Job 7
1 not army: duty to/for human (upon *Q(k)*) land: country/planet and like/as day hired day his
“Asase so som nyɛ den mma onipa anaa? Ne nkwa nna nte sɛ ɔpaani deɛ?
2 like/as servant/slave to long for shadow and like/as hired to await work his
Sɛdeɛ akoa ani gyina anwummerɛ sunsumma, anaasɛ ɔpaani ho pere no nʼakatua ho no,
3 so to inherit to/for me month vanity: vain and night trouble to count to/for me
saa ara na wɔatwa abosome hunu ato me hɔ, ne anadwo a ɔhaw wɔ mu ama me.
4 if to lie down: lay down and to say how to arise: rise and to measure evening and to satisfy tossing till twilight
Sɛ meda a, medwene bisa sɛ, ‘Ɛberɛ bɛn na adeɛ bɛkye?’ Nanso anadwo twam nkakrankakra, na mepere kɔsi ahemadakye.
5 to clothe flesh my worm (and clod *Q(K)*) dust skin my to harden and to flow
Asonsono ne aporɔporɔ ahyɛ me honam ma, me honam asɛe na ɛrefiri nsuo.
6 day my to lighten from shuttle and to end: finish in/on/with end hope
“Me nna kɔ ntɛm sene ɔnwomfoɔ akurokurowa, na ɛkɔ awieeɛ a anidasoɔ biara nni muo.
7 to remember for spirit: breath life my not to return: again eye my to/for to see: see good
Ao Onyankopɔn, kae sɛ me nkwanna te sɛ ahomeɛ; na merennya anigyeɛ bio da.
8 not to see me eye sight eye your in/on/with me and nothing I
Ani a ɛhunu me seesei renhunu me bio; mobɛhwehwɛ me, nanso na menni hɔ bio.
Sɛdeɛ omununkum yera na ɛtu korɔ no, saa ara na deɛ ɔkɔ damena mu no nsane mma bio. (Sheol h7585)
10 not to return: return still to/for house: home his and not to recognize him still place his
Ɔrensane mma ne fie da biara da; nʼatenaeɛ renkae no bio.
11 also I not to withhold lip my to speak: speak in/on/with distress spirit my to muse in/on/with bitter soul my
“Ɛno enti meremmua mʼano; mɛfiri me honhom ahoyera mu akasa, mɛfiri me kra ɔyea mu anwiinwii.
12 sea I if serpent: monster for to set: make upon me custody
Meyɛ ɛpo anaa aboa kɛseɛ a ɔwɔ ebunu mu anaa, na mode me ahyɛ ɔwɛmfoɔ nsa yi?
13 for to say to be sorry: comfort me bed my to lift: forgive in/on/with complaint my bed my
Sɛ medwene sɛ menya awerɛkyekyerɛ wɔ me mpa so, na mʼakonwa adwodwo mʼanwiinwii ano a,
14 and to to be dismayed me in/on/with dream and from vision to terrify me
ɛno mpo na wode adaeɛso yi me hu na wode anisoadehunu hunahuna me,
15 and to choose strangling soul: myself my death from bone my
ɛno enti mepɛ akɔmfohyɛ ne owuo, sene me onipadua yi.
16 to reject not to/for forever: enduring to live to cease from me for vanity day my
Memmu me nkwa; mentena ase afebɔɔ. Monnyaa me; na me nna nka hwee.
17 what? human for to magnify him and for to set: make to(wards) him heart your
“Ɔdasani ne hwan a ne ho hia wo sei, na wʼani ku ne ho,
18 and to reckon: visit him to/for morning to/for moment to test him
na wohwehwɛ ne mu anɔpa biara na wosɔ no hwɛ ɛberɛ biara?
19 like/as what? not to gaze from me not to slacken me till to swallow up I spittle my
Worenyi wʼani mfiri me so da, anaasɛ worennyaa me ɛberɛ tiawa bi mpo anaa?
20 to sin what? to work to/for you to watch [the] man to/for what? to set: make me to/for target to/for you and to be upon me to/for burden
Sɛ mayɛ bɔne a, ɛdeɛn na mayɛ woɔ, Ao adasamma so wɛmfoɔ? Adɛn enti na watu wʼani asi me soɔ? Mayɛ adesoa ama wo anaa?
21 and what? not to lift: forgive transgression my and to pass: bring [obj] iniquity: crime my for now to/for dust to lie down: be dead and to seek me and nothing I
Adɛn enti na wonkata me mmarato so na womfa me bɔne nkyɛ me? Ɛrenkyɛre biara, mɛda mfuturo mu. Wobɛhwehwɛ me nanso na menni hɔ bio.”
