Job 21
1 and to answer Job and to say
Hiob ɖo nya ŋu nɛ be,
2 to hear: hear to hear: hear speech my and to be this consolation your
“Ɖo to nyuie nàse nye nyawo, esia nenye akɔfafa si nànam.
3 to lift: bear me and I to speak: speak and after to speak: speak I to mock
Migbɔ dzi ɖi nam, ne maƒo nu eye ne meƒo nu vɔ la, miate ŋu ayi miaƒe alɔmeɖeɖe dzi.
4 I to/for man complaint my and if: surely no why? not be short spirit: temper my
“Amegbetɔe mele konyi fam na? Nu ka ta nyemagbe dzigbɔɖeanyi o?
5 to turn to(wards) me and be desolate: appalled and to set: put hand upon lip
Mikpɔm ɖa, ne miaƒe mo nawɔ yaa eye miaƒu asi nu.
6 and if to remember and to dismay and to grasp flesh my shuddering
Ne mebu nu sia ŋuti la ŋɔ dziam eye nye ameti blibo la medzona nyanyanya.
7 why? wicked to live to proceed also to prevail strength
Nu ka ta ame vɔ̃ɖiwo nɔa agbe, tsina, kua amegã, eye woƒe ŋusẽ dzina ɖe edzi ɖo?
8 seed: children their to establish: establish to/for face their with them and offspring their to/for eye their
Wonɔa agbe, kpɔa wo viwo lia ke heƒoa xlã wo eye woƒe dzidzimeviwo tsina le wo ŋkume.
9 house: household their peace: well-being from dread and not tribe: staff god upon them
Woƒe aƒewo me le dedie, wovo tso vɔvɔ̃ ƒe asi me eye Mawu ƒe ameƒoti mevaa wo dzi o.
10 cattle his to pass and not to abhor to escape heifer his and not be bereaved
Woƒe nyitsuwo megbea asiyɔyɔ o, woƒe nyinɔwo dzia vi eye fu megena le wo ƒo o.
11 to send: depart like/as flock boy their and youth their to skip about [emph?]
Woɖea wo viwo doa goe abe lãha ene eye wo vi suewo nɔa fefem henɔa ɣe ɖum.
12 to lift: bear like/as tambourine and lyre and to rejoice to/for voice: sound pipe
Wodzia ha ɖe asiʋuiwo kple kasaŋkuwo ŋu eye wotua aglo ɖe kpẽ ƒe ɖiɖi ŋu.
13 (to end: finish *Q(K)*) in/on/with good day their and in/on/with moment hell: Sheol to descend (Sheol h7585)
Woɖua woƒe ƒewo le dzidzedzekpɔkpɔ me eye woyia yɔ me le ŋutifafa me (Sheol h7585)
14 and to say to/for God to turn aside: depart from us and knowledge way: conduct your not to delight in
gake wogblɔna na Mawu be, ‘Ɖe asi le mía ŋu! Medzro mí be míanya wò mɔwo o.
15 what? Almighty for to serve: minister him and what? to gain for to fall on in/on/with him
Ame kae nye Ŋusẽkatãtɔ be míasubɔe? Viɖe ka míakpɔ ne míedo gbe ɖa nɛ?’
16 look! not in/on/with hand their goodness their counsel wicked to remove from me
Evɔa woƒe dzidzedzekpɔkpɔ mele woawo ŋutɔ ƒe asi me o, eya ta menɔ adzɔge na ame vɔ̃ɖiwo ƒe aɖaŋudede.
17 like/as what? lamp wicked to put out and to come (in): come upon them calamity their pain to divide in/on/with face: anger his
“Ke hã la, zi nenie ame vɔ̃ɖiwo ƒe akaɖi tsina? Zi nenie dzɔgbevɔ̃e dzɔna ɖe wo dzi, esi nye nu si Mawu ɖo ɖi na wo le eƒe dziku me?
