Yobo 40
1 Yawe ayanolaki Yobo:
Then Yahweh said to Job,
2 « Boni, moto oyo atiaka tembe na Nkolo-Na-Nguya-Nyonso akoki koteya Ye? Tika ete oyo azali koswanisa Nzambe ayanola Ye! »
“Do you still want to argue with me, the Almighty One? Since you criticize me, (you should be able to answer my questions!/why are you not able to answer my questions?) [RHQ]”
3 Yobo azongiselaki Yawe:
Then Job replied to Yahweh,
4 « Tala ngai, nazali se ekelamu ya pamba, eyano nini nakoki kopesa Yo? Natie loboko na ngai na monoko.
“[Now I realize that] I am completely worthless. So (how could I answer [those questions]?/I could not possibly answer [those questions]!) [RHQ] I will put my hand over my mouth [and not say anything].
5 Nalobaki mbala moko, kasi nakoyanola lisusu te; na mbala ya mibale, nakobakisa lisusu eloko te. »
I have already said more than I should have said, so now I will say nothing more.”
6 Yawe alobaki na Yobo wuta na mopepe makasi:
Then Yahweh [again] spoke to Job from inside the great windstorm. He said,
7 « Kanga mokaba na loketo na yo lokola elombe mobali; nakotuna yo mituna, mpe okoyanola ngai.
“I want to ask you some [more] questions. So as men prepare themselves for a difficult task [MET], prepare yourself again to answer some [more] questions.
8 Olingi kotiola bosembo na ngai? Okani kokweyisa ngai mpo ete yo moko omilongisa?
“Are you going to accuse me and say that I am unjust? Are you going to say that what I have done is wrong, in order that you can say that what you have done is right?
9 Ozali na loboko lokola oyo ya Nzambe? Mongongo na yo ekoki konguluma makasi lokola oyo ya Ye?
Are you as powerful [MTY] as I am? Can your voice sound [as loud] as thunder, as mine can?
10 Lata nkembo mpe kongenga, milatisa lokumu mpe monene!
[If you can do that], put on the robes that show that you are glorious and are greatly honored!
11 Sopa nguya ya kanda na yo likolo ya bato, tala bato nyonso ya lolendo liboso na yo mpe kitisa bango!
Show that you are very angry; show that you have the right/authority to humble people who are [very] proud!
12 Tala bato nyonso ya lolendo, yokisa bango soni! Nyata-nyata bato mabe na esika oyo bazali.
Humble those proud people [just] by looking at them [angrily] Crush wicked people quickly!
13 Kunda bango nyonso kati na putulu, zipa bilongi na bango na esika ya kobombama.
Bury them in the ground! Send them to the place where dead people are, where they will not be able to get out!
14 Boye, ngai moko nakopesa yo lokumu, pamba te loboko na yo ya mobali ekoki mpo na kobikisa yo.
After you do that, I will congratulate/praise you and say that [truly] you can save yourself by your own ability/power.
15 Tala ngubu: nakelaki yango ndenge nakelaki yo, kasi eliaka kaka matiti lokola ngombe.
“Think [also] about the huge animals that live near the water. I made you, and I made them also. They eat grass, like oxen do.
16 Tala makasi oyo ezali kati na loketo na yango, nguya oyo ezali kati na misuni ya libumu na yango!
Their legs/thighs are [very] strong, and the muscles of their bellies are [very] powerful.
17 Ekembisaka mokila na yango lokola nzete ya sedele; misisa ya mipende na yango elingama-lingama;
Their tails are stiff (OR, bend down) like the branches of a cedar tree. The sinews/muscles of their thighs are close together.
18 mikuwa na yango ezali lokola bibende ya bronze; mipanzi na yango ezali lokola biteni ya bibende.
Their [thigh] bones are [like] tubes [made] of bronze, and the bones of their legs are like bars [made] of iron.
19 Ezali ekelamu ya liboso ya Nzambe, kasi Mokeli na yango atieli yango mopanga pene.
They are among the strongest of the animals that I made, and I, who created them, am the only one who can kill them.
20 Ngomba ezali kopesa yango matiti ya kolia, esika oyo banyama nyonso ya zamba esakanaka.
On the hills grows food [PRS] for them to eat while many [HYP] other wild animals play nearby.
21 Elalaka na se ya banzete ya mike-mike, na se ya matiti oyo ezalaka pembeni ya mayi mpe na potopoto.
They lie down [in the water] under the lotus plants; they hide in [tall] reeds in the swamps.
22 Banzete ya mike-mike ebombaka yango na se ya elili na yango, banzete ya pepiliye ezingeli yango.
Those huge animals find shade under the lotus plants, and they are surrounded by poplar trees.
23 Soki mayi ya ebale etomboki, yango ebangaka te; ata mayi ya Yordani esopaneli yango na monoko, evandaka kaka kimia.
They are not disturbed by raging/swiftly-flowing rivers; they are not even disturbed/frightened when [rivers like the] Jordan [River] rush over them.
24 Boni, moto akoki kokanga yango na motambo na tango ezali kotala to kotobola yango zolo na ndobo, mpo na kobenda yango?
No one can [RHQ] catch them by blinding their eyes or by piercing their noses with [the teeth of] a trap!”
