Nehemiah 9
1 Now in the twenty-fourth day of this month the sons of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackcloth, and earth upon them.
Kaka na sanza wana, na mokolo ya tuku mibale na minei, bana ya Isalaele basanganaki mpo na kokila bilei; balataki basaki mpe bamipakolaki putulu na mito.
2 And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
Bato nyonso oyo babotama na molongo ya bana ya Isalaele bakabwanaki na bapaya nyonso; batelemaki mpo na kotubela masumu na bango mpe bambeba ya batata na bango.
3 And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of Jehovah their God a fourth part of the day, and another fourth part they confessed, and worshiped Jehovah their God.
Batelemaki na esika oyo bazalaki, mpe buku ya Mobeko ya Yawe, Nzambe na bango, etangamaki ngonga misato; mpe ngonga misato mosusu, bafukamaki liboso ya Yawe, Nzambe na bango, mpo na kotubela masumu na bango.
4 Then Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, stood up upon the stairs of the Levites, and cried with a loud voice to Jehovah their God.
Jozue, Buni, Kadimieli, Shebania, Bani, Sherebia mpe Kenani bamataki na etemelo ya kolobela oyo basalaki mpo na Balevi mpe babelelaki Yawe, Nzambe na bango na mongongo makasi.
5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless Jehovah your God from everlasting to everlasting. And blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.
Bongo Balevi oyo: Jozue, Kadimieli, Bani, Ashabinia, Sherebia, Odia, Shebania mpe Petaya balobaki: — Botelema mpe bokumisa Yawe, Nzambe na bino, mpo na seko na seko: « Tika ete Kombo na Yo ya nkembo epambolama mpe enetolama likolo ya nkembo mpe lokumu nyonso.
6 Thou are Jehovah, even thou alone, thou have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all things that are on it, the seas and all that is in them, and thou preserve them all. And the host of heaven worships thee.
Ezali Yo, bobele Yo, nde ozali Yawe! Okela Likolo, Likolo oyo eleki Likolo mpe mampinga nyonso ya Likolo; okela lisusu mabele mpe nyonso oyo ezali kati na yango, bibale minene mpe nyonso oyo ezali kati na yango; opesaka bomoi na bikelamu nyonso, mpe mampinga ya Likolo egumbamaka liboso na Yo.
7 Thou are Jehovah, the God who chose Abram, and brought him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gave him the name of Abraham,
Ezali Yo, Yawe Nzambe, nde oponaki Abrami mpe obimisaki ye longwa na Uri, mokili ya Chalide, mpe opesaki ye kombo Abrayami.
8 and found his heart faithful before thee, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give it to his seed, and have performed thy words, for thou are righteous.
Omonaki ete motema na ye ezali na boyengebene epai na Yo mpe osalaki boyokani elongo na ye mpo na kopesa na bakitani na ye mokili ya bato ya Kanana, ya bato ya Iti, ya bato ya Amori, ya bato ya Perizi, ya bato ya Yebusi mpe ya bato ya Girigazi. Okokisaki elaka na Yo, pamba te ozali Sembo.
9 And thou saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heard their cry by the Red Sea,
Omonaki minyoko ya bakoko na biso kati na Ejipito mpe oyokaki koganga na bango pembeni ya ebale monene ya Barozo.
10 and showed signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land, for thou knew that they dealt proudly against them, and got thee a name, as it is this day.
Osalaki bilembo minene mpe bikamwa mpo na kotelemela Faraon, bakalaka na ye nyonso mpe bato nyonso ya mokili na ye; pamba te oyebaki kanza ya mitema ya bato ya Ejipito mpe ndenge banyokolaki bakoko na biso. Boye osalaki ete sango ya Kombo na Yo ekende mosika ndenge ezali kino na mokolo ya lelo.
11 And thou divided the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land. And thou cast their pursuers into the depths as a stone into the mighty waters.
Okabolaki ebale monene liboso na bango, mpe batambolaki kati na ebale yango lokola na mabele ya kokawuka. Kasi ozindisaki lokola libanga monene kati na mozindo ya mayi makasi, bato oyo bazalaki kolanda bango.
12 Moreover in a pillar of cloud thou led them by day, and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light in the way in which they should go.
Otambolisaki bango, na moyi, na nzela ya likonzi ya mapata, mpe, na butu, na nzela ya likonzi ya moto mpo na kongengisa nzela oyo basengelaki kotambola.
13 Thou also came down upon mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gave them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments,
Okitaki na ngomba Sinai, olobaki na bango wuta na likolo mpe opesaki bango malako, mibeko ya solo mpe ya alima, mitindo mpe bikateli malamu.
14 and made known to them thy holy sabbath, and commanded them commandments, and statutes, and a law, by Moses thy servant.
Olakisaki bango Saba na Yo ya bule mpe opesaki bango mitindo, bikateli mpe mibeko na nzela ya Moyize, mosali na Yo.
15 And thou gave them bread from heaven for their hunger, and brought forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and commanded them that they should go in to possess the land which thou had sworn to give them.
