Job 35
1 After this, Eliu again spoke in this way:
Bongo Eliwu alobaki:
2 Does it seem right to you in your thoughts, that you should say, “I am more just than God?”
« Boni, okanisi ete yango ezali sembo? Olobi: ‹ Nazali sembo liboso ya Nzambe. ›
3 For you said, “Having done what is right does not please you,” and, “How will it benefit you, if I sin?”
Nzokande, ozali koloba: ‹ Nakozwa nini, litomba nini nakozwa soki nasali masumu te? ›
4 And so, I will respond to your words, and to your friends who are with you.
Nalingi kopesa yo eyano, yo elongo na baninga na yo.
5 Look up towards heaven and consider; also, think about the sky, which is higher than you.
Tombola miso na likolo mpe tala; mona ndenge mapata ezali likolo na yo.
6 If you sin, how will it hurt him? And if your iniquities are multiplied, what will you do against him?
Soki osali masumu, ekosala Nzambe nini? Soki masumu na yo ezali ebele, ekosala Ye nini?
7 Furthermore, if you act justly, what will you give him, or what will he receive from your hand?
Soki ozali sembo, okopesa Ye nini to akozwa nini na loboko na yo?
8 Your impiety may hurt a man who is like you, though your justice may help the son of the man.
Mabe na yo ekokomela kaka bazalani na yo, bosembo na yo ezali na litomba kaka epai ya bana na bato.
9 Because of the multitude of false accusers, they will cry out; and they will lament because of the strong arm of the tyrants.
Bato bazali kolela na se ya mokumba ya minyoko, bazali koganga na se ya motema makasi ya bato minene.
10 Yet he has not said: “Where is God, who made me, who has given songs in the night,
Kasi moto moko te azali koloba: ‹ Nzambe Mokeli na ngai, Ye oyo apesaka banzembo ya esengo na butu,
11 who teaches us in addition to the beasts of the earth, and who educates us along with the birds of the air?”
Ye oyo ateyaka biso koleka banyama ya mokili mpe akomisaka biso mayele koleka bandeke ya likolo, azali wapi? ›
12 There they will cry, and he will not heed them, because of the arrogance of the wicked.
Ata bagangi, Nzambe akoyanola te, mpo na lolendo ya bato mabe.
13 Therefore, God does not hear in vain, and the Almighty will look into each and every case.
Pamba te, Nzambe ayokaka te maloba na bango ya pamba, Nkolo-Na-Nguya-Nyonso azalaka ata na bokebi na yango te.
14 And so, when you say, “He does not examine,” be judged before him, but wait for him.
Nzokande, yo ozali komeka koloba ete ozali komona Ye te, ete ozwi nanu eyano te na kolela na yo epai na Ye.
15 For, at the present time, he does not bring forth his fury, nor does he punish sin exceedingly.
Mpe sik’oyo, soki kanda ya Nzambe eyei nanu likolo na yo te mpe soki Ye azali nanu kobosana maloba na yo ya soni,
16 Therefore, Job has opened his mouth in vain and has multiplied words without knowledge.
elingi koloba ete yo, Yobo, ofungoli monoko na yo kaka na pamba mpe otondisi yango na maloba ya bozoba. »
