Job 35
1 And Elihu answers and says:
Afei, Elihu kaa sɛ:
2 “Have you reckoned this for judgment [when] you have said, My righteousness [is] more than God’s?
“Wogye di sɛ yei fata? Woka sɛ, ‘Onyankopɔn bɛtwitwa agye me.’
3 For you say, What does it profit You? What do I profit from my sin?
Nanso wobisa no sɛ, ‘Mfasoɔ bɛn na mɛnya, na sɛ manyɛ bɔne a, mfasoɔ bɛn na mɛnya?’
4 I return words, and your friends with you,
“Mepɛ sɛ mebua 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 ɔsoro na hwɛ; hwɛ omununkum a ɛwɔ wʼatifi ɔsorosoro nohoa.
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, ɛkwan bɛn so na ɛsakyera Onyankopɔn? Mpo sɛ wo bɔne dɔɔso a, nsunsuansoɔ bɛn na ɛnya wo ne so?
7 If you have been righteous, What do you give to Him? Or what does He receive from your hand?
Sɛ wotene a, ɛdeɛn na wode ma noɔ anaasɛ ɛdeɛn na ɔnya firi wo nsam?
8 For a man like yourself [is] your wickedness, And for a son of man your righteousness.
Wʼamumuyɛ pira onipa a ɔte sɛ wo na wo tenenee pira 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 ɛberɛ a wɔwɔ nhyɛsoɔ ase; na wɔsrɛ mmoa firi deɛ ɔwɔ tumi nsam.
10 And none said, Where [is] God my Maker? Giving songs in the night,
Nanso, obi mmisa sɛ, ‘Ɛhe na Onyankopɔn, me Yɛfoɔ no wɔ, deɛ 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.
deɛ ɔkyerɛ yɛn nimdeɛ bebree sene asase so mmoa na ɔma yɛhunu nyansa sene ewiem nnomaa?’
12 There they cry, and He does not answer, Because of the pride of evildoers.
Sɛ nnipa su team a, ɔmmua, amumuyɛfoɔ ahantan enti.
13 Surely God does not hear vanity, And the Mighty does not behold it.
Ampa ara Onyankopɔn rentie wɔn nkotosrɛ hunu no; na Otumfoɔ remmu.
14 Indeed, though you say you do not behold Him, Judgment [is] before Him, and stays for Him.
Woka sɛ wonhunu no, nanso sɛ wotwɛn no a, ɔde atɛntenenee bɛba 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.
Bio, woka sɛ nʼabufuo mmfa asotweɛ mma na nʼani nni amumuyɛsɛm akyi pii.
16 And Job opens his mouth [with] vanity, He multiplies words without knowledge.”
Enti Hiob bue nʼano ka nsɛm hunu; nimdeɛ a ɔnni enti, ɔkeka nsɛm bebree.”
