Job 35
1 Moreover Elihu answered,
Tete Elihu yi eƒe nuƒoa dzi be,
2 “Do you think this to be your right, or do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s,’
“Èsusu be esia le dzɔdzɔea? Ègblɔ be, ‘Mawu atso afia nam’
3 that you ask, ‘What advantage will it be to you? What profit will I have, more than if I had sinned?’
gake nèhele ebiam be, ‘Viɖe ka wònye nam eye nu ka makpɔ le eme ne nyemewɔ nu vɔ̃ o?’
4 I will answer you, and your companions with you.
“Medi be maɖo eŋu na wò kple xɔ̃wò siwo le gbɔwò.
5 Look to the skies, and see. See the skies, which are higher than you.
Wu mo dzi nàkpɔ dziƒo ɖa, le ŋku ɖe lilikpo siwo le dziƒo boo le tawòme
6 If you have sinned, what effect do you have against him? If your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?
Ne èwɔ nu vɔ̃ la, nu ka wòawɔ le eŋu? Ne wò nu vɔ̃wo sɔ gbɔ fũu la, nu ka wòagblẽ le eŋu?
7 If you are righteous, what do you give him? Or what does he receive from your hand?
Ne ènye dzɔdzɔetɔ la, nu kae nètsɔ nɛ, alo nu kae wòxɔ tso asiwò me?
8 Your wickedness may hurt a man as you are, and your righteousness may profit a son of man.
Ame abe wò ene ko dzie wò vɔ̃ɖivɔ̃ɖi awɔ dɔ ɖo eye amegbetɔviwo ko dzie wò dzɔdzɔenyenye awɔ dɔ ɖo.
9 “By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out. They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.
“Amewo le ɣli dom le teteɖeanyi ƒe agba kpekpewo te, wole kuku ɖem be woana gbɔdzɔe yewo tso Ŋusẽtɔ la ƒe alɔ sesẽ te
10 But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,
gake ɖeke mebia be, ‘Afi ka Mawu, nye Wɔla, ame si nana kafuhawo ɖina le zã me,
11 who teaches us more than the animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’
ame si fiaa nu geɖewo mí, wu gbemelã siwo le anyigba dzi eye wòwɔ mí nunyalawoe wu dziƒoxeviwo la le?’
12 There they cry, but no one answers, because of the pride of evil men.
Ne amewo le ɣli dom nɛ la, metɔna o, le ame vɔ̃ɖiwo ƒe ɖokuiŋudzedze ta.
13 Surely God will not hear an empty cry, neither will the Almighty regard it.
Vavã, Mawu meɖo to woƒe kokoƒoƒo gbɔlo la o eye Ŋusẽkatãtɔ la do toku wo.
14 How much less when you say you don’t see him. The cause is before him, and you wait for him!
Ne meɖo to emawo o la, aleke wòaɖo to esia ya boŋ esi nègblɔ be, mele ekpɔm o, wò nya la le eƒe asi me, eye ele be nàlalae.
15 But now, because he has not visited in his anger, neither does he greatly regard arrogance,
Gawu la, egblɔ be eƒe dziku mehea to na ame gbeɖe o eye menyea kɔ kpɔa vɔ̃ɖivɔ̃ɖi gɔ̃ hã o.
16 therefore Job opens his mouth with empty talk, and he multiplies words without knowledge.”
Ale Hiob ke eƒe nu hegblɔ nya dzodzrowo eye wòlɔ nya siwo me gɔmesese aɖeke mele o la kɔ ɖi gleglegle.”
