Yobo 8
1 Bilidadi, moto ya Shuwa, azwaki maloba mpe alobaki:
But Baldad the Suhite, responding, said:
2 « Kino tango nini okokoba koloba makambo ya boye? Maloba na yo ezali te lokola mopepe makasi?
How long will you speak this way, so that the words of your mouth are like a changeable wind?
3 Boni, Nzambe abukaka mibeko, Nkolo-Na-Nguya-Nyonso abalolaka penza bosembo?
Does God supplant judgment, or does the Almighty subvert that which is just?
4 Soki bana na yo basalaki masumu liboso na Ye, apesaki nde bango etumbu mpo na mabe na bango!
And if now your children have sinned against him, and he has dismissed them into the power of their iniquity,
5 Kasi yo, soki oluki Nzambe, soki osengi ngolu epai na Nkolo-Na-Nguya-Nyonso,
even so, you should arise early to God, so as to beseech the Almighty.
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 approach with purity and honesty, he will quickly be attentive to you, and a peaceful life will repay your righteousness,
7 Bozwi na yo ya kala ekomonana moke, pamba te bozwi oyo ekoya na sima ekozala monene koleka.
so much so that, if your former things were small, your latter things would be multiplied greatly.
8 Nabondeli yo, tuna bato oyo baleka liboso, kanisa mpe landela malamu bwanya ya batata na bango,
For inquire of the earliest generation, and investigate diligently the history of the 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.
(of course, we are but of yesterday and are ignorant that our days on earth are like a shadow, )
10 Bato ya kala bakoteya yo, bakoloba na yo, mpe, na bwanya na bango, bakobimisela yo mateya oyo:
and they will teach you; they will speak with you and will offer you the eloquence of their hearts.
11 Boni, nzete ya papirisi ekoki penza kobota na esika oyo ezangi potopoto? Nzete oyo ebotaka na mayi ekoki solo kobota na esika ekawuka?
Can the marsh plant live without moisture? Or can sedges grow without water?
12 Ekawukaka liboso ya matiti nyonso, wana makasa na yango ezali nanu mobesu, ata bapikoli yango te.
When it is still in flower, and has not been pulled up by hand, it withers before all other plants.
13 Ndenge wana nde ezalaka, bomoi ya bato nyonso oyo babosanaka Nzambe; boye, elikya ya bato mabe ebebaka.
Just so are the ways of all who forget God, and the hope of the hypocrite will perish.
14 Eloko oyo batielaka motema ekokatana, pamba te elikya na bango ezali lokola ndako ya limpulututu.
His frenzy will not please him, and his faith will be like a spider’s web.
15 Ata batieli ndako na bango motema, esimbaka te; Ezala bakangami na yango, esimbaka kaka te.
He will lean on his house, and it will not stand; he will prop it up, but it will not rise.
16 Bazali lokola nzete ya mobesu na tango ya moyi makasi; mandalala na yango ezipaka elanga,
He seems to have moisture before the sun arrives; and at sunrise, his sprout shoots forth.
17 elingaka misisa na yango zingazinga ya mabanga mpe epasolaka nzela kati na mabanga;
His roots will crowd together over a heap of stones, and among the stones he will remain.
18 kasi soki bapikoli nzete yango na esika na yango, esika yango ewanganaka nzete mpe elobaka: ‹ Natikala komona yo te! ›
If someone is devoured right beside him, he will deny him and will say: “I do not know you.”
19 Ndenge wana nde suka na yango ekozala; mpe banzete mosusu ekobota kaka na mabele wana.
For this is the benefit of his way, that others in turn may spring up from the earth.
20 Solo, Nzambe abwakaka te bato ya sembo, mpe alendisaka te maboko ya bato mabe.
God will not discard the simple, nor will he extend his hand to the spiteful,
21 Nzokande, akotondisa monoko na yo na koseka, mpe bibebu na yo na banzembo ya esengo.
even until your mouth is filled with laughter and your lips with rejoicing.
22 Banguna na yo bakotondisama na soni, mpe bandako ya bato mabe ekozala lisusu te. »
Those who hate you, will be clothed with confusion, and the tabernacle of the impious will not continue.
