1The Lord said to Job:
2“Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him?
Let him who accuses God answer him!”
3Then Job answered the Lord:
4“I am unworthy—how can I reply to you?
I put my hand over my mouth.
5I spoke once, but I have no answer—
twice, but I will say no more.”
6Then the Lord spoke to Job out of the storm:
7“Brace yourself like a man;
I will question you,
and you shall answer me.
8“Would you discredit my justice?
Would you condemn me to justify yourself?
9Do you have an arm like God’s,
and can your voice thunder like his?
10Then adorn yourself with glory and splendor,
and clothe yourself in honor and majesty.
11Unleash the fury of your wrath,
look at all who are proud and bring them low,
12look at all who are proud and humble them,
crush the wicked where they stand.
13Bury them all in the dust together;
shroud their faces in the grave.
14Then I myself will admit to you
that your own right hand can save you.
15“Look at Behemoth,
which I made along with you
and which feeds on grass like an ox.
16What strength it has in its loins,
what power in the muscles of its belly!
17Its tail sways like a cedar;
the sinews of its thighs are close-knit.
18Its bones are tubes of bronze,
its limbs like rods of iron.
19It ranks first among the works of God,
yet its Maker can approach it with his sword.
20The hills bring it their produce,
and all the wild animals play nearby.
21Under the lotus plants it lies,
hidden among the reeds in the marsh.
22The lotuses conceal it in their shadow;
the poplars by the stream surround it.
23A raging river does not alarm it;
it is secure, though the Jordan should surge against its mouth.
24Can anyone capture it by the eyes,
or trap it and pierce its nose?
1Afei Awurade buaa Hiob se,
2“Nea ɔne Otumfo no wɔ asɛm no bɛteɛ ne so ana?
Ma nea ɔbɔ Onyankopɔn kwaadu no mmua no ɛ!”
3Na Hiob buaa Awurade se,
4“Mensɛ na memfata, ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na matumi anya mmuae?
Mede me nsa mua mʼano.
5Makasa baako, nanso minni mmuae
mprenu so, na merenkasa bio.”
6Afei, Awurade fi ahum mu buaa Hiob se,
7“Hyɛ wo ho den sɛ ɔbarima;
mebisa wo nsɛm,
na ɛsɛ sɛ wubua me.
8“Wobɛka mʼatemmu ho asɛm bɔne ana?
Wubebu me fɔ de abu wo ho bem ana?
9Wowɔ abasa te sɛ Onyankopɔn de,
na wo nne betumi abobɔ mu sɛ ne de ana?
10Ɛno de fa anuonyam ne ɔhyerɛn hyehyɛ wo ho,
na fura nidi ne kɛseyɛ.
11Hwie wʼabufuwhyew mmoroso no gu,
hwɛ ɔhantanni biara na brɛ no ase,
12hwɛ ɔhantanni biara na si no fam
na tiatia amumɔyɛfo so wɔ faako a wogyina hɔ.
13Sie wɔn nyinaa bɔ mu wɔ mfutuma mu;
kata wɔn anim wɔ ɔda mu.
14Na afei mʼankasa megye ato mu sɛ
wo ara wo basa nifa betumi agye wo nkwa.
15“Hwɛ susono,
nea meyɛɛ no kaa wo ho
na ɔwe sare te sɛ nantwi.
16Hwɛ ahoɔden a ɔwɔ wɔ nʼasen mu
ne ahoɔden a ɛwɔ ne yafunu so were mu!
17Ne dua hinhim sɛ sida;
ne srɛ mu ntin yɛ peperee.
18Ne nnompe te sɛ kɔbere mfrafrae dorobɛn,
nʼabasa ne ne nʼanan te sɛ nnade praban.
19Odi Onyankopɔn nsa ano adwuma mu kan,
nanso ne Yɛfo betumi de nʼafoa akɔ ne so.
20Nkoko fifi wɔn nnɔbae ma no,
na wuram mmoa nyinaa goru bɛn hɔ.
21Nsɔensɔe nnua ase na ɔda,
na dontori mu demmire akata no so.
22Nsɔensɔe nwini no kata ne so;
na nsunoa nnua twa ne ho hyia.
23Nsu nworoso nhaw no;
mpo sɛ Yordan bobɔ ba nʼano a, onni ɔhaw.
24Obi betumi akyere no animono;
anaa obi betumi de afiri ayi no na wabɔre ne hwene mu ana?
