Hiob 29
1 Hiob yi eƒe nuƒoƒo dzi be,
And he repeated Job to take up discourse his and he said.
2 “O, ale si medi vevie be wòanɔ nam abe ale si wònɔ le ɣleti siwo va yi me la ene, le ŋkeke siwo me Mawu kpɔ tanye,
Who? will he give me like months of long ago like [the] days [when] God he watched over me.
3 esi eƒe akaɖi klẽ ɖe nye ta dzi eye eƒe kekeli na mezɔ to blukɔ tsiɖitsiɖi me!
When made shine he lamp his over head my to light his I walked darkness.
4 O, nenye ɖe wòanɔ nam abe nye lãmesẽŋkekewo me ene, esi kadodo kple Mawu kplikplikpli na wòyra nye aƒe,
Just as I was in [the] days of prime my in [the] intimacy of God on tent my.
5 esi Ŋusẽkatãtɔ la ganɔ kplim ko eye vinyewo ƒo xlãm,
While still [the] Almighty [was] with me [were] around me lads my.
6 esi nye toƒe nye notsi kpeke ɖeɖe eye amitimi ɖuɖu bababa tso agakpe me nam.
When bathed steps my in curd and a rock it poured out beside me streams of oil.
7 “Ne meyi dua ƒe agbo nu, henɔ anyi ɖe zikpui dzi gli, le dua ƒe ablɔme la,
When went out I [the] gate on [the] town in the public square I prepared seat my.
8 ɖekakpuiawo kpɔam, heƒoa asa nam eye ame tsitsiwo tsona ɖe tsitrenu,
They saw me young men and they hid themselves and old [men] they rose they stood.
9 dumegãwo tɔna ne wole nu ƒom hetsɔa asi ɖoa nu.
Chiefs they restrained words and a hand they put to mouth their.
10 Gbɔgblɔ buna ɖe ame ŋkutawo eye woƒe aɖe léna ɖe woƒe nu me.
[the] voice of Nobles they were hidden and tongue their to palate their it stuck.
11 Ame sia ame si ɖo tom la kafuam eye ame siwo kpɔm la ƒoa nu nyui tso ŋutinye
For an ear it heard and it called blessed me and an eye it saw and it bore witness to me.
12 elabena mexɔna na hiãtɔ siwo le ɣli dom be woakpe ɖe yewo ŋu kple tsyɔ̃evi si si kpeɖeŋutɔ mele o.
That I rescued [the] afflicted [who] cried for help and [the] fatherless and [the one whom] not a helper [belonged] to him.
13 Ame si le kukum la ƒe yayra vaa dzinye eye menana ahosi ƒe dzi kpɔa dzidzɔ.
[the] blessing of [one] about to perish On me it came and [the] heart of a widow I made sing for joy.
14 Metsɔ dzɔdzɔenyenye do abe awu ene eye nuteƒewɔwɔ nye nye awu ʋlaya kple tablanu.
Righteousness I put on and it clothed me [was] like a robe and a turban justice my.
15 Menye ŋku na ŋkuagbãtɔ kple afɔ na tekunɔ.
Eyes I was to the blind and [was] feet to the lame I.
16 Menye tɔ na hiãtɔwo eye mexɔa nya ɖe amedzrowo nu.
[was] a father I to the needy [people] and a case at law of [the one whom] not I knew I investigated it.
17 Meŋea tsyo na ame vɔ̃ɖiwo eye meɖea nu si woda adzoe la le woƒe aɖutame.
And I broke! [the] jaws of [the] unrighteous and from teeth his I threw [the] prey.
18 “Mebu be, ‘Maku ɖe nye ŋutɔ nye aƒe me, nye ŋkekewo asɔ gbɔ abe ke ene.
And I said with nest my I will expire and like sand I will increase days.
19 Nye kewo aƒo ɖe to, ade tsi gbɔ eye zãmu adza ɖe nye alɔwo dzi zã blibo la.
Root my [is] opened to water and dew it will remain overnight on branch[es] my.
20 Nye ŋutikɔkɔe anɔ yeye zum ɣe sia ɣi le ŋunye eye dati anɔ yeye ɖaa le asinyeme.’
Honor my [is] new with me and bow my in hand my it will show newness.
21 “Amewo ɖoa tom henɔa nye asinu kpɔm, nɔa lalam na nye aɖaŋuɖoɖo le ɖoɖoezizi me.
To me people listened and they waited and they may be silent for counsel my.
22 Ne meƒo nu la, womegaƒoa nu o eye nye nyawo gena ɖe woƒe towo me bɔlɔɔ.
After word my not they repeated and on them it dropped speech my.
23 Wonɔa lalayem abe ale si wolalana na tsidzadza ene eye woxɔa nye nyawo dea wo ɖokui me abe ale si wonoa kelemetsi ene.
And they waited like the rain for me and mouth their they opened wide for spring rain.
24 Womexɔnɛ sena ne meko nu na wo o, nye mo ƒe kekeli nye nu xɔasi na wo.
I laughed to them not they believed and [the] light of face my not they made fall!
25 Metiaa mɔ si woato la na wo, menɔa wo dome abe woƒe tatɔ ene eye menɔa wo dome abe woƒe fia le eƒe aʋakɔwo dome ene. Menɔna abe ame si faa akɔ na konyifalawo ene.
I chose way their so I may sit [as] chief so I may dwell like a king among the troop[s] just as mourners someone comforts.
