Job 5
1 “Pray, call, is there any to answer you? And to which of the holy ones do you turn?
“Wobɛfrɛ a frɛ, na hena na obegye wo so? Akronkronfo no mu hena nkyɛn na wobɛkɔ?
2 For provocation slays the perverse, And envy puts to death the simple,
Ahisɛm kum ɔkwasea, na anibere kum atetekwaa.
3 I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straight away,
Mʼankasa mahu ɔkwasea a ɔrefefɛw, nanso mpofirim, wɔdomee ne fi.
4 His sons are far from safety, And they are bruised in the gate, And there is no deliverer.
Ne mma ne bammɔ ntam kwan ware, wɔdwerɛw wɔn wɔ asennii a wonni ɔkamafo.
5 Whose harvest the hungry eat, And even take it from the thorns, And the designing swallowed their wealth.
Nea ɔkɔm de no no di ne nnɔbae, na ɔfa fi nsɔe mu mpo, na nea osukɔm de no no pere di nʼahode akyi.
6 For sorrow does not come forth from the dust, Nor does misery spring up from the ground.
Ahokyere mpue mmfi dɔte mu na ɔhaw nso mfifi mmfi fam.
7 For man is born to misery, And the sparks go high to fly.
Nanso wɔwo nnipa to ɔhaw mu mpɛn dodow a gyaframa turuw kɔ soro no.
8 Yet I inquire for God, And for God I give my word,
“Nanso sɛ ɛyɛ me a, anka meguan atoa Onyankopɔn; na mede mʼasɛm ato nʼanim.
9 Doing great things, and there is no searching. Wonderful, until there is no numbering.
Ɔyɛ anwonwade a wontumi nhwehwɛ mu, ne nsɛnkyerɛnne a wontumi nkan ne dodow.
10 Who is giving rain on the face of the land, And is sending waters on the out-places.
Ɔtɔ osu gu asase so; na ɔde kɔ wuram.
11 To set the low on a high place, And the mourners have been high [in] safety.
Ɔde ahobrɛasefo si nea ɛkorɔn, na ɔma wɔn a wodi awerɛhow nya asomdwoe.
12 Making void thoughts of the cunning, And their hands do not execute wisdom.
Ɔsɛe aniferefo nhyehyɛe, ma wɔn nsa si fam.
13 Capturing the wise in their subtlety, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hurried,
Ɔkyere anyansafo wɔ wɔn anifere mu, na ɔbɔ anitewfo nhyehyɛe gu.
14 By day they meet darkness, And as night—they grope at noon.
Sum duru wɔn awia ketee; na wɔkeka wɔ owigyinae mu te sɛ anadwo.
15 He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth, And from a strong hand,
Ogye ahiafo fi afoa a ɛhyɛ wɔn anom; ogye wɔn fi ahoɔdenfo nkyehama mu.
16 And there is hope for the poor, And perverseness has shut her mouth.
Enti ahiafo wɔ anidaso, na ntɛnkyew ka nʼano to mu.
17 Behold, the blessedness of mortal man, God reproves him: And do not despise the discipline of the Mighty,
“Nhyira ne onipa a Onyankopɔn teɛ no, enti mmu Otumfo nteɛteɛ no animtiaa.
18 For He pains, and He binds up, He strikes, and His hands heal.
Efisɛ ɔno na opira na ɔno ara akyekyere; opira nanso ne nsa sa yare.
19 In six distresses He delivers you, And in seven evil does not strike on you.
Obegye wo afi ɔhaw ahorow asia mu; ason so no, bɔne biara renka wo.
20 In famine He has redeemed you from death, And in battle from the hands of the sword.
Ɔkɔm ba a, obegye wo afi owu mu, na ɔko mu nso, obegye wo afi afoa ano.
21 When the tongue scourges you are hid, And you are not afraid of destruction, When it comes.
Wɔbɛbɔ wo ho ban afi ntwirii ho na sɛ ɔsɛe ba a ɛnsɛ sɛ wusuro.
22 At destruction and at hunger you mock, And of the beast of the earth, You are not afraid.
Wobɛserew ɔsɛe ne ɔkɔm; na ɛnsɛ sɛ wusuro asase so mmoa.
23 (For with sons of the field [is] your covenant, And the beast of the field Has been at peace with you.)
Wo ne afuw so abo bɛyɛ apam, na emu nkekaboa nso ne wo bɛtena asomdwoe mu.
24 And you have known that your tent [is] peace, And inspected your habitation, and do not err,
Wubehu sɛ wo ntamadan wɔ bammɔ; na sɛ wosese wʼahode a wubehu sɛ hwee nyeraa ɛ.
25 And have known that your seed [is] numerous, And your offspring as the herb of the earth;
Wubehu sɛ wo mma bɛyɛ bebree; na wʼase bɛfɛe sɛ asase so sare.
26 You come in full age to the grave, As the going up of a stalk in its season.
Wode ahoɔden bɛkɔ ɔda mu, te sɛ afiafi a wɔaboa ano wɔ otwabere mu.
27 Behold, this—we searched it out—it [is] right, listen; And you, know for yourself!”
“Yɛahwehwɛ eyi mu, na ɛyɛ nokware ɛno nti tie na fa toto wʼabrabɔ ho.”
