Yobo 10
1 Nayini bomoi na ngai! Nakokoba kaka komilela, nakoloba na mongongo makasi mpe na pasi ya motema na ngai.
“I loathe my own life; I will express my complaint and speak in the bitterness of my soul.
2 Nakoloba na Nzambe: ‹ Kokatela ngai etumbu te, yebisa ngai mabe nini nasali! ›
I will say to God: Do not condemn me! Let me know why You prosecute me.
3 Boni, ozali kosepela konyokola ngai, kobwaka ekelamu oyo maboko na Yo esali, mpe kolongisa mabongisi ya bato mabe?
Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked?
4 Boni, ozali na miso ya mosuni? Ozali komona lokola bato?
Do You have eyes of flesh? Do You see as man sees?
5 Boni, mikolo na Yo ezali lokola mikolo ya bato, mpe mibu na yo, lokola mibu ya bato,
Are Your days like those of a mortal, or Your years like those of a man,
6 mpo ete oluka mabe na ngai to okundola masumu na ngai,
that You should seek my iniquity and search out my sin—
7 atako oyebi malamu ete nasali na ngai mabe te, mpe ete ezali na moto moko te oyo akoki kokangola ngai na loboko na Yo?
though You know that I am not guilty, and there is no deliverance from Your hand?
8 Maboko na Yo nde ebongisaki ngai mpe esalaki ngai; olingi sik’oyo kobenda nzoto mpe koboma ngai?
Your hands shaped me and altogether formed me. Would You now turn and destroy me?
9 Kanisa ete Yo moko nde obongisaki ngai lokola mabele ya bikeko; olingi sik’oyo kozongisa ngai na putulu?
Please remember that You molded me like clay. Would You now return me to dust?
10 Osopaki ngai lokola miliki te? Okangisaki ngai mbuma-mbuma te lokola fromage?
Did You not pour me out like milk, and curdle me like cheese?
11 Olatisaki ngai poso ya nzoto mpe misuni te? Otongaki mikuwa mpe misisa na ngai te?
You clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews.
12 Opesaki ngai bomoi mpe otalisaki ngai bolamu; mpe na bonzambe na Yo, obatelaki molimo na ngai.
You have granted me life and loving devotion, and Your care has preserved my spirit.
13 Kasi tala likambo oyo obombaki kati na motema na Yo, mpe nayebi ete ezalaka kati na makanisi na Yo.
Yet You concealed these things in Your heart, and I know that this was in Your mind:
14 Soki nasalaki masumu, olingaki komona ngai, mpe olingaki te kozanga kopesa ngai etumbu mpo na masumu na ngai.
If I sinned, You would take note, and would not acquit me of my iniquity.
15 Soki nazali na ngambo, wana mawa na ngai! Ata nasali mabe te, nazali kokoka te kotombola moto, pamba te natondisami na soni mpe nazindi kati na pasi na ngai.
If I am guilty, woe to me! And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift my head. I am full of shame and aware of my affliction.
16 Soki nameki kotombola moto, ozali kolanda ngai lokola nkosi mpe ozali kobimisela ngai mayele na Yo nyonso mpo na kotelemela ngai,
Should I hold my head high, You would hunt me like a lion, and again display Your power against me.
17 ozali komemela ngai batatoli ya sika mpo na kotelemela ngai, ozali kopelisela ngai kanda na Yo mpo na kosala ngai mabe, mampinga na Yo bazali tango nyonso koya kobundisa ngai.
You produce new witnesses against me and multiply Your anger toward me. Hardships assault me in wave after wave.
18 Mpo na nini obimisaki ngai na libumu ya mama na ngai? Nalingaki na ngai kokufa, mpe liso moko te elingaki komona ngai.
Why then did You bring me from the womb? Oh, that I had died, and no eye had seen me!
19 Soki kutu nazalaka na ngai te, nalingaki koleka kaka mbala moko longwa na libumu ya mama kino na kunda.
If only I had never come to be, but had been carried from the womb to the grave.
20 Boni, mwa ndambo ya mikolo na ngai esili te? Kende ata mosika na ngai mpo ete nazwa ata tango ya kosepela
Are my days not few? Withdraw from me, that I may have a little comfort,
21 liboso ete nakende na esika oyo bato bazongaka lisusu te, na mokili ya molili, mokili ya kufa,
before I go—never to return— to a land of darkness and gloom,
22 na mokili ya molili makasi, ya kufa mpe ya mobulu, epai wapi ata pole ezalaka molili. »
to a land of utter darkness, of deep shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”
