Job 35
1 And Elihu answereth and saith: —
Afei, Elihu kaa sɛ:
2 This hast thou reckoned for judgment: Thou hast said — 'My righteousness [is] more than God's?'
“Wogye di sɛ yei fata? Woka sɛ, ‘Onyankopɔn bɛtwitwa agye me.’
3 For thou sayest, 'What doth it profit Thee! What do I profit from my sin?'
Nanso wobisa no sɛ, ‘Mfasoɔ bɛn na mɛnya, na sɛ manyɛ bɔne a, mfasoɔ bɛn na mɛnya?’
4 I return thee words, and thy friends with thee,
“Mepɛ sɛ mebua wo ne wo nnamfonom nyinaa.
5 Behold attentively the heavens — and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than thou.
Ma wʼani so kyerɛ ɔsoro na hwɛ; hwɛ omununkum a ɛwɔ wʼatifi ɔsorosoro nohoa.
6 If thou hast sinned, what dost thou against Him? And thy transgressions have been multiplied, What dost thou to Him?
Sɛ woyɛ bɔne a, ɛkwan bɛn so na ɛsakyera Onyankopɔn? Mpo sɛ wo bɔne dɔɔso a, nsunsuansoɔ bɛn na ɛnya wo ne so?
7 If thou hast been righteous, What dost thou give to Him? Or what from thy hand doth He receive?
Sɛ wotene a, ɛdeɛn na wode ma noɔ anaasɛ ɛdeɛn na ɔnya firi wo nsam?
8 For a man like thyself [is] thy wickedness, And for a son of man thy righteousness.
Wʼamumuyɛ pira onipa a ɔte sɛ wo na wo tenenee pira nnipa mma nko ara.
9 Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty.
“Nnipa su ɛberɛ a wɔwɔ nhyɛsoɔ ase; na wɔsrɛ mmoa firi deɛ ɔwɔ tumi nsam.
10 And none said, 'Where [is] God my maker? Giving songs in the night,
Nanso, obi mmisa sɛ, ‘Ɛhe na Onyankopɔn, me Yɛfoɔ no wɔ, deɛ ɔma nnwom anadwo no,
11 Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Yea, than the fowl of the heavens He maketh us wiser.'
deɛ ɔkyerɛ yɛn nimdeɛ bebree sene asase so mmoa na ɔma yɛhunu nyansa sene ewiem nnomaa?’
12 There they cry, and He doth not answer, Because of the pride of evil doers.
Sɛ nnipa su team a, ɔmmua, amumuyɛfoɔ ahantan enti.
13 Surely vanity God doth not hear, And the Mighty doth not behold it.
Ampa ara Onyankopɔn rentie wɔn nkotosrɛ hunu no; na Otumfoɔ remmu.
14 Yea, though thou sayest thou dost not behold Him, Judgment [is] before Him, and stay for Him.
Woka sɛ wonhunu no, nanso sɛ wotwɛn no a, ɔde atɛntenenee bɛba enti ɛsɛ sɛ wotwɛn no.
15 And, now, because there is not, He hath appointed His anger, And He hath not known in great extremity.
Bio, woka sɛ nʼabufuo mmfa asotweɛ mma na nʼani nni amumuyɛsɛm akyi pii.
16 And Job [with] vanity doth open his mouth, Without knowledge words he multiplieth.
Enti Hiob bue nʼano ka nsɛm hunu; nimdeɛ a ɔnni enti, ɔkeka nsɛm bebree.”
