Hiob 35
1 Afei, Elihu kaa sɛ:
Then Elihu continued, saying,
2 “Wogye di sɛ yei fata? Woka sɛ, ‘Onyankopɔn bɛtwitwa agye me.’
“Do you think it's honest to claim you are right before God?
3 Nanso wobisa no sɛ, ‘Mfasoɔ bɛn na mɛnya, na sɛ manyɛ bɔne a, mfasoɔ bɛn na mɛnya?’
And you ask, ‘What benefit do I get? What good has it done me by not sinning?’
4 “Mepɛ sɛ mebua wo ne wo nnamfonom nyinaa.
I'll tell you, and your friends too!
5 Ma wʼani so kyerɛ ɔsoro na hwɛ; hwɛ omununkum a ɛwɔ wʼatifi ɔsorosoro nohoa.
Just look up at the sky and see. Observe the clouds high above you.
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 you sin, how does that harm God? How do your many sins affect God?
7 Sɛ wotene a, ɛdeɛn na wode ma noɔ anaasɛ ɛdeɛn na ɔnya firi wo nsam?
If you do what's right, what good are you doing for him?
8 Wʼamumuyɛ pira onipa a ɔte sɛ wo na wo tenenee pira nnipa mma nko ara.
No—your sins only affect people like yourself, and whatever good you do only affects them too.
9 “Nnipa su ɛberɛ a wɔwɔ nhyɛsoɔ ase; na wɔsrɛ mmoa firi deɛ ɔwɔ tumi nsam.
People cry out because of terrible persecution; they call for someone to save them from their oppressors.
10 Nanso, obi mmisa sɛ, ‘Ɛhe na Onyankopɔn, me Yɛfoɔ no wɔ, deɛ ɔma nnwom anadwo no,
But no one asks, ‘Where is the God my maker, the one who gives songs in the night,
11 deɛ ɔkyerɛ yɛn nimdeɛ bebree sene asase so mmoa na ɔma yɛhunu nyansa sene ewiem nnomaa?’
who teaches us more than the animals, and makes us wiser than the birds?’
12 Sɛ nnipa su team a, ɔmmua, amumuyɛfoɔ ahantan enti.
When they call out for help, God doesn't answer because they are proud and evil people.
13 Ampa ara Onyankopɔn rentie wɔn nkotosrɛ hunu no; na Otumfoɔ remmu.
God doesn't listen to their empty cries; the Almighty doesn't pay them any attention.
14 Woka sɛ wonhunu no, nanso sɛ wotwɛn no a, ɔde atɛntenenee bɛba enti ɛsɛ sɛ wotwɛn no.
How much less will God hear you when you say he can't see you? Your case is before him, so you have to wait for him.
15 Bio, woka sɛ nʼabufuo mmfa asotweɛ mma na nʼani nni amumuyɛsɛm akyi pii.
You're saying that God doesn't punish people in his anger and pays little attention to sin.
16 Enti Hiob bue nʼano ka nsɛm hunu; nimdeɛ a ɔnni enti, ɔkeka nsɛm bebree.”
You, Job, are talking nonsense, making long speeches when you know nothing!”
