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.”
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.”
