Hiob 3
1 Le esia megbe la, Hiob ke nu eye wòƒo fi de eƒe dzigbe.
After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed his day,
2 Egblɔ be,
saying,
3 “Ŋkeke si dzi wodzim la netsrɔ̃, nenema ke nye zã si me wogblɔ be, ‘Wodzi viŋutsu na mí!’
Let the day perish in which I was born, and that night in which they said, Behold a man-child!
4 Ŋkeke ma nezu viviti, Mawu si le dziƒo la megatsɔ ɖeke le eme nɛ o, kekeli aɖeke megaklẽ ɖe edzi o.
Let that night be darkness, and let not the Lord regard it from above, neither let light come upon it.
5 Viviti kple blukɔ tsiɖitsiɖi negaxɔe, lilikpo netsyɔ edzi eye blukɔ nedo ɖe eƒe kekeli dzi.
But let darkness and the shadow of death seize it; let blackness come upon it;
6 Viviti tsiɖitsiɖi nexɔ zã ma eye womegaxlẽe ɖe ƒea ƒe ŋkekewo me alo woadee ɣleti aɖeke ƒe ŋkekewo me o.
let that day and night be cursed, let darkness carry them away; let it not come into the days of the year, neither let it be numbered with the days of the months.
7 Zã ma netsi ko eye dzidzɔɣli aɖeke megaɖi le eme o.
But let that night be pain, and let not mirth come upon it, nor joy.
8 Ame siwo ƒoa fi dea ŋkekewo la, neƒo fi de ŋkeke ma, ame siwo le klalo be woade adã ta me na ʋɔ driba la.
But let him that curses that day curse it, [even] he that is ready to attack the great whale.
9 Eƒe ŋukeɣletiviwo nedo viviti, kekeli si lalam wòle la megado nɛ o eye megakpɔ fɔŋli ƒe ɣetotoe gbãtɔwo o,
Let the stars of that night be darkened; let it remain [dark], and not come into light; and let it not see the morning star arise:
10 elabena metu vidzidɔ ƒe ʋɔtruwo ɖe nunye, be nye ŋkuwo makpɔ dzɔgbevɔ̃e o.
because it shut not up the gates of my mother's womb, for [so] it would have removed sorrow from my eyes.
11 “Nu ka ŋuti nyemeku le nye dzigbe eye maku hafi ado tso vidzidɔ me o?
For why died I not in the belly? and [why] did I not come forth from the womb and die immediately?
12 Nu ka ta ata aɖewo le klalo be woakɔm ɖe akɔ eye no aɖewo li be mano?
and why did the knees support me? and why did I suck the breasts?
13 Anye ne memlɔ anyi le ŋutifafa me, le alɔ̃ dɔm, le ɖiɖim ɖe eme.
Now I should have lain down and been quiet, I should have slept and been at rest,
14 Anye ne mele fiawo kple aɖaŋuɖola siwo le anyigba dzi la gbɔ, ame siwo tu xɔ gã siwo zu aƒedo azɔ la na wo ɖokuiwo.
with kings [and] councillors of the earth, who gloried in [their] swords;
15 Anye ne mele dziɖula siwo si sika le eye woƒe aƒewo me yɔ fũu kple klosalo la gbɔ.
or with rulers, whose gold was abundant, who filled their houses with silver:
16 Alo nu ka ta womeɖim ɖe tome abe fu gege ene, abe vidzĩ si mekpɔ ɣe kpɔ o la ene o?
or [I should have been] as an untimely birth proceeding from his mother's womb, or as infants who never saw light.
17 Afi ma ame vɔ̃ɖiwo dzudzɔa nyanyra le eye afi ma ame siwo nu ti kɔ na la le gbɔgbɔm ɖe eme le.
There the ungodly have burnt out the fury of rage; there the wearied in body rest.
18 Aʋaléleawo hã nɔa ablɔɖe me eye womegasea dɔdzikpɔlawo ƒe ɣli o.
And the men of old time have together ceased to hear the exactor's voice.
19 Ame gblɔewo kple amegãwo siaa le afi ma eye kluvi kpɔa ablɔɖe tso eƒe aƒetɔ ƒe asi me.
The small and great are there, and the servant that feared his lord.
20 “Nu ka tae kekeli klẽna na ayaɖulawo eye wònaa agbe luʋɔ si le nu xam?
For why is light given to those who are in bitterness, and life to those souls which are in griefs?
21 Nu ka ta wòna agbe ame siwo le ku dim, evɔ mevana na wo o kple ame siwo le edim vevie wu kesinɔnu si woɣla
who desire death, and obtain it not, digging [for it] as [for] treasures;
22 kple ame siwo kpɔa dzidzɔ, tsoa aseye ne woɖo yɔdo me?
and would be very joyful if they should gain it?
23 Nu ka ŋutie wòna agbe ame si ƒe mɔwo le ɣaɣla kple ame si ŋuti Mawu tɔ kpɔ ɖo?
Death [is] rest to [such] a man, for God has hedged him in.
24 Elabena hũɖeɖe xɔ ɖe nuɖuɖu teƒe eye nye ŋeŋe ƒona ɖi abe tsi ene.
For my groaning comes before my food, and I weep being beset with terror.
25 Nu si mevɔ̃ na la va dzinye eye nu si dzi ŋɔ nam la dzɔ ɖe dzinye.
For the terror of which I meditated has come upon me, and that which I had feared has befallen me.
26 Nyemekpɔ ŋutifafa, tomefafa alo gbɔɖeme aɖeke o, negbe ʋunyaʋunya ko.”
I was not at peace, nor quiet, nor had I rest; yet wrath came upon me.
