Yobo 14
1 Moto oyo abotama na mwasi azalaka kaka na mikolo moke oyo mpe etonda na pasi.
Man born of a woman is short of days, and sated with harrowing trouble.
2 Akolaka mpe akawukaka lokola fololo, awumelaka te lokola elili ya lipata oyo elekaka.
Like a flower he cometh forth, and is cut down: and he fleeth like a shadow, and remaineth not.
3 Olingi kaka kolandela ekelamu ya boye? Olingi kaka komema ye liboso na Yo mpo na kosambisa ye?
And yet on such a one dost thou open thy eyes, and me thou bringest into judgment with thee?
4 Nani akoki kobimisa bopeto kati na mbindo? Moko te!
Who can make a clean thing out of an unclean? not one [thing].
5 Mikolo ya moto ekatama; okata motango ya basanza na ye mpe otia mondelo oyo akoki koleka te.
Seeing that his days are determined, the number of his months are [fixed] with thee, that thou hast set his bounds which he cannot pass:
6 Longola miso na Yo mosika na ye mpe tika ye, ye moko, kino tango akozwa lifuti ya mosala na ye lokola moto oyo asalaka kaka mpo na lifuti.
Turn thyself from him that he may recover from his pain, and be able to enjoy like a hired laborer his day.
7 Nzete ezalaka kutu na mwa elikya: ata bakati yango, ebimaka lisusu mpe ebotaka bitape ya sika;
For there is hope for the tree: if it be cut down, it may still sprout again, while its young shoot will not cease.
8 misisa na yango ekoki konuna na se ya mabele, mpe eteni na yango oyo etikalaka ekoki kokufa kati na mabele,
If even its root become old in the earth, and its stock die in the dust:
9 nzokande soki kaka ezwi mayi, ekobimisa mito mpe ekobota bitape lokola nzete ya sika.
Yet through the scent of water will it flourish [again], and produce boughs as though It were newly planted.
10 Kasi moto akufaka mpe aninganaka lisusu te, akataka motema mpe azalaka lisusu na bomoi te.
But man dieth, and lieth powerless: yea, the son of earth departeth—and where is he?
11 Ndenge mayi esilaka na liziba to ndenge mayi ekawukaka,
The waters run off from the sea, and the river faileth and drieth up:
12 ndenge wana mpe moto akufaka mpe atelemaka lisusu te, akolamuka lisusu te mpe bakoki lisusu kolamusa ye te, tango nyonso likolo ekozala.
So doth man lie down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they will not awake, and will not be roused out of their sleep.
13 Soki kaka obombaki ngai na se ya bakufi mpe otikaki ngai kuna kino kanda na Yo esila! Soki kaka okatelaki ngai tango mpo ete, na sima na yango, okanisa ngai lisusu! (Sheol h7585)
Oh who would grant that thou mightest hide me in the nether world, that thou mightest conceal me, until thy wrath be appeased, that thou mightest set for me a fixed time, and remember me then! (Sheol h7585)
14 Nzokande, soki moto akufi, boni, akoki lisusu kozala na bomoi? Nakozela kino lolenge na ngai ebongwana.
Or, when a man dieth, will he live again? all the days of my time of service would I then wait, till [the hour of] my release were come.
15 Okobenga ngai, mpe ngai, nakondima; okozala na posa makasi ya ekelamu ya maboko na Yo.
Do thou call, and I will truly answer thee: have a desire for the work of thy hands.
16 Solo penza, okotanga makolo na ngai, kasi okolandela lisusu masumu na ngai te.
Yet now thou numberest my steps: and thou waitest not with [the punishment of] my sin.
17 Mabe na ngai ekokangama kati na saki, mpe okozipa masumu na ngai.
Sealed up in a bag is my transgression, and thou yet addest to my iniquity.
18 Kasi, ndenge ngomba esilaka mpe ekweyaka, ndenge libanga elongwaka na esika na yango,
But truly a falling mountain will crumble, and [even] a rock is moved out of its place.
19 ndenge mayi eliaka mabanga, ndenge mayi oyo etiolaka ememaka mabele, ndenge wana mpe obebisaka elikya ya moto.
The water weareth out stones; thou sweepest away their fragments [like] the dust of the earth: and so thou destroyest the hope of man.
20 Olongaka ye mbala moko, mpe akendaka na ye; obebisaka elongi na ye mpe obenganaka ye.
Thou assailest him with might without ceasing, till he passeth away: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him off.
21 Soki bana na ye ya mibali bazwi lokumu, ayebaka na ye yango te; soki basambwisi bango, amonaka na ye yango te.
His children acquire honor, but he knoweth it not: and they are esteemed little, but he perceiveth nothing of them.
22 Ayokaka kaka pasi kati na nzoto na ye, mpe motema na ye esalaka kaka matanga mpo na ye moko. »
But his body. on him, feeleth pain, and his soul will mourn for him.
