< Yobo 11 >
1 Tsofari, moto ya engumba ya Naama, azwaki maloba mpe alobaki:
and to answer Zophar [the] Naamathite and to say
2 « Boni, maloba oyo nyonso ekoki solo kozanga eyano? Moto oyo azali koloba alonga na ye, kaka mpo ayebi koloba?
abundance word not to answer and if: surely no man lip: words to justify
3 Bato bavanda kaka nye likolo ya maloba na yo ya pamba oyo ozali kobimisa? Bapamela yo te soki ozali kosala maseki?
bluster your man be quiet and to mock and nothing be humiliated
4 Ozali koloba na Nzambe: ‹ Makambo oyo nazali koloba ezali ya solo; nazali sembo na miso na Yo. ›
and to say pure teaching my and pure to be in/on/with eye your
5 Oh, tala ndenge nini nazali na posa ete Nzambe aloba, ete afungola monoko na Ye mpo na kopamela yo,
and but who? to give: if only! god to speak: speak and to open lips his with you
6 mpe asosolisa yo basekele ya bwanya, pamba te bwanya ya solo ezalaka na bilongi mibale. Yeba likambo oyo: Nzambe abosana masumu na yo ebele.
and to tell to/for you secret wisdom for double to/for wisdom and to know for to forget to/for you god from iniquity: guilt your
7 Okoki penza kososola mabombami ya Nzambe? Okoki solo kososola bandelo ya Nkolo-Na-Nguya-Nyonso?
search god to find if: surely no till limit Almighty to find
8 Bandelo yango eleki Lola na likolo; yo penza okosala nini? Eleki mboka ya bakufi na bozindo; yo penza okoyeba nini? (Sheol )
height heaven what? to work deep from hell: Sheol what? to know (Sheol )
9 Molayi ya bandelo yango eleki mokili na molayi, mpe eleki ebale monene na kopanzana.
long from land: country/planet garment her and broad: wide from sea
10 Soki akotisi yo na boloko mpe asangisi basambisi mpo na kokata likambo, nani akotelemela Ye?
if to pass and to shut and to gather and who? to return: return him
11 Solo, ayebaka bakosi mpe asosolaka mabe na pete.
for he/she/it to know man vanity: false and to see: see evil: wickedness and not to understand
12 Ndenge mwana ya ane ya zamba ebotaka moto te, ndenge mpe kizengi akokoka te kokoma mayele.
and man be hollow to encourage and colt wild donkey man to beget
13 Nzokande, soki opesi Ye motema na yo mpe osemboli maboko na yo epai na Ye,
if you(m. s.) to establish: prepare heart your and to spread to(wards) him palm your
14 soki olongoli lisumu oyo ezali na loboko na yo mpe opekisi mabe kovanda kati na ndako na yo,
if evil: wickedness in/on/with hand your to remove him and not to dwell in/on/with tent your injustice
15 okotombola elongi na yo na soni te, okotelema ngwi mpe okobanga eloko te;
for then to lift: kindness face: kindness your from blemish and to be to pour: firm and not to fear
16 pamba te okobosana pasi na yo, okokoma kokanisa yango kaka lokola mayi oyo esili kotiola.
for you(m. s.) trouble to forget like/as water to pass to remember
17 Bomoi na yo ekongenga lokola pole ya moyi oyo engengaka na midi, mpe butu na yo ekokoma lokola tongo.
and from midday to arise: establish lifetime/world gloom like/as morning to be
18 Okozala na kimia, pamba te elikya ezali, okotala zingazinga na yo mpe okozwa bopemi na yo na kimia,
and to trust for there hope and to search to/for security to lie down: sleep
19 okolala pongi, mpe okomona moto moko te kobangisa yo lisusu, mpe bato ebele bakoya kosenga ngolu na yo.
and to stretch and nothing to tremble and to beg face of your many
20 Kasi miso ya bato mabe ekokufa, mpe bakozanga ekimelo, bakotikala na elikya se moko: kufa. »
and eye wicked to end: expend and refuge to perish from them and hope their exhalation soul: life