Yobo 4
1 Elifazi, moto ya Temani, azwaki maloba mpe alobaki:
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and sayde,
2 « Soki moto moko ameki koloba na yo ata liloba moko, boni, okotomboka mpo na yango te? Kasi nani akoki penza kokanga motema mpe kozanga maloba?
If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieued? but who can withholde himselfe from speaking?
3 Kanisa nanu ndenge ozalaki koteya bato ebele, ndenge ozalaki kolendisa bato oyo balembaki!
Behold, thou hast taught many, and hast strengthened the wearie hands.
4 Maloba na yo ezalaki kolendisa bato oyo bazalaki kotepatepa, mpe oyo mabolongo na bango ezalaki kolemba.
Thy wordes haue confirmed him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the weake knees.
5 Kasi awa sik’oyo pasi ekomeli yo, olembi na yo! Awa pasi ebeti yo, okomi na yo koyoka somo!
But now it is come vpon thee, and thou art grieued: it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
6 Boni, kondima na yo epai ya Nzambe esengeli te kozala likonzi na yo, mpe bosembo na yo esengeli te kosimba elikya na yo?
Is not this thy feare, thy confidence, thy pacience, and the vprightnesse of thy wayes?
7 Kanisa nanu: Nani akotikala kokufa te mpo ete asalaka mabe te? Esika nini bato ya sembo bakotikala kokufa te?
Remember, I pray thee: who euer perished, being an innocent? or where were the vpright destroyed?
8 Kolanda makambo oyo ngai nasili komona, bato oyo basalaka mabe, mpe ba-oyo balonaka minyoko, babukaka mpe kaka mabe lokola mbuma;
As I haue seene, they that plow iniquitie, and sowe wickednesse, reape the same.
9 bakufaka na mopepe ya Nzambe mpe basilaka na mopepe ya kanda na Ye.
With the blast of God they perish, and with the breath of his nostrels are they cosumed.
10 Nkosi ekoki na yango koganga, mpe mwana ya nkosi ekoki kotia makelele ndenge elingi, kasi Nzambe abukaka minu ya nkosi.
The roaring of the Lion, and the voyce of the Lionesse, and the teeth of the Lions whelpes are broken.
11 Nkosi ekufaka mpo na kozanga nyama ya kolia, mpe bana ya nkosi ya mwasi epanzanaka.
The Lyon perisheth for lacke of pray, and the Lyons whelpes are scattered abroade.
12 Liloba moko eyelaki ngai na nkuku, mpe matoyi na ngai eyokaki yango na se penza:
But a thing was brought to me secretly, and mine eare hath receiued a litle thereof.
13 kati na bandoto ya butu, na tango bato bazwaka pongi makasi,
In the thoughtes of ye visions of the night, when sleepe falleth on men,
14 kobanga mpe somo ekangaki ngai mpe eningisaki mikuwa na ngai nyonso;
Feare came vpon me, and dread which made all my bones to tremble.
15 molimo moko elekaki liboso ya elongi na ngai lokola mopepe, mpe suki ya moto na ngai etelemaki.
And the wind passed before me, and made the heares of my flesh to stande vp.
16 Molimo yango etelemaki wana, kasi nalongaki te kososola soki ezali nini; elilingi yango etelemaki liboso ya miso na ngai, mpe nayokaki mongongo moko koloba na se penza:
Then stoode one, and I knewe not his face: an image was before mine eyes, and in silence heard I a voyce, saying,
17 ‹ Boni, moto akoki solo koleka Nzambe na bosembo to akoki solo koleka Mokeli na ye na bule?
Shall man be more iust then God? or shall a man be more pure then his maker?
18 Soki Nzambe atielaka basali na Ye motema te, soki kutu amonaka mabunga epai ya ba-anjelu na Ye,
Beholde, he founde no stedfastnesse in his Seruants, and laid follie vpon his Angels.
19 mpo na nini te epai ya bato oyo basalema na mabele, ba-oyo bazali kaka putulu mpe bakoki kofinafina bango lokola mitsopi?
Howe much more in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which shalbe destroyed before the moth?
20 Kobanda na tongo kino na pokwa, bakataka-kataka bango na biteni; bakufaka mpo na libela, mpe moto ata moko te alandelaka likambo na bango;
They be destroyed from the morning vnto the euening: they perish for euer, without regarde.
21 basinga oyo esimbaka bandako na bango ya kapo epikolamaka na mbalakata, mpe bakufaka ndenge wana bazanga bwanya. ›
Doeth not their dignitie goe away with them? do they not die, and that without wisdom?
