Yobo 31
1 « Nasalaki boyokani elongo na miso na ngai ete nalula elenge mwasi te.
covenant to cut: make(covenant) to/for eye my and what? to understand upon virgin
2 Pamba te, libula nini Nzambe akoki kobongisela ngai wuta na likolo? Libonza nini Nkolo-Na-Nguya-Nyonso akoki kotindela ngai wuta na likolo?
and what? portion god from above and inheritance Almighty from height
3 Boni, pasi ezali mpo na bato mabe te? Kobebisama ezali mpo na bato oyo basalaka masumu te?
not calamity to/for unjust and misfortune to/for to work evil: wickedness
4 Amoni banzela na ngai te? Atangi matambe na ngai nyonso te?
not he/she/it to see: see way: conduct my and all step my to recount
5 Soki natambolaki na lokuta to litambe na ngai elandaki nzela mabe,
if to go: walk with vanity: false and to hasten upon deceit foot my
6 tika ete Nzambe ameka ngai na emekelo ya sembo, mpe akomona ete ngai nasali mabe te.
to weigh me in/on/with balance righteousness and to know god integrity my
7 Soki matambe na ngai ebimaki na nzela na Ye, soki motema na ngai etambolisamaki kolanda miso na ngai, soki maboko na ngai ekomaki mbindo,
if to stretch step my from [the] way: conduct and after eye my to go: went heart my and in/on/with palm my to cleave blemish
8 tika ete bato mosusu balia biloko oyo ngai naloni, mpe tika ete nkona na ngai epikolama!
to sow and another to eat and offspring my to uproot
9 Soki motema na ngai ekosamaki na mwasi to soki natalaki na makanisi mabe ekuke ya mozalani na ngai,
if to entice heart my upon woman and upon entrance neighbor my to ambush
10 tika ete mwasi na ngai atutela moto mosusu ble mpe tika ete mibali mosusu basangisa na ye nzoto.
to grind to/for another woman: wife my and upon her to bow [emph?] another
11 Pamba te elingaki kozala likambo ya soni, mpe lisumu ya boye ebongi na esambiselo ya basambisi.
for (he/she/it *Q(K)*) wickedness (and he/she/it *Q(k)*) iniquity: crime judge
12 Ezali moto oyo ezali kozikisa kino na kobebisama mpe ekoki kobebisa bomengo na ngai nyonso.
for fire he/she/it till Abaddon to eat and in/on/with all produce my to uproot
13 Soki nasalelaki na bosembo te bawumbu na ngai ya mibali mpe ya basi tango bazwaki ngai mabe,
if to reject justice servant/slave my and maidservant my in/on/with strife their with me me
14 nakosala nini soki Nzambe asambisi ngai? Nakopesa eyano nini tango akotuna ngai ndenge nini nabandaki kosala?
and what? to make: do for to arise: rise God and for to reckon: visit what? to return: reply him
15 Ezalaki Ye te oyo asalaki ngai kati na libumu ya mama na ngai nde asalaki bango? Ngai na bango, tozalaki lolenge moko te kati na mabumu ya bamama na biso?
not in/on/with belly: womb to make me to make him and to establish: make him in/on/with womb one
16 Soki nakokisaki te posa ya mobola to soki nalembisaki miso ya mwasi oyo akufisa mobali,
if to withhold from pleasure poor and eye widow to end: expend
17 soki nabombaki lipa na ngai mpo na ngai moko to nakabolaki yango te na bana bitike,
and to eat morsel my to/for alone me and not to eat orphan from her
18 —nzokande wuta bolenge na ngai, nazalaki kobokola bana bitike lokola tata na bango; mpe wuta mbotama na ngai, nazalaki kolakisa nzela na mwasi oyo akufisa mobali—
for from youth my to magnify me like/as father and from belly: womb mother my to lead her
19 soki namonaki mobola kokufa na kozanga bilamba to moto akelela kozanga bilamba,
if to see: see to perish from without clothing and nothing covering to/for needy
20 bongo motema na ye epambolaki ngai te na ndenge nazipaki ye na bilamba oyo ewutaki na bibwele na ngai,
if not to bless me (loin his *Q(K)*) and from fleece lamb my to warm
21 soki natombolaki loboko na ngai mpo na kosala mwana etike mabe, wana nayebaki ete nazali na nguya liboso ya basambisi,
if to wave upon orphan hand: power my for to see: see in/on/with gate help my
22 tika ete loboko na ngai elongwa na lipeka na ngai to ebukana!
