< Jeremiah 11 >

1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobaki na nzela ya Jeremi:
2 “Listen to the words of this covenant and tell them to the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.
— Boyoka malako ya boyokani oyo, mpe boyebisa yango epai ya bato ya Yuda mpe epai ya bavandi ya Yelusalemi!
3 You must tell them that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Cursed is the man who does not obey the words of this covenant,
Loba na bango: « Tala liloba oyo Yawe, Nzambe ya Isalaele, alobi: Tika ete alakelama mabe, moto oyo akotosa te malako ya boyokani
4 which I commanded your forefathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying, ‘Obey Me, and do everything I command you, and you will be My people, and I will be your God.’
oyo nasalaki elongo na bakoko na bino tango nabimisaki bango na Ejipito, wuta na libulu ya moto oyo balambelaka bibende. » Nalobaki na bango: « Botosa Ngai mpe bosala makambo nyonso oyo nakotinda bino; ezali na nzela wana nde bokozala bato na Ngai mpe Ngai nakozala Nzambe na bino.
5 This was in order to establish the oath I swore to your forefathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is to this day.” “Amen, LORD,” I answered.
Bongo nakokokisa ndayi oyo nalapaki epai ya bakoko na bino ete nakopesa bango mokili oyo ebimisaka miliki mpe mafuta ya nzoyi, mokili oyo bozali na yango lelo. » Nazongisaki: — Solo, Yawe; amen!
6 Then the LORD said to me, “Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying: Hear the words of this covenant and carry them out.
Yawe alobaki na ngai: — Sakola maloba nyonso oyo kati na bingumba ya Yuda mpe na babalabala ya Yelusalemi: « Boyoka malako ya boyokani oyo mpe bosalela yango!
7 For from the time I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt until today, I strongly warned them again and again, saying, ‘Obey My voice.’
Wuta tango nabimisaki bakoko na bino na Ejipito kino na mokolo ya lelo, nazalaki tango na tango kokebisa bango na maloba oyo: ‹ Botosa Ngai! ›
8 Yet they would not obey or incline their ears, but each one followed the stubbornness of his evil heart. So I brought on them all the curses of this covenant I had commanded them to follow but they did not keep.”
Kasi batiaki matoyi mangongi mpe bayokelaki Ngai te. Balandaki kaka makanisi mabe ya mitema na bango. Yango wana, natindelaki bango bilakeli mabe nyonso oyo ezali kati na boyokani oyo natindaki bango ete batosa, kasi bango basalelaki yango te. »
9 And the LORD told me, “There is a conspiracy among the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.
Yawe alobaki na ngai: — Bato ya Yuda mpe bavandi ya Yelusalemi basali likita.
10 They have returned to the sins of their forefathers who refused to obey My words. They have followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken the covenant I made with their fathers.
Bazongeli kosala masumu ya bakoko na bango, oyo baboyaki koyoka maloba na Ngai. Bazali kolanda banzambe mosusu mpo na kosalela yango. Libota ya Yuda mpe libota ya Isalaele babebisi boyokani oyo nasalaki elongo na bakoko na bango.
11 Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to bring upon them a disaster that they cannot escape. They will cry out to Me, but I will not listen to them.
Yango wana, tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: « Nakotindela bango pasi ya makasi, mpe ata moto moko te akobika na yango. Ata soki bagangi epai na Ngai, nakoyoka bango te.
12 Then the cities of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods to which they have been burning incense, but these gods certainly will not save them in their time of disaster.
Bingumba ya Yuda mpe bato ya Yelusalemi bakokende koganga epai ya banzambe ya bikeko oyo bazali kotumbela malasi ya ansa, kasi ekokoka kobikisa bango te tango pasi ya makasi ekokomela bango.
13 Your gods are indeed as numerous as your cities, O Judah; the altars of shame you have set up—the altars to burn incense to Baal—are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.’
Oh Yuda, ozali na banzambe ebele ndenge ezali motango ya bingumba na yo; mpe lisusu, bitumbelo oyo otongaki mpo na kotumbela nzambe Bala, nzambe ya soni, malasi ya ansa ezali ebele ndenge ezali motango ya babalabala ya Yelusalemi. »
14 As for you, do not pray for these people. Do not raise up a cry or a prayer on their behalf, for I will not be listening when they call out to Me in their time of disaster.
Kasi yo Jeremi, kosambela mpo na bato oyo te, kolobela Ngai na tina na bango te, komeka te kosengela bango eloko; pamba te nakoyoka bango te tango bakobelela Ngai na tango ya pasi.
15 What right has My beloved in My house, having carried out so many evil schemes? Can consecrated meat avert your doom, so that you can rejoice?
« Eloko nini penza molingami na Ngai azali kosala kati na Tempelo na Ngai, wana azali kosala mabongisi mabe ebele? Okanisi ete ndayi mpe misuni oyo ebulisama ekoki solo kolongola etumbu na yo? Boni, okanisi ete okoki kobika na nzela wana? »
16 The LORD once called you a flourishing olive tree, beautiful with well-formed fruit. But with a mighty roar He will set it on fire, and its branches will be consumed.
Yawe azalaki kobenga yo « Nzete ya olive ya mobesu oyo etonda na mbuma kitoko. » Kasi Yawe akotumba yango na makelele ya mopepe makasi, mpe bitape na yango ekobukana-bukana.
17 The LORD of Hosts, who planted you, has decreed disaster against you on account of the evil that the house of Israel and the house of Judah have brought upon themselves, provoking Me to anger by burning incense to Baal.”
Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, oyo alonaki yo asili kozwa mokano ya kotindela yo pasi ya makasi, pamba te libota ya Yuda mpe ya Isalaele basali mabe liboso na Ngai mpe batumboli kanda na Ngai tango bazali kotumbela nzambe Bala malasi ya ansa.
18 And the LORD informed me, so I knew. Then You showed me their deeds.
Lokola Yawe alakisaki ngai likita oyo bazalaki kosalela ngai, nasosolaki yango, pamba te atalisaki ngai mabongisi nyonso oyo bazalaki kosala.
19 For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”
Ngai namonanaki lokola mwana meme oyo bazali komema na esika oyo babomelaka bibwele; nayebaki te ete bazali kosalela ngai likita tango bazalaki koloba: « Tika ete tobebisa nzete mpe mbuma na yango, tika ete tolongola ye na mokili ya bato ya bomoi mpo ete bakanisa lisusu kombo na ye te. »
20 O LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously, who examines the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.
Kasi Yo, Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, Yo oyo osambisaka na bosembo mpe omekaka mitema mpe makanisi, sala ete namona mabe oyo okozongisela bango, pamba te natiki likambo na ngai na maboko na yo.
21 Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning the people of Anathoth who are seeking your life and saying, “You must not prophesy in the name of the LORD, or you will die by our hand.”
Yango wana, tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi na tina na bato ya Anatoti, oyo balingi koboma yo mpe bazali koloba: « Kosakola na Kombo na Yawe te, soki te tokoboma yo; »
22 So this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will punish them. Their young men will die by the sword, their sons and daughters by famine.
yango wana tala liloba oyo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, alobi: « Nakopesa bango etumbu. Bilenge mibali na bango bakokufa na mopanga, bana na bango ya mibali mpe ya basi bakokufa na nzala makasi.
23 There will be no remnant, for I will bring disaster on the people of Anathoth in the year of their punishment.”
Ata moko te kati na bango akobika, pamba te nakotindela bato ya Anatoti pasi, na mobu ya etumbu na bango. »

< Jeremiah 11 >