Hiob Kyerɛ Nyankopɔn Kɛseyɛ
1Na Hiob kasaa bio se,
2“Woaboa nea onni tumi!
Woagye basa a enni ahoɔden!
3Woatu nea onnim nyansa fo!
Na woada nhumu pa ara adi!
4Hena na ɔboaa wo ma wokaa saa nsɛm yi?
Hena honhom na ɛkasa faa wo mu?
5“Awufo wɔ ahoyeraw kɛse mu,
wɔn a wɔwɔ nsu ase ne nea ɛte mu nyinaa.
6Asaman da adagyaw Onyankopɔn anim;
Ɔsɛe nso nni nkataso.
7Ɔtrɛw wim atifi fam kata nea ɛda mpan so;
na ɔde asase sensɛn ohunu so.
8Ɔbɔ nsu boa hyɛ ne omununkum mu,
nanso nsu no mu duru ntumi mpae no.
9Ɔtrɛw ne omununkum mu
de kata ɔsram ani.
10Ɔhyɛ agyirae wɔ nsu so
de to ɔhye wɔ hann ne sum ntam.
11Ɔsoro nnyinaso wosow,
na nʼanimka ma wɔn ho dwiriw wɔn.
12Ɔde ne tumi wosow po
ne nyansa mu, otwitwaa Rahab mu asinasin.
13Ɔde ne home maa wim tewee;
na ne nsa wɔɔ ɔwɔ a ɔrewea.
14Eyinom yɛ ne nnwuma kakraa bi;
ne tumi kakraa bi kɛkɛ!
Na hena na obetumi ate ne tumi mmubomu no ase?”
Job
1Then Job replied:
2“How you have helped the powerless!
How you have saved the arm that is feeble!
3What advice you have offered to one without wisdom!
And what great insight you have displayed!
4Who has helped you utter these words?
And whose spirit spoke from your mouth?
5“The dead are in deep anguish,
those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
6The realm of the dead is naked before God;
Destruction26:6 Hebrew Abaddon lies uncovered.
7He spreads out the northern skies over empty space;
he suspends the earth over nothing.
8He wraps up the waters in his clouds,
yet the clouds do not burst under their weight.
9He covers the face of the full moon,
spreading his clouds over it.
10He marks out the horizon on the face of the waters
for a boundary between light and darkness.
11The pillars of the heavens quake,
aghast at his rebuke.
12By his power he churned up the sea;
by his wisdom he cut Rahab to pieces.
13By his breath the skies became fair;
his hand pierced the gliding serpent.
14And these are but the outer fringe of his works;
how faint the whisper we hear of him!
Who then can understand the thunder of his power?”
