Job 35
1 And Elihu answers and says:
Tete Elihu yi eƒe nuƒoa dzi be,
2 “Have you reckoned this for judgment [when] you have said, My righteousness [is] more than God’s?
“Èsusu be esia le dzɔdzɔea? Ègblɔ be, ‘Mawu atso afia nam’
3 For you say, What does it profit You? What do I profit from my sin?
gake nèhele ebiam be, ‘Viɖe ka wònye nam eye nu ka makpɔ le eme ne nyemewɔ nu vɔ̃ o?’
4 I return words, and your friends with you,
“Medi be maɖo eŋu na wò kple xɔ̃wò siwo le gbɔwò.
5 Behold attentively the heavens—and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than you.
Wu mo dzi nàkpɔ dziƒo ɖa, le ŋku ɖe lilikpo siwo le dziƒo boo le tawòme
6 If you have sinned, what do you do against Him? And your transgressions have been multiplied, What do you do to Him?
Ne èwɔ nu vɔ̃ la, nu ka wòawɔ le eŋu? Ne wò nu vɔ̃wo sɔ gbɔ fũu la, nu ka wòagblẽ le eŋu?
7 If you have been righteous, What do you give to Him? Or what does He receive from your hand?
Ne ènye dzɔdzɔetɔ la, nu kae nètsɔ nɛ, alo nu kae wòxɔ tso asiwò me?
8 For a man like yourself [is] your wickedness, And for a son of man your righteousness.
Ame abe wò ene ko dzie wò vɔ̃ɖivɔ̃ɖi awɔ dɔ ɖo eye amegbetɔviwo ko dzie wò dzɔdzɔenyenye awɔ dɔ ɖo.
9 Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty.
“Amewo le ɣli dom le teteɖeanyi ƒe agba kpekpewo te, wole kuku ɖem be woana gbɔdzɔe yewo tso Ŋusẽtɔ la ƒe alɔ sesẽ te
10 And none said, Where [is] God my Maker? Giving songs in the night,
gake ɖeke mebia be, ‘Afi ka Mawu, nye Wɔla, ame si nana kafuhawo ɖina le zã me,
11 Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Indeed, He makes us wiser than the bird of the heavens.
ame si fiaa nu geɖewo mí, wu gbemelã siwo le anyigba dzi eye wòwɔ mí nunyalawoe wu dziƒoxeviwo la le?’
12 There they cry, and He does not answer, Because of the pride of evildoers.
Ne amewo le ɣli dom nɛ la, metɔna o, le ame vɔ̃ɖiwo ƒe ɖokuiŋudzedze ta.
13 Surely God does not hear vanity, And the Mighty does not behold it.
Vavã, Mawu meɖo to woƒe kokoƒoƒo gbɔlo la o eye Ŋusẽkatãtɔ la do toku wo.
14 Indeed, though you say you do not behold Him, Judgment [is] before Him, and stays for Him.
Ne meɖo to emawo o la, aleke wòaɖo to esia ya boŋ esi nègblɔ be, mele ekpɔm o, wò nya la le eƒe asi me, eye ele be nàlalae.
15 And now, because there is not, He has appointed His anger, And He has not known in great extremity.
Gawu la, egblɔ be eƒe dziku mehea to na ame gbeɖe o eye menyea kɔ kpɔa vɔ̃ɖivɔ̃ɖi gɔ̃ hã o.
16 And Job opens his mouth [with] vanity, He multiplies words without knowledge.”
Ale Hiob ke eƒe nu hegblɔ nya dzodzrowo eye wòlɔ nya siwo me gɔmesese aɖeke mele o la kɔ ɖi gleglegle.”
