Yobo 12
1 Yobo azongisaki:
And Job answered and said,
2 « Solo, bozali penza bato; tango bokokufa, bwanya mpe ekokufa elongo na bino!
No doubt but ye [are] the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
3 Kasi atako bongo, ngai mpe nazali mayele lokola bino, boleki ngai na eloko te. Nani ayebi te makambo wana nyonso?
But I have understanding as well as you; I [am] not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
4 Nakomi eloko ya kotiola na miso ya baninga na ngai, ngai oyo nazali kobelela Nzambe mpo ete ayanola ngai; moto ya sembo, moto ya alima, ye nde akomi eloko ya kotiola!
I am [as] one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright [man is] laughed to scorn.
5 Bato ya esengo basekaka bato oyo bazali na pasi, babetaka bato oyo batepaka-tepaka kisambeti.
He that is ready to slip with [his] feet [is as] a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
6 Bandako ya bato ya mobulu ezalaka na kimia, mpe bato oyo batombokelaka Nzambe, oyo bamonaka makasi na bango lokola Nzambe, bango nde babatelamaka.
The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth [abundantly].
7 Kasi tuna nyama ya zamba, ekoteya yo; tuna ndeke ya likolo, ekolakisa yo;
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
8 loba na mabele, ekoteya yo; to tika ete mbisi ya ebale monene epesa yo sango.
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
9 Kati na yango, ekelamu nini eyebi te ete loboko ya Yawe nde esalaki nyonso wana?
Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?
10 Bomoi ya bikelamu nyonso mpe pema ya bato nyonso ezali kati na loboko na Ye.
In whose hand [is] the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
11 Boni, litoyi emekaka maloba te ndenge lolemo emekaka bilei?
Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
12 Bwanya ezalaka kati na bampaka te? Bomoi ya molayi epesaka mayele te?
With the ancient [is] wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
13 Bwanya mpe makasi ezali epai ya Nzambe, toli mpe mayele ezali ya Ye.
With him [is] wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.
14 Bakokoka te kotonga lisusu oyo Ye asili kobebisa, bakokoka kokangola te moto oyo Ye asili kokanga.
Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
15 Soki akangi mayi, bokawuki ekotaka; kasi soki afungoli yango, mokili ezindaka.
Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
16 Makasi mpe elonga ezali ya Ye; moto oyo basili kokosa mpe moto oyo akosi, bango mibale bazali ya Ye.
With him [is] strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver [are] his.
17 Amemaka bapesi toli na bowumbu mpe akomisaka basambisi bato ya maboma;
He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.
18 afungolaka minyololo ya bakonzi mpe akangaka liputa na baloketo na bango;
He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
19 amemaka Banganga-Nzambe na bowumbu mpe akweyisaka bato oyo bavanda kala na bokonzi;
He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
20 akangaka minoko ya bato oyo balobaka malamu, alongolaka mikolo bososoli;
He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.
21 asopelaka bakonzi soni, abotolaka bibundeli ya bato ya makasi;
He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.
22 abimisaka na pwasa, makambo ya sekele, makambo oyo ezali kati na molili, mpe abimisaka na pole bililingi oyo eleki mwindo;
He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
23 atombolaka bikolo mpe abebisaka yango, akomisaka minene mindelo ya bikolo mpe apanzaka yango;
He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them [again].
24 alongolaka makanisi ya bakonzi ya bikolo mpe asalaka ete batambola kati na bisobe oyo ezanga nzela
He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness [where there is] no way.
25 mpo ete batepatepa kati na molili, na kozanga pole; mpe asalaka ete batepatepa lokola moto alangwe masanga.
They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like [a] drunken [man].
