Hiob 35
1 Afei, Elihu kae se:
Elihu spake moreover, and said,
2 “Wugye di sɛ, eyi fata? Woka se, ‘Onyankopɔn betwitwa agye me.’
Thinkest thou this to be right, [that] thou saidst, My righteousness [is] more than God’s?
3 Nanso wubisa no se, ‘Mfaso bɛn na menya, na sɛ manyɛ bɔne a, mfaso bɛn na menya?’
For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? [and], What profit shall I have, [if I be cleansed] from my sin?
4 “Mepɛ sɛ mibua wo ne wo nnamfonom nyinaa.
I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
5 Ma wʼani so kyerɛ soro na hwɛ; hwɛ omununkum a ɛwɔ wʼatifi sorosoro nohɔ.
Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds [which] are higher than thou.
6 Sɛ woyɛ bɔne a, ɔkwan bɛn so na ɛfa haw no? Mpo sɛ wo bɔne dɔɔso a, nsunsuanso bɛn na enya wɔ ne so?
If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or [if] thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
7 Sɛ woteɛ a, dɛn na wode ma no anaasɛ dɛn na onya fi wo nsam?
If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
8 Wʼamumɔyɛ ka onipa a ɔte sɛ wo na wo trenee ka nnipa mma nko ara.
Thy wickedness [may hurt] a man as thou [art; ] and thy righteousness [may profit] the son of man.
9 “Nnipa su bere a wɔhyɛ wɔn so; na wɔsrɛ mmoa fi nea ɔwɔ tumi nsam.
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make [the oppressed] to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
10 Nanso obi mmisa se, ‘Ɛhe na Onyankopɔn, me Yɛfo no wɔ, nea ɔma nnwom anadwo no,
But none saith, Where [is] God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
11 nea ɔkyerɛ yɛn nimdeɛ bebree sen asase so mmoa na ɔma yehu nyansa sen wim nnomaa no?’
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
12 Sɛ nnipa su teɛ mu a, ommua, amumɔyɛfo ahantan nti.
There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
13 Ampa ara Onyankopɔn rentie wɔn nkotosrɛ hunu no; na Otumfo remmu.
Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
14 Ɛno de adɛn na ɔrentie bere a woka se wunhu no, na woka se wʼasɛm wɔ nʼanim enti ɛsɛ sɛ wotwɛn no,
Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, [yet] judgment [is] before him; therefore trust thou in him.
15 na bio, nʼabufuw mmfa asotwe mma na nʼani nni amumɔyɛsɛm akyi pii?
But now, because [it is] not [so], he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth [it] not in great extremity:
16 Enti Hiob bue nʼano ka nsɛnhunu; nimdeɛ a onni nti, ɔkeka nsɛm bebree.”
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
