Hiob 35
1 Afei, Elihu kaa sɛ:
And Elihu answers and says:
2 “Wogye di sɛ yei fata? Woka sɛ, ‘Onyankopɔn bɛtwitwa agye me.’
“Have you reckoned this for judgment [when] you have said, 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 you say, What does it profit You? What do I profit from my sin?
4 “Mepɛ sɛ mebua wo ne wo nnamfonom nyinaa.
I return words, and your friends with you,
5 Ma wʼani so kyerɛ ɔsoro na hwɛ; hwɛ omununkum a ɛwɔ wʼatifi ɔsorosoro nohoa.
Behold attentively the heavens—and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than 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 have sinned, what do you do against Him? And your transgressions have been multiplied, What do you do to Him?
7 Sɛ wotene a, ɛdeɛn na wode ma noɔ anaasɛ ɛdeɛn na ɔnya firi wo nsam?
If you have been righteous, What do you give to Him? Or what does He receive from your hand?
8 Wʼamumuyɛ pira onipa a ɔte sɛ wo na wo tenenee pira nnipa mma nko ara.
For a man like yourself [is] your wickedness, And for a son of man your righteousness.
9 “Nnipa su ɛberɛ a wɔwɔ nhyɛsoɔ ase; na wɔsrɛ mmoa firi deɛ ɔwɔ tumi nsam.
Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty.
10 Nanso, obi mmisa sɛ, ‘Ɛhe na Onyankopɔn, me Yɛfoɔ no wɔ, deɛ ɔma nnwom anadwo no,
And none said, Where [is] God my Maker? Giving songs in the night,
11 deɛ ɔkyerɛ yɛn nimdeɛ bebree sene asase so mmoa na ɔma yɛhunu nyansa sene ewiem nnomaa?’
Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Indeed, He makes us wiser than the bird of the heavens.
12 Sɛ nnipa su team a, ɔmmua, amumuyɛfoɔ ahantan enti.
There they cry, and He does not answer, Because of the pride of evildoers.
13 Ampa ara Onyankopɔn rentie wɔn nkotosrɛ hunu no; na Otumfoɔ remmu.
Surely God does not hear vanity, And the Mighty does not behold it.
14 Woka sɛ wonhunu no, nanso sɛ wotwɛn no a, ɔde atɛntenenee bɛba enti ɛsɛ sɛ wotwɛn no.
Indeed, though you say you do not behold Him, Judgment [is] before Him, and stays for Him.
15 Bio, woka sɛ nʼabufuo mmfa asotweɛ mma na nʼani nni amumuyɛsɛm akyi pii.
And now, because there is not, He has appointed His anger, And He has not known in great extremity.
16 Enti Hiob bue nʼano ka nsɛm hunu; nimdeɛ a ɔnni enti, ɔkeka nsɛm bebree.”
And Job opens his mouth [with] vanity, He multiplies words without knowledge.”
