Job 35
1 Then Elihu also said this:
Bongo Eliwu alobaki:
2 “[Job, ] do you think that what you said is right/correct? You say, ‘God knows that I am innocent,’
« Boni, okanisi ete yango ezali sembo? Olobi: ‹ Nazali sembo liboso ya Nzambe. ›
3 and you say [to God], ‘What good have I received for not sinning? What benefit have I received from that?’ [DOU, RHQ]
Nzokande, ozali koloba: ‹ Nakozwa nini, litomba nini nakozwa soki nasali masumu te? ›
4 [Well, ] I will answer you, and I will answer your three friends, too.
Nalingi kopesa yo eyano, yo elongo na baninga na yo.
5 “[Job], look up at the sky; look at the clouds that are high above you and realize [that God is far above everything].
Tombola miso na likolo mpe tala; mona ndenge mapata ezali likolo na yo.
6 If you have sinned, that does not [RHQ] harm God at all. If many times you do things that are wrong, that certainly does not [RHQ] affect him [DOU].
Soki osali masumu, ekosala Nzambe nini? Soki masumu na yo ezali ebele, ekosala Ye nini?
7 And if you are righteous, does that help God? No, he is not benefited by anything that you do [DOU].
Soki ozali sembo, okopesa Ye nini to akozwa nini na loboko na yo?
8 It is other people who suffer because of the wicked things that you do, but by doing good things for people, you help them.
Mabe na yo ekokomela kaka bazalani na yo, bosembo na yo ezali na litomba kaka epai ya bana na bato.
9 “People cry out because of the many things that people do to others to (oppress them/treat them cruelly); they call for help because of the things that powerful people do [MTY] to them.
Bato bazali kolela na se ya mokumba ya minyoko, bazali koganga na se ya motema makasi ya bato minene.
10 But (no one/none of them) calls out [to God], saying ‘Why does God, my creator, [not help me]? He [should] enable me to sing [joyful] songs, [instead of very sad songs, ] during the night.
Kasi moto moko te azali koloba: ‹ Nzambe Mokeli na ngai, Ye oyo apesaka banzembo ya esengo na butu,
11 He [should be able to] teach us more than all the wild animals do; he [should] enable us to become wiser than [all] the birds are!’
Ye oyo ateyaka biso koleka banyama ya mokili mpe akomisaka biso mayele koleka bandeke ya likolo, azali wapi? ›
12 People cry out [for help], but God does not answer them, because those who cry out are proud and evil people.
Ata bagangi, Nzambe akoyanola te, mpo na lolendo ya bato mabe.
13 It is useless for them to cry out, because God, the Almighty One, does not pay any attention to what they say.
Pamba te, Nzambe ayokaka te maloba na bango ya pamba, Nkolo-Na-Nguya-Nyonso azalaka ata na bokebi na yango te.
14 So, when you complain that you cannot see God, and you tell him that you are waiting for him [to decide whether or not you should be punished for what you have done], God will not listen to you, either!
Nzokande, yo ozali komeka koloba ete ozali komona Ye te, ete ozwi nanu eyano te na kolela na yo epai na Ye.
15 Furthermore, [you say that] because he does not pay attention when people commit sins, he does not become angry and punish them.
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 You say things that are useless; you say a lot of things without knowing [what you are talking about].”
elingi koloba ete yo, Yobo, ofungoli monoko na yo kaka na pamba mpe otondisi yango na maloba ya bozoba. »
