Hiob 5
1 “Ne àlɔ̃ la, yɔ ame aɖe gake ame kae atɔ na wò? Kɔkɔetɔwo dometɔ ka ŋu nàtrɔ ɖo?
Call now; is there any that will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?
2 Tosesẽ wua bometsila eye ŋubiã wua numanyala.
For anger killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
3 Nye ŋutɔ mekpɔ bometsila wònɔ ke tom gake kasia woƒo fi de eƒe aƒe.
I have seen the foolish taking root; but suddenly I beheld his habitation cursed.
4 Dedinɔnɔ le adzɔge ke na viawo, wobua fɔe le ʋɔnu eye ame aɖeke meli aʋli eta o.
His children are far from safety, and are crushed in the gate, with none to deliver them.
5 Dɔwuitɔwo ɖua nuku si wòxa, woɖea esiwo tsi ŋuwo me gɔ̃ hã eye ame siwo wum tsikɔ le la ƒe ve me ƒuna ɖe eƒe kesinɔnuwo ŋu.
Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the snare gapeth for their substance.
6 Elabena fukpekpe medoa go tso ke me alo dzɔgbevɔ̃e medona tso anyigba tume o.
For affliction cometh not forth from the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
7 Gake abe ale si dzoxi dzona yia dzii ene la, nenemae wodzi ame na hiãtuame.
But man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
8 “Ke nenye nyee wònye la, anye ne maɖe kuku na Mawu atsɔ nye nya aɖo eƒe ŋkume.
But as for me, I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause;
9 Ewɔa dzesi siwo gɔme womate ŋu ase o eye wòwɔa nukunu siwo womate ŋu axlẽ o.
Who doeth great things and unsearchable, marvellous things without number;
10 Enana tsi dzana ɖe anyigba dzi, eye wòɖoa tsi ɖe gbegbe.
Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields;
11 Edoa ɖokuibɔbɔlawo ɖe dzi eye wòkɔa ame siwo le nu xam la dana ɖe dziɖeɖi me.
So that He setteth up on high those that are low, and those that mourn are exalted to safety.
12 Egblẽa ayetɔwo ƒe ɖoɖowo me, ale be woƒe asiwo mekpɔa dzidzedze o.
He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands can perform nothing substantial.
13 Eléa nunyalawo le woƒe ayemenuwɔwɔwo me eye wòkplɔa ame drãwo ƒe nu drã wɔwɔ dzonae.
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong.
14 Viviti dona ɖe wo le ŋkeke me eye wotsaa asi blukɔ me abe zã mee ene.
They meet with darkness in the day-time, and grope at noonday as in the night.
15 Eɖea hiãtɔwo tso yi si le woƒe nu me la me eye wòɖea wo le ŋusẽtɔwo ƒe fego me.
But He saveth from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
16 Ale mɔkpɔkpɔ ɖoa hiãtɔ si eye nu madzɔmadzɔ miaa eƒe nu.
So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
17 “Woayra ŋutsu si Mawu ɖɔna ɖo eya ta mègado vlo Ŋusẽkatãtɔ la ƒe amehehe o.
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth; therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.
18 Elabena edea abi ame ŋu eye wògablanɛ, ewɔa nuvevi ame gake eƒe asi yɔa dɔ.
For He maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and His hands make whole.
19 Aɖe wò le dzɔgbevɔ̃e ade me eye le adrelia me la, vɔ̃ aɖeke mawɔ wò o.
He will deliver thee in six troubles; yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
20 Aɖe wò le ku ƒe asi me le dɔŋɔli eye le aʋa me la, aɖe wò le yi ƒe asi me.
In famine He will redeem thee from death; and in war from the power of the sword.
21 Aɖe wò le aɖeɖiƒoame me, eye màvɔ̃ ne gbegblẽ va o.
Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
22 Wò la àko nu ne gbegblẽ kple dɔwuame le nu gblẽm eye màvɔ̃ anyigbadzilã wɔadãwo o.
At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh; neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
23 Elabena wò kple kpe siwo le agble me la miabla nu eye lã wɔadãwo anɔ anyi kpli wò le ŋutifafa me.
For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
24 Ànyae be wò agbadɔ le dedie eye ne èxlẽ wò nunɔamesiwo la, àkpɔe be ɖeke mebu o.
And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt miss nothing.
25 Ànyae be viwòwo asɔ gbɔ eye wò dzidzimeviwo asɔ agbɔ abe gbe mumu le anyigba dzi ene.
Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
26 Ànɔ agbe wòade edeƒe, ayi yɔ me kple dzidzɔ abe lu ye woxa hebla le nuŋeɣi ene.
Thou shalt come to thy grave in a ripe age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in its season.
27 “Míedo esia kpɔ eye wònye nyateƒe. Eya ta see ne nànɔ agbe ɖe eŋu.”
Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
