Yobo 25

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

Then responded Bildad the Shuhite, and said: —

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

Dominion and dread, are with him, who causeth prosperity among his lofty ones;

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

Is there any number to his troops? And upon whom ariseth not his light?

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

How then shall, a mortal, be just with GOD? Or how shall he be pure who is born of a woman?

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

Look as far as the moon, and it is not clear, and, the stars, are not bright in his eyes!

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

How much less a mortal who is a creeping thing? Or a son of the earth-born who is a worm?