Job 9
1 Then Job answered,
Hiob ɖo eŋu nɛ gblɔ be,
2 "Truly I know that it is so, but how can man be just with God?
“Vavã menya be esia nye nyateƒe, gake aleke amegbetɔ kodzogbea anɔ dzɔdzɔe le Mawu ŋkumee?
3 If he is pleased to contend with him, he can't answer him one time in a thousand.
Togbɔ be anye ame ƒe didi be yeahe nya kplii hã la, mate ŋu aɖo nya ɖeka pɛ hã ŋu nɛ le nya akpe dome o.
4 For he is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who has hardened himself against him, and prospered?
Eƒe nunya de to, eƒe ŋusẽ keke ta, ame kae tso ɖe eŋu kpɔ gbe abixɔxɔ?
5 He removes the mountains, and they do not know it, when he overturns them in his anger.
Emli towo ɖa gake womenya o eye wòtrɔ wo bu anyi le eƒe dziku me.
6 He shakes the earth out of its place. Its pillars tremble.
Eʋuʋu anyigba le enɔƒe eye wòna eƒe sɔtiwo ʋuʋu kpekpekpe.
7 He commands the sun, and it doesn't rise, and seals up the stars.
Eƒoa nu na ɣe eye meklẽna o, etsɔa nu xea ɣletiviwo ŋkume ale be womeklẽna o.
8 He alone stretches out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea.
Eya ɖekae keke dziƒowo me eye wòzɔa ƒutsotsoewo dzi.
9 He makes Osh, Kesil, and Kimah, and the chambers of the south.
Eyae wɔ ɣletivi siwo woyɔna be, Avutɔ, Koklovinɔ kple Atifieŋu kple dzieheɣletiviwo.
10 He does great things past finding out; yes, marvelous things without number.
Ewɔ nu dzɔtsu siwo me dzodzro meli o eye wòwɔ nukunu siwo mele xexlẽme o.
11 Look, he goes by me, and I do not see him. He passes on also, but I do not perceive him.
Ne eva to ŋunye yi la, nyemate ŋu akpɔe o, ne etso eme va yi la, nyemate ŋu adze sii o.
12 Look, he snatches away. Who can hinder him? Who will ask him, 'What are you doing?'
Ne exɔ nu le ame si sesẽtɔe la, ame kae ate ŋu aɖo asi edzi? Ame kae ate ŋu agblɔ nɛ be, ‘Nu kae nye ema wɔm nèle?’
13 "God will not withdraw his anger. The helpers of Rahab stoop under him.
Mawu meɖoa asi eƒe dziku dzi o, Rahab ƒe aʋakɔwo gɔ̃ hã bɔbɔ ɖe eƒe afɔ te.
14 How much less shall I answer him, And choose my words to argue with him?
“Eya ta aleke nye ya mate ŋu aɖe ɖeklemie? Afi ka makpɔ nyawo le atsɔ ahe nya kplii?
15 Though I were righteous, yet I wouldn't answer him. I would make petition to my judge.
Togbɔ be nyemedze agɔ o hã la, nyemate ŋu aɖo nya ŋu nɛ o. Kuku ko mate ŋu aɖe na nye Ʋɔnudrɔ̃la be wòakpɔ nublanui nam.
16 If I had called, and he had answered me, yet I wouldn't believe that he listened to my voice.
Ne meyɔe eye wòtɔ nam gɔ̃ hã la, nyemebu be aɖo tom o.
17 For he bruises me with a storm, and multiplies my wounds without cause.
Atsɔ ahomya agbãm gudugudu eye wòadzi nye abiwo ɖe edzi dzodzro.
18 He will not allow me to catch my breath, but fills me with bitterness.
Maɖe mɔ nam be magakpɔ gbɔdzɔe o, ke boŋ ana vevesese nakpɔ ŋusẽ ɖe dzinye.
19 If it is a matter of strength, look, he is mighty. And if of justice, who will summon him?
Ne ŋusẽ ƒe nya wònye la, kpɔ ɖa, ŋusẽtɔe wònye! Ke ne enye ʋɔnudɔdrɔ̃ ƒe nya la, ame kae akplɔe ayi ʋɔnui?
20 Though I am righteous, my own mouth shall condemn me. Though I am blameless, it shall prove me perverse.
Ne nyemeɖi fɔ o gɔ̃ hã la, nye nu abu fɔm, eye ne nyemedze agɔ o hã la, abu fɔm.
21 I am blameless. I do not regard myself. I despise my life.
“Togbɔ be nyemeɖi fɔ o hã la, nyemetsɔ ɖeke le eme na ɖokuinye o eye medo vlo nye ŋutɔ nye agbe.
22 "It is all the same. Therefore I say he destroys the blameless and the wicked.
Wo katã le ɖeka eya ta megblɔ be, ‘Etsrɔ̃a ame maɖifɔ kple ame vɔ̃ɖi la siaa.’
23 If the scourge kills suddenly, he will mock at the trial of the innocent.
Ne ameƒoti he ku vɛ kpata la, eɖea alɔme le ame maɖifɔ ƒe mɔkpɔkpɔ bubu ŋuti.
24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of its judges. If not he, then who is it?
Ne anyigba aɖe ge ɖe ame vɔ̃ɖi ƒe asi me la, ekema etsyɔa nu mo na eƒe ʋɔnudrɔ̃lawo. Ne menye eyae o ɖe, ekema ame kae?
25 "Now my days are swifter than a runner. They flee away, they see no good,
“Nye ŋkekewo le du ɖim wu duƒula, wodzo dzo kabakaba dzidzɔ aɖeke manɔmee.
26 They have passed away as the swift ships, as the eagle that swoops on the prey.
Wozɔ mii va yi abe aƒlaʋuwo ene eye abe hɔ̃woe de agba anyi be yewoaƒo nu le anyigba ene.
27 If I say, 'I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face, and cheer up;'
Ne megblɔ be, ‘Maŋlɔ nye konyifafa be eye madzudzɔ adãɖoɖo, aɖo nukomo la,’
28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that you will not hold me innocent.
ekema nye fukpekpewo katã doa ŋɔdzi nam elabena menyae be màbum fɔmaɖilae o.
29 I shall be condemned. Why then do I labor in vain?
Esi wobum fɔɖilae xoxo ɖe, nu ka tae maganɔ ʋiʋlim dzodzro?
30 If I wash myself with snow water, and cleanse my hands with lye,
Ne mele tsi kple tsiledzalẽ eye metsɔ nunyadzalẽ klɔ asi gɔ̃ hã la,
31 yet you will plunge me in the ditch. My own clothes shall abhor me.
aganyrɔm ɖe anyiʋe me, ale be manyɔ ŋu na nye awuwo gɔ̃ hã.
32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, that we should come together in judgment.
“Menye amee wònye abe nye ene ne maɖo nya ŋu nɛ, be makplɔe ayi ʋɔnui ahe nya kplii o.
33 There is no umpire between us, that might lay his hand on us both.
Ne ame aɖe ɖe wòli aƒo nu le mía dome, ada asi ɖe mí ame evea dzi
34 Let him take his rod away from me. Let his terror not make me afraid;
ame si aɖe Mawu ƒe ameƒoti ɖa le ŋutinye, ale be eƒe ŋɔdzi magado vɔvɔ̃ nam o la, ne anyo.
35 then I would speak, and not fear him, for I am not so in myself.
Ekema maƒo nu na eya amea mavɔmavɔ̃e, gake abe ale si wòle nam fifia ene la, nyemate ŋui o.”
