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 there not a warfare to man upon earth? and are not his days like the days of an hireling?
2 Ndenge mowumbu azelaka pio ya pokwa to ndenge mongamba azelaka makasi lifuti na ye,
As a servant that earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling that looketh for his wages:
3 ngai nazwaki lokola libula, basanza ya pamba mpe babutu ya pasi na pasi.
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
4 Soki kaka nalali, nakomi komituna: ‹ Tango nini nakolamuka? › Mpe soki kaka nalamuki: ‹ Tango nini butu ekoya? › Nalembi komitungisa tango nyonso.
When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise? but the night is long; and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
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 worms and clods of dust; my skin closeth up and breaketh out afresh.
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 are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.
7 Oh Nkolo, kobosana te ete bomoi na ngai ezali kaka pema ya pamba! Miso na ngai ekomona lisusu bolamu te.
Oh remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more 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 seeth me shall behold me no more: thine eyes shall be upon me, but I shall not be.
9 Ndenge mapata ekendaka mpe elimwaka, ndenge wana mpe moto oyo akendaka na mboka ya bakufi azongaka lisusu te. (Sheol h7585)
As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away, so he that goeth down to Sheol shall come up no more. (Sheol h7585)
10 Akozonga lisusu te na ndako na ye, mpe ndako na ye ekoyeba ye lisusu te.
He shall return no more to 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.
Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
12 Boni, nakomi ebale to elima ya mayi mpo ete batiela ngai bikangiseli?
Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, that thou settest a watch over me?
13 Nakanisaka ete soki nalali, mbeto na ngai ekobondisa ngai mpe pongi ekokitisa pasi na ngai;
When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
14 nzokande, ozali lisusu kotungisa ngai na bandoto ya mabe mpe kobangisa ngai na bimoniseli ya somo.
Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:
15 Malamu bafina ngai kingo mpe nakufa, pamba te kufa ezali na litomba koleka bomoi oyo.
So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than [these] my bones.
16 Nayini bomoi na ngai; nawumela libela te na bomoi! Tika ngai kimia, pamba te mikolo na ngai ezanga na yango tina.
I loathe [my life]; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
17 Moto azali penza nani mpo ete okanisaka ye, mpo ete olandelaka ye na bokebi,
What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him, and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him,
18 mpo ete otalaka ye tango nyonso mpe omekaka ye tango nyonso?
And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?
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 look away from me, nor let me alone till I 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 do I unto thee, O thou watcher of men? why hast thou set me as a mark for thee, so that I am a burden 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. »
And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I lie down in the dust; and thou shall seek me diligently, but I shall not be.
