Job 31
1 I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then should I look with desire on a virgin?
“Mebla nu kple nye ŋku be megakpɔ ɖetugbi aɖeke ahiãdzetɔe o.
2 For what is the portion from God above, the inheritance from the Almighty on high?
Elabena nu kae nye amegbetɔ tɔ gome tso Mawu si le dziƒo la gbɔ kple eƒe domenyinu tso Ŋusẽkatãtɔ si le dziƒo ʋĩi la gbɔ?
3 I used to think that calamity is for unrighteous people, and that disaster is for doers of wickedness.
Ɖe menye gbegblẽ wònye na ame vɔ̃ɖiwo kple dzɔgbevɔ̃e na nu tovo wɔlawo oa?
4 Does not God see my ways and count all my steps?
Ɖe mekpɔ nye mɔwo eye wòxlẽ nye afɔɖeɖe ɖe sia ɖe oa?
5 If I have walked with falsehood, if my foot has hurried to deceit,
“Nenye be mezɔ le aʋatsokaka me alo nye afɔ ɖe abla ɖe amebeble ŋuti la,
6 let me be weighed in an even balance so that God will know my integrity.
ekema Mawu nedam le nudanu nyuitɔ dzi eye wòanya be nyemeɖi fɔ o.
7 If my step has turned aside from the way, if my heart has gone after my eyes, if any spot has stuck to my hands,
Nenye be nye afɔ tra le mɔ la dzi, nenye be nye dzi kplɔ nu si nye ŋkuwo kpɔ la ɖo alo nye asiwo ƒo ɖi la,
8 then let me sow, and let another eat, and let my crops be uprooted.
ekema ame bubuwo neɖu nu siwo meƒã eye woneho nye nukuwo le bo dzi.
9 If my heart has been deceived by a woman, if I have lain in wait at my neighbor's door,
“Ne nyɔnu aɖe flu nye dzi alo mede xa ɖe nye aƒelika ƒe ʋɔtru nu la,
10 then let my wife grind grain for another, and let others bow down on her.
ekema srɔ̃nye netu bli na ŋutsu bubu eye ŋutsu bubuwo nedɔ kplii.
11 For that would be a terrible crime; indeed, it would be a crime to be punished by judges.
Elabena esia anye ŋukpenanu kple nu vɔ̃ si dze na ʋɔnudɔdrɔ̃.
12 For that is a fire that consumes as far as Abaddon, and it would burn all my harvest to the root.
Enye dzo si bina hena gbegblẽ, eye wòaho nye nukuwo akɔ ɖi.
13 If I ignored the plea for justice from my male or female servant when they argued with me,
“Ne nyemetso afia nyui na nye dɔlaŋutsuwo kple dɔlanyɔnuwo ne wotsɔ nya ɖe ŋunye o la,
14 what then would I do when God rises up to accuse me? When he comes to judge me, how would I answer him?
nu ka mawɔ ne Mawu bia gbem? Ŋuɖoɖo ka mana ne eyɔm be mana akɔnta?
15 Did the one who made me in the womb not make them also? Did not the same one mold us all in the womb?
Ɖe menye ame si wɔm ɖe vidzidɔ me lae wɔ woawo hã oa? Ɖe menye eya koe wɔ mí ame evea katã ɖe mía dadawo ƒe dɔ me oa?
16 If I have withheld poor people from their desire, or if I have caused the eyes of the widow to grow dim from crying,
“Nenye be mete hiãtɔwo woƒe didiwo alo mena nu te ahosiwo ƒe ŋkuwo ŋu,
17 or if I have eaten my morsel alone and not allowed those without fathers to eat it also—
nenye be nye ɖeɖe meɖu nye abolo heku ŋɔ tsyɔ̃evi la, eya ko woagblɔ nya aɖe,
18 because from my youth the orphan grew up with me as with a father, and I have guided his mother, a widow, from my own mother's womb.
evɔ la tso nye ɖekakpuime ke, menyi tyɔẽviwo abe fofo ene eye tso nye ɖevime ke, mefia mɔ ahosiwo.
19 If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, or if I have seen that a needy man had no clothing;
Ne mekpɔ ame aɖe wòle tsɔtsrɔ̃m le avɔmanɔamesi ta alo hiãtɔ si mekpɔ awu ne wòado o
20 if his heart has not blessed me because he has not been warmed with the wool of my sheep,
eye eƒe dzi meyram be metsɔ avɔ si wowɔ kple nye alẽwo ƒe fu nɛ be wòade dzo lãme nɛ o,
21 if I have lifted up my hand against fatherless people because I saw my support in the city gate, then bring charges against me!
ne mekɔ nye asi dzi ɖe tsyɔ̃evi ŋu, evɔa menya be woxɔa nye nya le ʋɔnu la,
22 If I have done these things, then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder blade, and let my arm be broken from its joint.
ekema na be nye abɔ nage le abɔgba ŋu eye wòaŋe le ekpeƒe.
