Elifas Mmuae A Edi Kan
1Na Temanni Elifas buaa Hiob se,
2“Sɛ obi pɛ sɛ ɔne wo kasa a, worennya ntoboase ana?
Hena na wobetumi aka nʼano ato mu?
3Dwene sɛnea wakyerɛkyerɛ nnipa bebree,
sɛnea woahyɛ nsa a emu ayɛ mmerɛw no den.
4Wo nsɛm ahyɛ wɔn a wɔahintiw no den;
woahyɛ nkotodwe a ayɛ mmerɛw mu den.
5Na afei a ɔhaw aba no, wʼaba mu abu;
adwira wo, na wo werɛ ahow.
6So ɛnsɛ sɛ wo nyamesuro yɛ wʼahotoso
na wʼakwan a ɛho nni asɛm no yɛ wʼanidaso ana?
7“Dwene ho: Wɔasɛe obi a ne ho nni asɛm pɛn ana?
Ɛhefa na wɔsɛee obi a ɔyɛ pɛ?
8Sɛnea mahu no, wɔn a wofuntum bɔne
ne wɔn a wodua ɔhaw no twa so aba.
9Onyankopɔn home ano, wɔsɛe;
nʼabufuw turuw a wɔyera.
10Gyata betumi abobɔ mu na wɔaworo so,
nanso wɔabubu gyata akɛse no se.
11Gyata annya hanam a owu,
na gyatabere mma no bɔ hwete.
12“Wɔbɛkaa kokoamsɛm bi kyerɛɛ me
na mʼaso tee no sɛ asomsɛm.
13Wɔ anadwo daeso basabasa mu,
bere a nnipa adeda nnahɔɔ no,
14ehu ne nketenkete kyeree me
ɛmaa me nnompe nyinaa wosowee.
15Honhom bi twaa mʼani so,
na me ho nwi sɔre gyinae.
16Egyinae,
nanso, manhu nʼabɔsu.
Biribi begyinaa mʼanim,
na metee nne bɔkɔɔ bi a ɛrebisa se,
17‘Onipa desani betumi ateɛ asen Onyankopɔn?
Na mpo ɔhoɔdenfo betumi ayɛ kronkron asen ne Yɛfo ana?
18Sɛ Onyankopɔn ntumi mfa ne ho nto nʼankasa asomfo so,
sɛ ɔka nʼabɔfo mfomso kyerɛ wɔn a,
19na nkantom wɔn a wɔtete dɔte afi mu,
wɔn a wɔn fapem sisi mfutuma mu
na wɔdwerɛw wɔn ntɛm so sen abubummaba!
20Efi anɔpahema kosi anwummere wobubu wɔn mu nketenkete;
na wɔyera korakora a obiara nhu wɔn bio.
21So wommiamia wɔn ntamadan ahama mu,
a ɛno nti wowuwu a wonni nyansa ana?’
Eliphaz
1Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
2“If someone ventures a word with you, will you be impatient?
But who can keep from speaking?
3Think how you have instructed many,
how you have strengthened feeble hands.
4Your words have supported those who stumbled;
you have strengthened faltering knees.
5But now trouble comes to you, and you are discouraged;
it strikes you, and you are dismayed.
6Should not your piety be your confidence
and your blameless ways your hope?
7“Consider now: Who, being innocent, has ever perished?
Where were the upright ever destroyed?
8As I have observed, those who plow evil
and those who sow trouble reap it.
9At the breath of God they perish;
at the blast of his anger they are no more.
10The lions may roar and growl,
yet the teeth of the great lions are broken.
11The lion perishes for lack of prey,
and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
12“A word was secretly brought to me,
my ears caught a whisper of it.
13Amid disquieting dreams in the night,
when deep sleep falls on people,
14fear and trembling seized me
and made all my bones shake.
15A spirit glided past my face,
and the hair on my body stood on end.
16It stopped,
but I could not tell what it was.
A form stood before my eyes,
and I heard a hushed voice:
17‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God?
Can even a strong man be more pure than his Maker?
18If God places no trust in his servants,
if he charges his angels with error,
19how much more those who live in houses of clay,
whose foundations are in the dust,
who are crushed more readily than a moth!
20Between dawn and dusk they are broken to pieces;
unnoticed, they perish forever.
21Are not the cords of their tent pulled up,
so that they die without wisdom?’
