Job 23
1 And Job answereth and saith: —
Tete Hiob ɖo eŋu be,
2 Also — to-day [is] my complaint bitter, My hand hath been heavy because of my sighing.
“Egbe gɔ̃ hã nye konyifafa do gã ɖe edzi, eƒe asi sẽ ɖe dzinye, evɔ mele hũu ɖem hafi.
3 O that I had known — and I find Him, I come in unto His seat,
Nenye ɖe manya afi si makpɔe le, nenye ɖe mayi enɔƒe la, anyo ŋutɔ!
4 I arrange before Him the cause, And my mouth fill [with] arguments.
Matsɔ nye nya aɖo eŋkume eye nye nu me ayɔ fũu kple nya siwo matsɔ aɖe ɖokuinye nu
5 I know the words He doth answer me, And understand what He saith to me.
Ne makpɔ ale si wòaɖo eŋu nam eye mabu nya si wòagblɔ la ŋuti.
6 In the abundance of power doth He strive with me? No! surely He putteth [it] in me.
Ɖe wòatsi tsitre ɖe ŋunye kple ŋusẽ gã aɖea? Ao, ke boŋ aɖo tom
7 There the upright doth reason with Him, And I escape for ever from my judge.
Afi ma ame dzɔdzɔe ate ŋu atsɔ eƒe nyawo aɖo eŋkume le eye woaɖem tegbee tso nye ʋɔnudrɔ̃la ƒe asi me.
8 Lo, forward I go — and He is not, And backward — and I perceive him not.
“Gake ne meyi ɣedzeƒe la, mele afi ma o, ne meyi ɣetoɖoƒe la, nyemekpɔe le afi ma hã o.
9 [To] the left in His working — and I see not, He is covered [on] the right, and I behold not.
Ne ele dɔ wɔm le anyiehe la, nyemekpɔnɛ o, ne etrɔ ɖe dziehe hã la, nye ŋku melɔnɛ o.
10 For He hath known the way with me, He hath tried me — as gold I go forth.
Gake enya mɔ si dzi mele, ne edom kpɔ la, mato eme abe sika ene.
11 On His step hath my foot laid hold, His way I have kept, and turn not aside,
Nye afɔwo le eƒe afɔtoƒewo yome kplikplikpli, melé eƒe mɔ tsɔ eye nyemedze ɖe aga o.
12 The command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth.
Nyemete ɖe aga tso eƒe nuyiwo ƒe sededewo gbɔ o, mede asixɔxɔ eƒe nyawo ŋu wu nye gbe sia gbe ƒe nuɖuɖu.
13 And He [is] in one [mind], And who doth turn Him back? And His soul hath desired — and He doth [it].
“Ke eya ɖekae li, ame ka ate ŋu axe mɔ nɛ? Nu sia nu si dze eŋu lae wòwɔna.
14 For He doth complete my portion, And many such things [are] with Him.
Ena se siwo wòde ɖi la va eme ɖe ŋutinye eye ɖoɖo siawo tɔgbi gale esi ɖe ŋunye.
15 Therefore, from His presence I am troubled, I consider, and am afraid of Him.
Esia ta ŋɔ dzim le eŋkume eye ne mebu esiawo katã ŋuti la, mevɔ̃na nɛ.
16 And God hath made my heart soft, And the Mighty hath troubled me.
Mawu na dzi ɖe le ƒonye, Ŋusẽkatãtɔ la do ŋɔdzi nam.
17 For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness.
Ke hã la, viviti la alo blukɔ tsiɖitsiɖi si tsyɔ mo nam la mena ɖoɖoe zi le nunye o.
