Job 35
1 Moreover Elihu proceeded, and said:
Bongo Eliwu alobaki:
2 Dost thou then think this to be right? Thou hast said, “I am more righteous than God.”
« Boni, okanisi ete yango ezali sembo? Olobi: ‹ Nazali sembo liboso ya Nzambe. ›
3 For thou askest, “What advantage have I? What have I gained, more than if I had sinned?”
Nzokande, ozali koloba: ‹ Nakozwa nini, litomba nini nakozwa soki nasali masumu te? ›
4 I will answer thee, And thy companions with thee.
Nalingi kopesa yo eyano, yo elongo na baninga na yo.
5 Look up to the heavens, and see! And behold the clouds, which are high above thee!
Tombola miso na likolo mpe tala; mona ndenge mapata ezali likolo na yo.
6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against Him? If thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou to him?
Soki osali masumu, ekosala Nzambe nini? Soki masumu na yo ezali ebele, ekosala Ye nini?
7 If thou art righteous, what dost thou give him? Or what receiveth he at thy hand?
Soki ozali sembo, okopesa Ye nini to akozwa nini na loboko na yo?
8 Thy wickedness injureth only a man like thyself, And thy righteousness profiteth only a son of man.
Mabe na yo ekokomela kaka bazalani na yo, bosembo na yo ezali na litomba kaka epai ya bana na bato.
9 The oppressed cry out on account of the multitude of wrongs; They cry aloud on account of the arm of the mighty.
Bato bazali kolela na se ya mokumba ya minyoko, bazali koganga na se ya motema makasi ya bato minene.
10 But none saith, “Where is God, my Maker, Who giveth songs in the night;
Kasi moto moko te azali koloba: ‹ Nzambe Mokeli na ngai, Ye oyo apesaka banzembo ya esengo na butu,
11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, And maketh us wiser than the birds of heaven?”
Ye oyo ateyaka biso koleka banyama ya mokili mpe akomisaka biso mayele koleka bandeke ya likolo, azali wapi? ›
12 There they cry aloud on account of the pride of the wicked; But he giveth no answer.
Ata bagangi, Nzambe akoyanola te, mpo na lolendo ya bato mabe.
13 For God will not hear the vain supplication, Nor will the Almighty regard it;
Pamba te, Nzambe ayokaka te maloba na bango ya pamba, Nkolo-Na-Nguya-Nyonso azalaka ata na bokebi na yango te.
14 Much less when thou sayest thou canst not see him: Justice is with him, —only wait thou 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 But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, Nor taken strict note of transgression,
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 hath Job opened his mouth rashly, And multiplied words without knowledge.
elingi koloba ete yo, Yobo, ofungoli monoko na yo kaka na pamba mpe otondisi yango na maloba ya bozoba. »
