Job 36
1 And Elihu adds and says:
Elihu yi edzi be,
2 “Honor me a little, and I show you, That yet for God [are] words.
“Kpɔ nye asinu vie eye maɖee afia wò be nya geɖewo li magblɔ ɖe Mawu nu.
3 I lift up my knowledge from afar, And I ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
Mexɔa nye gɔmesese tso afi aɖeke ɖaa, eya ta matso na nye Wɔla.
4 For my words [are] truly not false, The perfect in knowledge [is] with you.
Kakaɖedzi nenɔ asiwò be, nye nyawo menye aʋatso o eya ta ame si si gɔmesese deto le lae le gbɔwò.
5 Behold, God [is] mighty, and does not despise, Mighty [in] power [and] heart.
“Mawu nye Ŋusẽtɔ, etri akɔ eye meʋãna le eƒe taɖodzinu me o gake medoa vlo amewo o.
6 He does not revive the wicked, And appoints the judgment of the poor;
Menana ame vɔ̃ɖiwo nɔa agbe o, ke boŋ ekpɔa hiãtɔwo ƒe hiahiãwo gbɔ na wo.
7 He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous, And [from] kings on the throne, And causes them to sit forever, and they are high,
Meɖea eƒe ŋku ɖa le ame dzɔdzɔewo ŋu o, eɖoa wo zi dzi ɖe fiawo xa eye wòdoa wo ɖe dzi tegbetegbe.
8 And if prisoners in chains They are captured with cords of affliction,
Ke ne wode ga amewo, hebla wo sesĩe kple hiã ƒe kawo la,
9 Then He declares to them their work, And their transgressions, Because they have become mighty,
egblɔa nu si wowɔ la na wo, esi nye be wowɔ nu vɔ̃ dadatɔe.
10 And He uncovers their ear for instruction, And commands that they turn back from iniquity.
Enana woɖoa to ɖɔɖɔɖo eye wòɖea gbe na wo be woatrɔ le woƒe nu vɔ̃ɖi la me.
11 If they hear and serve, They complete their days in good, And their years in pleasantness.
Ne woɖo to eye wosubɔe la, woanɔ woƒe agbemeŋkeke mamlɛawo le nukpɔkpɔ me eye woƒe ƒewo ayɔ fũu kple dzidzeme.
12 And if they do not listen, They pass away by the dart, And expire without knowledge.
Ke ne womeɖo to o la, yi atsrɔ̃ wo eye woaku numanyamanyae.
13 And the profane in heart set the face, They do not cry when He has bound them.
“Fuléle le dzi me na Mawumavɔ̃lawo, ne ede kunyowu woƒe afɔwo hã la, womedoa ɣli be woaxɔ na yewo o.
14 Their soul dies in youth, And their life among the defiled.
Wokuna le woƒe ɖekakpui dzodzoe me, ɖe ŋutsu gbolowɔla siwo nɔa trɔ̃xɔwo me la dome.
15 He draws out the afflicted in his affliction, And uncovers their ear in oppression.
Ke eɖea ame siwo le fu kpem la le woƒe fukpekpewo me eye wòƒoa nu na wo le woƒe xaxa me.
16 And He also moved you from a narrow place [To] a broad place—no constriction under it, And the sitting beyond of your table has been full of fatness.
“Ele nuwò blem be nàdo go tso xaxa ƒe glã me, ava teƒe keke, ahavo tso dzizizi me eye nànɔ wò kplɔ̃ si dzi nuɖuɖu damiwo le fũu la ŋu le dziɖeɖi me.
17 And you have fulfilled the judgment of the wicked, Judgment and justice are upheld because of fury,
Ke azɔ la, wotsɔ ʋɔnudɔdrɔ̃ si dze na ame vɔ̃ɖiwo la do agbae na wò, ale nège ɖe afiatsotso kple tohehe ƒe asi me.
18 Lest He move you with a stroke, And the abundance of an atonement not turn you aside.
Kpɔ nyuie be ame aɖeke metsɔ kesinɔnuwo ble nuwòe o eye zãnu si le kpekpem segee la nana nàdze ɖe aga o.
19 Does He value your riches? He has gold, and all the forces of power.
Ɖe wò kesinɔnuwo alo wò kutrikuku veviwo katã alé wò ɖe asi be màɖo xaxa me oa?
20 Do not desire the night, For the going up of peoples in their stead.
Wò dzi megatsi dzi ɖe zã ƒe dodo ŋu ne nàhe amewo ado goe le woƒe aƒewo me o.
21 Take heed—do not turn to iniquity, For you have fixed on this Rather than [on] affliction.
Kpɔ nyuie be mètrɔ ɖe nu vɔ̃ɖi, si nèdi wu hiã la ŋu o.
22 Behold, God sits on high by His power, Who [is] like Him—a teacher?
“Kpɔ ɖa, wodo Mawu ɖe dzi bobobo le eƒe ŋusẽ me. Ame kae nye nufiala abe eya ene?
23 Who has appointed to Him His way? And who said, You have done iniquity?
Ame kae tia mɔ siwo wòato la nɛ alo gblɔ nɛ be, ‘Èwɔ nu gbegblẽ?’
24 Remember that you magnify His work That men have beheld.
Ɖo ŋku edzi, nàdo eƒe dɔwɔwɔwo ɖe dzi, siwo amewo kafuna le woƒe hadzidziwo me.
25 All men have looked on it, Man looks attentively from afar.
Amegbetɔwo katã kpɔe eye agbagbeawo ɖea ŋku ɖee tso adzɔge.
26 Behold, God [is] high, And we do not know the number of His years, Indeed, there [is] no searching.
Mawu lolo loo, ekɔ gbɔ míaƒe gɔmesese ta! Eƒe ƒewo ƒe gɔmedidi gbɔ míaƒe nudidi ƒe ŋutete ta.
27 When He diminishes droppings of the waters, They refine rain according to its vapor,
“Ehea tsi si le gegem toŋtoŋtoŋ la ƒoa ƒu, si dzana abe tsi ene ɖe tɔʋuwo me,
28 Which clouds drop, They distill on man abundantly.
lilikpowo hã lolõa tsi si le wo me, eye tsi dzana bababa ɖe amegbetɔwo dzi.
29 Indeed, do [any] understand The spreadings out of a cloud? The noises of His dwelling place?
Ame kae ase ale si wòkeke lilikpowo, kple ale si wòɖea gbe tso eƒe agbadɔ me la gɔme?
30 Behold, He has spread His light over it, And He has covered the roots of the sea,
Kpɔ ale si wòkaka eƒe dzikedzo ƒo xlã eɖokui eye wòblu atsiaƒu ƒe gogloƒewo ke hã ɖa.
31 For He judges peoples by them, He gives food in abundance.
Aleae wòkplɔa dukɔwoe eye wònaa nuɖuɖu wo le agbɔsɔsɔ me.
32 By two palms He has covered the light, And lays a charge over it in meeting,
Etsɔa dzikedzo yɔa eƒe asiwo mee eye wòdɔnɛ be wòake dzo ɖe nu si wòɖoe na la dzi.
33 His shout shows it, The livestock also, the rising [storm].”
Eƒe dziɖegbe ɖea gbeƒã ahom si gbɔna, nyiwo gɔ̃ hã ɖea gbeƒã, ne egbɔna.
