Hiob 17
1 Me sunsum atɔ piti, me nna so atwa, na damena retwɛn me.
My spirit shall be wasted, my days shall be shortened, and only the grave remaineth for me.
2 Ampa ara fɛdifoɔ atwa me ho ahyia; ɛsɛ sɛ mehwɛ wɔn atutupɛ.
I have not sinned, and my eye abideth in bitterness.
3 “Ao Onyankopɔn, hyɛ me ɛbɔ a wopɛ. Hwan bio na ɔbɛma me banbɔ?
Deliver me O Lord, and set me beside thee, and let any man’s hand fight against me.
4 Woato wɔn adwene mu a wɔnte asɛm ase; enti woremma wɔnni nkonim.
Thou hast set their heart far from understanding, therefore they shall not be exalted.
5 Sɛ obi sopa ne nnamfonom de nya akatua a, ne mma ani bɛfira.
He promiseth a prey to his companions, and the eyes of his children shall fail.
6 “Onyankopɔn de me ayɛ asɛm a ɛda obiara ano, obi a wɔte ntasuo gu nʼani so.
He hath made me as it were a byword of the people, and I am an example before them.
7 Awerɛhoɔ ama mʼani ayɛ samoo me bɔberɛ nyinaa yɛ sunsumma.
My eye is dim through indignation, and my limbs are brought as it were to nothing.
8 Ateneneefoɔ hunu me a, ɛyɛ wɔn nwanwa. Wɔn a wɔdi bem no bɛsɔre atia wɔn a wɔnni nyamesu.
The just shall be astonished at this, and the innocent shall be raised up against the hypocrite.
9 Ateneneefoɔ bɛkɔ wɔn anim, na wɔn a wɔn nsa ho teɛ bɛkɔ so anya ahoɔden.
And the just man shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
10 “Mo nyinaa mo nsane mmra mmɛsɔ me nhwɛ! Na merennya onyansafoɔ wɔ mo mu.
Wherefore be you all converted, and come, and I shall not find among you any wise man.
11 Me nna atwam, me nhyehyɛeɛ apansam, saa ara na mʼakoma apɛdeɛ nso ayɛ.
My days have passed away, my thoughts are dissipated, tormenting my heart.
12 Saa nnipa yi ma anadwo dane awia; esum mu koraa no, wɔka sɛ, ‘Hann abɛn,’
They have turned night into day, and after darkness I hope for light again.
If I wait hell is my house, and I have made my bed in darkness. (Sheol h7585)
14 sɛ meka kyerɛ porɔeɛ sɛ, ‘Woyɛ mʼagya,’ na me kyerɛ ɔsonsono sɛ, ‘Me maame’ anaa ‘Me nuabaa’ a,
If I have said to rottenness: Thou art my father; to worms, my mother and my sister.
15 na afei mʼanidasoɔ wɔ he? Hwan na ɔbɛtumi anya anidasoɔ bi ama me?
Where is now then my expectation, and who considereth my patience?
