Hiob 11
1 Naamatitɔ, Zofar ɖo eŋu na Hiob be,
And Zophar the Naamathite answers and says:
2 “Ɖe woagbe nya siawo ŋu ɖoɖo na wòa? Ɖe woabe nyawɔla sia tɔ dzɔa?
“Is a multitude of words not answered? And is a man of lips justified?
3 Ɖe wò nya dzodzro siawo ade ga nu na amewoa? Ɖe ame aɖeke meli aka mo na wò ne èle fewu ɖum oa?
Your boastings make men keep silent, You scorn, and none is causing blushing!
4 Ègblɔ na Mawu be ‘Kpɔtsɔtsɔ mele nu siwo dzi mexɔ se la ŋu o eye medza le ŋkuwòme.’
And you say, My discourse [is] pure, And I have been clean in Your eyes.
5 O, aleke medi be Mawu naƒo nu, ne wòake eƒe nuyiwo ɖe ŋutiwò,
And yet, O that God had spoken! And opens His lips with you.
6 ne wòaɖe nunya ƒe nu ɣaɣlawo afia wò elabena mo evee li na nunya. Vavã, nya esia be: Mawu ŋlɔ wò nu vɔ̃wo dometɔ aɖewo be gɔ̃ hã.
And declares to you secrets of wisdom, for counsel has foldings. And know that God forgets of your iniquity for you.
7 “Àte ŋu ase Mawu ƒe nya goglowo gɔmea? Àte ŋu adzro Ŋusẽkatãtɔ la ƒe mlɔenuwo ke mea?
Do you find out God by searching? To perfection find out the Mighty One?
Heights of the heavens—what [can] you do? Deeper than Sheol—what [can] you know? (Sheol h7585)
9 Wodidi wu anyigba eye wokeke wu atsiaƒu.
Its measure [is] longer than earth, and broader than the sea.
10 Ke ne eva do, hede wò gaxɔ me eye wòdrɔ̃ ʋɔnu wò la, ame ka ate ŋu atsi tsitre ɖe eŋu?
If He passes on, and shuts up, and assembles, Who then reverses it?
11 Vavã enyaa alakpatɔwo eye ne ekpɔ nu vɔ̃ɖi la, ɖe medzea sii oa?
For He has known men of vanity, And He sees iniquity, And one does not consider [it]!
12 Gake abe ale si gbetedzi mate ŋu adzi vi wòanye amegbetɔ o ene la, nenema kee womate ŋu awɔ bometsila hã wòazu nunyala o.
And empty man is bold, And man is born [as] the colt of a wild donkey.
13 “Ke hã la, ne ètsɔ wò dzi nɛ blibo, ne èwu wò asiwo dzi do ɖe egbɔ,
If you have prepared your heart, And have spread out your hands to Him,
14 ne èɖe nu vɔ̃ siwo le wò asi me la ɖa eye ne mèɖe mɔ na nu vɔ̃ɖi aɖeke be wòanɔ wò agbadɔ me o la,
If iniquity [is] in your hand, put it far off, And do not let perverseness dwell in your tents.
15 ekema àkɔ wò mo dzi ŋukpemanɔmee, ànɔ te sesĩe eye mavɔ̃ o.
For then you lift up your face from blemish, And you have been firm, and do not fear.
16 Le nyateƒe me la, àŋlɔ wò hiãkame be eye àɖo ŋku edzi ko abe tsi sisi si nu va yi la ene.
For you forget misery, As waters passed away you remember.
17 Wò agbe me akɔ wu ŋdɔkutsu dzati eye viviti anɔ na wò abe ŋdikekeli ene.
And age rises above the noon, You fly—you are as the morning.
18 Ànɔ dedie elabena mɔkpɔkpɔ li, àtsa ŋku godoo eye àmlɔ anyi bɔkɔɔ le dedinɔnɔ me.
And you have trusted because there is hope, And searched—in confidence you lie down,
19 Àmlɔ anyi eye ame aɖeke mava do ŋɔdzi na wò o; ale ame geɖewo ava bia amenuveve tso gbɔwò.
And you have rested, And none is causing trembling, And many have begged [at] your face;
20 Ke ɖeɖi ate ame vɔ̃ɖiwo ƒe ŋkuwo ŋu, bebeƒe abu ɖe wo eye woƒe mɔkpɔkpɔ azu kudɔƒoƒo.”
And the eyes of the wicked are consumed, And refuge has perished from them, And their hope [is] a breathing out of soul!”
