Hiob 31

1 “Mebla nu kple nye ŋku be megakpɔ ɖetugbi aɖeke ahiãdzetɔe o.

"I made a covenant with my eyes, how then should I look lustfully at a young woman?

2 Elabena nu kae nye amegbetɔ tɔ gome tso Mawu si le dziƒo la gbɔ kple eƒe domenyinu tso Ŋusẽkatãtɔ si le dziƒo ʋĩi la gbɔ?

For what is the portion from God above, and the heritage from Shaddai on high?

3 Ɖe menye gbegblẽ wònye na ame vɔ̃ɖiwo kple dzɔgbevɔ̃e na nu tovo wɔlawo oa?

Is it not calamity for the unrighteous, and disaster for evildoers?

4 Ɖe mekpɔ nye mɔwo eye wòxlẽ nye afɔɖeɖe ɖe sia ɖe oa?

Doesn't he see my ways, and number all my steps?

5 “Nenye be mezɔ le aʋatsokaka me alo nye afɔ ɖe abla ɖe amebeble ŋuti la,

"If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hurried to deceit

6 ekema Mawu nedam le nudanu nyuitɔ dzi eye wòanya be nyemeɖi fɔ o.

(let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity);

7 Nenye be nye afɔ tra le mɔ la dzi, nenye be nye dzi kplɔ nu si nye ŋkuwo kpɔ la ɖo alo nye asiwo ƒo ɖi la,

if my step has turned out of the way, if my heart walked after my eyes, if any defilement has stuck to my hands,

8 ekema ame bubuwo neɖu nu siwo meƒã eye woneho nye nukuwo le bo dzi.

then let me sow, and let another eat. Yes, let the produce of my field be rooted out.

9 “Ne nyɔnu aɖe flu nye dzi alo mede xa ɖe nye aƒelika ƒe ʋɔtru nu la,

"If my heart has been enticed to a woman, and I have lain in wait at my neighbor's door,

10 ekema srɔ̃nye netu bli na ŋutsu bubu eye ŋutsu bubuwo nedɔ kplii.

then let my wife grind for another, and let others sleep with her.

11 Elabena esia anye ŋukpenanu kple nu vɔ̃ si dze na ʋɔnudɔdrɔ̃.

For that would be a heinous crime. Yes, it would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges:

12 Enye dzo si bina hena gbegblẽ, eye wòaho nye nukuwo akɔ ɖi.

For it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase.

13 “Ne nyemetso afia nyui na nye dɔlaŋutsuwo kple dɔlanyɔnuwo ne wotsɔ nya ɖe ŋunye o la,

"If I have despised the cause of my male servant or of my female servant, when they contended with me;

14 nu ka mawɔ ne Mawu bia gbem? Ŋuɖoɖo ka mana ne eyɔm be mana akɔnta?

What then shall I do when God rises up? When he visits, what shall I answer him?

15 Ɖe menye ame si wɔm ɖe vidzidɔ me lae wɔ woawo hã oa? Ɖe menye eya koe wɔ mí ame evea katã ɖe mía dadawo ƒe dɔ me oa?

Did not he who made me in the womb make him? Did not the same one fashion us in the womb?

16 “Nenye be mete hiãtɔwo woƒe didiwo alo mena nu te ahosiwo ƒe ŋkuwo ŋu,

"If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

17 nenye be nye ɖeɖe meɖu nye abolo heku ŋɔ tsyɔ̃evi la, eya ko woagblɔ nya aɖe,

or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it

18 evɔ la tso nye ɖekakpuime ke, menyi tyɔẽviwo abe fofo ene eye tso nye ɖevime ke, mefia mɔ ahosiwo.

(no, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, her have I guided from my mother's womb);

19 Ne mekpɔ ame aɖe wòle tsɔtsrɔ̃m le avɔmanɔamesi ta alo hiãtɔ si mekpɔ awu ne wòado o

if I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or that the needy had no covering;

20 eye eƒe dzi meyram be metsɔ avɔ si wowɔ kple nye alẽwo ƒe fu nɛ be wòade dzo lãme nɛ o,

if his heart hasn't blessed me, if he hasn't been warmed with my sheep's fleece;

21 ne mekɔ nye asi dzi ɖe tsyɔ̃evi ŋu, evɔa menya be woxɔa nye nya le ʋɔnu la,

if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate,

22 ekema na be nye abɔ nage le abɔgba ŋu eye wòaŋe le ekpeƒe.

then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder blade, and my arm be broken from the bone.

