Hiob 5
1 “Wopɛ a frɛ, na hwan na ɔbɛgye wo soɔ? Akronkronfoɔ no mu hwan nkyɛn na wobɛkorɔ?
Call now; is there any that will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?
2 Ahisɛm kum ɔkwasea, na anibereɛ kum atetekwaa.
For vexation killeth the foolish man, And jealousy slayeth the silly one.
3 Mʼankasa mahunu ɔkwasea a ɔrefefɛ, nanso, mpofirim, wɔdomee ne fie.
I have seen the foolish taking root: But suddenly I cursed his habitation.
4 Ne mma ne banbɔ ntam ɛkwan ware, wɔdwerɛ wɔn wɔ asɛnniiɛ a wɔnnya ɔkamafoɔ.
His children are far from safety, And they are crushed in the gate, Neither is there any to deliver them:
5 Deɛ ɛkɔm de noɔ no di ne nnɔbaeɛ, na ɔfa firi nkasɛɛ mu mpo, na deɛ osukɔm de noɔ no pere di nʼahodeɛ akyi.
Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, And taketh it even out of the thorns; And the snare gapeth for their substance.
6 Ahokyere mmpue mfiri dɔteɛ mu na ɔhaw nso mmpue mfiri fam.
For affliction cometh not forth from the dust, Neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
7 Nanso wɔwo nnipa to ɔhaw mu mpɛn dodoɔ a ogyaframa turi kɔ ɔsoro.
But man is born unto trouble, As the sparks fly upward.
8 “Nanso sɛ ɛyɛ me a, anka mɛdwane atoa Onyankopɔn; na mede mʼasɛm ato nʼanim.
But as for me, I would seek unto God, And unto God would I commit my cause;
9 Ɔyɛ anwanwadeɛ a wɔntumi nhwehwɛ mu, ne nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ a wɔntumi nkan ne dodoɔ.
Who doeth great things and unsearchable, Marvellous things without number:
10 Ɔtɔ nsuo gu asase so; na ɔde kɔ wira mu.
Who giveth rain upon the earth, And sendeth waters upon the fields;
11 Ɔde ahobrɛasefoɔ si deɛ ɛkorɔn, na ɔma wɔn a wɔdi awerɛhoɔ nya asomdwoeɛ.
So that he setteth up on high those that are low, And those that mourn are exalted to safety.
12 Ɔsɛe anifirefoɔ nhyehyɛeɛ, ma wɔn nsa si fam.
He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
13 Ɔkyere anyansafoɔ wɔ wɔn anifire mu, na ɔbɔ anitefoɔ nhyehyɛeɛ gu.
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; And the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.
14 Esum duru wɔn awia ketee; na wɔkeka owigyinaeɛ te sɛ anadwo.
They meet with darkness in the day-time, And grope at noonday as in the night.
15 Ɔgye ahiafoɔ firi afena a ɛhyɛ wɔn anomu; ɔgye wɔn firi ahoɔdenfoɔ nkyehoma mu.
But he saveth from the sword of their mouth, Even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
16 Enti, ahiafoɔ wɔ anidasoɔ, na ntɛnkyea ka nʼano to mu.
So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
17 “Nhyira ne onipa a Onyankopɔn tene no, enti mmu Otumfoɔ ntenetene no animtiaa.
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.
18 Ɛfiri sɛ, ɔno na ɔpira na ɔno ara akyekyere; ɔpira nanso ne nsa sa yadeɛ.
For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and his hands make whole.
19 Ɔbɛgye wo afiri ɔhaw ahodoɔ nsia mu; nson so, a bɔne biara renka wo.
He will deliver thee in six troubles; Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
20 Ɛkɔm ba a, ɔbɛgye wo afiri owuo mu, na ɔko mu nso, ɔbɛgye wo afiri afena ano.
In famine he will redeem thee from death; And in war from the power of the sword.
21 Wɔbɛbɔ wo ho ban afiri kasatwie ho na sɛ ɔsɛeɛ ba a, ɛnsɛ sɛ wosuro.
Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; Neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
22 Wobɛsere ɔsɛeɛ ne ɔkɔm; na ɛnsɛ sɛ wosuro asase so mmoa.
At destruction and dearth thou shalt laugh; Neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
23 Wo ne afuo so aboɔ bɛyɛ apam, na emu nkekaboa nso ne wo bɛtena asomdwoeɛ mu.
For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; And the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
24 Wobɛhunu sɛ wo ntomadan wɔ banbɔ; na sɛ wosese wʼahodeɛ a, wobɛhunu sɛ hwee nyeraeɛ.
And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; And thou shalt visit thy fold, and shalt miss nothing.
25 Wobɛhunu sɛ wo mma bɛyɛ bebree; na wʼasefoɔ bɛdɔre sɛ ɛserɛ.
Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, And thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
26 Wode ahoɔden bɛkɔ damena mu, te sɛ afiafi a wɔaboa ano wɔ otwa berɛ mu.
Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, Like as a shock of grain cometh in in its season.
27 “Yɛahwehwɛ yei mu, na ɛyɛ nokorɛ ɛno enti tie na fa toto wʼabrabɔ ho.”
Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; Hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
