Hiob 9
1 Na Hiob kasaa bio sɛ:
Then Job answered and said,
2 “Aane, menim sɛ yei yɛ nokorɛ. Na ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na ɔdasani bɛtene wɔ Onyankopɔn anim?
Of a truth I know that it is so: but how can man be just with God?
3 Sɛ obi pɛ sɛ ɔne Onyankopɔn yiyi a, ɔrentumi nyi nsɛm apem mu baako mpo ano.
If he be pleased to contend with him, he cannot answer him one 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 hardened himself against him, and prospered?
5 Ɔtutu mmepɔ a wɔnnim ho hwee ɔbubu wɔn fa so wɔ nʼabufuo mu.
Which removeth the mountains, and they know it not, when he overturneth them in his anger.
6 Ɔwoso asase firi ne siberɛ, na ɔma ne nnyinasoɔ woso biribiri.
Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
7 Ɔkasa kyerɛ owia na ɛnhyerɛn, na ɔsɔ nsoromma hyerɛn ano.
Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
8 Ɔno nko ara na ɔtrɛ ɔsoro mu, na ɔnante ɛpo asorɔkye so.
Which alone stretcheth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
9 Ɔno ne Nwenwenente, Akokɔbaatan ne ne mma Yɛfoɔ; Nsorommabafan ne ewiem anafoɔ fam nsorommakuo no.
Which maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
10 Ɔyɛ anwanwadeɛ a wɔntumi nte aseɛ, nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ a wɔntumi nkan.
Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, marvelous things without number.
11 Sɛ ɔnam me ho a, menhunu no; sɛ ɔsene a, menhunu no.
Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
12 Sɛ ɔhwim kɔ a, hwan na ɔsi no kwan? Hwan na ɔbɛtumi abisa no sɛ, ‘Ɛdeɛn na woreyɛ yi?’
Behold, he seizeth [the prey], who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?
13 Onyankopɔn nkora nʼabufuo so; Rahab aboafoɔ mpo ho popo wɔ nʼanim.
God will not withdraw his anger; the helpers of Rahab do stoop under him.
14 “Na me ne hwan a me ne no bɛyiyi? Mɛyɛ dɛn anya nsɛm a me ne no de bɛgye akyinnyeɛ?
How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words [to reason] with him?
15 Sɛ menim mpo a, merentumi nyi nʼano; ɛno ara ne sɛ mɛsrɛ ahummɔborɔ afiri me ɔtemmufoɔ nkyɛn.
Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer; I would make supplication to mine adversary.
16 Mpo, sɛ mefrɛ no na ɔba a, mennye nni sɛ ɔbɛtie mʼasɛm.
If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he hearkened unto my voice.
17 Ɔde asorɔkye bɛdwerɛ me ama mʼapirakuro adɔɔso kwa.
For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
18 Ɔremma menya mʼahome, bio. Ɔde awerɛhoɔ bɛhyɛ me ma tɔ.
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
19 Sɛ ɛba no ahoɔden a, ɔyɛ ɔhoɔdenfoɔ! Na sɛ ɛba atɛntenenee nso a, hwan na ɔbɛsamane no?
If [we speak] of the strength of the mighty, lo, [he is there]! and if of judgment, who will appoint me a time?
20 Sɛ medi bem mpo a, mʼano bɛbu me kumfɔ; sɛ me ho nni asɛm a, ɛbɛbu me fɔ.
Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me: though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse.
21 “Ɛwom sɛ medi bem deɛ, nanso memmu me ho; abrabɔ afono me.
I am perfect; I regard not myself; I despise my life.
22 Ne nyinaa yɛ pɛ; ɛno enti na meka sɛ, ‘Ɔsɛe deɛ ne ho nni asɛm ne omumuyɛfoɔ.’
It is all one; therefore I say, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
23 Ɛberɛ a amanehunu de owuo aba no, ɔsere deɛ ne ho nni asɛm no akomatuo.
If the scourge slay suddenly, he will mock at the trial 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 given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if [it be] not [he], who then is it?
25 “Me nna ho yɛ herɛ sene ommirikatufoɔ; ɛsene kɔ a anigyeɛ kakra mpo nni mu.
Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
26 Ɛtwam kɔ sɛ akodoɔ a wɔde paparɔs ayɛ te sɛ akɔdeɛ a wɔreto akyere wɔn ahaboa.
They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that swoopeth on the prey.
27 Sɛ meka sɛ, ‘Me werɛ mfiri mʼanwiinwii, mɛsesa me nsɛm ka, na masere a,’
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my [sad] countenance, and be of good cheer:
28 me yea ahodoɔ no bɔ me hu ara. Na menim sɛ, woremmu me bem.
I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
29 Woabu me fɔ dada enti, adɛn na ɛsɛ sɛ meha me ho kwa?
I shall be condemned; why then do I labour in vain?
30 Mpo sɛ ɛba sɛ mede samina dware na mede samina hohoro me nsa ho a,
If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
31 wobɛto me atwene atɛkyɛ amena mu, ama mʼatadeɛ mpo akyiri me.
Yet wilt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
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 should answer him, that we should come together in judgment.
33 Sɛ anka obi wɔ hɔ a ɔbɛsiesie yɛn ntam na waka yɛn baanu abɔ mu a,
There is no daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us 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 terror make me afraid:
35 anka mɛkasa a merensuro no, nanso saa tebea a mewɔ mu yi deɛ, mentumi.
Then would I speak, and not fear him; for I am not so in myself.
