Job 35
1 Moreover Elihu answered and said,
Afei, Elihu kaa sɛ:
2 Thinkest thou this to be [thy] right, [or] sayest thou, My righteousness is more than God’s,
“Wogye di sɛ yei fata? Woka sɛ, ‘Onyankopɔn bɛtwitwa agye me.’
3 That thou sayest, What advantage will it be unto thee? [and], What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?
Nanso wobisa no sɛ, ‘Mfasoɔ bɛn na mɛnya, na sɛ manyɛ bɔne a, mfasoɔ bɛn na mɛnya?’
4 I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
“Mepɛ sɛ mebua wo ne wo nnamfonom nyinaa.
5 Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the skies, which are higher than thou.
Ma wʼani so kyerɛ ɔsoro na hwɛ; hwɛ omununkum a ɛwɔ wʼatifi ɔsorosoro nohoa.
6 If thou hast sinned, what doest thou against him? and if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him.
Sɛ woyɛ bɔne a, ɛkwan bɛn so na ɛsakyera Onyankopɔn? Mpo sɛ wo bɔne dɔɔso a, nsunsuansoɔ bɛn na ɛnya wo ne so?
7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
Sɛ wotene a, ɛdeɛn na wode ma noɔ anaasɛ ɛdeɛn na ɔnya firi wo nsam?
8 Thy wickedness [may hurt] a man as thou art; and thy righteousness [may profit] a son of man.
Wʼamumuyɛ pira onipa a ɔte sɛ wo na wo tenenee pira nnipa mma nko ara.
9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; they cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.
“Nnipa su ɛberɛ a wɔwɔ nhyɛsoɔ ase; na wɔsrɛ mmoa firi deɛ ɔwɔ tumi nsam.
10 But none saith, Where is God my Maker, who giveth songs in the night;
Nanso, obi mmisa sɛ, ‘Ɛhe na Onyankopɔn, me Yɛfoɔ no wɔ, deɛ ɔma nnwom anadwo no,
11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
deɛ ɔkyerɛ yɛn nimdeɛ bebree sene asase so mmoa na ɔma yɛhunu nyansa sene ewiem nnomaa?’
12 There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
Sɛ nnipa su team a, ɔmmua, amumuyɛfoɔ ahantan enti.
13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
Ampa ara Onyankopɔn rentie wɔn nkotosrɛ hunu no; na Otumfoɔ remmu.
14 How much less when thou sayest thou beholdest him not, the cause is before him, and thou waitest for him!
Woka sɛ wonhunu no, nanso sɛ wotwɛn no a, ɔde atɛntenenee bɛba enti ɛsɛ sɛ wotwɛn no.
15 But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, neither doth he greatly regard arrogance;
Bio, woka sɛ nʼabufuo mmfa asotweɛ mma na nʼani nni amumuyɛsɛm akyi pii.
16 Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vanity; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
Enti Hiob bue nʼano ka nsɛm hunu; nimdeɛ a ɔnni enti, ɔkeka nsɛm bebree.”
