Yobo 33
1 Kasi sik’oyo, Yobo, yoka maloba na ngai, tia matoyi mpo na koyoka maloba na ngai!
“But now, Job, listen carefully to all that I am going to say [DOU].
2 Tala, nafungoli monoko na ngai, maloba na ngai ezali na songe ya lolemo.
I am ready to tell you [MTY, DOU] [what I think].
3 Maloba na ngai ewuti na motema ya sembo, bibebu na ngai ezali penza koloba makambo oyo ngai nayebi.
I know that I am speaking honestly and that I am speaking [MTY] sincerely.
4 Molimo ya Nzambe asalaki ngai, pema ya Nkolo-Na-Nguya-Nyonso epesi ngai bomoi.
Almighty God has created me [as well as you], and his breath has caused me to live.
5 Boye soki okoki, yanola ngai, mibongisa mpo na komekana na ngai.
So, answer [what] I [say] if you can; think carefully [about how you will reply to me].
6 Nazali kaka lokola yo liboso ya Nzambe; ngai mpe nawutaki na putulu.
“God considers that you, and I are both [equal]; he formed both of us from clay.
7 Boye, somo na ngai ebangisa yo te, mpe monene ya loboko na ngai epanza yo te.
So you do not need to be afraid of me; I will not crush/oppress you [by what I say] [MTY].
8 Kasi olobaki na matoyi na ngai— mpe nazali nanu koyoka makelele ya maloba na yo—
I have heard you [DOU] speaking, and this is what you have said:
9 ‹ Nazali sembo, nasali masumu te; nazali peto, namemi na ngai ngambo te. ›
‘I am innocent; I have not committed any sins; I am pure; I have not done things that are wrong.
10 Nzokande, Nzambe amoni mbeba kati na ngai, azali kozwa ngai lokola monguna na Ye.
But God finds reasons to accuse me, and he considers that I am his enemy.
11 Akangi makolo na ngai na bibende, azali kononga banzela na ngai nyonso.
[It is as though] he has put my feet (in stocks/between wooden blocks to prevent me from walking away), and he watches everything that I do.’ [MTY]
12 Kasi, kati na nyonso oyo, ngai nalobi, ozali na elonga te, pamba te Nzambe azali monene koleka moto.
But what you have said is wrong, and I will tell you [what you have said that is wrong]. God is much greater than any human.
13 Mpo na nini ozali kosamba na Ye? Alimbolaka tina ya misala na Ye epai ya moto moko te.
So, (why are you arguing against God, saying ‘He never answers my questions’?/you should not be arguing against God, saying ‘He never answers my questions.’) [RHQ]
14 Nzokande, Nzambe alobaka, na lolenge moko to na lolenge mosusu, kasi moto asosolaka yango te.
God does speak [to us] in various ways, but we do not pay any attention to what he says.
15 Alobaka kati na ndoto, kati na emoniseli ya butu, tango bato bazwaka pongi makasi wana balali na mbeto;
[Sometimes he speaks to us] at night in dreams and visions, when we are on our beds, asleep [DOU].
16 boye, akoki kofungola matoyi ya bato mpe kobeta sete na makebisi oyo azali koloba,
He reveals things [MTY] to us and terrifies us by the things he warns us about.
17 mpo na kotia moto mosika ya misala na ye ya mabe mpe kobatela ye na lolendo,
He tell us those things in order that we stop doing [evil] things and to prevent us from becoming proud.
18 mpo na kobatela molimo na ye mpo ete ekufa te, mpe bomoi na ye mpo ete ebebisama te na mopanga.
He does not want us to be destroyed [MTY]; he wants to prevent us from dying [MTY] [while we are still young].
19 Nzokande, moto akoki mpe, mbala mosusu, koteyama na mbeto na ye, na nzela ya kobela mpe ya minyoko ya tango nyonso kati na mikuwa na ye.
God also [sometimes] corrects us by forcing us to lie on our beds suffering much pain and with fever/aching in our bones.
20 Boye, azali kosepela lisusu na lipa te, mpe motema na ye ekomi koboya bilei oyo alingaka mingi.
The result is that we do not desire any food, not even very special food.
21 Nzoto na ye ekawuki na pamba, mpe mikuwa na ye, oyo ebombama, ebimi.
Our bodies become very thin, with the result that we look like skeletons [HYP], and our bones stick out.
22 Molimo na ye ezali kopusana pene ya kunda, mpe bomoi na ye, pene ya bamemi sango ya kufa.
[We know that] we will soon die and go to the place where dead people are.
23 Nzokande, soki ekoki kozala ata na anjelu moko, kati na ba-anjelu nkoto moko, mpo na koyebisa na moto makambo oyo ezali sembo,
“But sometimes an angel [may come to one of us], one of the thousands of angels who come to intervene between us and God, to tell us what are the right things for us [to do].
24 tika ete asalela ye ngolu mpe aloba: ‹ Bikisa ye ete akota te kati na libulu ya kufa, nasili kofuta niongo mpo na kosikola ye, ›
The angel is kind to us and says to God, ‘Release that person, so that he does not descend to the place where dead people are! Do that because I have found the money to pay so that he can be released!
25 nzoto na ye ekokoma lisusu sembesembe lokola na tango ya bolenge na ye, ekozonga ndenge ezalaki na bomwana na ye.
Allow his body to be strong again; allow him to be strong like he was when he was a youth!’
26 Akosambela Nzambe, akozwa ngolu na miso na Ye, akomona Nzambe na miso mpe akoganga na esengo. Nzambe akozwa ye lisusu lokola moto ya sembo.
When that happens, that person will pray to God, and God will accept/answer him; he will (enter God’s presence/worship God) joyfully, and then he will tell others how God saved him [from dying].
27 Boye akoyemba na miso ya bato mpe akoloba: ‹ Nasalaki masumu mpe natambolaki na bosembo te, kasi nazwi lifuti oyo nasengelaki kozwa te.
He will sing as he tells everyone, ‘I sinned, and I did things that were not right, but God did not punish me in the way that I deserved.
28 Nzambe akangoli molimo na ngai na libulu ya kufa, mpe nakowumela kati na pole na esengo. ›
He has saved me from dying and going to the place where dead people are, and I will continue to enjoy being alive.’
29 Nzambe asalaka makambo oyo nyonso epai ya moto mbala mibale to mpe mbala misato,
God does all these things for us many times;
30 mpo na kolongola molimo na ye na libulu ya kufa, mpo ete pole ya bomoi ekoka kongenga likolo na ye.
he keeps us [SYN] from [dying and] going to the place where the dead are, in order that we can continue to enjoy being alive [IDM].
31 Yobo, fungola matoyi, vanda kimia mpe yoka ngai! Nazali na makambo ya koloba na yo.
So Job, listen to me; do not say anything more; just allow me to speak.
32 Kasi soki ozali na likambo ya koloba, yebisa ngai yango, pesa ngai eyano, mpe ngai nakolongisa yo.
[After I speak], if you have something more that you want to say to me, say it, because I would like to find a way to declare that you (are innocent/have not done what is wrong).
33 Soki te, vanda kimia mpe yoka ngai, mpe ngai nakoteya yo bwanya. »
But if you have nothing more that you want to say, then just listen to me, and I will teach you how to become wise.”
