Job 26
1 Then answered Job, and said,
Na Hiob kasaa bio sɛ,
2 What assistance hast thou given to the powerless? [how] hast thou helped the arm without strength?
“Woaboa deɛ ɔnni tumi! Woagye basa a ɛnni ahoɔden!
3 How hast thou counselled the unwise? and what sound wisdom hast thou made known so plentifully?
Woatu deɛ ɔnnim nyansa fo! Na woada nhunumu pa ara adi!
4 To whom hast thou told words? and whose spirit came from thee?
Hwan na ɔboaa wo ma wokaa saa nsɛm yi? Hwan honhom na ɛkasa faa wo mu?
5 The departed are called into being beneath the waters, and their inhabitants.
“Awufoɔ wɔ ahoyera kɛseɛ mu, wɔn a wɔwɔ nsuo ase ne deɛ ɛte mu nyinaa.
6 Naked is the nether world before him, and there is no covering for the place of corruption. (Sheol h7585)
Asamando da adagya Onyankopɔn anim; Ɔsɛeɛ nso nni nkatasoɔ. (Sheol h7585)
7 He stretched out the north over empty space; he suspended the earth on nothing;
Ɔtrɛ atifi fam ewiem wɔ deɛ ɛda mpan so; na ɔde asase sensɛn ohunu so.
8 He bound up the waters in his clouds; and the cloud bursteth not under their weight;
Ɔkyekyere nsuo hyɛ ne omununkum mu, nanso nsuo no mu duru ntumi mpae no.
9 He closed up the surface of his throne, spreading over it his cloud;
Ɔtrɛ ne omununkum mu de kata ɔsrane ani.
10 A fixed limit he compassed off over the face of the waters, for the division of the light and darkness.
Ɔhyɛ agyiraeɛ wɔ nsuo so de to hyeɛ wɔ hann ne esum ntam.
11 The pillars of heaven tremble greatly, and are astounded at his rebuke.
Ɔsoro nnyinasoɔ woso, na nʼanimka ma wɔn ho dwiri wɔn.
12 By his power he split in pieces the sea, and by his understanding he crushed [its] pride:
Ɔde ne tumi wɔsoo ɛpo ne nyansa mu, ɔtwitwaa ɛpobɔpɔn mu asinasini.
13 By his breath the heavens [acquired] beauty; his hand hath created the flying serpent.
Ɔde nʼahomeɛ maa ewiem teeɛ; na ne nsa wɔɔ ɔtweaseɛ a ɔrewea.
14 Lo, these are ends of his ways; for how slight a whisper is heard [by us] of him! but the thunder of his mighty deeds who can understand?
Yeinom yɛ ne nnwuma mfeafeaho; ɔka asomusɛm brɛoo kyerɛ yɛn! Na hwan na ɔbɛtumi ate ne tumi mmobɔmu no ase.”
