Hiob 36
1 Elihu yi edzi be,
And Elius further continued, and said,
2 “Kpɔ nye asinu vie eye maɖee afia wò be nya geɖewo li magblɔ ɖe Mawu nu.
Wait for me yet a little while, that I may teach you: for there is yet speech in me.
3 Mexɔa nye gɔmesese tso afi aɖeke ɖaa, eya ta matso na nye Wɔla.
Having fetched my knowledge from afar, and according to my works,
4 Kakaɖedzi nenɔ asiwò be, nye nyawo menye aʋatso o eya ta ame si si gɔmesese deto le lae le gbɔwò.
I will speak just things truly, and you shall not unjustly receive unjust words.
5 “Mawu nye Ŋusẽtɔ, etri akɔ eye meʋãna le eƒe taɖodzinu me o gake medoa vlo amewo o.
But know that the Lord will not cast off an innocent man: being mighty in strength of wisdom,
6 Menana ame vɔ̃ɖiwo nɔa agbe o, ke boŋ ekpɔa hiãtɔwo ƒe hiahiãwo gbɔ na wo.
he will not by any means save alive the ungodly: and he will grant the judgment of the poor.
7 Meɖea eƒe ŋku ɖa le ame dzɔdzɔewo ŋu o, eɖoa wo zi dzi ɖe fiawo xa eye wòdoa wo ɖe dzi tegbetegbe.
He will not turn away his eyes from the righteous, but [they shall be] with kings on the throne: and he will establish them in triumph, and they shall be exalted.
8 Ke ne wode ga amewo, hebla wo sesĩe kple hiã ƒe kawo la,
But they that are bound in fetters shall be holden in cords of poverty.
9 egblɔa nu si wowɔ la na wo, esi nye be wowɔ nu vɔ̃ dadatɔe.
And he shall recount to them their works, and their transgressions, for such will act with violence.
10 Enana woɖoa to ɖɔɖɔɖo eye wòɖea gbe na wo be woatrɔ le woƒe nu vɔ̃ɖi la me.
But he will listen to the righteous: and he has said that they shall turn from unrighteousness.
11 Ne woɖo to eye wosubɔe la, woanɔ woƒe agbemeŋkeke mamlɛawo le nukpɔkpɔ me eye woƒe ƒewo ayɔ fũu kple dzidzeme.
If they should hear and serve [him], they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in honor.
12 Ke ne womeɖo to o la, yi atsrɔ̃ wo eye woaku numanyamanyae.
But he preserves not the ungodly; because they are not willing to know the Lord, and because when reproved they were disobedient.
13 “Fuléle le dzi me na Mawumavɔ̃lawo, ne ede kunyowu woƒe afɔwo hã la, womedoa ɣli be woaxɔ na yewo o.
And the hypocrites in heart will array wrath [against themselves]; they will not cry, because he has bound them.
14 Wokuna le woƒe ɖekakpui dzodzoe me, ɖe ŋutsu gbolowɔla siwo nɔa trɔ̃xɔwo me la dome.
Therefore let their soul die in youth, and their life be wounded by messengers [of death].
15 Ke eɖea ame siwo le fu kpem la le woƒe fukpekpewo me eye wòƒoa nu na wo le woƒe xaxa me.
Because they afflicted the weak and helpless: and he will vindicate the judgment of the meek.
16 “Ele nuwò blem be nàdo go tso xaxa ƒe glã me, ava teƒe keke, ahavo tso dzizizi me eye nànɔ wò kplɔ̃ si dzi nuɖuɖu damiwo le fũu la ŋu le dziɖeɖi me.
