Hiob 35
1 Afei, Elihu kaa sɛ:
And Elius resumed and said,
2 “Wogye di sɛ yei fata? Woka sɛ, ‘Onyankopɔn bɛtwitwa agye me.’
What is this that you think to be according to right? who are you that you have said, I am righteous before the Lord?
3 Nanso wobisa no sɛ, ‘Mfasoɔ bɛn na mɛnya, na sɛ manyɛ bɔne a, mfasoɔ bɛn na mɛnya?’
I will answer you, and your three friends.
4 “Mepɛ sɛ mebua wo ne wo nnamfonom nyinaa.
Look up to the sky and see; and consider the clouds, how high [they are] above you.
5 Ma wʼani so kyerɛ ɔsoro na hwɛ; hwɛ omununkum a ɛwɔ wʼatifi ɔsorosoro nohoa.
If you have sinned, what will you do?
6 Sɛ woyɛ bɔne a, ɛkwan bɛn so na ɛsakyera Onyankopɔn? Mpo sɛ wo bɔne dɔɔso a, nsunsuansoɔ bɛn na ɛnya wo ne so?
and if too you have transgressed much, what can you perform?
7 Sɛ wotene a, ɛdeɛn na wode ma noɔ anaasɛ ɛdeɛn na ɔnya firi wo nsam?
And suppose you are righteous, what will you give him? or what shall he receive of your hand?
8 Wʼamumuyɛ pira onipa a ɔte sɛ wo na wo tenenee pira nnipa mma nko ara.
Your ungodliness [may affect] a man who is like to you; or your righteousness a son of man.
9 “Nnipa su ɛberɛ a wɔwɔ nhyɛsoɔ ase; na wɔsrɛ mmoa firi deɛ ɔwɔ tumi nsam.
They that are oppressed of a multitude will be ready to cry out; they will call for help because of the arm of many.
10 Nanso, obi mmisa sɛ, ‘Ɛhe na Onyankopɔn, me Yɛfoɔ no wɔ, deɛ ɔma nnwom anadwo no,
But none said, Where is God that made me, who appoints the night-watches;
11 deɛ ɔkyerɛ yɛn nimdeɛ bebree sene asase so mmoa na ɔma yɛhunu nyansa sene ewiem nnomaa?’
who makes me to differ from the four-footed beasts of the earth, and from the birds of the sky?
12 Sɛ nnipa su team a, ɔmmua, amumuyɛfoɔ ahantan enti.
There they shall cry, and none shall listen, even because of the insolence of wicked men.
13 Ampa ara Onyankopɔn rentie wɔn nkotosrɛ hunu no; na Otumfoɔ remmu.
For the Lord desires not to look on error, for he is the Almighty One.
14 Woka sɛ wonhunu no, nanso sɛ wotwɛn no a, ɔde atɛntenenee bɛba enti ɛsɛ sɛ wotwɛn no.
He beholds them that perform lawless deeds, and he will save me: and do you plead before him, if you can praise him, as it is [possible] even now.
15 Bio, woka sɛ nʼabufuo mmfa asotweɛ mma na nʼani nni amumuyɛsɛm akyi pii.
For he is not [now] regarding his wrath, nor has he noticed severely any trespass.
16 Enti Hiob bue nʼano ka nsɛm hunu; nimdeɛ a ɔnni enti, ɔkeka nsɛm bebree.”
Yet Job vainly opens his mouth, in ignorance he multiplies words.
