Job 4
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and said,
Elifazi, moto ya Temani, azwaki maloba mpe alobaki:
2 If a man tries to converse with thee, will thou be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?
« Soki moto moko ameki koloba na yo ata liloba moko, boni, okotomboka mpo na yango te? Kasi nani akoki penza kokanga motema mpe kozanga maloba?
3 Behold, thou have instructed many, and thou have strengthened the weak hands.
Kanisa nanu ndenge ozalaki koteya bato ebele, ndenge ozalaki kolendisa bato oyo balembaki!
4 Thy words have upheld him who was falling, and thou have made firm the feeble knees.
Maloba na yo ezalaki kolendisa bato oyo bazalaki kotepatepa, mpe oyo mabolongo na bango ezalaki kolemba.
5 But now it comes to thee, and thou faint. It touches thee, and thou are troubled.
Kasi awa sik’oyo pasi ekomeli yo, olembi na yo! Awa pasi ebeti yo, okomi na yo koyoka somo!
6 Is not thy fear of God thy confidence, the integrity of thy ways thy hope?
Boni, kondima na yo epai ya Nzambe esengeli te kozala likonzi na yo, mpe bosembo na yo esengeli te kosimba elikya na yo?
7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?
Kanisa nanu: Nani akotikala kokufa te mpo ete asalaka mabe te? Esika nini bato ya sembo bakotikala kokufa te?
8 According as I have seen, those who plow iniquity, and sow trouble, reap the same.
Kolanda makambo oyo ngai nasili komona, bato oyo basalaka mabe, mpe ba-oyo balonaka minyoko, babukaka mpe kaka mabe lokola mbuma;
9 By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger they are consumed.
bakufaka na mopepe ya Nzambe mpe basilaka na mopepe ya kanda na Ye.
10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
Nkosi ekoki na yango koganga, mpe mwana ya nkosi ekoki kotia makelele ndenge elingi, kasi Nzambe abukaka minu ya nkosi.
11 The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.
Nkosi ekufaka mpo na kozanga nyama ya kolia, mpe bana ya nkosi ya mwasi epanzanaka.
12 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and my ear received a whisper of it.
Liloba moko eyelaki ngai na nkuku, mpe matoyi na ngai eyokaki yango na se penza:
13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men,
kati na bandoto ya butu, na tango bato bazwaka pongi makasi,
14 fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.
kobanga mpe somo ekangaki ngai mpe eningisaki mikuwa na ngai nyonso;
15 Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up.
molimo moko elekaki liboso ya elongi na ngai lokola mopepe, mpe suki ya moto na ngai etelemaki.
16 It stood still, but I could not discern the appearance of it. A form was before my eyes. There was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,
Molimo yango etelemaki wana, kasi nalongaki te kososola soki ezali nini; elilingi yango etelemaki liboso ya miso na ngai, mpe nayokaki mongongo moko koloba na se penza:
17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his maker?
‹ Boni, moto akoki solo koleka Nzambe na bosembo to akoki solo koleka Mokeli na ye na bule?
18 Behold, he puts no trust in his servants, and he charges his agents with folly.
Soki Nzambe atielaka basali na Ye motema te, soki kutu amonaka mabunga epai ya ba-anjelu na Ye,
19 How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth!
mpo na nini te epai ya bato oyo basalema na mabele, ba-oyo bazali kaka putulu mpe bakoki kofinafina bango lokola mitsopi?
20 Between morning and evening they are destroyed. They perish forever without any regarding it.
Kobanda na tongo kino na pokwa, bakataka-kataka bango na biteni; bakufaka mpo na libela, mpe moto ata moko te alandelaka likambo na bango;
21 Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.
basinga oyo esimbaka bandako na bango ya kapo epikolamaka na mbalakata, mpe bakufaka ndenge wana bazanga bwanya. ›
