Hiob 35
1 Tete Elihu yi eƒe nuƒoa dzi be,
And Elihu went on to say:
2 “Èsusu be esia le dzɔdzɔea? Ègblɔ be, ‘Mawu atso afia nam’
“Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am more righteous than God.’
3 gake nèhele ebiam be, ‘Viɖe ka wònye nam eye nu ka makpɔ le eme ne nyemewɔ nu vɔ̃ o?’
For you ask, ‘What does it profit me, and what benefit do I gain apart from sin?’
4 “Medi be maɖo eŋu na wò kple xɔ̃wò siwo le gbɔwò.
I will reply to you and to your friends as well.
5 Wu mo dzi nàkpɔ dziƒo ɖa, le ŋku ɖe lilikpo siwo le dziƒo boo le tawòme
Look to the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds high above you.
6 Ne èwɔ nu vɔ̃ la, nu ka wòawɔ le eŋu? Ne wò nu vɔ̃wo sɔ gbɔ fũu la, nu ka wòagblẽ le eŋu?
If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? If you multiply your transgressions, what do you do to Him?
7 Ne ènye dzɔdzɔetɔ la, nu kae nètsɔ nɛ, alo nu kae wòxɔ tso asiwò me?
If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand?
8 Ame abe wò ene ko dzie wò vɔ̃ɖivɔ̃ɖi awɔ dɔ ɖo eye amegbetɔviwo ko dzie wò dzɔdzɔenyenye awɔ dɔ ɖo.
Your wickedness affects only a man like yourself, and your righteousness only a son of man.
9 “Amewo le ɣli dom le teteɖeanyi ƒe agba kpekpewo te, wole kuku ɖem be woana gbɔdzɔe yewo tso Ŋusẽtɔ la ƒe alɔ sesẽ te
Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.
10 gake ɖeke mebia be, ‘Afi ka Mawu, nye Wɔla, ame si nana kafuhawo ɖina le zã me,
But no one asks, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives us songs in the night,
11 ame si fiaa nu geɖewo mí, wu gbemelã siwo le anyigba dzi eye wòwɔ mí nunyalawoe wu dziƒoxeviwo la le?’
who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’
12 Ne amewo le ɣli dom nɛ la, metɔna o, le ame vɔ̃ɖiwo ƒe ɖokuiŋudzedze ta.
There they cry out, but He does not answer, because of the pride of evil men.
13 Vavã, Mawu meɖo to woƒe kokoƒoƒo gbɔlo la o eye Ŋusẽkatãtɔ la do toku wo.
Surely God does not listen to empty pleas, and the Almighty does not take note of it.
14 Ne meɖo to emawo o la, aleke wòaɖo to esia ya boŋ esi nègblɔ be, mele ekpɔm o, wò nya la le eƒe asi me, eye ele be nàlalae.
How much less, then, when you say that you do not see Him, that your case is before Him and you must wait for Him,
15 Gawu la, egblɔ be eƒe dziku mehea to na ame gbeɖe o eye menyea kɔ kpɔa vɔ̃ɖivɔ̃ɖi gɔ̃ hã o.
and further, that in His anger He has not punished or taken much notice of folly!
16 Ale Hiob ke eƒe nu hegblɔ nya dzodzrowo eye wòlɔ nya siwo me gɔmesese aɖeke mele o la kɔ ɖi gleglegle.”
So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”
