Yobo 1:1-22
1 Kuvua muntu mukuabu mu buloba bua Usa, dîna diende uvua Yobo.*+ Uvua muntu mululame wa muoyo mutoke;*+ uvua utshina Nzambi ne wepuka malu mabi.+
2 Bavua bamulelele bana ba balume muanda mutekete ne bana ba bakaji basatu.
3 Bungi bua bimuna biende buvua bua mikoko 7 000, tumelu 3 000, ngombe 1 000,* mpunda 500,* uvua kabidi ne bena mudimu ba bungi menemene; wakalua muntu munene ku bantu bonso bavua ku Est.
4 Muanende wa balume yonso uvua ulongolola didia dia disanka ku nzubu kuende dituku diende dilongolola.* Bavua babikila bana babu ba bakaji basatu bua kudia ne kunua nabu.
5 Pavua matuku abu onso a didia dia disanka atuangana, Yobo uvua ubabikidisha bua kubajidila. Pashishe, uvua ujuka pa dinda menemene, ulambula milambu ya kuosha+ bua yonso wa kudibu. Bualu Yobo uvua wamba ne: “Pamuapa bana banyi ba balume mbenze mpekatu ne badiule Nzambi mu mioyo yabu.” Ke tshivua Yobo wenza misangu yonso.+
6 Kadi dituku diakalua divua bana ba balume ba Nzambi mulelela*+ babuele bua kuimana kumpala kua Yehowa,+ Satana+ pende wakabuela munkatshi muabu.+
7 Nunku, Yehowa wakakonka Satana ne: “Udi ufumina penyi?” Satana wakandamuna Yehowa ne: “Ndi mfumina ku ditambakana eku ne eku pa buloba, ku diendakanapu eku ne eku.”+
8 Yehowa kuambila Satana ne: “Udi mutangile* muena mudimu wanyi Yobo anyi? Kakuena muntu mukuabu udi bu yeye pa buloba. Mmuntu mululame wa muoyo mutoke,*+ udi utshina Nzambi ne wepuka malu mabi.”
9 Ke Satana kuandamuna Yehowa ne: “Yobo udi utshina Nzambi bua tshianana anyi?+
10 Wewe kuena muele lupangu lua bukubi lumunyunguluke yeye+ ne nzubu wende ne bionso bidiye nabi anyi? Udi mubeneshe mudimu wa bianza biende,+ ne bimuna biende mbitangalake mu buloba.
11 Kadi, bua kushintulula malu, olola tshianza tshiebe ne kuma bionso bidiye nabi, yeye neakudiule bushuwa ku mêsu kuebe.”
12 Pashishe Yehowa wakambila Satana ne: “Tangila! Bintu bionso bidiye nabi bidi mu tshianza tshiebe.* Kadi anu yeye, kumulengi tshianza tshiebe to!” Nunku, Satana wakumbuka kumpala* kua Yehowa.+
13 Nunku, dituku divua bana bende ba balume ne bana bende ba bakaji badia ne banua mvinyo mu nzubu mua tutuabu,+
14 mutuadi wa mukenji wakalua kudi Yobo, wamba ne: “Ngombe ivua idima ne mpunda idia bisonsa ku luseke luayi
15 pavua bena Seba bele mvita ne bayikuate; bakashipa bena mudimu ne muele wa mvita. Anu meme nkayanyi ke uvua mupanduke bua kukumanyisha.”
16 Patshivuaye wakula, mukuabu wakalua, kuambaye ne: “Kapia ka kudi Nzambi* kakakuluka kafuma mu diulu, kutemaku munkatshi mua mikoko ne bena mudimu, ne kakababutula! Anu meme nkayanyi ke uvua mupanduke bua kukumanyisha.”
17 Patshivuaye wakula, mukuabu wakalua, kuambaye ne: “Bena Kasada+ bavua baditapulule mu bisumbu bisatu, kudielabu diakamue mu tumelu, bobu kutukuata; bakashipa bena mudimu ne muele wa mvita. Anu meme nkayanyi ke uvua mupanduke bua kukumanyisha.”
18 Patshivuaye wakula, mukuabu kabidi wakalua, kuambaye ne: “Bana bebe ba balume ne bana bebe ba bakaji bavua badia ne banua mvinyo mu nzubu mua tutuabu.
19 Diakamue tshipepele tshikole tshiakafuma mu tshipela, tshiakatuta ku matumba anayi a nzubu, ke kupukilaye bansonga aba, kubashipaye. Anu meme nkayanyi ke uvua mupanduke bua kukumanyisha.”
20 Ke Yobo kujuka, kupanda bilamba biende, kukosaye nsuki ya ku mutu wende; pashishe kudielaye panshi, yeye kuinama,
21 kuamba ne:
“Ngakapatuka munda mua mamuanyi butaka,Nempingane butaka.+
Yehowa mmufile,+ Yehowa mmunyenge.
Dîna dia Yehowa ditungunuke ne kutumbishibua.”
22 Mu malu onso aa, Yobo kakenza mpekatu anyi kubanda Nzambi ne: udi wenza bualu bubi to.*
Note
^ Anyi “muntu udi kayi mua kubandibua ne mululame.”
^ Diumvuija pamuapa: “Tshidibu baluisha.”
^ Ku mua.: “bisumbu 500 bia ngombe ibidi ibidi.”
^ Ku mua.: “mpunda mikaji.”
^ Anyi “ku nzubu kua yonso wa kudibu pa diende dîba.”
^ Ngakuilu wa mu tshiena Ebelu udi uleja banjelu badi bana ba Nzambi.
^ Ku mua.: “mutume muoyo webe kudi.”
^ Anyi “muntu udi kayi mua kubandibua ne mululame.”
^ Anyi “ku bukokeshi buebe.”
^ Ku mua.: “ku mêsu.”
^ Anyi pamuapa: “Mupenyi.”
^ Anyi “kuela Nzambi bualu bubi nansha bumue pambidi.”
