Hiob 8
1 Tete Suhitɔ, Bildad ɖo nya ŋu na Hiob be,
And Bildad the Shuhite answers and says:
2 “Va se ɖe ɣe ka ɣie nànɔ nya siawo gblɔm? Wò nyawo nye yaƒoƒo sesẽ ɖeɖe ko.
“Until when do you speak these things? And a strong wind—sayings of your mouth?
3 Ɖe Mawu atso afia ŋkunɔa? Ɖe Ŋusẽkatãtɔ la atrɔ nya dzɔdzɔe abua?
Does God pervert judgment? And does the Mighty One pervert justice?
4 Esi viwòwo wɔ nu vɔ̃ ɖe eŋu la, etsɔ wo de asi na tohehe si woƒe nu vɔ̃ dze na.
If your sons have sinned before Him, And He sends them away, By the hand of their transgression,
5 Gake ne àkpɔ Mawu dzi ɖa, aƒo koko na Ŋusẽkatãtɔ la,
If you seek for God early, And make supplication to the Mighty,
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 [are] pure and upright, Surely now He wakes for you, And has completed The habitation of your righteousness.
7 Wò gɔmedzedze anɔ sue gake emegbe àdzi asɔ gbɔ ɖe edzi.
And your beginning has been small, And your latter end is very great.
8 “Bia dzidzime siwo do ŋgɔ, eye nàkpɔe ɖa be nu ka wo fofowo srɔ̃ mahã,
For inquire, please, of a former generation, And prepare for a search of their fathers,
9 elabena míawo la, etsɔviwo míenye, míenya naneke o eye míaƒe ŋkekewo le anyigba dzi le abe vɔvɔli ko ene.
For we [are] of yesterday, and we do not know, For our days [are] a shadow on earth.
10 Ɖe womafia nu wò, agblɔe na wò oa? Ɖe womagblɔ nya na wò tso woƒe gɔmesese me oa?
Do they not show you—speak to you, And from their heart bring forth words?
11 Ɖe keti miena, tsina ƒlaluu ɖe teƒe si sii mele oa? Ɖe aƒla awɔ nyuie ne mekpɔ tsi oa?
Does a rush rise without a marsh? A reed increase without water?
12 Esi wogale mumu ko eye womeɖo sisi me haɖe o la, woyrɔna kaba wu gbe si le gbedzi.
While it [is] in its budding—uncropped, Even before any herb it withers.
13 Aleae wòvaa emee na ame siwo katã ŋlɔ Mawu be eye nenemae Mawumavɔ̃lawo ƒe mɔkpɔkpɔ tsrɔ̃nae.
So [are] the paths of all forgetting God, And the hope of the profane perishes,
14 Nu si ŋu wòɖo dzi ɖo la meɖo ŋusẽ o eye nu si wòde mee la nye yiyiɖɔ.
Whose confidence is loathsome, And the house of a spider his trust.
15 Ede me eƒe ɖɔ eye wòlã, eku ɖe eŋu, gake etso ɖe eƒe asi me.
He leans on his house—and it does not stand, He takes hold on it—and it does not abide.
16 Ɖeko wòle abe ati si wode tsii nyuie le ŋdɔgbe ene ekekea eƒe alɔwo ɖe abɔa me,
He [is] green before the sun, And over his garden his branch goes out.
17 eƒe kewo blana ɖe agakpe geɖewo ŋu eye wodia teƒe le kpewo dome.
His roots are wrapped by a heap, He looks for a house of stones.
18 Gake ne wohoe le enɔƒe la, teƒe la gbea nu le egbɔ eye wògblɔna be, ‘Nyemekpɔ wò kpɔ o.’
If [one] destroys him from his place, Then it has feigned concerning him, I have not seen you!
19 Vavã eƒe agbe yrɔna eye atiku bubuwo miena ɖe eteƒe.
Behold, this [is] the joy of His way, And from the dust others spring up.
20 “Enye nyateƒe be Mawu megbea ame si ŋu fɔɖiɖi mele o alo doa ŋusẽ nu vɔ̃ɖi wɔlawo ƒe asi o.
Behold, God does not reject the perfect, Nor takes hold on the hand of evildoers.
21 Ke hã la, agana nukoko nayɔ wò nu me fũu, eye wòatsɔ dzidzɔɣli ayɔ wò nuyiwo nu.
While He fills your mouth with laughter, And your lips with shouting,
22 Ŋukpe alé wò futɔwo eye ame vɔ̃ɖiwo ƒe agbadɔwo maganɔ anyi o.”
Those hating you put on shame, And the tent of the wicked is not!”
