Yobo 7

1 Boni, bomoi ya moto awa na se ezali kaka bomoi ya pasi te? Mikolo ya bomoi na ye ezali penza mikolo ya mongamba te?

Is not the life of man upon earth a state of trial? and his existence as that of a hireling by the day?

2 Ndenge mowumbu azelaka pio ya pokwa to ndenge mongamba azelaka makasi lifuti na ye,

Or as a servant that fears his master, and one who has grasped a shadow? or as a hireling waiting for his pay?

3 ngai nazwaki lokola libula, basanza ya pamba mpe babutu ya pasi na pasi.

So have I also endured months of vanity, and nights of pain have been appointed me.

4 Soki kaka nalali, nakomi komituna: ‹ Tango nini nakolamuka? › Mpe soki kaka nalamuki: ‹ Tango nini butu ekoya? › Nalembi komitungisa tango nyonso.

Whenever I lie down, I say, When [will it be] day? and whenever I rise up, again [I say] when [will it be] evening? and I am full of pains from evening to morning.

5 Nkusu mpe makwanza ezipi nzoto na ngai, poso ya nzoto na ngai ezoki-zoki bapota mpe ekomi kolumba solo.

And my body is covered with loathsome worms; and I waste away, scraping off clods of dust from my eruption.

6 Mikolo ya bomoi na ngai ezali koleka mbangu penza koleka tonga oyo mosali bilamba asalelaka; nakomi na suka, mpe elikya na ngai nyonso esili.

And my life is lighter than a word, and has perished in vain hope.

7 Oh Nkolo, kobosana te ete bomoi na ngai ezali kaka pema ya pamba! Miso na ngai ekomona lisusu bolamu te.

Remember then that my life is breath, and mine eye shall not yet again see good.

8 Liso oyo ezali komona ngai sik’oyo ekotikala komona ngai lisusu te; okoluka ngai, kasi nakozala lisusu te.

The eye of him that sees me shall not see me [again]: your eyes are upon me, and I am no more.

9 Ndenge mapata ekendaka mpe elimwaka, ndenge wana mpe moto oyo akendaka na mboka ya bakufi azongaka lisusu te. (Sheol h7585)

[I am] as a cloud that is cleared away from the sky: for if a man go down to the grave, he shall not come up again: (Sheol h7585)

10 Akozonga lisusu te na ndako na ye, mpe ndako na ye ekoyeba ye lisusu te.

and he shall surely not return to his own house, neither shall his place know him any more.

11 Yango wana, nakokanga monoko na ngai te, molimo na ngai ekoloba kaka na mawa, mpe motema na ngai ekolela kaka pasi na ngai.

Then neither will I refrain my mouth: I will speak being in distress; being in anguish I will disclose the bitterness of my soul.

12 Boni, nakomi ebale to elima ya mayi mpo ete batiela ngai bikangiseli?

Am I a sea, or a serpent, that you have set a watch over me?

13 Nakanisaka ete soki nalali, mbeto na ngai ekobondisa ngai mpe pongi ekokitisa pasi na ngai;

I said that my bed should comfort me, and I would privately counsel with myself on my couch.

14 nzokande, ozali lisusu kotungisa ngai na bandoto ya mabe mpe kobangisa ngai na bimoniseli ya somo.

You scare me with dreams, and do terrify me with visions.

15 Malamu bafina ngai kingo mpe nakufa, pamba te kufa ezali na litomba koleka bomoi oyo.

You will separate life from my spirit; and yet [keep] my bones from death.

16 Nayini bomoi na ngai; nawumela libela te na bomoi! Tika ngai kimia, pamba te mikolo na ngai ezanga na yango tina.

For I shall not live for ever, that I should patiently endure: depart from me, for my life [is] vain.

17 Moto azali penza nani mpo ete okanisaka ye, mpo ete olandelaka ye na bokebi,

For what is man, that you have magnified him? or that you give heed to him?

18 mpo ete otalaka ye tango nyonso mpe omekaka ye tango nyonso?

Will you visit him till the morning, and judge him till [the time of] rest?

19 Mpo na nini okoki kolongola miso na Yo te likolo na ngai? Mpo na nini okoki kotika ngai kimia te ata mpo na ngonga moke?

How long do you not let me alone, nor let me go, until I shall swallow down my spittle?

20 Oh Mokeli na ngai, soki nasali lisumu, eloko nini ngai nasali Yo? Mpo na nini oponi kaka kobeta ngai? Boni, nakomi mokumba mpo na Yo?

If I have sinned, what shall I be able to do, O you that understand the mind of men? why have you made me as your accuser, and [why] am I a burden to you?

21 Mpo na nini ozali kolimbisa mabunga na ngai te mpe ozali kobosana masumu na ngai te? Kala mingi te, nakokende kolala na putulu; okoluka ngai, kasi nakozala lisusu te. »

Why have you not forgotten my iniquity, and purged my sin? but now I shall depart to the earth; and in the morning I am no more.