Job 35
1 And Elihu answereth and saith: —
Bongo Eliwu alobaki:
2 This hast thou reckoned for judgment: Thou hast said — 'My righteousness [is] more than God's?'
« Boni, okanisi ete yango ezali sembo? Olobi: ‹ Nazali sembo liboso ya Nzambe. ›
3 For thou sayest, 'What doth it profit Thee! What do I profit from my sin?'
Nzokande, ozali koloba: ‹ Nakozwa nini, litomba nini nakozwa soki nasali masumu te? ›
4 I return thee words, and thy friends with thee,
Nalingi kopesa yo eyano, yo elongo na baninga na yo.
5 Behold attentively the heavens — and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than thou.
Tombola miso na likolo mpe tala; mona ndenge mapata ezali likolo na yo.
6 If thou hast sinned, what dost thou against Him? And thy transgressions have been multiplied, What dost thou to Him?
Soki osali masumu, ekosala Nzambe nini? Soki masumu na yo ezali ebele, ekosala Ye nini?
7 If thou hast been righteous, What dost thou give to Him? Or what from thy hand doth He receive?
Soki ozali sembo, okopesa Ye nini to akozwa nini na loboko na yo?
8 For a man like thyself [is] thy wickedness, And for a son of man thy righteousness.
Mabe na yo ekokomela kaka bazalani na yo, bosembo na yo ezali na litomba kaka epai ya bana na bato.
9 Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because 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 And none said, 'Where [is] God my maker? Giving songs in the night,
Kasi moto moko te azali koloba: ‹ Nzambe Mokeli na ngai, Ye oyo apesaka banzembo ya esengo na butu,
11 Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Yea, than the fowl of the heavens He maketh us wiser.'
Ye oyo ateyaka biso koleka banyama ya mokili mpe akomisaka biso mayele koleka bandeke ya likolo, azali wapi? ›
12 There they cry, and He doth not answer, Because of the pride of evil doers.
Ata bagangi, Nzambe akoyanola te, mpo na lolendo ya bato mabe.
13 Surely vanity God doth not hear, And the Mighty doth not behold it.
Pamba te, Nzambe ayokaka te maloba na bango ya pamba, Nkolo-Na-Nguya-Nyonso azalaka ata na bokebi na yango te.
14 Yea, though thou sayest thou dost not behold Him, Judgment [is] before Him, and stay 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 And, now, because there is not, He hath appointed His anger, And He hath not known in great extremity.
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 And Job [with] vanity doth open his mouth, Without knowledge words he multiplieth.
elingi koloba ete yo, Yobo, ofungoli monoko na yo kaka na pamba mpe otondisi yango na maloba ya bozoba. »
