Yobo 33
1 Kasi sik’oyo, Yobo, yoka maloba na ngai, tia matoyi mpo na koyoka maloba na ngai!
“However, Job, please hear my speech, and listen to all my words.
2 Tala, nafungoli monoko na ngai, maloba na ngai ezali na songe ya lolemo.
See now, I have opened my mouth. My tongue has spoken in my mouth.
3 Maloba na ngai ewuti na motema ya sembo, bibebu na ngai ezali penza koloba makambo oyo ngai nayebi.
My words will utter the uprightness of my heart. That which my lips know they will speak sincerely.
4 Molimo ya Nzambe asalaki ngai, pema ya Nkolo-Na-Nguya-Nyonso epesi ngai bomoi.
The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
5 Boye soki okoki, yanola ngai, mibongisa mpo na komekana na ngai.
If you can, answer me. Set your words in order before me, and stand up.
6 Nazali kaka lokola yo liboso ya Nzambe; ngai mpe nawutaki na putulu.
Behold, I am towards God even as you are. I am also formed out of the clay.
7 Boye, somo na ngai ebangisa yo te, mpe monene ya loboko na ngai epanza yo te.
Behold, my terror will not make you afraid, neither will my pressure be heavy on you.
8 Kasi olobaki na matoyi na ngai— mpe nazali nanu koyoka makelele ya maloba na yo—
“Surely you have spoken in my hearing, I have heard the voice of your words, saying,
9 ‹ Nazali sembo, nasali masumu te; nazali peto, namemi na ngai ngambo te. ›
‘I am clean, without disobedience. I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me.
10 Nzokande, Nzambe amoni mbeba kati na ngai, azali kozwa ngai lokola monguna na Ye.
Behold, he finds occasions against me. He counts me for his enemy.
11 Akangi makolo na ngai na bibende, azali kononga banzela na ngai nyonso.
He puts my feet in the stocks. He marks all my paths.’
12 Kasi, kati na nyonso oyo, ngai nalobi, ozali na elonga te, pamba te Nzambe azali monene koleka moto.
“Behold, I will answer you. In this you are not just, for God is greater than man.
13 Mpo na nini ozali kosamba na Ye? Alimbolaka tina ya misala na Ye epai ya moto moko te.
Why do you strive against him, because he doesn’t give account of any of his matters?
14 Nzokande, Nzambe alobaka, na lolenge moko to na lolenge mosusu, kasi moto asosolaka yango te.
For God speaks once, yes twice, though man pays no attention.
15 Alobaka kati na ndoto, kati na emoniseli ya butu, tango bato bazwaka pongi makasi wana balali na mbeto;
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, in slumbering on the bed,
16 boye, akoki kofungola matoyi ya bato mpe kobeta sete na makebisi oyo azali koloba,
then he opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction,
17 mpo na kotia moto mosika ya misala na ye ya mabe mpe kobatela ye na lolendo,
that he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
18 mpo na kobatela molimo na ye mpo ete ekufa te, mpe bomoi na ye mpo ete ebebisama te na mopanga.
He keeps back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
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.
“He is chastened also with pain on his bed, with continual strife in his bones,
20 Boye, azali kosepela lisusu na lipa te, mpe motema na ye ekomi koboya bilei oyo alingaka mingi.
so that his life abhors bread, and his soul dainty food.
21 Nzoto na ye ekawuki na pamba, mpe mikuwa na ye, oyo ebombama, ebimi.
His flesh is so consumed away that it can’t be seen. His bones that were not seen stick out.
22 Molimo na ye ezali kopusana pene ya kunda, mpe bomoi na ye, pene ya bamemi sango ya kufa.
Yes, his soul draws near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers.
23 Nzokande, soki ekoki kozala ata na anjelu moko, kati na ba-anjelu nkoto moko, mpo na koyebisa na moto makambo oyo ezali sembo,
“If there is beside him an angel, an interpreter, one amongst a thousand, to show to man what is right for him,
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, ›
then God is gracious to him, and says, ‘Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.’
25 nzoto na ye ekokoma lisusu sembesembe lokola na tango ya bolenge na ye, ekozonga ndenge ezalaki na bomwana na ye.
His flesh will be fresher than a child’s. He returns to the days of his 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.
He prays to God, and he is favourable to him, so that he sees his face with joy. He restores to man his righteousness.
27 Boye akoyemba na miso ya bato mpe akoloba: ‹ Nasalaki masumu mpe natambolaki na bosembo te, kasi nazwi lifuti oyo nasengelaki kozwa te.
He sings before men, and says, ‘I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it didn’t profit me.
28 Nzambe akangoli molimo na ngai na libulu ya kufa, mpe nakowumela kati na pole na esengo. ›
He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit. My life will see the light.’
29 Nzambe asalaka makambo oyo nyonso epai ya moto mbala mibale to mpe mbala misato,
“Behold, God does all these things, twice, yes three times, with a man,
30 mpo na kolongola molimo na ye na libulu ya kufa, mpo ete pole ya bomoi ekoka kongenga likolo na ye.
to bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.
31 Yobo, fungola matoyi, vanda kimia mpe yoka ngai! Nazali na makambo ya koloba na yo.
Mark well, Job, and listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will speak.
32 Kasi soki ozali na likambo ya koloba, yebisa ngai yango, pesa ngai eyano, mpe ngai nakolongisa yo.
If you have anything to say, answer me. Speak, for I desire to justify you.
33 Soki te, vanda kimia mpe yoka ngai, mpe ngai nakoteya yo bwanya. »
If not, listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will teach you wisdom.”
