1 Afei Elihu kae se,
2 “Mo anyansafo, muntie me nsɛm;
3 Efisɛ aso sɔ nsɛm hwɛ
4 Momma yɛnsese, nhu nea eye ma yɛn.
5 “Hiob ka se, ‘Me ho nni asɛm,
6 Ɛwɔ mu sɛ mʼasɛm da kwan mu,
7 Onipa bɛn na ɔte sɛ Hiob a
8 Ɔne amumɔyɛfo nantew;
9 Efisɛ ɔka se, ‘Sɛ onipa bɔ mmɔden sɛ ɔbɛsɔ Onyankopɔn ani a
10 “Enti mo mmarima a mowɔ ntease muntie me.
11 Nnipa nneyɛe so na ɔhwɛ tua wɔn ka;
12 Ɛmfata sɛ wɔde mfomso susuw Onyankopɔn,
13 Hena na ɔde no sii asase so?
14 Sɛ ɛyɛɛ ne pɛ
15 anka adesamma nyinaa bɛbɔ mu ayera,
16 “Sɛ mowɔ nhumu a, muntie eyi;
17 So obi a okyi atɛntrenee betumi adi nnipa so?
18 Ɛnyɛ Ɔno na ɔka kyerɛ ahemfo se, ‘Mo so nni mfaso,’
19 nea ɔnhwɛ mmapɔmma anim
20 Wowuwu mmere tiaa bi mu, wɔ anadwo dasu mu;
21 “Nʼani hwɛ nnipa akwan;
22 Baabiara nni hɔ a aduru sum, sum kabii,
23 Ɛho nhia Onyankopɔn sɛ ɔbɛhwehwɛ nnipa mu bio,
24 Ɔbobɔ abirɛmpɔn gu a ɔnyɛ nhwehwɛmu biara,
25 Efisɛ ohu wɔn nneyɛe,
26 Otua wɔn amumɔyɛsɛm so ka
27 efisɛ wɔman fii nʼakyi kɔe
28 Wɔmaa ahiafo sufrɛ duu nʼanim
29 Nanso sɛ ɔyɛ komm a, hena na obetumi abu no fɔ?
30 ɔmma onipa a onnim Nyame nni hene,
31 “Sɛ ɛba sɛ onipa ka kyerɛ Onyankopɔn se,
32 Kyerɛ me na minhu;
33 So ɛsɛ sɛ Onyankopɔn gyina nea woka so tua wo ka,
34 “Nnipa a wɔwɔ ntease pae mu ka,
35 ‘Hiob nkasa nimdeɛ kwan so;
36 Ao, sɛ wɔsɔɔ Hiob hwɛ kɔɔ akyiri a anka eye,
37 Ɔde atuatew ka ne bɔne ho;