Yobo 21
1 Yobo azongisaki:
Then Job replied,
2 « Yoka na bokebi maloba na ngai, mpe tika ete yango ezala kobondisama mpo na ngai.
“Listen to what I say, all [three] of you; that is the only thing that you can do that will comfort me.
3 Bokanga nanu mitema, wana nazali koloba; soki nasilisi koloba nde bokoba na bino koseka ngai.
Be patient with me, and allow me to speak. Then, after I am finished speaking, you can continue to make fun of me.
4 Boni, nazali kolela epai ya moto? Ndenge nini nalemba te kokanga motema?
“It is certainly not [RHQ] people against whom I am complaining, [but God] And it is certainly [RHQ] right for me to be impatient!
5 Botala ngai, bokokamwa, bokozanga ata likambo ya koloba.
Look at me! Does what you see not cause you to be appalled and to put your hands over your mouths [and say no more]?
6 Soki kaka nakanisi yango, nabangi, mpe nzoto na ngai ekomi kolenga na somo.
When I think about [what has happened to me], I am frightened and my entire body shakes.
7 Mpo na nini bato mabe bazali kowumela na bomoi? Mpo na nini bakomaka mibange mpe babakisaka nguya na bango?
“[But let me ask this: ] ‘Why do wicked people continue to live, and become prosperous, and not die until they are very old?’
8 Bana na bango bazali kolendisama pembeni na bango, mpe bakitani na bango bazali kofuluka na miso na bango.
They have their children around them, and they watch them while they [grow up and] start to live in their own houses, and they enjoy their grandchildren.
9 Bandako na bango ebatelami mpe ezangi kobanga, fimbu na Nzambe ezali likolo na bango te.
Wicked people live in their own houses without being afraid, and God does not punish [MTY] them.
10 Bangombe na bango ya mibali elembaka te kobotisa, bangombe na bango ya basi ebotaka kaka mpe esopaka zemi te.
Their bulls always mate with the cows successfully, and the cows give birth to calves and never miscarry.
11 Lokola kati na etonga ya bameme, bazali kotika bana na bango: bamoko kokima-kima, mpe bamosusu kosakana.
Wicked people send their young children outside [to play], and the children play [happily] like [SIM] lambs [in a pasture].
12 Bazali kobeta mbonda mpe lindanda, bazali kosepela na lokito ya flite;
Some children dance and sing, while others shake tambourines and play lyres, and they are happy when they hear people playing flutes.
13 bazali kolekisa mikolo na bango na bomengo, mpe bazali kokende na mboka ya bakufi na kimia. (Sheol h7585)
Wicked people enjoy having good things all the time that they are alive, and they die quietly/peacefully and go down to the place of the dead. (Sheol h7585)
14 Nzokande, balobaka na Nzambe: ‹ Longwa mosika na biso! Tozali na posa te ya koyeba nzela na yo.
While they are alive, they say to God, ‘Do not bother us; we do not want to know how you want us to conduct our lives!
15 Nkolo-Na-Nguya-Nyonso nde nani mpo ete tosalela ye? Tokozwa litomba nini na kosambela ye? ›
Why do you, Almighty God, think that we should serve you? (What advantage do we get if we pray to you?/It is useless for us to pray to you.) [RHQ]’
16 Boni, bozwi na bango ezali kati na maboko na bango moko te? Kasi mosika na ngai, likanisi ya kolanda toli ya bato mabe!
Think about it: Wicked people think that it is because of what they have done that they have become prosperous, but I do not understand why they think like that.
17 Mbala boni bazali koboma mwinda ya bato mabe? Mbala boni pasi ezali kokitela bango? Boni, Nzambe abombeli bango kanda na Ye?
(“How often does it happen that wicked people die [MET] before they are old?/Very seldom do wicked people die [MET] before they are old.) [RHQ] (Do they ever experience disasters?/They seldom experience disasters.) [RHQ] (Does God ever punish them because of being very angry with them?/God never punishes them because of being very angry with them.) [RHQ]
18 Mokolo nini mopepe makasi ekomema bango lokola makasa to matiti ya kokawuka?
[He does not blow] them away like wind blows away straw; they are never carried off by a whirlwind.
