1Hiob toaa nʼasɛm so sɛ,
2“Sɛ Onyankopɔn te ase yi, ɔno a wammu me atɛntenenee,
Otumfoɔ a wama madi me kra mu awerɛhoɔ;
3mmerɛ dodoɔ a nkwa wɔ me mu,
na Onyankopɔn homeɛ wɔ me mu yi,
4mʼano renka amumuyɛsɛm,
na me tɛkrɛma rentwa nkontompo.
5Merennye nto mu da sɛ deɛ woka no yɛ nokorɛ;
merenka me mudie nhyɛ, kɔsi sɛ mɛwuo.
6Mɛkura me tenenee mu. Merennyaa mu;
sɛ mete ase yi, me tiboa remmu me fɔ.
7“Ma mʼatamfoɔ nyɛ sɛ amumuyɛfoɔ,
na wɔn a wɔkyiri me nyɛ sɛ atorofoɔ.
8Anidasoɔ bɛn na deɛ ɔnni nyamesu no wɔ wɔ ne wuo akyi,
ɛberɛ a Onyankopɔn agye ne nkwa afiri ne nsam?
9Onyankopɔn tie ne sufrɛ
ɛberɛ a amanehunu aba ne so anaa?
10Nʼani bɛgye wɔ Otumfoɔ mu?
Ɔbɛsu afrɛ Onyankopɔn ɛberɛ biara anaa?
11“Mɛma mo Onyankopɔn tumi ho nkyerɛkyerɛ;
meremfa Otumfoɔ no akwan nhinta.
12Mo ankasa moahunu yeinom nyinaa.
Afei nsɛnhunu yi ase ne sɛn?
13“Yei ne deɛ Onyankopɔn ahyɛ ato hɔ ama omumuyɛfoɔ,
agyapadeɛ a otirimuɔdenfoɔ nya firi Otumfoɔ nkyɛn:
14Sɛ ɔwɔ mma dodoɔ sɛn ara, wɔn hyɛberɛ ne akofena;
na nʼasefoɔ rennidi mmee da.
15Ɔyaredɔm bɛsie wɔn a wɔbɛka wɔ nʼakyi,
na wɔn akunafoɔ rensu wɔn.
16Ɛwom sɛ ɔhɔre dwetɛ te sɛ mfuturo
na ɔboa ntoma ano sɛ dɔteɛ deɛ,
17nanso deɛ ɔpɛ gu hɔ no, ateneneefoɔ na wɔbɛfira
na pɛpɛfoɔ no nso akyekyɛ dwetɛ no.
18Efie a ɔsi no te sɛ ananse afafa,
ɛte sɛ pata bi a ɔwɛmfoɔ abɔ.
19Ɔda hɔ te sɛ ɔdefoɔ, nanso ɔrenna saa bio;
ɔbɛte nʼani no na ne nyinaa atu ayera.
20Ahunahuna ba ne so sɛ nsuyire;
ahum hwim no kɔ anadwo.
21Apueeɛ mframa soa no kɔ, na ɔnni hɔ bio;
ɛtwe no firi ne teberɛ.
22Ɛbɔ no a ahummɔborɔ nni mu
ɛberɛ a ɔredwane afiri ne tumi ase.
23Ɔde fɛ bɔ ne nsam
na ɔpamoo no firi ne teberɛ.”
Job’s Final Reply to His Friends
1Job continued to speak. He said,
2“God hasn’t treated me fairly.
The Mighty One has made my life bitter.
You can be sure that God lives.
And here’s something else you can be sure of.
3As long as I have life
and God gives me breath,
4my mouth won’t say evil things.
My lips won’t tell lies.
5I’ll never admit you people are right.
Until I die, I’ll say I’m telling the truth.
6I’ll continue to say I’m right.
I’ll never let go of that.
I won’t blame myself as long as I live.
7“May my enemies suffer like sinful people!
May my attackers be punished like those who aren’t fair!
8What hope do ungodly people have when their lives are cut short?
What hope do they have when God takes away their lives?
9God won’t listen to their cry
when trouble comes on them.
10They won’t take delight in the Mighty One.
They’ll never call out to God.
11“I’ll teach all of you about God’s power.
I won’t hide the things the Mighty One does.
12You have seen those things yourselves.
So why do you continue your useless talk?
13“Here’s what God does to sinful people.
Here’s what those who are mean receive from the Mighty One.
14All their children will be killed by swords.
They’ll never have enough to eat.
15A plague will kill those who are left alive.
The widows of sinful men
won’t even weep over their own children.
16Sinners might store up silver like dust
and clothes like piles of clay.
17But people who do what is right will wear those clothes.
People who haven’t done anything wrong
will divide up that silver.
18The house an evil person builds is like a moth’s cocoon.
It’s like a hut that’s made by someone on guard duty.
19Sinful people lie down wealthy, but their wealth is taken away.
When they open their eyes, everything is gone.
20Terrors sweep over them like a flood.
A storm takes them away during the night.
21The east wind carries them off, and they are gone.
It sweeps them out of their houses.
22It blows against them without mercy.
They try to escape from its power.
23It claps its hands and makes fun of them.
It hisses them out of their houses.”
