36 Elihu toaa so bio sɛ:
2 “Nya aboterɛ kakra ma me, na mɛma woahunu sɛ
Mewɔ nsɛm foforɔ ka ma Onyankopɔn.
3 Mede me nimdeɛ bɛfiri akyirikyiri,
Bemdie na mede bɛma me Bɔfoɔ.+
4 Ampa ara, nkontompo biara nni me nsɛm mu;
Deɛ ɔwie pɛyɛ wɔ nimdeɛ mu+ no wɔ w’anim.
5 Hwɛ! Onyankopɔn yɛ otumfoɔ,+ na ɔrempo onipa;
Ɔyɛ otumfoɔ a ɔwɔ akomam nteaseɛ;
6 Ɔrenkora ɔdebɔneyɛfoɔ biara nkwa so,+
Na mmɔborɔni deɛ, ɔbɛdi n’asɛm ama no.+
7 Ɔrenyi n’ani mfiri ɔteneneeni biara so;+
Ahemfo a wɔte adwa soɔ mpo+—
Ɔde wɔn bɛtena so daa, na ɔbɛma wɔn so.
8 Wɔde nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn gu wɔn,+
Na wɔde amanehunu homa kye wɔn.
9 Ɛno na ɔbɛka wɔn nneyɛɛ akyerɛ wɔn,
Ɛne wɔn bɔne, ɛfiri sɛ wɔyɛ ahomasoɔ.
10 Ɔbɛbue wɔn asõ ama afotuo,+
Na ɔbɛka sɛ wɔnsan mfiri adebɔne ho.+
11 Sɛ wɔtie na wɔsom a,
Wɔbɛwie wɔn nna wɔ yiedie mu,
Ne wɔn mfeɛ, anigyeɛ mu.+
12 Na sɛ wɔantie deɛ a, wɔbɛtwam akɔ,+ bɛmma ano;+
Na nimdeɛ a wɔnnie mu na wɔbɛwuo.
13 Akomam awaefoɔ na wɔbɛboaboa abufuo ano.+
Ɔkyekyere wɔn mpo a, wɔrenteam nhwehwɛ mmoa.
14 Wɔn mmeranteberɛ mu na wɔn kra bɛwuo,+
Na wɔn nkwa bɛyera aka asɔrefie mmarima nnwamanfoɔ ho.+
15 Ɔbɛgye mmɔborɔni n’amanehunu mu,
Na ɔbɛbue wɔn aso wɔ nhyɛsoɔ mu.
16 Ɔbɛgye wo afiri ahohia anom!+
Deɛ ɛhɔ trɛ+ na wobɛnya, na ɛnyɛ deɛ ɛhɔ kyere,
Na wo pono so awerɛkyekyerɛ bɛyɛ sradeduane nko ara.+
17 Wobɛhunu nnebɔneyɛfoɔ atemmuo bebree;+
Atemmuo ne atɛntenenee bɛsosɔ wɔn mu.
18 Hwɛ yie na abufuo+ antwetwe wo na woammɔ wo nsam animtiabuo mu,
Na mma mpatadeɛ+ kɛseɛ nnnaadaa wo.
19 Wo sufrɛ no, wɔbɛtie anaa?+ Dabi, ahohia mu,
W’ahoɔden nyinaa mpo renkɔsi hwee.+
20 Mma wo ho mmpere wo anadwo ho,
Berɛ a nnipa san kɔ baabi a wɔfire no.
21 Hwɛ yie na woannane ankɔ bɔne ho,+
Yei na woayie, na ɛnyɛ amanehunu.+
22 Hwɛ! Onyankopɔn na ɔde ne tumi a ɛkorɔn yɛ adwuma;
Ɔkyerɛkyerɛfoɔ bɛn na ɔte sɛ ɔno?
23 Hwan na ɔbɛtumi abu no atɛn n’akwan ho,+
Na hwan na ɔbɛtumi aka sɛ, ‘Woayɛ adebɔne’?+
24 Kae na kamfo ne nnwuma+
A nnipa ato ho dwom no.+
25 Adasamma nyinaa ahwɛ haa;
Onipa dasani firi akyirikyiri hwɛ.+
26 Hwɛ! Onyankopɔn korɔn sene sɛdeɛ yɛbɛtumi ate aseɛ;+
Ne mfeɛ dodoɔ mu nni hwehwɛbea.+
27 Ɔboaboa nsukoko ano;+
Ɛtɔ sɛ nsuo ne bosuo,
28 Na ɛsosɔ firi mununkum mu;+
Ɛtɔ gu adasamma so bebree.
29 Hwan paa na ɔbɛtumi ate mununkum ntrɛmu aseɛ,
Ne ntomadan mmobɔmu no?+
30 Hwɛ! Watrɛ ne hann mu wɔ so,+
Na ɛpo bunu nso, wakata so.
31 Ɛno na ɔde di ma nkurɔfoɔ;+
Ɔma aduane bu so.+
32 Wakata anyinam so wɔ ne nsam,
Wahyɛ mmara wɔ so atia ntuafoɔ.+
33 Ne mmobɔmu+ ka ne ho asɛm,
Nyɛmmoa nso ka deɛ ɔreba no ho asɛm.