Hiob 26
1 Na Hiob kasaa bio sɛ,
Then answered Job, and said,
2 “Woaboa deɛ ɔnni tumi! Woagye basa a ɛnni ahoɔden!
What assistance hast thou given to the powerless? [how] hast thou helped the arm without strength?
3 Woatu deɛ ɔnnim nyansa fo! Na woada nhunumu pa ara adi!
How hast thou counselled the unwise? and what sound wisdom hast thou made known so plentifully?
4 Hwan na ɔboaa wo ma wokaa saa nsɛm yi? Hwan honhom na ɛkasa faa wo mu?
To whom hast thou told words? and whose spirit came from thee?
5 “Awufoɔ wɔ ahoyera kɛseɛ mu, wɔn a wɔwɔ nsuo ase ne deɛ ɛte mu nyinaa.
The departed are called into being beneath the waters, and their inhabitants.
Naked is the nether world before him, and there is no covering for the place of corruption. (Sheol h7585)
7 Ɔtrɛ atifi fam ewiem wɔ deɛ ɛda mpan so; na ɔde asase sensɛn ohunu so.
He stretched out the north over empty space; he suspended the earth on nothing;
8 Ɔkyekyere nsuo hyɛ ne omununkum mu, nanso nsuo no mu duru ntumi mpae no.
He bound up the waters in his clouds; and the cloud bursteth not under their weight;
9 Ɔtrɛ ne omununkum mu de kata ɔsrane ani.
He closed up the surface of his throne, spreading over it his cloud;
10 Ɔhyɛ agyiraeɛ wɔ nsuo so de to hyeɛ wɔ hann ne esum ntam.
A fixed limit he compassed off over the face of the waters, for the division of the light and darkness.
11 Ɔsoro nnyinasoɔ woso, na nʼanimka ma wɔn ho dwiri wɔn.
The pillars of heaven tremble greatly, and are astounded at his rebuke.
12 Ɔde ne tumi wɔsoo ɛpo ne nyansa mu, ɔtwitwaa ɛpobɔpɔn mu asinasini.
By his power he split in pieces the sea, and by his understanding he crushed [its] pride:
13 Ɔde nʼahomeɛ maa ewiem teeɛ; na ne nsa wɔɔ ɔtweaseɛ a ɔrewea.
By his breath the heavens [acquired] beauty; his hand hath created the flying serpent.
14 Yeinom yɛ ne nnwuma mfeafeaho; ɔka asomusɛm brɛoo kyerɛ yɛn! Na hwan na ɔbɛtumi ate ne tumi mmobɔmu no ase.”
Lo, these are ends of his ways; for how slight a whisper is heard [by us] of him! but the thunder of his mighty deeds who can understand?
