Yobo 35

1 Bongo Eliwu alobaki:

Moreover Elihu answered and said,

2 « Boni, okanisi ete yango ezali sembo? Olobi: ‹ Nazali sembo liboso ya Nzambe. ›

Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?

3 Nzokande, ozali koloba: ‹ Nakozwa nini, litomba nini nakozwa soki nasali masumu te? ›

For thou hast asked of what profit it is unto thee: what do I gain more than if I had sinned?

4 Nalingi kopesa yo eyano, yo elongo na baninga na yo.

I will reply to thee in words, and to thy companions with thee.

5 Tombola miso na likolo mpe tala; mona ndenge mapata ezali likolo na yo.

Look unto the heavens and see; and survey the skies: they are higher than thou.

6 Soki osali masumu, ekosala Nzambe nini? Soki masumu na yo ezali ebele, ekosala Ye nini?

If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? If thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?

7 Soki ozali sembo, okopesa Ye nini to akozwa nini na loboko na yo?

If thou be righteous, what givest thou to him? or what doth 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 [may affect] a man as thou [art], and 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.

By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry; they cry out by reason 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 saith, Where is God my Maker, who giveth songs in the night,

11 Ye oyo ateyaka biso koleka banyama ya mokili mpe akomisaka biso mayele koleka bandeke ya likolo, azali wapi? ›

Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowl of the heavens?

12 Ata bagangi, Nzambe akoyanola te, mpo na lolendo ya bato mabe.

There they cry, and he answereth not, 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 vanity, neither 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.

Although thou sayest thou dost not see him, judgment is before him, therefore 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 hath not visited in his anger, doth not [Job] know [his] great arrogancy?

16 elingi koloba ete yo, Yobo, ofungoli monoko na yo kaka na pamba mpe otondisi yango na maloba ya bozoba. »

For Job hath opened his mouth in vanity, and made words abundant without knowledge.