< Job 25 >

1 Then Baldad the Sauchite answered and said,
Bilidadi, moto ya Shuwa, azwaki maloba mpe alobaki:
2 What beginning or fear is his—even he that makes all things in the highest?
« Bokonzi mpe somo ezali ya Nzambe; atiaka kimia na bisika na Ye ya likolo.
3 For let none think that there is a respite for robbers: and upon whom will there not come a snare from him?
Boni, bakoki kotanga mampinga na Ye ya lola? Na likolo ya nani pole ya Nzambe engengaka te?
4 For how shall a mortal be just before the Lord? or who that is born of a woman shall purify himself?
Ndenge nini moto akoki kozala sembo na miso ya Nzambe? Ndenge nini moto oyo abotami na mwasi akoki kozala peto?
5 If he gives an order to the moon, then it shines not; and the stars are not pure before him.
Soki kutu sanza ezali kongenga te, mpe minzoto ezali peto te, na miso na Ye,
6 But alas! man is corruption, and the son of man a worm.
toloba nini mpo na moto oyo azali se mutsopi, mpo na mwana na moto oyo azali kaka nyama moke ya pamba! »

< Job 25 >