Hiob 11
1 Na Naamani Sofar buae se,
And Zophar the Naamathite answers and says:
2 “Ɛnsɛ sɛ woyi saa nsɛm yi ano ana? Ɛsɛ sɛ wobu saa ɔkasafo yi bem ana?
“Is a multitude of words not answered? And is a man of lips justified?
3 Wo nsɛm hunu no bɛma nnipa ayɛ komm ana? Sɛ wudi fɛw a obiara nka wʼanim ana?
Your boastings make men keep silent, You scorn, and none is causing blushing!
4 Woka kyerɛ Onyankopɔn se, ‘Me gyidi ho nni asɛm na meyɛ pɛ wɔ wʼani so.’
And you say, My discourse [is] pure, And I have been clean in Your eyes.
5 Ao, anka mepɛ sɛ Onyankopɔn kasa, anka ɔnkasa ntia wo
And yet, O that God had spoken! And opens His lips with you.
6 na ommue nyansa mu ahintasɛm so nkyerɛ wo, efisɛ nyansa turodoo yɛ afanu. Hu sɛ Onyankopɔn werɛ afi wo bɔne no bi mpo.
And declares to you secrets of wisdom, for counsel has foldings. And know that God forgets of your iniquity for you.
7 “Wubetumi ate Onyankopɔn anwonwade ase ana? Wubetumi abɔre ahu nea Otumfo no tumi kɔpem ana?
Do you find out God by searching? To perfection find out the Mighty One?
8 Ɛkorɔn sen ɔsoro, dɛn na wubetumi ayɛ? Emu dɔ sen ɔda ase tɔnn, dɛn na wubetumi ahu? (Sheol h7585)
Heights of the heavens—what [can] you do? Deeper than Sheol—what [can] you know? (Sheol h7585)
9 Ne nsusuwii mu ware sen asase na ɛtrɛw sen po.
Its measure [is] longer than earth, and broader than the sea.
10 “Sɛ ɔba de wo bɛto afiase ansa na osi nkongua a, hena na obetumi asiw no kwan?
If He passes on, and shuts up, and assembles, Who then reverses it?
11 Ampa ara ohu nnipa nnaadaafo; na sɛ ohu bɔne a, ɔnhyɛ ne nsow ana?
For He has known men of vanity, And He sees iniquity, And one does not consider [it]!
12 Nanso ogyimifo rentumi nyɛ onyansafo da na wɔawo afurum ba sɛ onipa.
And empty man is bold, And man is born [as] the colt of a wild donkey.
13 “Na sɛ wode wo koma ma no na wopagyaw wo nsa kyerɛ no,
If you have prepared your heart, And have spread out your hands to Him,
14 sɛ wugyaa bɔne a wukura no mu na woamma amumɔyɛ antena wo ntamadan mu a
If iniquity [is] in your hand, put it far off, And do not let perverseness dwell in your tents.
15 ɛno de, bɔne nni wo ho, wobɛma wo ti so; wubegyina pintinn a worensuro.
For then you lift up your face from blemish, And you have been firm, and do not fear.
16 Wo werɛ befi wʼahokyere, na wɔbɛkae no sɛ nsu a asen kɔ.
For you forget misery, As waters passed away you remember.
17 Abrabɔ bɛhyerɛn asen owigyinae, na sum bɛyɛ sɛ adekyee hann.
And age rises above the noon, You fly—you are as the morning.
18 Wubenya bammɔ, efisɛ anidaso wɔ hɔ; wobɛhwɛ wo ho ahyia, na wahome asomdwoe mu.
And you have trusted because there is hope, And searched—in confidence you lie down,
19 Wobɛda ahome, na obi renhunahuna wo, na bebree bɛhwehwɛ mmoa afi wo nkyɛn.
And you have rested, And none is causing trembling, And many have begged [at] your face;
20 Amumɔyɛfo ani befura, wɔrentumi nguan; na wɔn anidaso bɛdan owu ahomegu.”
And the eyes of the wicked are consumed, And refuge has perished from them, And their hope [is] a breathing out of soul!”
