has stretched out the heavens, and walks on the sea as on firm ground.
Ɔno nko ara na ɔtrɛ ɔsoro mu, na ɔnante ɛpo asorɔkye so.
9 Who makes Pleias, and Hesperus, and Arcturus, and the chambers of the south.
Ɔno ne Nwenwenente, Akokɔbaatan ne ne mma Yɛfoɔ; Nsorommabafan ne ewiem anafoɔ fam nsorommakuo no.
10 Who does great and unsearchable things; glorious also and excellent things, innumerable.
Ɔyɛ anwanwadeɛ a wɔntumi nte aseɛ, nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ a wɔntumi nkan.
11 If ever he should go beyond me, I shall not see him: if he should pass by me, neither thus have I known [it].
Sɛ ɔnam me ho a, menhunu no; sɛ ɔsene a, menhunu no.
12 If he would take away, who shall turn him back? or who shall say to him, What have you done?
Sɛ ɔhwim kɔ a, hwan na ɔsi no kwan? Hwan na ɔbɛtumi abisa no sɛ, ‘Ɛdeɛn na woreyɛ yi?’
13 For [if] he has turned away [his] anger, the whales under heaven have stooped under him.
Onyankopɔn nkora nʼabufuo so; Rahab aboafoɔ mpo ho popo wɔ nʼanim.
14 Oh then that he would listen to me, or judge my cause.
“Na me ne hwan a me ne no bɛyiyi? Mɛyɛ dɛn anya nsɛm a me ne no de bɛgye akyinnyeɛ?
15 For though I be righteous, he will not listen to me: I will entreat his judgment.
Sɛ menim mpo a, merentumi nyi nʼano; ɛno ara ne sɛ mɛsrɛ ahummɔborɔ afiri me ɔtemmufoɔ nkyɛn.
16 And if I should call and he should not listen, I can’t believe that he has listened to my voice.
Mpo, sɛ mefrɛ no na ɔba a, mennye nni sɛ ɔbɛtie mʼasɛm.
17 Let him not crush me with a dark storm: but he has made by bruises many without cause.
Ɔde asorɔkye bɛdwerɛ me ama mʼapirakuro adɔɔso kwa.
18 For he suffers me not to take breath, but he has filled me with bitterness.
Ɔremma menya mʼahome, bio. Ɔde awerɛhoɔ bɛhyɛ me ma tɔ.
19 For indeed he is strong in power: who then shall resist his judgment?
Sɛ ɛba no ahoɔden a, ɔyɛ ɔhoɔdenfoɔ! Na sɛ ɛba atɛntenenee nso a, hwan na ɔbɛsamane no?
20 For though I should seem righteous, my mouth will be profane: and though I should seem blameless, I shall be proved perverse.
Sɛ medi bem mpo a, mʼano bɛbu me kumfɔ; sɛ me ho nni asɛm a, ɛbɛbu me fɔ.
21 For even if I have sinned, I know it not [in] my soul: but my life is taken away.
“Ɛwom sɛ medi bem deɛ, nanso memmu me ho; abrabɔ afono me.
22 Therefore I said, Wrath slays the great and mighty man.
Ne nyinaa yɛ pɛ; ɛno enti na meka sɛ, ‘Ɔsɛe deɛ ne ho nni asɛm ne omumuyɛfoɔ.’
23 For the worthless die, but the righteous are laughed to scorn.
Ɛberɛ a amanehunu de owuo aba no, ɔsere deɛ ne ho nni asɛm no akomatuo.
24 For they are delivered into the hands of the unrighteous [man]: he covers the faces of the judges [of the earth]: but if it be not he, who is it?
Ɛberɛ a asase akɔ amumuyɛfoɔ nsam no, ɔfira ɛso atemmufoɔ ani. Sɛ ɛnyɛ ɔno a, na ɛyɛ hwan?
25 But my life is swifter than a post: [my days] have fled away, and they knew it not.
“Me nna ho yɛ herɛ sene ommirikatufoɔ; ɛsene kɔ a anigyeɛ kakra mpo nni mu.
26 Or again, is there a trace of [their] path [left] by ships? or is there one of the flying eagle as it seeks [its] prey?
Ɛtwam kɔ sɛ akodoɔ a wɔde paparɔs ayɛ te sɛ akɔdeɛ a wɔreto akyere wɔn ahaboa.
27 And if I should say, I will forget to speak, I will bow down my face and groan;
Sɛ meka sɛ, ‘Me werɛ mfiri mʼanwiinwii, mɛsesa me nsɛm ka, na masere a,’
28 I quake in all my limbs, for I know that you will not leave me alone [as] innocent.
me yea ahodoɔ no bɔ me hu ara. Na menim sɛ, woremmu me bem.
29 But since I am ungodly, why have I not died?
Woabu me fɔ dada enti, adɛn na ɛsɛ sɛ meha me ho kwa?
30 For if I should wash myself with snow, and purge myself with pure hands,
Mpo sɛ ɛba sɛ mede samina dware na mede samina hohoro me nsa ho a,
31 you had thoroughly plunged me in filth, and my garment had abhorred me.
wobɛto me atwene atɛkyɛ amena mu, ama mʼatadeɛ mpo akyiri me.
32 For you are not man like me, with whom I could contend, that we might come together to judgment.
“Ɔnyɛ onipa te sɛ me na mayi nʼano, na yɛakɔgyina asɛnniiɛ abobɔ yɛn nkuro.
33 Would that [he] our mediator were [present], and a reprover, and one who should hear [the cause] between both.
Sɛ anka obi wɔ hɔ a ɔbɛsiesie yɛn ntam na waka yɛn baanu abɔ mu a,
34 Let him remove [his] rod from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
obi a ɔbɛyi Onyankopɔn abaa afiri me so, sɛdeɛ nʼahunahuna mmɔ me hu bio a,
35 so shall I not be afraid, but I will speak: for I am not thus conscious [of guilt].
anka mɛkasa a merensuro no, nanso saa tebea a mewɔ mu yi deɛ, mentumi.
