Hiob 16

1 Afei Hiob buaeɛ sɛ,

Then Job answered and said,

2 “Mate nsɛm bebree a ɛte sɛ yeinom; na mo nyinaa moyɛ gyamserefoɔ!

I have heard many such things: miserable comforters [are] ye all.

3 Mo kasa tentene no mma awieeɛ anaa? Ɛdeɛn na ɛha mo enti a mogu so redi anobaabaeɛ yi?

Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?

4 Sɛ mo na mowɔ me tebea yi mu a, anka me nso mɛtumi akasa sɛ mo; anka mɛtumi akeka nsɛm a ɛyɛ dɛ atia mo na mabu mo animtiaa.

I also could speak as ye [do: ] if your soul were in my soul’s stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.

5 Nanso, anka mɛhyɛ mo den; anka awerɛkyekyerɛ nsɛm a ɛbɛfiri mʼanomu no bɛma mo ahotɔ.

[But] I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage [your grief].

6 “Nanso sɛ mekasa a, ɔyea a mete no remmoto; na sɛ mankasa nso a, ɛrennyae.

Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and [though] I forbear, what am I eased?

7 Ao Onyankopɔn, ampa ara woama mabrɛ; woasɛe me fie pasaa.

But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.

8 Woakyekyere me, ma abɛyɛ adansedie; me so teɛ ara na ɛreteɛ, na ɛdi adanseɛ tia me.

And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, [which] is a witness [against me: ] and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.

9 Onyankopɔn to hyɛ me so tete me wɔ nʼabufuo mu na ɔtwɛre ne se gu me so; deɛ ɔne me anya no pɔkyere nʼani hwɛ me.

He teareth [me] in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

10 Nnipa bue wɔn ano di me ho fɛw; wɔbɔ me sotorɔ de bu me animtiaa na wɔka wɔn ho bɔ mu de tia me.

They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.

11 Onyankopɔn de me ama abɔnefoɔ. Wato me atwene amumuyɛfoɔ nsam.

God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.

12 Na biribiara kɔ yie ma me, nanso ɔdwerɛɛ me; ɔsɔɔ me kɔn mu, too me hwee hɔ. Ɔde me asi nʼani so;

I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken [me] by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.

13 nʼagyantofoɔ atwa me ho ahyia, ɔhwiree me sawa mu a wanhunu me mmɔbɔ maa me bɔnwoma pete guu fam.

His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.

14 Ɔba me so ɛberɛ biara; na ɔto hyɛ me so sɛ ɔkofoɔ.

He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.

15 “Mapam ayitoma akata me wedeɛ so na masie mʼanintɔn wɔ mfuturo mu.

I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.

16 Agyaadwotwa ama mʼani ayɛ kɔɔ; sunsum kabii atwa mʼani ho ahyia.

My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids [is] the shadow of death;

17 Nanso, me nsa nyɛɛ basabasayɛ biara na me mpaeɛbɔ yɛ kronn.

Not for [any] injustice in mine hands: also my prayer [is] pure.

18 “Ao asase, nkata me mogya so; na mma wɔnsie me sufrɛ!

O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.

19 Seesei mpo, me danseni wɔ soro; Me ɔkamafoɔ wɔ soro hɔ.

Also now, behold, my witness [is] in heaven, and my record [is] on high.

20 Me ɔdimafoɔ yɛ mʼadamfo ɛberɛ a mesu gu Onyankopɔn soɔ yi;

My friends scorn me: [but] mine eye poureth out [tears] unto God.

21 ɔgyina onipa anan mu di ma no wɔ Onyankopɔn anim sɛdeɛ obi di ma nʼadamfo no.

O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man [pleadeth] for his neighbour!

22 “Mfeɛ kakra bi akyi mɛtu kwan akɔ koransane.

When a few years are come, then I shall go the way [whence] I shall not return.