Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
2 If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?
3 Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
4 Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.
5 But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
6 Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?
7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
8 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
9 By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.
10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
11 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad.
12 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.
13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
14 Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.
15 Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:
16 It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,
17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
18 Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:
19 How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
20 They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.
21 Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.
1Afei Elifas, Temanni no, buaeɛ kaa sɛ,Under pastoral review
2Sɛ yɛbɔ mmɔden sɛ yɛne wo bɛkasa a, wo werɛ bɛho anaa? nanso hwan na ɔbɛtumi asi ne ho kwan sɛ ɔnnkasa?Under pastoral review
3Hwɛ, woakyerɛkyerɛ bebree, na woahyɛ nsa a ayɛ mmerɛ den.Under pastoral review
4Wo nsɛm apagya deɛ ɔrehwe ase, na woahyɛ nkotodwe a ayɛ mmerɛ den.Under pastoral review
5Na afei aba wo so, na wotɔ bea; ɛka wo, na wo ho yeraw wo.Under pastoral review
6Ɛnyɛ wo suro, wo ahotosoɔ, w'anidasoɔ, ne w'akwan mu tenenee nie anaa?Under pastoral review
7Mesrɛ wo, kae, hwan na ɔyeraeɛ da, a ɔdi bem? anaa ɛhe na wɔtwaa ateneneefoɔ firii mu?Under pastoral review
8Sɛdeɛ mahunu no ara, wɔn a wɔfuntum amumuyɛ, na wɔgu bɔne no, wɔtwa saa ara.Under pastoral review
9Onyankopɔn home ano na wɔyera, na ne hwene mu ahome na ɛsɛe wɔn.Under pastoral review
10Gyata mmobom, ne gyata keka nne, ne gyata mma se, abubu.Under pastoral review
11Gyata panin wu ɛsiane hanam a ɔnnya nti, na gyata hoɔdenfoɔ mma bɔ ahwete.Under pastoral review
12Na wɔde asɛm bi brɛɛ me kokoam, na m'aso gyee emu kakra.Under pastoral review
13Anadwo anisoadehunu mu nsusuiɛ mu, ɛberɛ a nnahɔɔ tɔ nnipa so,Under pastoral review
14Ehu baa me so, ne ahopopo, a ɛmaa me nnompe nyinaa wosoeɛ.Under pastoral review
15Afei honhom bi twaa m'anim; me honam so nwi sɔree:Under pastoral review
16Ɛgyinaa dinn, nanso mantumi anhunu ne suban: mfoni bi wɔ m'ani so, na ɛyɛɛ komm, na metee nne bi sɛ,Under pastoral review
17Onipa a ɔwu bɛtene asene Onyankopɔn anaa? ɔbarima ho bɛte asene deɛ ɔyɛɛ no anaa?Under pastoral review
18Hwɛ, ɔmfa ne ho nto n'asomfoɔ so; na ɔde nkwaseasɛm to n'abɔfoɔ so:Under pastoral review
19Nsotoɔ sɛn na wɔn a wɔte dɔteɛ adan mu, wɔn a wɔn fapem wɔ mfuturo mu, wɔn a wɔdwerɛ wɔn wɔ nwewee anim no?Under pastoral review
20Wɔsɛe wɔn ɛfiri anɔpa kɔsi anwummerɛ: wɔyera afebɔɔ a obiara nhwɛ.Under pastoral review
21Wɔn mu kɛseyɛ a ɛwɔ wɔn mu no nkɔ anaa? wɔwu, a nyansa mpo nni mu.Under pastoral review