Job 20
1 And he answered Zophar the Naamathite and he said.
Tete Naamatitɔ, Zofar ɖo eŋu nɛ be,
2 Therefore disquieting thoughts my they make respond me and in order to agitate I in me.
“Nu siwo le fu ɖem na nye susue dɔm be maɖo eŋu na wò elabena metsi dzi le ɖokuinye me ŋutɔ.
3 [the] correction of Insult my I have heard and a spirit from understanding my it answers me.
Mese mokaname aɖe si ɖe bubu le ŋunye, eye nye gɔmesese de dzi ƒo nam be maɖo nyawo ŋu.
4 ¿ This do you know from antiquity from when put humankind on earth.
“Meka ɖe edzi be ènya ale si wònɔ tso blema, tso ɣeyiɣi si ke wowɔ amegbetɔ da ɖe anyigba dzi be
5 That [the] cry of joy of wicked [people] [is] from near and [the] gladness of [the] godless [is] until a moment.
ame vɔ̃ɖiwo ƒe nukoko nu mesena yina o, eye Mawumavɔ̃lawo ƒe aseyetsotso nɔa anyi ɣeyiɣi kpui aɖe ko.
6 Though it will go up to the heavens loftiness his and head his to the cloud[s] it will reach.
Togbɔ be eƒe dada yi ɖatɔ dziƒo, eƒe ta yi ɖatɔ lilikpowo ke hã la,
7 Like own dung his to perpetuity he will perish [those who] saw him they will say where [is]? he.
atsrɔ̃ gbidii abe eya ŋutɔ ƒe afɔdzi ene eye ame siwo kpɔe la agblɔ be, ‘Afi ka wòle?’
8 Like a dream he will fly away and not people will find him and he may be chased away like a vision of [the] night.
Edzona dzona abe drɔ̃e ene, womagakpɔe o eye wòabu abe ŋutega si wokpɔ le zã me ene.
9 An eye it caught sight of him and not it will repeat and not again it will see him place his.
Ŋku si kpɔe la magakpɔe akpɔ o, eye eƒe nɔƒe hã magakpɔe akpɔ o.
10 Children his they will seek [the] favor of poor [people] and own hands his they will give back wealth his.
Ele be viawo nawɔ ɖɔɖɔɖo anyo dɔ me na ame dahewo, eya ŋutɔ ƒe asiwo aɖe asi le eƒe kesinɔnuwo ŋu.
11 Bones his they were full (youthful vigor his *Q(K)*) and with him on [the] dust it will lie down.
Ɖekakpuimeŋusẽ dzodzoe si yɔ eƒe ƒuwo me la aku kplii ayi ke me.
12 Though it is sweet in mouth his evil he hides it under tongue his.
“Togbɔ be nu vɔ̃ɖi vivi le eƒe nu me, eye wòɣlae ɖe eƒe aɖe te,
13 He spares it and not he lets loose it and he withholds it in [the] midst of mouth his.
togbɔ be mate ŋu aɖe asi le eŋu o eye wòbe ɖe nu me nɛ hã la,
14 Food his in inward parts his it is changed venom of cobras in inward part[s] his.
eƒe nuɖuɖu ave le eƒe dɔ me, eye wòazu da ƒe aɖi le eƒe dɔgbowo me.
15 Wealth he swallows and he has vomited up it from belly his he drives out it God.
Atu kesinɔnu siwo wòmi la aƒu gbe. Mawu ana eƒe dɔgbowo nadzɔ wo katã aƒo ɖi.
16 [the] poison of Cobras he sucks it slays him [the] tongue of a viper.
Eno da ƒe aɖi eye ƒli ƒe aɖi awui.
17 May not he look on streams rivers of torrents of honey and curd.
Makpɔ gome le tɔʋu kple tɔsisi siwo me anyitsi kple notsi babla le sisim le la me o.
18 [he is] restoring [the] gain And not he swallows [it] according to [the] wealth of trading his not he will rejoice.
Maɖu nu siwo ŋu wòdze agbagba le o, ke boŋ atsɔ wo ana eye maɖu viɖe si do tso eƒe asitsatsa hã me o
19 For he has crushed he has neglected poor [people] a house he has seized and not he had built it.
elabena ete ame dahewo ɖe to wozu hiãtɔwo eye wòxɔ aƒe siwo metu o.
20 For - not he knows quiet in belly his among desired [things] his not he delivers.
“Vavã makpɔ gbɔdzɔe le eƒe nudzodzrowo me o eye maɖe eɖokui to eƒe nunɔamesiwo dzi o.
21 There not [is] a survivor to devour he there-fore not it will endure prosperity his.
Naneke masusɔ nɛ esi wòavuvu o eƒe kesinɔnuwo matɔ ɖi o.
22 When is full sufficiency his it will be distress to him every hand of a sufferer it will come to him.
Le eƒe nukpɔkpɔ gbogboawo dome la, xaxa ava edzi eye hiãtuame ƒe ŋusẽ katã ava edzi.
23 May he be - [about] to fill belly his he will send on him [the] burning of anger his and he will send rain on him in bowel[s] his.
Ne eƒe ƒodo yɔ nyuie la Mawu atrɔ eƒe dziku bibi akɔ ɖe edzi eye wòana eƒe dɔmedzoe nadza ɖe edzi.
24 He will flee from a weapon of iron it will cut through him a bow of bronze.
Togbɔ be esi le gayibɔlãnu nu hã la, akɔbliŋutrɔ ƒo ɖee.
25 He will draw [it] out and it came out from [the] back and lightning from gall-bladder his it will come on him terrors.
Eɖee do goe tso eƒe lãme eye wòho eƒe tsutsyɔeƒe le eƒe aklã me. Ŋɔdzi alée,
26 All darkness [is] hidden for treasured [things] his it will consume him fire [which] not it has been fanned it will be evil a survivor in tent his.
eye viviti tsiɖitsiɖi le eƒe kesinɔnuwo lalam. Dzo si womeƒlɔ ɖo o la afiae eye wòabi nu si susɔ ɖe eƒe agbadɔ me la keŋkeŋkeŋ.
27 They will reveal [the] heavens iniquity his and [the] earth [will] rise up to him.
Dziƒo aɖe eƒe vodada ɖe go eye anyigba atso ɖe eŋu.
28 It will depart [the] produce of house his torrents on [the] day of anger his.
Tsiɖɔɖɔ akplɔ eƒe aƒe adzoe eye le Mawu ƒe dɔmedzoeŋkeke la dzi la, tsi sisiwo akplɔe adzoe.
29 This - [is the] portion of a person wicked from God and [the] inheritance of decree his from God.
Esia nye gomekpɔkpɔ si Mawu ɖo ɖi na ame vɔ̃ɖiwo, eye wònye domenyinu tso Mawu gbɔ na wo.”
