Hiob 23
1 Tete Hiob ɖo eŋu be,
Then Job answered and said,
2 “Egbe gɔ̃ hã nye konyifafa do gã ɖe edzi, eƒe asi sẽ ɖe dzinye, evɔ mele hũu ɖem hafi.
“Even today my complaint is bitter; my hand is heavy because of my groaning.
3 Nenye ɖe manya afi si makpɔe le, nenye ɖe mayi enɔƒe la, anyo ŋutɔ!
Oh, that I knew where I might find him! Oh, that I might come to his place!
4 Matsɔ nye nya aɖo eŋkume eye nye nu me ayɔ fũu kple nya siwo matsɔ aɖe ɖokuinye nu
I would lay my case in order before him and fill my mouth with arguments.
5 Ne makpɔ ale si wòaɖo eŋu nam eye mabu nya si wòagblɔ la ŋuti.
I would learn the words with which he would answer me and would understand what he would say to me.
6 Ɖe wòatsi tsitre ɖe ŋunye kple ŋusẽ gã aɖea? Ao, ke boŋ aɖo tom
Would he argue against me in the greatness of his power? No, he would pay attention to me.
7 Afi ma ame dzɔdzɔe ate ŋu atsɔ eƒe nyawo aɖo eŋkume le eye woaɖem tegbee tso nye ʋɔnudrɔ̃la ƒe asi me.
There the upright person might argue with him. In this way I would be acquitted forever by my judge.
8 “Gake ne meyi ɣedzeƒe la, mele afi ma o, ne meyi ɣetoɖoƒe la, nyemekpɔe le afi ma hã o.
See, I go eastward, but he is not there, and westward, but I cannot perceive him.
9 Ne ele dɔ wɔm le anyiehe la, nyemekpɔnɛ o, ne etrɔ ɖe dziehe hã la, nye ŋku melɔnɛ o.
To the north, where he is at work, but I cannot see him, and to the south, where he hides himself so that I cannot see him.
10 Gake enya mɔ si dzi mele, ne edom kpɔ la, mato eme abe sika ene.
But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come out like gold.
11 Nye afɔwo le eƒe afɔtoƒewo yome kplikplikpli, melé eƒe mɔ tsɔ eye nyemedze ɖe aga o.
My foot has held fast to his steps; I have kept to his way and turned not aside.
12 Nyemete ɖe aga tso eƒe nuyiwo ƒe sededewo gbɔ o, mede asixɔxɔ eƒe nyawo ŋu wu nye gbe sia gbe ƒe nuɖuɖu.
I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food.
13 “Ke eya ɖekae li, ame ka ate ŋu axe mɔ nɛ? Nu sia nu si dze eŋu lae wòwɔna.
But he is one of a kind, who can turn him back? What he desires, he does.
14 Ena se siwo wòde ɖi la va eme ɖe ŋutinye eye ɖoɖo siawo tɔgbi gale esi ɖe ŋunye.
For he carries out his decree against me; there are many like them.
15 Esia ta ŋɔ dzim le eŋkume eye ne mebu esiawo katã ŋuti la, mevɔ̃na nɛ.
Therefore, I am terrified in his presence; when I think about him, I am afraid of him.
16 Mawu na dzi ɖe le ƒonye, Ŋusẽkatãtɔ la do ŋɔdzi nam.
For God has made my heart weak; the Almighty has terrified me.
17 Ke hã la, viviti la alo blukɔ tsiɖitsiɖi si tsyɔ mo nam la mena ɖoɖoe zi le nunye o.
I have not been brought to an end by darkness, because of the thick darkness that covers the gloom of my face.
