Job 9
1 Then Job answered and said,
Na Hiob kasaa bio se:
2 Of a truth I know that it is so: but how can man be just with God?
“Yiw, minim sɛ eyi yɛ nokware. Na ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na ɔdesani bɛteɛ wɔ Onyankopɔn anim?
3 If he be pleased to contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
Sɛ obi pɛ sɛ ɔne Onyankopɔn yiyi ano a, ɔrentumi nyi nsɛm apem mu baako mpo ano.
4 [He is] wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and prospered?
Ne nyansa mu dɔ, na ne tumi so. Hena na ɔne no adi asi na ne ho baabiara anti?
5 Which removeth the mountains, and they know it not, when he overturneth them in his anger.
Otutu mmepɔw a wonnim ho hwee obubu wɔn fa so wɔ nʼabufuw mu.
6 Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
Ɔwosow asase fi ne sibea, na ɔma ne nnyinaso wosow biribiri.
7 Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
Ɔkasa kyerɛ owia na ɛnhyerɛn, na ɔsɔw nsoromma hyerɛn ano.
8 Which alone stretcheth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
Ɔno nko ara na ɔtrɛw ɔsoro mu, na ɔnantew po asorɔkye so.
9 Which maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
Ɔno ne Nyankrɛnte, Akokɔbeatan ne ne mma Yɛfo; anafo fam nsorommakuw no.
10 Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, marvelous things without number.
Ɔyɛ anwonwade a wontumi nte ase, nsɛnkyerɛnne a wontumi nkan.
11 Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
Sɛ ɔnam me ho a, minhu no; sɛ ɔsen a, minhu no.
12 Behold, he seizeth [the prey], who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?
Sɛ ohwim kɔ a, hena na osiw no kwan? Hena na obetumi abisa no se, ‘Dɛn na woreyɛ yi?’
13 God will not withdraw his anger; the helpers of Rahab do stoop under him.
Onyankopɔn nkora nʼabufuw so; Rahab aboafo mpo ho popo wɔ nʼanim.
14 How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words [to reason] with him?
“Na me ne hena a mene no beyiyi ano? Mɛyɛ dɛn anya nsɛm a me ne no de begye akyinnye?
15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer; I would make supplication to mine adversary.
Sɛ minnim ho hwee mpo a, merentumi nyi nʼano; ɛno ara ne sɛ mɛsrɛ ahummɔbɔ afi me temmufo nkyɛn.
16 If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he hearkened unto my voice.
Mpo, sɛ mefrɛ no na ɔba a, minnye nni sɛ obetie mʼasɛm.
17 For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
Ɔde asorɔkye bɛhwe me ama mʼapirakuru adɔɔso kwa.
18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
Ɔremma minnya mʼahome, bio, ɔde awerɛhow bɛhyɛ me ma tɔ.
19 If [we speak] of the strength of the mighty, lo, [he is there]! and if of judgment, who will appoint me a time?
Sɛ ɛyɛ ahoɔden asɛm a, ɔyɛ ɔhoɔdenfo! Na sɛ ɛba atɛntrenee nso a, hena na ɔne no bedi asi?
20 Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me: though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse.
Sɛ midi bem mpo a, mʼano bebu me kumfɔ; sɛ me ho nni asɛm a, ebebu me fɔ.
21 I am perfect; I regard not myself; I despise my life.
“Ɛwɔ mu sɛ midi bem de, nanso mimmu me ho; abrabɔ afono me.
22 It is all one; therefore I say, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
Ne nyinaa yɛ pɛ; ɛno nti na meka se, ‘Ɔsɛe nea ne ho nni asɛm ne omumɔyɛfo.’
23 If the scourge slay suddenly, he will mock at the trial of the innocent.
Bere a amanehunu de owu aba no, ɔserew nea ne ho nni asɛm no abawpa.
24 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?
Bere a asase akɔ amumɔyɛfo nsam no, ofura ɛso atemmufo ani. Sɛ ɛnyɛ ɔno a, na ɛyɛ hena?
25 Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
“Me nna ho yɛ hare sen ommirikatufo; ɛsen kɔ a anigye kakra mpo nni mu.
26 They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that swoopeth on the prey.
Etwa mu kɔ sɛ akorow a wɔde paparɔso ayɛ te sɛ akɔre a wɔretow akyere wɔn hanam.
27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my [sad] countenance, and be of good cheer:
Sɛ meka se, ‘Me werɛ mfi mʼanwiinwii, mɛsakra me nsɛnka, na maserew a,’
28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
me yaw ahorow no bɔ me hu ara. Na minim sɛ, woremmu me bem.
29 I shall be condemned; why then do I labour in vain?
Woabu me fɔ dedaw nti, adɛn na ɛsɛ sɛ mehaw me ho kwa?
30 If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
Mpo sɛ ɛba sɛ mede samina guare na mede samina hohoro me nsa ho a,
31 Yet wilt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
wobɛtow me akyene dontori amoa mu, ama mʼatade mpo akyi me.
32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, that we should come together in judgment.
“Ɔnyɛ onipa te sɛ me na mayi nʼano, na yɛakogyina asennii abobɔ yɛn nkuro.
33 There is no daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
Sɛ anka obi wɔ hɔ a obesiesie yɛn ntam na waka yɛn baanu abɔ mu,
34 Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his terror make me afraid:
obi a obeyi Onyankopɔn abaa afi me so, na nʼahunahuna ammɔ me hu bio.
35 Then would I speak, and not fear him; for I am not so in myself.
Anka mɛkasa a merensuro no, nanso saa tebea a mewɔ mu yi de, mintumi.
