Hiob 4

¹Na Temanni Elifas buaa Hiob se,

²“Sɛ obi pɛ sɛ ɔne wo kasa a, worennya ntoboase ana?

³Dwene sɛnea wakyerɛkyerɛ nnipa bebree,

⁴Wo nsɛm ahyɛ wɔn a wɔahintiw no den;

⁵Na afei a ɔhaw aba no, wʼaba mu abu;

⁶So ɛnsɛ sɛ wo nyamesuro yɛ wʼahotoso

⁷“Dwene ho: Wɔasɛe obi a ne ho nni asɛm pɛn ana?

⁸Sɛnea mahu no, wɔn a wofuntum bɔne

⁹Onyankopɔn home ano, wɔsɛe;

¹⁰Gyata betumi abobɔ mu na wɔaworo so,

¹¹Gyata annya hanam a owu,

¹²“Wɔbɛkaa kokoamsɛm bi kyerɛɛ me

¹³Wɔ anadwo daeso basabasa mu,

¹⁴ehu ne nketenkete kyeree me

¹⁵Honhom bi twaa mʼani so,

¹⁶Egyinae,

¹⁷‘Onipa desani betumi ateɛ asen Onyankopɔn?

¹⁸Sɛ Onyankopɔn ntumi mfa ne ho nto nʼankasa asomfo so,

¹⁹na nkantom wɔn a wɔtete dɔte afi mu,

²⁰Efi anɔpahema kosi anwummere wobubu wɔn mu nketenkete;

²¹So wommiamia wɔn ntamadan ahama mu,