1“So wubetumi de darewa atwe ɔdɛnkyɛmmirampɔn
anaa wubetumi de hama akyekyere ne tɛkrɛma?
2So wubetumi de hama afa ne hwenem,
anaasɛ wubetumi de darewa aso nʼabogye mu?
3Ɔbɛkɔ so asrɛ wo sɛ hu no mmɔbɔ ana?
Ɔne wo bɛkasa brɛoo ana?
4Ɔbɛpene ne wo ayɛ apam
ama wode no ayɛ wʼakoa afebɔɔ ana?
5Wubetumi de no ayɛ abɛbɛ te sɛ anomaa
anaa wubetumi asa no hama de no ama wo mmabea?
6So aguadifo bɛpɛ sɛ wode no bedi nsesagua?
Wɔbɛkyekyɛ ne mu ama aguadifo ana?
7Wubetumi de mpeaw awowɔ ne were mu
anaasɛ wode mpataa mpɛmɛ bɛwowɔ ne ti ho?
8Wode wo nsa ka no a,
wobɛkae sɛnea ɔbɛwosow ne ho, nti worenyɛ saa bio!
9Ɔkwan biara nni hɔ a wobɛfa so akyere no;
ani a ɛbɔ ne so kɛkɛ no ma nnipa dwudwo.
10Obiara ntumi nsi ne bo nhwanyan no.
Afei hena na obetumi ne me adi asi?
11Hena na mede no ka a ɛsɛ sɛ mitua?
Biribiara a ɛhyɛ ɔsoro ase no yɛ me de.
12“Me werɛ remfi sɛ mɛka nʼakwaa,
nʼahoɔden ne ne bɔbea fɛfɛ no ho asɛm.
13Hena na obetumi aworɔw ne ho ahama,
na hena na ɔde nnareka bɛkɔ ne ho?
14Hena na obetumi abue nʼabogye,
a ɛse a ɛyɛ hu ayɛ no ma no?
15Nʼakyi wɔ bona a ɛsesa so,
ɛtetare so a ɔkwan nna mu koraa;
16sɛnea ɛtetare so fa no nti,
mframa biara mfa ntam.
17Ɛtoatoa mu denneennen a
emu ntumi ntetew.
18Sɛ ɔnwansi a, ɛpepa gya;
nʼaniwa aba te sɛ adekyeenim hann.
19Agyatɛn turuw fi nʼanom
na nsramma turuturuw fi mu.
20Wusiw sen fi ne hwene mu
te sɛ ɔsɛn a esi gya so.
21Ne home ma gyabiriw ano sɔ,
na ogyaframa tu fi nʼanom.
22Ne kɔn mu wɔ ahoɔden ankasa;
wɔn a wohu no no aba mu bu.
23Ne were a abubu agu so no yɛ peperee;
ayɛ pemee a ɛnka ne ho.
24Ne koko so yɛ den sɛ ɔbotan
ɛyɛ den sɛ awiyammo.
25Sɛ ɔsɔre a, ahoɔdenfo bɔ huboa;
sɛ ɔwosow ne ho a woguan.
26Afoa wɔ no a, ɛnka no,
peaw, pɛmɛ ne agyan nso saa ara.
27Ɔfa dade sɛ wura bi
na kɔbere mfrafrae te sɛ dua a awu bi ma no.
28Agyan mma no nguan;
ahwimmo mu aboa yɛ ntɛtɛ ma no.
29Kontibaa te sɛ sare wɔ nʼani so;
na ɔserew pɛmɛ nnyigyei.
30Abon a ano yɛ nnam tuatua ne yafunu so.
Ɔtwe ne ho ase wɔ fam fa dontori mu a, eyiyi akam.
31Ɔma bun mu huru sɛ nsu a ɛwɔ ɛsɛn mu
na onunu po mu sɛ srade a ɛwɔ kuku mu.
32Nea ɔbɛfa no, ɛhɔ nsu no pa yerɛw yerɛw;
na obi besusuw sɛ po bun adan ayɛ dwen.
33Asase so biribiara ne no nsɛ.
Ɔyɛ abɔde a onsuro hwee.
34Ommu wɔn a wɔyɛ ahantan no mu biara;
ɔyɛ wɔn a wɔyɛ ahomaso no nyinaa so hene.”
41 In Hebrew texts 41:1-8 is numbered 40:25-32, and 41:9-34 is numbered 41:1-26. 1“Can you pull in Leviathan with a fishhook
or tie down its tongue with a rope?
2Can you put a cord through its nose
or pierce its jaw with a hook?
3Will it keep begging you for mercy?
Will it speak to you with gentle words?
4Will it make an agreement with you
for you to take it as your slave for life?
5Can you make a pet of it like a bird
or put it on a leash for the young women in your house?
6Will traders barter for it?
Will they divide it up among the merchants?
7Can you fill its hide with harpoons
or its head with fishing spears?
8If you lay a hand on it,
you will remember the struggle and never do it again!
9Any hope of subduing it is false;
the mere sight of it is overpowering.
10No one is fierce enough to rouse it.
Who then is able to stand against me?
11Who has a claim against me that I must pay?
Everything under heaven belongs to me.
12“I will not fail to speak of Leviathan’s limbs,
its strength and its graceful form.
13Who can strip off its outer coat?
Who can penetrate its double coat of armor41:13 Septuagint; Hebrew double bridle?
14Who dares open the doors of its mouth,
ringed about with fearsome teeth?
15Its back has41:15 Or Its pride is its rows of shields
tightly sealed together;
16each is so close to the next
that no air can pass between.
17They are joined fast to one another;
they cling together and cannot be parted.
18Its snorting throws out flashes of light;
its eyes are like the rays of dawn.
19Flames stream from its mouth;
sparks of fire shoot out.
20Smoke pours from its nostrils
as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.
21Its breath sets coals ablaze,
and flames dart from its mouth.
22Strength resides in its neck;
dismay goes before it.
23The folds of its flesh are tightly joined;
they are firm and immovable.
24Its chest is hard as rock,
hard as a lower millstone.
25When it rises up, the mighty are terrified;
they retreat before its thrashing.
26The sword that reaches it has no effect,
nor does the spear or the dart or the javelin.
27Iron it treats like straw
and bronze like rotten wood.
28Arrows do not make it flee;
slingstones are like chaff to it.
29A club seems to it but a piece of straw;
it laughs at the rattling of the lance.
30Its undersides are jagged potsherds,
leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.
31It makes the depths churn like a boiling caldron
and stirs up the sea like a pot of ointment.
32It leaves a glistening wake behind it;
one would think the deep had white hair.
33Nothing on earth is its equal—
a creature without fear.
34It looks down on all that are haughty;
it is king over all that are proud.”
