Isaiah 31
1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they look not to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek Jehovah!
Mawa na bato oyo bazali kokende na Ejipito mpo na koluka lisungi, oyo bazali kotia mitema na bampunda, oyo bazali kotia elikya na bashar mpo ete ezali ebele, mpe na nguya ya basoda oyo batambolisaka yango, kasi batalelaka Mosantu ya Isalaele te mpe balukaka lisungi epai na Yawe te!
2 Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of those who work iniquity.
Nzokande, Ye mpe azali na bwanya mpe akoki koyeisa pasi; abongolaka maloba na Ye te. Atelemelaka ndako ya bato mabe mpe bato oyo basungaka bango.
3 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God, and their horses flesh, and not spirit. And when Jehovah shall stretch out his hand, both he who helps shall stumble, and he who is helped shall fall, and they shall all be consumed together.
Bato ya Ejipito bazali kaka bato, kasi bazali Nzambe te, bampunda na bango ezali kaka mosuni, kasi ezali molimo te. Tango Yawe akosembola loboko na Ye, ye oyo asungaka akobeta libaku, mpe ye oyo bazali kosunga akokweya; bongo, bango mibale bakobebisama.
4 For thus says Jehovah to me, As the lion and the young lion growling over his prey, even if a multitude of shepherds are called forth against him, he will not be dismayed at their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them, so Jehovah of hosts will come down to fight upon mount Zion, and upon the hill of it.
Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi na ngai: « Ndenge nkosi to mwana nkosi egangaka liboso ya mosuni na yango, ata lisanga monene ya babateli bibwele basangani mpo na kotelemela yango, ezalaka na somo ya makelele na bango te mpe ezongaka sima te na mangungu na bango, ndenge wana mpe Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, akokita na ngomba Siona mpe na ngomba na yango ya moke mpo na kobunda.
5 As birds hovering, so Jehovah of hosts will protect Jerusalem. He will protect and deliver. He will pass over and preserve.
Ndenge ndeke efungolaka mapapu na yango, ndenge wana mpe Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, akobatela Yelusalemi, akobatela mpe akokangola, akobikisa yango na likama mpe akosunga yango. »
6 Turn ye to him from whom ye have deeply revolted, O sons of Israel.
Oh bana ya Isalaele, bozonga epai na Ye oyo botombokeli makasi!
7 For in that day they shall cast away every man his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made to you for a sin.
Na mokolo wana, moko na moko kati na bino akobwaka banzambe na ye ya bikeko ya palata mpe ya wolo oyo bosalaki na maboko na bino ya masumu.
8 And the Assyrian shall fall by the sword, not of man, and the sword, not of men, shall devour him. But he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall become subject to task work.
« Mokili ya Asiri ekokweyisama na mopanga ya moto ya mokili oyo te, ekobebisama na mopanga ya moto te. Bato ya Asiri bakokima liboso ya mopanga, mpe basoda na bango ya bilenge bakokoma kosala misala ya makasi.
9 And his rock shall pass away because of terror, and his rulers shall be dismayed at the ensign, says Jehovah, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.
Libanga na bango ya makasi ekolimwa na somo; mpe bakambi na bango bakolenga na somo na komona bendele ya etumba, » elobi Yawe oyo moto na Ye ezali kati na Siona mpe fulu ya moto na Ye ezali kati na Yelusalemi.