23 Elabena gbegblẽ si tso Mawu gbɔ la le ŋɔ dzim nam, eye vɔvɔ̃ na eƒe atsyɔ̃ mana mawɔ nu mawo o.

For calamity from God is a terror to me. Because his majesty, I can do nothing.

24 “Nenye ɖe meɖo dzi ɖe sika ŋu alo megblɔ na sika nyuitɔ be, ‘Wòe nye nye sitsoƒe,’

"If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, 'You are my confidence;'

25 nenye ɖe mekpɔ dzidzɔ le nye kesinɔnu gbogboawo ta, nu siwo nye alɔ wɔ dɔ kpɔ,

If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;

26 nenye ɖe mede bubu ɣe ŋuti le ale si wòle keklẽm alo ɣleti le ale si wòle yiyim kple atsyɔ̃,

if I have seen the sun when it shined, or the moon moving in splendor,

27 ale be woflu nye dzi le adzame eye metsɔ nye asi wɔ dzesi na wo be melɔ̃ wo, de bubu wo ŋu la,

and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,

28 ekema esiawo hã anye nu vɔ̃ siwo wòle be woahe ayi ʋɔnu, elabena adze ƒãa be nyemeto nyateƒe na Mawu le dziƒo o.

this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges; for I should have denied the God who is above.

29 “Nenye ɖe mekpɔ dzidzɔ le nye futɔ ƒe dzɔgbevɔ̃e me dzedze ŋu alo dzɔ dzi le hiã siwo tui ta la, eya ko magblɔ nya aɖe.

"If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him;

30 Gake nyemeɖe mɔ na nye nu be wòawɔ nu vɔ̃ to ɖiŋudodo na eƒe agbe me o.

(yes, I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse);

31 Nenye ɖe ame siwo le aƒenye me la se megblɔ kpɔ be, ‘Ame kae meɖu Hiob ƒe abolo ɖi ƒo kpɔ o?’ la, anye ne enye nya bubu

if the men of my tent have not said, 'Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat?'

32 elabena mele na amedzro aɖeke be wòatsi mɔto adɔ o elabena nye ʋɔtru le ʋuʋu ɖi ɣe sia ɣi na mɔzɔlawo.

(the foreigner has not lodged in the street, but I have opened my doors to the traveler);

33 Nenye ɖe meɣla nye nu vɔ̃ abe ale si amewo wɔna ene, be meɣla nye dzidada ɖe nye dzi me,

if like Adam I have covered my transgressions, by hiding my iniquity in my heart,

34 elabena mevɔ̃ na ameha la ŋutɔ eye mevɔ̃ na dukɔ la ƒe vlododo ale gbegbe be, mezi ɖoɖoe hegbe gododo ɖe gota la, anye ne enye nya bubu kura.

because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and did not go out of the door—

35 “O, ɖe ame aɖe le asinye aɖo tom ɖe! Kpɔ ɖa mede asi ɖokuinyetaʋlinyawo te, azɔ la, Ŋusẽkatãtɔ la neɖo eŋu nam, ame si le nunye tsom la hã neŋlɔ nunyetsonyawo ɖe agbalẽ dzi.

oh that I had one to hear me. (look, here is my signature, let Shaddai answer me); let the accuser write my indictment.

36 Vavã malée ɖe nye abɔta eye maɖɔe ɖe ta abe fiakuku ene.

Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; and I would bind it to me as a crown.

37 Mana nutsotsoe tso nye afɔɖeɖe ɖe sia ɖe ŋuti eye mate ɖe eŋu abe fiavi ene.

I would declare to him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near to him.

38 “Nenye ɖe nye anyigba fa avi ɖe ŋutinye eye eƒe boliƒowo yɔ kple aɖatsi,

If my land cries out against me, and its furrows weep together;

39 nenye be meɖu eƒe kutsetsewo femaxee alo mena dɔwɔla siwo le agblea dzi la ƒe gbɔgbɔ gbã gudugudugudu la,

if I have eaten its fruits without money, or have caused its owners to lose their life,

40 ekema aŋɔkawo nemie nam ɖe lu teƒe eye gbe wuwluiwo nemie ɖe ƒo teƒe.” Esiae nye Hiob ƒe nyawo ƒe nuwuwu.

let briars grow instead of wheat, and stinkweed instead of barley." The words of Job are ended.