Yobo 8
1 Bilidadi, moto ya Shuwa, azwaki maloba mpe alobaki:
Then Bildad the Shuhite made answer and said,
2 « Kino tango nini okokoba koloba makambo ya boye? Maloba na yo ezali te lokola mopepe makasi?
How long will you say these things, and how long will the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?
3 Boni, Nzambe abukaka mibeko, Nkolo-Na-Nguya-Nyonso abalolaka penza bosembo?
Does God give wrong decisions? or is the Ruler of all not upright in his judging?
4 Soki bana na yo basalaki masumu liboso na Ye, apesaki nde bango etumbu mpo na mabe na bango!
If your children have done evil against him, then their punishment is from his hand.
5 Kasi yo, soki oluki Nzambe, soki osengi ngolu epai na Nkolo-Na-Nguya-Nyonso,
If you will make search for God with care, and put your request before the Ruler of all;
6 soki ozali peto, soki ozali sembo, akotelema Ye moko, ata sik’oyo, mpo na kokata likambo na yo mpe kozongisela yo libula na yo, kolanda bosembo na yo.
If you are clean and upright; then he will certainly be moved to take up your cause, and will make clear your righteousness by building up your house again.
7 Bozwi na yo ya kala ekomonana moke, pamba te bozwi oyo ekoya na sima ekozala monene koleka.
And though your start was small, your end will be very great.
8 Nabondeli yo, tuna bato oyo baleka liboso, kanisa mpe landela malamu bwanya ya batata na bango,
Put the question now to the past generations, and give attention to what has been searched out by their fathers:
9 pamba te, biso, tozali bato ya lobi oyo ewuti koleka, toyebi eloko te, mpe mikolo na biso, awa na se, ezali kaka lokola elili.
(For we are but of yesterday, and have no knowledge, because our days on earth are gone like a shade: )
10 Bato ya kala bakoteya yo, bakoloba na yo, mpe, na bwanya na bango, bakobimisela yo mateya oyo:
Will they not give you teaching, and say words of wisdom to you?
11 Boni, nzete ya papirisi ekoki penza kobota na esika oyo ezangi potopoto? Nzete oyo ebotaka na mayi ekoki solo kobota na esika ekawuka?
Will the river-plant come up in its pride without wet earth? will the grass get tall without water?
12 Ekawukaka liboso ya matiti nyonso, wana makasa na yango ezali nanu mobesu, ata bapikoli yango te.
When it is still green, without being cut down, it becomes dry and dead before any other plant.
13 Ndenge wana nde ezalaka, bomoi ya bato nyonso oyo babosanaka Nzambe; boye, elikya ya bato mabe ebebaka.
So is the end of all who do not keep God in mind; and the hope of the evil-doer comes to nothing:
14 Eloko oyo batielaka motema ekokatana, pamba te elikya na bango ezali lokola ndako ya limpulututu.
Whose support is cut off, and whose hope is no stronger than a spider's thread.
15 Ata batieli ndako na bango motema, esimbaka te; Ezala bakangami na yango, esimbaka kaka te.
He is looking to his family for support, but it is not there; he puts his hope in it, but it comes to nothing.
16 Bazali lokola nzete ya mobesu na tango ya moyi makasi; mandalala na yango ezipaka elanga,
He is full of strength before the sun, and his branches go out over his garden.
17 elingaka misisa na yango zingazinga ya mabanga mpe epasolaka nzela kati na mabanga;
His roots are twisted round the stones, forcing their way in between them.
18 kasi soki bapikoli nzete yango na esika na yango, esika yango ewanganaka nzete mpe elobaka: ‹ Natikala komona yo te! ›
If he is taken away from his place, then it will say, I have not seen you.
19 Ndenge wana nde suka na yango ekozala; mpe banzete mosusu ekobota kaka na mabele wana.
Such is the joy of his way, and out of the dust another comes up to take his place.
20 Solo, Nzambe abwakaka te bato ya sembo, mpe alendisaka te maboko ya bato mabe.
Truly, God will not give up him who is without sin, and will not take evil-doers by the hand.
21 Nzokande, akotondisa monoko na yo na koseka, mpe bibebu na yo na banzembo ya esengo.
The time will come when your mouth will be full of laughing, and cries of joy will come from your lips.
22 Banguna na yo bakotondisama na soni, mpe bandako ya bato mabe ekozala lisusu te. »
Your haters will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the sinner will not be seen again.
