Hosea 12
1 Ephraim chases the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.
Efrayimi aliaka mopepe; mikolo nyonso, alandaka mopepe ya este; mosala na ye kokosa mpe kosala bato mabe. Asalaka boyokani elongo na Asiri mpe atindaka mafuta ya olive na Ejipito.
2 The LORD also brings a charge against Judah. He will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.
Yawe alingi kosamba na Yuda; akopesa Jakobi etumbu kolanda etamboli na ye mpe akofuta ye kolanda misala na ye.
3 In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.
Na libumu ya mama na bango, akangaki ndeko na ye ya mobali na litambe; tango akomaki mokolo, abundaki na Nzambe.
4 Yes, he struggled with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor; he found Him at Bethel and spoke with Him there —
Abundaki na anjelu mpe alongaki, alelaki mpe asengaki ngolu na ye. Jakobi akutanaki na ye na Beteli, mpe ezali kuna nde asololaki na ye.
5 the LORD is the God of Hosts— the LORD is His name of renown.
Yawe Nzambe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, Kombo na Ye ya lokumu ezali Yawe.
6 But you must return to your God, maintaining love and justice, and always waiting on your God.
Kasi yo, osengeli kozonga epai ya Nzambe na yo; batela bolingo mpe bosembo mpe tia tango nyonso elikya na Nzambe na yo.
7 A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.
Bato ya Kanana basalelaka emekelo kilo ya lokuta, balingaka kaka kokosa.
8 And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.”
Efrayimi alobaka na lolendo nyonso: « Ngai nazali mozwi, nakomi na bozwi mingi. Na mosala na Ngai nyonso, bakotikala komona Ngai na mbeba ata moko te oyo bakoki kobenga lisumu. »
9 But I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt. I will again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed feast.
Nazali Yawe, Nzambe na yo, oyo abimisaki yo wuta na Ejipito; nakosala ete ovanda lisusu na se ya bandako ya kapo lokola na mikolo ya bafeti na yo, oyo ekatama.
10 I spoke through the prophets and multiplied their visions; I gave parables through the prophets.
Nalobaki na nzela ya basakoli, napesaki bango bimoniseli ebele mpe nalobaki na masese na nzela na bango.
11 Is there iniquity in Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars will be heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.
Lokola Galadi etondi na mabe, ekokoma eloko pamba mpo ete bato na yango babonzaki bangombe ya mibali na Giligali; mpe bitumbelo na bango ekobukama mpe ekokoma mipiku ya mabanga kati na banzela ya mikala ya bilanga.
12 Jacob fled to the land of Aram and Israel worked for a wife— for a wife he tended sheep.
Jakobi akimaki na mokili ya Siri; Isalaele asalaki mosala mpo na kozwa mwasi; mpe mpo na kobala mwasi yango, andimaki kokoma mobateli bibwele.
13 But by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.
Yawe asalelaki mosakoli mpo na kobimisa Isalaele wuta na Ejipito, abatelaki ye na nzela ya mosakoli.
14 Ephraim has provoked bitter anger, so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt upon him and repay him for his contempt.
Kasi Efrayimi atumbolaki kanda na Ye makasi, yango wana, Nkolo na ye akotangela ye ngambo ya makila oyo asopaki mpe akofuta ye kolanda mabe na ye.
