The Second Speech of Bildad
1Then Bildad the Shuhite replied,
2“Job, when will you stop these speeches of yours?
Be reasonable! Then we can talk.
3Why do you look at us as if we were cattle?
Why do you think of us as being stupid?
4Your anger is tearing you to pieces.
Does the earth have to be deserted just to prove you are right?
Must all the rocks be moved from their places?
5“The lamps of sinful people are blown out.
Their flames will never burn again.
6The lights in their tents become dark.
The lamps beside those who are evil go out.
7They walk more slowly than they used to.
Their own evil plans make them fall.
8Their feet take them into a net.
They wander right into it.
9A trap grabs hold of their heels.
It refuses to let them go.
10A trap lies in their path.
A rope to catch them is hidden on the ground.
11Terrors alarm them on every side.
They follow them every step of the way.
12Trouble would like to eat them up.
Danger waits for them when they fall.
13It eats away parts of their skin.
Death itself feeds on their arms and legs.
14They are torn away from the safety of their tents.
They are marched off to the one who rules over death.
15Fire races through their tents.
Burning sulfur is scattered over their homes.
16Their roots dry up under them.
Their branches dry up above them.
17No one on earth remembers them.
Their names are forgotten in the land.
18They are driven from light into the place of darkness.
They are thrown out of the world.
19Their family dies out among their people.
No one is left where they used to live.
20What has happened to them shocks the people in the west.
It terrifies the people in the east.
21Now you know what the homes of sinners are like.
Those who don’t know God live in places like that.”
Bildad Mmuae A Ɛto So Abien
1Na Suhini Bildad buae se,
2“Bere bɛn na wubegyae kasa tenten yi?
Dwene ho yiye, na afei yebetumi akasa.
3Adɛn nti na wofa yɛn sɛ anantwi
na wususuw sɛ yennim nyansa yi?
4Wo a wode abufuw tetew wo mu nketenkete,
wo nti na yemfi asase so
anaasɛ wonnwiriw abotan mfi wɔn sibea ana?
5“Omumɔyɛfo kanea adum;
na ne gya nnɛw bio.
6Hann a ɛwɔ ne ntamadan mu duru sum;
kanea a esi ne ho no dum.
7Nʼanammɔntu mu ahoɔden ano bɛbrɛ ase;
nʼankasa nhyehyɛe hwe no ase.
8Nʼanammɔn de no kɔ afiri mu,
na okyinkyin kɔtɔ ne tan mu.
9Afiri so ne nantin
na eso ne mu dennen.
10Wɔasum no afiri ahintaw wɔ fam;
afiri wɔ ne kwan mu.
11Ahunahuna ma ɔbɔ huboa wɔ ne ho nyinaa
na ɛhaw no wɔ nʼanammɔntu biara mu.
12Atoyerɛnkyɛm kɔn dɔ no;
na sɛ ɔhwe ase a, amanehunu retwɛn no.
13Ɛwewe ne honam ani baabi;
na owu di kan sɛe nʼakwaa.
14Wɔtwe no fi ne ntamadan bammɔ mu
na wɔde no brɛ ahunahunahene.
15Ogya te ne ntamadan mu;
na wɔabɔ sufre a ɛredɛw apete nʼatenae.
16Ne ntin wuwu wɔ ase
na ne mman nso wu wɔ soro.
17Wɔnnkae no asase so bio;
na onni din wɔ asase so.
18Wɔka no fi hann mu kɔ sum mu
na wɔpam no fi wiase.
19Onni mma anaa nananom wɔ ne nkurɔfo mu,
na nʼaseni biara renka wɔ baabi a ɔtenae.
20Nnipa a wofi atɔe fam ho adwiriw wɔn wɔ nea ato no no ho;
na aninyanne bunkam wɔn a wɔwɔ apuei fam no so.
21Ampa ara, sɛɛ na omumɔyɛfo atenae te;
sɛɛ ne beae a nea onnim Onyankopɔn no te.”