Tango bazalaki na nzala, opesaki bango bilei wuta na likolo; mpe tango bazalaki na posa ya mayi, obimiselaki bango mayi wuta na libanga. Olobaki na bango ete bakende kobotola mokili oyo, na nzela ya ndayi, olakaki kopesa bango.
16 But they and our fathers dealt proudly and stiffened their neck, and did not hearken to thy commandments,
Kasi bango, bakoko na biso, bakomaki lolendo mpe mito makasi, batosaki mibeko na Yo te.
17 and refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou did among them, but stiffened their neck. And in their rebellion they appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But thou are a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and did not forsake them.
Baboyaki koyoka mpe kokanisa bikamwa oyo osalaki mpo na bolamu na bango. Bakomaki mito makasi mpe, na botomboki na bango, bamiponelaki mokonzi mpo na kozonga na bowumbu na bango. Kasi lokola ozali Nzambe oyo alimbisaka bato, Nzambe oyo atalisaka ngolu mpe ayokaka mawa; lokola osilikaka noki te mpe otonda na boboto, otikalaki kosundola bango ata moke te,
18 Yea, when they had made a molten calf for them, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations,
ezala tango bamisalelaki ekeko ya mwana ngombe ya ebende oyo banyangwisa na moto mpe balobaki: ‹ Tala Nzambe na yo, oyo abimisaki yo na Ejipito! › mpe tango balobaki maloba ya nkele mpo na kotelemela Yo.
19 yet thou in thy manifold mercies did not forsake them in the wilderness. The pillar of cloud did not depart from over them by day to lead them in the way, neither the pillar of fire by night to show them light, and the way in which they should go.
Mpo na mawa monene na Yo, otikalaki kosundola bango te na esobe: likonzi ya mapata etikaki bango te, ekobaki kotambolisa bango na nzela na bango, na moyi; mpe na butu, likonzi ya moto etikaki te kongengisa nzela oyo basengelaki kolanda.
20 Thou also gave thy good Spirit to instruct them, and did not withhold thy manna from their mouth, and gave them water for their thirst.
Opesaki bango Molimo malamu na Yo mpo na kopesa bango bososoli. Opimelaki bango te mana na Yo, oyo bazalaki kolia, mpe opesaki bango mayi ya komela tango bazalaki na posa ya mayi.
21 Yea, forty years thou sustained them in the wilderness, and they lacked nothing; their clothes did not grow old, and their feet did not swell.
Mibu tuku minei, okokisaki posa na bango nyonso kati na esobe; bazangaki eloko moko te, bilamba na bango etikalaki kokufa te, mpe makolo na bango etikalaki kovimba te.
22 Moreover thou gave them kingdoms and peoples, which thou allotted after their portions. So they possessed the land of Sihon, even the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.
Okabaki mikili mpe bikolo na maboko na bango mpo ete bazwa bituka na bango kino na bandelo na yango. Babotolaki mokili ya Sikoni, mokonzi ya Eshiboni, mpe mokili ya Ogi, mokonzi ya Bashani.
23 Their sons thou also multiplied as the stars of heaven, and brought them into the land concerning which thou said to their fathers that they should go in to possess it.
Okomisaki bana na bango ya mibali ebele lokola minzoto ya likolo mpe omemaki bango kino kati na mokili oyo opeselaki bakoko na bango mitindo ete bakende kobotola yango.
24 So the sons went in and possessed the land. And thou subdued the inhabitants of the land before them, the Canaanites, and gave them into their hands, with their kings, and the peoples of the land, that they might do with them as they would.
Bana na bango ya mibali bakotaki mpe babotolaki mokili yango. Otiaki na se ya bokonzi na bango, bato ya Kanana oyo bazalaki kovanda kuna; okabaki bato ya Kanana elongo na bakonzi na bango na maboko ya bana ya Isalaele mpo ete basala bato ya Kanana ndenge balingi.
25 And they took fortified cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all good things, cisterns hewn out, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.
Babotolaki bingumba batonga makasi mpe mabele oyo ebotaka malamu. Babotolaki bandako etonda na biloko ya ndenge na ndenge, mabulu ya mayi batimola wuta kala, bilanga ya vino, ya nzete ya olive mpe ya nzete mosusu ebele oyo ebotaka mbuma ya kolia. Na bolingo monene na Yo, baliaki mpe batondaki, bakomaki minene mpe basepelaki na mapamboli na Yo nyonso.
26 Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their back, and killed thy prophets who testified against them to turn them again to thee, and they wrought great provocations.
Kasi batosaki Yo te mpe batombokelaki Yo, bapesaki Mibeko na Yo mokongo, babomaki basakoli na Yo, oyo bazalaki koteya bango ete bazonga epai na Yo, mpe batiolaki Yo makasi na maloba na bango.
27 Therefore thou delivered them into the hand of their adversaries, who distressed them. And in the time of their trouble, when they cried to thee, thou heard from heaven, and according to thy manifold mercies thou gave them saviors who saved them out of the hand of their adversaries.
