Job 6
1 And Job answers and says:
Tete Hiob ɖo eŋu nɛ be,
2 “O that my provocation were thoroughly weighed, And my calamity in balances They would lift up together!
“Ne ɖe woada nye vevesese eye woada nye fukpekpewo ɖe nudanu me ɖe!
3 For now it is heavier than the sands of the sea, Therefore my words have been rash.
Vavã woakpe wu ke si katã le ƒuta, eya ta mewɔ nuku be nye nyawo mele ame ŋu dzem o.
4 For arrows of the Mighty [are] with me, Whose poison is drinking up my spirit. Terrors of God array themselves [for] me!
Ŋusẽkatãtɔ la ƒe aŋutrɔwo le nye lãme, nye gbɔgbɔ le aɖi si le dodom le wo me la nom. Woƒo Mawu ƒe ŋɔdzidodowo nu ƒu ɖe ŋunye.
5 Does a wild donkey bray over tender grass? Does an ox low over his provender?
Ɖe gbetedzi xlɔ̃na ne ele gbe mumu gbɔ alo nyi xlɔ̃na ne wotsɔ gbe ƒuƒu nɛ be wòaɖua?
6 Is an insipid thing eaten without salt? Is there sense in the drivel of dreams?
Ɖe woaɖu nu vɔvɔ dzemademee alo ɖe koklozi ƒe ɣia vivinaa?
7 My soul is refusing to touch! They [are] as my sickening food.
Megbe be nyemaɖui o, nuɖuɖu mawo tɔgbi ɖe wònana medzea dɔ.
8 O that my request may come, That God may grant my hope!
“O, ne ɖe woana nu si mebia lam, ne Mawu ɖe wòana nu si mele mɔ kpɔm na lam,
9 That God would please—and bruise me, Loose His hand and cut me off!
ne Mawu ɖe wòalɔ̃ agbãm gudugudu eye wòaɖe ka eƒe asi ɖe dzinye, ahawum ɖe!
10 And yet it is my comfort (And I exult in pain—He does not spare), That I have not hidden The sayings of the Holy One.
Ekema esia aganye akɔfafa nam ko kple nye dzidzɔ le vevesese si nu mele tsotsom o la me be, nyemagbe nu le Kɔkɔetɔ la ƒe nyawo gbɔ o.
11 What [is] my power that I should hope? And what [is] my end that I should prolong my life?
“Ŋusẽ kae gale asinye be maganɔ mɔ kpɔm? Mɔnukpɔkpɔ kawoe gali ta magbɔ dzi ɖi?
12 Is my strength the strength of stones? Is my flesh bronze?
Kpe ƒe ŋusẽe le asinyea? Akɔblie nye nye ŋutilãa?
13 Is my help not with me, And substance driven from me?
Ɖe ŋusẽ aɖe le asinye be makpe ɖe ɖokuinye ŋu, esi azɔ la wonya dzidzedzekpɔkpɔ ɖa le ŋunyea?
14 To a despiser of his friends [is] shame, And the fear of the Mighty he forsakes.
“Ele na xɔlɔ̃wo be woakpe ɖe ame si ƒo dzi ɖe le la ŋu togbɔ be egbe nu le Ŋusẽkatãtɔ vɔvɔ̃ gbɔ hã.
15 My brothers have deceived as a brook, As a stream of brooks they pass away.
Ke womate ŋu aɖo dzi ɖe nɔvinye ŋutsuwo ŋu o elabena wole abe tɔʋu si miena le kuɖiɣi ene alo abe tɔʋu si ɖɔna gbagbana,
16 That are black because of ice, By them snow hides itself.
ne tsikpe si le ete doe ɖe dzi, ne sno si dza ɖe edzi la lolo hena wòsɔ gbɔ ɖe edzi
17 By the time they are warm they have been cut off, By its being hot they have been Extinguished from their place.
gake eƒe sisi nu tsona ne kuɖiɣi ɖo eye dzoxɔxɔ nana wòmiena la ene.
18 The paths turn aside of their way, They ascend into emptiness, and are lost.
Asihawo ɖea asi le woƒe mɔwo ŋu hedzea gbe toa tagba eye wokuna ɖe mɔ dzi.
19 Passengers of Tema looked expectingly, Travelers of Sheba hoped for them.
Asiha siwo tso Tema la le tsi dim, asigbedela siwo tso Seba la le mɔ kpɔm.
20 They were ashamed that one has trusted, They have come to it and are confounded.
Ke woƒe dzi tsi dzi elabena kakaɖedzi nɔ wo si hafi gake esi wova ɖo afi ma la, ŋukpe ko woɖu.
21 Surely now you have become the same! You see a downfall, and are afraid.
Azɔ miawo hã mieɖee fia be, mienye ŋudɔwɔnu aɖeke o, miekpɔ nu si ŋu ŋɔdzi le eye mievɔ̃.
22 Is it because I said, Give to me? And, By your power bribe for me?
Ɖe megblɔ kpɔ be, ‘Mina nane ɖe nunye, mixe fe ɖe tanye tso miaƒe kesinɔnuwo me,
23 And, Deliver me from the hand of an adversary? And, Ransom me from the hand of terrible ones?
miɖem le ketɔ la ƒe asi me alo mixɔm le ŋutasẽla ƒe fegomea?’
24 Show me, and I keep silent, And what I have erred, let me understand.
“Mifia num eye mazi ɖoɖoe; mifia afi si meda ƒu le lam.
25 How powerful have been upright sayings, And what reproof from you reproves?
Aleke nyateƒenyawo mehe venae o! Ke nu ka miaƒe nyahehewo ɖe fia?
26 For reproof—do you reckon words? And for wind—sayings of the desperate?
Ɖe miedi be yewoaɖɔ nya si megblɔ la ɖo eye miawɔ ame si ƒo dzi ɖe le la ƒe nyawo abe yaƒoƒo enea?
27 You cause anger to fall on the fatherless, And are strange to your friend.
Miadzidze nu gɔ̃ hã ɖe tsyɔ̃eviwo dzi eye miatsɔ mia xɔlɔ̃wo gɔ̃ hã aɖɔli nue.
28 And now, please, look on me, Even to your face do I lie?
“Azɔ la, minyo dɔ me miatrɔ mo ɖe gbɔnye, ɖe mate ŋu ada alakpa le mia ŋkumea?
29 Please turn back, let it not be perverseness, Indeed, turn back again—my righteousness [is] in it.
Miɖe asi, migawɔ nu madzɔmadzɔ o migbugbɔ bu eŋuti elabena nye nuteƒewɔwɔ ɖo xaxa me.
30 Is there perverseness in my tongue? Does my palate not discern calamity?”
Ɖe vɔ̃ɖivɔ̃ɖi aɖe le nye nuyiwo dzia? Ɖe nye nu made dzesi beble oa?”
