Hiob 5
1 “Wopɛ a frɛ, na hwan na ɔbɛgye wo soɔ? Akronkronfoɔ no mu hwan nkyɛn na wobɛkorɔ?
Call now, see if any will answer thee! And to which of the holy ones wilt thou look?
2 Ahisɛm kum ɔkwasea, na anibereɛ kum atetekwaa.
Verily grief destroyeth the fool, And wrath consumeth the weak man.
3 Mʼankasa mahunu ɔkwasea a ɔrefefɛ, nanso, mpofirim, wɔdomee ne fie.
I have seen an impious man taking root, But soon 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; They are oppressed at the gate, and there is none 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.
His harvest the hungry devour, Carrying it even through the thorns; And a snare gapeth after his substance.
6 Ahokyere mmpue mfiri dɔteɛ mu na ɔhaw nso mmpue mfiri fam.
For affliction cometh not from the dust, Nor doth trouble spring up from the ground;
7 Nanso wɔwo nnipa to ɔhaw mu mpɛn dodoɔ a ogyaframa turi kɔ ɔsoro.
Behold, man is born to trouble, As the sparks fly upward.
8 “Nanso sɛ ɛyɛ me a, anka mɛdwane atoa Onyankopɔn; na mede mʼasɛm ato nʼanim.
I would look to God, And to 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; Yea, marvellous things without number;
10 Ɔtɔ nsuo gu asase so; na ɔde kɔ wira mu.
Who giveth rain upon the earth, And sendeth water upon the fields;
11 Ɔde ahobrɛasefoɔ si deɛ ɛkorɔn, na ɔma wɔn a wɔdi awerɛhoɔ nya asomdwoeɛ.
Who placeth the lowly in high places, And restoreth the afflicted to prosperity;
12 Ɔsɛe anifirefoɔ nhyehyɛeɛ, ma wɔn nsa si fam.
Who disappointeth the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot perform their enterprises;
13 Ɔkyere anyansafoɔ wɔ wɔn anifire mu, na ɔbɔ anitefoɔ nhyehyɛeɛ gu.
Who taketh the wise in their own craftiness, And bringeth to nought the counsel of the artful.
14 Esum duru wɔn awia ketee; na wɔkeka owigyinaeɛ te sɛ anadwo.
They meet with darkness in the daytime; They grope at noon as if it were night.
15 Ɔgye ahiafoɔ firi afena a ɛhyɛ wɔn anomu; ɔgye wɔn firi ahoɔdenfoɔ nkyehoma mu.
So he saveth the persecuted from their mouth; The oppressed 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 bruiseth, 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.
In six troubles will he deliver thee; Yea, in seven 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 safe from the scourge of the tongue, And shalt not be afraid of destruction, when it cometh.
22 Wobɛsere ɔsɛeɛ ne ɔkɔm; na ɛnsɛ sɛ wosuro asase so mmoa.
At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, And of the wild beasts of the land shalt thou not be afraid.
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; Yea, the beasts of the forest shall be at peace with thee.
24 Wobɛhunu sɛ wo ntomadan wɔ banbɔ; na sɛ wosese wʼahodeɛ a, wobɛhunu sɛ hwee nyeraeɛ.
Thou shalt find that thy tent is in peace; Thou shalt visit thy dwelling, and not be disappointed.
25 Wobɛhunu sɛ wo mma bɛyɛ bebree; na wʼasefoɔ bɛdɔre sɛ ɛserɛ.
Thou shalt see thy descendants numerous, 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 full age, As a shock of corn gathered in its season.
27 “Yɛahwehwɛ yei mu, na ɛyɛ nokorɛ ɛno enti tie na fa toto wʼabrabɔ ho.”
Lo! this we have searched out; so it is: Hear it, and lay it up in thy mind!
