Jeremiah 13
1 This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and buy yourself a linen loincloth and put it around your waist, but do not let it touch water.”
Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobaki na ngai: « Kende kosomba mokaba ya lino mpe lata yango na loketo na yo, kasi kopolisa yango na mayi te. »
2 So I bought a loincloth as the LORD had instructed me, and I put it around my waist.
Boye, nasombaki mokaba, ndenge Yawe atindaki ngai mpe nalataki yango na loketo na ngai.
3 Then the word of the LORD came to me a second time:
Yawe alobaki na ngai lisusu na mbala ya mibale:
4 “Take the loincloth that you bought and are wearing, and go at once to Perath and hide it there in a crevice of the rocks.”
« Kamata mokaba oyo osombaki mpe oyo olati na loketo na yo, kende sik’oyo na Perati mpe bomba yango kuna kati na madusu ya mabanga. »
5 So I went and hid it at Perath, as the LORD had commanded me.
Boye nakendeki kobomba mokaba yango na Perati, ndenge Yawe alobaki na ngai.
6 Many days later the LORD said to me, “Arise, go to Perath, and get the loincloth that I commanded you to hide there.”
Sima na mikolo ebele, Yawe alobaki na ngai lisusu: « Kende kokamata mokaba oyo nalobaki na yo ete obomba na Perati. »
7 So I went to Perath and dug up the loincloth, and I took it from the place where I had hidden it. But now it was ruined—of no use at all.
Nakendeki na Perati, nalukaki mokaba yango epai nabombaki yango; kasi mokaba yango ebebaki makasi mpe etikalaki lisusu na tina te.
8 Then the word of the LORD came to me:
Bongo Yawe alobaki na ngai:
9 “This is what the LORD says: In the same way I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.
« Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: ‹ Ezali boye nde nakosilisa lolendo ya Yuda mpe nakokitisa mapeka ya Yelusalemi.
10 These evil people, who refuse to listen to My words, who follow the stubbornness of their own hearts, and who go after other gods to serve and worship them, they will be like this loincloth—of no use at all.
Bato oyo bazali bato mabe, bayokaka maloba na Ngai te, bazali mito makasi, batingamaka kosala kolanda baposa ya mitema na bango, mpe balandaka banzambe ya bapaya mpo na kosalela mpe kogumbamela yango; bakokoma kaka lokola mokaba oyo, mokaba oyo etikali lisusu na tina te.
11 For just as a loincloth clings to a man’s waist, so I have made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah cling to Me, declares the LORD, so that they might be My people for My renown and praise and glory. But they did not listen.
Pamba te ndenge balingaka mokaba na loketo, ndenge wana mpe nalingaki libota mobimba ya Isalaele mpe libota mobimba ya Yuda epai na Ngai, › elobi Yawe, ‹ mpo ete bazala bato na Ngai mpe basala lokumu ya Kombo na Ngai. Kasi batikali koyoka Ngai te. ›
12 Therefore you are to tell them that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Every wineskin shall be filled with wine.’ And when they reply, ‘Don’t we surely know that every wineskin should be filled with wine?’
Loba na bango: ‹ Tala liloba oyo Yawe, Nzambe ya Isalaele, alobi: Mbeki nyonso esengeli kotonda na masanga ya vino. › Mpe soki batuni yo: ‹ Boni, okanisi ete biso toyebi te ete mbeki nyonso esengeli kotonda na masanga ya vino? ›
13 then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am going to fill with drunkenness all who live in this land—the kings who sit on David’s throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the people of Jerusalem.
Yebisa bango: ‹ Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: Nakolangwisa bavandi nyonso ya mokili oyo masanga; ezala bakonzi oyo bavandaka na kiti ya bokonzi ya Davidi, Banganga-Nzambe, basakoli mpe bavandi nyonso ya Yelusalemi.
14 I will smash them against one another, fathers and sons alike, declares the LORD. I will allow no mercy or pity or compassion to keep Me from destroying them.’”
