1“Wobɛtumi de darewa atwe ɔdɛnkyɛmmirampɔn
anaa wobɛtumi de ahoma akyekyere ne tɛkrɛma?
2Wobɛtumi de ahoma afa ne hwenemu,
anaasɛ wobɛtumi de darewa asɔ nʼapantan mu?
3Ɔbɛkɔ so asrɛ wo sɛ hunu no mmɔbɔ anaa?
Ɔne wo bɛkasa brɛoo?
4Ɔbɛpene ne wo ayɛ apam
ama wode no ayɛ wʼakoa afebɔɔ anaa?
5Wobɛtumi de no ayɛ ayɛmmoa te sɛ anomaa
anaa wobɛtumi asa no ahoma de no ama wo mmammaa?
6Adwadifoɔ bɛpɛ sɛ wobɛtɔ no de no adi dwa anaa?
7Wobɛtumi de mpea awowɔ ne wedeɛ mu
anaasɛ wode mpataa pɛmɛ bɛwowɔ ne tiri ho?
8Wode wo nsa ka no a,
wobɛkae sɛdeɛ ɔbɛwoso ne ho, enti worenyɛ saa bio!
9Ɛkwan biara nni hɔ a wobɛfa so akye no;
ani a ɛbɔ ne so kɛkɛ no ma nnipa dwodwo.
10Obiara ntumi nsi ne bo nhwanyane no.
Afei hwan na ɔbɛtumi ne me adi asie?
11Hwan na mede no ka a ɛsɛ sɛ metua?
Biribiara a ɛhyɛ ɔsoro ase wɔ me.
12“Me werɛ remfiri sɛ mɛka nʼakwaa,
nʼahoɔden ne ne bɔberɛ fɛfɛ no ho asɛm.
13Hwan na ɔbɛtumi aworɔ ne ho nwoma,
na hwan na ɔde nnareka bɛkɔ ne ho?
14Hwan na ɔbɛtumi abue nʼapantan,
a ɛse a ɛyɛ hu ayɛ no ma no?
15Nʼakyi wɔ abona a ɛsesa soɔ,
ɛpipi so a ɛkwan nna mu koraa;
16sɛdeɛ ɛpipi so fa no enti,
mframa biara mfa ntam.
17Ɛtoatoa mu dendeenden a
emu ntumi ntete.
18Sɛ ɔnwansi a, ɛtete ogya;
nʼaniwa aba te sɛ ahemadakye hann.
19Egyatɛn turi firi nʼanom
na nsramma turituri firi mu.
20Wisie tene firi ne hwene mu
te sɛ ɛsɛn a ɛsi ogya soɔ.
21Nʼahomeɛ ma gyabidie ano sɔ,
na egyadɛreɛ tu firi nʼanom.
22Ne kɔn mu wɔ ahoɔden ankasa;
wɔn a wɔhunu no no abasa mu tu.
23Ne wedeɛ a abubu agu soɔ no yɛ peperee;
ayɛ pemee a ɛnkeka ne ho.
24Ne koko so yɛ dene sɛ ɔbotan;
ɛyɛ dene sɛ ayuoyammoɔ.
25Sɛ ɔsɔre a, ahoɔdenfoɔ bɔ huboa;
sɛ ɔporo ne ho a, wɔdwane.
26Akofena wɔ no a, ɛnka no,
pea, pɛmɛ ne agyan nso saa ara.
27Ɔfa dadeɛ sɛ wira bi
na kɔbere mfrafraeɛ te sɛ dua a awuo bi ma no.
28Agyan mma no nnwane;
ahwimmoɔ mu aboa yɛ ntɛtɛ ma no.
29Aporibaa te sɛ ɛserɛ wɔ nʼani so;
na ɔsere pɛmɛ nnyegyeɛ.
30Abon a ano yɛ nnam tuatua ne yafunu so.
Ɔtwe ne ho ase wɔ fam fa atɛkyɛ mu a, ɛyiyi akam.
31Ɔma ebunu mu huru sɛ nsuo a ɛwɔ ɛsɛn mu
na ɔnunu ɛpo mu sɛ sradeɛ a ɛwɔ kukuo mu.
32Deɛ ɔbɛfa no, ɛhɔ nsuo no pa yerɛyerɛ;
na obi bɛsusu sɛ ɛpo bunu adane ayɛ dwono.
33Biribiara a ɛwɔ asase so ne no nsɛ.
Ɔyɛ abɔdeɛ a ɔnsuro hwee.
34Ɔmmu wɔn a wɔyɛ ahantan no mu biara;
ɔyɛ wɔn a wɔyɛ ahomasoɔ no nyinaa so ɔhene.”
1“Job, can you pull Leviathan out of the sea with a fishhook?
Can you tie down its tongue with a rope?
2Can you put a rope through its nose?
Can you stick a hook through its jaw?
3Will it keep begging you for mercy?
Will it speak gently to you?
4Will it make an agreement with you?
Can you make it your slave for life?
5Can you make a pet out of it like a bird?
Can you put it on a leash for the young women in your house?
6Will traders offer you something for it?
Will they divide it up among the merchants?
7Can you fill its body with harpoons?
Can you throw fishing spears into its head?
8If you touch it, it will fight you.
Then you will remember never to touch it again!
9No one can possibly control Leviathan.
Just looking at it will terrify you.
10No one dares to wake it up.
So who can possibly stand up to me?
11Who has a claim against me that I must pay?
Everything on earth belongs to me.
12“Now I will speak about the Leviathan’s legs.
I will talk about its strength and its graceful body.
13Who can strip off its outer coat?
Who would try to pierce its double coat of armor?
14Who dares to open its jaws?
Its mouth is filled with terrifying teeth.
15Its back has rows of shields
that are close together.
16Each one is so close to the next one
that not even air can pass between them.
17They are joined tightly to one another.
They stick together and can’t be forced apart.
18Leviathan’s snorting throws out flashes of light.
Its eyes shine like the first light of day.
19Flames spray out of its mouth.
Sparks of fire shoot out.
20Smoke pours out of its nose.
It is like smoke from a boiling pot over burning grass.
21Its breath sets coals on fire.
Flames fly out of its mouth.
22Its neck is very strong.
People run to get out of its way.
23Its rolls of fat are close together.
They are firm and can’t be moved.
24Its chest is as hard as rock.
It is as hard as a lower millstone.
25When Leviathan rises up,
even mighty people are terrified.
They run away when it moves around wildly.
26A sword that strikes it has no effect.
Neither does a spear or dart or javelin.
27It treats iron as if it were straw.
It crushes bronze as if it were rotten wood.
28Arrows do not make it run away.
Stones that are thrown from slings are like straw hitting it.
29A club seems like a piece of straw to it.
It laughs when it hears a javelin rattling.
30Its undersides are like broken pieces of pottery.
It leaves a trail in the mud like a threshing sled.
31It makes the ocean churn like a boiling pot.
It stirs up the sea like perfume someone is making.
32It leaves a shiny trail behind it.
You would think the ocean had white hair.
33Nothing on earth is equal to Leviathan.
That creature is not afraid of anything.
34It looks down on proud people.
It rules over all those who are proud.”
