Job 23
1 Then Job answered and said,
Yobo azongisaki:
2 “Even today my complaint is bitter; my hand is heavy because of my groaning.
« Lelo lisusu, kolela na ngai ezali bololo, loboko oyo ezali likolo na ngai eleki kolela ya motema na ngai na kilo.
3 Oh, that I knew where I might find him! Oh, that I might come to his place!
Soki nayebaki esika nini nakoki komona Nzambe, nalingaki kokoma liboso ya kiti ya bokonzi na Ye,
4 I would lay my case in order before him and fill my mouth with arguments.
nalingaki kotalisa, na bosembo nyonso, likambo na ngai liboso na Ye, mpe kotondisa monoko na ngai na matatoli ya solo,
5 I would learn the words with which he would answer me and would understand what he would say to me.
nalingaki koyeba biyano oyo alingaki kopesa ngai, mpe kososola makambo oyo alingaki koloba na ngai.
6 Would he argue against me in the greatness of his power? No, he would pay attention to me.
Boni, alingaki kosalela nguya na Ye mpo na kosamba na ngai? Te, alingaki kutu koyokela ngai mawa!
7 There the upright person might argue with him. In this way I would be acquitted forever by my judge.
Kuna, liboso na Ye, moto ya sembo akososolisa Ye likambo na ngai, mpe nakokangolama libela wuta na maboko ya mosambisi na ngai.
8 See, I go eastward, but he is not there, and westward, but I cannot perceive him.
Soki nakeyi na ngambo ya este, azali kuna te; soki nakeyi na ngambo ya weste, nazali komona Ye te.
9 To the north, where he is at work, but I cannot see him, and to the south, where he hides himself so that I cannot see him.
Tango azali na mosala na ngambo ya nor, nazali komona Ye te, tango azali kobaluka na ngambo ya sude, nazali komona Ye ata moke te.
10 But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come out like gold.
Nzokande, Ye ayebi nzela oyo ngai nazali kolanda; soki ameki ngai, nakokoma lokola wolo ya peto.
11 My foot has held fast to his steps; I have kept to his way and turned not aside.
Makolo na ngai elandaki matambe na Ye; natambolaki na nzela na Ye mpe natikalaki kopengwa na yango te.
12 I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food.
Napengwaki te mosika ya mateya ya bibebu na Ye; nabatelaki yango lokola bomengo ya kitoko, koleka lipa na ngai ya mokolo na mokolo.
13 But he is one of a kind, who can turn him back? What he desires, he does.
Kasi Ye, azwaka Ye moko mokano na Ye; nani akoki kotelemela Ye? Asalaka nyonso oyo esepelisaka Ye.
14 For he carries out his decree against me; there are many like them.
Akokokisa ekateli oyo azwaki na tina na ngai mpe ebele ya mabongisi mosusu oyo akobongisa.
15 Therefore, I am terrified in his presence; when I think about him, I am afraid of him.
Yango wana, liboso na Ye, nazali koyoka somo makasi; mpe wana nazali kokanisa makambo oyo nyonso, nazali kobanga Ye.
16 For God has made my heart weak; the Almighty has terrified me.
Nzambe alembisi ngai, Nkolo-Na-Nguya-Nyonso abangisi ngai.
17 I have not been brought to an end by darkness, because of the thick darkness that covers the gloom of my face.
Atako bongo, molili to molili makasi oyo ezingeli ngai ekangi ngai monoko te.
