Job 12
1 Then Job answered and said:
Yobo azongisaki:
2 No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
« Solo, bozali penza bato; tango bokokufa, bwanya mpe ekokufa elongo na bino!
3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you; yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
Kasi atako bongo, ngai mpe nazali mayele lokola bino, boleki ngai na eloko te. Nani ayebi te makambo wana nyonso?
4 I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbour, a man that called upon God, and He answered him; the just, the innocent man is a laughing-stock,
Nakomi eloko ya kotiola na miso ya baninga na ngai, ngai oyo nazali kobelela Nzambe mpo ete ayanola ngai; moto ya sembo, moto ya alima, ye nde akomi eloko ya kotiola!
5 A contemptible brand in the thought of him that is at ease, a thing ready for them whose foot slippeth.
Bato ya esengo basekaka bato oyo bazali na pasi, babetaka bato oyo batepaka-tepaka kisambeti.
6 The tents of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure, in whatsoever God bringeth into their hand.
Bandako ya bato ya mobulu ezalaka na kimia, mpe bato oyo batombokelaka Nzambe, oyo bamonaka makasi na bango lokola Nzambe, bango nde babatelamaka.
7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee;
Kasi tuna nyama ya zamba, ekoteya yo; tuna ndeke ya likolo, ekolakisa yo;
8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee;
loba na mabele, ekoteya yo; to tika ete mbisi ya ebale monene epesa yo sango.
9 Who knoweth not among all these, that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?
Kati na yango, ekelamu nini eyebi te ete loboko ya Yawe nde esalaki nyonso wana?
10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. —
Bomoi ya bikelamu nyonso mpe pema ya bato nyonso ezali kati na loboko na Ye.
11 Doth not the ear try words, even as the palate tasteth its food?
Boni, litoyi emekaka maloba te ndenge lolemo emekaka bilei?
12 Is wisdom with aged men, and understanding in length of days? —
Bwanya ezalaka kati na bampaka te? Bomoi ya molayi epesaka mayele te?
13 With Him is wisdom and might; He hath counsel and understanding.
Bwanya mpe makasi ezali epai ya Nzambe, toli mpe mayele ezali ya Ye.
14 Behold, He breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
Bakokoka te kotonga lisusu oyo Ye asili kobebisa, bakokoka kokangola te moto oyo Ye asili kokanga.
15 Behold, He withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; also He sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
Soki akangi mayi, bokawuki ekotaka; kasi soki afungoli yango, mokili ezindaka.
16 With Him is strength and sound wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are His.
Makasi mpe elonga ezali ya Ye; moto oyo basili kokosa mpe moto oyo akosi, bango mibale bazali ya Ye.
17 He leadeth counsellors away stripped, and judges maketh He fools.
Amemaka bapesi toli na bowumbu mpe akomisaka basambisi bato ya maboma;
18 He looseth the bond of kings, and bindeth their loins with a girdle.
afungolaka minyololo ya bakonzi mpe akangaka liputa na baloketo na bango;
19 He leadeth priests away stripped, and overthroweth the mighty.
amemaka Banganga-Nzambe na bowumbu mpe akweyisaka bato oyo bavanda kala na bokonzi;
20 He removeth the speech of men of trust, and taketh away the sense of the elders.
akangaka minoko ya bato oyo balobaka malamu, alongolaka mikolo bososoli;
21 He poureth contempt upon princes, and looseth the belt of the strong.
asopelaka bakonzi soni, abotolaka bibundeli ya bato ya makasi;
22 He uncovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
abimisaka na pwasa, makambo ya sekele, makambo oyo ezali kati na molili, mpe abimisaka na pole bililingi oyo eleki mwindo;
23 He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them; He enlargeth the nations, and leadeth them away.
atombolaka bikolo mpe abebisaka yango, akomisaka minene mindelo ya bikolo mpe apanzaka yango;
24 He taketh away the heart of the chiefs of the people of the land, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
alongolaka makanisi ya bakonzi ya bikolo mpe asalaka ete batambola kati na bisobe oyo ezanga nzela
25 They grope in the dark without light, and He maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
mpo ete batepatepa kati na molili, na kozanga pole; mpe asalaka ete batepatepa lokola moto alangwe masanga.
