Hiob 35
1 Afei, Elihu kae se:
Elihu spoke 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 to 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 to 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 are multiplied, what doest thou to him?
7 Sɛ woteɛ a, dɛn na wode ma no anaasɛ dɛn na onya fi wo nsam?
If thou art righteous, what givest thou to him? or what receiveth he from thy 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.
