Hiob 35
1 Afei, Elihu kaa sɛ:
Moreover Elihu answered and said,
2 “Wogye di sɛ yei fata? Woka sɛ, ‘Onyankopɔn bɛtwitwa agye me.’
Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?
3 Nanso wobisa no sɛ, ‘Mfasoɔ bɛn na mɛnya, na sɛ manyɛ bɔne a, mfasoɔ bɛn na mɛnya?’
For thou hast asked of what profit it is unto thee: what do I gain more than if I had sinned?
4 “Mepɛ sɛ mebua wo ne wo nnamfonom nyinaa.
I will reply to thee in words, and to thy companions with thee.
5 Ma wʼani so kyerɛ ɔsoro na hwɛ; hwɛ omununkum a ɛwɔ wʼatifi ɔsorosoro nohoa.
Look unto the heavens and see; and survey the skies: they are higher than thou.
6 Sɛ woyɛ bɔne a, ɛkwan bɛn so na ɛsakyera Onyankopɔn? Mpo sɛ wo bɔne dɔɔso a, nsunsuansoɔ bɛn na ɛnya wo ne so?
If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? If thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
7 Sɛ wotene a, ɛdeɛn na wode ma noɔ anaasɛ ɛdeɛn na ɔnya firi wo nsam?
If thou be righteous, what givest thou to him? or what doth he receive of thy hand?
8 Wʼamumuyɛ pira onipa a ɔte sɛ wo na wo tenenee pira nnipa mma nko ara.
Thy wickedness [may affect] a man as thou [art], and thy righteousness a son of man.
9 “Nnipa su ɛberɛ a wɔwɔ nhyɛsoɔ ase; na wɔsrɛ mmoa firi deɛ ɔwɔ tumi nsam.
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry; they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty:
10 Nanso, obi mmisa sɛ, ‘Ɛhe na Onyankopɔn, me Yɛfoɔ no wɔ, deɛ ɔma nnwom anadwo no,
But none saith, Where is God my Maker, who giveth songs in the night,
11 deɛ ɔkyerɛ yɛn nimdeɛ bebree sene asase so mmoa na ɔma yɛhunu nyansa sene ewiem nnomaa?’
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowl of the heavens?
12 Sɛ nnipa su team a, ɔmmua, amumuyɛfoɔ ahantan enti.
There they cry, and he answereth not, because of the pride of evil men.
13 Ampa ara Onyankopɔn rentie wɔn nkotosrɛ hunu no; na Otumfoɔ remmu.
Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
14 Woka sɛ wonhunu no, nanso sɛ wotwɛn no a, ɔde atɛntenenee bɛba enti ɛsɛ sɛ wotwɛn no.
Although thou sayest thou dost not see him, judgment is before him, therefore wait for him.
15 Bio, woka sɛ nʼabufuo mmfa asotweɛ mma na nʼani nni amumuyɛsɛm akyi pii.
But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, doth not [Job] know [his] great arrogancy?
16 Enti Hiob bue nʼano ka nsɛm hunu; nimdeɛ a ɔnni enti, ɔkeka nsɛm bebree.”
For Job hath opened his mouth in vanity, and made words abundant without knowledge.
