Hiob 9
1 Na Hiob kasaa bio sɛ:
Then Iob answered, and sayd,
2 “Aane, menim sɛ yei yɛ nokorɛ. Na ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na ɔdasani bɛtene wɔ Onyankopɔn anim?
I knowe verily that it is so: for howe should man compared vnto God, be iustified?
3 Sɛ obi pɛ sɛ ɔne Onyankopɔn yiyi a, ɔrentumi nyi nsɛm apem mu baako mpo ano.
If I would dispute with him, hee could not answere him one thing of a thousand.
4 Ne nyansa mu dɔ, na ne tumi so. Hwan na ɔne no adi asie na ne ho baabiara anti?
He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath bene fierce against him and hath prospered?
5 Ɔtutu mmepɔ a wɔnnim ho hwee ɔbubu wɔn fa so wɔ nʼabufuo mu.
He remoueth the mountaines, and they feele not when he ouerthroweth them in his wrath.
6 Ɔwoso asase firi ne siberɛ, na ɔma ne nnyinasoɔ woso biribiri.
Hee remooueth the earth out of her place, that the pillars thereof doe shake.
7 Ɔkasa kyerɛ owia na ɛnhyerɛn, na ɔsɔ nsoromma hyerɛn ano.
He commandeth the sunne, and it riseth not: hee closeth vp the starres, as vnder a signet.
8 Ɔno nko ara na ɔtrɛ ɔsoro mu, na ɔnante ɛpo asorɔkye so.
Hee himselfe alone spreadeth out the heauens, and walketh vpon the height of the sea.
9 Ɔno ne Nwenwenente, Akokɔbaatan ne ne mma Yɛfoɔ; Nsorommabafan ne ewiem anafoɔ fam nsorommakuo no.
He maketh the starres Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the climates of the South.
10 Ɔyɛ anwanwadeɛ a wɔntumi nte aseɛ, nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ a wɔntumi nkan.
He doeth great things, and vnsearcheable: yea, marueilous things without nomber.
11 Sɛ ɔnam me ho a, menhunu no; sɛ ɔsene a, menhunu no.
Lo, when he goeth by me, I see him not: and when he passeth by, I perceiue him not.
12 Sɛ ɔhwim kɔ a, hwan na ɔsi no kwan? Hwan na ɔbɛtumi abisa no sɛ, ‘Ɛdeɛn na woreyɛ yi?’
Behold, when he taketh a pray, who can make him to restore it? who shall say vnto him, What doest thou?
13 Onyankopɔn nkora nʼabufuo so; Rahab aboafoɔ mpo ho popo wɔ nʼanim.
God will not withdrawe his anger, and the most mightie helpes doe stoupe vnder him.
14 “Na me ne hwan a me ne no bɛyiyi? Mɛyɛ dɛn anya nsɛm a me ne no de bɛgye akyinnyeɛ?
Howe much lesse shall I answere him? or howe should I finde out my words with him?
15 Sɛ menim mpo a, merentumi nyi nʼano; ɛno ara ne sɛ mɛsrɛ ahummɔborɔ afiri me ɔtemmufoɔ nkyɛn.
For though I were iust, yet could I not answere, but I would make supplication to my Iudge.
16 Mpo, sɛ mefrɛ no na ɔba a, mennye nni sɛ ɔbɛtie mʼasɛm.
If I cry, and he answere me, yet woulde I not beleeue, that he heard my voyce.
17 Ɔde asorɔkye bɛdwerɛ me ama mʼapirakuro adɔɔso kwa.
For he destroyeth mee with a tempest, and woundeth me without cause.
18 Ɔremma menya mʼahome, bio. Ɔde awerɛhoɔ bɛhyɛ me ma tɔ.
He wil not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitternesse.
19 Sɛ ɛba no ahoɔden a, ɔyɛ ɔhoɔdenfoɔ! Na sɛ ɛba atɛntenenee nso a, hwan na ɔbɛsamane no?
If we speake of strength, behold, he is strog: if we speake of iudgement, who shall bring me in to pleade?
20 Sɛ medi bem mpo a, mʼano bɛbu me kumfɔ; sɛ me ho nni asɛm a, ɛbɛbu me fɔ.
If I woulde iustifie my selfe, mine owne mouth shall condemne mee: if I would be perfite, he shall iudge me wicked.
21 “Ɛwom sɛ medi bem deɛ, nanso memmu me ho; abrabɔ afono me.
Though I were perfite, yet I knowe not my soule: therefore abhorre I my life.
22 Ne nyinaa yɛ pɛ; ɛno enti na meka sɛ, ‘Ɔsɛe deɛ ne ho nni asɛm ne omumuyɛfoɔ.’
This is one point: therefore I said, Hee destroyeth the perfite and the wicked.
23 Ɛberɛ a amanehunu de owuo aba no, ɔsere deɛ ne ho nni asɛm no akomatuo.
If the scourge should suddenly slay, should God laugh at the punishment of the innocent?
24 Ɛberɛ a asase akɔ amumuyɛfoɔ nsam no, ɔfira ɛso atemmufoɔ ani. Sɛ ɛnyɛ ɔno a, na ɛyɛ hwan?
The earth is giuen into the hand of ye wicked: he couereth the faces of the iudges therof: if not, where is he? or who is he?
25 “Me nna ho yɛ herɛ sene ommirikatufoɔ; ɛsene kɔ a anigyeɛ kakra mpo nni mu.
My dayes haue bene more swift then a post: they haue fled, and haue seene no good thing.
26 Ɛtwam kɔ sɛ akodoɔ a wɔde paparɔs ayɛ te sɛ akɔdeɛ a wɔreto akyere wɔn ahaboa.
They are passed as with the most swift ships, and as the eagle that flyeth to the pray.
27 Sɛ meka sɛ, ‘Me werɛ mfiri mʼanwiinwii, mɛsesa me nsɛm ka, na masere a,’
If I say, I wil forget my complaynt, I will cease from my wrath, and comfort mee,
28 me yea ahodoɔ no bɔ me hu ara. Na menim sɛ, woremmu me bem.
Then I am afrayd of all my sorowes, knowing that thou wilt not iudge me innocent.
29 Woabu me fɔ dada enti, adɛn na ɛsɛ sɛ meha me ho kwa?
If I be wicked, why labour I thus in vaine?
30 Mpo sɛ ɛba sɛ mede samina dware na mede samina hohoro me nsa ho a,
If I wash my selfe with snowe water, and purge mine hands most cleane,
31 wobɛto me atwene atɛkyɛ amena mu, ama mʼatadeɛ mpo akyiri me.
Yet shalt thou plunge mee in the pit, and mine owne clothes shall make me filthie.
32 “Ɔnyɛ onipa te sɛ me na mayi nʼano, na yɛakɔgyina asɛnniiɛ abobɔ yɛn nkuro.
For he is not a man as I am, that I shoulde answere him, if we come together to iudgement.
33 Sɛ anka obi wɔ hɔ a ɔbɛsiesie yɛn ntam na waka yɛn baanu abɔ mu a,
Neyther is there any vmpire that might lay his hand vpon vs both.
34 obi a ɔbɛyi Onyankopɔn abaa afiri me so, sɛdeɛ nʼahunahuna mmɔ me hu bio a,
Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his feare astonish me:
35 anka mɛkasa a merensuro no, nanso saa tebea a mewɔ mu yi deɛ, mentumi.
Then will I speake, and feare him not: but because I am not so, I holde me still.
