Hiob 9
1 Hiob ɖo eŋu nɛ gblɔ be,
Then Job answered and said,
2 “Vavã menya be esia nye nyateƒe, gake aleke amegbetɔ kodzogbea anɔ dzɔdzɔe le Mawu ŋkumee?
“I truly know that this is so. But how can a person be in the right 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 wants to argue with God, he cannot answer him once in a thousand times.
4 Eƒe nunya de to, eƒe ŋusẽ keke ta, ame kae tso ɖe eŋu kpɔ gbe abixɔxɔ?
God is wise in heart and mighty in strength; who has ever hardened himself against him and succeeded?—
5 Emli towo ɖa gake womenya o eye wòtrɔ wo bu anyi le eƒe dziku me.
he who removes the mountains without warning anyone when he overturns them in his anger—
6 Eʋuʋu anyigba le enɔƒe eye wòna eƒe sɔtiwo ʋuʋu kpekpekpe.
he who shakes the earth out of its place and sets its supports trembling.
7 Eƒoa nu na ɣe eye meklẽna o, etsɔa nu xea ɣletiviwo ŋkume ale be womeklẽna o.
It is the same God who tells the sun not to rise, and it does not, and who covers up the stars,
8 Eya ɖekae keke dziƒowo me eye wòzɔa ƒutsotsoewo dzi.
who by himself stretches out the heavens and tramples down the waves of the sea,
9 Eyae wɔ ɣletivi siwo woyɔna be, Avutɔ, Koklovinɔ kple Atifieŋu kple dzieheɣletiviwo.
who makes the Bear, Orion, the Pleiades, and the constellations of the south.
10 Ewɔ nu dzɔtsu siwo me dzodzro meli o eye wòwɔ nukunu siwo mele xexlẽme o.
He does great and unsearchable things, and wonderful things that cannot be counted.
11 Ne eva to ŋunye yi la, nyemate ŋu akpɔe o, ne etso eme va yi la, nyemate ŋu adze sii o.
See, he goes by me, and I do not see him; he passes on also, but I do not perceive 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?’
If he takes something away, who can stop him? Who can say to him, 'What are you doing?'
13 Mawu meɖoa asi eƒe dziku dzi o, Rahab ƒe aʋakɔwo gɔ̃ hã bɔbɔ ɖe eƒe afɔ te.
God will not withdraw his anger; the helpers of Rahab bow beneath him.
14 “Eya ta aleke nye ya mate ŋu aɖe ɖeklemie? Afi ka makpɔ nyawo le atsɔ ahe nya kplii?
How much less could I answer him, could I choose words to reason 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.
Even if I were righteous, I could not answer him; I could only plead for mercy with my judge.
16 Ne meyɔe eye wòtɔ nam gɔ̃ hã la, nyemebu be aɖo tom o.
Even if I called and he answered me, I would not believe that he was listening to my voice.
17 Atsɔ ahomya agbãm gudugudu eye wòadzi nye abiwo ɖe edzi dzodzro.
For he breaks me with a tempest and multiplies my wounds without cause.
18 Maɖe mɔ nam be magakpɔ gbɔdzɔe o, ke boŋ ana vevesese nakpɔ ŋusẽ ɖe dzinye.
He does not allow me to regain my breath; but he fills me with bitterness.
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 is a matter of strength, behold, he is mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon him?
20 Ne nyemeɖi fɔ o gɔ̃ hã la, nye nu abu fɔm, eye ne nyemedze agɔ o hã la, abu fɔm.
Though I am in the right, my own mouth would condemn me; and though I am blameless, my words would prove me to be guilty.
21 “Togbɔ be nyemeɖi fɔ o hã la, nyemetsɔ ɖeke le eme na ɖokuinye o eye medo vlo nye ŋutɔ nye agbe.
I am blameless, but I do not care any more about myself; I despise my own life.
22 Wo katã le ɖeka eya ta megblɔ be, ‘Etsrɔ̃a ame maɖifɔ kple ame vɔ̃ɖi la siaa.’
It makes no difference, which is why I say that he destroys blameless people and wicked people together.
23 Ne ameƒoti he ku vɛ kpata la, eɖea alɔme le ame maɖifɔ ƒe mɔkpɔkpɔ bubu ŋuti.
When a whip suddenly kills, he mocks the despair 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 given into the hand of wicked people; God covers the faces of its judges. If it is not he who does it, then who is it?
25 “Nye ŋkekewo le du ɖim wu duƒula, wodzo dzo kabakaba dzidzɔ aɖeke manɔmee.
My days are swifter than a running messenger; my days flee away; they see no good anywhere.
26 Wozɔ mii va yi abe aƒlaʋuwo ene eye abe hɔ̃woe de agba anyi be yewoaƒo nu le anyigba ene.
They are as fast as papyrus reed boats, and as fast as the eagle that swoops down on its victim.
27 Ne megblɔ be, ‘Maŋlɔ nye konyifafa be eye madzudzɔ adãɖoɖo, aɖo nukomo la,’
If I said that I would forget about my complaints, that I would take off my sad face and be happy,
28 ekema nye fukpekpewo katã doa ŋɔdzi nam elabena menyae be màbum fɔmaɖilae o.
I would be afraid of all my sorrows because I know that you will not consider me innocent.
29 Esi wobum fɔɖilae xoxo ɖe, nu ka tae maganɔ ʋiʋlim dzodzro?
I will be condemned; why, then, should I try in vain?
30 Ne mele tsi kple tsiledzalẽ eye metsɔ nunyadzalẽ klɔ asi gɔ̃ hã la,
If I washed myself with snow water and made my hands ever so clean,
31 aganyrɔm ɖe anyiʋe me, ale be manyɔ ŋu na nye awuwo gɔ̃ hã.
God would plunge me in a ditch, and my own clothes would be disgusted with me.
32 “Menye amee wònye abe nye ene ne maɖo nya ŋu nɛ, be makplɔe ayi ʋɔnui ahe nya kplii o.
For God is not a man, as I am, that I could answer him, that we could come together in court.
33 Ne ame aɖe ɖe wòli aƒo nu le mía dome, ada asi ɖe mí ame evea dzi
There is no judge between us 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.
There is no other judge who could take God's rod off me, who could keep his terror from frightening me.
35 Ekema maƒo nu na eya amea mavɔmavɔ̃e, gake abe ale si wòle nam fifia ene la, nyemate ŋui o.”
Then would I speak up and not fear him. But as things are now, I cannot do that.
