Hiob 5
1 “Wobɛfrɛ a frɛ, na hena na obegye wo so? Akronkronfo no mu hena nkyɛn na wobɛkɔ?
Therfor clepe thou, if `ony is that schal answere thee, and turne thou to summe of seyntis.
2 Ahisɛm kum ɔkwasea, na anibere kum atetekwaa.
Wrathfulnesse sleeth `a fonned man, and enuye sleeth a litil child.
3 Mʼankasa mahu ɔkwasea a ɔrefefɛw, nanso mpofirim, wɔdomee ne fi.
Y siy a fool with stidefast rote, and Y curside his feirnesse anoon.
4 Ne mma ne bammɔ ntam kwan ware, wɔdwerɛw wɔn wɔ asennii a wonni ɔkamafo.
Hise sones schulen be maad fer fro helthe, and thei schulen be defoulid in the yate, and `noon schal be that schal delyuere hem.
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.
Whos ripe corn an hungri man schal ete, and an armed man schal rauysche hym, and thei, that thirsten, schulen drynke hise richessis.
6 Ahokyere mpue mmfi dɔte mu na ɔhaw nso mfifi mmfi fam.
No thing is doon in erthe with out cause, and sorewe schal not go out of the erthe.
7 Nanso wɔwo nnipa to ɔhaw mu mpɛn dodow a gyaframa turuw kɔ soro no.
A man is borun to labour, and a brid to fliyt.
8 “Nanso sɛ ɛyɛ me a, anka meguan atoa Onyankopɔn; na mede mʼasɛm ato nʼanim.
Wherfor Y schal biseche the Lord, and Y schal sette my speche to my God.
9 Ɔyɛ anwonwade a wontumi nhwehwɛ mu, ne nsɛnkyerɛnne a wontumi nkan ne dodow.
That makith grete thingis, and that moun not be souyt out, and wondurful thingis with out noumbre.
10 Ɔtɔ osu gu asase so; na ɔde kɔ wuram.
Which yyueth reyn on the face of erthe, and moistith alle thingis with watris.
11 Ɔde ahobrɛasefo si nea ɛkorɔn, na ɔma wɔn a wodi awerɛhow nya asomdwoe.
Which settith meke men an hiy, and reisith with helthe hem that morenen.
12 Ɔsɛe aniferefo nhyehyɛe, ma wɔn nsa si fam.
Which distrieth the thouytis of yuel willid men, that her hondis moun not fille tho thingis that thei bigunnen.
13 Ɔkyere anyansafo wɔ wɔn anifere mu, na ɔbɔ anitewfo nhyehyɛe gu.
Which takith cautelouse men in the felnesse `of hem, and distrieth the counsel of schrewis.
14 Sum duru wɔn awia ketee; na wɔkeka wɔ owigyinae mu te sɛ anadwo.
Bi dai thei schulen renne in to derknessis, and as in nyyt so thei schulen grope in myddai.
15 Ogye ahiafo fi afoa a ɛhyɛ wɔn anom; ogye wɔn fi ahoɔdenfo nkyehama mu.
Certis God schal make saaf a nedi man fro the swerd of her mouth, and a pore man fro the hond of the violent, `ethir rauynour.
16 Enti ahiafo wɔ anidaso, na ntɛnkyew ka nʼano to mu.
And hope schal be to a nedi man, but wickidnesse schal drawe togidere his mouth.
17 “Nhyira ne onipa a Onyankopɔn teɛ no, enti mmu Otumfo nteɛteɛ no animtiaa.
Blessid is the man, which is chastisid of the Lord; therfor repreue thou not the blamyng of the Lord.
18 Efisɛ ɔno na opira na ɔno ara akyekyere; opira nanso ne nsa sa yare.
For he woundith, and doith medicyn; he smytith, and hise hondis schulen make hool.
19 Obegye wo afi ɔhaw ahorow asia mu; ason so no, bɔne biara renka wo.
In sixe tribulaciouns he schal delyuere thee, and in the seuenthe tribulacioun yuel schal not touche thee.
20 Ɔkɔm ba a, obegye wo afi owu mu, na ɔko mu nso, obegye wo afi afoa ano.
In hungur he schal delyuere thee fro deeth, and in batel fro the power of swerd.
21 Wɔbɛbɔ wo ho ban afi ntwirii ho na sɛ ɔsɛe ba a ɛnsɛ sɛ wusuro.
Thou schalt be hid fro the scourge of tunge, and thou schalt not drede myseiste, `ethir wretchidnesse, whanne it cometh.
22 Wobɛserew ɔsɛe ne ɔkɔm; na ɛnsɛ sɛ wusuro asase so mmoa.
In distriyng maad of enemyes and in hungur thou schalt leiye, and thou schalt not drede the beestis of erthe.
23 Wo ne afuw so abo bɛyɛ apam, na emu nkekaboa nso ne wo bɛtena asomdwoe mu.
But thi couenaunt schal be with the stonys of erthe, and beestis of erthe schulen be pesible to thee.
24 Wubehu sɛ wo ntamadan wɔ bammɔ; na sɛ wosese wʼahode a wubehu sɛ hwee nyeraa ɛ.
And thou schalt wite, that thi tabernacle hath pees, and thou visitynge thi fairnesse schalt not do synne.
25 Wubehu sɛ wo mma bɛyɛ bebree; na wʼase bɛfɛe sɛ asase so sare.
And thou schalt wite also, that thi seed schal be many fold, and thi generacioun schal be as an erbe of erthe.
26 Wode ahoɔden bɛkɔ ɔda mu, te sɛ afiafi a wɔaboa ano wɔ otwabere mu.
In abundaunce thou schalt go in to the sepulcre, as an heep of wheete is borun in his tyme.
27 “Yɛahwehwɛ eyi mu, na ɛyɛ nokware ɛno nti tie na fa toto wʼabrabɔ ho.”
Lo! this is so, as we han souyt; which thing herd, trete thou in minde.
