Hiob 39
1 “Ènya ɣeyiɣi si todzigbɔ̃wo dzia via? Ènɔa eteƒe hafi zinɔ fɔa fua?
Knowest thou the time when the chamois of the rock bring forth? or markest thou when the hinds do calve?
2 Èxlẽa ɣletiwo va se ɖe woƒe vidziɣia? Ènya ɣeyiɣi si wodzia via?
Numberest thou the months of gestation which they complete and knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
3 Wodzea klo hedzia vi eye woƒe kuléle wua nu.
They bend themselves: they drop their young ones; throw off their pains.
4 Wo viwo tsina eye ŋusẽ ɖoa wo ŋu le gbe me, ale wodzona eye womegagbɔna vaa wo dadaa gbɔ o.
Their little ones become strong; they grow up in the open field; they go forth, and return not unto them.
5 “Ame kae na ablɔɖe gbetedzi? Ame kae tu kae?
Who sent out the wild ass free? or who loosened the bonds of the forest-ass?
6 Metsɔ gbegbe nɛ be wòanye eƒe aƒe kple dzeƒi gbadza la nɛ be wòanye enɔƒe.
To whom I assigned the wilderness as his house, and the salty land as his dwellings.
7 Hoowɔwɔ si le edzi yim le dua me la le kokoe ɖim nɛ eye mele tasiaɖamkula ƒe ɣlidodo sem o.
He laugheth at the noise of a town, and the shoutings of the driver he heareth not.
8 Etsana le togbɛwo dzi dia gbeɖuƒe eye wòtsaa ŋu na gbe mumu ɖe sia ɖe.
What he espieth on the mountains is his pasture, and after every green thing doth he search.
9 “Ɖe to si le gbe me la alɔ̃ asubɔ wòa? Atɔ ɖe wò gbeɖuƒe le zã mea?
Will the forest-ox be willing to serve thee, or will he stay over night at thy crib?
10 Àte ŋu ade kae ɖe agbleŋlɔnu ŋua? Alɔ̃ anɔ yowòme aŋlɔ balimea?
Canst thou bind the forest-ox with a rope [to labor] in the furrow? or will he harrow valleys, following after thee?
11 Ɖe nàɖo ŋu ɖe eŋu le eƒe ŋusẽ gã la ta? Àtsɔ wò dɔ kpekpewo agble ɖe eƒe asi mea?
Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? and wilt thou leave to him thy labor?
12 Àte ŋu aɖo dzi ɖe eŋu be atsɔ wò lu agbɔe na wò dedie eye wòaƒoe ƒu ɖe wò lugbɔƒea?
Wilt thou confide in him, that he should bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy threshing-floor?—
13 “Golo ƒoa eƒe aʋala kpakpakpa dzidzɔtɔe gake womate ŋu atsɔe asɔ kple damixe ƒe fu kple aʋalã o.
The wing of the ostrich moveth joyfully: hath she the pinions and plumage of the careful stork?
14 Eɖaa eƒe azi ɖe anyigba, enana ke xɔdzo dea dzo eme
[No, ] for she intrusteth her eggs to the earth, and letteth them be hatched out on the dust:
15 eye metsɔ ɖeke le eme be, ame aɖe ate ŋu aɖo afɔ edzi, agbãe loo, alo lã wɔadã aɖe agbãe o.
And she forgetteth that a foot may crush them, or that the beast of the field may stamp them down.
16 Esẽa ŋuta le viawo ŋu abe menye eyae dzi wo o ene eye metsɔa ɖeke le eme ne eƒe agbagbadzedze zu dɔ vlo o.
He hath made her callous against her young, as though they were not hers: her labor is in vain, [but she feeleth] no dread;
17 Elabena Mawu mena nunyae alo na susu nyuie o.
Because God hath denied her wisdom, and he hath not imparted to her understanding.
18 Ke hã la, ne ekeke aʋala me, hedze duƒuƒu gɔme la, sɔ kple sɔdola ƒe nu ɖia kokoe nɛ.
At the time she raiseth herself up on high, she laugheth at the horse and his rider.
19 “Wòe na ŋusẽ sɔ alo wòe tsɔ kɔdza de kɔ nɛa?
Dost thou give the horse strength? dost thou clothe his neck with the rolling mane?
20 Wòe na wòtia kpo abe ʋetsuvi ene eye wòdoa ŋɔdzi kple eƒe ŋɔtimegbɔgbɔa?
Canst thou make him jump like a locust? his majestic snort is terrible.
21 Etsɔa eƒe afɔkli kaa nu ŋɔdzitɔe, ekpɔa dzidzɔ ɖe eƒe ŋusẽ ŋu eye wòlũna ɖe aʋakɔ dzi.
Men spy about in the valley, and he rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth forth to meet the armed array.
22 Vɔvɔ̃ doa nukokoe nɛ eye mevɔ̃a naneke o, yi gɔ̃ hã medoa ŋɔdzi nɛ o.
He laugheth at fear, and is not dismayed; and turneth not back from before the sword.
23 Aŋutrɔwo le wo nɔewo lɔm le eƒe axadzi, nenema kee nye akplɔ siwo le dzo dam kple yi.
Over him rattle the quiver, the glittering spear and the lance.
24 Ele anyigba ɖum esi wògli kple dzidzɔ manyagblɔ, mate ŋu anɔ te va se ɖe esime kpẽ naɖi o.
With impatient noise and rage he holloweth [with his hoof] the ground, and keepeth not quiet when the cornet's voice [is heard].
25 Edo ɣli be, ‘Aha!’ ne kpẽa ɖi. Esea aʋa ƒe ʋeʋẽ le adzɔge ke kple aʋakplɔlawo ƒe gbeɖeɖe kple aʋaɣli.
Midst the sound of the cornet he uttereth his joyful neigh; and from afar he perceiveth the battle, the loud call of the captains, and the battle-cry.—
26 “Ɖe aʋako dzona yia dzi ʋĩi le wò nunya nu eye wòkekea eƒe aʋalã heɖoa ta dziehea?
Is it through thy understanding that the hawk flieth along, and spreadeth out his wings toward the south?
27 Ɖe hɔ̃ dzona yia dzi ʋĩi le wò gbeɖeɖe nu eye wòwɔa eƒe atɔ ɖe kɔkɔƒea?
Or is it by your order that the eagle doth mount upward, and buildeth high up his nest?
28 Enɔa togbɛ kɔkɔ dzi eye wòtsia afi ma le zã me, agakpe tsakli tomee nye eƒe bebeƒe.
On a rock he dwelleth, and spendeth his nights, on a rocky crag and mountain fastness.
29 Afi ma wòdia eƒe nuɖuɖu tsonae eye eƒe ŋku kpɔnɛ le adzɔge ke.
From there he espieth his food, from afar can his eyes behold.
30 Ʋu nye nuɖuɖu na viawo eye afi si aʋatsilawo le la, afi ma wònɔna.”
His young ones, also, sip up blood: and where the slain be, there is he.
