1 Kɛkɛ nɛ Hiob he nɔ nɛ e kɛ Yawɛ tu munyu.
Á gbiɛ ligbi ɔ nɛ a fɔ mi ɔ; á gbiɛ nyɔ ɔ nɛ a wo ye hɔ ɔ.
I kpa mo pɛɛ, pi nɔ ko kulaa ji mi. Mɛni heto ma ha mo? I be munyu tue hu.
E bui lohwe ko lohwe ko; lohwe nɛ kle kaa mɛni po, e bui. Lohwehi nɛ a he ngɛ gbeye tsuo a matsɛ ji lɛ.
Yawɛ, i le kaa he walɔ kpetekpleenyɛ ji mo; o nyɛɔ nɛ o peeɔ nɔ́ tsuaa nɔ́ nɛ o suɔ.
Benɛ Yawɛ kɛ Hiob tu munyu ta a, Yawɛ de Elifaz, Teman no ɔ ke, “Ye mi mi fu o kɛ o huɛmɛ enyɔ ɔmɛ tsuo; ejakaa nyɛ tu we ye he anɔkuale munyu kaa bɔ nɛ ye tsɔlɔ Hiob pee ɔ.
Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, i kpa nyɛ pɛɛ, nyɛ ko susu nɔ́ yayami ha mi kɛ ya tsitsaa. Nyɛ ko bu mi fɔ; i yeɔ nguɔ.
Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, nyɛɛ ba nyɛ he si ha Mawu. Nyɛɛ te si kɛ wo Abosiami, nɛ e maa tu nyɛ nya fo.