Job 40
1 Yahweh continued to speak to Job; he said,
Afei Awurade buaa Hiob sɛ,
2 “Should anyone who wishes to criticize try to correct the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer.”
“Deɛ ɔne Otumfoɔ no wɔ asɛm no bɛtene ne so anaa? Ma deɛ ɔbɔ Onyankopɔn kwaadu no mmua no ɛ!”
3 Then Job answered Yahweh and said,
Na Hiob buaa Awurade sɛ,
4 “See, I am insignificant; how can I answer you? I put my hand over my mouth.
“Mensɛ na memfata, ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na matumi anya mmuaeɛ? Mede me nsa memua mʼano.
5 I spoke once, and I will not answer; indeed, twice, but I will proceed no further.”
Makasa baako, nanso menni mmuaeɛ mprenu so, na merenkasa bio.”
6 Then Yahweh answered Job out of a fierce storm and said,
Afei, Awurade firi ahum mu buaa Hiob sɛ,
7 “Now gird up your loins like a man, for I will ask you questions, and you must answer me.
“Hyɛ wo ho den sɛ ɔbarima; mɛbisa wo nsɛm, na ɛsɛ sɛ wobua me.
8 Will you actually say that I am unjust? Will you condemn me so you may claim you are right?
“Wobɛka mʼatemmuo ho asɛm bɔne anaa? Wobɛbu me fɔ de abu wo ho bem?
9 Do you have an arm like God's? Can you thunder with a voice like him?
Wowɔ abasa te sɛ Onyankopɔn deɛ, na wo nne bɛtumi abobom sɛ ne deɛ?
10 Now clothe yourself in glory and dignity; array yourself in honor and majesty.
Ɛnneɛ fa animuonyam ne ɔhyerɛn hyehyɛ wo ho, na fira anidie ne kɛseyɛ.
11 Scatter around the excess of your anger; look at everyone who is proud and bring him down.
Hwie wʼabufuhyeɛ mmoroso no gu, hwɛ ɔhantanni biara na brɛ no ase,
12 Look at everyone who is proud and bring him low; trample down wicked people where they stand.
hwɛ ɔhantanni biara na si no fam na tiatia amumuyɛfoɔ so wɔ faako a wɔgyina hɔ.
13 Bury them in the earth together; imprison their faces in the hidden place.
Sie wɔn nyinaa bɔ mu wɔ mfuturo mu; kata wɔn anim wɔ damena mu.
14 Then will I also acknowledge about you that your own right hand can save you.
Na afei mʼankasa mɛgye atom sɛ wo ara wo basa nifa bɛtumi agye wo nkwa.
15 Look now at the behemoth, which I made when I made you; he eats grass like an ox.
“Hwɛ susono, deɛ meyɛɛ no kaa wo ho na ɔwe ɛserɛ te sɛ ɔnantwie.
16 See now, his strength is in his loins; his power is in his belly's muscles.
Hwɛ ahoɔden a ɔwɔ wɔ nʼasene mu ne ahoɔden fufuo a ɛwɔ ne yafunu so wedeɛ mu!
17 He makes his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are joined together.
Ne dua hinhim sɛ ntweneduro; ne srɛ mu ntini yɛ peperee.
18 His bones are like tubes of bronze; his legs are like bars of iron.
Ne nnompe te sɛ kɔbere mfrafraeɛ nnorobɛn, nʼabasa ne ne nan te sɛ nnadeɛ praban.
19 He is the chief of the creatures of God. Only God, who made him, can defeat him.
Ɔdi Onyankopɔn nsa ano adwuma mu kan, nanso ne Yɛfoɔ bɛtumi de akofena akɔ ne so.
20 For the hills provide him with food; the beasts of the field play nearby.
Nkokoɔ fifiri wɔn nnɔbaeɛ ma no, na wiram mmoa nyinaa goro bɛn hɔ.
21 He lies under the lotus plants in the shelter of the reeds, in the marshes.
Nkasɛɛ nkasɛɛ nnua ase na ɔda, na atɛkyɛ mu demmire akata no so.
22 The lotus plants cover him with their shade; the willows of the brook are all around him.
Nkasɛɛ nkasɛɛ nwunu no hata ne so; na nsunoa nnua atwa ne ho ahyia.
23 See, if a river floods its banks, he does not tremble; he is confident, though the Jordan should surge up to his mouth.
Nsuo nworosoɔ nha no; mpo sɛ Yordan bobɔ ba nʼano a, ɔnni ɔhaw.
24 Can anyone capture him with a hook, or pierce his nose through with a snare?
Obi bɛtumi akye no animono; anaa obi bɛtumi de afidie ayi no na wabɔne ne hwene mu?
