Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
2 Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;
3 When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
4 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;
5 When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
6 When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
7 When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.
9 The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
11 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:
12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
16 I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
17 And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
19 My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
20 My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
21 Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
22 After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
23 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
24 If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
25 I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.
1Bio, Hiob maa n'ɛbɛ so bio, na ɔkaa sɛ,Under pastoral review
2Ao sɛ anka mete sɛ abosome a atwam mu, sɛ nna a Onyankopɔn bɔɔ me ho ban mu;Under pastoral review
3Ɛberɛ a ne kanea hyerɛn me ti so, na mede ne hann nanteeɛ esum mu;Under pastoral review
4Sɛdeɛ metee me mmabunu berɛ mu, ɛberɛ a Onyankopɔn kokoamsɛm wɔ me ntomadan so;Under pastoral review
5Ɛberɛ a Otumfoɔ Panin da so ka me ho, ɛberɛ a me mma atwa me ho ahyia;Under pastoral review
6Ɛberɛ a mede sradeɛ hohoroo m'anammɔn, na ɔbotan hwiee ngo nsubɔntene maa me;Under pastoral review
7Ɛberɛ a mefirii adi kɔɔ ɛpono no ano faa kuro no mu, ɛberɛ a mesiesiee m'atenaeɛ wɔ abɔntene so!Under pastoral review
8Mmeranteɛ hunuu me, na wɔde wɔn ho siee: na nkɔkoraa sɔreeɛ, gyinaa hɔ.Under pastoral review
9Mpanyimfoɔ gyaee kasa, na wɔde wɔn nsa kataa wɔn ano.Under pastoral review
10Atitire yɛɛ komm, na wɔn tɛkrɛma tare wɔn anom atifi.Under pastoral review
11Ɛberɛ a aso tee me, ɛnna ɛhyiraa me; na ɛberɛ a ani hunuu me, ɛdii me adanseɛ:Under pastoral review
12Efisɛ megyee ohiani a ɔsu, ne awisiaa, ne deɛ ɔnni obi a ɔboa no.Under pastoral review
13Deɛ na ɔrebɛwu no nhyira baa me so: na memaa opremfoɔ baa akoma too dwom anigyeɛ mu.Under pastoral review
14Mede tenenee hyɛeɛ, na ɛfuraa me: m'atemmuo yɛɛ sɛ batakari ne ahenkyɛ.Under pastoral review
15Meyɛɛ aniwa maa onifirani, na meyɛɛ nan maa obubuafoɔ.Under pastoral review
16Meyɛɛ agya maa ahiafoɔ: na asɛm a mennim no, mehwehwɛɛ mu.Under pastoral review
17Na mebubuu ɔdebɔneyɛni apantan, na metuu afodeɛ firii ne se mu.Under pastoral review
18Afei mekaa sɛ, Mɛwu me pirebuo mu, na mɛdɔre me nna sɛ anwea.Under pastoral review
19Me ntini trɛɛ mu wɔ nsuo ho, na obosuo daa me mman so anadwo mu nyinaa.Under pastoral review
20M'animuonyam yɛɛ foforɔ wɔ me mu, na wɔsesaa me tadua wɔ me nsam.Under pastoral review
21Nnipa yɛɛ aso maa me, na wɔtwɛnee, na wɔyɛɛ komm wɔ m'afotuo ho.Under pastoral review
22Me nsɛm akyi no, wɔankasa bio; na me kasa tɔɔ wɔn so sɛ nsuo.Under pastoral review
23Na wɔtwɛnee me sɛdeɛ wɔtwɛn osuo; na wɔbuee wɔn ano tɛtrɛɛ sɛdeɛ wɔyɛ ma osuo a ɛtɔ akyire.Under pastoral review
24Sɛ meseree kyerɛɛ wɔn a, wɔannye anni; na wɔantoo m'anim hann ase.Under pastoral review
25Mepaw wɔn ɛkwan, na metenaa ase sɛ ɔpanin, na metenaa sɛ ɔhene wɔ asraafoɔ mu, sɛ obi a ɔkyekye awerɛhoɔfoɔ werɛ.Under pastoral review