Yobo 8
1 Bilidadi, moto ya Shuwa, azwaki maloba mpe alobaki:
And Bildad the Shuhite answers and says:
2 « Kino tango nini okokoba koloba makambo ya boye? Maloba na yo ezali te lokola mopepe makasi?
“Until when do you speak these things? And a strong wind—sayings of your mouth?
3 Boni, Nzambe abukaka mibeko, Nkolo-Na-Nguya-Nyonso abalolaka penza bosembo?
Does God pervert judgment? And does the Mighty One pervert justice?
4 Soki bana na yo basalaki masumu liboso na Ye, apesaki nde bango etumbu mpo na mabe na bango!
If your sons have sinned before Him, And He sends them away, By the hand of their transgression,
5 Kasi yo, soki oluki Nzambe, soki osengi ngolu epai na Nkolo-Na-Nguya-Nyonso,
If you seek for God early, And make supplication to the Mighty,
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] pure and upright, Surely now He wakes for you, And has completed The habitation of your righteousness.
7 Bozwi na yo ya kala ekomonana moke, pamba te bozwi oyo ekoya na sima ekozala monene koleka.
And your beginning has been small, And your latter end is very great.
8 Nabondeli yo, tuna bato oyo baleka liboso, kanisa mpe landela malamu bwanya ya batata na bango,
For inquire, please, of a former generation, And prepare for a search of 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] of yesterday, and we do not know, For our days [are] a shadow on earth.
10 Bato ya kala bakoteya yo, bakoloba na yo, mpe, na bwanya na bango, bakobimisela yo mateya oyo:
Do they not show you—speak to you, And from their heart bring forth words?
11 Boni, nzete ya papirisi ekoki penza kobota na esika oyo ezangi potopoto? Nzete oyo ebotaka na mayi ekoki solo kobota na esika ekawuka?
Does a rush rise without a marsh? A reed increase without water?
12 Ekawukaka liboso ya matiti nyonso, wana makasa na yango ezali nanu mobesu, ata bapikoli yango te.
While it [is] in its budding—uncropped, Even before any herb it withers.
13 Ndenge wana nde ezalaka, bomoi ya bato nyonso oyo babosanaka Nzambe; boye, elikya ya bato mabe ebebaka.
So [are] the paths of all forgetting God, And the hope of the profane perishes,
14 Eloko oyo batielaka motema ekokatana, pamba te elikya na bango ezali lokola ndako ya limpulututu.
Whose confidence is loathsome, And the house of a spider his trust.
15 Ata batieli ndako na bango motema, esimbaka te; Ezala bakangami na yango, esimbaka kaka te.
He leans on his house—and it does not stand, He takes hold on it—and it does not abide.
16 Bazali lokola nzete ya mobesu na tango ya moyi makasi; mandalala na yango ezipaka elanga,
He [is] green before the sun, And over his garden his branch goes out.
17 elingaka misisa na yango zingazinga ya mabanga mpe epasolaka nzela kati na mabanga;
His roots are wrapped by a heap, He looks for a house of stones.
18 kasi soki bapikoli nzete yango na esika na yango, esika yango ewanganaka nzete mpe elobaka: ‹ Natikala komona yo te! ›
If [one] destroys him from his place, Then it has feigned concerning him, I have not seen you!
19 Ndenge wana nde suka na yango ekozala; mpe banzete mosusu ekobota kaka na mabele wana.
Behold, this [is] the joy of His way, And from the dust others spring up.
20 Solo, Nzambe abwakaka te bato ya sembo, mpe alendisaka te maboko ya bato mabe.
Behold, God does not reject the perfect, Nor takes hold on the hand of evildoers.
21 Nzokande, akotondisa monoko na yo na koseka, mpe bibebu na yo na banzembo ya esengo.
While He fills your mouth with laughter, And your lips with shouting,
22 Banguna na yo bakotondisama na soni, mpe bandako ya bato mabe ekozala lisusu te. »
Those hating you put on shame, And the tent of the wicked is not!”
