Hiob 11
1 Na Naamani Sofar buaa sɛ,
Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and sayde,
2 “Ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔyi saa nsɛm yi ano anaa? Ɛsɛ sɛ wɔbu saa ɔkasafoɔ yi bem anaa?
Should not the multitude of wordes be answered? or should a great talker be iustified?
3 Wo nsɛm hunu no bɛma nnipa ayɛ komm anaa? Sɛ wodi fɛ a obiara renka wʼanim anaa?
Should men holde their peace at thy lyes? and when thou mockest others, shall none make thee ashamed?
4 Woka kyerɛ Onyankopɔn sɛ, ‘Me gyidie ho nni asɛm na meyɛ pɛ wɔ wʼani so.’
For thou hast sayde, My doctrine is pure, and I am cleane in thine eyes.
5 Ao, anka mepɛ sɛ Onyankopɔn kasa, anka ɔnkasa ntia wo
But, oh that God would speake and open his lippes against thee!
6 na ɔmmue nyansa mu ahintasɛm so nkyerɛ wo, ɛfiri sɛ nyansa turodoo yɛ afanu. Hunu yei sɛ, Onyankopɔn werɛ afiri wo bɔne no bi mpo.
That he might shewe thee the secretes of wisedome, howe thou hast deserued double, according to right: know therefore that God hath forgotten thee for thine iniquitie.
7 “Wobɛtumi ate Onyankopɔn anwanwadeɛ ase anaa? Wobɛtumi abɔre ahunu deɛ Otumfoɔ no tumi kɔpem anaa?
Canst thou by searching finde out God? canst thou finde out ye Almighty to his perfection?
8 Ɛkorɔn sene ɔsoro, ɛdeɛn na wobɛtumi ayɛ? Emu dɔ sene damena ase tɔnn, ɛdeɛn na wobɛtumi ahunu? (Sheol h7585)
The heauens are hie, what canst thou doe? it is deeper then the hell, how canst thou know it? (Sheol h7585)
9 Ne nsusuiɛ mu ware sene asase na ɛtrɛ sene ɛpo.
The measure thereof is longer then the earth, and it is broader then the sea.
10 “Sɛ ɔba na ɔde wo to nneduadan mu ansa na wasi nkonnwa a, hwan na ɔbɛtumi asi no ɛkwan?
If hee cut off and shut vp, or gather together, who can turne him backe?
11 Ampa ara ɔhyɛ nnipa nnaadaafoɔ nso; na sɛ ɔhunu amumuyɛ a, ɔnhyɛ ne nso anaa?
For hee knoweth vaine men, and seeth iniquitie, and him that vnderstandeth nothing.
12 Nanso ogyimifoɔ rentumi nyɛ onyansafoɔ sɛdeɛ wɔrentumi nwo afunumu ba sɛ onipa no.
Yet vaine man would be wise, though man new borne is like a wilde asse colte.
13 “Na sɛ wode wʼakoma ma no na wopagya wo nsa kyerɛ no,
If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him:
14 sɛ wogyaa bɔne a wokura no mu na woamma amumuyɛ antena wo ntomadan mu a,
If iniquitie be in thine hand, put it farre away, and let no wickednesse dwell in thy Tabernacle.
15 ɛnneɛ, wobɛpagya wo ti a womfɛre; wobɛgyina pintinn a wonsuro.
The truely shalt thou lift vp thy face without spot, and shalt be stable, and shalt not feare.
16 Wo werɛ bɛfiri wʼahokyere, na ɛbɛyɛ wo sɛ nsuo a asene korɔ.
But thou shalt forget thy miserie, and remember it as waters that are past.
17 Wʼabrabɔ bɛhyerɛn asene owigyinaeɛ, na esum bɛyɛ sɛ adekyeɛ hann.
Thine age also shall appeare more cleare then the noone day: thou shalt shine and bee as the morning.
18 Wobɛnya banbɔ, ɛfiri sɛ anidasoɔ wɔ hɔ; wobɛhwɛ wo ho ahyia, na wahome asomdwoeɛ mu.
And thou shalt bee bolde, because there is hope: and thou shalt digge pittes, and shalt lye downe safely.
19 Wobɛda ahome, na obi renhunahuna wo, na bebree bɛhwehwɛ mmoa afiri wo nkyɛn.
For when thou takest thy rest, none shall make thee afraide: yea, many shall make sute vnto thee.
20 Amumuyɛfoɔ ani bɛfira, wɔrentumi nnwane; na wɔn anidasoɔ bɛdane owuo ahomeguo.”
But the eyes of the wicked shall faile, and their refuge shall perish, and their hope shalbe sorow of minde.
