Hiob 26
1 Na Hiob kasaa bio sɛ,
Then responded Job, and said: —
2 “Woaboa deɛ ɔnni tumi! Woagye basa a ɛnni ahoɔden!
How hast thou given help to one of no-strength? given victory to an arm of no-power?
3 Woatu deɛ ɔnnim nyansa fo! Na woada nhunumu pa ara adi!
How hast thou given counsel to one of no-wisdom? or, effective wisdom, abundantly made known?
4 Hwan na ɔboaa wo ma wokaa saa nsɛm yi? Hwan honhom na ɛkasa faa wo mu?
Whom hast thou taught speech? Whose inspiration hath come from thee?
5 “Awufoɔ wɔ ahoyera kɛseɛ mu, wɔn a wɔwɔ nsuo ase ne deɛ ɛte mu nyinaa.
The shades, tremble, beneath the waters and their inhabitants;
Naked is hades before him, and there is no covering to destruction; (Sheol h7585)
7 Ɔtrɛ atifi fam ewiem wɔ deɛ ɛda mpan so; na ɔde asase sensɛn ohunu so.
Who stretcheth out the north over emptiness, hangeth the earth upon nothingness;
8 Ɔkyekyere nsuo hyɛ ne omununkum mu, nanso nsuo no mu duru ntumi mpae no.
Who bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not rent beneath them;
9 Ɔtrɛ ne omununkum mu de kata ɔsrane ani.
Who shutteth-in the face of the throne, he spreadeth over it his cloud;
10 Ɔhyɛ agyiraeɛ wɔ nsuo so de to hyeɛ wɔ hann ne esum ntam.
A, boundary, hath he encircled on the face of the waters, as far as where light ends in darkness;
11 Ɔsoro nnyinasoɔ woso, na nʼanimka ma wɔn ho dwiri wɔn.
The pillars of the heavens, are shaken, and are terrified at his rebuke:
12 Ɔde ne tumi wɔsoo ɛpo ne nyansa mu, ɔtwitwaa ɛpobɔpɔn mu asinasini.
By his strength, hath he excited the sea, and, by his skill, hath he shattered the Crocodile:
13 Ɔde nʼahomeɛ maa ewiem teeɛ; na ne nsa wɔɔ ɔtweaseɛ a ɔrewea.
By his spirit, hath he arched the heavens, His hand hath pierced the fleeing 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 the fringes of his way, and what a whisper of a word hath been heard of him! But, the thunder of his might, who could understand?
