Yobo 6
1 Yobo azongisaki:
Then 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, if only my anguish were weighed; if only all my calamity were laid in the balance!
3 nakanisi ete elingaki koleka zelo ya bibale minene na kilo. Yango wana, maloba na ngai ezali koleka ndelo.
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas. That is why my words were reckless.
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 Almighty are in me, my spirit drinks up the poison; the terrors of God have arranged themselves in array against me.
5 Boni, ane ya zamba elelaka soki ezali kolia matiti? Ngombe ya mobali elelaka soki ezali kolia bilei na yango?
Does the wild donkey bray in despair when he has grass? Or does the ox low in hunger when it has fodder?
6 Boni, baliaka na mungwa te bilei oyo ezanga elengi? Mayi oyo ezalaka kati na maki ezalaka elengi?
Can that which has no taste be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
7 Makambo oyo nazalaki koboya, yango nde ekomi bilei na ngai, atako ezali mabe.
I refuse to touch them; they are like disgusting food to me.
8 Ah! Nani akoki kosala ete bosenga na ngai ekokisama, mpe ete Nzambe akokisela ngai likambo oyo nazali kozela!
Oh, that I might have my request; oh, that God would grant me the thing I long for:
9 Tika ete Nzambe aboma na Ye ngai, asembola loboko na Ye mpo na kokata ngai moto!
that it would please God to crush me once, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off from this life!
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.
May this still be my consolation— even if I exult in pain that does not lessen: that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
11 Makasi nini penza nazali na yango mpo ete nazala lisusu na elikya? Mpo na nini nawumela lisusu kotala suka ya bomoi na ngai?
What is my strength, that I should try to wait? What is my end, that I should prolong my life?
12 Boni, nazali makasi lokola libanga? Nzoto na ngai ezali ya ebende?
Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh made of bronze?
13 Nazali na nguya ya komisunga awa natikali lisusu na makoki te?
Is it not true that I have no help in myself, and that wisdom has been driven out of me?
14 Moto nyonso oyo azali na pasi asengeli na mawa ya baninga na ye, ata soki atiki kotosa Nkolo-Na-Nguya-Nyonso.
To the person who is about to faint, faithfulness should be shown by his friend; even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
15 Kasi tala, bandeko na ngai bakosi ngai lokola moluka, lokola mayi ya moluka oyo ekawuki.
But my brothers have been as faithful to me as a desert streambed, as channels of water that pass away to nothing,
16 Tango mayi oyo ekomaka libanga mpo na malili, mpe mvula ya pembe, epanzanaka, ememaka mpela.
which are darkened because of ice over them, and because of the snow that hides itself in them.
17 Kasi na tango ya molunge, mayi yango esilaka, mpe moluka yango ekawukaka nyonso mpo na molunge makasi.
When they thaw out, they vanish; when it is hot, they melt out of their place.
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.
The caravans that travel by their way turn aside for water; they wander into barren land and then perish.
19 Masanga ya bato ya Tema, oyo ezali na mobembo, elukaki mayi; masanga ya bato ya Saba, oyo ezali na mobembo, etielaki yango motema.
Caravans from Tema looked there, while companies of Sheba hoped in them.
20 Kasi bayokaki soni mpo ete batielaki yango motema; tango bakomaki kuna, bamiyokelaki mawa.
They were disappointed because they had been confident of finding water. They went there, but they were deceived.
21 Bino mpe bozali ndenge wana mpo na ngai, bozali na makoki te ya kosunga ngai; awa bomoni pasi na ngai, somo ekangi bino!
For now you friends are nothing to me; you see my dreadful situation and 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,
Did I say to you, 'Give something to me?' Or, 'Offer me a gift from your wealth?'
23 mpo na kokangola ngai na loboko ya monguna to mpo na kobikisa ngai na nguya ya bato mabe? ›
Or, 'Save me from my adversary's hand?' Or, 'Ransom me from the hand of my oppressors?'
24 Boteya ngai, bongo nakokanga monoko; bolakisa ngai mabe nini ngai nasali!
Teach me, and I will hold my peace; make me understand where I have been wrong.
25 Tala ndenge maloba ya solo esalaka pasi! Kasi makanisi na bino elingi kotalisa nini?
How painful are truthful words! But your arguments, how do they actually rebuke me?
26 Bokanisi ete bokoki kosembola makambo oyo nazali koloba to kozwa lokola mopepe, maloba ya moto oyo azali na pasi?
Do you plan to ignore my words, treating the words of a desperate man like the wind?
27 Solo, bino, bokoki ata kobeta zeke mpo na mwana etike mpe koteka moninga na bino na bowumbu!
Indeed, you cast lots for a fatherless child, and haggle over your friend like merchandise.
28 Kasi sik’oyo, bozala na mitema malamu mpo na kotala ngai! Boni, nakoki penza kokosa bino, kaka na miso makasi boye?
Now, therefore, please look at me, for surely I would not lie to your face.
29 Bokanisa nanu malamu, bozala nanu sembo! Bokanisa penza malamu, pamba te ezali bosembo na ngai nde emekami.
Relent, I beg you; let there be no injustice with you; Indeed, relent, for my cause is just.
30 Boni, likambo nini ya mabe ezali na monoko na ngai; monoko na ngai ekoki kososola mabe te?
Is there evil on my tongue? Cannot my mouth detect malicious things?
