Job 23
1 And Job answered and said,
Yobo azongisaki:
2 Even to-day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
« Lelo lisusu, kolela na ngai ezali bololo, loboko oyo ezali likolo na ngai eleki kolela ya motema na ngai na kilo.
3 Oh that I knew where I might find him, that I might come to his seat!
Soki nayebaki esika nini nakoki komona Nzambe, nalingaki kokoma liboso ya kiti ya bokonzi na Ye,
4 I would order the cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments;
nalingaki kotalisa, na bosembo nyonso, likambo na ngai liboso na Ye, mpe kotondisa monoko na ngai na matatoli ya solo,
5 I would know the words he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
nalingaki koyeba biyano oyo alingaki kopesa ngai, mpe kososola makambo oyo alingaki koloba na ngai.
6 Would he plead against me with [his] great power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me.
Boni, alingaki kosalela nguya na Ye mpo na kosamba na ngai? Te, alingaki kutu koyokela ngai mawa!
7 There would an upright man reason with him; and I should be delivered for ever from my judge.
Kuna, liboso na Ye, moto ya sembo akososolisa Ye likambo na ngai, mpe nakokangolama libela wuta na maboko ya mosambisi na ngai.
8 Lo, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I do not perceive him;
Soki nakeyi na ngambo ya este, azali kuna te; soki nakeyi na ngambo ya weste, nazali komona Ye te.
9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I behold [him] not; he hideth himself on the right hand, and I see [him] not.
Tango azali na mosala na ngambo ya nor, nazali komona Ye te, tango azali kobaluka na ngambo ya sude, nazali komona Ye ata moke te.
10 But he knoweth the way that I take; he trieth me, I shall come forth as gold.
Nzokande, Ye ayebi nzela oyo ngai nazali kolanda; soki ameki ngai, nakokoma lokola wolo ya peto.
11 My foot hath held to his steps; his way have I kept, and not turned aside.
Makolo na ngai elandaki matambe na Ye; natambolaki na nzela na Ye mpe natikalaki kopengwa na yango te.
12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have laid up the words of his mouth more than the purpose of my own heart.
Napengwaki te mosika ya mateya ya bibebu na Ye; nabatelaki yango lokola bomengo ya kitoko, koleka lipa na ngai ya mokolo na mokolo.
13 But he is in one [mind], and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, that will he do.
Kasi Ye, azwaka Ye moko mokano na Ye; nani akoki kotelemela Ye? Asalaka nyonso oyo esepelisaka Ye.
14 For he will perform [what] is appointed for me; and many such things are with him.
Akokokisa ekateli oyo azwaki na tina na ngai mpe ebele ya mabongisi mosusu oyo akobongisa.
15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence; I consider, and I am afraid of him.
Yango wana, liboso na Ye, nazali koyoka somo makasi; mpe wana nazali kokanisa makambo oyo nyonso, nazali kobanga Ye.
16 For God hath made my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me;
Nzambe alembisi ngai, Nkolo-Na-Nguya-Nyonso abangisi ngai.
17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he hidden the gloom from me.
Atako bongo, molili to molili makasi oyo ezingeli ngai ekangi ngai monoko te.
