Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
2 Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?
4 Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?
5 Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?
6 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
8 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.
9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
10 Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
11 Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
12 Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
13 And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
15 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
16 Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
17 Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
18 Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
19 The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
20 Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.
21 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
22 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.
23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
24 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
25 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.
26 For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.
27 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
29 When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.
30 He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.
1Afei Elifas, Temanni no, buaeɛ kaa sɛ,Under pastoral review
2Onipa so bɛba mfasoɔ ma Onyankopɔn anaa, sɛdeɛ onyansafoɔ so ba mfasoɔ ma ɔno ankasa?Under pastoral review
3Ɛyɛ anigyeɛ biara ma Otumfoɔ Panin sɛ woyɛ ɔteneneeni anaa? anaasɛ ɛyɛ mfasoɔ ma no sɛ woma w'akwan yɛ pɛ?Under pastoral review
4Ɔbɛka w'anim ɛsiane wo ho suro enti anaa? ɔne wo bɛkɔ atemmuo mu anaa?Under pastoral review
5Wo bɔne nyɛ kɛseɛ anaa? na w'amumuyɛ nni ano anaa?Under pastoral review
6Efisɛ woagye awowasideɛ afiri wo nua hɔ kwa, na woayi adagyafoɔ ntadeɛ afiri wɔn ho.Under pastoral review
7Woamma deɛ wabrɛ no nsuo sɛ ɔnnom, na woade aduane akame deɛ ɛkɔm de no.Under pastoral review
8Nanso ɔhoɔdenfoɔ deɛ, ɔnyaa asase no; na onimuonyamfoɔ tenaa mu.Under pastoral review
9Woagya mpremfoɔ mmaa kwan nsapan, na wɔabubu awisiaa abasa.Under pastoral review
10Ɛno enti afidie atwa wo ho ahyia, na ehu a ɛba mpofirim ha wo;Under pastoral review
11Anaa esum, a wontumi nhunu adeɛ; ne nsuo bebree a ɛkata wo so.Under pastoral review
12Onyankopɔn nni ɔsoro korɔn no mu anaa? na hwɛ nsoromma no korɔn, hwɛ sɛdeɛ wɔwɔ soro!Under pastoral review
13Na woka sɛ, Ɛyɛ dɛn na Onyankopɔn nim? ɔbɛtumi abu atɛn afa omununkum kusuu mu anaa?Under pastoral review
14Omununkum kabii yɛ nkatasoɔ ma no, enti ɔnhunu; na ɔnante ɔsoro kɔntɔnkurowi mu.Under pastoral review
15Woahyɛ tete kwan a adebɔneyɛfoɔ anante so no nsow anaa?Under pastoral review
16Wɔn a wɔtwaa wɔn mu ansa na wɔn berɛ duruu, wɔn a nsuyire bu faa wɔn fapem so:Under pastoral review
17Wɔn a wɔka kyerɛɛ Onyankopɔn sɛ, Firi yɛn nkyɛn kɔ: na ɛdeɛn na Otumfoɔ Panin bɛtumi ayɛ ama wɔn?Under pastoral review
18Nanso ɔde nnepa hyɛɛ wɔn afie mu ma: nanso adebɔneyɛfoɔ agyinatuo wɔ akyiri firi me ho.Under pastoral review
19Ateneneefoɔ hunu, na wɔn ani gye: na wɔn a wɔdi bem sere wɔn di wɔn ho fɛw.Under pastoral review
20Bere a yɛn agyapadeɛ deɛ, wɔntwaa mu, na mmom ogya hye wɔn nkaeɛ.Under pastoral review
21Fa wo ho bata ne ho seesei, na tena asomdwoeɛ mu: ɛno so na papa bɛba wo so.Under pastoral review
22Mesrɛ wo, gye mmara no firi n'anom, na fa ne nsɛm sie w'akoma mu.Under pastoral review
23Sɛ wosane kɔ Otumfoɔ Panin nkyɛn a, wɔbɛkyekyere wo, wobɛyi amumuyɛ afiri wo ntomadan mu akɔ akyiri.Under pastoral review
24Afei wobɛboa sika kɔkɔɔ ano sɛ mfuturo, ne Ofir sika kɔkɔɔ sɛ nsuwansuwa mu aboɔ.Under pastoral review
25Aane, Otumfoɔ Panin bɛyɛ wo banbɔ, na wobɛnya dwetɛ bebree.Under pastoral review
26Efisɛ afei wobɛnya w'anigyeɛ wɔ Otumfoɔ Panin mu, na wobɛma w'anim so akyerɛ Onyankopɔn.Under pastoral review
27Wobɛbɔ wo mpaeɛ akyerɛ no, na ɔbɛtie wo, na wobɛtua wo bɔ.Under pastoral review
28Wobɛhyɛ adeɛ nso, na ɛbɛtim ama wo: na hann bɛhyerɛn w'akwan so.Under pastoral review
29Sɛ wɔto nnipa hwe fam a, afei wobɛka sɛ, Wɔbɛma wɔn so; na ɔbɛgye deɛ ɔbrɛ ne ho ase no nkwa.Under pastoral review
30Ɔbɛgye deɛ ɔdi bem no supɔ: na wɔgye no wɔ wo nsa ahoteɛ mu.Under pastoral review