Job 33
1 Howbeit hear, Job, my words, and listen to my speech.
Kasi sik’oyo, Yobo, yoka maloba na ngai, tia matoyi mpo na koyoka maloba na ngai!
2 For behold, I have opened my mouth, and my tongue has spoken.
Tala, nafungoli monoko na ngai, maloba na ngai ezali na songe ya lolemo.
3 My heart [shall be found] pure by [my] words; and the understanding of my lips shall meditate purity.
Maloba na ngai ewuti na motema ya sembo, bibebu na ngai ezali penza koloba makambo oyo ngai nayebi.
4 The Divine Spirit is that which formed me, and the breath of the Almighty that which teaches me.
Molimo ya Nzambe asalaki ngai, pema ya Nkolo-Na-Nguya-Nyonso epesi ngai bomoi.
5 If you can, give me an answer: wait therefore; stand against me, and I [will stand] against you.
Boye soki okoki, yanola ngai, mibongisa mpo na komekana na ngai.
6 You are formed out of the clay as also I: we have been formed out of the same [substance].
Nazali kaka lokola yo liboso ya Nzambe; ngai mpe nawutaki na putulu.
7 My fear shall not terrify you, neither shall my hand be heavy upon you.
Boye, somo na ngai ebangisa yo te, mpe monene ya loboko na ngai epanza yo te.
8 But you have said in mine ears, (I have heard the voice of your words; ) because you say, I am pure, not having sinned;
Kasi olobaki na matoyi na ngai— mpe nazali nanu koyoka makelele ya maloba na yo—
9 I am blameless, for I have not transgressed.
‹ Nazali sembo, nasali masumu te; nazali peto, namemi na ngai ngambo te. ›
10 Yet he has discovered a charge against me, and he has reckoned me as an adversary.
Nzokande, Nzambe amoni mbeba kati na ngai, azali kozwa ngai lokola monguna na Ye.
11 And he has put my foot in the stocks, and has watched all my ways.
Akangi makolo na ngai na bibende, azali kononga banzela na ngai nyonso.
12 For how say you, I am righteous, yet he has not listened to me? for he that is above mortals is eternal.
Kasi, kati na nyonso oyo, ngai nalobi, ozali na elonga te, pamba te Nzambe azali monene koleka moto.
13 But you say, Why has he not heard every word of my cause?
Mpo na nini ozali kosamba na Ye? Alimbolaka tina ya misala na Ye epai ya moto moko te.
14 For when the Lord speaks once, or a second time,
Nzokande, Nzambe alobaka, na lolenge moko to na lolenge mosusu, kasi moto asosolaka yango te.
15 [sending] a dream, or in the meditation of the night; (as when a dreadful alarm happens to fall upon men, in slumberings on the bed: )
Alobaka kati na ndoto, kati na emoniseli ya butu, tango bato bazwaka pongi makasi wana balali na mbeto;
16 then opens he the understanding of men: he scares them with such fearful visions:
boye, akoki kofungola matoyi ya bato mpe kobeta sete na makebisi oyo azali koloba,
17 to turn a man from unrighteousness, and he delivers his body from a fall.
mpo na kotia moto mosika ya misala na ye ya mabe mpe kobatela ye na lolendo,
18 He spares also his soul from death, and [suffers] him not to fall in war.
mpo na kobatela molimo na ye mpo ete ekufa te, mpe bomoi na ye mpo ete ebebisama te na mopanga.
19 And again, he chastens him with sickness on his bed, and the multitude of his bones is benumbed.
Nzokande, moto akoki mpe, mbala mosusu, koteyama na mbeto na ye, na nzela ya kobela mpe ya minyoko ya tango nyonso kati na mikuwa na ye.
20 And he shall not be able to take any food, though his soul shall desire meat;
Boye, azali kosepela lisusu na lipa te, mpe motema na ye ekomi koboya bilei oyo alingaka mingi.
21 until his flesh shall be consumed, and he shall show his bones bare.
Nzoto na ye ekawuki na pamba, mpe mikuwa na ye, oyo ebombama, ebimi.
22 His soul also draws near to death, and his life is in Hades.
Molimo na ye ezali kopusana pene ya kunda, mpe bomoi na ye, pene ya bamemi sango ya kufa.
23 Though there should be a thousand messengers of death, not one of them shall wound him: if he should purpose in his heart to turn to the Lord, and declare to man his fault, and show his folly;
Nzokande, soki ekoki kozala ata na anjelu moko, kati na ba-anjelu nkoto moko, mpo na koyebisa na moto makambo oyo ezali sembo,
24 he will support him, that he should not perish, and will restore his body as [fresh] plaster upon a wall; and he will fill his bones with morrow.
tika ete asalela ye ngolu mpe aloba: ‹ Bikisa ye ete akota te kati na libulu ya kufa, nasili kofuta niongo mpo na kosikola ye, ›
25 And he will make his flesh tender as that of a babe, and he will restore him among men in [his] full strength.
nzoto na ye ekokoma lisusu sembesembe lokola na tango ya bolenge na ye, ekozonga ndenge ezalaki na bomwana na ye.
26 And he shall pray to the Lord, and his prayer shall be accepted of him; he shall enter with a cheerful countenance, with a full expression [of praise]: for he will render to men [their] due.
Akosambela Nzambe, akozwa ngolu na miso na Ye, akomona Nzambe na miso mpe akoganga na esengo. Nzambe akozwa ye lisusu lokola moto ya sembo.
27 Even then a man shall blame himself, saying, What kind of things have I done? and he has not punished me according to the full amount of my sins.
Boye akoyemba na miso ya bato mpe akoloba: ‹ Nasalaki masumu mpe natambolaki na bosembo te, kasi nazwi lifuti oyo nasengelaki kozwa te.
28 Deliver my soul, that it may not go to destruction, and my life shall see the light.
Nzambe akangoli molimo na ngai na libulu ya kufa, mpe nakowumela kati na pole na esengo. ›
29 Behold, all these things, the Mighty One works in a threefold manner with a man.
Nzambe asalaka makambo oyo nyonso epai ya moto mbala mibale to mpe mbala misato,
30 And he has delivered my soul from death, that my life may praise him in the light.
mpo na kolongola molimo na ye na libulu ya kufa, mpo ete pole ya bomoi ekoka kongenga likolo na ye.
31 Listen, Job, and hear me: be silent, and I will speak.
Yobo, fungola matoyi, vanda kimia mpe yoka ngai! Nazali na makambo ya koloba na yo.
32 If you have words, answer me: speak, for I desire you to be justified.
Kasi soki ozali na likambo ya koloba, yebisa ngai yango, pesa ngai eyano, mpe ngai nakolongisa yo.
33 If not, do you hear me: be silent, and I will teach you.
Soki te, vanda kimia mpe yoka ngai, mpe ngai nakoteya yo bwanya. »
