Isaiah 46
1 Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. Their idols weigh down beasts and cattle. The images you carry are burdensome, a load to the weary animal.
Tala banzambe ya Babiloni: Beli esili ngala, Nebo ekweyi; bikeko na yango etiami likolo ya banyama, likolo ya bibwele! Bikeko oyo bomemaka ezali kilo makasi, ezali mokumba oyo elembisaka banyama.
2 The gods cower; they crouch together, unable to relieve the burden; but they themselves go into captivity.
Banzambe yango ya bikeko egumbami mpe ekweyi nzela moko, ezali na makoki te ya kobikisa mokumba na yango, pamba te ekeyi na bowumbu.
3 “Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been sustained from the womb, carried along since birth.
Oh ndako ya Jakobi, boyoka Ngai, mpe bino nyonso, batikali ya libota ya Isalaele, bino oyo nandima kobatela wuta na libumu ya mama mpe nandima komema mokumba wuta mbotama na bino.
4 Even to your old age, I will be the same, and I will bear you up when you turn gray. I have made you, and I will carry you; I will sustain you and deliver you.
Ezala tango bokotonda na suki ya pembe mpe bokokoma mibange, Ngai nakobongwana te, nakosunga bino kaka; Ngai nde nasalaki bino, nakomema mokumba na bino, nakosunga bino mpe nakobikisa bino.
5 To whom will you liken Me or count Me equal? To whom will you compare Me, that we should be alike?
Bolingi kokokanisa Ngai to kotia Ngai esika moko na nani? Bolingi solo kokokanisa Ngai na nani mpo ete amekana na Ngai?
6 They pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales; they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god, so they can bow down and worship.
Bazali bato oyo babimisaka wolo na mabenga na bango mpe bamekaka kilo ya palata na emekelo; bafutaka mosolo epai ya mosali bikeko na bibende mpo ete asalela bango nzambe ya ekeko ya wolo mpe ya palata, mpo ete bafukamela mpe bagumbamela yango.
7 They lift it to their shoulder and carry it along; they set it in its place, and there it stands, not budging from that spot. They cry out to it, but it does not answer; it saves no one from his troubles.
Batiaka yango na mapeka mpe bamemaka yango, batelemisaka yango na esika na yango mpe etikalaka ya kotelema kaka wana. Wuta na esika na yango, ekoningana te. Ata soki moto moko abeleli yango, ekoyanola te, ekobikisa ye te na tango ya pasi.
8 Remember this and be brave; take it to heart, you transgressors!
Bokanisa yango lisusu, mpo bososola malamu; bino batomboki, bozongisa yango lisusu na mitema na bino!
9 Remember what happened long ago, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me.
Bokanisa lisusu makambo ya liboso, makambo oyo ya kala penza; solo, Ngai nazali Nzambe, mpe mosusu azali te, nazali Nzambe, moko te akokani na Ngai.
10 I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’
Nasakolaki makambo ya suka na ebandeli; wuta kala penza, nasakolaki makambo oyo ekoya. Nalobaki: « Mabongisi na Ngai ekolongisama, mpe nakosala nyonso oyo nasepeli kosala. »
11 I summon a bird of prey from the east, a man for My purpose from a far-off land. Truly I have spoken, and truly I will bring it to pass. I have planned it, and I will surely do it.
Wuta na este, nabengi ndeke oyo eliaka misuni; longwa na mokili ya mosika, moto oyo akokokisa mabongisi na Ngai. Makambo oyo nalobaki, yango nde ekokokisama; oyo nabongisaki, yango nde ekosalema.
12 Listen to Me, you stubborn people, far removed from righteousness:
Boyoka Ngai, bino bato ya mitema makasi, bino bato oyo bozali mosika ya bosembo!
13 I am bringing My righteousness near; it is not far away, and My salvation will not be delayed. I will grant salvation to Zion and adorn Israel with My splendor.
Bosembo na Ngai ekomi pene, ezali lisusu mosika te; mpe lobiko na Ngai ekowumela te. Nakopesa lobiko epai na Siona, mpe nkembo na Ngai, epai na Isalaele.
