Yobo 24
1 Mpo na nini Nkolo-Na-Nguya-Nyonso akataka tango te mpo na esambiselo? Mpo na nini bato oyo bayebi Ye basengeli koluka na pamba mikolo ya boye?
Times are not hid from the Almighty: but they that know him, know not his days.
2 Bato bapusaka bandelo, bakendaka koleisa bibwele oyo bayibaki,
Some have removed landmarks, have taken away flocks by force, and fed them.
3 babotolaka ane ya mwana etike mpe bazwaka lokola ndanga ngombe ya mobali ya mwasi oyo akufisi mobali;
They have driven away the ass of the fatherless, and have taken away the widow’s ox for a pledge.
4 balongolaka babola na nzela, mpe batindaka na makasi babola nyonso ya mokili ete babombama.
They have overturned the way of the poor, and have oppressed together the meek of the earth.
5 Lokola ba-ane ya zamba, babola bakendaka tongo-tongo na mosala mpo na koluka biloko ya kolia, kasi kaka esobe nde epesaka bana na bango bilei;
Others like wild asses in the desert go forth to their work: by watching for a prey they get bread for their children.
6 bakataka matiti na bilanga mpo na bibwele mpe balokotaka bambuma oyo etikalaka na bilanga ya vino ya moto mabe.
They reap the field that is not their own, and gather the vintage of his vineyard whom by violence they have oppressed.
7 Na butu, balalaka bolumbu mpo na kozanga bilamba, bazangi bulangeti mpo na komifinika na tango ya malili;
They send men away naked, taking away their clothes who have no covering in the cold:
8 bapoli na mvula ya ngomba, bakangami na mabanga mpo na kozanga esika ya kobombama.
Who are wet, with the showers of the mountains, and having no covering embrace the stones.
9 Bazali kobotola mwana etike na mabele ya mama na ye, bazali kokanga mwana ya mobola mpo na niongo.
They have violently robbed the fatherless, and stripped the poor common people.
10 Soki bazangi bilamba, batambolaka bolumbu; bamemaka maboke ya nzete ya ble, kasi bazongaka kaka na nzala.
From the naked and them that go without clothing, and from the hungry they have taken away the ears of corn.
11 Bakamolaka bambuma ya olive kati na mapango ya bato mosusu, bakamolaka bambuma ya vino, kasi bazongaka kaka na posa ya komela.
They have taken their rest at noon among the stores of them, who after having trodden the winepresses suffer thirst.
12 Bileli ya kufa ezali koyokana wuta na mboka, mpe milimo ya bato oyo bazoki ezali koganga mpo na koluka lisungi, kasi Nzambe azali kopesa etumbu ata na moto moko te.
Out of the cities they have made men to groan, and the soul of the wounded hath cried out, and God doth not suffer it to pass unrevenged.
13 Bato oyo bazali kosala bongo, bazali kotombokela pole, bayebi nzela na Ye te mpe batambolaka ata kati na yango te.
They have been rebellious to the light, they have not known his ways, neither have they returned by his paths.
14 Mobomi azali kotelema na moyi mpe koboma mobola elongo na moto akelela; na butu, azali lokola moyibi.
The murderer riseth at the very break of day, he killeth the needy, and the poor man: but in the night he will be as a thief.
15 Liso ya moto ya ekobo ezelaka ete molili ekota; amilobelaka: ‹ Moto moko te akomona ngai, › mpe abombaka elongi na ye.
The eye of the adulterer observeth darkness, saying: No eye shall see me: and he will cover his face.
16 Kati na molili, bato balukaka kobuka bandako ya bato; kasi na moyi, bamikangelaka na ndako, bazali koboya pole.
He diggeth through houses in the dark, as in the day they had appointed for themselves, and they have not known the light.
17 Mpo na bango, molili makasi ezali nde tongo, somo ya molili ekomaka moninga na bango.
If the morning suddenly appear, it is to them the shadow of death: and they walk in darkness as if it were in light.
18 Nzokande bazali lokola fulufulu likolo ya etando ya mayi, eteni ya mabele na bango elakelami mabe epai ya bato ya mboka, yango wana moko te azali kokende na bilanga ya vino.
He is light upon the face of the water: cursed be his portion on the earth, let him not walk by the way of the vineyards.
19 Ndenge kokawuka mpe moyi makasi emelaka mayi ya mvula pembe, ndenge wana mpe mboka ya bakufi emelaka bato oyo basalaka masumu. (Sheol h7585)
Let him pass from the snow waters to excessive heat, and his sin even to hell. (Sheol h7585)
20 Libumu ya mama ebosanaka bango mpe bankusu esepelaka kolia bango. Bakanisaka bango lisusu te, pamba te mabe na bango esili kobukana lokola nzete.
Let mercy forget him: may worms be his sweetness: let him be remembered no more, but be broken in pieces as an unfruitful tree.
21 Bato mabe basepelisaka basi bazangi bana mpe bato oyo babotaka te, kasi basalaka bolamu te epai ya mwasi oyo akufisa mobali.
For he hath fed the barren that beareth not, and to the widow he hath done no good.
22 Kasi Nzambe, na nguya na Ye, abakisaka mikolo ya banyokoli na bango; ata batombolami, bazalaka na elikya te mpo na bomoi na bango.
He hath pulled down the strong by his might: and when he standeth up, he shall not trust to his life.
23 Nzambe apesaka bango kimia, kasi miso na Ye etalaka nzela na bango.
God hath given him place for penance, and he abuseth it unto pride: but his eyes are upon his ways.
24 Mpe atako sik’oyo bazali bato minene, na tango moke bakozala lisusu te, bakokweya mpe bakokufa lokola moto nyonso, bakokatama lokola mito ya ble.
They are lifted up for a little while and shall not stand, and shall be brought down as all things, and shall be taken away, and as the tops of the ears of corn they shall be broken.
25 Soki ezali bongo te, nani akoki kolakisa ngai ete nazali koloba lokuta? Nani akoloba ete maloba na ngai ezali ya pamba? »
And if it be not so, who can convince me that I have lied, and set my words before God?
