Hiob 23
1 Tete Hiob ɖo eŋu be,
and to answer Job and to say
2 “Egbe gɔ̃ hã nye konyifafa do gã ɖe edzi, eƒe asi sẽ ɖe dzinye, evɔ mele hũu ɖem hafi.
also [the] day rebellion complaint my hand my to honor: heavy upon sighing my
3 Nenye ɖe manya afi si makpɔe le, nenye ɖe mayi enɔƒe la, anyo ŋutɔ!
who? to give: if only! to know and to find him to come (in): come till place his
4 Matsɔ nye nya aɖo eŋkume eye nye nu me ayɔ fũu kple nya siwo matsɔ aɖe ɖokuinye nu
to arrange to/for face: before his justice and lip my to fill argument
5 Ne makpɔ ale si wòaɖo eŋu nam eye mabu nya si wòagblɔ la ŋuti.
to know speech to answer me and to understand what? to say to/for me
6 Ɖe wòatsi tsitre ɖe ŋunye kple ŋusẽ gã aɖea? Ao, ke boŋ aɖo tom
in/on/with abundance strength to contend with me me not surely he/she/it to set: consider in/on/with me
7 Afi ma ame dzɔdzɔe ate ŋu atsɔ eƒe nyawo aɖo eŋkume le eye woaɖem tegbee tso nye ʋɔnudrɔ̃la ƒe asi me.
there upright to rebuke with him and to escape to/for perpetuity from to judge me
8 “Gake ne meyi ɣedzeƒe la, mele afi ma o, ne meyi ɣetoɖoƒe la, nyemekpɔe le afi ma hã o.
look! front: forward to go: went and nothing he and back and not to understand to/for him
9 Ne ele dɔ wɔm le anyiehe la, nyemekpɔnɛ o, ne etrɔ ɖe dziehe hã la, nye ŋku melɔnɛ o.
left in/on/with to make: do he and not to see to turn aside right and not to see: see
10 Gake enya mɔ si dzi mele, ne edom kpɔ la, mato eme abe sika ene.
for to know way: conduct with me me to test me like/as gold to come out: come
11 Nye afɔwo le eƒe afɔtoƒewo yome kplikplikpli, melé eƒe mɔ tsɔ eye nyemedze ɖe aga o.
in/on/with step his to grasp foot my way: conduct his to keep: obey and not to stretch
12 Nyemete ɖe aga tso eƒe nuyiwo ƒe sededewo gbɔ o, mede asixɔxɔ eƒe nyawo ŋu wu nye gbe sia gbe ƒe nuɖuɖu.
commandment lips his and not to remove from statute: portion my to treasure word lip his
13 “Ke eya ɖekae li, ame ka ate ŋu axe mɔ nɛ? Nu sia nu si dze eŋu lae wòwɔna.
and he/she/it in/on/with one and who? to return: turn back him and soul: myself his to desire and to make: do
14 Ena se siwo wòde ɖi la va eme ɖe ŋutinye eye ɖoɖo siawo tɔgbi gale esi ɖe ŋunye.
for to complete statute: portion my and like/as them many with him
15 Esia ta ŋɔ dzim le eŋkume eye ne mebu esiawo katã ŋuti la, mevɔ̃na nɛ.
upon so from face his to dismay to understand and to dread from him
16 Mawu na dzi ɖe le ƒonye, Ŋusẽkatãtɔ la do ŋɔdzi nam.
and God be tender heart my and Almighty to dismay me
17 Ke hã la, viviti la alo blukɔ tsiɖitsiɖi si tsyɔ mo nam la mena ɖoɖoe zi le nunye o.
for not to destroy from face: before darkness and from face my to cover darkness
