Yobo 35
1 Bongo Eliwu alobaki:
And Elius resumed and said,
2 « Boni, okanisi ete yango ezali sembo? Olobi: ‹ Nazali sembo liboso ya Nzambe. ›
What is this that thou thinkest to be according to right? who art thou that thou hast said, I am righteous before the Lord?
3 Nzokande, ozali koloba: ‹ Nakozwa nini, litomba nini nakozwa soki nasali masumu te? ›
I will answer thee, and thy three friends.
4 Nalingi kopesa yo eyano, yo elongo na baninga na yo.
Look up to the sky and see; and consider the clouds, how high [they are] above thee.
5 Tombola miso na likolo mpe tala; mona ndenge mapata ezali likolo na yo.
If thou hast sinned, what wilt thou do?
6 Soki osali masumu, ekosala Nzambe nini? Soki masumu na yo ezali ebele, ekosala Ye nini?
and if too thou hast transgressed much, what canst thou perform?
7 Soki ozali sembo, okopesa Ye nini to akozwa nini na loboko na yo?
And suppose thou art righteous, what wilt thou give him? or what shall 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 ungodliness [may affect] a man who is like to thee; or thy righteousness a son of man.
9 Bato bazali kolela na se ya mokumba ya minyoko, bazali koganga na se ya motema makasi ya bato minene.
They that are oppressed of a multitude will be ready to cry out; they will call for help because of the arm of many.
10 Kasi moto moko te azali koloba: ‹ Nzambe Mokeli na ngai, Ye oyo apesaka banzembo ya esengo na butu,
But none said, Where is God that made me, who appoints the night-watches;
11 Ye oyo ateyaka biso koleka banyama ya mokili mpe akomisaka biso mayele koleka bandeke ya likolo, azali wapi? ›
who makes me to differ from the four-footed beasts of the earth, and from the birds of the sky?
12 Ata bagangi, Nzambe akoyanola te, mpo na lolendo ya bato mabe.
There they shall cry, and none shall hearken, even because of the insolence of wicked men.
13 Pamba te, Nzambe ayokaka te maloba na bango ya pamba, Nkolo-Na-Nguya-Nyonso azalaka ata na bokebi na yango te.
For the Lord desires not to look on error, for he is the Almighty One.
14 Nzokande, yo ozali komeka koloba ete ozali komona Ye te, ete ozwi nanu eyano te na kolela na yo epai na Ye.
He beholds them that perform lawless deeds, and he will save me: and do thou plead before him, if thou canst praise him, as it is [possible] even now.
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,
For he is not [now] regarding his wrath, nor has he noticed severely any trespass.
16 elingi koloba ete yo, Yobo, ofungoli monoko na yo kaka na pamba mpe otondisi yango na maloba ya bozoba. »
Yet Job vainly opens his mouth, in ignorance he multiplies words.
