Hiob 8
1 Tete Suhitɔ, Bildad ɖo nya ŋu na Hiob be,
But Baldad the Suhite, responding, said:
2 “Va se ɖe ɣe ka ɣie nànɔ nya siawo gblɔm? Wò nyawo nye yaƒoƒo sesẽ ɖeɖe ko.
How long will you speak this way, so that the words of your mouth are like a changeable wind?
3 Ɖe Mawu atso afia ŋkunɔa? Ɖe Ŋusẽkatãtɔ la atrɔ nya dzɔdzɔe abua?
Does God supplant judgment, or does the Almighty subvert that which is just?
4 Esi viwòwo wɔ nu vɔ̃ ɖe eŋu la, etsɔ wo de asi na tohehe si woƒe nu vɔ̃ dze na.
And if now your children have sinned against him, and he has dismissed them into the power of their iniquity,
5 Gake ne àkpɔ Mawu dzi ɖa, aƒo koko na Ŋusẽkatãtɔ la,
even so, you should arise early to God, so as to beseech the Almighty.
6 ekema ne èle dzadzɛe, le dzɔdzɔe, fifia gɔ̃ hã la, atso le tawò eye wòagaɖo wò te, ada wò ɖe teƒe si wòle be nànɔ.
If you approach with purity and honesty, he will quickly be attentive to you, and a peaceful life will repay your righteousness,
7 Wò gɔmedzedze anɔ sue gake emegbe àdzi asɔ gbɔ ɖe edzi.
so much so that, if your former things were small, your latter things would be multiplied greatly.
8 “Bia dzidzime siwo do ŋgɔ, eye nàkpɔe ɖa be nu ka wo fofowo srɔ̃ mahã,
For inquire of the earliest generation, and investigate diligently the history of the fathers,
9 elabena míawo la, etsɔviwo míenye, míenya naneke o eye míaƒe ŋkekewo le anyigba dzi le abe vɔvɔli ko ene.
(of course, we are but of yesterday and are ignorant that our days on earth are like a shadow, )
10 Ɖe womafia nu wò, agblɔe na wò oa? Ɖe womagblɔ nya na wò tso woƒe gɔmesese me oa?
and they will teach you; they will speak with you and will offer you the eloquence of their hearts.
11 Ɖe keti miena, tsina ƒlaluu ɖe teƒe si sii mele oa? Ɖe aƒla awɔ nyuie ne mekpɔ tsi oa?
Can the marsh plant live without moisture? Or can sedges grow without water?
12 Esi wogale mumu ko eye womeɖo sisi me haɖe o la, woyrɔna kaba wu gbe si le gbedzi.
When it is still in flower, and has not been pulled up by hand, it withers before all other plants.
13 Aleae wòvaa emee na ame siwo katã ŋlɔ Mawu be eye nenemae Mawumavɔ̃lawo ƒe mɔkpɔkpɔ tsrɔ̃nae.
Just so are the ways of all who forget God, and the hope of the hypocrite will perish.
14 Nu si ŋu wòɖo dzi ɖo la meɖo ŋusẽ o eye nu si wòde mee la nye yiyiɖɔ.
His frenzy will not please him, and his faith will be like a spider’s web.
15 Ede me eƒe ɖɔ eye wòlã, eku ɖe eŋu, gake etso ɖe eƒe asi me.
He will lean on his house, and it will not stand; he will prop it up, but it will not rise.
16 Ɖeko wòle abe ati si wode tsii nyuie le ŋdɔgbe ene ekekea eƒe alɔwo ɖe abɔa me,
He seems to have moisture before the sun arrives; and at sunrise, his sprout shoots forth.
17 eƒe kewo blana ɖe agakpe geɖewo ŋu eye wodia teƒe le kpewo dome.
His roots will crowd together over a heap of stones, and among the stones he will remain.
18 Gake ne wohoe le enɔƒe la, teƒe la gbea nu le egbɔ eye wògblɔna be, ‘Nyemekpɔ wò kpɔ o.’
If someone is devoured right beside him, he will deny him and will say: “I do not know you.”
19 Vavã eƒe agbe yrɔna eye atiku bubuwo miena ɖe eteƒe.
For this is the benefit of his way, that others in turn may spring up from the earth.
20 “Enye nyateƒe be Mawu megbea ame si ŋu fɔɖiɖi mele o alo doa ŋusẽ nu vɔ̃ɖi wɔlawo ƒe asi o.
God will not discard the simple, nor will he extend his hand to the spiteful,
21 Ke hã la, agana nukoko nayɔ wò nu me fũu, eye wòatsɔ dzidzɔɣli ayɔ wò nuyiwo nu.
even until your mouth is filled with laughter and your lips with rejoicing.
22 Ŋukpe alé wò futɔwo eye ame vɔ̃ɖiwo ƒe agbadɔwo maganɔ anyi o.”
Those who hate you, will be clothed with confusion, and the tabernacle of the impious will not continue.
