Job 3
1 After thus he opened Job mouth his and he cursed day his.
Sima na yango, Yobo afungolaki monoko na ye mpe alakelaki mokolo ya mbotama na ye mabe.
2 And he answered Job and he said.
Yobo alobaki:
3 Let it perish [the] day [which] I was born on it and the night [which] it said he has been conceived a man.
« Tika ete mokolo ya mbotama na ngai, mpe butu oyo elobaki: ‹ Mwana mobali moko abotami, › ekufa!
4 The day that let it be darkness may not he care for it God above and may not it shine forth on it daylight.
Tika ete mokolo yango ebongwana molili! Tika ete, wuta na likolo, Nzambe akanisa yango lisusu te! Tika ete pole engengela yango lisusu te!
5 Let them reclaim it darkness and deep darkness let it settle down over it cloud let them terrify it [the] darkness of day.
Tika ete molili mpe elilingi ya kufa ezingela yango! Tika ete lipata ezipa yango, mpe molili ebangisa pole na yango!
6 The night that let it take it darkness may not it rejoice among [the] days of [the] year in [the] number of [the] months may not it come.
Tika ete molili makasi ekotela butu yango, ete batanga yango lisusu te kati na mikolo ya mibu to kati na mikolo ya basanza!
7 There! the night that let it be barren may not it come a cry of joy in it.
Tika ete butu yango etikala ekomba, ete koganga moko te ya esengo eyokana na butu yango!
8 Let them curse it cursers of a day the [ones] ready to rouse Leviathan.
Tika ete bato oyo balakelaka mikolo mabe, bato oyo balamusaka bilima minene ya mayi, balakela yango mabe!
9 Let them grow dark [the] stars of twilight its let it wait for light and not and may not it look on [the] eyelids of dawn.
Tika ete minzoto ya tongo na yango ekoma molili, ezela na pamba tongo oyo ekotana mpe emona kongenga ya tongo te.
10 For not it shut [the] doors of womb my and it hid trouble from eyes my.
Pamba te ekangelaki ngai te bikuke ya libumu ya mama na ngai mpo na kobombela miso na ngai pasi ya boye!
11 Why? not from [the] womb did I die from [the] belly I came forth and I may expire?
Mpo na nini namikufelaki te kati na libumu ya mama na ngai? Mpo na nini nakataki motema te tango nabimaki na libumu ya mama na ngai?
12 Why? did they receive me knees and why? breasts that I will suckle.
Mpo na nini mabolongo eyambaki ngai? Mpo na nini mama amelisaki ngai mabele?
13 For now I lay down and I may be at peace I slept then - it is at rest to me.
Pamba te sik’oyo, nalingaki na ngai kolala na kimia, nalingaki na ngai kokufa mpe kopema
14 With kings and counselors of [the] earth the [ones who] rebuilt ruins for themselves.
elongo na bakonzi mpe bapesi toli ya mokili, oyo bamitongelaki malita na bango kasi lelo ebeba,
15 Or with princes [whom] gold [belonged] to them those [who] filled houses their silver.
elongo na bakambi oyo bazalaki na wolo mpe batondisa palata kati na bandako na bango.
16 Or like a miscarriage hidden not was I? like children [who] not they have seen light.
Mpo na nini babombaki ngai te na se ya mabele lokola zemi oyo esopani to lokola mwana oyo atikala komona te pole ya mokolo?
17 There wicked [people] they cease turmoil and there they rest weary [ones] of strength.
Kuna, bato mabe batikaka konyokola bato, bato oyo balembi bazwaka bopemi,
18 Together prisoners they are at ease not they hear [the] voice of a taskmaster.
bato ya boloko bazwaka kimia mpe bayokaka lisusu te mongongo ya mokengeli.
19 Small and great [is] there he and a slave [is] free from master his.
Ezala mobola to mozwi, bango mibale bazalaka kuna, mpe mowumbu akangolamaka na maboko ya nkolo na ye.
20 Why? does someone give to a sufferer light and life to [people] bitter of soul.
Mpo na nini pole epesamelaka bato ya pasi? Mpo na nini bomoi epesamelaka moto oyo azali na pasi na motema?
21 Those [who] long for death and there not [is] it and they dug for it more than hidden treasures.
Bazelaka kufa, kasi eyaka te; nzokande balukaka yango koleka bozwi oyo ebombama,
22 The joyful [people] to rejoicing they exult if they find [the] grave.
balingaki kotonda na esengo mpe kosepela soki bamoni kunda!
23 To a man whom way his it is hidden and he has made inaccessible God behind him.
Mpo na nini bomoi epesamela moto oyo nzela na ye ebombama, moto oyo Nzambe azingela lokola lopango?
24 If before food my groaning my it comes and they poured forth like water cries of distress my.
Pamba te kolela ekomi bilei na ngai, bileli na ngai ezali kosopana lokola mayi.
25 For a fear I feared and it came to me and [that] which I dreaded it came to me.
Makambo oyo nazalaki kobanga, yango nde ezali kokomela ngai; oyo nazalaki koyokela somo, yango nde ezali kosalemela ngai.
26 Not I am at ease - and not I am at peace and not I am at rest and it has come turmoil.
Nazangi kimia, motema na ngai ezali kokita te mpe nazangi bopemi; kasi minyoko na minyoko kaka nde nazali na yango. »
