I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
2 For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
3 Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?
4 Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?
5 If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
6 Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.
7 If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;
8 Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.
9 If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;
10 Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
11 For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
12 For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
13 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
14 What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
15 Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)
19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
20 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
22 Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
23 For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
24 If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
25 If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
26 If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
28 This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.
29 If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:
30 Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
31 If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
32 The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.
33 If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:
34 Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
35 Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
36 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
37 I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.
38 If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;
39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
1Me ne m'ani yɛɛ apam; adɛn na afei ɛsɛ sɛ medwene ɔbaabunu ho?Under pastoral review
2Efisɛ Onyankopɔn kyɛfa bɛn na ɛwɔ soro? na Otumfoɔ Panin agyapadeɛ bɛn na ɛfiri soro hɔ?Under pastoral review
3Ɛnyɛ ɔsɛeɛ na ɛwɔ hɔ ma adebɔneyɛfoɔ anaa? ne asotwe a ɛyɛ nwanwa ma amumuyɛyɛfoɔ?Under pastoral review
4Ɔnhunu m'akwan, na ɔnkan m'anammɔn nyinaa anaa?Under pastoral review
5Sɛ manante ahuhudeɛ mu a, anaasɛ sɛ me nan ayɛ ntɛm akɔ nnaadaa mu a;Under pastoral review
6Ma wɔnkari me nsania a ɛteɛ so, na Onyankopɔn nhunu me pɛyɛ.Under pastoral review
7Sɛ m'anammɔn amane afiri ɛkwan so a, na m'akoma adi m'ani akyi a, na sɛ nkekaawa bi atare me nsa ho a;Under pastoral review
8Ɛnneɛ ma mengu, na ma ɔfoforɔ nni; aane, ma wɔntutu m'asefoɔ ase.Under pastoral review
9Sɛ ɔbaa adaadaa m'akoma a, anaasɛ sɛ matɛ me yɔnko ɛpono ano a;Under pastoral review
10Ɛnneɛ ma me yere nyam mma ɔfoforɔ, na ma afoforɔ nkoto no so.Under pastoral review
11Efisɛ yei yɛ bɔne a ɛyɛ hu; aane, ɛyɛ amumuyɛ a atemmufoɔ bɛtwe aso.Under pastoral review
12Efisɛ ɛyɛ ogya a ɛhye kɔsi ɔsɛeɛ mu, na ɛbɛtutu me nnɔbaeɛ nyinaa ase.Under pastoral review
13Sɛ mebuu m'akoa anaa m'afenaa asɛm animtiaa a, ɛberɛ a wɔne me gyee akyinnyeɛ;Under pastoral review
14Ɛnneɛ ɛdeɛn na mɛyɛ ɛberɛ a Onyankopɔn sɔre? na ɛberɛ a ɔsra no, ɛdeɛn na mɛbua no?Under pastoral review
15Ɛnyɛ deɛ ɔyɛɛ me wɔ yafunu mu no na ɔyɛɛ ɔno nso anaa? na ɛnyɛ baako na ɔnwenee yɛn wɔ yafunu mu anaa?Under pastoral review
16Sɛ mede ahiafoɔ apɛdeɛ akame wɔn a, anaasɛ mama opremfoɔ baa ani abu a;Under pastoral review
17Anaasɛ me nko ara madi me aduane, na awisiaa anni bi a;Under pastoral review
18(Efisɛ mefiri me mmabunu berɛ mu na ɔne me tenaeɛ, sɛdeɛ ɔne agya, na mafiri me maame yafunu mu akyerɛ no ɛkwan;)Under pastoral review
19Sɛ mahunu obi a ɔreyera ɛfisɛ ɔnni ntadeɛ a, anaasɛ ohiani bi a ɔnni nkatasoɔ a;Under pastoral review
20Sɛ n'asen anhyira me a, na sɛ me nnwan nwi ammɔ no hyew a;Under pastoral review
21Sɛ mema me nsa so tia awisiaa a, ɛberɛ a mehunuu me mmoa wɔ ɛpono no ano:Under pastoral review
22Ɛnneɛ ma m'abasa mfiri me mmati mu nte, na ma m'abasa mmubu mfiri dompe mu.Under pastoral review
23Efisɛ ɔsɛeɛ a ɛfiri Onyankopɔn hɔ yɛɛ ehu maa me, na ne kɛseyɛ enti mantumi annyina.Under pastoral review
24Sɛ mede sika kɔkɔɔ ayɛ m'anidasoɔ a, anaasɛ maka akyerɛ sika kɔkɔɔ amapa sɛ, Wo ne m'ahotosoɔ a;Under pastoral review
25Sɛ m'ani gyeeɛ ɛfisɛ m'ahonyadeɛ dɔɔso a, na ɛfisɛ me nsa anya bebree a;Under pastoral review
26Sɛ mehwɛɛ awia ɛberɛ a ɛhyerɛn a, anaasɛ ɔsrane a ɔnam hann mu a;Under pastoral review
27Na wɔadaadaa m'akoma kokoam a, anaasɛ m'ano afe me nsa:Under pastoral review
28Yei nso yɛ amumuyɛ a ɔtemmufoɔ bɛtwe aso: efisɛ anka mapo Onyankopɔn a ɔwɔ soro no.Under pastoral review
29Sɛ m'ani gyee deɛ ɔtan me no ɔsɛeɛ ho a, anaasɛ mema me ho so ɛberɛ a bɔne too no:Under pastoral review
30Na mammaa m'ano kwan sɛ ɛnyɛ bɔne denam nnome a mɛpɛ ama ne kra so.Under pastoral review
31Sɛ me ntomadan mu nnipa anka sɛ, Ao sɛ anka yɛnya ne honam bi! yɛntumi mmee a.Under pastoral review
32Ɔhɔho anna abɔntene so: na mmom mebuee m'apono maa ɔkwantufoɔ.Under pastoral review
33Sɛ mekataa me mmarato so sɛ Adam, denam m'amumuyɛ a mede siee me kokoɔ mu so a:Under pastoral review
34Mesuroo nnipadɔm kɛseɛ anaa, anaasɛ mmusua animtiaabuo hunahunaa me, enti meyɛɛ komm, na mamfiri ɛpono no ano ankɔ?Under pastoral review
35Ao sɛ obi bɛtie me! hwɛ, m'apɛdeɛ ne sɛ Otumfoɔ Panin bɛbua me, na sɛ deɛ ɔne me di asɛm no atwerɛ nwoma.Under pastoral review
36Ampa ara anka mede bɛto me mmati so, na mede bɛkyekyere sɛ ahenkyɛ ama me ho.Under pastoral review
37Anka mɛka m'anammɔn dodoɔ akyerɛ no; sɛ ɔbirɛmpɔn na anka mɛbɛn no.Under pastoral review
38Sɛ m'asase su tia me a, anaasɛ ne nkɔ nso nwiinwii a;Under pastoral review
39Sɛ madi so nnuaba a mamfa sika a, anaasɛ mama ɛso wuranom ahwere wɔn nkwa a:Under pastoral review
40Ma nkasɛɛ nnyini nsi awi ananmu, na wira bɔne nsi atokoɔ ananmu. Hiob nsɛm aba awieeɛ.Under pastoral review