Hiob 9
1 Hiob ɖo eŋu nɛ gblɔ be,
Then Iob answered, and sayd,
2 “Vavã menya be esia nye nyateƒe, gake aleke amegbetɔ kodzogbea anɔ dzɔdzɔe le Mawu ŋkumee?
I knowe verily that it is so: for howe should man compared vnto God, be iustified?
3 Togbɔ be anye ame ƒe didi be yeahe nya kplii hã la, mate ŋu aɖo nya ɖeka pɛ hã ŋu nɛ le nya akpe dome o.
If I would dispute with him, hee could not answere him one thing of a thousand.
4 Eƒe nunya de to, eƒe ŋusẽ keke ta, ame kae tso ɖe eŋu kpɔ gbe abixɔxɔ?
He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath bene fierce against him and hath prospered?
5 Emli towo ɖa gake womenya o eye wòtrɔ wo bu anyi le eƒe dziku me.
He remoueth the mountaines, and they feele not when he ouerthroweth them in his wrath.
6 Eʋuʋu anyigba le enɔƒe eye wòna eƒe sɔtiwo ʋuʋu kpekpekpe.
Hee remooueth the earth out of her place, that the pillars thereof doe shake.
7 Eƒoa nu na ɣe eye meklẽna o, etsɔa nu xea ɣletiviwo ŋkume ale be womeklẽna o.
He commandeth the sunne, and it riseth not: hee closeth vp the starres, as vnder a signet.
8 Eya ɖekae keke dziƒowo me eye wòzɔa ƒutsotsoewo dzi.
Hee himselfe alone spreadeth out the heauens, and walketh vpon the height of the sea.
9 Eyae wɔ ɣletivi siwo woyɔna be, Avutɔ, Koklovinɔ kple Atifieŋu kple dzieheɣletiviwo.
He maketh the starres Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the climates of the South.
10 Ewɔ nu dzɔtsu siwo me dzodzro meli o eye wòwɔ nukunu siwo mele xexlẽme o.
He doeth great things, and vnsearcheable: yea, marueilous things without nomber.
11 Ne eva to ŋunye yi la, nyemate ŋu akpɔe o, ne etso eme va yi la, nyemate ŋu adze sii o.
Lo, when he goeth by me, I see him not: and when he passeth by, I perceiue him not.
12 Ne exɔ nu le ame si sesẽtɔe la, ame kae ate ŋu aɖo asi edzi? Ame kae ate ŋu agblɔ nɛ be, ‘Nu kae nye ema wɔm nèle?’
Behold, when he taketh a pray, who can make him to restore it? who shall say vnto him, What doest thou?
13 Mawu meɖoa asi eƒe dziku dzi o, Rahab ƒe aʋakɔwo gɔ̃ hã bɔbɔ ɖe eƒe afɔ te.
God will not withdrawe his anger, and the most mightie helpes doe stoupe vnder him.
14 “Eya ta aleke nye ya mate ŋu aɖe ɖeklemie? Afi ka makpɔ nyawo le atsɔ ahe nya kplii?
Howe much lesse shall I answere him? or howe should I finde out my words with him?
15 Togbɔ be nyemedze agɔ o hã la, nyemate ŋu aɖo nya ŋu nɛ o. Kuku ko mate ŋu aɖe na nye Ʋɔnudrɔ̃la be wòakpɔ nublanui nam.
For though I were iust, yet could I not answere, but I would make supplication to my Iudge.
16 Ne meyɔe eye wòtɔ nam gɔ̃ hã la, nyemebu be aɖo tom o.
If I cry, and he answere me, yet woulde I not beleeue, that he heard my voyce.
17 Atsɔ ahomya agbãm gudugudu eye wòadzi nye abiwo ɖe edzi dzodzro.
For he destroyeth mee with a tempest, and woundeth me without cause.
18 Maɖe mɔ nam be magakpɔ gbɔdzɔe o, ke boŋ ana vevesese nakpɔ ŋusẽ ɖe dzinye.
He wil not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitternesse.