19 Balobaka: ‹ Nzambe apesaka etumbu ya moto mabe epai ya bana na ye. › Tika ete apesa etumbu yango epai na ye moko moto mabe, mpo ete ayeba yango!
You say, ‘When people have committed sins, God waits and punishes their children because of those sins;’ but [I say that] God should punish those who sin, [not their children, ] in order that the sinners will know [that it is because of their own sins that they are being punished].
20 Tika ete miso na ye moko emona kobebisama na ye, mpe amela kopo ya kanda ya Nkolo-Na-Nguya-Nyonso.
I hope/wish that wicked people will experience themselves being destroyed, that they will experience being punished by an angry Almighty God.
21 Pasi ya libota oyo etikali sima na ye ekosala ye nini tango basanza oyo bakatela ye ekomi na suka?
After wicked people are dead, they are not at all concerned [RHQ] about what happens to their families [MTY].
22 Bakoki solo koyekolisa Nzambe mayele, Ye oyo asambisaka ezala bato oyo baleki kotombolama?
“Since God judges [everyone, ] even those that are in heaven, (who can teach God anything?/certainly no one can teach God anything.) [RHQ]
23 Moko azali kokufa na makasi na ye nyonso, na kimia nyonso mpe na pasi ata moko te,
Some people die while they are very healthy, while they are peaceful, when they are not afraid of anything.
24 na nzoto sembesembe, mpe na mikuwa etonda na mafuta;
Their bodies are fat; their bones are strong.
25 mosusu azali kokufa na mawa na motema, atikali ata komeka kosepela na bomengo te.
Other people die being very miserable; they have never experienced good things happening to them.
26 Nzokande, bango mibale bakolala ndenge moko na se ya mabele, mpe bankusu ekozipa bango.
But both rich and poor people die and are buried, and maggots eat their bodies. [Everyone dies, so it is clear that dying is not always the punishment for being wicked].
27 Solo, nayebi malamu makanisi mpe mabongisi na bino, mpo na kotelemela ngai;
“Listen, I know what you [three] are thinking. I know the evil things that you plan to do to me.
28 bolobaka: ‹ Wapi ndako ya mozwi? Wapi bandako oyo bato mabe bazalaki kovanda? ›
You say, ‘What happened to the tents in which wicked people were living? The houses of evil rulers have been destroyed!’
29 Botunaki mituna wana te epai ya baleki nzela? Bobosani makambo oyo bayebisaki bino,
But have you never inquired of people who travel much? Do you not believe their reports about what they have seen,
30 ete moto mabe abikaka mpe na mokolo ya pasi, akangolamaka mpe na mokolo ya kanda.
that wicked people usually do not suffer at the time when there are great disasters; that wicked people are the ones who are rescued when God is angry [and punishes people] [MTY]?
31 Nani, na miso ya moto mabe, apamelaka etamboli na ye? Nani azongiselaka ye makambo oyo asalaka?
There is no one [RHQ] who accuses wicked people, and there is no one who (pays them back/gives them the punishment that they deserve) for all the evil things that they have done.
32 Bamemaka ye na lilita, mpe bakengelaka kunda na ye.
The corpses of wicked people are carried to their graves, and people are put there to guard those graves.
33 Mabele ya lubwaku ezalaka malamu mpo na ye; bato nyonso batambolaka sima na ye na molongo, mpe bato ebele penza batambolaka liboso na ye.
A huge number [HYP] of people go to the grave site. Some go in front of the procession and some come behind. And the clods of dirt thrown on the graves of those wicked people who have died are like a nice blanket.
34 Boye, mpo na nini bozali komitungisa mpo na kobondisa ngai? Pamba te kati na biyano na bino, etikali kaka lokuta. »
“So how can you console me by talking nonsense? Every reply that you make is full of lies!”
