Yobo 35
1 Bongo Eliwu alobaki:
Moreover Elihu continued, saying,
2 « Boni, okanisi ete yango ezali sembo? Olobi: ‹ Nazali sembo liboso ya Nzambe. ›
“Do you think this is just when you say, 'My right before God'?
3 Nzokande, ozali koloba: ‹ Nakozwa nini, litomba nini nakozwa soki nasali masumu te? ›
For you ask, 'What use is it to me?' and, 'Would I be better off if I had sinned?'
4 Nalingi kopesa yo eyano, yo elongo na baninga na yo.
I will answer you, both you and your friends.
5 Tombola miso na likolo mpe tala; mona ndenge mapata ezali likolo na yo.
Look up at the sky, and see it; see the sky, which is higher than you.
6 Soki osali masumu, ekosala Nzambe nini? Soki masumu na yo ezali ebele, ekosala Ye nini?
If you have sinned, what harm do you do to God? If your transgressions pile up high, what do you do to him?
7 Soki ozali sembo, okopesa Ye nini to akozwa nini na loboko na yo?
If you are righteous, what can you give to him? What will he receive from your hand?
8 Mabe na yo ekokomela kaka bazalani na yo, bosembo na yo ezali na litomba kaka epai ya bana na bato.
Your wickedness may hurt a man, as you are a man, and your righteousness might benefit another son of man.
9 Bato bazali kolela na se ya mokumba ya minyoko, bazali koganga na se ya motema makasi ya bato minene.
Because of many acts of oppression, people cry out; they call for help from the arms of mighty men.
10 Kasi moto moko te azali koloba: ‹ Nzambe Mokeli na ngai, Ye oyo apesaka banzembo ya esengo na butu,
But no one says, 'Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,
11 Ye oyo ateyaka biso koleka banyama ya mokili mpe akomisaka biso mayele koleka bandeke ya likolo, azali wapi? ›
who teaches us more than he teaches the beasts of the earth, and who makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?'
12 Ata bagangi, Nzambe akoyanola te, mpo na lolendo ya bato mabe.
There they cry out, but God gives no answer because of the pride of evil men.
13 Pamba te, Nzambe ayokaka te maloba na bango ya pamba, Nkolo-Na-Nguya-Nyonso azalaka ata na bokebi na yango te.
God will certainly not hear a foolish cry; the Almighty will pay no attention to it.
14 Nzokande, yo ozali komeka koloba ete ozali komona Ye te, ete ozwi nanu eyano te na kolela na yo epai na Ye.
How much less will he answer you if you say that you do not see him, that your case is before him, and that you are waiting for him!
15 Mpe sik’oyo, soki kanda ya Nzambe eyei nanu likolo na yo te mpe soki Ye azali nanu kobosana maloba na yo ya soni,
Now you say that his anger does not punish, and he does not take even a litte notice of transgression.
16 elingi koloba ete yo, Yobo, ofungoli monoko na yo kaka na pamba mpe otondisi yango na maloba ya bozoba. »
So Job opens his mouth only to speak foolishness; he piles up words without knowledge.”
