Hiob 33
1 “Ke azɔ la, Hiob, ɖo to nye nyawo, eye ƒu to anyi ɖe nu sia nu si magblɔ la ŋu.
“But now, Job, listen carefully to all that I am going to say [DOU].
2 Kpɔ ɖa, mele nye nu ke ge eye nye nyawo le nye aɖe nu.
I am ready to tell you [MTY, DOU] [what I think].
3 Nye nyawo tso dzi vavã me eye nye nu agblɔ nu si menya le anukware me.
I know that I am speaking honestly and that I am speaking [MTY] sincerely.
4 Mawu ƒe gbɔgbɔe wɔm, Ŋusẽkatãtɔ la ƒe gbɔgbɔe de agbe menye,
Almighty God has created me [as well as you], and his breath has caused me to live.
5 eya ta ɖo nya ŋu nam, ne àte ŋui, dzra ɖokuiwò ɖo ne nàhe nya kplim.
So, answer [what] I [say] if you can; think carefully [about how you will reply to me].
6 Ɖeko mele abe wò ene le Mawu ŋkume, nye hã anyi mee woɖem tsoe.
“God considers that you, and I are both [equal]; he formed both of us from clay.
7 Vɔvɔ̃ nam megado dzikatsoƒo na wò alo nye asi nakpe le dziwò o.
So you do not need to be afraid of me; I will not crush/oppress you [by what I say] [MTY].
8 “Gake ègblɔ wòge ɖe nye to me eye mese nya siwo tututu nègblɔ la be,
I have heard you [DOU] speaking, and this is what you have said:
9 ‘Medza eye nu vɔ̃ mele ŋutinye o, ŋutinye kɔ eye mevo tso vodada me.
‘I am innocent; I have not committed any sins; I am pure; I have not done things that are wrong.
10 Ke hã la, Mawu kpɔ vodada le ŋunye, eye wòbum eƒe futɔe.
But God finds reasons to accuse me, and he considers that I am his enemy.
11 Etsɔ nye afɔ de kunyowu me eye eƒe ŋkuwo le nye mɔwo katã ŋu kplikplikpli.’
[It is as though] he has put my feet (in stocks/between wooden blocks to prevent me from walking away), and he watches everything that I do.’ [MTY]
12 “Gake magblɔe na wo be, le esia me ya, tɔwò medzɔ o, elabena Mawu lolo wu amegbetɔ.
But what you have said is wrong, and I will tell you [what you have said that is wrong]. God is much greater than any human.
13 Nu ka ŋutie nèle nya hem kplii be, meɖo amegbetɔ ƒe nya aɖeke ŋuti nɛ o?
So, (why are you arguing against God, saying ‘He never answers my questions’?/you should not be arguing against God, saying ‘He never answers my questions.’) [RHQ]
14 Elabena Mawu ƒoa nu to mɔ sia alo ekemɛ dzi togbɔ be amegbetɔ mekpɔe dze sii o hã.
God does speak [to us] in various ways, but we do not pay any attention to what he says.
15 Le drɔ̃e me, le zã me ƒe ŋutega me, ne amewo dɔ alɔ̃ yi eme ʋĩi alo wole akɔlɔ̃e dɔm le woƒe abawo dzi la,
[Sometimes he speaks to us] at night in dreams and visions, when we are on our beds, asleep [DOU].
16 ava ƒo nu ɖe to me na wo, atsɔ kpɔdzidzewo ado ŋɔdzii na wo,
He reveals things [MTY] to us and terrifies us by the things he warns us about.
17 be wòana amegbetɔ natrɔ tso vɔ̃wɔwɔ me eye wòaɖee tso dada me,
He tell us those things in order that we stop doing [evil] things and to prevent us from becoming proud.
18 ne wòadzra eƒe luʋɔ ɖo tso yɔdo ƒe asi me eye eƒe agbe magatsrɔ̃ ɖe yi nu o.
He does not want us to be destroyed [MTY]; he wants to prevent us from dying [MTY] [while we are still young].
