Yɔɔb
16 Yɔɔb cosi nɛ ɛyɔɔdɩ se:
2 «Maatɛm nɩʋ tɔm sakɩyɛ ɛzʋnɔ.
Mɩ-tɩŋa ɩkɛ laŋɩyɛ hɛzɩyaa mba paɖʋʋ wɩzasɩ yɔ!+
3 Tɔm ndʋ tɩɩwazɩɣ pʋyʋ yɔ,* tɩwɛnɩ tɩnaɣ yaa we?
Ɛbɛ seɣtiɣ-ŋ nɛ ŋcosuu mbʋ?
4 Ma ɖɔɖɔ manpɩzaɣ se mɔyɔɔdɩ ɛzɩ mɩ yɔ.
5 Ɛlɛ ye pɩɩkɛ ma yɔ, maakpazɩ-mɩ ɖoŋ nɛ mɔ-nɔɔ taa tɔm,
Nɛ laŋhɛzɩyɛ tɔm ndʋ tɩɩlɩnɩ mo-ndomee yɔɔ yɔ tɩɩhɛzɩ mɩ-laŋa.+
6 Ye mɔyɔɔdʋʋ yɔ, ma-wɩzasɩ ɛɛhɛɣ,+
Nɛ ye meyebi yɔɔdʋʋ yɔ, ma-wɩzasɩ nzɩ, sɩkaɣ pasʋʋ nɛ pɩtalɩ le?
8 Ŋɖɔkɩ-m ɖɔɖɔ, nɛ pɩpɩsɩ aseɣɖe,
Piyeba nɛ ɖanzɩ nzɩ mɛntɛma yɔ, sɩkʋyɩ nɛ sɩlɩzɩɣ aseɣɖe nɛ sɩkaɖɩɣnɩ-m.
9 Ɛ-pana cɩyɩ-m hɔɔlasɩ hɔɔlasɩ, nɛ ɛɛnaɣ-m nɛ ɛsɩyɛ.+
Mɔ-yɔɔ lɛ, ɛsalɩɣ e-kela.
Mon-koyindu hɛɣ-m ɛsa.+
11 Ɛsɔ ɖʋzɩ-m piya evelisi nesi taa,
Nɛ ɛpɛɖɩ-m kɩdɛkɛdaa nesi taa.+
13 Ɛ-tɔŋ tɔyaa cɔ-m nɛ pata;+
Ɛtʋlɩ man-kataŋgayɩsɩ+ nɛ ɛtɩna man-pʋtɔdɩyɛ paa ññɩɩ;
Ɛpɩyɩ mo-hoyosaɣ tataa.
14 Ɛtʋlɩ-m pɔŋ yʋʋʋ;
Ɛɖabɩ-m ɛzɩ you laɖʋ yɔ.
16 Mewiwa nɛ mɛ-ɛsɩndaa yu cɩkpɛndʋʋ,+
Nɛ cɩkpɛndʋʋ sɔsɔʋ* tibi mɛ-ɛsa hutu yɔɔ,
17 Ŋgʋ me-nesi tɩla puuyaɣ lakasɩ nasɩyɩ
Nɛ ma-adɩma wɛ kele kele.
18 Oo tɛtʋ, taahuuzi man-calɩm yɔɔ!+
Nɛ mon-kubusi mabʋ etaahiɣ ɖɩhɛzɩyɛ naɖɩyɛ!
19 Halɩ lɛɛlɛɛyɔ, ma-aseɣɖe tʋ wɛ ɛsɔdaa;
Weyi ɛpɩzɩɣ nɛ ɛlɩzɩ mɔ-yɔɔ aseɣɖe yɔ, ɛwɛ ɖooo hayo.
21 Nɔɔyʋ ɛhʋʋ ɛyʋ nɛ Ɛsɔ pɛ-hɛkʋ taa tɔm,
Ɛzɩ pahʋʋ ɛyaa 2 hɛkʋ taa tɔm yɔ.+