Hiob 6
1 Tete Hiob ɖo eŋu nɛ be,
But Job answered and said,
2 “Ne ɖe woada nye vevesese eye woada nye fukpekpewo ɖe nudanu me ɖe!
Oh that one would indeed weigh the wrath that is upon me, and take up my griefs in a balance together!
3 Vavã woakpe wu ke si katã le ƒuta, eya ta mewɔ nuku be nye nyawo mele ame ŋu dzem o.
And verily they would be heavier than the sand by the seashore: but, as it seems, my words are vain.
4 Ŋusẽkatãtɔ la ƒe aŋutrɔwo le nye lãme, nye gbɔgbɔ le aɖi si le dodom le wo me la nom. Woƒo Mawu ƒe ŋɔdzidodowo nu ƒu ɖe ŋunye.
For the arrows of the Lord are in my body, whose violence drinks up my blood: whenever I am going to speak, they pierce me.
5 Ɖe gbetedzi xlɔ̃na ne ele gbe mumu gbɔ alo nyi xlɔ̃na ne wotsɔ gbe ƒuƒu nɛ be wòaɖua?
What then? will the wild ass bray for nothing, if he is not seeking food? or again, will the ox low at the manger, when he has a fodder?
6 Ɖe woaɖu nu vɔvɔ dzemademee alo ɖe koklozi ƒe ɣia vivinaa?
Shall bread be eaten without salt? or again, is there taste in empty words?
7 Megbe be nyemaɖui o, nuɖuɖu mawo tɔgbi ɖe wònana medzea dɔ.
For my wrath can’t cease; for I perceive my food as the smell of a lion [to be] loathsome.
8 “O, ne ɖe woana nu si mebia lam, ne Mawu ɖe wòana nu si mele mɔ kpɔm na lam,
For oh that he would grant [my desire], and my petition might come, and the Lord would grant my hope!
9 ne Mawu ɖe wòalɔ̃ agbãm gudugudu eye wòaɖe ka eƒe asi ɖe dzinye, ahawum ɖe!
Let the Lord begin and wound me, but let him not utterly destroy me.
10 Ekema esia aganye akɔfafa nam ko kple nye dzidzɔ le vevesese si nu mele tsotsom o la me be, nyemagbe nu le Kɔkɔetɔ la ƒe nyawo gbɔ o.
Let the grave be my city, upon the walls of which I have leapt: I will not shrink from it; for I have not denied the holy words of my God.
11 “Ŋusẽ kae gale asinye be maganɔ mɔ kpɔm? Mɔnukpɔkpɔ kawoe gali ta magbɔ dzi ɖi?
For what is my strength, that I continue? what is my time, that my soul endures?
12 Kpe ƒe ŋusẽe le asinyea? Akɔblie nye nye ŋutilãa?
Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?
13 Ɖe ŋusẽ aɖe le asinye be makpe ɖe ɖokuinye ŋu, esi azɔ la wonya dzidzedzekpɔkpɔ ɖa le ŋunyea?
Or have I not trusted in him? but help is [far] from me.
14 “Ele na xɔlɔ̃wo be woakpe ɖe ame si ƒo dzi ɖe le la ŋu togbɔ be egbe nu le Ŋusẽkatãtɔ vɔvɔ̃ gbɔ hã.
Mercy has rejected me; and the visitation of the Lord has disregarded me.
15 Ke womate ŋu aɖo dzi ɖe nɔvinye ŋutsuwo ŋu o elabena wole abe tɔʋu si miena le kuɖiɣi ene alo abe tɔʋu si ɖɔna gbagbana,
My nearest relations have not regarded me; they have passed me by like a failing brook, or like a wave.
16 ne tsikpe si le ete doe ɖe dzi, ne sno si dza ɖe edzi la lolo hena wòsɔ gbɔ ɖe edzi
They who used to reverence me, now have come against me like snow or congealed ice.
17 gake eƒe sisi nu tsona ne kuɖiɣi ɖo eye dzoxɔxɔ nana wòmiena la ene.
When it has melted at the approach of heat, it is not known what it was.
18 Asihawo ɖea asi le woƒe mɔwo ŋu hedzea gbe toa tagba eye wokuna ɖe mɔ dzi.
Thus I also have been deserted of all; and I am ruined, and become an outcast.
19 Asiha siwo tso Tema la le tsi dim, asigbedela siwo tso Seba la le mɔ kpɔm.
Behold the ways of the Thaemanites, you that mark the paths of the Sabaeans.
20 Ke woƒe dzi tsi dzi elabena kakaɖedzi nɔ wo si hafi gake esi wova ɖo afi ma la, ŋukpe ko woɖu.
They too that trust in cities and riches shall come to shame.
21 Azɔ miawo hã mieɖee fia be, mienye ŋudɔwɔnu aɖeke o, miekpɔ nu si ŋu ŋɔdzi le eye mievɔ̃.
But you also have come to me without pity; so that beholding my wound you are afraid.
22 Ɖe megblɔ kpɔ be, ‘Mina nane ɖe nunye, mixe fe ɖe tanye tso miaƒe kesinɔnuwo me,
What? have I made any demand of you? or do I ask for strength from you,
23 miɖem le ketɔ la ƒe asi me alo mixɔm le ŋutasẽla ƒe fegomea?’
to deliver me from enemies, or to rescue me from the hand of the mighty ones?
24 “Mifia num eye mazi ɖoɖoe; mifia afi si meda ƒu le lam.
Teach you me, and I will be silent: if in anything I have erred, tell me.
25 Aleke nyateƒenyawo mehe venae o! Ke nu ka miaƒe nyahehewo ɖe fia?
But as it seems, the words of a true man are vain, because I do not ask strength of you.
26 Ɖe miedi be yewoaɖɔ nya si megblɔ la ɖo eye miawɔ ame si ƒo dzi ɖe le la ƒe nyawo abe yaƒoƒo enea?
Neither will your reproof cause me to cease my words, for neither will I endure the sound of your speech.
27 Miadzidze nu gɔ̃ hã ɖe tsyɔ̃eviwo dzi eye miatsɔ mia xɔlɔ̃wo gɔ̃ hã aɖɔli nue.
Even because you attack the fatherless, and insult your friend.
28 “Azɔ la, minyo dɔ me miatrɔ mo ɖe gbɔnye, ɖe mate ŋu ada alakpa le mia ŋkumea?
But now, having looked upon your countenances, I will not lie.
29 Miɖe asi, migawɔ nu madzɔmadzɔ o migbugbɔ bu eŋuti elabena nye nuteƒewɔwɔ ɖo xaxa me.
Sit down now, and let there not be unrighteousness; and unite again with the just.
30 Ɖe vɔ̃ɖivɔ̃ɖi aɖe le nye nuyiwo dzia? Ɖe nye nu made dzesi beble oa?”
For there is no injustice in my tongue; and does not my throat meditate understanding?