Nakosala ete babomana bango na bango, batata mpe bana na bango, elobi Yawe, eloko moko te ekopekisa Ngai koboma bango, ezala motema monene to mawa to ngolu. › »
15 Listen and give heed. Do not be arrogant, for the LORD has spoken.
Boyoka malamu mpe bosala keba! Bosala lolendo te, pamba te ezali Yawe nde alobi.
16 Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.
Bopesa nkembo epai na Yawe, Nzambe na bino, liboso ete amemela bino molili, liboso ete makolo na bino ebeta mabaku na bangomba oyo ezipami na molili. Bino bozali kozela pole, kasi Ye akobongola yango molili makasi.
17 But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.
Soki boyoki te, nakolela na nkuku mpo na lolendo na bino, nakolela makasi, mpe miso na ngai ekosopa mpinzoli, pamba te etonga ya Yawe ekokende na bowumbu.
18 Say to the king and to the queen mother: “Take a lowly seat, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.”
Loba na mokonzi mpe na mama ya mokonzi: « Bolongwa na bakiti na bino ya bokonzi, pamba te mitole na bino ya nkembo ekolongwa na mito na bino. »
19 The cities of the Negev have been shut tight, and no one can open them. All Judah has been carried into exile, wholly taken captive.
Bingumba ya sude ekokangama, mpe moto moko te akokoka kofungola yango. Bato nyonso ya Yuda bakokende na bowumbu, bango nyonso penza bakokende.
20 Lift up your eyes and see those coming from the north. Where is the flock entrusted to you, the sheep that were your pride?
Oh Yelusalemi, tombola miso na yo mpe tala, bato bazali koya wuta na nor! Wapi bibwele oyo bapesaki yo ete obatela, mpe wapi meme oyo ozalaki kobetela tolo?
21 What will you say when He sets over you close allies whom you yourself trained? Will not pangs of anguish grip you, as they do a woman in labor?
Okoloba nini soki Yawe atie yo na makasi na se ya bokonzi ya bato oyo yo oteyaki. Okokoma na pasi te lokola mwasi oyo azali na pasi ya kobota?
22 And if you ask yourself, “Why has this happened to me?” It is because of the magnitude of your iniquity that your skirts have been stripped off and your body has been exposed.
Mpe soki omituni: « Mpo na nini makambo ya boye ekomeli ngai? » Ezali mpo na ebele ya masumu na yo nde bapasolaki yo bilamba mpe bazokisaki nzoto na yo.
23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good— you who are accustomed to doing evil.
Boni, moto mwindo akoki solo kobongola poso ya nzoto na ye? Nkoyi ekoki kolongola penza matono ya poso ya nzoto na yango? Bokokoka kosala malamu te, bino bato oyo bomesana kosala mabe.
24 “I will scatter you like chaff driven by the desert wind.
« Nakopanza bino lokola matiti ya kokawuka oyo mopepe ya esobe ememaka.
25 This is your lot, the portion I have measured to you,” declares the LORD, “because you have forgotten Me and trusted in falsehood.
Yango nde etumbu na yo, mbano oyo nakatelaki yo, » elobi Yawe, « pamba te bobosanaki Ngai mpe botiaki mitema epai ya banzambe ya lokuta.
26 So I will pull your skirts up over your face, that your shame may be seen.
Nakotombola yo bilamba kino na elongi mpo ete bato bamona bolumbu na yo.
27 Your adulteries and lustful neighings, your shameless prostitution on the hills and in the fields— I have seen your detestable acts. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you remain unclean?”
Namoni bondumba na yo mpe posa na yo ya kosangisa nzoto; ekobo na yo ezali na soni ata moke te. Namoni banzambe na yo ya bikeko na likolo ya bangomba mpe kati na bilanga. Mawa na yo Yelusalemi, ozali peto te! Kino tango nini okozala mbindo? »
