Hiob 8
1 Tete Suhitɔ, Bildad ɖo nya ŋu na Hiob be,
Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,
2 “Va se ɖe ɣe ka ɣie nànɔ nya siawo gblɔm? Wò nyawo nye yaƒoƒo sesẽ ɖeɖe ko.
“How long will you say these things? How long will the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?
3 Ɖe Mawu atso afia ŋkunɔa? Ɖe Ŋusẽkatãtɔ la atrɔ nya dzɔdzɔe abua?
Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert righteousness?
4 Esi viwòwo wɔ nu vɔ̃ ɖe eŋu la, etsɔ wo de asi na tohehe si woƒe nu vɔ̃ dze na.
Your children have sinned against him; we know this, for he gave them into the hand of their sins.
5 Gake ne àkpɔ Mawu dzi ɖa, aƒo koko na Ŋusẽkatãtɔ la,
But suppose you diligently sought God and presented your request to 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 are pure and upright, then he would surely stir himself on your behalf and restore you to your rightful place.
7 Wò gɔmedzedze anɔ sue gake emegbe àdzi asɔ gbɔ ɖe edzi.
Even though your beginning was small, still your final condition would be much greater.
8 “Bia dzidzime siwo do ŋgɔ, eye nàkpɔe ɖa be nu ka wo fofowo srɔ̃ mahã,
Please ask the former generations, and give your attention to what our ancestors learned.
9 elabena míawo la, etsɔviwo míenye, míenya naneke o eye míaƒe ŋkekewo le anyigba dzi le abe vɔvɔli ko ene.
(We were only born yesterday and know nothing because our days on earth are a shadow).
10 Ɖe womafia nu wò, agblɔe na wò oa? Ɖe womagblɔ nya na wò tso woƒe gɔmesese me oa?
Will they not teach you and tell you? Will they not speak words from their hearts?
11 Ɖe keti miena, tsina ƒlaluu ɖe teƒe si sii mele oa? Ɖe aƒla awɔ nyuie ne mekpɔ tsi oa?
Can papyrus grow without a marsh? Can reeds grow without water?
12 Esi wogale mumu ko eye womeɖo sisi me haɖe o la, woyrɔna kaba wu gbe si le gbedzi.
While they are still green and not cut down, they wither before any other plant.
13 Aleae wòvaa emee na ame siwo katã ŋlɔ Mawu be eye nenemae Mawumavɔ̃lawo ƒe mɔkpɔkpɔ tsrɔ̃nae.
So also are the paths of all who forget God; the hope of the godless will perish.
14 Nu si ŋu wòɖo dzi ɖo la meɖo ŋusẽ o eye nu si wòde mee la nye yiyiɖɔ.
His confidence will break apart, and his trust is as weak as a spider's web.
15 Ede me eƒe ɖɔ eye wòlã, eku ɖe eŋu, gake etso ɖe eƒe asi me.
He leans on his house, but it will not support him; he takes hold of it, but it does not stand.
16 Ɖeko wòle abe ati si wode tsii nyuie le ŋdɔgbe ene ekekea eƒe alɔwo ɖe abɔa me,
Under the sun he is green, and his shoots go out over his entire garden.
17 eƒe kewo blana ɖe agakpe geɖewo ŋu eye wodia teƒe le kpewo dome.
His roots are wrapped about the heaps of stone; they look for good places among the rocks.
18 Gake ne wohoe le enɔƒe la, teƒe la gbea nu le egbɔ eye wògblɔna be, ‘Nyemekpɔ wò kpɔ o.’
But if this person is destroyed out of his place, then that place will deny him and say, 'I never saw you.'
19 Vavã eƒe agbe yrɔna eye atiku bubuwo miena ɖe eteƒe.
See, this is the “joy” of such a person's behavior; other plants will sprout out of the same soil in his place.
20 “Enye nyateƒe be Mawu megbea ame si ŋu fɔɖiɖi mele o alo doa ŋusẽ nu vɔ̃ɖi wɔlawo ƒe asi o.
See, God will not cast away an innocent man; neither will he take the hand of evildoers.
21 Ke hã la, agana nukoko nayɔ wò nu me fũu, eye wòatsɔ dzidzɔɣli ayɔ wò nuyiwo nu.
He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, your lips with shouting.
22 Ŋukpe alé wò futɔwo eye ame vɔ̃ɖiwo ƒe agbadɔwo maganɔ anyi o.”
Those who hate you will be clothed with shame; the tent of the wicked will be no more.”
