Isaiah 9
1 Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those in distress. In the past He humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future He will honor the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations:
Nzokande, molili ekozala lisusu te mpo na bato oyo bazalaki na pasi. Na tango ya kala, Nzambe asambwisaki mokili ya Zabuloni mpe ya Nefitali; kasi na mikolo oyo ekoya, Nzambe akopesa lokumu na Galile ya bapagano, na nzela ya ebale monene, na ngambo mosusu ya Yordani.
2 The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.
Bato oyo bazalaki kotambola kati na molili bamoni pole makasi; ba-oyo bazalaki kovanda kati na mokili ya bakufi, pole engengeli bango.
3 You have enlarged the nation and increased its joy. The people rejoice before You as they rejoice at harvest time, as men rejoice in dividing the plunder.
Okomisaki bango ekolo monene, obakisaki esengo na bango. Bazali kosepela liboso na Yo ndenge basepelaka tango babukaka milona, ndenge mibali basepelaka tango bakabolaka bomengo ya bitumba.
4 For as in the day of Midian You have shattered the yoke of their burden, the bar across their shoulders, and the rod of their oppressor.
Pamba te ekangiseli oyo ezalaki na likolo na bango, nzete oyo ezalaki na mapeka na bango mpe fimbu oyo na nzela na yango bazalaki konyokola bango, Yo, obukaki yango lokola na mokolo ya kokweya ya Madiani.
5 For every trampling boot of battle and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire.
Basapato nyonso ya basoda oyo lokito na yango eningisaka mabele, mpe bilamba nyonso oyo etondaki na makila, ekobwakama na moto mpo ete ezika makasi.
6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Pamba te mwana mobali moko abotami mpo na biso, mwana mobali moko apesameli biso, mpe bokonzi ezali na likolo ya mapeka na ye; bakobenga ye: Mosungi ya kokamwa, Nzambe ya nguya, Tata ya seko, Mokonzi ya kimia.
7 Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.
Bokonzi na ye ekokende mosika penza, mpe kimia na ye ekozala na suka te. Akovanda na kiti ya bokonzi ya Davidi, akozala mokonzi ya mokili na ye, akolendisa mpe akokamba yango na bosembo mpe na boyengebene, wuta na tango oyo kino libela na libela. Yango nde makambo oyo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, akosala na bolingo makasi na Ye.
8 The Lord has sent a message against Jacob, and it has fallen upon Israel.
Nkolo atindaki liloba mpo na kotelemela Jakobi, mpe liloba yango ekomeli Isalaele.
9 All the people will know it— Ephraim and the dwellers of Samaria. With pride and arrogance of heart they will say:
Bato nyonso bakoyeba yango, Efrayimi mpe bavandi ya Samari, oyo balobaka na lofundu mpe na lolendo ya mitema:
10 “The bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with finished stone; the sycamores have been felled, but we will replace them with cedars.”
« Ata babiliki ekweyi, tokotonga lisusu na mabanga bakata; ata bakati banzete ya sikomori, tokotia na esika na yango banzete ya sedele. »
11 The LORD has raised up the foes of Rezin against him and joined his enemies together.
Kasi Yawe alendisaki bayini ya Retsini mpo na kobundisa bango mpe apelisaki mitema ya banguna na bango mpo ete batombokela bango.
12 Aram from the east and Philistia from the west have devoured Israel with open mouths. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
Bato ya Siri na liboso, mpe bato ya Filisitia na sima, bapasolaki Isalaele mpe baliaki ye na lokoso. Kasi atako bongo, kanda ya Yawe ekitaki kaka te, loboko na Ye etikalaki kaka ya kosembolama.
13 But the people did not return to Him who struck them; they did not seek the LORD of Hosts.
Kasi atako bongo, bato bazongaki kaka te epai na Yawe oyo abetaki bango, mpe balukaki te Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga.
14 So the LORD will cut off Israel’s head and tail, both palm branch and reed in a single day.
Yango wana, kaka na mokolo moko, Yawe akokata, kati na Isalaele, moto mpe mokila, lindalala mpe nzete oyo ebotaka na mayi.
15 The head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies.
Bampaka mpe bato ya lokumu, bango nde moto; mpe basakoli ya lokuta, bango nde mokila.
16 For those who guide this people mislead them, and those they mislead are swallowed up.
Bakambi ya bato babungisi bato na bango nzela, mpe bato oyo balandaka bango bakomi kotelengana.
17 Therefore the Lord takes no pleasure in their young men; He has no compassion on their fatherless and widows. For every one of them is godless and wicked, and every mouth speaks folly. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
Yango wana, Nkolo akosepela na bilenge te, akoyokela bana bitike mpe basi bakufisa mibali mawa te, pamba te bango nyonso bazali kotiola Nzambe, bazali kosala mabe, mpe minoko nyonso ezali kobimisa maloba ya bozoba. Kasi atako bongo, kanda ya Yawe ekitaki te, loboko na Ye etikalaki kaka ya kosembolama.
18 For wickedness burns like a fire that consumes the thorns and briers and kindles the forest thickets which roll upward in billows of smoke.
Solo, mabe etumbaka lokola moto oyo ezikisaka basende mpe banzube, ezikisaka bazamba minene mpe ematisaka makonzi ya milinga.
19 By the wrath of the LORD of Hosts the land is scorched, and the people are fuel for the fire. No man even spares his brother.
Na kanda makasi ya Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, mokili eziki na moto, mpe bato bakomi lokola mafuta na moto. Moto moko te akobikisa ndeko na ye.
20 They carve out what is on the right, but they are still hungry; they eat what is on the left, but they are still not satisfied. Each one devours the flesh of his own offspring.
Na ngambo ya loboko ya mobali, bakobotola bato biloko, kasi bato bakozala kaka na nzala; na ngambo ya loboko ya mwasi, bakolia, kasi bato bakotonda kaka te; moko na moko akolia mosuni ya loboko na ye:
21 Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh; together they turn against Judah. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
Manase akolia Efrayimi, mpe Efrayimi akolia Manase; bango mibale bakosangana mpe bakobalukela Yuda. Kasi atako bongo, kanda ya Yawe ekitaki kaka te, loboko na Ye etikalaki kaka ya kosembolama.
