Yobo 35
1 Bongo Eliwu alobaki:
Moreover Elihu answered, and said,
2 « Boni, okanisi ete yango ezali sembo? Olobi: ‹ Nazali sembo liboso ya Nzambe. ›
What is this thou think in judgment? Who are thou that thou said, I am righteousness before the Lord?
3 Nzokande, ozali koloba: ‹ Nakozwa nini, litomba nini nakozwa soki nasali masumu te? ›
That thou said, What advantage will it be to thee? And, What profit shall I have more than if I had sinned?
4 Nalingi kopesa yo eyano, yo elongo na baninga na yo.
I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
5 Tombola miso na likolo mpe tala; mona ndenge mapata ezali likolo na yo.
Look to the heavens, and see. And behold the skies, which are higher than thou.
6 Soki osali masumu, ekosala Nzambe nini? Soki masumu na yo ezali ebele, ekosala Ye nini?
If thou have sinned, what do thou effect against him? And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what do thou to him?
7 Soki ozali sembo, okopesa Ye nini to akozwa nini na loboko na yo?
If thou be righteous, what do thou give him? Or what does he receive of thy hand?
8 Mabe na yo ekokomela kaka bazalani na yo, bosembo na yo ezali na litomba kaka epai ya bana na bato.
Thy wickedness is a man as thou are, and thy righteousness is a son of man.
9 Bato bazali kolela na se ya mokumba ya minyoko, bazali koganga na se ya motema makasi ya bato minene.
Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out. They cry for help because of the arm of the mighty.
10 Kasi moto moko te azali koloba: ‹ Nzambe Mokeli na ngai, Ye oyo apesaka banzembo ya esengo na butu,
But none says, Where is God my maker who gives songs in the night,
11 Ye oyo ateyaka biso koleka banyama ya mokili mpe akomisaka biso mayele koleka bandeke ya likolo, azali wapi? ›
who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?
12 Ata bagangi, Nzambe akoyanola te, mpo na lolendo ya bato mabe.
There they cry, but none gives answer, because of the pride of evil men.
13 Pamba te, Nzambe ayokaka te maloba na bango ya pamba, Nkolo-Na-Nguya-Nyonso azalaka ata na bokebi na yango te.
Surely God will not hear an empty cry, nor will the Almighty regard it.
14 Nzokande, yo ozali komeka koloba ete ozali komona Ye te, ete ozwi nanu eyano te na kolela na yo epai na Ye.
How much less when thou say thou do not behold him. The case is before him, and thou wait for him!
15 Mpe sik’oyo, soki kanda ya Nzambe eyei nanu likolo na yo te mpe soki Ye azali nanu kobosana maloba na yo ya soni,
But now, because he has not visited in his anger, nor does he greatly regard folly,
16 elingi koloba ete yo, Yobo, ofungoli monoko na yo kaka na pamba mpe otondisi yango na maloba ya bozoba. »
so Job opens his mouth in vanity. He multiplies words without knowledge.
