Zephaniah 2
1 Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation that has no shame;
Oh ekolo oyo eyokaka soni te, bosangana nanu bino nyonso mpe bokanisa malamu
2 before the decree bring forth, before the day passes as the chaff, before the fierce anger of Jehovah comes upon you, before the day of Jehovah's anger comes upon you.
liboso ete mokolo oyo ekatama mpo na kosambisama ekoka, liboso ete mokolo yango eleka lokola matiti ya loso oyo mopepe ememi, mpe liboso ete kanda mpe kotomboka ya Yawe ekomela bino!
3 Seek ye Jehovah, all ye meek of the earth who have kept his ordinances. Seek righteousness, seek meekness. It may be ye will be hid in the day of Jehovah's anger.
Boluka Yawe, bino bato nyonso ya komikitisa kati na mokili, bino oyo bokokisaka mitindo na Ye! Boluka kotambola na bosembo mpe na komikitisa! Tango mosusu bokobika na mokolo ya kanda ya Yawe.
4 For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation. They shall drive out Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron shall be rooted up.
Bakosundola engumba Gaza, bongo engumba Ashikeloni ekobebisama; bakobengana bato ya engumba Asidodi na makasi mpe bakopikola engumba Ekroni.
5 Woe to the inhabitants of the seacoast, the nation of the Cherethites! The word of Jehovah is against you, O Canaan, the land of the Philistines. I will destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.
Mawa na bino bavandi ya etuka oyo ezali pembeni ya ebale monene, bino bato ya Kereti! Pamba te Liloba na Yawe etelemeli bino: « Kanana, mokili ya bato ya Filisitia, nakobebisa yo, mpe moto ata moko te akotikala kati na yo. »
6 And the seacoast shall be pastures, with cottages for shepherds and folds for flocks.
Etuka oyo ezali pembeni ya ebale monene, epai wapi bato ya Kreti bavandaka, ekokoma esika ya babateli bibwele mpe lopango ya kobokola bibwele.
7 And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah. They shall feed their flocks upon it. In the houses of Ashkelon they shall lie down in the evening. For Jehovah their God will visit them, and bring back their captivity.
Ekokoma etuka ya batikali ya libota ya Yuda; bakokuta kuna bisika ya kobokola bibwele na bango. Pokwa nyonso, bakolala na bandako ya Ashikeloni, pamba te Yawe, Nzambe na bango, akobatela bango, akobongisa lisusu bomoi ya bato na bango, oyo bakowuta na bowumbu.
8 I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the sons of Ammon, with which they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.
« Nayokaki bato ya Moabi kofinga bato na Ngai mpe ndenge bato ya Amoni bazalaki kotiola mpe koluka kobotola mabele na bango.
9 Therefore as I live, says Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the sons of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and salt pits, and a perpetual desolation. The residue of my people shall make a prey of them, and the remnant of my nation shall inherit them.
Yango wana, na Kombo na Ngai, » elobi Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, Nzambe ya Isalaele, « Moabi ekokoma penza lokola Sodome, mpe bato ya Amoni bakokoma lokola Gomore; ekokoma esika oyo ebotaka matiti mabe, esika ya mabulu ya mungwa, esika ebebisama mpo na libela. Batikali na Ngai bakobotola bango bomengo na makasi, mpe batikali ya ekolo na Ngai bakozwa mikili yango lokola libula. »
10 They shall have this for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of Jehovah of hosts.
Wana nde lifuti oyo bakozwa mpo na lolendo na bango, pamba te bafingaki mpe batiolaki bato ya Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga.
11 Jehovah will be terrible to them, for he will famish all the gods of the earth. And men shall worship him, everyone from his place, even all the isles of the nations.
Yawe akoyokisa bango somo tango akobebisa banzambe ya bikeko nyonso ya mabele. Bato ya bikolo nyonso bakogumbamela Ye na bisika nyonso, moto na moto na esika oyo akozala kati na mokili na ye.
12 Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.
Bino mpe bato ya Kushi bokokufa na mopanga na ngai.
13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria, and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like the wilderness.
Akosembola loboko na Ye mpo na kobundisa etuka ya nor, akobebisa Asiri akobebisa penza Ninive mobimba mpe akokawusa yango lokola esobe.
14 And herds shall lie down in the midst of her. All the beasts of the nations, both the pelican and the porcupine shall lodge in the capitals of it. Their voice shall sing in the windows. Desolation shall be in the thresholds. For he has laid bare the cedar work.
Ekokoma esika oyo bitonga mpe banyama ya ndenge na ndenge ekokoma kolala. Esulungutu mpe kombekombe ekokoma kolekisa butu na yango na basonge ya bandako na yango. Kolela na yango ekoyokana kino na maninisa, libebi na libebi nde ekomonana na bikotelo ya bandako, mpe mabaya ya banzete ya sedele ekotikala polele.
15 This is the joyous city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none besides me. How she has become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! Everyone who passes by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.
Tala ndenge ekosuka, engumba oyo ya bisengo, oyo ezalaki na kimia koleka mpe ezalaki komilobela: « Ezali nde ngai, mosusu azali te soki ngai te. » Ndenge nini engumba oyo ebebisami, ndenge nini ekomi penza ndako ya banyama! Bato nyonso oyo bakolekela wana bakobeta piololo mpe koningisa mito.
