Jeremias 5
1 Run you about in the streets of Jerusalem, and see, and know, and seek in her broad places, if you can find [one], if there is any one that does judgement, and seeks faithfulness; and I will pardon them, says the Lord.
« Bokende, botambola na babalabala ya Yelusalemi, botala zingazinga mpe bososola malamu penza, boluka ata na bisika oyo bato ebele bakutanaka; soki bokoki komona ata moto moko oyo atambolaka na bosembo mpe alukaka boyengebene, wana nakolimbisa engumba oyo.
2 The Lord lives, they say; do they not therefore swear falsely?
Atako balapaka ndayi na maloba oyo: ‹ Na Kombo na Yawe, › ndayi na bango ezalaka kaka ya lokuta. »
3 O Lord, your eyes are upon faithfulness: you have scourged them, but they have not grieved; you have consumed them; but they would not receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; and they would not return.
Oh Yawe; boni, miso na Yo esepelaka te komona bosolo? Obetaka solo bato, kasi bayokaka na bango pasi te; osilisaka koboma bango, kasi baboyaka kaka kobongwana. Bakomisa mito na bango makasi lokola mabanga mpe baboyaka kobongola mitema na bango.
4 Then I said, It may be they are poor; for they are weak, for they know not the way of the Lord, or the judgement of God.
Namilobelaki: « Bato oyo bazali kaka bato pamba, bazangi mayele, mpo ete bayebi nzela ya Yawe te mpe bayebi malako ya Nzambe na bango te.
5 I will go to the rich men, and will speak to them; for they have known the way of the Lord, and the judgement of God: but, behold, with one consent they have broken the yoke, they have burst the bonds.
Boye, nakokende epai ya bakambi na bango mpe nakoloba na bango, pamba te bango nde basengeli koyeba nzela ya Yawe mpe malako ya Nzambe na bango. » Kasi bango nyonso, na motema moko, babukaki ekangiseli mpe bakataki minyololo.
6 Therefore has a lion out of the forest struck them, and a wolf has destroyed them even to [their] houses, and a leopard has watched against their cities: all that go forth from them shall be hunted: for they have multiplied their ungodliness, they have strengthened themselves in their revoltings.
Yango wana, nkosi moko ekobima wuta na zamba mpe ekoboma bango; mbwa ya zamba ekobima wuta na esobe mpe ekopasola bango; nkoyi moko ekovanda pene ya bingumba na bango mpo na koboma moto nyonso oyo akoluka kobima kuna, pamba te botomboki na bango ezali monene mpe lokuta na bango eleki mingi.
7 In what [way] shall I forgive you for these things? Your sons have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: and I fed them to the full, and they committed adultery, and lodged in harlots' houses.
« Na makambo ya boye, ndenge nini nalimbisa yo? Ah Yelusalemi, bana na yo basundoli Ngai mpe bazali kolapa ndayi na bakombo ya banzambe ya bikeko oyo ezali ata banzambe te. Nakokisaki baposa na bango nyonso, kasi basalaki kaka ekobo mpe bakendeki na bandako ya basi ya ndumba.
8 They became as wanton horses: they neighed each one after his neighbour's wife.
Ndenge mpunda ya mobali etambolaka-tambolaka soki ezali na posa ya kosangisa nzoto na mpunda ya mwasi, ndenge wana mpe moko na moko kati na bango alandaka-landaka mwasi ya moninga mpo na kosangisa na ye nzoto.
9 Shall I not visit for these things? says the Lord: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this.
Na makambo ya boye, napesa bango etumbu te? » elobi Yawe? « Motema na Ngai ezongisa penza mabe na mabe te na ekolo ya lolenge oyo?
10 Go up upon her battlements, and break [them] down; but make not a full end: leave her buttresses: for they are the Lord's.
Bomata na bamir mpo na kokota na Yelusalemi mpe bobebisa yango; kasi bobebisa yango nyonso te. Bokata bitape na yango, pamba te etikali lisusu ya Yawe te.
11 For the house of Israel have indeed dealt treacherously against me, says the Lord: the house of Juda also
Libota ya Isalaele mpe ya Yuda etamboli na boyengebene te na miso na Ngai, » elobi Yawe.
12 have lied to their Lord, and they have said, These things are not so; no evils shall come upon us; and we shall not see sword or famine.
Bawanganaki Yawe mpe balobaki: « Yawe akosala eloko moko te! Pasi moko te ekokomela biso; tokotikala na biso komona te ezala mopanga to nzala makasi.
13 Our prophets became wind, and the word of the Lord was not in them.
Basakoli bazali kaka lokola mopepe ya pamba, bazali na mateya penza ya koteya te; boye tika ete mabe oyo bazali kosakola ezongela bango moko! »
14 Therefore thus says the Lord Almighty, Because you have spoken this word, behold, I have made my words in your mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
Yango wana, tala liloba oyo Yawe Nzambe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, alobi: « Lokola bato oyo balobi maloba ya boye, nakosala ete maloba na Ngai ezala lokola moto na monoko na yo, mpe bato oyo bazala lokola bakoni oyo moto yango ekozikisa.
15 Behold, I [will] bring upon you a nation from far, O house of Israel, says the Lord; a nation the sound of whose language one shall not understand.
