¹ Eliphaz, Temaniatɔ xɔ nyɔnɔ tobe: Ɖe nunyatɔ lasɔ nyɔn maɖotana asɔɖo nyɔn ŋtsi mibusea? ² Yo kɔnta laɖɔ kuɖo wezexoe ya. ³ Elasɔ nuxoxoxo tsiŋdele boɖokpekpe nu o, kuɖo enyɔn tsiwo ŋɖana amɛ ɖeɖekpɔkpɔ asɔnɔn yeɖekita hlɛn wɔa? ⁴ Wogbe Mawu vɔnvɔn yi woɖi gbɔ tamesusuwo le Mawu yo ŋme. ⁵ Avodada tɔwo tutunɔn enu tɔwo, yi wolɔnɔn ŋsu tsiwo aɖe gblenɔnwo nɔngbɔ. ⁶ Ŋde nyeyɔ, enu tɔwo yile woŋtɔgbe ɔ, yi woŋtɔ enu tɔwowoe le nyɔn towɔ so ŋtsiwo. ⁷ Ewoenyi amɛtutugantɔ wodjia? Aloe wodjiwo gbɔxoe etovi tukuiwo va djɔ a: ⁸ Woxɔ Mawu yo aɖaɖaŋɖeɖewo djixa? Yi wofi nunyan nɔn ɖekiwo? ⁹ Ŋde wonyan yi mio miŋde nyiwo? ŋde gɔnme wose yi miɔwoyɛ miŋdedjio? ¹⁰ Ewoatɔnɔnwo kudo amɛgansisiwo le miotsan domɛn, amɛtsiwo ŋkeke sugbɔnɔn sɔwu etɔwotɔ. ¹¹ Ɖeyi Mawu yo nyɔn akɔfaname tɔwo kuɖo enyɔn bɔbɔɛ tsiwo towɔ yile nɔn lɔ nyi ŋsɛn nɔn woa? ¹² Fiɖe adjitɔwo le flufluwoɔ yi? yi ŋdeŋtsi ŋkuvitɔwo wo le trotroɔ ɖo? ¹³ Ŋde! Mawu ŋtsi wole dɔmɛzidowɔɖo yi enu tɔwo le enyɔn gbogbo xɔnwo truwɔ kɔɖɛ a. ¹⁴ Ŋde agbetɔ nyi, be nɛyanɔn kɔkɔɛ! Mɛntsinyi nyɔnu tɔ djidji la teŋnɔn djɔdjɔɛ a? ¹⁵ Nɛn Mawu ŋde danɔndjiɖo yo amɛ kɔkɔɛwo ŋtsi o, yi djipo ŋde le kɔkɔɛ le ŋme nyi o. ¹⁶ Vlu afɔ sɔyi amɛnyɔnŋ, amɛgbegblé amɛtsi nɔnnɔn nugbegble nuwɔ sigbe esi nɛnɛ lɔ gbɔ. ¹⁷ Ŋdja to nyɔn nɔn, se nyɔn tsinyɛn, nutsi ŋkpɔ a yi ŋdjato. ¹⁸ Nutsi nunyantɔwo nyan, nutsi wo hlɛn so wo tɔwo ŋtsi lɔ, woŋde wlɛ a. ¹⁹ Woŋtɔwo ɖeɖe tɔɛnyi duɔlɔ le wodomea, amedjro ɖeɖekpekpe ŋdeva. ²⁰ Amebaɖa tonɔn veveseseme le yo agbe ŋkekewo kpatame, aya kpo tamesɛntɔ ɖunɔn le agbeme. ²¹ Vɔnvɔn gbéɖiɖi ɖe ɖi ɖotome nyi be: Le ŋtsifafa game a, fianfi lavanɔn kɔkɔwɔ ɖodji. ²² Ŋdele mɔnkpɔkpɔme be yeasile vivitsinu o, ekpɔ ewui tsi le nuxodowɔ nyi. ²³ Ele dudji le nuɖuɖu djiwɔ, enyan be vivitsi yo ŋkeke lete kpɔye. ²⁴ Vɔnuvɔn kuɖo ehian donɔn djikaso nyi, wo nɔn anyi sigbe efiɔ tsi nanyi daɖɛ nɔn ahua nɛnɛn. ²⁵ Ɖoŋtsia edo alɔ yetɔ ɖaɖa ŋme nɔn Mawu, yi yi djeagla ɖo ŋsɛnwo kpata tɔŋtsi. ²⁶ Woɖo tɔtete xudu kuɖo Mawu dji kuɖo kpatsa yo ŋgbeɖeme, ku yo kpoxɔnuwo. ²⁷ Ɖoŋtsia wo kpɔ lanme ɖoŋme, yi alime tɔwo do ami. ²⁸ Ele dugbangban wome, kuɖo axoe tsi wo wogbedaɖɛ, yi lagban atrɔ anyigban gbalowo me. ²⁹ Ŋda kpɔ ga o, yi yo kesinɔnuwo ŋda tɔte le alɔme nyio, yo nunɔn amesiwo ŋda keketa le anyigbandji o. ³⁰ Ŋdasi le viviti nu o, ezo yo ɖe la gblɔ alɔ yi tɔwo yi wola xu, yi Mawu la flu aya dui to yo nume yi la ku. ³¹ Nɛn eɖo kanɖodji ɖo nubaɖa ŋtsi a eble yiɖeki, ɖoŋtsia baɖa kpoe laze axoe nɔn. ³² Elavame keŋgbɔxoe gaxoxo ɔlaɖodji, yi ye atsilɔwo ŋda to ama o. ³³ Ela kaka sigbe letsi vinku sɛnsɛn gbogbowo hlɛn nɔn le vinkame nɛnɛ, yi la kɔɖo anyigban sigbe amitsi yo flawawo nɛnɛ. ³⁴ Amevɔnɖi yo xoe ŋde kekenɔnta dodji o, ezo la fiɔn xɔ nɔn zanuɖutɔ. ³⁵ Efɔ djɔgbevɔn fu yi yidji djɔgbevɔnvi adjeɖaɖa sɛn ku ɖo dɔme nyi.