Job 14 · Biblica® Open Asante Twi Contemporary Bible 2020
1“Onipa a ɔbaa awo no no
ne nna yɛ tiaa bi na ɔhaw dɔɔso wɔ mu. 2Ɔfefɛ te sɛ nhwiren na ɛtwintwam;
ɔte sɛ sunsum a ɛretwam akɔ, ɔntena hɔ nkyɛ. 3Woma wʼani kɔ saa onipa yi so?
Wode no bɛba wʼanim abɛbu no atɛn anaa? 4Hwan na ɔbɛtumi ayi deɛ ɛyɛ kronn afiri efi mu?
Obiara nni hɔ. 5Woahyehyɛ onipa nkwa nna;
woahyɛ nʼabosome dodoɔ ato hɔ
na woahyɛ no ɛberɛ a ɔrentumi ntra. 6Enti, yi wʼani firi ne so na ɔnyɛ deɛ ɔpɛ,
kɔsi sɛ ɔbɛwie nʼadwuma sɛ ɔpaani. 7“Dua mpo anidasoɔ wɔ hɔ ma no:
Sɛ wɔtwa a, ɛbɛfefɛ bio,
na ne mman foforɔ no rempempan. 8Ne nhini bɛtumi anyini akyɛre asase mu
na ne dunsini nso awu wɔ dɔteɛ mu, 9nanso, ɔnya nsuo a ɛfefɛ,
na ɛyiyi mman sɛ dua a wɔatɛ. 10Nanso, sɛ nnipa wu a wɔde no hyɛ fam;
ɔhome deɛ ɛtwa toɔ a, na afei ɔnni hɔ bio. 11Sɛdeɛ nsuo tu yera wɔ ɛpo mu no,
anaa sɛdeɛ nsuka mu weɛ no, 12saa ara na onipa tɔ fam na ɔnsɔre bio;
ɛnkɔsi sɛ ɔsoro bɛtwam no, nnipa rensɔre
na wɔrennyane wɔn mfiri wɔn nna mu. 13“Sɛ anka wode me bɛsie damena mu
de me ahinta kɔsi sɛ wʼabofuo bɛtwam!
Sɛ anka wobɛhyɛ me berɛ
na afei woakae me! 14Sɛ onipa wu a, ɔbɛba nkwa mu bio anaa?
Mʼaperedie nna mu nyinaa
mɛtwɛn akɔsi sɛ me foforɔyɛ bɛba. 15Wobɛfrɛ na mɛgye wo so;
wʼani bɛgyina abɔdeɛ a wo nsa ayɛ. 16Afei wobɛkan mʼanammɔntuo
na worenni me bɔne akyi. 17Wɔbɛsɔ me bɔne ano wɔ kotokuo mu,
na woakata mʼamumuyɛ so. 18“Nanso, sɛdeɛ mmepɔ so hohoro na ɛdwirie
na abotan nso twe firi ne siberɛ no, 19sɛdeɛ nsuo yiyi aboɔ ho
na osutɔ brane twe dɔteɛ kɔ no
saa ara na wosɛe onipa anidasoɔ. 20Wotintim ne so prɛko pɛ, na ɔtwam kɔ;
wosakyera ne nipasu na wogya no kwan. 21Sɛ wɔhyɛ ne mmammarima animuonyam a, ɔnnim;
na sɛ wɔbrɛ wɔn ase a, ɔnhunu. 22Ɔno ara wedeɛ mu yea na ɔteɛ
na ɔno ara ne ho na ɔgyam.”
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