Job 23
1 Then Job answered and said:
Na Hiob buae se,
2 Still is my complaint bitter; But my wound is deeper than my groaning.
“Nnɛ mpo, mʼanwiinwii mu da so yɛ den; ne nsa ayɛ den, mʼapinisi nyinaa akyi.
3 O that I knew where I might find him! That I might go before his throne!
Sɛ minim baabi a mehu no; anaasɛ metumi akɔ ne tenabea a
4 I would order my cause before him, And fill my mouth with arguments;
anka mɛka mʼasɛm wɔ nʼanim na magye akyinnye bebree.
5 I should know what he would answer me, And understand what he would say to me.
Anka mɛte mmuae a ɔde bɛma me, na madwen nea ɔbɛka ho.
6 Would he contend with me with his mighty power? No! he would have regard to me.
Ɔbɛsɔre atia me dennen ana? Dabi, ɔremmɔ me kwaadu.
7 Then would an upright man contend with him, And I should be fully acquitted by my judge.
Ɛhɔ de, nnipa trenee betumi aka nʼasɛm wɔ nʼanim, na wobegye me afi me temmufo nsam afebɔɔ.
8 But, behold, I go eastward, and he is not there; And westward, but I cannot perceive him;
“Nanso sɛ mekɔ apuei fam a onni hɔ; sɛ mekɔ atɔe fam nso a minhu no.
9 To the north, where he worketh, but I cannot behold him; He hideth himself on the south, and I cannot see him.
Sɛ ɔreyɛ adwuma wɔ atifi fam a minhu no; sɛ ɔdan ne ho kɔ anafo fam a, mʼani nhye ne ho.
10 But he knoweth the way which is in my heart; When he trieth me, I shall come forth as gold.
Nanso onim ɔkwan a menam so; na sɛ ɔsɔ me hwɛ a mepue sɛ sikakɔkɔɔ.
11 My feet have trodden in his steps; His way I have kept, and have not turned aside from it.
Madi nʼanammɔn akyi pɛɛ; na manantew nʼakwan so a mamman.
12 I have not neglected the precepts of his lips; Above my own law have I esteemed the words of his mouth.
Mentwee me ho mfii mmara nsɛm a efi nʼanom no ho, mama asɛm a efi nʼanom ho ahia me asen me daa aduan.
13 But he is of one mind, and who can turn him? And what he desireth, that he doeth.
“Nanso obiara nni hɔ ka ne ho, na hena na obetumi atia no? Ɔyɛ biribiara a ɔpɛ.
14 He performeth that which is appointed for me; And many such things are in his mind!
Ɔde ne mmaransɛm di dwuma tia me; ɔda so kora nhyehyɛe a ɛte sɛɛ bebree.
15 Therefore I am in terror on account of him; When I consider, I am afraid of him.
Ɛno nti na mebɔ hu wɔ nʼanim; na sɛ midwen eyinom nyinaa ho a, misuro no.
16 For God maketh my heart faint; Yea, the Almighty terrifieth me;
Onyankopɔn ama me koma abotow; Otumfo ama mabɔ huboa.
17 Because I was not taken away before darkness came, And he hath not hidden darkness from mine eyes.
Nanso sum no mma menka mʼano nto mu, sum kabii a ɛkata mʼanim no.