shoulder my from shoulder [to] to fall: fall and arm my from branch: shoulder her to break
23 Pamba te nazalaki kobanga etumbu ya Nzambe, mpe nakokaki te kosala eloko liboso ya lokumu na Ye.
for dread to(wards) me calamity God and from elevation his not be able
24 Soki natiaki elikya na ngai na wolo to nalobaki na wolo ya kitoko: ‹ Ozali ekimelo na ngai, ›
if to set: make gold loin my and to/for gold to say confidence my
25 soki nasepelaki na ebele ya bozwi na ngai, bomengo oyo maboko na ngai esalaki,
if to rejoice for many strength: rich my and for mighty to find hand my
26 soki natalaki moyi na kongenga na yango to sanza kotambola na nkembo,
if to see: see light for to shine and moon precious to go: walk
27 soki motema na ngai ekosamaki na nkuku, mpe maboko na ngai epesaki yango beze ya lokumu,
and to entice in/on/with secrecy heart my and to kiss hand my to/for lip my
28 wana elingaki lisusu kozala mbeba oyo ebongi na esambiselo ya basambisi, pamba te nalingaki kowangana Nzambe oyo azali na Likolo.
also he/she/it iniquity: crime judge for to deceive to/for God from above
29 Soki nasepelaki na pasi ya monguna na ngai to nagangaki na esengo na likama oyo ekomelaki ye,
if to rejoice in/on/with disaster to hate me and to rouse for to find him bad: evil
30 soki napesaki nzela na monoko na ngai ete esala lisumu na kosenga kufa ya monguna na ngai na nzela ya maloba ya kolakela mabe;
and not to give: allow to/for to sin palate my to/for to ask in/on/with oath soul: life his
31 soki bato ya libota na ngai balobaka te: ‹ Nani oyo atondaki te na misuni ya banyama ya Yobo? ›
if not to say man tent my who? to give: allow from flesh his not to satisfy
32 Soki mopaya moko te alalaki libanda, pamba te ekuke na ngai ezalaki ya kofungwama tango nyonso mpo na moleki nzela,
in/on/with outside not to lodge sojourner door my to/for way to open
33 soki nabombaki lisumu na ngai ndenge Adamu asalaki to nabombaki yango na motema na ngai,
if to cover like/as Adam transgression my to/for to hide in/on/with breast my iniquity: crime my
34 pamba te nabangaki bato mpe nabangaki ete mabota etiola ngai, yango wana nakangaki monoko mpe nakokaki kobima libanda te!
for to tremble crowd many and contempt family to to be dismayed me and to silence: silent not to come out: come entrance
35 Ah, soki nazalaki ata na moto oyo akokaki koyoka ngai! Yango nde sik’oyo liloba na ngai ya suka. Tika ete Nkolo-Na-Nguya-Nyonso ayanola ngai! Tika ete moto oyo afundi ngai akoma na mokanda makambo oyo afundeli ngai!
who? to give: if only! to/for me to hear: hear to/for me look! mark my Almighty to answer me and scroll: document to write man strife my
36 Solo, nalingaki komema yango na lipeka na ngai, nalingaki kolata yango lokola motole,
if: surely yes not upon shoulder my to lift: bear him to bind him crown to/for me
37 nalingaki kotalisa Ye makambo nyonso oyo nasalaki, nalingaki kopusana pene na Ye lokola mokambi.—
number step my to tell him like leader to present: come him
38 Soki mabele na ngai eboyi ngai, soki mikala na yango elelaki,
if upon me land: soil my to cry out and unitedness furrow her to weep [emph?]
39 soki naliaki bambuma na yango na ofele to soki natungisaki bankolo na yango,
if strength her to eat without silver: money and soul: life master her to breathe
40 tika ete banzube ebima na esika ya ble, mpe matiti mabe ebima na esika ya orje. » Oyo nde suka ya maloba ya Yobo.
underneath: instead wheat to come out: issue thistle and underneath: instead barley foul weed to finish word Job
