Hiob 9
1 Hiob ɖo eŋu nɛ gblɔ be,
Then responded Job, and said—
2 “Vavã menya be esia nye nyateƒe, gake aleke amegbetɔ kodzogbea anɔ dzɔdzɔe le Mawu ŋkumee?
Of a truth, I know that so it is, But how can a mortal be just with GOD?
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 he choose to contend with him, he cannot answer him, one of a thousand:
4 Eƒe nunya de to, eƒe ŋusẽ keke ta, ame kae tso ɖe eŋu kpɔ gbe abixɔxɔ?
Wise in heart, and alert in vigour, What man hath hardened himself against him, and prospered!
5 Emli towo ɖa gake womenya o eye wòtrɔ wo bu anyi le eƒe dziku me.
Who removeth mountains, unawares, Who overturneth them in his anger;
6 Eʋuʋu anyigba le enɔƒe eye wòna eƒe sɔtiwo ʋuʋu kpekpekpe.
Who shaketh the earth, out of its place, and, the pillars thereof, shudder;
7 Eƒoa nu na ɣe eye meklẽna o, etsɔa nu xea ɣletiviwo ŋkume ale be womeklẽna o.
Who commandeth the sun, and it breaketh not forth, and, about the stars, he putteth a seal;
8 Eya ɖekae keke dziƒowo me eye wòzɔa ƒutsotsoewo dzi.
Who spreadeth out fire heavens, by himself alone! and marcheth along, on the heights of the sea;
9 Eyae wɔ ɣletivi siwo woyɔna be, Avutɔ, Koklovinɔ kple Atifieŋu kple dzieheɣletiviwo.
Who made the Bear, the Giant and the Cluster, and the chambers of the south;
10 Ewɔ nu dzɔtsu siwo me dzodzro meli o eye wòwɔ nukunu siwo mele xexlẽme o.
Who doeth great things, past finding out, and marvels, beyond number.
11 Ne eva to ŋunye yi la, nyemate ŋu akpɔe o, ne etso eme va yi la, nyemate ŋu adze sii o.
Lo! he cometh upon me, yet can I not see him, Yea he passeth on, yet can I not discern him.
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?’
Lo! he snatcheth away, who can bring it back? Who shall say unto him, What wouldst thou do?
13 Mawu meɖoa asi eƒe dziku dzi o, Rahab ƒe aʋakɔwo gɔ̃ hã bɔbɔ ɖe eƒe afɔ te.
As for GOD, if he withdraw not his anger, under him, will have submitted themselves—the proud helpers.
14 “Eya ta aleke nye ya mate ŋu aɖe ɖeklemie? Afi ka makpɔ nyawo le atsɔ ahe nya kplii?
How much less that, I, should answer him, should choose 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.
Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, to be absolved, I would make supplication.
16 Ne meyɔe eye wòtɔ nam gɔ̃ hã la, nyemebu be aɖo tom o.
Though I had called, and he had answered me, I could not believe, that he would lend an ear to my voice.
17 Atsɔ ahomya agbãm gudugudu eye wòadzi nye abiwo ɖe edzi dzodzro.
For, with a tempest, would he fall upon me, and would multiply my wounds without need;
18 Maɖe mɔ nam be magakpɔ gbɔdzɔe o, ke boŋ ana vevesese nakpɔ ŋusẽ ɖe dzinye.
He would not suffer me to recover my breath, for he would surfeit me with bitter things.
19 Ne ŋusẽ ƒe nya wònye la, kpɔ ɖa, ŋusẽtɔe wònye! Ke ne enye ʋɔnudɔdrɔ̃ ƒe nya la, ame kae akplɔe ayi ʋɔnui?
If it regardeth vigour, bold is he! If justice, who could summon him?
20 Ne nyemeɖi fɔ o gɔ̃ hã la, nye nu abu fɔm, eye ne nyemedze agɔ o hã la, abu fɔm.
If I should justify myself, mine own mouth, would condemn me, —I blameless? then had it shewn me perverse.
21 “Togbɔ be nyemeɖi fɔ o hã la, nyemetsɔ ɖeke le eme na ɖokuinye o eye medo vlo nye ŋutɔ nye agbe.
I blameless? I should not know my own soul, I should despise my own life!
22 Wo katã le ɖeka eya ta megblɔ be, ‘Etsrɔ̃a ame maɖifɔ kple ame vɔ̃ɖi la siaa.’
One thing, there is, for which cause, I have said it, The blameless and the lawless, he bringeth to an end.
23 Ne ameƒoti he ku vɛ kpata la, eɖea alɔme le ame maɖifɔ ƒe mɔkpɔkpɔ bubu ŋuti.
If, a scourge, slay suddenly, at the despair of innocent ones, he mocketh.
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, hath been given into the hand of a lawless one, The faces of her judges, he covereth, If not, then who is it?
25 “Nye ŋkekewo le du ɖim wu duƒula, wodzo dzo kabakaba dzidzɔ aɖeke manɔmee.
My days, therefore, are swifter than a runner, They have fled, they have seen no good.
26 Wozɔ mii va yi abe aƒlaʋuwo ene eye abe hɔ̃woe de agba anyi be yewoaƒo nu le anyigba ene.
They have passed away with boats of paper-reed, like a vulture [which] rusheth upon food.
27 Ne megblɔ be, ‘Maŋlɔ nye konyifafa be eye madzudzɔ adãɖoɖo, aɖo nukomo la,’
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will lay aside my sad countenance, and brighten up,
28 ekema nye fukpekpewo katã doa ŋɔdzi nam elabena menyae be màbum fɔmaɖilae o.
I am afraid of all my pains, I know, that thou wilt not pronounce me innocent.
29 Esi wobum fɔɖilae xoxo ɖe, nu ka tae maganɔ ʋiʋlim dzodzro?
I, shall be held guilty, —Wherefore then, in vain, should I toil?
30 Ne mele tsi kple tsiledzalẽ eye metsɔ nunyadzalẽ klɔ asi gɔ̃ hã la,
Though I bathe myself in snow water, and cleanse, in cleanness itself, my hands,
31 aganyrɔm ɖe anyiʋe me, ale be manyɔ ŋu na nye awuwo gɔ̃ hã.
Then, in a ditch, wouldst thou plunge me, and mine own clothes should abhor me:
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 like myself, whom I might answer, nor could we come together into judgment:
33 Ne ame aɖe ɖe wòli aƒo nu le mía dome, ada asi ɖe mí ame evea dzi
There is not, between us, a mediator, who might lay his hand upon us 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 from off me his rod, and, his terror, let it not startle me:
35 Ekema maƒo nu na eya amea mavɔmavɔ̃e, gake abe ale si wòle nam fifia ene la, nyemate ŋui o.”
I could speak, and not be afraid of him, although, not so, am, I, in myself!
