Hiob 7
1 “Asase so som nyɛ den mma onipa anaa? Ne nkwa nna nte sɛ ɔpaani deɛ?
not army: duty to/for human (upon *Q(k)*) land: country/planet and like/as day hired day his
2 Sɛdeɛ akoa ani gyina anwummerɛ sunsumma, anaasɛ ɔpaani ho pere no nʼakatua ho no,
like/as servant/slave to long for shadow and like/as hired to await work his
3 saa ara na wɔatwa abosome hunu ato me hɔ, ne anadwo a ɔhaw wɔ mu ama me.
so to inherit to/for me month vanity: vain and night trouble to count to/for me
4 Sɛ meda a, medwene bisa sɛ, ‘Ɛberɛ bɛn na adeɛ bɛkye?’ Nanso anadwo twam nkakrankakra, na mepere kɔsi ahemadakye.
if to lie down: lay down and to say how to arise: rise and to measure evening and to satisfy tossing till twilight
5 Asonsono ne aporɔporɔ ahyɛ me honam ma, me honam asɛe na ɛrefiri nsuo.
to clothe flesh my worm (and clod *Q(K)*) dust skin my to harden and to flow
6 “Me nna kɔ ntɛm sene ɔnwomfoɔ akurokurowa, na ɛkɔ awieeɛ a anidasoɔ biara nni muo.
day my to lighten from shuttle and to end: finish in/on/with end hope
7 Ao Onyankopɔn, kae sɛ me nkwanna te sɛ ahomeɛ; na merennya anigyeɛ bio da.
to remember for spirit: breath life my not to return: again eye my to/for to see: see good
8 Ani a ɛhunu me seesei renhunu me bio; mobɛhwehwɛ me, nanso na menni hɔ bio.
not to see me eye sight eye your in/on/with me and nothing I
to end: expend cloud and to go: went so to go down hell: Sheol not to ascend: rise (Sheol h7585)
10 Ɔrensane mma ne fie da biara da; nʼatenaeɛ renkae no bio.
not to return: return still to/for house: home his and not to recognize him still place his
11 “Ɛno enti meremmua mʼano; mɛfiri me honhom ahoyera mu akasa, mɛfiri me kra ɔyea mu anwiinwii.
also I not to withhold lip my to speak: speak in/on/with distress spirit my to muse in/on/with bitter soul my
12 Meyɛ ɛpo anaa aboa kɛseɛ a ɔwɔ ebunu mu anaa, na mode me ahyɛ ɔwɛmfoɔ nsa yi?
sea I if serpent: monster for to set: make upon me custody
13 Sɛ medwene sɛ menya awerɛkyekyerɛ wɔ me mpa so, na mʼakonwa adwodwo mʼanwiinwii ano a,
for to say to be sorry: comfort me bed my to lift: forgive in/on/with complaint my bed my
14 ɛno mpo na wode adaeɛso yi me hu na wode anisoadehunu hunahuna me,
and to to be dismayed me in/on/with dream and from vision to terrify me
15 ɛno enti mepɛ akɔmfohyɛ ne owuo, sene me onipadua yi.
and to choose strangling soul: myself my death from bone my
16 Memmu me nkwa; mentena ase afebɔɔ. Monnyaa me; na me nna nka hwee.
to reject not to/for forever: enduring to live to cease from me for vanity day my
17 “Ɔdasani ne hwan a ne ho hia wo sei, na wʼani ku ne ho,
what? human for to magnify him and for to set: make to(wards) him heart your
18 na wohwehwɛ ne mu anɔpa biara na wosɔ no hwɛ ɛberɛ biara?
and to reckon: visit him to/for morning to/for moment to test him
19 Worenyi wʼani mfiri me so da, anaasɛ worennyaa me ɛberɛ tiawa bi mpo anaa?
like/as what? not to gaze from me not to slacken me till to swallow up I spittle my
20 Sɛ mayɛ bɔne a, ɛdeɛn na mayɛ woɔ, Ao adasamma so wɛmfoɔ? Adɛn enti na watu wʼani asi me soɔ? Mayɛ adesoa ama wo anaa?
to sin what? to work to/for you to watch [the] man to/for what? to set: make me to/for target to/for you and to be upon me to/for burden
21 Adɛn enti na wonkata me mmarato so na womfa me bɔne nkyɛ me? Ɛrenkyɛre biara, mɛda mfuturo mu. Wobɛhwehwɛ me nanso na menni hɔ bio.”
and what? not to lift: forgive transgression my and to pass: bring [obj] iniquity: crime my for now to/for dust to lie down: be dead and to seek me and nothing I
