1“Na afei, Hiob, tie me nsɛm;
2Merebɛbue mʼano;
3Me nsɛm firi akoma a ɛtene mu;
4Onyankopɔn Honhom na abɔ me;
5Sɛ wobɛtumi a, ma me mmuaeɛ;
6Wo ne me nyinaa yɛ pɛ wɔ Onyankopɔn anim;
7Ɛnsɛ sɛ wosuro me,
8“Nanso woaka ama mate,
9‘Meyɛ kronn na menni bɔne;
10Nanso Onyankopɔn anya me ho mfomsoɔ;
11Ɔde me nan ahyɛ mpɔkyerɛ mu;
12“Nanso meka mekyerɛ wo sɛ, yei mu deɛ, woayɛ mfomsoɔ,
13Na adɛn enti na wonwiinwii hyɛ no
14Nanso, Onyankopɔn kasa wɔ akwan ahodoɔ so,
15Ɔkasa wɔ daeɛso ne anadwo anisoadehunu mu,
16ɔtumi kasa gu wɔn asom
17sɛ ɔbɛdane onipa afiri nneyɛɛ bɔne ho
18sɛ ɔmma ne ɔkra nnkɔ amena mu
19Onyankopɔn tumi de yea twe onipa aso ɛberɛ a ɔda mpa so
20kɔsi sɛ ne kɔn nnɔ aduane
21ɔfɔn yɛ basaa,
22Ne ɔkra bɛn damena,
23“Nanso sɛ abɔfoɔ apem no mu baako wɔ nʼafa
24ɔbɛhunu no mmɔbɔ na waka sɛ,
25afei ne wedeɛ bɛyɛ foforɔ sɛ abɔfra deɛ,
26Sɛ ɔbɔ Onyankopɔn mpaeɛ a, ɔbɛnya adom afiri ne hɔ,
27Afei ɔbɛba nnipa mu abɛka sɛ,
28Ɔgyee me ɔkra na wamma no ankɔ damena mu,
29“Onyankopɔn yɛ yeinom nyinaa ma onipa,
30sɛdeɛ onipa kra renkɔ damena mu,
31“Yɛ aso, Hiob, na tie me;
32Na sɛ wowɔ biribi ka a, bua me;
33Sɛ ɛnte saa nso a, ɛnneɛ tie me.