Hiob 12 – ASCB & NIV

Asante Twi Contemporary Bible

Hiob 12:1-25

Hiob Bua Sofar

1Na Hiob buaa sɛ,

2“Ampa ara mone nnipa no,

na mowu a na nyansa asa!

3Nanso mewɔ adwene sɛ mo ara

na monnsene me.

Hwan na ɔnnim saa nneɛma yi nyinaa?

4“Mayɛ aseredeɛ ama me nnamfonom,

mefrɛɛ Onyankopɔn na ɔbuaeɛ.

Mayɛ aseredeɛ tata, nanso metene, na me ho nni asɛm.

5Nnipa a wɔn ho tɔ wɔn bu amanehunu animtiaa

sɛdeɛ wɔbu wɔn a wɔn nan rewatiri no awieeɛ animtiaa.

6Wɔmmfa wɔn nsa nka akorɔmfoɔ ntomadan,

na wɔn a wɔma Onyankopɔn bo fuo no wɔ banbɔ

na Onyankopɔn bɔ deɛ ɔde ma wɔn ho ban.

7“Bisa mmoa no, na wɔbɛkyerɛ wo

anaasɛ ewiem nnomaa no, na wɔbɛka akyerɛ wo

8anaasɛ kasa kyerɛ asase, na ɛbɛkyerɛ wo,

anaasɛ ma ɛpo mu mpataa nka nkyerɛ wo.

9Wɔn nyinaa mu hwan na ɔnnim sɛ

Awurade nsa na ayɛ yei.

10Ne nsam na abɔdeɛ nyinaa ahome wɔ

ne adasamma nyinaa ahome.

11Aso nsɔ nsɛm nnhwɛ,

sɛdeɛ tɛkrɛma ka aduane hwɛ no anaa?

12Wɔnnya nyansa mfiri mpanin nkyɛn,

na ɛnyɛ ɔnyinkyerɛ na ɛde nteaseɛ ba anaa?

13“Nyansa ne tumi yɛ Onyankopɔn dea;

afotuo ne nteaseɛ yɛ ne dea.

14Deɛ ɔbubu guo no, obiara rentumi nsi;

deɛ ɔde no to nneduadan mu no, obiara rentumi nyi no.

15Sɛ ɔma osuo gyae tɔ a, asase no so yɛ wesee;

sɛ ɔgyaa osutɔ mu a, ɛsɛe asase no.

16Ahoɔden ne nkonimdie wɔ no

osisifoɔ ne deɛ wɔsisi noɔ nso wɔ no.

17Ɔpa afotufoɔ ho ntoma ma wɔkɔ

na ɔma atemmufoɔ yɛ nkwasea.

18Ɔworɔ ahemfo nkyehoma

na ɔde abɔsoɔ bɔ wɔn asene.

19Ɔpa asɔfoɔ ho ntoma,

na ɔtu nnipa a wɔn ase atim akyɛre gu.

20Ɔka afotufoɔ a wɔgye wɔn die no kasaboa hyɛ,

na ɔgye mpanimfoɔ nhunumu.

21Ɔde animguaseɛ gu atitire so

na ɔtintim gye ahoɔdenfoɔ nsam akodeɛ.

22Ɔda esum mu nneɛma a ahinta adi

na ɔde esum kabii ba hann mu.

23Ɔyɛ aman akɛseɛ, na ɔsɛe wɔn;

ɔtrɛ aman mu, na ɔhwete wɔn mu.

24Ɔgye ewiase akannifoɔ adwene firi wɔn nsam;

na ɔma wɔkyinkyini asase wesee a ɛkwan nna soɔ so.

25Wɔhwehwɛ wɔ esum mu a wɔnni kanea;

na ɔma wɔtɔ ntintan sɛ asabofoɔ.

New International Version

Job 12:1-25

Job

1Then Job replied:

2“Doubtless you are the only people who matter,

and wisdom will die with you!

3But I have a mind as well as you;

I am not inferior to you.

Who does not know all these things?

4“I have become a laughingstock to my friends,

though I called on God and he answered—

a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!

5Those who are at ease have contempt for misfortune

as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.

6The tents of marauders are undisturbed,

and those who provoke God are secure—

those God has in his hand.12:6 Or those whose god is in their own hand

7“But ask the animals, and they will teach you,

or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you;

8or speak to the earth, and it will teach you,

or let the fish in the sea inform you.

9Which of all these does not know

that the hand of the Lord has done this?

10In his hand is the life of every creature

and the breath of all mankind.

11Does not the ear test words

as the tongue tastes food?

12Is not wisdom found among the aged?

Does not long life bring understanding?

13“To God belong wisdom and power;

counsel and understanding are his.

14What he tears down cannot be rebuilt;

those he imprisons cannot be released.

15If he holds back the waters, there is drought;

if he lets them loose, they devastate the land.

16To him belong strength and insight;

both deceived and deceiver are his.

17He leads rulers away stripped

and makes fools of judges.

18He takes off the shackles put on by kings

and ties a loincloth12:18 Or shackles of kings / and ties a belt around their waist.

19He leads priests away stripped

and overthrows officials long established.

20He silences the lips of trusted advisers

and takes away the discernment of elders.

21He pours contempt on nobles

and disarms the mighty.

22He reveals the deep things of darkness

and brings utter darkness into the light.

23He makes nations great, and destroys them;

he enlarges nations, and disperses them.

24He deprives the leaders of the earth of their reason;

he makes them wander in a trackless waste.

25They grope in darkness with no light;

he makes them stagger like drunkards.