19 “Alo eƒoa ame le dɔbadzi kple ƒutomevevesese si nɔa edzi ɖaa,
God also [sometimes] corrects us by forcing us to lie on our beds suffering much pain and with fever/aching in our bones.
20 ale be eya ameti bliboa nyɔa ŋu nuɖuɖu eye eƒe luʋɔ doa vlo nuɖuɖu vivitɔ gɔ̃ hã.
The result is that we do not desire any food, not even very special food.
21 Eƒe ŋutilã vɔ le eme eye eƒe ƒu siwo ŋu lã nɔ tehetehe la dze go azɔ.
Our bodies become very thin, with the result that we look like skeletons [HYP], and our bones stick out.
22 Eƒe luʋɔ te ɖe yɔdo ŋu kpokploe, eye eƒe agbe ɖo ku ƒe dɔlawo ƒe asi me.
[We know that] we will soon die and go to the place where dead people are.
23 Ke hã la, ne Mawudɔla le eƒe axadzi abe nyaxɔɖeakɔla ene, ɖeka le akpe dome, be wòagblɔ nu si nyo na ame la nɛ,
“But sometimes an angel [may come to one of us], one of the thousands of angels who come to intervene between us and God, to tell us what are the right things for us [to do].
24 heve enu, gblɔ nɛ be, ‘Ɖe eƒe agbe be magayi yɔdo me o elabena mekpɔ avulénu nɛ’ la,
The angel is kind to us and says to God, ‘Release that person, so that he does not descend to the place where dead people are! Do that because I have found the money to pay so that he can be released!
25 tete eƒe ŋutilã zua yeye abe ɖevi tɔ ene eye wògaɖoa eƒe nɔnɔme me abe eƒe ɖekakpuimeŋkekewo me ene.
Allow his body to be strong again; allow him to be strong like he was when he was a youth!’
26 Edoa gbe ɖa na Mawu eye wòkpɔa amenuveve tso egbɔ, ekpɔa Mawu ƒe ŋkume eye wòdoa dzidzɔɣli, ale Mawu gaɖonɛ te, be wòanɔ dzɔdzɔenyenye si me wònɔ tsã.
When that happens, that person will pray to God, and God will accept/answer him; he will (enter God’s presence/worship God) joyfully, and then he will tell others how God saved him [from dying].
27 Tete wòvaa amewo gbɔ, gblɔna be, ‘Mewɔ nu vɔ̃ hedo vlo nu si le dzɔdzɔe gake nyemexɔ tohehe si medze na la o.
He will sing as he tells everyone, ‘I sinned, and I did things that were not right, but God did not punish me in the way that I deserved.
28 Eɖe nye agbe tso yɔdomeyiyi me, eye manɔ agbe adzɔ dzi le eƒe kekeli me.’
He has saved me from dying and going to the place where dead people are, and I will continue to enjoy being alive.’
29 “Mawu wɔa nu siawo katã na ame, zi eve alo etɔ̃ gɔ̃ hã,
God does all these things for us many times;
30 be wòaɖe eƒe luʋɔ tso tsiẽƒe, be agbe ƒe kekeli naklẽ ɖe edzi.
he keeps us [SYN] from [dying and] going to the place where the dead are, in order that we can continue to enjoy being alive [IDM].
31 “Ƒu to anyi, Hiob, ne nàɖo tom, zi ɖoɖoe, ne maƒo nu.
So Job, listen to me; do not say anything more; just allow me to speak.
32 Ne nya aɖe le asiwò la, ɖo nya ŋu nam, elabena medi be wòatso na wò.
[After I speak], if you have something more that you want to say to me, say it, because I would like to find a way to declare that you (are innocent/have not done what is wrong).
33 Gake ne mele eme o la, ekema nàɖo tom, zi ɖoɖoe ne mafia nunya wò.”
But if you have nothing more that you want to say, then just listen to me, and I will teach you how to become wise.”
