Yobo 23
1 Yobo azongisaki:
Then answered Job, 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 now is my complaint bitter: my suffering is heavier than my groans.
3 Soki nayebaki esika nini nakoki komona Nzambe, nalingaki kokoma liboso ya kiti ya bokonzi na Ye,
Oh who would grant that I knew where I might find him! that I might attain to his Judgment throne!
4 nalingaki kotalisa, na bosembo nyonso, likambo na ngai liboso na Ye, mpe kotondisa monoko na ngai na matatoli ya solo,
I would put in order before him my cause, and my mouth would I fill with arguments.
5 nalingaki koyeba biyano oyo alingaki kopesa ngai, mpe kososola makambo oyo alingaki koloba na ngai.
I should know the words which he might answer me, and understand what he might say unto me.
6 Boni, alingaki kosalela nguya na Ye mpo na kosamba na ngai? Te, alingaki kutu koyokela ngai mawa!
Would he with his power contend against me? he would truly not lay such doings to my charge.
7 Kuna, liboso na Ye, moto ya sembo akososolisa Ye likambo na ngai, mpe nakokangolama libela wuta na maboko ya mosambisi na ngai.
There would an upright one argue with him; and I should be allowed to escape for ever by my judge.
8 Soki nakeyi na ngambo ya este, azali kuna te; soki nakeyi na ngambo ya weste, nazali komona Ye te.
But, lo, I go eastward—and he is not there; and to the west— and 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.
When he doth great things at the north, I behold him not; he hideth himself in the south—and I see him not.
10 Nzokande, Ye ayebi nzela oyo ngai nazali kolanda; soki ameki ngai, nakokoma lokola wolo ya peto.
But he knoweth the way that I take: were he to probe me, I should come forth as gold.
11 Makolo na ngai elandaki matambe na Ye; natambolaki na nzela na Ye mpe natikalaki kopengwa na yango te.
On his steps my foot hath held fast: his way have I kept, and swerved not.
12 Napengwaki te mosika ya mateya ya bibebu na Ye; nabatelaki yango lokola bomengo ya kitoko, koleka lipa na ngai ya mokolo na mokolo.
From the commandment of his lips have I also not moved away: as a fixed statute for me have I treasured up the sayings of his mouth.
13 Kasi Ye, azwaka Ye moko mokano na Ye; nani akoki kotelemela Ye? Asalaka nyonso oyo esepelisaka Ye.
But he is unchangeably one, and who can turn him? And what his will desireth, even that he doth.
14 Akokokisa ekateli oyo azwaki na tina na ngai mpe ebele ya mabongisi mosusu oyo akobongisa.
For he will bring to completion what hath been destined for me: and like these hath he many other things 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 terrified at his presence: I will reflect, and be in dread of him.
16 Nzambe alembisi ngai, Nkolo-Na-Nguya-Nyonso abangisi ngai.
Still God hath made timid my heart, and the Almighty hath terrified me;
17 Atako bongo, molili to molili makasi oyo ezingeli ngai ekangi ngai monoko te.
Because I was not destroyed before this darkness, and because he hath not hidden from my face [this] gloom.
