Yobo 34
1 Eliwu azwaki maloba mpe alobaki:
Then Elihu continued:
2 « Bino bato ya bwanya, boyoka maloba na ngai; bino bato ya mayele, boyoka ngai!
“You [three] men who [think that you] [SAR] are very wise, hear me; listen to what I am saying, you men who [say that you] know so much.
3 Pamba te litoyi nde esosolaka maloba ndenge lolemo emekaka bilei.
When we [SYN] hear what other people [like you] say, we [RHQ] think carefully about what they say [to determine what is good and what is bad], like we [SYN] taste food [to determine what is good].
4 Tososola mpo na biso moko makambo ya sembo, toyekola elongo makambo oyo ezali malamu.
We need to decide [who is saying] what is right and to determine among ourselves what is good/best.
5 Tala makambo oyo Yobo azali koloba: ‹ Nasali mabe te, kasi Nzambe aboyi kolongisa ngai.
Job has said, ‘I am innocent, but God has refused to judge me fairly/justly.
6 Atako nazali sembo, bazali kozwa ngai lokola mokosi; atako nasali mabe te, likonga na Ye ezokisi ngai pota oyo esilaka te. ›
Even though I have always done what is right, he is lying about me. Even though I have not done what is wrong, he has caused me to suffer, and I will certainly die.’
7 Nani azali lokola Yobo, oyo amelaka kotiolama lokola mayi?
(Is there any person like Job, who insults others as easily as people accept a drink of water?/There is no person like Job, who insults others as easily as people accept a drink of water.) [RHQ]
8 Atambolaka elongo na banyokoli ya bato, asanganaka na bato mabe.
He habitually associates with people who do what is evil and spends time with wicked people.
9 Pamba te alobi: ‹ Ezali na litomba te epai na moto, na koluka kosepelisa Nzambe. ›
He has said, ‘It is useless for people to try to please God.’
10 Boye, bino bato ya mayele, boyoka ngai! Ekoki kosalema te ete Nzambe asala mabe; ekoki kosalema te ete Nkolo-Na-Nguya-Nyonso asala makambo oyo ezangi bosembo.
“So, you men who [claim that you] understand everything, listen to me! Almighty God would never consider doing anything that is wicked or wrong [DOU]!
11 Azongiselaka moto na moto kolanda misala na ye, apesaka na moto na moto kolanda etamboli na ye.
He (pays back/punishes) people for what they have done; he gives them what they deserve for the way that they have conducted their lives.
12 Te, Nzambe akoki kosala mabe te, Nkolo-Na-Nguya-Nyonso akoki kobuka bosembo te.
Truly, Almighty God never does what is wicked; he always [LIT] does what is fair/just.
13 Nani akomisaki Ye Mokonzi ya mokili? Nani apesaki Ye bokonzi likolo ya mokili mobimba?
The authority that he has to rule everything on the earth, no one [RHQ] gave it to him; no one [RHQ] put him in control of the whole world. [He has always had that authority].
14 Soki Nzambe azalaki kaka kokanisa mpo na Ye moko, mpe soki abatelaki kati na Ye moko molimo na Ye mpe pema na Ye,
If he would take his spirit back to himself,
15 bato nyonso balingaki kokufa elongo, mpe moto nyonso alingaki kozonga putulu.
everyone would die [immediately], and their corpses would soon become dirt again.
16 Soki ozali na boyebi, yoka maloba oyo; yoka makambo oyo nazali koloba.
“So, [Job], if [you say that you] understand everything, listen to what I am saying.
17 Boni, moto oyo ayinaka bosembo akoki solo kozala mokonzi? Okokweyisa solo Nkolo-Na-Bosembo mpe Nkolo-Na-Nguya?
God could certainly not [RHQ] govern the world if he hated doing what is fair/just. So, will you condemn God, who is righteous and powerful, [saying that what he has done is wrong]?
18 Ezali Ye nde alobaka na bakonzi: ‹ Bozali bato pamba, › mpe na bato ya lokumu: ‹ Bozali bato mabe? ›
He tells [some] kings that they are worthless, and he says to [some] officials that they are wicked.
19 Aponaka bilongi ya bakambi te, mpe asalelaka bazwi bolamu te mpo na bozwi na bango koleka babola, pamba te bango nyonso basalemaki na maboko na Ye.
