Hiob 9
1 Na Hiob kasaa bio sɛ:
And Job, responding, said:
2 “Aane, menim sɛ yei yɛ nokorɛ. Na ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na ɔdasani bɛtene wɔ Onyankopɔn anim?
Truly, I know that it is so, and that man cannot be justified compared with God.
3 Sɛ obi pɛ sɛ ɔne Onyankopɔn yiyi a, ɔrentumi nyi nsɛm apem mu baako mpo ano.
If he chooses to contend with him, he is not able to respond to him once out of a thousand times.
4 Ne nyansa mu dɔ, na ne tumi so. Hwan na ɔne no adi asie na ne ho baabiara anti?
He is understanding in heart and mighty in strength; who has resisted him and yet had peace?
5 Ɔtutu mmepɔ a wɔnnim ho hwee ɔbubu wɔn fa so wɔ nʼabufuo mu.
He has moved mountains, and those whom he overthrew in his fury did not know it.
6 Ɔwoso asase firi ne siberɛ, na ɔma ne nnyinasoɔ woso biribiri.
He shakes the earth out of its place and its pillars tremble.
7 Ɔkasa kyerɛ owia na ɛnhyerɛn, na ɔsɔ nsoromma hyerɛn ano.
He commands the sun and it does not rise, and he closes the stars as if under a seal.
8 Ɔno nko ara na ɔtrɛ ɔsoro mu, na ɔnante ɛpo asorɔkye so.
He alone extends the heavens, and he walks upon the waves of the sea.
9 Ɔno ne Nwenwenente, Akokɔbaatan ne ne mma Yɛfoɔ; Nsorommabafan ne ewiem anafoɔ fam nsorommakuo no.
He fashions Arcturus, and Orion, and Hyades, and the interior of the south.
10 Ɔyɛ anwanwadeɛ a wɔntumi nte aseɛ, nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ a wɔntumi nkan.
He accomplishes great and incomprehensible and miraculous things, which cannot be numbered.
11 Sɛ ɔnam me ho a, menhunu no; sɛ ɔsene a, menhunu no.
If he approaches me, I will not see him; if he departs, I will not understand.
12 Sɛ ɔhwim kɔ a, hwan na ɔsi no kwan? Hwan na ɔbɛtumi abisa no sɛ, ‘Ɛdeɛn na woreyɛ yi?’
If he suddenly should question, who will answer him? Or who can say, “Why did you do so?”
13 Onyankopɔn nkora nʼabufuo so; Rahab aboafoɔ mpo ho popo wɔ nʼanim.
God, whose wrath no one is able to resist, and under whom they bend who carry the world,
14 “Na me ne hwan a me ne no bɛyiyi? Mɛyɛ dɛn anya nsɛm a me ne no de bɛgye akyinnyeɛ?
what am I then, that I should answer him and exchange words with him?
15 Sɛ menim mpo a, merentumi nyi nʼano; ɛno ara ne sɛ mɛsrɛ ahummɔborɔ afiri me ɔtemmufoɔ nkyɛn.
And if I now have any justice, I will not respond, but will beseech my judge.
16 Mpo, sɛ mefrɛ no na ɔba a, mennye nni sɛ ɔbɛtie mʼasɛm.
And if he should listen to me when I call, I would not believe that he had heard my voice.
17 Ɔde asorɔkye bɛdwerɛ me ama mʼapirakuro adɔɔso kwa.
For he will crush me in a whirlwind and multiply my wounds, even without cause.
18 Ɔremma menya mʼahome, bio. Ɔde awerɛhoɔ bɛhyɛ me ma tɔ.
He does not permit my spirit to rest, and he fills me with bitterness.
19 Sɛ ɛba no ahoɔden a, ɔyɛ ɔhoɔdenfoɔ! Na sɛ ɛba atɛntenenee nso a, hwan na ɔbɛsamane no?
If strength is sought, he is most strong; if equity in judgment, no one would dare to give testimony for me.
20 Sɛ medi bem mpo a, mʼano bɛbu me kumfɔ; sɛ me ho nni asɛm a, ɛbɛbu me fɔ.
If I wanted to justify myself, my own mouth will condemn me; if I would reveal my innocence, he would prove me depraved.
21 “Ɛwom sɛ medi bem deɛ, nanso memmu me ho; abrabɔ afono me.
And if I now became simple, my soul would be ignorant even of this, and my life would weary me.
22 Ne nyinaa yɛ pɛ; ɛno enti na meka sɛ, ‘Ɔsɛe deɛ ne ho nni asɛm ne omumuyɛfoɔ.’
There is one thing that I have said: both the innocent and the impious he consumes.
23 Ɛberɛ a amanehunu de owuo aba no, ɔsere deɛ ne ho nni asɛm no akomatuo.
If he scourges, let him kill all at once, and not 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?
Since the earth has been given into the hand of the impious, he covers the face of its judges; for if it is not him, then who is it?
25 “Me nna ho yɛ herɛ sene ommirikatufoɔ; ɛsene kɔ a anigyeɛ kakra mpo nni mu.
My days have been swifter than a messenger; they have fled and have not seen goodness.
26 Ɛtwam kɔ sɛ akodoɔ a wɔde paparɔs ayɛ te sɛ akɔdeɛ a wɔreto akyere wɔn ahaboa.
They have passed by like ships carrying fruits, just like an eagle flying to food.
27 Sɛ meka sɛ, ‘Me werɛ mfiri mʼanwiinwii, mɛsesa me nsɛm ka, na masere a,’
If I say: “By no means will I speak this way.” I change my face and I am tortured with sorrow.
28 me yea ahodoɔ no bɔ me hu ara. Na menim sɛ, woremmu me bem.
I have dreaded all my works, knowing that you did not spare the offender.
29 Woabu me fɔ dada enti, adɛn na ɛsɛ sɛ meha me ho kwa?
Yet, if I am also just as impious, why have I labored in vain?
30 Mpo sɛ ɛba sɛ mede samina dware na mede samina hohoro me nsa ho a,
If I had been washed with snow-like waters, and my hands were shining like the cleanest thing,
31 wobɛto me atwene atɛkyɛ amena mu, ama mʼatadeɛ mpo akyiri me.
yet you would plunge me in filth, and my own garments would abhor me.
32 “Ɔnyɛ onipa te sɛ me na mayi nʼano, na yɛakɔgyina asɛnniiɛ abobɔ yɛn nkuro.
For even I would not answer a man who were like myself, nor one who could be heard with me equally in judgment.
33 Sɛ anka obi wɔ hɔ a ɔbɛsiesie yɛn ntam na waka yɛn baanu abɔ mu a,
There is no one who could both prevail in argument and in placing his hand between the two.
34 obi a ɔbɛyi Onyankopɔn abaa afiri me so, sɛdeɛ nʼahunahuna mmɔ me hu bio a,
Let him take his staff away from me, and let not the fear of him terrify me.
35 anka mɛkasa a merensuro no, nanso saa tebea a mewɔ mu yi deɛ, mentumi.
I will speak and I will not fear him, for in fearfulness I am not able to respond.