18 to be like/as straw to/for face: before spirit: breath and like/as chaff to steal him whirlwind
Zi nenie wole abe gbe ƒuƒu si ya lɔ ɖe nu alo atsa si ahom lɔ ɖe nu ene?
19 god to treasure to/for son: child his evil: wickedness his to complete to(wards) him and to know
Wogblɔ be, ‘Mawu ɖo amegbetɔ ƒe tohehe ɖi na via ŋutsuwo.’ Anyo be wòahe to na amea ŋutɔ, ne wòanya nu si wònye!
20 to see: see (eye his *Q(K)*) ruin his and from rage Almighty to drink
Eya ŋutɔ ƒe ŋkuwo nekpɔ eƒe gbegblẽ, eye wòano Ŋusẽkatãtɔ la ƒe dɔmedzoekplu
21 for what? pleasure his in/on/with house: household his after him and number month his to divide
elabena ɖe wòtsɔ ɖe le eme na ƒometɔ siwo wògblẽ ɖe megbe esi ɣleti siwo woɖo ɖi nɛ la wu nua?
22 to/for God to learn: teach knowledge and he/she/it to exalt to judge
“Ɖe ame aɖe ate ŋu afia gɔmesese Mawu, esi wònye eyae drɔ̃a ʋɔnu ame kɔkɔtɔ gɔ̃ hã?
23 this to die in/on/with bone integrity his all his at ease and at ease
Ame aɖe ku esi eƒe agbe ɖo vivime, wòle dedinɔnɔ me eye wòɖe dzi ɖi bɔkɔɔ,
24 belly his to fill milk and marrow bone his to water: watering
eƒe ŋutilã kpɔ nunyiame nyuitɔ eye ƒutomemi yɔ eƒe ƒuwo me fũu.
25 and this to die in/on/with soul bitter and not to eat in/on/with welfare
Ame bubu ku le eƒe luʋɔ ƒe nuxaxa me eye mese vivi na nu vivi aɖeke kpɔ o.
26 unitedness upon dust to lie down: lay down and worm to cover upon them
Ke wo ame evea mlɔ kasanu le ke me, eye ŋɔviwo ɖi ba ɖe wo kple evea dzi.
27 look! to know plot your and plot upon me to injure
“Menya nu siwo susum miele la nyuie kple nu vɔ̃ɖi siwo ɖom miele be miadze agɔ le dzinye.
28 for to say where? house: home noble and where? tent tabernacle wicked
Miegblɔ be, ‘Afi ka ame xɔŋkɔ la ƒe aƒe le eye agbadɔ si me ame vɔ̃ɖiwo nɔ la ɖe?’
29 not to ask to pass way: road and sign: indicator their not to recognize
Miebia gbe mɔzɔlawo kpɔ oa? Mietsɔ ɖeke le woƒe nuteƒekpɔkpɔ si wogblɔ fia mi la me be
30 for to/for day calamity to withhold bad: evil to/for day fury to conduct
woɖea ame vɔ̃ɖi le dzɔgbevɔ̃egbe, eye woɖenɛ le dzikugbe oa?
31 who? to tell upon face his way: conduct his and he/she/it to make: do who? to complete to/for him
Ame kae ɖe eƒe agbe vlo si nɔm wòle la ɖe mo nɛ kpɔ? Ame kae ɖoa nu tovo si wòwɔ la teƒe nɛ?
32 and he/she/it to/for grave to conduct and upon tomb to watch
Wokɔnɛ yia yɔdo gbɔe eye wodzɔa eƒe yɔdokpe ŋu.
33 be sweet to/for him clod torrent: valley and after him all man to draw and to/for face: before his nothing number
Ke siwo le balime la vivi enu, amewo katã dze eyome eye ameha gã aɖe si womate ŋu axlẽ o la dze ŋgɔ nɛ.
34 and how? to be sorry: comfort me vanity and turn your to remain unfaithfulness
“Eya ta aleke miate ŋu awɔ atsɔ miaƒe bometsinyawo afa akɔ nam mahã? Naneke mele miaƒe nyaŋuɖoɖowo me wu alakpa o!”
