Hiob 23
1 Na Hiob buaa sɛ,
Then Job answered and said,
2 “Ɛnnɛ mpo, mʼabooboodie mu da so yɛ den; ne nsa ayɛ den mʼapinisie nyinaa akyi.
Even to-day [is] my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
3 Sɛ menim baabi a mɛhunu no; anaasɛ mɛtumi akɔ ne tenaberɛ a,
Oh that I knew where I might find him! [that] I might come [even] to his seat!
4 anka mɛka mʼasɛm wɔ nʼanim na magye akyinnyeɛ bebree.
I would order [my] cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
5 Anka mɛte mmuaeɛ a ɔde bɛma me, na madwene deɛ ɔbɛka ho.
I would know the words [which] he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.
6 Ɔde tumi a ɛso bɛtia me anaa? Dabi, ɔremmɔ me kwaadu.
Would he plead against me with [his] great power? No; but he would put [strength] in me.
7 Ɛhɔ deɛ nnipa tenenee bɛtumi aka nʼasɛm wɔ nʼanim, na wɔbɛgye me afiri me ɔtemmufoɔ nsam afebɔɔ.
There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
8 “Nanso sɛ mekɔ apueeɛ fam a, ɔnni hɔ; sɛ mekɔ atɔeɛ fam nso a, menhunu no.
Behold, I go forward, but he [is] not [there]; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
9 Sɛ ɔreyɛ adwuma wɔ atifi fam a, menhunu no; sɛ ɔdane ne ho kɔ anafoɔ fam a, mʼani nhye ne ho.
On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold [him]: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see [him]:
10 Nanso, ɔnim ɛkwan a me nam soɔ; na sɛ ɔsɔ me hwɛ a, mɛfiri mu aba sɛ sikakɔkɔɔ.
But he knoweth the way that I take: [when] he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
11 Madi nʼanammɔn akyi pɛɛ; na manante nʼakwan so a mammane.
My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
12 Mentwee me ho mfirii mmaransɛm a ɛfiri nʼanom ho, mama asɛm a ɛfiri nʼanom ho ahia me asene me daa aduane.
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary [food].
13 “Nanso ɔbiara nni hɔ ka ne ho, na hwan na ɔbɛtumi atia no? Ɔyɛ biribiara a ɔpɛ.
But he [is] in one [mind], and who can turn him? and [what] his soul desireth, even [that] he doeth.
14 Ɔhwɛ ma ne ɔhyɛ nsɛm tia me; ɔda so kora nhyehyɛeɛ a ɛte sei bebree.
For he performeth [the thing that is] appointed for me: and many such [things are] with him.
15 Ɛno enti na mebɔ hu wɔ nʼanim; na sɛ medwene yeinom nyinaa ho a, mesuro no.
Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
16 Onyankopɔn ama mʼakoma aboto; Otumfoɔ ama mabɔ huboa.
For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
17 Nanso esum no mma menka mʼano ntom, esum kabii a ɛkata mʼanim no mpo.
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, [neither] hath he covered the darkness from my face.
