Yobo 25

1 Bilidadi, moto ya Shuwa, azwaki maloba mpe alobaki:

Then Baldad the Sauchite answered and said,

2 « Bokonzi mpe somo ezali ya Nzambe; atiaka kimia na bisika na Ye ya likolo.

What beginning or fear is his—even he that makes all things in the highest?

3 Boni, bakoki kotanga mampinga na Ye ya lola? Na likolo ya nani pole ya Nzambe engengaka te?

For let none think that there is a respite for robbers: and upon whom will there not come a snare from him?

4 Ndenge nini moto akoki kozala sembo na miso ya Nzambe? Ndenge nini moto oyo abotami na mwasi akoki kozala peto?

For how shall a mortal be just before the Lord? or who that is born of a woman shall purify himself?

5 Soki kutu sanza ezali kongenga te, mpe minzoto ezali peto te, na miso na Ye,

If he gives an order to the moon, then it shines not; and the stars are not pure before him.

6 toloba nini mpo na moto oyo azali se mutsopi, mpo na mwana na moto oyo azali kaka nyama moke ya pamba! »

But alas! man is corruption, and the son of man a worm.