And he has also enticed you out of the mouth of the enemy:
17 Ke azɔ la, wotsɔ ʋɔnudɔdrɔ̃ si dze na ame vɔ̃ɖiwo la do agbae na wò, ale nège ɖe afiatsotso kple tohehe ƒe asi me.
[there is] a deep gulf [and] a rushing stream beneath it, and your table came down full of fatness. Judgment shall not fail from the righteous;
18 Kpɔ nyuie be ame aɖeke metsɔ kesinɔnuwo ble nuwòe o eye zãnu si le kpekpem segee la nana nàdze ɖe aga o.
but there shall be wrath upon the ungodly, by reason of the ungodliness of the bribes which they received for iniquities.
19 Ɖe wò kesinɔnuwo alo wò kutrikuku veviwo katã alé wò ɖe asi be màɖo xaxa me oa?
Let not [your] mind willingly turn you aside from the petition of the feeble that are in distress.
20 Wò dzi megatsi dzi ɖe zã ƒe dodo ŋu ne nàhe amewo ado goe le woƒe aƒewo me o.
And draw not forth all the mighty [men] by night, so that the people should go up instead of them.
21 Kpɔ nyuie be mètrɔ ɖe nu vɔ̃ɖi, si nèdi wu hiã la ŋu o.
But take heed lest you do that which is wrong: for of this you has made choice because of poverty.
22 “Kpɔ ɖa, wodo Mawu ɖe dzi bobobo le eƒe ŋusẽ me. Ame kae nye nufiala abe eya ene?
Behold, the Mighty One shall prevail by his strength: for who is powerful as he is?
23 Ame kae tia mɔ siwo wòato la nɛ alo gblɔ nɛ be, ‘Èwɔ nu gbegblẽ?’
And who is he that examines his works? or who can say, he has wrought injustice?
24 Ɖo ŋku edzi, nàdo eƒe dɔwɔwɔwo ɖe dzi, siwo amewo kafuna le woƒe hadzidziwo me.
Remember that his works are great [beyond] those which men have attempted.
25 Amegbetɔwo katã kpɔe eye agbagbeawo ɖea ŋku ɖee tso adzɔge.
Every man has seen in himself, how many mortals are wounded.
26 Mawu lolo loo, ekɔ gbɔ míaƒe gɔmesese ta! Eƒe ƒewo ƒe gɔmedidi gbɔ míaƒe nudidi ƒe ŋutete ta.
Behold, the Mighty One is great, and we shall not know [him]: the number of his years is even infinite.
27 “Ehea tsi si le gegem toŋtoŋtoŋ la ƒoa ƒu, si dzana abe tsi ene ɖe tɔʋuwo me,
And the drops of rain are numbered by him, and shall be poured out in rain to form a cloud.
28 lilikpowo hã lolõa tsi si le wo me, eye tsi dzana bababa ɖe amegbetɔwo dzi.
The ancient [heavens] shall flow, and the clouds overshadow innumerable mortals: he has fixed a time to cattle, and they know the order of rest. [Yet] by all these things your understanding is not astonished, neither is your mind disturbed in [your] body.
29 Ame kae ase ale si wòkeke lilikpowo, kple ale si wòɖea gbe tso eƒe agbadɔ me la gɔme?
And though one should understand the outspreadings of the clouds, [or] the measure of his tabernacle;
30 Kpɔ ale si wòkaka eƒe dzikedzo ƒo xlã eɖokui eye wòblu atsiaƒu ƒe gogloƒewo ke hã ɖa.
behold he will stretch his bow against him, and he covers the bottom of the sea.
31 Aleae wòkplɔa dukɔwoe eye wònaa nuɖuɖu wo le agbɔsɔsɔ me.
For by them he will judge the nations: he will give food to him that has strength.
32 Etsɔa dzikedzo yɔa eƒe asiwo mee eye wòdɔnɛ be wòake dzo ɖe nu si wòɖoe na la dzi.
He has hidden the light in [his] hands, and given charge concerning it to the interposing [cloud].
33 Eƒe dziɖegbe ɖea gbeƒã ahom si gbɔna, nyiwo gɔ̃ hã ɖea gbeƒã, ne egbɔna.
The Lord will declare concerning this [to] his friend: [but there is] a portion also for unrighteousness.
