< Job 26 >

1 Then responded Job, and said: —
Na Hiob kasaa bio sɛ,
2 How hast thou given help to one of no-strength? given victory to an arm of no-power?
“Woaboa deɛ ɔnni tumi! Woagye basa a ɛnni ahoɔden!
3 How hast thou given counsel to one of no-wisdom? or, effective wisdom, abundantly made known?
Woatu deɛ ɔnnim nyansa fo! Na woada nhunumu pa ara adi!
4 Whom hast thou taught speech? Whose inspiration hath come from thee?
Hwan na ɔboaa wo ma wokaa saa nsɛm yi? Hwan honhom na ɛkasa faa wo mu?
5 The shades, tremble, beneath the waters and their inhabitants;
“Awufoɔ wɔ ahoyera kɛseɛ mu, wɔn a wɔwɔ nsuo ase ne deɛ ɛte mu nyinaa.
6 Naked is hades before him, and there is no covering to destruction; (Sheol h7585)
Asamando da adagya Onyankopɔn anim; Ɔsɛeɛ nso nni nkatasoɔ. (Sheol h7585)
7 Who stretcheth out the north over emptiness, hangeth the earth upon nothingness;
Ɔtrɛ atifi fam ewiem wɔ deɛ ɛda mpan so; na ɔde asase sensɛn ohunu so.
8 Who bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not rent beneath them;
Ɔkyekyere nsuo hyɛ ne omununkum mu, nanso nsuo no mu duru ntumi mpae no.
9 Who shutteth-in the face of the throne, he spreadeth over it his cloud;
Ɔtrɛ ne omununkum mu de kata ɔsrane ani.
10 A, boundary, hath he encircled on the face of the waters, as far as where light ends in darkness;
Ɔhyɛ agyiraeɛ wɔ nsuo so de to hyeɛ wɔ hann ne esum ntam.
11 The pillars of the heavens, are shaken, and are terrified at his rebuke:
Ɔsoro nnyinasoɔ woso, na nʼanimka ma wɔn ho dwiri wɔn.
12 By his strength, hath he excited the sea, and, by his skill, hath he shattered the Crocodile:
Ɔde ne tumi wɔsoo ɛpo ne nyansa mu, ɔtwitwaa ɛpobɔpɔn mu asinasini.
13 By his spirit, hath he arched the heavens, His hand hath pierced the fleeing serpent.
Ɔde nʼahomeɛ maa ewiem teeɛ; na ne nsa wɔɔ ɔtweaseɛ a ɔrewea.
14 Lo! these, are the fringes of his way, and what a whisper of a word hath been heard of him! But, the thunder of his might, who could understand?
Yeinom yɛ ne nnwuma mfeafeaho; ɔka asomusɛm brɛoo kyerɛ yɛn! Na hwan na ɔbɛtumi ate ne tumi mmobɔmu no ase.”

< Job 26 >