1Afei Awurade buaa Hiob sɛ,
2“Deɛ ɔne Otumfoɔ no wɔ asɛm no bɛtene ne so anaa?
Ma deɛ ɔbɔ Onyankopɔn kwaadu no mmua no ɛ!”
3Na Hiob buaa Awurade sɛ,
4“Mensɛ na memfata, ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na matumi anya mmuaeɛ?
Mede me nsa memua mʼano.
5Makasa baako, nanso menni mmuaeɛ
mprenu so, na merenkasa bio.”
6Afei, Awurade firi ahum mu buaa Hiob sɛ,
7“Hyɛ wo ho den sɛ ɔbarima;
mɛbisa wo nsɛm,
na ɛsɛ sɛ wobua me.
8“Wobɛka mʼatemmuo ho asɛm bɔne anaa?
Wobɛbu me fɔ de abu wo ho bem?
9Wowɔ abasa te sɛ Onyankopɔn deɛ,
na wo nne bɛtumi abobom sɛ ne deɛ?
10Ɛnneɛ fa animuonyam ne ɔhyerɛn hyehyɛ wo ho,
na fira anidie ne kɛseyɛ.
11Hwie wʼabufuhyeɛ mmoroso no gu,
hwɛ ɔhantanni biara na brɛ no ase,
12hwɛ ɔhantanni biara na si no fam
na tiatia amumuyɛfoɔ so wɔ faako a wɔgyina hɔ.
13Sie wɔn nyinaa bɔ mu wɔ mfuturo mu;
kata wɔn anim wɔ damena mu.
14Na afei mʼankasa mɛgye atom sɛ
wo ara wo basa nifa bɛtumi agye wo nkwa.
15“Hwɛ susono,
deɛ meyɛɛ no kaa wo ho
na ɔwe ɛserɛ te sɛ ɔnantwie.
16Hwɛ ahoɔden a ɔwɔ wɔ nʼasene mu
ne ahoɔden fufuo a ɛwɔ ne yafunu so wedeɛ mu!
17Ne dua hinhim sɛ ntweneduro;
ne srɛ mu ntini yɛ peperee.
18Ne nnompe te sɛ kɔbere mfrafraeɛ nnorobɛn,
nʼabasa ne ne nan te sɛ nnadeɛ praban.
19Ɔdi Onyankopɔn nsa ano adwuma mu kan,
nanso ne Yɛfoɔ bɛtumi de akofena akɔ ne so.
20Nkokoɔ fifiri wɔn nnɔbaeɛ ma no,
na wiram mmoa nyinaa goro bɛn hɔ.
21Nkasɛɛ nkasɛɛ nnua ase na ɔda,
na atɛkyɛ mu demmire akata no so.
22Nkasɛɛ nkasɛɛ nwunu no hata ne so;
na nsunoa nnua atwa ne ho ahyia.
23Nsuo nworosoɔ nha no;
mpo sɛ Yordan bobɔ ba nʼano a, ɔnni ɔhaw.
24Obi bɛtumi akye no animono;
anaa obi bɛtumi de afidie ayi no na wabɔne ne hwene mu?
1The Lord continued,
2“I am the Mighty One.
Will the man who argues with me correct me?
Let him who brings charges against me answer me!”
3Job replied to the Lord,
4“I’m not worthy. How can I reply to you?
I’m putting my hand over my mouth. I’ll stop talking.
5I spoke once. But I really don’t have any answer.
I spoke twice. But I won’t say anything else.”
6Then the Lord spoke to Job out of the storm. He said,
7“Get ready to stand up for yourself.
I will ask you some more questions.
Then I want you to answer me.
8“Would you dare to claim that I am not being fair?
Would you judge me in order to make yourself seem right?
9Is your arm as powerful as mine is?
Can your voice thunder as mine does?
10Then put on glory and beauty as if they were your clothes.
Also put on honor and majesty.
11Let loose your great anger.
Look at those who are proud and bring them low.
12Look at proud people and make them humble.
Crush evil people right where they are.
13Bury their bodies together in the dust.
Cover their faces in the grave.
14Then I myself will admit to you
that your own right hand can save you.
15“Look at Behemoth. It is a huge animal.
I made both of you.
It eats grass like an ox.
16Look at the strength it has in its hips!
What power it has in the muscles of its stomach!
17Its tail sways back and forth like a cedar tree.
The tendons of its thighs are close together.
18Its bones are like tubes made out of bronze.
Its legs are like rods made out of iron.
19It ranks first among my works.
I made it. I can approach it with my sword.
20The hills produce food for it.
All the other wild animals play near it.
21It lies under lotus plants.
It hides in tall grass in the swamps.
22The lotus plants hide it in their shade.
Poplar trees near streams surround it.
23It is not afraid when the river roars.
It is secure even when the Jordan River rushes against its mouth.
24Can anyone capture it by its eyes?
Can anyone trap it and poke a hole through its nose?
