Job 34
1 And Elihu answers and says:
Afei Elihu kaa sɛ,
2 “Hear, O wise men, my words, And, O knowing ones, give ear to me.
“Mo anyansafoɔ, montie me nsɛm; mo animdefoɔ monyɛ aso mma me.
3 For the ear tries words, And the palate tastes to eat.
Ɛfiri sɛ aso sɔ nsɛm hwɛ sɛdeɛ tɛkrɛma ka aduane hwɛ no.
4 Let us choose judgment for ourselves, Let us know among ourselves what [is] good.
Momma yɛnsese nhunu deɛ ɛyɛ ma yɛn. Momma yɛn nyinaa mmɔ mu nsua deɛ ɛyɛ.
5 For Job has said, I have been righteous, And God has turned aside my right,
“Hiob kaa sɛ, ‘Me ho nni asɛm, nanso Onyankopɔn abu me ntɛnkyea.
6 Against my right do I lie? My arrow [is] mortal—without transgression.
Ɛwom sɛ mʼasɛm da ɛkwan mu, nanso, wɔbu me ɔtorofoɔ; ɛwom sɛ menyɛɛ bɔne biara, nanso ne bɛmma no ama me apirakuro a ɛnnwu da.’
7 Who [is] a man like Job? He drinks scoffing like water,
Onipa bɛn na ɔte sɛ Hiob a ɔnom animtiabuo sɛ nsuo?
8 And he has traveled for company With workers of iniquity, So as to go with men of wickedness.
Ɔne amumuyɛfoɔ nante; na ɔne atirimuɔdenfoɔ nso bɔ.
9 For he has said, It does not profit a man When he delights himself with God.
Ɛfiri sɛ ɔka sɛ, ‘Sɛ onipa bɔ mmɔden sɛ ɔbɛsɔ Onyankopɔn ani a ɔnnya ho mfasoɔ biara.’
10 Therefore, O men of heart, listen to me; Far be it from God to do wickedness, And [from] the Mighty to do perverseness,
“Enti mo mmarima a mowɔ nteaseɛ montie me. Ɛmpare Onyankopɔn sɛ ɔbɛyɛ bɔne, sɛ Otumfoɔ no bɛyɛ mfomsoɔ.
11 For He repays the work of man to him, And according to the path of each He causes him to find.
Nnipa nneyɛeɛ so na ɔhwɛ tua wɔn ka; deɛ ɛfata ne nneyɛeɛ na ɔma ɛba ne so.
12 Indeed, truly, God does not do wickedly, And the Mighty does not pervert judgment.
Ɛmfata sɛ wɔde mfomsoɔ susu Onyankopɔn, na ɛmfata sɛ wɔde ntɛnkyea susu Otumfoɔ.
13 Who has inspected for Himself the earth? And who has placed all the habitable world?
Hwan na ɔde no sii asase so? Hwan na ɔde ewiase nyinaa hyɛɛ ne nsa?
14 If He sets His heart on him, [If] He gathers His Spirit and His breath to Himself,
Sɛ ɛyɛɛ ne pɛ na ɔyii ne Honhom ne nʼahome a,
15 All flesh expires together, And man returns to dust.
anka adasamma nyinaa bɛbɔ mu ayera, na onipa bɛsane akɔ mfuturo mu.
16 And if [there is] understanding, hear this, Give ear to the voice of my words.
“Sɛ mowɔ nhunumu a, montie yei; montie deɛ meka.
17 Indeed, does one hating justice govern? Or do you condemn the Most Just?
Obi a ɔkyiri atɛntenenee bɛtumi adi nnipa so? Mobɛtumi abu Ɔteneneeni kɛseɛ no fɔ anaa?
18 Who has said to a king, Worthless, To princes, Wicked?
Ɛnyɛ Ɔno na ɔka kyerɛ ahemfo sɛ, ‘Mo ho nni mfasoɔ,’ na ɔka kyerɛɛ atitire sɛ, ‘Moyɛ atirimuɔdenfoɔ’?
19 That has not accepted the person of princes, Nor has known the rich before the poor, For all of them [are] a work of His hands.
Ɔnhwɛ mmapɔmma anim na ɔnyiyi adefoɔ ne ahiafoɔ mu, ɛfiri sɛ wɔn nyinaa yɛ ne nsa ano adwuma.
