Hiob 36
1 Elihu yi edzi be,
Elihu also proceeded, and said:
2 “Kpɔ nye asinu vie eye maɖee afia wò be nya geɖewo li magblɔ ɖe Mawu nu.
Bear with me a little while, that I may show thee! For I have yet words in behalf of God.
3 Mexɔa nye gɔmesese tso afi aɖeke ɖaa, eya ta matso na nye Wɔla.
I will bring my knowledge from afar, And assert the justice of my Maker.
4 Kakaɖedzi nenɔ asiwò be, nye nyawo menye aʋatso o eya ta ame si si gɔmesese deto le lae le gbɔwò.
Truly my words shall not be false: A man of sound knowledge is before thee.
5 “Mawu nye Ŋusẽtɔ, etri akɔ eye meʋãna le eƒe taɖodzinu me o gake medoa vlo amewo o.
Behold, God is great, but despiseth not any; Great is he in strength of understanding.
6 Menana ame vɔ̃ɖiwo nɔa agbe o, ke boŋ ekpɔa hiãtɔwo ƒe hiahiãwo gbɔ na wo.
He suffereth not the wicked to prosper, But rendereth justice to the oppressed.
7 Meɖea eƒe ŋku ɖa le ame dzɔdzɔewo ŋu o, eɖoa wo zi dzi ɖe fiawo xa eye wòdoa wo ɖe dzi tegbetegbe.
He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous; But establisheth them for ever with kings on the throne, That they may be exalted.
8 Ke ne wode ga amewo, hebla wo sesĩe kple hiã ƒe kawo la,
And if they be bound in fetters, And holden in the cords of affliction,
9 egblɔa nu si wowɔ la na wo, esi nye be wowɔ nu vɔ̃ dadatɔe.
Then showeth he them their deeds, And how they have set him at defiance by their transgressions;
10 Enana woɖoa to ɖɔɖɔɖo eye wòɖea gbe na wo be woatrɔ le woƒe nu vɔ̃ɖi la me.
He also openeth their ears to admonition, And commandeth them to return from iniquity.
11 Ne woɖo to eye wosubɔe la, woanɔ woƒe agbemeŋkeke mamlɛawo le nukpɔkpɔ me eye woƒe ƒewo ayɔ fũu kple dzidzeme.
If they obey and serve him, They spend their days in prosperity, And their years in pleasures.
12 Ke ne womeɖo to o la, yi atsrɔ̃ wo eye woaku numanyamanyae.
But if they obey not, they perish by the sword; They die in their own folly.
13 “Fuléle le dzi me na Mawumavɔ̃lawo, ne ede kunyowu woƒe afɔwo hã la, womedoa ɣli be woaxɔ na yewo o.
The corrupt in heart treasure up wrath; They cry not to God, when he bindeth them.
14 Wokuna le woƒe ɖekakpui dzodzoe me, ɖe ŋutsu gbolowɔla siwo nɔa trɔ̃xɔwo me la dome.
They die in their youth; They close their lives with the unclean.
15 Ke eɖea ame siwo le fu kpem la le woƒe fukpekpewo me eye wòƒoa nu na wo le woƒe xaxa me.
But he delivereth the poor in their distress; He openeth their ears in affliction.
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.
He will bring thee also from the jaws of distress To a broad place, where is no straitness; And the provision of thy table shall be full of fatness.
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.
But if thou art full of the judgment of the wicked, Judgment and justice shall take hold of thee.
18 Kpɔ nyuie be ame aɖeke metsɔ kesinɔnuwo ble nuwòe o eye zãnu si le kpekpem segee la nana nàdze ɖe aga o.
For if wrath be with him, beware lest he take thee away by his stroke, So that a great ransom shall not save thee!
19 Ɖe wò kesinɔnuwo alo wò kutrikuku veviwo katã alé wò ɖe asi be màɖo xaxa me oa?
Will he esteem thy riches? No! neither thy gold, nor all the abundance of thy wealth.
20 Wò dzi megatsi dzi ɖe zã ƒe dodo ŋu ne nàhe amewo ado goe le woƒe aƒewo me o.
Long not thou for that night To which nations are taken away from their place.
21 Kpɔ nyuie be mètrɔ ɖe nu vɔ̃ɖi, si nèdi wu hiã la ŋu o.
Take heed, turn not thine eyes to iniquity! For this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
22 “Kpɔ ɖa, wodo Mawu ɖe dzi bobobo le eƒe ŋusẽ me. Ame kae nye nufiala abe eya ene?
Behold, God is exalted in his power: Who is a teacher like him?
23 Ame kae tia mɔ siwo wòato la nɛ alo gblɔ nɛ be, ‘Èwɔ nu gbegblẽ?’
Who hath prescribed to him his way? Or who can say to him, “Thou hast done wrong”?
24 Ɖo ŋku edzi, nàdo eƒe dɔwɔwɔwo ɖe dzi, siwo amewo kafuna le woƒe hadzidziwo me.
Forget not to magnify his work, Which men celebrate with songs.
25 Amegbetɔwo katã kpɔe eye agbagbeawo ɖea ŋku ɖee tso adzɔge.
All mankind gaze upon it; Mortals behold it from afar.
26 Mawu lolo loo, ekɔ gbɔ míaƒe gɔmesese ta! Eƒe ƒewo ƒe gɔmedidi gbɔ míaƒe nudidi ƒe ŋutete ta.
Behold, God is great; we cannot know him, Nor search out the number of his years.
27 “Ehea tsi si le gegem toŋtoŋtoŋ la ƒoa ƒu, si dzana abe tsi ene ɖe tɔʋuwo me,
Lo! he draweth up the drops of water, Which distil rain from his vapor;
28 lilikpowo hã lolõa tsi si le wo me, eye tsi dzana bababa ɖe amegbetɔwo dzi.
The clouds pour it down, And drop it upon man in abundance.
29 Ame kae ase ale si wòkeke lilikpowo, kple ale si wòɖea gbe tso eƒe agbadɔ me la gɔme?
Who can understand the spreading of his clouds, And the rattling of his pavilion?
30 Kpɔ ale si wòkaka eƒe dzikedzo ƒo xlã eɖokui eye wòblu atsiaƒu ƒe gogloƒewo ke hã ɖa.
Behold, he spreadeth around himself his light, And he clotheth himself with the depths of the sea.
31 Aleae wòkplɔa dukɔwoe eye wònaa nuɖuɖu wo le agbɔsɔsɔ me.
By these he punisheth nations, And by these he giveth food in abundance.
32 Etsɔa dzikedzo yɔa eƒe asiwo mee eye wòdɔnɛ be wòake dzo ɖe nu si wòɖoe na la dzi.
His hands he covereth with lightning; He giveth it commandment against an enemy.
33 Eƒe dziɖegbe ɖea gbeƒã ahom si gbɔna, nyiwo gɔ̃ hã ɖea gbeƒã, ne egbɔna.
His thunder maketh him known; Yea, to the herds, as he ascendeth on high.
