Yobo 23
1 Yobo azongisaki:
Then Job answered and said,
2 « Lelo lisusu, kolela na ngai ezali bololo, loboko oyo ezali likolo na ngai eleki kolela ya motema na ngai na kilo.
Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
3 Soki nayebaki esika nini nakoki komona Nzambe, nalingaki kokoma liboso ya kiti ya bokonzi na Ye,
Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
4 nalingaki kotalisa, na bosembo nyonso, likambo na ngai liboso na Ye, mpe kotondisa monoko na ngai na matatoli ya solo,
I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
5 nalingaki koyeba biyano oyo alingaki kopesa ngai, mpe kososola makambo oyo alingaki koloba na ngai.
I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.
6 Boni, alingaki kosalela nguya na Ye mpo na kosamba na ngai? Te, alingaki kutu koyokela ngai mawa!
Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.
7 Kuna, liboso na Ye, moto ya sembo akososolisa Ye likambo na ngai, mpe nakokangolama libela wuta na maboko ya mosambisi na ngai.
There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
8 Soki nakeyi na ngambo ya este, azali kuna te; soki nakeyi na ngambo ya weste, nazali komona Ye te.
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
9 Tango azali na mosala na ngambo ya nor, nazali komona Ye te, tango azali kobaluka na ngambo ya sude, nazali komona Ye ata moke te.
On the left hand, where he does work, but I cannot behold him: he hides himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:
10 Nzokande, Ye ayebi nzela oyo ngai nazali kolanda; soki ameki ngai, nakokoma lokola wolo ya peto.
But he knows the way that I take: when he has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
11 Makolo na ngai elandaki matambe na Ye; natambolaki na nzela na Ye mpe natikalaki kopengwa na yango te.
My foot has held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
12 Napengwaki te mosika ya mateya ya bibebu na Ye; nabatelaki yango lokola bomengo ya kitoko, koleka lipa na ngai ya mokolo na mokolo.
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
13 Kasi Ye, azwaka Ye moko mokano na Ye; nani akoki kotelemela Ye? Asalaka nyonso oyo esepelisaka Ye.
But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desires, even that he does.
14 Akokokisa ekateli oyo azwaki na tina na ngai mpe ebele ya mabongisi mosusu oyo akobongisa.
For he performs the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
15 Yango wana, liboso na Ye, nazali koyoka somo makasi; mpe wana nazali kokanisa makambo oyo nyonso, nazali kobanga Ye.
Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
16 Nzambe alembisi ngai, Nkolo-Na-Nguya-Nyonso abangisi ngai.
For God makes my heart soft, and the Almighty troubles me:
17 Atako bongo, molili to molili makasi oyo ezingeli ngai ekangi ngai monoko te.
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither has he covered the darkness from my face.
