Hiob 5
1 “Wobɛfrɛ a frɛ, na hena na obegye wo so? Akronkronfo no mu hena nkyɛn na wobɛkɔ?
Call now; is there any that will answer thee? and to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?
2 Ahisɛm kum ɔkwasea, na anibere kum atetekwaa.
For vexation killeth the foolish man, and jealousy slayeth the silly one.
3 Mʼankasa mahu ɔkwasea a ɔrefefɛw, nanso mpofirim, wɔdomee ne fi.
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
4 Ne mma ne bammɔ ntam kwan ware, wɔdwerɛw wɔn wɔ asennii a wonni ɔkamafo.
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
5 Nea ɔkɔm de no no di ne nnɔbae, na ɔfa fi nsɔe mu mpo, na nea osukɔm de no no pere di nʼahode akyi.
Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the snare gapeth for their substance.
6 Ahokyere mpue mmfi dɔte mu na ɔhaw nso mfifi mmfi fam.
For affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
7 Nanso wɔwo nnipa to ɔhaw mu mpɛn dodow a gyaframa turuw kɔ soro no.
But man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
8 “Nanso sɛ ɛyɛ me a, anka meguan atoa Onyankopɔn; na mede mʼasɛm ato nʼanim.
But as for me, I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
9 Ɔyɛ anwonwade a wontumi nhwehwɛ mu, ne nsɛnkyerɛnne a wontumi nkan ne dodow.
Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvelous things without number:
10 Ɔtɔ osu gu asase so; na ɔde kɔ wuram.
Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
11 Ɔde ahobrɛasefo si nea ɛkorɔn, na ɔma wɔn a wodi awerɛhow nya asomdwoe.
So that he setteth up on high those that be low; and those which mourn are exalted to safety.
12 Ɔsɛe aniferefo nhyehyɛe, ma wɔn nsa si fam.
He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
13 Ɔkyere anyansafo wɔ wɔn anifere mu, na ɔbɔ anitewfo nhyehyɛe gu.
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
14 Sum duru wɔn awia ketee; na wɔkeka wɔ owigyinae mu te sɛ anadwo.
They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at noonday as in the night.
15 Ogye ahiafo fi afoa a ɛhyɛ wɔn anom; ogye wɔn fi ahoɔdenfo nkyehama mu.
But he saveth from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
16 Enti ahiafo wɔ anidaso, na ntɛnkyew ka nʼano to mu.
So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
17 “Nhyira ne onipa a Onyankopɔn teɛ no, enti mmu Otumfo nteɛteɛ no animtiaa.
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.
18 Efisɛ ɔno na opira na ɔno ara akyekyere; opira nanso ne nsa sa yare.
For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
19 Obegye wo afi ɔhaw ahorow asia mu; ason so no, bɔne biara renka wo.
He shall deliver thee in six troubles; yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
20 Ɔkɔm ba a, obegye wo afi owu mu, na ɔko mu nso, obegye wo afi afoa ano.
In famine he shall redeem thee from death; and in war from the power of the sword.
21 Wɔbɛbɔ wo ho ban afi ntwirii ho na sɛ ɔsɛe ba a ɛnsɛ sɛ wusuro.
Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
22 Wobɛserew ɔsɛe ne ɔkɔm; na ɛnsɛ sɛ wusuro asase so mmoa.
At destruction and dearth thou shalt laugh; neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
23 Wo ne afuw so abo bɛyɛ apam, na emu nkekaboa nso ne wo bɛtena asomdwoe mu.
For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
24 Wubehu sɛ wo ntamadan wɔ bammɔ; na sɛ wosese wʼahode a wubehu sɛ hwee nyeraa ɛ.
And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; and thou shalt visit thy fold, and shalt miss nothing.
25 Wubehu sɛ wo mma bɛyɛ bebree; na wʼase bɛfɛe sɛ asase so sare.
Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
26 Wode ahoɔden bɛkɔ ɔda mu, te sɛ afiafi a wɔaboa ano wɔ otwabere mu.
Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in its season.
27 “Yɛahwehwɛ eyi mu, na ɛyɛ nokware ɛno nti tie na fa toto wʼabrabɔ ho.”
Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
