Job 29
1 Moreover, Job continued his parable, and said,
Yobo akobaki koloba:
2 Oh that I were as [in] months past, as [in] the days [when] God preserved me;
« Ah! Soki nakokaki kozala lisusu ndenge nazalaki na basanza oyo eleki, ndenge nazalaki na mikolo oyo Nzambe azalaki kobatela ngai,
3 When his candle shined upon my head, [and when] by his light I walked [through] darkness;
tango mwinda na Ye ezalaki kongenga na moto na ngai, mpe tango, na pole na Ye, nazalaki kotambola kati na molili.
4 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God [was] upon my tabernacle;
Ah! Soki nakokaki kozala lisusu ndenge nazalaki na mikolo oyo nazalaki nanu na makasi, tango bolingo ya Nzambe ezalaki kopambola ndako na ngai,
5 When the Almighty [was] yet with me, [when] my children [were] about me;
tango Nkolo-Na-Nguya-Nyonso azalaki nanu elongo na ngai bana mibali na ngai bazingelaki ngai,
6 When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
tango nzela na ngai etondisamaki na miliki mpe libanga ezalaki kosopa mafuta ya olive mpo na ngai!
7 When I went out to the gate through the city, [when] I prepared my seat in the street!
Tango nazalaki kokende na ekuke ya mboka mpe nazalaki kotia kiti na ngai na esika oyo bato ebele bakutanaka,
8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, [and] stood up.
bilenge bazalaki komona ngai mpe bazalaki kobombama, mibange bazalaki kotelema,
9 The princes refrained talking, and laid [their] hand on their mouth.
bakambi bazalaki kozanga maloba mpe kozipa minoko na bango na maboko,
10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
bato ya lokumu bazalaki kokitisa mingongo na bango mpe lolemo na bango ezalaki kokangama na minoko na bango.
11 When the ear heard [me], then it blessed me; and when the eye saw [me], it gave witness to me:
Moto nyonso oyo azalaki koyoka ngai azalaki koloba ete nazali moto ya esengo, mpe bato nyonso oyo bazalaki komona ngai bazalaki kotatola mpo na ngai;
12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and [him that had] none to help him.
pamba te nazalaki kosunga babola oyo bazalaki kosenga lisungi, mpe mwana etike oyo azangi moto oyo akosunga ye.
13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Moto oyo akomaki pene ya kokufa azalaki kopambola ngai, mpe nazalaki kopesa esengo na motema ya mwasi oyo akufisa mobali.
14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment [was] as a robe and a diadem.
Nazalaki kolata bosembo lokola elamba; bosembo ezalaki elamba na ngai mpe kitendi na ngai ya kokanga na moto.
15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet [was] I to the lame.
Nazalaki miso ya mokufi miso mpe makolo ya mokakatani;
16 I [was] a father to the poor: and the cause [which] I knew not I searched out.
nazalaki tata ya moto oyo akelela, nazalaki kobundela moto oyo nayebi te;
17 And I broke the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
nabukaki mbanga ya moto mabe mpe nabotolaki bato oyo akangaki na minu na ye.
18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply [my] days as the sand.
Nazalaki kokanisa: ‹ Nakokufa kati na ndako na ngai moko sima na mikolo ebele lokola zelo.
19 My root [was] spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
Misisa na ngai ekoluka mayi, mpe mayi oyo ezalaka na matiti ekovanda butu mobimba na bitape na ngai.
20 My glory [was] fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
Lokumu na ngai ekozongisela ngai esengo, ata tolotolo ekokoma ya sika na loboko na ngai. ›
21 To me [men] gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
Bato bazalaki koyoka ngai na bokebi, bazalaki na kimia mpo na koyoka toli na ngai.
22 After my words they spoke not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
Sima na ngai koloba, bazalaki na liloba ya kozongisa te; maloba na ngai ezalaki kokota na esengo na matoyi na bango.
23 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide [as] for the latter rain.
Bazalaki kozela ngai ndenge bazelaka mvula, mpe bazalaki komela maloba na ngai lokola mvula ya suka.
24 [If] I laughed on them, they believed [it] not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
Soki nasekisi bango, bazalaki kondima te; kongenga ya elongi na ngai ezalaki na motuya mpo na bango.
25 I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one [that] comforteth the mourners.
Naponaki nzela mpo na bango mpe navandaki lokola mokonzi na bango; nazalaki kokonza bango lokola mokonzi kati na mampinga na ye, nazalaki lokola moto oyo azalaki kolendisa bato ya mawa. »
