Hiob
18 Bildad nɛ je Shua a de ke:
2 “Kɛ yaa si mɛni be nɛ o ma kpa munyu nɛ ɔmɛ tumi?
Nyɛɛ* nu nɔ́ sisi bɔɔ konɛ wɔ hu waa tu munyu.
3 Mɛni he je a buɔ wɔ kaa lohwehi
Nɛ a naa wɔ kaa wa be juɛmi ɔ?*
4 Ke o tsɔtslɔɔ o* mi ngɛ abofu he je po ɔ,
Anɛ o susu kaa o he je ɔ, a ma kua zugba a lo,
Aloo tɛsa maa je he nɛ e ngɛ ɔ lo?
5 Ee, yiwutsotsɛ kane ɔ ma gbo,
Nɛ e la lilɛ ɔ be kpɛe.
6 La nɛ ngɛ e bo tsu ɔ mi ɔ ma plɛ pee diblii,
Nɛ kane nɛ kpla si ngɛ e bo tsu ɔ mi ɔ ma gbo.
7 He wami nɛ e kɛ hiaa e nane kam, kam, kam ke e ngɛ nyɛɛe ɔ nɔ ma gbɔ,
Nɛ lɛ nitsɛ e ga womi ma ha nɛ e nɔ si.
8 Lɛ nitsɛ e nane maa ngɔ lɛ kɛ ya du ya,
Nɛ e maa dede kɛ ya sɛ ya puɔ ɔmɛ a mi.
9 E nane se ja* ma ya sɛ klama mi;
Nɛ klama a maa nu lɛ.
10 A kɛ kpa laa ngɛ zu mi kɛ ngɛ lɛ mlɛe,
A tsɔ̃ klama ngɛ e blɔ mi.
11 Gbeye níhi woɔ e he gbeye ngɛ he fɛɛ he
Nɛ a kɛ fo nyɛɛɔ e se haa.
12 E he wami maa ta,
Nɛ amanehlu ma ha nɛ e dede.*
13 Hiɔ ma puɛ e he womi ɔ tsuo;
Hiɔ yaya* maa ye e ninehi kɛ e nanehi.
14 A ma je lɛ kɛ je e bo tsu nɛ ngɛ slɔkee ɔ mi
Nɛ a maa gbla lɛ kɛ ho níhi nɛ a ngɛ gbeye ɔ a matsɛ* ɔ ngɔ ya.
15 Nibwɔhi* maa hi e bo tsu ɔ mi;
A ma fĩa sɔlfa kɛ pue e we ɔ nɔ.
16 E sipokuhi ma gbli ngɛ e sisi,
Nɛ e kɔni ɔmɛ ma ngla ngɛ e yi nɔ.
17 Nihi a hɛ maa je e nɔ kulaa ngɛ zugba a nɔ,
Nɛ a be e biɛ po lee* ngɛ gbɛjegbɛ ɔmɛ a nɔ.
18 A maa fiee lɛ kɛ je la nya kɛ ho diblii mi ya
Nɛ a maa fiee lɛ kɛ je zugba a nɔ.
19 E nina loo e sisi bi ko be e we bi ɔmɛ a kpɛti hie,
Nɛ nɔ ko be nɛ e yi ma ná wami ngɛ he nɛ e hi ɔ.*
20 Ke e ligbi ɔ su ɔ, nihi nɛ a ngɛ pusinɔ he ɔ a nya maa kpɛ a he
Nɛ nihi nɛ a ngɛ puje he ɔ maa ye gbeye.
21 Nɔ́ nɛ baa yayami peelɔ bo tsu ɔ nɔ ji nɛ ɔ nɛ
Nɛ nɔ́ nɛ baa nɔ nɛ li Mawu ɔ hu e hi he ɔ nɔ ji nɛ ɔ nɛ.”