Hiob 21
1 Hiob ɖo nya ŋu nɛ be,
and to answer Job and to say
2 “Ɖo to nyuie nàse nye nyawo, esia nenye akɔfafa si nànam.
to hear: hear to hear: hear speech my and to be this consolation your
3 Migbɔ dzi ɖi nam, ne maƒo nu eye ne meƒo nu vɔ la, miate ŋu ayi miaƒe alɔmeɖeɖe dzi.
to lift: bear me and I to speak: speak and after to speak: speak I to mock
4 “Amegbetɔe mele konyi fam na? Nu ka ta nyemagbe dzigbɔɖeanyi o?
I to/for man complaint my and if: surely no why? not be short spirit: temper my
5 Mikpɔm ɖa, ne miaƒe mo nawɔ yaa eye miaƒu asi nu.
to turn to(wards) me and be desolate: appalled and to set: put hand upon lip
6 Ne mebu nu sia ŋuti la ŋɔ dziam eye nye ameti blibo la medzona nyanyanya.
and if to remember and to dismay and to grasp flesh my shuddering
7 Nu ka ta ame vɔ̃ɖiwo nɔa agbe, tsina, kua amegã, eye woƒe ŋusẽ dzina ɖe edzi ɖo?
why? wicked to live to proceed also to prevail strength
8 Wonɔa agbe, kpɔa wo viwo lia ke heƒoa xlã wo eye woƒe dzidzimeviwo tsina le wo ŋkume.
seed: children their to establish: establish to/for face their with them and offspring their to/for eye their
9 Woƒe aƒewo me le dedie, wovo tso vɔvɔ̃ ƒe asi me eye Mawu ƒe ameƒoti mevaa wo dzi o.
house: household their peace: well-being from dread and not tribe: staff god upon them
10 Woƒe nyitsuwo megbea asiyɔyɔ o, woƒe nyinɔwo dzia vi eye fu megena le wo ƒo o.
cattle his to pass and not to abhor to escape heifer his and not be bereaved
11 Woɖea wo viwo doa goe abe lãha ene eye wo vi suewo nɔa fefem henɔa ɣe ɖum.
to send: depart like/as flock boy their and youth their to skip about [emph?]
12 Wodzia ha ɖe asiʋuiwo kple kasaŋkuwo ŋu eye wotua aglo ɖe kpẽ ƒe ɖiɖi ŋu.
to lift: bear like/as tambourine and lyre and to rejoice to/for voice: sound pipe
(to end: finish *Q(K)*) in/on/with good day their and in/on/with moment hell: Sheol to descend (Sheol h7585)
14 gake wogblɔna na Mawu be, ‘Ɖe asi le mía ŋu! Medzro mí be míanya wò mɔwo o.
and to say to/for God to turn aside: depart from us and knowledge way: conduct your not to delight in
15 Ame kae nye Ŋusẽkatãtɔ be míasubɔe? Viɖe ka míakpɔ ne míedo gbe ɖa nɛ?’
what? Almighty for to serve: minister him and what? to gain for to fall on in/on/with him
16 Evɔa woƒe dzidzedzekpɔkpɔ mele woawo ŋutɔ ƒe asi me o, eya ta menɔ adzɔge na ame vɔ̃ɖiwo ƒe aɖaŋudede.
look! not in/on/with hand their goodness their counsel wicked to remove from me
17 “Ke hã la, zi nenie ame vɔ̃ɖiwo ƒe akaɖi tsina? Zi nenie dzɔgbevɔ̃e dzɔna ɖe wo dzi, esi nye nu si Mawu ɖo ɖi na wo le eƒe dziku me?
