1Hiob toaa nʼasɛm so sɛ,
2“Sɛ Onyankopɔn te ase yi, ɔno a wammu me atɛntenenee,
3mmerɛ dodoɔ a nkwa wɔ me mu,
4mʼano renka amumuyɛsɛm,
5Merennye nto mu da sɛ deɛ woka no yɛ nokorɛ;
6Mɛkura me tenenee mu. Merennyaa mu;
7“Ma mʼatamfoɔ nyɛ sɛ amumuyɛfoɔ,
8Anidasoɔ bɛn na deɛ ɔnni nyamesu no wɔ wɔ ne wuo akyi,
9Onyankopɔn tie ne sufrɛ
10Nʼani bɛgye wɔ Otumfoɔ mu?
11“Mɛma mo Onyankopɔn tumi ho nkyerɛkyerɛ;
12Mo ankasa moahunu yeinom nyinaa.
13“Yei ne deɛ Onyankopɔn ahyɛ ato hɔ ama omumuyɛfoɔ,
14Sɛ ɔwɔ mma dodoɔ sɛn ara, wɔn hyɛberɛ ne akofena;
15Ɔyaredɔm bɛsie wɔn a wɔbɛka wɔ nʼakyi,
16Ɛwom sɛ ɔhɔre dwetɛ te sɛ mfuturo
17nanso deɛ ɔpɛ gu hɔ no, ateneneefoɔ na wɔbɛfira
18Efie a ɔsi no te sɛ ananse afafa,
19Ɔda hɔ te sɛ ɔdefoɔ, nanso ɔrenna saa bio;
20Ahunahuna ba ne so sɛ nsuyire;
21Apueeɛ mframa soa no kɔ, na ɔnni hɔ bio;
22Ɛbɔ no a ahummɔborɔ nni mu
23Ɔde fɛ bɔ ne nsam