Mosakoli 5
1 Batela makolo na yo tango ozali kokende na Ndako ya Nzambe; eleki malamu kokende kuna mpo na koyoka, kasi mpo na kobonza mbeka ya bazoba te, pamba te bayebaka te ete basalaka mabe.
Watch thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be near to hearken [to his will], more than to give the sacrifice of fools; for they consider not that they do evil [to themselves].
2 Kowelela te kofungola monoko na yo, mpe tika ete motema na yo ewelela te kobimisa liloba liboso ya Nzambe! Pamba te Nzambe azali na likolo, mpe yo ozali na mabele. Boye, tika ete maloba na yo ezalaka mingi te!
Suffer not thy mouth to be rash, and let thy heart not be hasty to utter any word before God; for God is in the heavens, and thou art upon the earth: therefore let thy words be few.
3 Ndenge ndoto eyaka soki moto azali na misala mingi, ndenge wana mpe maloba ebele ebimisaka bozoba.
For a dream cometh through being much employed [with something], and the voice of a fool cometh with a multitude of words.
4 Soki olapi ndayi liboso ya Nzambe, kowumela te mpo na kokokisa yango; pamba te Nzambe asepelaka na bazoba te; kokisa ndayi na yo.
When thou makest a vow unto God, do not delay to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in such fools: that which thou hast vowed must thou pay.
5 Eleki malamu ete olapa na yo kutu ndayi te na esika ya kolapa ndayi mpe ozanga kokokisa yango.
It is better that thou shouldst not vow, than that thou shouldst vow and not pay.
6 Kotika te ete monoko na yo ememisa yo masumu, mpe kokende koloba te liboso ya basali ya Nzambe: « Ndayi na ngai ezalaki libunga. » Mpo na nini Nzambe atomboka mpo na maloba na yo mpe abebisa misala ya maboko na yo?
Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy body to sin; and say thou not before the messenger, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry because of thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?
7 Ndoto ebele mpe maloba ebele ezali kaka pamba; yango wana tosa nde Nzambe.
For in the multitude of dreams and vanities there are also many words; but rather fear thou God.
8 Soki omoni ete bazali konyokola mobola kati na mokili, bongo boyengebene mpe bosembo etiolami, kokamwa likambo yango te; pamba te mokambi moko azali na se ya mokambi mosusu; mpe na likolo na bango mibale, ezali na bakonzi mosusu oyo baleki na bokonzi.
If thou see the oppression of the poor, and violence done to justice and righteousness in a province, do not feel astounded at the matter; for one that is high watcheth over the high; and over them, the highest Power.
9 Biloko oyo mabele ebotaka ezali mpo na bolamu ya bato nyonso; ezala mokonzi, abikaka mpe na mbuma ya bilanga.
But the advantage of a land in all things is, a king who is subject to the country.
10 Moto oyo alingaka mbongo atondaka yango te, mpe moto oyo alingaka bomengo, bozwi na ye etondisaka ye te. Wana mpe ezali kaka pamba.
He that loveth money will never be satisfied with money; nor he that loveth abundance, with any increase. Also this is vanity.
11 Ndenge bozwi ya moto ekomaka ebele, ndenge wana mpe bato oyo baliaka yango bakomaka ebele; bongo litomba nini nkolo na yango akozwa, soki kaka te komona yango na miso?
When prosperity increaseth, those that consume it [likewise] increase: and what advantage is there to its owner, saving to see [it] with his eyes?
12 Pongi ya mosali ezalaka ya kimia, ata soki alie moke to mingi; kasi bomengo ya mozwi ezangisaka ye pongi.
Sweet is the sleep of the laboring man, whether he eat little or much; but the overabundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
13 Namoni mabe moko na se ya moyi, epesaka penza mawa: moto abombi bomengo na ye, kasi ememeli ye pasi;
There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, [namely, ] riches reserved for their owner to his own hurt.
14 likambo moko ya mabe ya mbalakata ebebisi bomengo yango, mpe mwana na ye azangi libula ya kokitana na yango.
And these riches are lost through an unfortunate event; and he begetteth a son, and hath not the least in his hand:
15 Ndenge abotamaki bolumbu wuta na libumu ya mama na ye, ndenge mpe akozanga bolumbu, akomema ata mbuma moko te ya mosala na ye.
As he came forth out of his mother's womb, naked will he return to go as he came; and not the least will he carry off for his toil, which he might take away with him.
16 Oyo mpe ezali lisusu pasi oyo epesaka mawa: ndenge moto ayaki, ndenge mpe akozonga. Bongo litomba na ye ezali nini? Asali kaka mpo na mopepe?
And also this is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so must he go: and what profit hath he that hath toiled for the wind?
17 Alekisi mikolo nyonso ya bomoi na ye kati na molili, na pasi, na komitungisa mpe na kanda.
All his days also had he to eat in darkness, and hath had much vexation and wrath with his sickness.
18 Mpo na yango, tala likambo oyo ngai namoni ete ezali malamu: ebongi na moto kolia, komela mpe kosepela na mbuma ya mosala na ye na se ya moyi, na mikolo ya bomoi oyo Nzambe apesi ye, pamba te yango nde libula na ye.
Behold, what I have truly seen as a good thing, that it is fitting to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all one's toil that he taketh under the sun the number of the days of his life, which God hath given him; for this is his portion.
19 Kutu, epai na moto nyonso oyo Nzambe apesi bomengo mpe biloko ebele, bongo apesi ye lisusu makoki ya kosalela yango, ya kozwa libula na ye mpe ya kosepela na mbuma ya mosala na ye, wana ezali penza likabo ya Nzambe!
Also every man to whom God hath given riches and property, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his toil— this is the gift of God.
20 Nzokande, wana Nzambe akotondisa motema na ye na esengo, moto yango akosala keba te na motango ya mikolo ya bomoi na ye.
Let him then remember, that the days of his life are not many, that God hath answered him with the joy of his heart.
