Yobo 35
1 Bongo Eliwu alobaki:
And Elihu answereth and saith: —
2 « Boni, okanisi ete yango ezali sembo? Olobi: ‹ Nazali sembo liboso ya Nzambe. ›
This hast thou reckoned for judgment: Thou hast said — 'My righteousness [is] more than God's?'
3 Nzokande, ozali koloba: ‹ Nakozwa nini, litomba nini nakozwa soki nasali masumu te? ›
For thou sayest, 'What doth it profit Thee! What do I profit from my sin?'
4 Nalingi kopesa yo eyano, yo elongo na baninga na yo.
I return thee words, and thy friends with thee,
5 Tombola miso na likolo mpe tala; mona ndenge mapata ezali likolo na yo.
Behold attentively the heavens — and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than thou.
6 Soki osali masumu, ekosala Nzambe nini? Soki masumu na yo ezali ebele, ekosala Ye nini?
If thou hast sinned, what dost thou against Him? And thy transgressions have been multiplied, What dost thou to Him?
7 Soki ozali sembo, okopesa Ye nini to akozwa nini na loboko na yo?
If thou hast been righteous, What dost thou give to Him? Or what from thy hand doth He receive?
8 Mabe na yo ekokomela kaka bazalani na yo, bosembo na yo ezali na litomba kaka epai ya bana na bato.
For a man like thyself [is] thy wickedness, And for a son of man thy righteousness.
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 cause to cry out, They cry 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,
And none said, 'Where [is] God my maker? Giving songs in the night,
11 Ye oyo ateyaka biso koleka banyama ya mokili mpe akomisaka biso mayele koleka bandeke ya likolo, azali wapi? ›
Teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, Yea, than the fowl of the heavens He maketh us wiser.'
12 Ata bagangi, Nzambe akoyanola te, mpo na lolendo ya bato mabe.
There they cry, and He doth not answer, Because of the pride of evil doers.
13 Pamba te, Nzambe ayokaka te maloba na bango ya pamba, Nkolo-Na-Nguya-Nyonso azalaka ata na bokebi na yango te.
Surely vanity God doth not hear, And the Mighty doth not behold it.
14 Nzokande, yo ozali komeka koloba ete ozali komona Ye te, ete ozwi nanu eyano te na kolela na yo epai na Ye.
Yea, though thou sayest thou dost not behold Him, Judgment [is] before Him, and stay 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,
And, now, because there is not, He hath appointed His anger, And He hath not known in great extremity.
16 elingi koloba ete yo, Yobo, ofungoli monoko na yo kaka na pamba mpe otondisi yango na maloba ya bozoba. »
And Job [with] vanity doth open his mouth, Without knowledge words he multiplieth.
