Yobo 35
1 Bongo Eliwu alobaki:
Elihu spoke moreover, 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 saidst, What advantage will it be to thee? [and], What profit shall I have, [if I be cleansed] from my sin?
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 clouds [which] 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? or [if] thy transgressions are multiplied, what doest thou to him?
7 Soki ozali sembo, okopesa Ye nini to akozwa nini na loboko na yo?
If thou art righteous, what givest thou to him? or what receiveth he from 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 as thou [art]: and thy righteousness [may profit] 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 make [the oppressed] to 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 fowls of heaven?
12 Ata bagangi, Nzambe akoyanola te, mpo na lolendo ya bato mabe.
There they cry, but none giveth 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 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 shalt not see him, [yet] judgment [is] before him; therefore trust thou in 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 [it is] not [so], he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth [it] not in great extremity:
16 elingi koloba ete yo, Yobo, ofungoli monoko na yo kaka na pamba mpe otondisi yango na maloba ya bozoba. »
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