Oh libota ya Isalaele, » elobi Yawe, « nakoyeisa ekolo moko wuta mosika mpo na kobundisa yo: ezali ekolo moko ya kala mpe ya nguya, ekolo oyo yo oyebi ata monoko na yango te.
16 [They are] all mighty men:
Makonga na bango ezangaka koboma moto te, bongo bango nyonso bazali bilombe ya bitumba.
17 and they shall devour your harvest, and your bread; and shall devour your sons, and your daughters; and they shall devour your sheep, and your calves, and devour your vineyards, and your fig-plantations, and your olive yards: and they shall utterly destroy your strong cities, wherein you trusted, with the sword.
Bakobotola milona mpe bilei na yo, bakoboma bana na yo ya basi mpe ya mibali, bakobotola bangombe mpe bameme na yo, bakobebisa bilanga na yo ya vino mpe banzete na yo ya figi, bakobebisa na mopanga bingumba na yo ya makasi oyo otielaka motema.
18 And it shall come to pass in those days, says the Lord your God, that I will not utterly destroy you.
Nzokande, ezala na mokolo wana, » elobi Yawe, « nakosilisa koboma bino nyonso te.
19 And it shall come to pass, when you shall say, Therefore has the Lord our God done all these things to us? that you shall say to them, Because you served strange gods in your land, so shall you serve strangers in a land that is not yours.
Tango bato bakotuna: ‹ Mpo na nini Yawe, Nzambe na biso, asali biso makambo ya boye? › Bokozongisela bango: ‹ Ezali mpo ete bosundolaki Ngai mpe bosambelaki banzambe ya bapaya kati na mboka na bino. Yango wana, bokosalela bapaya kati na mboka oyo ezali ya bino te. ›
20 Proclaim these things to the house of Jacob, and let them be heard in the house of Juda.
Bopanza sango oyo epai ya libota ya Jakobi mpe botatola yango kati na Yuda:
21 Hear you now these things, O foolish and senseless people; who have eyes, and see not; and have ears, and hear not:
Boyoka makambo oyo, bino bazoba to bato oyo bozanga mayele: bozali na miso mpo na komona kasi bomonaka te, bozali na matoyi mpo na koyoka kasi boyokaka te.
22 will you not be afraid of me? says the Lord; and will you not fear before me, who have set the sand for a bound to the sea, [as] a perpetual ordinance, and it shall not pass it: yes, it shall rage, but not prevail; and its waves shall roar, but not pass over it.
Bokoki penza kobanga Ngai te, » elobi Yawe? « Bokoki solo kolenga liboso na Ngai te, Ngai oyo nasala zelo lokola mondelo ya mayi, epekiselo ya libela oyo mayi ekoleka ata mokolo moko te? Mayi ekoki kotomboka, kasi ezali na nguya te; ata soki esali makelele, kasi ekoleka mondelo yango te.
23 But this people has a disobedient and rebellious heart; and they have turned aside and gone back:
Kasi bato oyo bazali mitema makasi mpe bazali solo batomboki; bapesi Ngai mokongo mpe bakei na bango!
24 and they have not said in their heart, Let us fear now the Lord our God, who gives us the early and latter rain, according to the season of the fulfilment of the ordinance of harvest, and has preserved [it] for us.
Bamilobelaka te: ‹ Tika ete totosa Yawe, Nzambe na biso, oyo anokisaka mvula na tango ekoki, na eleko ya kolona mpe ya kobuka; oyo akatela biso baposo oyo esengeli mpo na kobuka milona. ›
25 Your transgressions have turned away these things, and your sins have removed good things from you.
Mabe na bino nde ebebisi makambo nyonso, mpe masumu na bino ezangisi bino bolamu.
26 For amongst my people were found ungodly men; and they have set snares to destroy men, and have caught [them].
Kati na bato na Ngai, ezali na bato mabe oyo banongaka bato lokola moto oyo azali kotia mitambo mpo na kokanga bandeke, mpe batiaka mitambo mpo na kokanga bato.
27 As a snare which has been set is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore have they grown great, and become rich:
Ndenge ndako ya bandeke etondaka na bandeke, ndenge wana mpe bandako na bango etonda na lokuta; mpe ezali na nzela yango nde bakoma bazwi mpe bato na nguya.
28 and they have transgressed [the rule of] judgement; they have not judged the cause of the orphan, nor have they judged the cause of the widow.
Bakoma kitoko mpe ngebungebu; mabe na bango eleka ndelo, balobelaka likambo ya mwana etike na bosembo te, mpo kaka bango moko balonga. Bakataka makambo ya babola na bosembo te.
29 Shall I not visit for these things? says the Lord: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Na makambo ya boye, napesa bango etumbu te? » elobi Yawe. « Boni, motema na Ngai ezongisa penza mabe na mabe te na ekolo ya boye?
30 Shocking and horrible deeds have been done on the land;
Makambo ya kokamwa mpe ya somo esalemi na mboka:
31 the prophets utter unrighteous prophecies, and the priests have clapped their hands: and my people has loved [to have it] thus: and what will you do for the future.
basakoli bazali kosakola makambo ya lokuta, Banganga-Nzambe bazali kosalela bokonzi na bango ndenge balingi, mpe bato na Ngai bazali kosepela bongo. Kasi bokosala nini na suka? »
