Yobo 5
1 Ganga na yo, soki olingi! Nani akoyanola yo? Okotombokela mosantu nini?
“Job, [it is okay that you] continue to cry out for someone to help you, but [I am certain that] [RHQ] no angel will come to help you!
2 Kotomboka ebomaka moto oyo azangi mayele, zuwa ebomaka zoba.
Foolish people die because of being (resentful/very angry at someone); people who are easily deceived are destroyed by their being jealous [of others].
3 Solo, namonaki zoba kozwa misisa; kasi, mbala moko, nalakelaki ndako na ye mabe:
I have seen foolish people who seemed to be successful/prosperous, but suddenly [they experienced disaster/trouble because] someone cursed their home.
4 ‹ Tika ete bana na ye ya mibali bazanga lisungi, balonga te na kosambisama mpe bazangela moto oyo akobundela bango!
Their sons are never safe; they (lose their case/are condemned) when someone (takes them to court/sues them), because there is no one to defend them.
5 Tika ete moto oyo azali na nzala asilisa mbuma ya elanga na ye, akamata yango kino kati na basende; mpe tika ete moto ya lokoso asilisa bomengo na ye! ›
Hungry people [steal] the crops that foolish people harvest, [and] eat [those crops]; they even steal the crops that grow among thorns, and greedy people take away the wealth of foolish people.
6 Pamba te pasi ewutaka na putulu te, mpe minyoko ewutaka na mabele te;
But evil circumstances/sufferings are not produced by the soil; troubles do not grow up from the ground.
7 moto abotamaka mpo na komona pasi, ndenge kaka mikalikali ebimaka mpo na kopanzana na likolo.
People have troubles from the time that they are born just as surely as sparks shoot up [from a fire].
8 Kasi soki ezalaki ngai, nalingaki komimonisa liboso ya Nzambe, nalingaki kotalisa Ye likambo na ngai.
[“If I were suffering like you are, ] I would ask God [for help] and tell him (what I am complaining about/about my suffering).
9 Nzambe asalaka makambo minene oyo bato bakokaka kososola te, mpe bikamwa oyo bato bakokaka kotanga te;
He does great things, things that we cannot understand; we cannot even count the marvelous things that he does.
10 anokisaka mvula na mokili, mpe atindaka mayi na bilanga;
He sends rain on the ground; he sends water on our fields.
11 atombolaka bato oyo babwakama, mpe apesaka esengo na bato oyo bazali kolela;
He exalts those who are humble, and causes those who mourn to be joyful (OR, safe, prosperous).
12 abebisaka mabongisi ya bato oyo bazalaka na mayele mabe, mpe maboko na bango ekokisaka te mikano na bango;
He causes crafty/cunning people to not be able to do what they plan to do, with the result that they achieve nothing.
13 akangaka bato ya bwanya kati na mitambo ya mayele mabe na bango, mpe abebisaka mabongisi ya bakosi.
He causes people who [think that they] [IRO] are wise to be trapped by the cunning things they try to do, with the result that they do not succeed.
14 Molili eyelaka bango na moyi; na moyi makasi, batambolaka na kotepatepa lokola na butu.
[It is as though] even in the daytime they are covered by darkness, and grope around [trying to find the road] at noontime like people do at night.
15 Nzambe abikisaka mobola na mopanga ya monoko na bango, akangolaka moto akelela na loboko ya moto ya makasi.
But God saves helpless people from being harmed by what [wicked people] say [MTY], he saves needy people from being injured by [MTY] powerful people.
16 Boye, mobola asengeli kozala na elikya, mpe moto oyo atambolaka na bosembo te asengeli kokanga monoko.
So, poor people confidently expect [that good things will happen to them] but God causes wicked [people] to stop talking.
17 Esengo na moto oyo Nzambe apameli! Kotiolaka te pamela ya Nkolo-Na-Nguya-Nyonso.
“But those whom God corrects/rebukes are happy; so do not despise/dislike it when [God] who is all-powerful disciplines you.
18 Pamba te azokisaka pota, kasi atiaka yango mpe kisi; abetaka, kasi loboko na Ye ebikisaka.
He wounds people, but then he puts bandages on those wounds; he hurts people, but he [SYN] also heals them.
19 Mbala motoba, akobikisa yo na pasi; mpe na mbala ya sambo, mabe ekokomela yo te.
He will rescue you many times from your troubles, with the result that nothing evil will happen to you.
20 Akokangola yo na kufa, na tango ya nzala makasi; mpe akobikisa yo na nguya ya mopanga, kati na bitumba.
When there is a famine, he will not allow you to die, and when there is a war, you will not be killed [MTY].
21 Okobatelama liboso ya fimbu ya lolemo, okobanga kobebisama te tango ekoya;
God will protect you when people slander [MTY] you; you will not be afraid when many things [around you] are destroyed.
22 okoseka kobebisama mpe nzala makasi, mpe okobanga te banyama ya mokili;
You will [be able to] laugh/scoff when things are destroyed and when there is famine, and you will not be afraid of wild animals.
23 pamba te okozala na boyokani elongo na mabanga ya bilanga, mpe banyama ya zamba ekozala na kimia elongo na yo.
You will not worry about [having big] rocks in your fields [that will make plowing difficult], and you will not worry about [being attacked by] wild animals there.
24 Okososola ete ndako na yo ezali na kimia; tango okotala bibwele kati na lopango na yo, okomona ete ata moko te ezangi.
In your tent, you will know that things will go well for you, and when you look at your livestock, you will see that (they are all there/none of them is missing).
25 Okososola ete bana na yo bakozala ebele, mpe bakitani na yo, lokola matiti ya mabele.
You will be sure that you will have many descendants, who will be as numerous as blades of grass.
26 Okokita na kunda na kimobange makasi, ndenge batelemisaka maboke ya matiti na tango na yango.
You will become very old before you die, like sheaves of grain continue to grow until it is time to harvest them.
27 Toyekolaki likambo yango malamu: ezali penza bongo. Boye, yoka yango mpe salela yango mpo na bolamu na yo! »
[“My friends and I] have thought carefully about these things, and [we know that] they are true, so pay attention to what I have said!”
