Hiob 12
1 Na Hiob buaa sɛ,
Then responded Job, and said: —
2 “Ampa ara mone nnipa no, na mowu a na nyansa asa!
Of a truth, ye, are the people, and, with you, wisdom, will die.
3 Nanso mewɔ adwene sɛ mo ara na monnsene me. Hwan na ɔnnim saa nneɛma yi nyinaa?
I also, have a mind like you, I, fall not short, of you, But who hath not such things as these?
4 “Mayɛ aseredeɛ ama me nnamfonom, mefrɛɛ Onyankopɔn na ɔbuaeɛ. Mayɛ aseredeɛ tata, nanso metene, na me ho nni asɛm.
A laughing-stock to one’s neighbour, do I become, one who hath called upon GOD and he hath answered him! A laughing-stock—a righteous man without blame!
5 Nnipa a wɔn ho tɔ wɔn bu amanehunu animtiaa sɛdeɛ wɔbu wɔn a wɔn nan rewatiri no awieeɛ animtiaa.
For ruin, there is contempt, in the thought of the man at ease, —ready, for such as are of faltering foot!
6 Wɔmmfa wɔn nsa nka akorɔmfoɔ ntomadan, na wɔn a wɔma Onyankopɔn bo fuo no wɔ banbɔ na Onyankopɔn bɔ deɛ ɔde ma wɔn ho ban.
At peace are the tents that belong to the spoilers, and there is security to them who provoke GOD, To him who bringeth a god in his hand.
7 “Bisa mmoa no, na wɔbɛkyerɛ wo anaasɛ ewiem nnomaa no, na wɔbɛka akyerɛ wo
But, in very deed, ask, I pray thee, the beasts, and they will teach thee, and the bird of the heavens, and it will tell thee;
8 anaasɛ kasa kyerɛ asase, na ɛbɛkyerɛ wo, anaasɛ ma ɛpo mu mpataa nka nkyerɛ wo.
Or address the earth, and it will teach thee, and the fishes of the sea, will recount it to thee:
9 Wɔn nyinaa mu hwan na ɔnnim sɛ Awurade nsa na ayɛ yei.
Who knoweth not, among all these, that, the hand of Yahweh, hath done this?
10 Ne nsam na abɔdeɛ nyinaa ahome wɔ ne adasamma nyinaa ahome.
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the spirit of all the flesh of men.
11 Aso nsɔ nsɛm nnhwɛ, sɛdeɛ tɛkrɛma ka aduane hwɛ no anaa?
Doth not, the ear, try, words? even as, the palate, tasteth for itself, food?
12 Wɔnnya nyansa mfiri mpanin nkyɛn, na ɛnyɛ ɔnyinkyerɛ na ɛde nteaseɛ ba anaa?
In the Ancient, is wisdom, and [in] Length of Days, understanding:
13 “Nyansa ne tumi yɛ Onyankopɔn dea; afotuo ne nteaseɛ yɛ ne dea.
With Him, are wisdom and strength, to Him, pertain counsel and understanding.
14 Deɛ ɔbubu guo no, obiara rentumi nsi; deɛ ɔde no to nneduadan mu no, obiara rentumi nyi no.
Lo! He pulleth down, and it cannot be built, He closeth up over a man, and it cannot be opened:
15 Sɛ ɔma osuo gyae tɔ a, asase no so yɛ wesee; sɛ ɔgyaa osutɔ mu a, ɛsɛe asase no.
Lo! He holdeth back the waters, and they dry up, or sendeth them out, and they transform the earth:
16 Ahoɔden ne nkonimdie wɔ no osisifoɔ ne deɛ wɔsisi noɔ nso wɔ no.
With Him, is strength and effective wisdom, to Him, belong he that erreth, and he that causeth to err.
17 Ɔpa afotufoɔ ho ntoma ma wɔkɔ na ɔma atemmufoɔ yɛ nkwasea.
Who leadeth away counsellors [as] a spoil, and, judges, He befooleth:
18 Ɔworɔ ahemfo nkyehoma na ɔde abɔsoɔ bɔ wɔn asene.
The fetters of kings, He looseth, or hath bound a slave’s waistcloth about their loins:
19 Ɔpa asɔfoɔ ho ntoma, na ɔtu nnipa a wɔn ase atim akyɛre gu.
Who leadeth away priests [as] a spoil, and, men firmly seated, He overturneth:
20 Ɔka afotufoɔ a wɔgye wɔn die no kasaboa hyɛ, na ɔgye mpanimfoɔ nhunumu.
Setting aside the speech of the trusty, and, the discernment of elders, He taketh away:
21 Ɔde animguaseɛ gu atitire so na ɔtintim gye ahoɔdenfoɔ nsam akodeɛ.
Pouring contempt upon nobles, and, the girdle of the mighty, hath He loosed:
22 Ɔda esum mu nneɛma a ahinta adi na ɔde esum kabii ba hann mu.
Laying open deep things, out of darkness, and bringing out to light, the death-shade:
23 Ɔyɛ aman akɛseɛ, na ɔsɛe wɔn; ɔtrɛ aman mu, na ɔhwete wɔn mu.
Who giveth greatness to nations, or destroyeth them, Who spreadeth out nations, or leadeth them into exile:
24 Ɔgye ewiase akannifoɔ adwene firi wɔn nsam; na ɔma wɔkyinkyini asase wesee a ɛkwan nna soɔ so.
Who taketh away the sense of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and hath caused them to wander in a pathless waste:
25 Wɔhwehwɛ wɔ esum mu a wɔnni kanea; na ɔma wɔtɔ ntintan sɛ asabofoɔ.
They grope about in the dark, having no light, and He hath made them to reel, like a drunken man.
