Hiob 35
1 Afei, Elihu kaa sɛ:
Moreover Eliu spoke these words:
2 “Wogye di sɛ yei fata? Woka sɛ, ‘Onyankopɔn bɛtwitwa agye me.’
Doth thy thought seem right to thee, that thou shouldst say: I am more just than God?
3 Nanso wobisa no sɛ, ‘Mfasoɔ bɛn na mɛnya, na sɛ manyɛ bɔne a, mfasoɔ bɛn na mɛnya?’
For thou saidst: That which is right doth not please thee: or what will it profit thee if I sin?
4 “Mepɛ sɛ mebua wo ne wo nnamfonom nyinaa.
Therefore I will answer thy words, and thy friends with thee.
5 Ma wʼani so kyerɛ ɔsoro na hwɛ; hwɛ omununkum a ɛwɔ wʼatifi ɔsorosoro nohoa.
Look up to heaven and see, and behold the sky, that it is higher than thee.
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 sin, what shalt thou hurt him? and if thy iniquities be multiplied, what shalt thou do against him?
7 Sɛ wotene a, ɛdeɛn na wode ma noɔ anaasɛ ɛdeɛn na ɔnya firi wo nsam?
And if thou do justly, what shalt thou give him, or what shall he receive of thy hand?
8 Wʼamumuyɛ pira onipa a ɔte sɛ wo na wo tenenee pira nnipa mma nko ara.
Thy wickedness may hurt a man that is like thee: and thy justice may help the 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 shall cry out: and shall wail for the violence of the arm of tyrants.
10 Nanso, obi mmisa sɛ, ‘Ɛhe na Onyankopɔn, me Yɛfoɔ no wɔ, deɛ ɔma nnwom anadwo no,
And he hath not said: Where is God, who made me, who hath given 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 instructeth us more than the fowls of the air.
12 Sɛ nnipa su team a, ɔmmua, amumuyɛfoɔ ahantan enti.
There shall they cry, and he will not hear, because of the pride of evil men.
13 Ampa ara Onyankopɔn rentie wɔn nkotosrɛ hunu no; na Otumfoɔ remmu.
God therefore will not hear in vain, and the Almighty will look into the causes of every one.
14 Woka sɛ wonhunu no, nanso sɛ wotwɛn no a, ɔde atɛntenenee bɛba enti ɛsɛ sɛ wotwɛn no.
Yea when thou shalt say: He considereth not: be judged before him, and expect him.
15 Bio, woka sɛ nʼabufuo mmfa asotweɛ mma na nʼani nni amumuyɛsɛm akyi pii.
For he doth not now bring on his fury, neither doth he revenge wickedness exceedingly.
16 Enti Hiob bue nʼano ka nsɛm hunu; nimdeɛ a ɔnni enti, ɔkeka nsɛm bebree.”
Therefore Job openeth his mouth in vain, and multiplieth words without knowledge.
