Hiob 35

1 Afei, Elihu kae se:

And Elihu answers and says:

2 “Wugye di sɛ, eyi fata? Woka se, ‘Onyankopɔn betwitwa agye me.’

“Have you reckoned this for judgment [when] you have said, 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 you say, What does it profit You? What do I profit from my sin?

4 “Mepɛ sɛ mibua wo ne wo nnamfonom nyinaa.

I return words, and your friends with you,

5 Ma wʼani so kyerɛ soro na hwɛ; hwɛ omununkum a ɛwɔ wʼatifi sorosoro nohɔ.

Behold attentively the heavens—and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than you.

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 you have sinned, what do you do against Him? And your transgressions have been multiplied, What do you do to Him?

7 Sɛ woteɛ a, dɛn na wode ma no anaasɛ dɛn na onya fi wo nsam?

If you have been righteous, What do you give to Him? Or what does He receive from your hand?

8 Wʼamumɔyɛ ka onipa a ɔte sɛ wo na wo trenee ka nnipa mma nko ara.

For a man like yourself [is] your wickedness, And for a son of man your righteousness.

9 “Nnipa su bere a wɔhyɛ wɔn so; na wɔsrɛ mmoa fi nea ɔwɔ tumi nsam.

Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty.

10 Nanso obi mmisa se, ‘Ɛhe na Onyankopɔn, me Yɛfo no wɔ, nea ɔma nnwom anadwo no,

And none said, Where [is] God my Maker? Giving songs in the night,

11 nea ɔkyerɛ yɛn nimdeɛ bebree sen asase so mmoa na ɔma yehu nyansa sen wim nnomaa no?’

Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Indeed, He makes us wiser than the bird of the heavens.

12 Sɛ nnipa su teɛ mu a, ommua, amumɔyɛfo ahantan nti.

There they cry, and He does not answer, Because of the pride of evildoers.

13 Ampa ara Onyankopɔn rentie wɔn nkotosrɛ hunu no; na Otumfo remmu.

Surely God does not hear vanity, And the Mighty does not behold it.

14 Ɛno de adɛn na ɔrentie bere a woka se wunhu no, na woka se wʼasɛm wɔ nʼanim enti ɛsɛ sɛ wotwɛn no,

Indeed, though you say you do not behold Him, Judgment [is] before Him, and stays for Him.

15 na bio, nʼabufuw mmfa asotwe mma na nʼani nni amumɔyɛsɛm akyi pii?

And now, because there is not, He has appointed His anger, And He has not known in great extremity.

16 Enti Hiob bue nʼano ka nsɛnhunu; nimdeɛ a onni nti, ɔkeka nsɛm bebree.”

And Job opens his mouth [with] vanity, He multiplies words without knowledge.”