Yobo 6
1 Yobo azongisaki:
But Job answered and said,
2 « Ah! Soki ezalaki na makoki ya komeka kilo ya mawa na ngai, mpe ya kotia pasi na ngai nyonso na emekelo kilo,
Oh that one would indeed weigh the wrath that is upon me, and take up my griefs in a balance together!
3 nakanisi ete elingaki koleka zelo ya bibale minene na kilo. Yango wana, maloba na ngai ezali koleka ndelo.
And verily they would be heavier than the sand by the seashore: but, as it seems, my words are vain.
4 Makonga ya Nkolo-Na-Nguya-Nyonso etoboli ngai, mpe molimo na ngai ezali komela ngenge na yango; Nzambe atelemeli ngai na kanda na Ye.
For the arrows of the Lord are in my body, whose violence drinks up my blood: whenever I am going to speak, they pierce me.
5 Boni, ane ya zamba elelaka soki ezali kolia matiti? Ngombe ya mobali elelaka soki ezali kolia bilei na yango?
What then? will the wild ass bray for nothing, if he is not seeking food? or again, will the ox low at the manger, when he has a fodder?
6 Boni, baliaka na mungwa te bilei oyo ezanga elengi? Mayi oyo ezalaka kati na maki ezalaka elengi?
Shall bread be eaten without salt? or again, is there taste in empty words?
7 Makambo oyo nazalaki koboya, yango nde ekomi bilei na ngai, atako ezali mabe.
For my wrath cannot cease; for I perceive my food as the smell of a lion [to be] loathsome.
8 Ah! Nani akoki kosala ete bosenga na ngai ekokisama, mpe ete Nzambe akokisela ngai likambo oyo nazali kozela!
For oh that he would grant [my desire], and my petition might come, and the Lord would grant my hope!
9 Tika ete Nzambe aboma na Ye ngai, asembola loboko na Ye mpo na kokata ngai moto!
Let the Lord begin and wound me, but let him not utterly destroy me.
10 Na boye nde nakoki kozwa kobondisama mpe esengo kati na pasi na ngai, oyo eleki ndelo, pamba te nawangani te maloba ya Ye oyo azali Mosantu.
Let the grave be my city, upon the walls of which I have leaped: I will not shrink from it; for I have not denied the holy words of my God.
11 Makasi nini penza nazali na yango mpo ete nazala lisusu na elikya? Mpo na nini nawumela lisusu kotala suka ya bomoi na ngai?
For what is my strength, that I continue? what is my time, that my soul endures?
12 Boni, nazali makasi lokola libanga? Nzoto na ngai ezali ya ebende?
Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?
13 Nazali na nguya ya komisunga awa natikali lisusu na makoki te?
Or have I not trusted in him? but help is [far] from me.
14 Moto nyonso oyo azali na pasi asengeli na mawa ya baninga na ye, ata soki atiki kotosa Nkolo-Na-Nguya-Nyonso.
Mercy has rejected me; and the visitation of the Lord has disregarded me.
15 Kasi tala, bandeko na ngai bakosi ngai lokola moluka, lokola mayi ya moluka oyo ekawuki.
My nearest relations have not regarded me; they have passed me by like a failing brook, or like a wave.
16 Tango mayi oyo ekomaka libanga mpo na malili, mpe mvula ya pembe, epanzanaka, ememaka mpela.
They who used to reverence me, now have come against me like snow or congealed ice.
17 Kasi na tango ya molunge, mayi yango esilaka, mpe moluka yango ekawukaka nyonso mpo na molunge makasi.
When it has melted at the approach of heat, it is not known what it was.
18 Masanga ya bato oyo batambolaka na bampunda mpo na kokende na mobembo, ebongoli nzela ya kokende, ekeyi kokota kino kati na esobe mpe ekufi kuna.
Thus I also have been deserted of all; and I am ruined, and become an outcast.
19 Masanga ya bato ya Tema, oyo ezali na mobembo, elukaki mayi; masanga ya bato ya Saba, oyo ezali na mobembo, etielaki yango motema.
Behold the ways of the Thaemanites, ye that mark the paths of the Sabaeans.
20 Kasi bayokaki soni mpo ete batielaki yango motema; tango bakomaki kuna, bamiyokelaki mawa.
They too that trust in cities and riches shall come to shame.
21 Bino mpe bozali ndenge wana mpo na ngai, bozali na makoki te ya kosunga ngai; awa bomoni pasi na ngai, somo ekangi bino!
But ye also have come to me without pity; so that beholding my wound ye are afraid.
22 Boni, nasila koloba na bino: ‹ Bokabela ngai ndambo ya biloko na bino to bofutela ngai niongo na nzela ya bozwi na bino,
What? have I made any demand of you? or do I ask for strength from you,
23 mpo na kokangola ngai na loboko ya monguna to mpo na kobikisa ngai na nguya ya bato mabe? ›
to deliver me from enemies, or to rescue me from the hand of the mighty ones?
24 Boteya ngai, bongo nakokanga monoko; bolakisa ngai mabe nini ngai nasali!
Teach ye me, and I will be silent: if in anything I have erred, tell me.
25 Tala ndenge maloba ya solo esalaka pasi! Kasi makanisi na bino elingi kotalisa nini?
But as it seems, the words of a true man are vain, because I do not ask strength of you.
26 Bokanisi ete bokoki kosembola makambo oyo nazali koloba to kozwa lokola mopepe, maloba ya moto oyo azali na pasi?
Neither will your reproof cause me to cease my words, for neither will I endure the sound of your speech.
27 Solo, bino, bokoki ata kobeta zeke mpo na mwana etike mpe koteka moninga na bino na bowumbu!
Even because ye attack the fatherless, and insult your friend.
28 Kasi sik’oyo, bozala na mitema malamu mpo na kotala ngai! Boni, nakoki penza kokosa bino, kaka na miso makasi boye?
But now, having looked upon your countenances, I will not lie.
29 Bokanisa nanu malamu, bozala nanu sembo! Bokanisa penza malamu, pamba te ezali bosembo na ngai nde emekami.
Sit down now, and let there not be unrighteousness; and unite again with the just.
30 Boni, likambo nini ya mabe ezali na monoko na ngai; monoko na ngai ekoki kososola mabe te?
For there is no injustice in my tongue; and does not my throat meditate understanding?
