Job 8
1 Then responded Bildad the Shuhite, and said: —
Tete Suhitɔ, Bildad ɖo nya ŋu na Hiob be,
2 How long wilt thou speak these things? Or, as a mighty wind, shall be the sayings of thy mouth?
“Va se ɖe ɣe ka ɣie nànɔ nya siawo gblɔm? Wò nyawo nye yaƒoƒo sesẽ ɖeɖe ko.
3 Should, GOD, pervert justice? Or, the Almighty, pervert righteousness?
Ɖe Mawu atso afia ŋkunɔa? Ɖe Ŋusẽkatãtɔ la atrɔ nya dzɔdzɔe abua?
4 Though, thy children, sinned against him, and he delivered them into the hand of their transgression,
Esi viwòwo wɔ nu vɔ̃ ɖe eŋu la, etsɔ wo de asi na tohehe si woƒe nu vɔ̃ dze na.
5 Yet, if, thou thyself, wilt diligently seek unto GOD, —and, unto the Almighty, wilt make supplication;
Gake ne àkpɔ Mawu dzi ɖa, aƒo koko na Ŋusẽkatãtɔ la,
6 If, pure and upright, thou thyself, art, surely, now, will he answer thy prayer, and will prosper thy righteous habitation:
ekema ne èle dzadzɛe, le dzɔdzɔe, fifia gɔ̃ hã la, atso le tawò eye wòagaɖo wò te, ada wò ɖe teƒe si wòle be nànɔ.
7 So shall thy beginning appear small, —when, thy latter end, he shall greatly increase!
Wò gɔmedzedze anɔ sue gake emegbe àdzi asɔ gbɔ ɖe edzi.
8 For inquire, I pray thee, of a former generation, and prepare thyself for the research of their fathers; —
“Bia dzidzime siwo do ŋgɔ, eye nàkpɔe ɖa be nu ka wo fofowo srɔ̃ mahã,
9 For, of yesterday, are, we, and cannot know, for, a shadow, are our days upon earth:
elabena míawo la, etsɔviwo míenye, míenya naneke o eye míaƒe ŋkekewo le anyigba dzi le abe vɔvɔli ko ene.
10 Shall, they, not teach thee—tell thee, and, out of their memory, bring forth words?
Ɖe womafia nu wò, agblɔe na wò oa? Ɖe womagblɔ nya na wò tso woƒe gɔmesese me oa?
11 Can the paper-reed grow up, without a marsh? Or the rush grow up, without water?
Ɖe keti miena, tsina ƒlaluu ɖe teƒe si sii mele oa? Ɖe aƒla awɔ nyuie ne mekpɔ tsi oa?
12 Though while still, in its freshness, it be not plucked off, yet, before any kind of grass, it doth wither:
Esi wogale mumu ko eye womeɖo sisi me haɖe o la, woyrɔna kaba wu gbe si le gbedzi.
13 So, shall be the latter end of all who forget GOD, and, the hope of the impious, shall perish:
Aleae wòvaa emee na ame siwo katã ŋlɔ Mawu be eye nenemae Mawumavɔ̃lawo ƒe mɔkpɔkpɔ tsrɔ̃nae.
14 Whose trust shall be contemptible, —and, a spider’s web, his confidence:
Nu si ŋu wòɖo dzi ɖo la meɖo ŋusẽ o eye nu si wòde mee la nye yiyiɖɔ.
15 He leaneth upon his house, and it will not stand, he holdeth it fast, and it will not remain erect.
Ede me eƒe ɖɔ eye wòlã, eku ɖe eŋu, gake etso ɖe eƒe asi me.
16 Full of moisture he is, before the sun, and, over his garden, his shoot goeth forth:
Ɖeko wòle abe ati si wode tsii nyuie le ŋdɔgbe ene ekekea eƒe alɔwo ɖe abɔa me,
17 Over a heap, his roots are entwined, a place of stones, he descrieth;
eƒe kewo blana ɖe agakpe geɖewo ŋu eye wodia teƒe le kpewo dome.
18 If one destroy him out of his place, then will it disown him [saying] —I have not seen thee.
Gake ne wohoe le enɔƒe la, teƒe la gbea nu le egbɔ eye wògblɔna be, ‘Nyemekpɔ wò kpɔ o.’
19 Lo! that, is the joy of his way, —and, out of the dust, shall others spring up.
Vavã eƒe agbe yrɔna eye atiku bubuwo miena ɖe eteƒe.
20 Lo! GOD, will not reject a blameless man, neither will he grasp the hand of evil-doers:
“Enye nyateƒe be Mawu megbea ame si ŋu fɔɖiɖi mele o alo doa ŋusẽ nu vɔ̃ɖi wɔlawo ƒe asi o.
21 At length he shall fill with laughter thy mouth, and thy lips, with a shout of triumph:
Ke hã la, agana nukoko nayɔ wò nu me fũu, eye wòatsɔ dzidzɔɣli ayɔ wò nuyiwo nu.
22 They who hate thee, shall be clothed with shame, but, the tent of the lawless, shall not be!
Ŋukpe alé wò futɔwo eye ame vɔ̃ɖiwo ƒe agbadɔwo maganɔ anyi o.”
