Job 33
1 “But now, Job, listen carefully to all that I am going to say [DOU].
“Na afei, Hiob, tie me nsɛm; yɛ aso ma biribiara a mɛka.
2 I am ready to tell you [MTY, DOU] [what I think].
Merebɛbue mʼano; me nsɛm aba me tɛkrɛma so.
3 I know that I am speaking honestly and that I am speaking [MTY] sincerely.
Me nsɛm firi akoma a ɛtene mu; na mʼano de ahonim pa ka deɛ menim.
4 Almighty God has created me [as well as you], and his breath has caused me to live.
Onyankopɔn Honhom na abɔ me; Otumfoɔ no ahome ma me nkwa.
5 So, answer [what] I [say] if you can; think carefully [about how you will reply to me].
Sɛ wobɛtumi a, ma me mmuaeɛ; siesie wo ho, na ka si mʼanim.
6 “God considers that you, and I are both [equal]; he formed both of us from clay.
Wo ne me nyinaa yɛ pɛ wɔ Onyankopɔn anim; me nso wɔbɔɔ me firii dɔteɛ mu.
7 So you do not need to be afraid of me; I will not crush/oppress you [by what I say] [MTY].
Ɛnsɛ sɛ wosuro me, na ɛnsɛ sɛ me nsa yɛ den wɔ wo so.
8 I have heard you [DOU] speaking, and this is what you have said:
“Nanso woaka ama mate, metee saa nsɛm no, na wokaa sɛ,
9 ‘I am innocent; I have not committed any sins; I am pure; I have not done things that are wrong.
‘Meyɛ kronn na menni bɔne; me ho te na afɔdie biara nni me ho.
10 But God finds reasons to accuse me, and he considers that I am his enemy.
Nanso Onyankopɔn anya me ho mfomsoɔ; wafa me sɛ ne ɔtamfoɔ.
11 [It is as though] he has put my feet (in stocks/between wooden blocks to prevent me from walking away), and he watches everything that I do.’ [MTY]
Ɔde me nan ahyɛ mpɔkyerɛ mu; na nʼani wɔ mʼakwan nyinaa so.’
12 But what you have said is wrong, and I will tell you [what you have said that is wrong]. God is much greater than any human.
“Nanso meka mekyerɛ wo sɛ, yei mu deɛ, woayɛ mfomsoɔ, ɛfiri sɛ Onyankopɔn so sene ɔdasani.
13 So, (why are you arguing against God, saying ‘He never answers my questions’?/you should not be arguing against God, saying ‘He never answers my questions.’) [RHQ]
Na adɛn enti na wonwiinwii hyɛ no sɛ ɔmmua onipa nsɛm biara anaa?
14 God does speak [to us] in various ways, but we do not pay any attention to what he says.
Nanso, Onyankopɔn kasa wɔ akwan ahodoɔ so, na ebia nnipa nte.
15 [Sometimes he speaks to us] at night in dreams and visions, when we are on our beds, asleep [DOU].
Ɔkasa wɔ daeɛso ne anadwo anisoadehunu mu, ɛberɛ a nna afa nnipa na wɔretu nkorɔmo wɔ wɔn mpa so,
16 He reveals things [MTY] to us and terrifies us by the things he warns us about.
ɔtumi kasa gu wɔn asom na ɔde kɔkɔbɔ yi wɔn hu,
17 He tell us those things in order that we stop doing [evil] things and to prevent us from becoming proud.
sɛ ɔbɛdane onipa afiri nneyɛɛ bɔne ho na watwe no afiri ahantan ho,
18 He does not want us to be destroyed [MTY]; he wants to prevent us from dying [MTY] [while we are still young].
sɛ ɔmma ne ɔkra nnkɔ amena mu na ɔnhwere ne nkwa wɔ akofena ano.
19 God also [sometimes] corrects us by forcing us to lie on our beds suffering much pain and with fever/aching in our bones.
Onyankopɔn tumi de yea twe onipa aso ɛberɛ a ɔda mpa so na ne nnompe mu yea nnyae da,
20 The result is that we do not desire any food, not even very special food.
kɔsi sɛ ne kɔn nnɔ aduane na ne ɔkra nso po aduane a ɛyɛ akɔnnɔ pa ara;
21 Our bodies become very thin, with the result that we look like skeletons [HYP], and our bones stick out.
ɔfɔn yɛ basaa, na ne nnompe a anka ɛho akata no ho da hɔ.
22 [We know that] we will soon die and go to the place where dead people are.
Ne ɔkra bɛn damena, na ne nkwa bɛn owuo abɔfoɔ.
23 “But sometimes an angel [may come to one of us], one of the thousands of angels who come to intervene between us and God, to tell us what are the right things for us [to do].
“Nanso sɛ abɔfoɔ apem no mu baako wɔ nʼafa sɛ ɔdimafoɔ a ɔbɛkyerɛ no deɛ ɛyɛ ma no a,
24 The angel is kind to us and says to God, ‘Release that person, so that he does not descend to the place where dead people are! Do that because I have found the money to pay so that he can be released!
ɔbɛhunu no mmɔbɔ na waka sɛ, ‘Monnyaa no na wankɔ damena mu; na manya mpatadeɛ ama no,’
25 Allow his body to be strong again; allow him to be strong like he was when he was a youth!’
afei ne wedeɛ bɛyɛ foforɔ sɛ abɔfra deɛ, na asi ne dada mu sɛ mmeranteberɛ mu deɛ.
26 When that happens, that person will pray to God, and God will accept/answer him; he will (enter God’s presence/worship God) joyfully, and then he will tell others how God saved him [from dying].
Sɛ ɔbɔ Onyankopɔn mpaeɛ a, ɔbɛnya adom afiri ne hɔ, ɔbɛhunu Onyankopɔn anim na ɔde ahosɛpɛ ateam na Onyankopɔn agye no bio sɛ ɔteneneeni.
27 He will sing as he tells everyone, ‘I sinned, and I did things that were not right, but God did not punish me in the way that I deserved.
Afei ɔbɛba nnipa mu abɛka sɛ, ‘Meyɛɛ bɔne na mekyeaa deɛ ɛtene, nanso wantwe mʼaso sɛdeɛ ɛfata me.
28 He has saved me from dying and going to the place where dead people are, and I will continue to enjoy being alive.’
Ɔgyee me ɔkra na wamma no ankɔ damena mu, enti mɛtena ase na madi hann no mu dɛ.’
29 God does all these things for us many times;
“Onyankopɔn yɛ yeinom nyinaa ma onipa, mprɛnu ne ne mprɛnsa so,
30 he keeps us [SYN] from [dying and] going to the place where the dead are, in order that we can continue to enjoy being alive [IDM].
sɛdeɛ onipa kra renkɔ damena mu, na nkwa hann no ahyerɛn ne so.
31 So Job, listen to me; do not say anything more; just allow me to speak.
“Yɛ aso, Hiob, na tie me; yɛ dinn na menkasa.
32 [After I speak], if you have something more that you want to say to me, say it, because I would like to find a way to declare that you (are innocent/have not done what is wrong).
Na sɛ wowɔ biribi ka a, bua me; kasa, na mepɛ sɛ wɔbu wo bem.
33 But if you have nothing more that you want to say, then just listen to me, and I will teach you how to become wise.”
Sɛ ɛnte saa nso a, ɛnneɛ tie me. Yɛ dinn na mɛkyerɛ wo nyansa.”