19 Ne ŋusẽ ƒe nya wònye la, kpɔ ɖa, ŋusẽtɔe wònye! Ke ne enye ʋɔnudɔdrɔ̃ ƒe nya la, ame kae akplɔe ayi ʋɔnui?
If we speake of strength, behold, he is strog: if we speake of iudgement, who shall bring me in to pleade?
20 Ne nyemeɖi fɔ o gɔ̃ hã la, nye nu abu fɔm, eye ne nyemedze agɔ o hã la, abu fɔm.
If I woulde iustifie my selfe, mine owne mouth shall condemne mee: if I would be perfite, he shall iudge me wicked.
21 “Togbɔ be nyemeɖi fɔ o hã la, nyemetsɔ ɖeke le eme na ɖokuinye o eye medo vlo nye ŋutɔ nye agbe.
Though I were perfite, yet I knowe not my soule: therefore abhorre I my life.
22 Wo katã le ɖeka eya ta megblɔ be, ‘Etsrɔ̃a ame maɖifɔ kple ame vɔ̃ɖi la siaa.’
This is one point: therefore I said, Hee destroyeth the perfite and the wicked.
23 Ne ameƒoti he ku vɛ kpata la, eɖea alɔme le ame maɖifɔ ƒe mɔkpɔkpɔ bubu ŋuti.
If the scourge should suddenly slay, should God laugh at the punishment of the innocent?
24 Ne anyigba aɖe ge ɖe ame vɔ̃ɖi ƒe asi me la, ekema etsyɔa nu mo na eƒe ʋɔnudrɔ̃lawo. Ne menye eyae o ɖe, ekema ame kae?
The earth is giuen into the hand of ye wicked: he couereth the faces of the iudges therof: if not, where is he? or who is he?
25 “Nye ŋkekewo le du ɖim wu duƒula, wodzo dzo kabakaba dzidzɔ aɖeke manɔmee.
My dayes haue bene more swift then a post: they haue fled, and haue seene no good thing.
26 Wozɔ mii va yi abe aƒlaʋuwo ene eye abe hɔ̃woe de agba anyi be yewoaƒo nu le anyigba ene.
They are passed as with the most swift ships, and as the eagle that flyeth to the pray.
27 Ne megblɔ be, ‘Maŋlɔ nye konyifafa be eye madzudzɔ adãɖoɖo, aɖo nukomo la,’
If I say, I wil forget my complaynt, I will cease from my wrath, and comfort mee,
28 ekema nye fukpekpewo katã doa ŋɔdzi nam elabena menyae be màbum fɔmaɖilae o.
Then I am afrayd of all my sorowes, knowing that thou wilt not iudge me innocent.
29 Esi wobum fɔɖilae xoxo ɖe, nu ka tae maganɔ ʋiʋlim dzodzro?
If I be wicked, why labour I thus in vaine?
30 Ne mele tsi kple tsiledzalẽ eye metsɔ nunyadzalẽ klɔ asi gɔ̃ hã la,
If I wash my selfe with snowe water, and purge mine hands most cleane,
31 aganyrɔm ɖe anyiʋe me, ale be manyɔ ŋu na nye awuwo gɔ̃ hã.
Yet shalt thou plunge mee in the pit, and mine owne clothes shall make me filthie.
32 “Menye amee wònye abe nye ene ne maɖo nya ŋu nɛ, be makplɔe ayi ʋɔnui ahe nya kplii o.
For he is not a man as I am, that I shoulde answere him, if we come together to iudgement.
33 Ne ame aɖe ɖe wòli aƒo nu le mía dome, ada asi ɖe mí ame evea dzi
Neyther is there any vmpire that might lay his hand vpon vs both.
34 ame si aɖe Mawu ƒe ameƒoti ɖa le ŋutinye, ale be eƒe ŋɔdzi magado vɔvɔ̃ nam o la, ne anyo.
Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his feare astonish me:
35 Ekema maƒo nu na eya amea mavɔmavɔ̃e, gake abe ale si wòle nam fifia ene la, nyemate ŋui o.”
Then will I speake, and feare him not: but because I am not so, I holde me still.