He does not favor rulers [more than he favors others]; he does not favor rich people more than poor people, because he created all of them.
20 Bato bazali kokufa mbala moko, kati na butu; bazali kobunda-bunda mpe kolimwa, bato ya nguya bazali kolongwa atako loboko ya moto etindiki bango te.
People [often] die suddenly; he strikes them at midnight and they die; he even gets rid of mighty people without the help of any humans [SYN].
21 Miso na Ye ezali likolo ya banzela ya bato, amonaka etamboli na bango nyonso.
“He sees [MTY] everything that people do; [when we walk, ] he watches every step that we take.
22 Ezala molili, ezala libulu ya kufa, eloko moko te ekoki kobomba bato mabe.
There is no gloom or darkness [DOU] that is so dark that sinners can hide [from him] in that darkness.
23 Nzambe azali na posa ya kolanda-landa bato te mpo ete bakoka koya liboso na Ye mpo na kosambisama.
God does not [need to] set a time when we will stand in front of him in order that he may judge us. [He can judge us whenever he wants to].
24 Abomaka bato ya makasi ata soki aluki koyeba tina te mpe atiaka bato mosusu na esika na bango.
He destroys mighty people without [needing to] investigate [what they have done], and he appoints others to take their places.
25 Pamba te ayebi misala na bango, akweyisi bango na butu moko, mpe babebisami.
Because he [already] knows what they have done, he removes them at night and gets rid of them.
26 Apesaka bango etumbu lokola bato mabe na esika oyo bato nyonso bakoki komona,
Where [many] people can see it, he strikes/punishes them because of the wicked things that they have done;
27 pamba te baboyaki kolanda Ye mpe kososola banzela na Ye.
he strikes them because they turned away from doing what he wanted them to do and did not pay attention to any of his commands.
28 Bakomisaki koganga ya babola kino epai ya Nzambe, mpe koganga ya banyokolami eyokanaki epai na Ye.
They [mistreated] the poor people, with the result that those poor people cried out to God [for help], and he heard those afflicted people when they cried out [to him].
29 Kasi soki avandi kimia, nani akokweyisa Ye? Soki abombi elongi na Ye, nani akoki komona Ye? Nzokande, akengelaka bikolo mpe bato
But if God decides to do nothing [to punish wicked people], no one can criticize/condemn him. If a godless/wicked man rules a nation, a man who tricks/deceives the people,
30 mpo na kopekisa bato mabe ete bakamba mokili te mpe batiela bato mitambo te.
and if [God] hides his face [with the result that he does not see that ruler or punish him], no one will be able to prevent that ruler [from doing those things].
31 Soki moto moko alobi na Nzambe: ‹ Nasali mabe, nazwi etumbu ya masumu na ngai, kasi nakosala lisusu mabe te.
“Job, have you or anyone else ever said to God, ‘I have been punished [for my sins], and I will not sin any more;
32 Lakisa ngai makambo oyo nazali kokoka komona te; soki nasali mabe, nakozongela yango lisusu te. ›
so teach/show me what [sins I have committed]; if I have done anything that is evil, I will not do it any more’?
33 Boni, Nzambe akoki kopesa yo etumbu? Nayebi ete ondimi na yo te. Yo nde osengeli kozwa mokano, kasi ngai te! Yebisa ngai makambo oyo yo oyebi.
[Job, ] you object to what God has done to you, but do you think that he will do what you want him to do? It is you who must choose [what you say to God], not I; so tell me what you are thinking about this.
34 Bato ya mayele mpe bato ya bwanya oyo bazali koyoka ngai balobaki:
“People who have good sense, those who are wise and who listen to what I say, will say to me,
35 ‹ Yobo azali koloba na boyebi te, maloba na ye ezali na tina te. ›
‘Job is speaking ignorantly; what he says is nonsense.’
36 Oh! Tika ete Yobo asambisama kino na suka mpo ete apesa biyano lokola moto mabe!
I think that Job should be taken to a court and (put on trial/judged), because he answers [us his friends] like wicked men would answer.
37 Pamba te, na lisumu na ye, azali kobakisa kotomboka, azali kotia tembe kati na biso mpe azali kokoba kobakisa maloba mpo na kotelemela Nzambe. »
To add to the [other] sins that he has committed, he is rebelling [against God]; he shows us that he does not respect God [IDM], making long speeches [saying that God has punished him unjustly].”
