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4 Eye Temantɔ Elifaz+ ɖo eŋu be:
2 “Ne ame aɖe di be yeagblɔ nya aɖe na wò la, ɖe dzi aku wòa?
Elabena ame kae agbe nuƒoƒo?
3 Nyateƒee èxlɔ̃ nu ame geɖewo,
Eye nèdoa ŋusẽ alɔ gblɔdɔwo.
4 Wò nyawo léa ame siwo katã le anyi dzem la ɖe te,
Eye nèdoa ŋusẽ klo beliwo.
5 Azɔ esi wòdzɔ ɖe dziwò la, eglo wò;*
Etu wò ŋutɔ azɔ, eye dzi ɖe le ƒowò.
6 Ðe wò mawuvɔvɔ̃ mena dzi ɖo ƒowò oa?
Ðe wò nuteƒewɔwɔ+ mena mɔkpɔkpɔ wò oa?
7 Meɖe kuku, bu eŋu kpɔ: Ame maɖifɔ ka nue yi kpɔ?
Ɣekaɣie wotsrɔ̃ ame dzɔdzɔe kpɔ?
8 Nu si mekpɔe nye be, ame siwo dea nu vɔ̃ɖi wɔwɔ ƒe agble,*
Kple ame siwo ƒãa xaxa la, nu ma kee woaŋe.
9 Mawu ƒe ŋɔtimegbɔgbɔ tsrɔ̃a wo,
Eye ne eƒe dziku fla la, wo nu yina.
10 Dzata ɖea gbe, eye dzatavi xlɔ̃na,
Ke woŋea aɖu na dzata sesẽwo* gɔ̃ hã.
11 Dzata kuna ne mekpɔ nu lé o,
Eye dzataviwo kana hlẽna.
12 Wotsɔ nya aɖe vɛ nam dzaa,
Eye nye to se eŋuti dalĩ.
13 Le zãŋutega si na nye susu tɔtɔ ŋutɔ la me,
Esime amewo yi alɔ̃ me ʋĩi,
14 Dzidzi ƒom vevie,
Eye ŋɔdzi lém de nye ƒutome ke.
15 Gbɔgbɔ aɖe va to ŋkunyeme;
Ðadoe ɖo to ɖe ŋunye.
16 Etɔ ɖi,
Ke nyemekpɔ eƒe nɔnɔme dze sii o.
Nɔnɔme aɖe va tɔ ɖe ŋkunyeme;
Ðoɖoe zi toŋtoŋ, eye azɔ mese gbe aɖe be:
17 ‘Ðe amegbetɔ si kuna ate ŋu anye dzɔdzɔetɔ wu Mawua?
Alo ɖe ame ate ŋu anɔ dzadzɛ wu Ewɔla?’
19 Ʋuu keke wòahayi anyixɔmenɔlawo,
Ame siwo gɔme woɖo anyi ɖe ke me,+
Eye wogbãa wo bɔbɔe abe agbagblaʋui ene nye gea?
20 Wogbãa wo gudugudu tso ŋdi va se ɖe fiẽ;
Wo nu yina tegbee, eye ame aɖeke menyana gɔ̃ hã o.
21 Ðe womele abe agbadɔ si ƒe kawo wotso ene oa?
Wokuna le numanyamanya me.