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?
The life of a man on the earth is a battle, and his days are like the days of a hired hand.
2 Ndenge mowumbu azelaka pio ya pokwa to ndenge mongamba azelaka makasi lifuti na ye,
Just as a servant desires the shade, and just as the hired hand looks forward to the end of his work,
3 ngai nazwaki lokola libula, basanza ya pamba mpe babutu ya pasi na pasi.
so also have I had empty months and have counted my burdensome nights.
4 Soki kaka nalali, nakomi komituna: ‹ Tango nini nakolamuka? › Mpe soki kaka nalamuki: ‹ Tango nini butu ekoya? › Nalembi komitungisa tango nyonso.
If I lie down to sleep, I will say, “When will I rise?” And next I will hope for the evening and will be filled with sorrows even until darkness.
5 Nkusu mpe makwanza ezipi nzoto na ngai, poso ya nzoto na ngai ezoki-zoki bapota mpe ekomi kolumba solo.
My flesh is clothed with particles of rottenness and filth; my skin is dried up and tightened.
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.
My days have passed by more quickly than threads are cut by a weaver, and they have been consumed without any hope.
7 Oh Nkolo, kobosana te ete bomoi na ngai ezali kaka pema ya pamba! Miso na ngai ekomona lisusu bolamu te.
Remember that my life is wind, and my eye will not return to see good things.
8 Liso oyo ezali komona ngai sik’oyo ekotikala komona ngai lisusu te; okoluka ngai, kasi nakozala lisusu te.
Neither will the sight of man gaze upon me; your eyes are upon me, and I will not endure.
9 Ndenge mapata ekendaka mpe elimwaka, ndenge wana mpe moto oyo akendaka na mboka ya bakufi azongaka lisusu te. (Sheol h7585)
Just as a cloud is consumed and passes away, so he who descends to hell will not ascend. (Sheol h7585)
10 Akozonga lisusu te na ndako na ye, mpe ndako na ye ekoyeba ye lisusu te.
He will not return again to his house, nor will his own place know him any longer.
11 Yango wana, nakokanga monoko na ngai te, molimo na ngai ekoloba kaka na mawa, mpe motema na ngai ekolela kaka pasi na ngai.
And because of this, I will not restrain my mouth. I will speak in the affliction of my spirit. I will converse from the bitterness of my soul.
12 Boni, nakomi ebale to elima ya mayi mpo ete batiela ngai bikangiseli?
Am I an ocean or a whale, that you have encircled me in a prison?
13 Nakanisaka ete soki nalali, mbeto na ngai ekobondisa ngai mpe pongi ekokitisa pasi na ngai;
If I say, “My bed will comfort me, and I will find rest, speaking with myself on my blanket,”
14 nzokande, ozali lisusu kotungisa ngai na bandoto ya mabe mpe kobangisa ngai na bimoniseli ya somo.
then you will frighten me with dreams, and strike dread through visions,
15 Malamu bafina ngai kingo mpe nakufa, pamba te kufa ezali na litomba koleka bomoi oyo.
so that, because of these things, my soul would choose hanging, and my bones, death.
16 Nayini bomoi na ngai; nawumela libela te na bomoi! Tika ngai kimia, pamba te mikolo na ngai ezanga na yango tina.
I despair; by no means will I live any longer. Spare me, for my days are nothing.
17 Moto azali penza nani mpo ete okanisaka ye, mpo ete olandelaka ye na bokebi,
What is man, that you should praise him? Or why do you place your heart near him?
18 mpo ete otalaka ye tango nyonso mpe omekaka ye tango nyonso?
You visit him at dawn, and you test him unexpectedly.
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 will you not spare me, nor release me to ingest my saliva?
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?
I have sinned; what should I do for you, O keeper of men? Why have you set me against you, so that I have become burdensome even to myself?
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 do you not steal away my sin, and why do you not sweep away my iniquity? Behold, now I will sleep in the dust, and if you seek me in the morning, I will not remain.
