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 man upon earth is a warfare, and his days are like the days of a hireling.
2 Ndenge mowumbu azelaka pio ya pokwa to ndenge mongamba azelaka makasi lifuti na ye,
As a servant longeth for the shade, as the hireling looketh for the end of his work;
3 ngai nazwaki lokola libula, basanza ya pamba mpe babutu ya pasi na pasi.
So I also have had empty months, and have numbered to myself wearisome 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 shall say: When shall arise? and again I shall look for the evening, and shall be filled with sorrows even till 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 rottenness and the filth of dust, my skin is withered and drawn together.
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 more swiftly than the web is cut by the weaver, and are 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 but wind, and my eyes shall 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.
Nor shall the sight of man behold me: thy eyes are upon me, and I shall be no more.
9 Ndenge mapata ekendaka mpe elimwaka, ndenge wana mpe moto oyo akendaka na mboka ya bakufi azongaka lisusu te. (Sheol h7585)
As a cloud is consumed, and passeth away: so he that shall go down to hell shall not come up. (Sheol h7585)
10 Akozonga lisusu te na ndako na ye, mpe ndako na ye ekoyeba ye lisusu te.
Nor shall he return my more into his 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.
Wherefore I will not spare my month, I will speak in the affliction of my spirit: I will talk with the bitterness of my soul.
12 Boni, nakomi ebale to elima ya mayi mpo ete batiela ngai bikangiseli?
Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou hast enclosed 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 shall comfort me, and I shall be relieved speaking with myself on my couch:
14 nzokande, ozali lisusu kotungisa ngai na bandoto ya mabe mpe kobangisa ngai na bimoniseli ya somo.
Thou wilt frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions.
15 Malamu bafina ngai kingo mpe nakufa, pamba te kufa ezali na litomba koleka bomoi oyo.
So that my soul rather chooseth 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 have done with hope, I shall now live no 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 a man that thou shouldst magnify him? or why dost thou set thy heart upon him?
18 mpo ete otalaka ye tango nyonso mpe omekaka ye tango nyonso?
Thou visitest him early in the morning, and thou provest him suddenly.
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 wilt thou not spare me, nor suffer me to 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?
I have sinned: what shall I do to thee, O keeper of men? why hast thou set me opposite to thee, and I am become burdensome 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 dost thou not remove my sin, and why dost thou not take away my iniquity? Behold now I shall sleep in the dust: and if thou seek me in the morning, I shall not be.