Boye okabaki bango na maboko ya banguna na bango, oyo banyokolaki bango. Kasi tango bakomaki na pasi makasi, babelelaki Yo; mpe Yo, wuta na likolo, oyokaki bango; bongo na mawa monene na Yo, otindelaki bango bakangoli oyo bakangolaki bango na maboko ya banguna na bango.
28 But after they had rest, they again did evil before thee. Therefore thou left them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them. Yet when they returned, and cried to thee, thou heard from heaven, and many times thou delivered them according to thy mercies,
Kasi tango kaka bakomaki na kimia, bazongelaki lisusu kosala mabe na miso na Yo! Mpe Yo, osundolaki bango na maboko ya banguna na bango, oyo bakomaki kokonza bango. Kasi tango babelelaki Yo lisusu, oyokaki bango wuta na likolo mpe, na mawa monene na Yo, okangolaki bango mbala mingi.
29 and testified against them, that thou might bring them again to thy law. Yet they dealt proudly, and did not hearken to thy commandments, but sinned against thine ordinances (which if a man does, he shall live in them), and withdrew the shoulder, and stiffened their neck, and would not hear.
Okebisaki bango mpo ete bazongela Mibeko na Yo; kasi, na lolendo na bango, baboyaki kotosa mitindo na Yo. Basalaki masumu, babukaki mibeko na Yo, oyo nzokande esalaka ete moto oyo akotia yango na misala azala na bomoi. Kasi na lolendo mpe na botomboki na bango, bapesaki Yo mokongo, bakomaki mito makasi mpe baboyaki koyoka.
30 Yet many years thou bore with them, and testified against them by thy Spirit through thy prophets. Yet they would not give ear. Therefore thou gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.
Ozalaki na motema monene liboso na bango wuta mibu ebele mpe, na nzela ya Molimo na Yo, okebisaki bango na nzela ya basakoli na Yo. Kasi bayokaki kaka te. Boye okabaki bango na maboko ya bikolo ya bapaya.
31 Nevertheless in thy manifold mercies thou did not make a full end of them, nor forsake them, for thou are a gracious and merciful God.
Kasi na mawa monene na Yo, osilisaki bango te na koboma mpe osundolaki bango te; pamba te ozali Nzambe otonda na mawa mpe na ngolu.
32 Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness, let not all the travail seem little before thee, that has come upon us, on our kings, on our rulers, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria to this day.
Sik’oyo, Oh Nzambe na biso, Nzambe Monene, Nzambe na nguya mpe ya somo, Yo oyo obatelaka boyokani mpe bolingo na Yo, komona te lokola likambo ya pamba na miso na Yo pasi oyo ekomeli biso, bakonzi na biso, bakambi na biso, Banganga-Nzambe na biso, basakoli na biso, batata na biso mpe bato na Yo nyonso, wuta na tango ya bakonzi ya Asiri kino na mokolo ya lelo.
33 However thou are just in all that has come upon us, for thou have dealt truly, but we have done wickedly,
Kati na makambo nyonso oyo ekweyelaki biso, ozalaki sembo; mpe osalaki na boyengebene, wana biso totambolaki mabe.
34 neither have our kings, our rulers, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened to thy commandments and thy testimonies with which thou testified against them.
Bakonzi na biso, bakambi na biso, Banganga-Nzambe na biso mpe batata na biso batiaki Mibeko na Yo na mosala te, batosaki te mitindo mpe makebisi na Yo, oyo ozalaki kopesa bango.
35 For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gave them, and in the large and fat land which thou gave before them, neither did they turn from their wicked works.
Ezala wana bazalaki kati na mokili na bango, wana bazalaki kosepela mpo na bolamu oyo ozalaki kotalisa bango kati na mokili monene oyo mabele na yango ebotaka malamu, basalelaki Yo te mpe batikaki te banzela mabe na bango.
36 Behold, we are servants this day, and as for the land that thou gave to our fathers to eat the fruit of it and the good of it, behold, we are servants in it.
Kasi tala, tozali lelo bawumbu! Tozali penza bawumbu kati na mokili oyo opesaki na bakoko na biso mpo ete balia mbuma na yango mpe biloko mosusu ya kitoko oyo ebimaka kuna!
37 And it yields much increase to the kings whom thou have set over us because of our sins. Also they have power over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.
Mpo na masumu na biso, ebele ya mbuma na yango ekeyi na maboko ya bakonzi oyo otiaki na makasi mpo ete banyokola biso. Bazali kokonza banzoto na biso mpe bibwele na biso ndenge balingi. Tokomi na pasi makasi. »
38 And yet for all this we make a sure covenant, and write it, and our rulers, our Levites, and our priests, seal to it.
Mpo na makambo oyo nyonso, tozali kozwa mokano oyo tozali kokoma na mokanda; mpe bakambi na biso, Balevi na biso mpe Banganga-Nzambe na biso bakotia mikoloto na bango na mokanda yango.