like/as what? lamp wicked to put out and to come (in): come upon them calamity their pain to divide in/on/with face: anger his
18 Zi nenie wole abe gbe ƒuƒu si ya lɔ ɖe nu alo atsa si ahom lɔ ɖe nu ene?
to be like/as straw to/for face: before spirit: breath and like/as chaff to steal him whirlwind
19 Wogblɔ be, ‘Mawu ɖo amegbetɔ ƒe tohehe ɖi na via ŋutsuwo.’ Anyo be wòahe to na amea ŋutɔ, ne wòanya nu si wònye!
god to treasure to/for son: child his evil: wickedness his to complete to(wards) him and to know
20 Eya ŋutɔ ƒe ŋkuwo nekpɔ eƒe gbegblẽ, eye wòano Ŋusẽkatãtɔ la ƒe dɔmedzoekplu
to see: see (eye his *Q(K)*) ruin his and from rage Almighty to drink
21 elabena ɖe wòtsɔ ɖe le eme na ƒometɔ siwo wògblẽ ɖe megbe esi ɣleti siwo woɖo ɖi nɛ la wu nua?
for what? pleasure his in/on/with house: household his after him and number month his to divide
22 “Ɖe ame aɖe ate ŋu afia gɔmesese Mawu, esi wònye eyae drɔ̃a ʋɔnu ame kɔkɔtɔ gɔ̃ hã?
to/for God to learn: teach knowledge and he/she/it to exalt to judge
23 Ame aɖe ku esi eƒe agbe ɖo vivime, wòle dedinɔnɔ me eye wòɖe dzi ɖi bɔkɔɔ,
this to die in/on/with bone integrity his all his at ease and at ease
24 eƒe ŋutilã kpɔ nunyiame nyuitɔ eye ƒutomemi yɔ eƒe ƒuwo me fũu.
belly his to fill milk and marrow bone his to water: watering
25 Ame bubu ku le eƒe luʋɔ ƒe nuxaxa me eye mese vivi na nu vivi aɖeke kpɔ o.
and this to die in/on/with soul bitter and not to eat in/on/with welfare
26 Ke wo ame evea mlɔ kasanu le ke me, eye ŋɔviwo ɖi ba ɖe wo kple evea dzi.
unitedness upon dust to lie down: lay down and worm to cover upon them
27 “Menya nu siwo susum miele la nyuie kple nu vɔ̃ɖi siwo ɖom miele be miadze agɔ le dzinye.
look! to know plot your and plot upon me to injure
28 Miegblɔ be, ‘Afi ka ame xɔŋkɔ la ƒe aƒe le eye agbadɔ si me ame vɔ̃ɖiwo nɔ la ɖe?’
for to say where? house: home noble and where? tent tabernacle wicked
29 Miebia gbe mɔzɔlawo kpɔ oa? Mietsɔ ɖeke le woƒe nuteƒekpɔkpɔ si wogblɔ fia mi la me be
not to ask to pass way: road and sign: indicator their not to recognize
30 woɖea ame vɔ̃ɖi le dzɔgbevɔ̃egbe, eye woɖenɛ le dzikugbe oa?
for to/for day calamity to withhold bad: evil to/for day fury to conduct
31 Ame kae ɖe eƒe agbe vlo si nɔm wòle la ɖe mo nɛ kpɔ? Ame kae ɖoa nu tovo si wòwɔ la teƒe nɛ?
who? to tell upon face his way: conduct his and he/she/it to make: do who? to complete to/for him
32 Wokɔnɛ yia yɔdo gbɔe eye wodzɔa eƒe yɔdokpe ŋu.
and he/she/it to/for grave to conduct and upon tomb to watch
33 Ke siwo le balime la vivi enu, amewo katã dze eyome eye ameha gã aɖe si womate ŋu axlẽ o la dze ŋgɔ nɛ.
be sweet to/for him clod torrent: valley and after him all man to draw and to/for face: before his nothing number
34 “Eya ta aleke miate ŋu awɔ atsɔ miaƒe bometsinyawo afa akɔ nam mahã? Naneke mele miaƒe nyaŋuɖoɖowo me wu alakpa o!”
and how? to be sorry: comfort me vanity and turn your to remain unfaithfulness
