Job 5
1 Call now; is there any that will answer thee? and to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?
“Ne àlɔ̃ la, yɔ ame aɖe gake ame kae atɔ na wò? Kɔkɔetɔwo dometɔ ka ŋu nàtrɔ ɖo?
2 For vexation killeth the foolish man, and jealousy slayeth the silly one.
Tosesẽ wua bometsila eye ŋubiã wua numanyala.
3 I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
Nye ŋutɔ mekpɔ bometsila wònɔ ke tom gake kasia woƒo fi de eƒe aƒe.
4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
Dedinɔnɔ le adzɔge ke na viawo, wobua fɔe le ʋɔnu eye ame aɖeke meli aʋli eta o.
5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the snare gapeth for their substance.
Dɔwuitɔwo ɖua nuku si wòxa, woɖea esiwo tsi ŋuwo me gɔ̃ hã eye ame siwo wum tsikɔ le la ƒe ve me ƒuna ɖe eƒe kesinɔnuwo ŋu.
6 For affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
Elabena fukpekpe medoa go tso ke me alo dzɔgbevɔ̃e medona tso anyigba tume o.
7 But man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
Gake abe ale si dzoxi dzona yia dzii ene la, nenemae wodzi ame na hiãtuame.
8 But as for me, I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
“Ke nenye nyee wònye la, anye ne maɖe kuku na Mawu atsɔ nye nya aɖo eƒe ŋkume.
9 Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvelous things without number:
Ewɔa dzesi siwo gɔme womate ŋu ase o eye wòwɔa nukunu siwo womate ŋu axlẽ o.
10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
Enana tsi dzana ɖe anyigba dzi, eye wòɖoa tsi ɖe gbegbe.
11 So that he setteth up on high those that be low; and those which mourn are exalted to safety.
Edoa ɖokuibɔbɔlawo ɖe dzi eye wòkɔa ame siwo le nu xam la dana ɖe dziɖeɖi me.
12 He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
Egblẽa ayetɔwo ƒe ɖoɖowo me, ale be woƒe asiwo mekpɔa dzidzedze o.
13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
Eléa nunyalawo le woƒe ayemenuwɔwɔwo me eye wòkplɔa ame drãwo ƒe nu drã wɔwɔ dzonae.
14 They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at noonday as in the night.
Viviti dona ɖe wo le ŋkeke me eye wotsaa asi blukɔ me abe zã mee ene.
15 But he saveth from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
Eɖea hiãtɔwo tso yi si le woƒe nu me la me eye wòɖea wo le ŋusẽtɔwo ƒe fego me.
16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
Ale mɔkpɔkpɔ ɖoa hiãtɔ si eye nu madzɔmadzɔ miaa eƒe nu.
17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.
“Woayra ŋutsu si Mawu ɖɔna ɖo eya ta mègado vlo Ŋusẽkatãtɔ la ƒe amehehe o.
18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
Elabena edea abi ame ŋu eye wògablanɛ, ewɔa nuvevi ame gake eƒe asi yɔa dɔ.
19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles; yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
Aɖe wò le dzɔgbevɔ̃e ade me eye le adrelia me la, vɔ̃ aɖeke mawɔ wò o.
20 In famine he shall redeem thee from death; and in war from the power of the sword.
Aɖe wò le ku ƒe asi me le dɔŋɔli eye le aʋa me la, aɖe wò le yi ƒe asi me.
21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
Aɖe wò le aɖeɖiƒoame me, eye màvɔ̃ ne gbegblẽ va o.
22 At destruction and dearth thou shalt laugh; neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
Wò la àko nu ne gbegblẽ kple dɔwuame le nu gblẽm eye màvɔ̃ anyigbadzilã wɔadãwo o.
23 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
Elabena wò kple kpe siwo le agble me la miabla nu eye lã wɔadãwo anɔ anyi kpli wò le ŋutifafa me.
24 And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; and thou shalt visit thy fold, and shalt miss nothing.
Ànyae be wò agbadɔ le dedie eye ne èxlẽ wò nunɔamesiwo la, àkpɔe be ɖeke mebu o.
25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
Ànyae be viwòwo asɔ gbɔ eye wò dzidzimeviwo asɔ agbɔ abe gbe mumu le anyigba dzi ene.
26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in its season.
Ànɔ agbe wòade edeƒe, ayi yɔ me kple dzidzɔ abe lu ye woxa hebla le nuŋeɣi ene.
27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
“Míedo esia kpɔ eye wònye nyateƒe. Eya ta see ne nànɔ agbe ɖe eŋu.”
