Job 35
1 And Elihu answers and says:
Afei, Elihu kae se:
2 “Have you reckoned this for judgment [when] you have said, My righteousness [is] more than God’s?
“Wugye di sɛ, eyi fata? Woka se, ‘Onyankopɔn betwitwa agye me.’
3 For you say, What does it profit You? What do I profit from my sin?
Nanso wubisa no se, ‘Mfaso bɛn na menya, na sɛ manyɛ bɔne a, mfaso bɛn na menya?’
4 I return words, and your friends with you,
“Mepɛ sɛ mibua wo ne wo nnamfonom nyinaa.
5 Behold attentively the heavens—and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than you.
Ma wʼani so kyerɛ soro na hwɛ; hwɛ omununkum a ɛwɔ wʼatifi sorosoro nohɔ.
6 If you have sinned, what do you do against Him? And your transgressions have been multiplied, What do you do to Him?
Sɛ woyɛ bɔne a, ɔkwan bɛn so na ɛfa haw no? Mpo sɛ wo bɔne dɔɔso a, nsunsuanso bɛn na enya wɔ ne so?
7 If you have been righteous, What do you give to Him? Or what does He receive from your hand?
Sɛ woteɛ a, dɛn na wode ma no anaasɛ dɛn na onya fi wo nsam?
8 For a man like yourself [is] your wickedness, And for a son of man your righteousness.
Wʼamumɔyɛ ka onipa a ɔte sɛ wo na wo trenee ka nnipa mma nko ara.
9 Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty.
“Nnipa su bere a wɔhyɛ wɔn so; na wɔsrɛ mmoa fi nea ɔwɔ tumi nsam.
10 And none said, Where [is] God my Maker? Giving songs in the night,
Nanso obi mmisa se, ‘Ɛhe na Onyankopɔn, me Yɛfo no wɔ, nea ɔma nnwom anadwo no,
11 Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Indeed, He makes us wiser than the bird of the heavens.
nea ɔkyerɛ yɛn nimdeɛ bebree sen asase so mmoa na ɔma yehu nyansa sen wim nnomaa no?’
12 There they cry, and He does not answer, Because of the pride of evildoers.
Sɛ nnipa su teɛ mu a, ommua, amumɔyɛfo ahantan nti.
13 Surely God does not hear vanity, And the Mighty does not behold it.
Ampa ara Onyankopɔn rentie wɔn nkotosrɛ hunu no; na Otumfo remmu.
14 Indeed, though you say you do not behold Him, Judgment [is] before Him, and stays for Him.
Ɛno de adɛn na ɔrentie bere a woka se wunhu no, na woka se wʼasɛm wɔ nʼanim enti ɛsɛ sɛ wotwɛn no,
15 And now, because there is not, He has appointed His anger, And He has not known in great extremity.
na bio, nʼabufuw mmfa asotwe mma na nʼani nni amumɔyɛsɛm akyi pii?
16 And Job opens his mouth [with] vanity, He multiplies words without knowledge.”
Enti Hiob bue nʼano ka nsɛnhunu; nimdeɛ a onni nti, ɔkeka nsɛm bebree.”
