1Hiob toaa nʼasɛm so se,
2“Sɛ Onyankopɔn te ase yi, nea wammu me atɛntrenee no,
3mmere dodow a nkwa wɔ me mu,
4mʼano renka amumɔyɛsɛm,
5Merennye nto mu da sɛ nea woka no yɛ nokware;
6Mekura me trenee mu, merennyaa mu;
7“Ma mʼatamfo nyɛ sɛ amumɔyɛfo,
8Anidaso bɛn na wɔn a wonni nyamesu no wɔ wɔ wɔn wu akyi,
9So Onyankopɔn tie wɔn sufrɛ
10So wɔn ani begye wɔ Otumfo no mu?
11“Mɛma mo Onyankopɔn tumi ho nkyerɛkyerɛ;
12Mo ankasa moahu eyinom nyinaa.
13“Eyi ne nea Onyankopɔn ahyɛ ato hɔ ama omumɔyɛfo,
14Sɛ ɔwɔ mma dodow dɛn ara, wɔn nkrabea ne afoa;
15Ɔyaredɔm besie wɔn a wɔbɛka wɔ nʼakyi,
16Ɛwɔ mu sɛ ɔhɔre dwetɛ te sɛ mfutuma
17nea ɔpɛ gu hɔ no, atreneefo na wobefura
18Ofi a osi no te sɛ ananse abubummaba,
19Ɔda hɔ te sɛ ɔdefo, nanso ɔrenna saa bio;
20Ahunahuna ba ne so sɛ nsuyiri;
21Apuei mframa soa no kɔ, na onni hɔ bio;
22Ɛbɔ no a ahummɔbɔ nni mu
23Ɔde fɛw bɔ ne nsam