Job 5
1 Call now, see if any will answer thee! And to which of the holy ones wilt thou look?
“Wopɛ a frɛ, na hwan na ɔbɛgye wo soɔ? Akronkronfoɔ no mu hwan nkyɛn na wobɛkorɔ?
2 Verily grief destroyeth the fool, And wrath consumeth the weak man.
Ahisɛm kum ɔkwasea, na anibereɛ kum atetekwaa.
3 I have seen an impious man taking root, But soon I cursed his habitation.
Mʼankasa mahunu ɔkwasea a ɔrefefɛ, nanso, mpofirim, wɔdomee ne fie.
4 His children are far from safety; They are oppressed at the gate, and there is none to deliver them.
Ne mma ne banbɔ ntam ɛkwan ware, wɔdwerɛ wɔn wɔ asɛnniiɛ a wɔnnya ɔkamafoɔ.
5 His harvest the hungry devour, Carrying it even through the thorns; And a snare gapeth after his substance.
Deɛ ɛkɔm de noɔ no di ne nnɔbaeɛ, na ɔfa firi nkasɛɛ mu mpo, na deɛ osukɔm de noɔ no pere di nʼahodeɛ akyi.
6 For affliction cometh not from the dust, Nor doth trouble spring up from the ground;
Ahokyere mmpue mfiri dɔteɛ mu na ɔhaw nso mmpue mfiri fam.
7 Behold, man is born to trouble, As the sparks fly upward.
Nanso wɔwo nnipa to ɔhaw mu mpɛn dodoɔ a ogyaframa turi kɔ ɔsoro.
8 I would look to God, And to God would I commit my cause,
“Nanso sɛ ɛyɛ me a, anka mɛdwane atoa Onyankopɔn; na mede mʼasɛm ato nʼanim.
9 Who doeth great things and unsearchable; Yea, marvellous things without number;
Ɔyɛ anwanwadeɛ a wɔntumi nhwehwɛ mu, ne nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ a wɔntumi nkan ne dodoɔ.
10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, And sendeth water upon the fields;
Ɔtɔ nsuo gu asase so; na ɔde kɔ wira mu.
11 Who placeth the lowly in high places, And restoreth the afflicted to prosperity;
Ɔde ahobrɛasefoɔ si deɛ ɛkorɔn, na ɔma wɔn a wɔdi awerɛhoɔ nya asomdwoeɛ.
12 Who disappointeth the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot perform their enterprises;
Ɔsɛe anifirefoɔ nhyehyɛeɛ, ma wɔn nsa si fam.
13 Who taketh the wise in their own craftiness, And bringeth to nought the counsel of the artful.
Ɔkyere anyansafoɔ wɔ wɔn anifire mu, na ɔbɔ anitefoɔ nhyehyɛeɛ gu.
14 They meet with darkness in the daytime; They grope at noon as if it were night.
Esum duru wɔn awia ketee; na wɔkeka owigyinaeɛ te sɛ anadwo.
15 So he saveth the persecuted from their mouth; The oppressed from the hand of the mighty.
Ɔgye ahiafoɔ firi afena a ɛhyɛ wɔn anomu; ɔgye wɔn firi ahoɔdenfoɔ nkyehoma mu.
16 So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
Enti, ahiafoɔ wɔ anidasoɔ, na ntɛnkyea ka nʼano to mu.
17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth; Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.
“Nhyira ne onipa a Onyankopɔn tene no, enti mmu Otumfoɔ ntenetene no animtiaa.
18 For he bruiseth, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and his hands make whole.
Ɛfiri sɛ, ɔno na ɔpira na ɔno ara akyekyere; ɔpira nanso ne nsa sa yadeɛ.
19 In six troubles will he deliver thee; Yea, in seven shall no evil touch thee.
Ɔbɛgye wo afiri ɔhaw ahodoɔ nsia mu; nson so, a bɔne biara renka wo.
20 In famine he will redeem thee from death, And in war from the power of the sword.
Ɛkɔm ba a, ɔbɛgye wo afiri owuo mu, na ɔko mu nso, ɔbɛgye wo afiri afena ano.
21 Thou shalt be safe from the scourge of the tongue, And shalt not be afraid of destruction, when it cometh.
Wɔbɛbɔ wo ho ban afiri kasatwie ho na sɛ ɔsɛeɛ ba a, ɛnsɛ sɛ wosuro.
22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, And of the wild beasts of the land shalt thou not be afraid.
Wobɛsere ɔsɛeɛ ne ɔkɔm; na ɛnsɛ sɛ wosuro asase so mmoa.
23 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; Yea, the beasts of the forest shall be at peace with thee.
Wo ne afuo so aboɔ bɛyɛ apam, na emu nkekaboa nso ne wo bɛtena asomdwoeɛ mu.
24 Thou shalt find that thy tent is in peace; Thou shalt visit thy dwelling, and not be disappointed.
Wobɛhunu sɛ wo ntomadan wɔ banbɔ; na sɛ wosese wʼahodeɛ a, wobɛhunu sɛ hwee nyeraeɛ.
25 Thou shalt see thy descendants numerous, And thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
Wobɛhunu sɛ wo mma bɛyɛ bebree; na wʼasefoɔ bɛdɔre sɛ ɛserɛ.
26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in full age, As a shock of corn gathered in its season.
Wode ahoɔden bɛkɔ damena mu, te sɛ afiafi a wɔaboa ano wɔ otwa berɛ mu.
27 Lo! this we have searched out; so it is: Hear it, and lay it up in thy mind!
“Yɛahwehwɛ yei mu, na ɛyɛ nokorɛ ɛno enti tie na fa toto wʼabrabɔ ho.”