20 [In] a moment they die, And at midnight people shake, And they pass away, And they remove the mighty without hand.
Wɔwuwu mmerɛ tiawa bi mu, wɔ anadwo dasuo mu; nnipa no ho woso na wɔsene kɔ; ahoɔdenfoɔ totɔ a ɛmfiri onipa.
21 For His eyes [are] on the ways of each, And He sees all his steps.
“Nʼani hwɛ nnipa akwan; na ɔhunu wɔn anammɔntuo biara.
22 There is no darkness nor death-shade, For workers of iniquity to be hidden there;
Baabiara nni hɔ a aduru sum, esum kabii, a amumuyɛfoɔ bɛtumi ahinta.
23 For He does not permit man anymore, To go to God in judgment,
Ɛho nhia Onyankopɔn sɛ ɔbɛhwehwɛ nnipa mu bio, a enti ɛsɛ sɛ wɔba nʼanim bɛgye atemmuo.
24 He breaks the mighty—no searching! And He appoints others in their stead.
Ɔbobɔ aberempɔn gu a ɔnyɛ nhwehwɛmu biara, na ɔde afoforɔ sisi wɔn ananmu.
25 Therefore He knows their works, And He has overturned by night, And they are bruised.
Ɛfiri sɛ ɔhunu wɔn nneyɛeɛ, ɔtu wɔn gu anadwo na wɔdwerɛ wɔn.
26 As wicked He has struck them, In the place of beholders.
Ɔtua wɔn amumuyɛsɛm so ka wɔ baabi a obiara bɛtumi ahunu wɔn,
27 Because that against right They have turned aside from after Him, And have considered none of His ways,
ɛfiri sɛ, wɔmane firii nʼakyi kɔeɛ na wɔampɛ nʼakwan biara anhwɛ.
28 To cause to come to Him The cry of the poor, And He hears the cry of the afflicted.
Wɔmaa ahiafoɔ sufrɛ duruu nʼanim na ɛma ɔtee mmɔborɔni su.
29 And He gives rest, and who makes wrong? And hides the face, and who beholds it? And in reference to a nation and to a man, [It is] the same.
Nanso sɛ ɔyɛ komm a, hwan na ɔbɛtumi abu no fɔ? Sɛ ɔde nʼanim hinta nso a, hwan na ɔbɛhunu no? Nanso ɔdi onipa ne ɔman so pɛpɛɛpɛ,
30 From the reigning of a profane man, From the snares of a people;
ɔmma onipa a ɔnnim Onyame nni ɔhene, sɛdeɛ wɔnnsum nnipa no mfidie.
31 For has any said to God: I have taken away, I do not do corruptly,
“Adɛn enti na onipa nka nkyerɛ Onyankopɔn sɛ, ‘Mayɛ bɔne na merenyɛ bɔne bio.
32 Besides [that which] I see, You show me, If I have done iniquity—I do not add?
Kyerɛ me na menhunu; na sɛ mayɛ bɔne a, merenyɛ saa bio.’
33 Does He repay by you, that you have refused—That you choose, and not I? And what you have known, speak.
Ɛsɛ sɛ Onyankopɔn gyina deɛ wode wʼano aka so tua wo ka, wɔ ɛberɛ a woayɛ sɛ worennu wo ho anaa? Ɛsɛ sɛ wosi gyinaeɛ, ɛnyɛ me; enti ka deɛ wonim kyerɛ me.
34 Let men of heart say to me, And a wise man is listening to me:
“Nnipa a wɔwɔ nteaseɛ pae mu ka, animdefoɔ a wɔtie me ka kyerɛ me sɛ,
35 Job—he does not speak with knowledge, And his words [are] not with wisdom.
‘Hiob nnkasa nimdeɛ kwan so; aba biara nni ne kasa mu.’
36 My Father! Let Job be tried—to victory, Because of answers for men of iniquity,
Ao, sɛ wɔsɔɔ Hiob hwɛeɛ kɔɔ akyiri a anka ɛyɛ, ɛfiri sɛ ɔyiyii nsɛm ano sɛ omumuyɛfoɔ!
37 For he adds to his sin, He vomits transgression among us, And multiplies his sayings to God.”
Ɔde atuateɛ ka ne bɔne ho; ɔde ahantan bɔ ne nsam gu yɛn so na ɔma ne nsɛm a ɔka tia Onyankopɔn no dɔɔso.”
