1 Afei Elihu kaa sɛ,
2 “Mo anyansafoɔ, montie me nsɛm;
3 Ɛfiri sɛ aso sɔ nsɛm hwɛ
4 Momma yɛnsese nhunu deɛ ɛyɛ ma yɛn.
5 “Hiob kaa sɛ, ‘Me ho nni asɛm,
6 Ɛwom sɛ mʼasɛm da ɛkwan mu,
7 Onipa bɛn na ɔte sɛ Hiob
8 Ɔne amumuyɛfoɔ nante;
9 Ɛfiri sɛ ɔka sɛ, ‘Sɛ onipa bɔ mmɔden sɛ ɔbɛsɔ Onyankopɔn ani a
10 “Enti mo mmarima a mowɔ nteaseɛ montie me.
11 Nnipa nneyɛeɛ so na ɔhwɛ tua wɔn ka;
12 Ɛmfata sɛ wɔde mfomsoɔ susu Onyankopɔn,
13 Hwan na ɔde no sii asase so?
14 Sɛ ɛyɛɛ ne pɛ
15 anka adasamma nyinaa bɛbɔ mu ayera,
16 “Sɛ mowɔ nhunumu a, montie yei;
17 Obi a ɔkyiri atɛntenenee bɛtumi adi nnipa so?
18 Ɛnyɛ Ɔno na ɔka kyerɛ ahemfo sɛ, ‘Mo ho nni mfasoɔ,’
19 Ɔnhwɛ mmapɔmma anim
20 Wɔwuwu mmerɛ tiawa bi mu, wɔ anadwo dasuo mu;
21 “Nʼani hwɛ nnipa akwan;
22 Baabiara nni hɔ a aduru sum, esum kabii,
23 Ɛho nhia Onyankopɔn sɛ ɔbɛhwehwɛ nnipa mu bio,
24 Ɔbobɔ aberempɔn gu a ɔnyɛ nhwehwɛmu biara,
25 Ɛfiri sɛ ɔhunu wɔn nneyɛeɛ,
26 Ɔtua wɔn amumuyɛsɛm so ka
27 ɛfiri sɛ, wɔmane firii nʼakyi kɔeɛ
28 Wɔmaa ahiafoɔ sufrɛ duruu nʼanim
29 Nanso sɛ ɔyɛ komm a, hwan na ɔbɛtumi abu no fɔ?
30 ɔmma onipa a ɔnnim Onyame nni ɔhene,
31 “Adɛn enti na onipa nka nkyerɛ Onyankopɔn sɛ,
32 Kyerɛ me na menhunu;
33 Ɛsɛ sɛ Onyankopɔn gyina deɛ wode wʼano aka so tua wo ka,
34 “Nnipa a wɔwɔ nteaseɛ pae mu ka,
35 ‘Hiob nnkasa nimdeɛ kwan so;
36 Ao, sɛ wɔsɔɔ Hiob hwɛeɛ kɔɔ akyiri a anka ɛyɛ,
37 Ɔde atuateɛ ka ne bɔne ho;