23 For I dreaded destruction from God; because of his majesty, I was not able to do those things.
Elabena gbegblẽ si tso Mawu gbɔ la le ŋɔ dzim nam, eye vɔvɔ̃ na eƒe atsyɔ̃ mana mawɔ nu mawo o.
24 If I have made gold my hope, and if I have said to fine gold, 'You are what I am confident in';
“Nenye ɖe meɖo dzi ɖe sika ŋu alo megblɔ na sika nyuitɔ be, ‘Wòe nye nye sitsoƒe,’
25 if I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, because my hand had gotten many possessions, then bring charges against me!
nenye ɖe mekpɔ dzidzɔ le nye kesinɔnu gbogboawo ta, nu siwo nye alɔ wɔ dɔ kpɔ,
26 If I have seen the sun when it shone, or the moon walking in its brightness,
nenye ɖe mede bubu ɣe ŋuti le ale si wòle keklẽm alo ɣleti le ale si wòle yiyim kple atsyɔ̃,
27 and if my heart has been secretly attracted, so that my mouth has kissed my hand in worship of them—
ale be woflu nye dzi le adzame eye metsɔ nye asi wɔ dzesi na wo be melɔ̃ wo, de bubu wo ŋu la,
28 this also would be a crime to be punished by judges, for I would have denied the God who is above.
ekema esiawo hã anye nu vɔ̃ siwo wòle be woahe ayi ʋɔnu, elabena adze ƒãa be nyemeto nyateƒe na Mawu le dziƒo o.
29 If I have rejoiced at the destruction of anyone who hated me or congratulated myself when disaster overtook him, then bring charges against me!
“Nenye ɖe mekpɔ dzidzɔ le nye futɔ ƒe dzɔgbevɔ̃e me dzedze ŋu alo dzɔ dzi le hiã siwo tui ta la, eya ko magblɔ nya aɖe.
30 Indeed, I have not even allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse.
Gake nyemeɖe mɔ na nye nu be wòawɔ nu vɔ̃ to ɖiŋudodo na eƒe agbe me o.
31 If the men of my tent have never said, 'Who can find one who has not been filled with Job's food?'
Nenye ɖe ame siwo le aƒenye me la se megblɔ kpɔ be, ‘Ame kae meɖu Hiob ƒe abolo ɖi ƒo kpɔ o?’ la, anye ne enye nya bubu
32 (even the foreigner has never had to stay in the city square, because I have always opened my doors to the traveler), and if that is not so, then bring charges against me!
elabena mele na amedzro aɖeke be wòatsi mɔto adɔ o elabena nye ʋɔtru le ʋuʋu ɖi ɣe sia ɣi na mɔzɔlawo.
33 If, like mankind, I have hidden my sins by hiding my guilt inside my tunic
Nenye ɖe meɣla nye nu vɔ̃ abe ale si amewo wɔna ene, be meɣla nye dzidada ɖe nye dzi me,
34 (because I feared the great multitude, because the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silent and would not go outside), then bring charges against me!
elabena mevɔ̃ na ameha la ŋutɔ eye mevɔ̃ na dukɔ la ƒe vlododo ale gbegbe be, mezi ɖoɖoe hegbe gododo ɖe gota la, anye ne enye nya bubu kura.
35 Oh, if only I had someone to hear me! See, here is my signature; let the Almighty answer me! If only I had the indictment that my opponent has written!
“O, ɖe ame aɖe le asinye aɖo tom ɖe! Kpɔ ɖa mede asi ɖokuinyetaʋlinyawo te, azɔ la, Ŋusẽkatãtɔ la neɖo eŋu nam, ame si le nunye tsom la hã neŋlɔ nunyetsonyawo ɖe agbalẽ dzi.
36 Surely I would carry it openly on my shoulder; I would put it on like a crown.
Vavã malée ɖe nye abɔta eye maɖɔe ɖe ta abe fiakuku ene.
37 I would declare to him an accounting for my steps; as a confident prince I would go up to him.
Mana nutsotsoe tso nye afɔɖeɖe ɖe sia ɖe ŋuti eye mate ɖe eŋu abe fiavi ene.
38 If my land ever cries out against me, and its furrows weep together,
“Nenye ɖe nye anyigba fa avi ɖe ŋutinye eye eƒe boliƒowo yɔ kple aɖatsi,
39 if I have eaten its harvest without paying for it or have caused its owners to lose their lives,
nenye be meɖu eƒe kutsetsewo femaxee alo mena dɔwɔla siwo le agblea dzi la ƒe gbɔgbɔ gbã gudugudugudu la,
40 then let thorns grow instead of wheat and weeds instead of barley.” The words of Job are finished.
ekema aŋɔkawo nemie nam ɖe lu teƒe eye gbe wuwluiwo nemie ɖe ƒo teƒe.” Esiae nye Hiob ƒe nyawo ƒe nuwuwu.
