Yobo 35
1 Bongo Eliwu alobaki:
Moreover Eliu spoke these words:
2 « Boni, okanisi ete yango ezali sembo? Olobi: ‹ Nazali sembo liboso ya Nzambe. ›
Doth thy thought seem right to thee, that thou shouldst say: I am more just than God?
3 Nzokande, ozali koloba: ‹ Nakozwa nini, litomba nini nakozwa soki nasali masumu te? ›
For thou saidst: That which is right doth not please thee: or what will it profit thee if I sin?
4 Nalingi kopesa yo eyano, yo elongo na baninga na yo.
Therefore I will answer thy words, and thy friends with thee.
5 Tombola miso na likolo mpe tala; mona ndenge mapata ezali likolo na yo.
Look up to heaven and see, and behold the sky, that it is higher than thee.
6 Soki osali masumu, ekosala Nzambe nini? Soki masumu na yo ezali ebele, ekosala Ye nini?
If thou sin, what shalt thou hurt him? and if thy iniquities be multiplied, what shalt thou do against him?
7 Soki ozali sembo, okopesa Ye nini to akozwa nini na loboko na yo?
And if thou do justly, what shalt 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 wickedness may hurt a man that is like thee: and thy justice may help the 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 shall cry out: and shall wail for the violence of the arm of tyrants.
10 Kasi moto moko te azali koloba: ‹ Nzambe Mokeli na ngai, Ye oyo apesaka banzembo ya esengo na butu,
And he hath not said: Where is God, who made me, who hath given 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 instructeth us more than the fowls of the air.
12 Ata bagangi, Nzambe akoyanola te, mpo na lolendo ya bato mabe.
There shall they cry, and he will not hear, 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.
God therefore will not hear in vain, and the Almighty will look into the causes of every one.
14 Nzokande, yo ozali komeka koloba ete ozali komona Ye te, ete ozwi nanu eyano te na kolela na yo epai na Ye.
Yea when thou shalt say: He considereth not: be judged before him, and expect 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,
For he doth not now bring on his fury, neither doth he revenge wickedness exceedingly.
16 elingi koloba ete yo, Yobo, ofungoli monoko na yo kaka na pamba mpe otondisi yango na maloba ya bozoba. »
Therefore Job openeth his mouth in vain, and multiplieth words without knowledge.
