Isaiah 43
1 And now thus says the Lord who created you, O Jacob, and who formed you, O Israel: Do not be afraid. For I have redeemed you, and I have called you by your name. You are mine.
Sik’oyo, tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi, Ye oyo akelaki yo, oh Jakobi; Ye oyo abongisaki yo, oh Isalaele: « Kobanga te, pamba te nasikolaki yo, nabengaki yo na kombo na yo, ozali ya ngai.
2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and the rivers will not cover you. When you walk through fire, you will not be burned, and the flames will not scorch you.
Tango okokatisa mayi monene, nakozala elongo na yo; mpe tango okokatisa bibale, ekozindisa yo te. Tango okotambola kati na moto, okozika te, mpe ndemo na yango ekotumba yo te;
3 For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I have presented Egypt as your atonement, Ethiopia and Seba on your behalf.
pamba te Ngai Yawe, nazali Nzambe na yo, Mosantu ya Isalaele, Mobikisi na yo. Nakabi Ejipito mpo na kofuta niongo ya lobiko na yo, Kushi mpe Seba na esika na yo.
4 Since then, you have become honorable in my eyes, and glorious. I have loved you, and I will present men on behalf of you, and people on behalf of your life.
Lokola ozali na motuya mpe na kilo mingi na miso na Ngai, lokola nalingaka yo, nakokaba bato mosusu na esika na yo, mpe bikolo mpo na kosomba bomoi na yo.
5 Fear not, for I am with you. I will lead your offspring from the East, and I will gather you from the West.
Kobanga te, pamba te nazali elongo na yo: nakoyeisa bana na yo wuta na ngambo ya este mpe nakosangisa bino wuta na ngambo ya weste;
6 I will say to the North, “Release him,” and to the South, “Do not turn him away.” Bring my sons from far away, and my daughters from the ends of the earth.
nakoloba epai ya nor: ‹ Pesa, › mpe epai ya sude: ‹ Kokanga te. › Zongisa bana na Ngai ya mibali wuta na mikili ya mosika, mpe bana na Ngai ya basi wuta na suka ya mabele,
7 And each one who calls upon my name, I have created for my glory. I have formed him, and I have made him.
moto nyonso oyo abengami na Kombo na Ngai, oyo nakelaki mpo na nkembo na Ngai, oyo nasalaki mpe nabongisaki. »
8 Lead forth the people who are blind and have eyes, who are deaf and have ears.
Bimisa bato oyo bazali na miso, kasi bamonaka te; bato oyo bazali na matoyi, kasi bayokaka te.
9 All the nations have been assembled together, and the tribes have been collected. Who among you will announce this, and who will cause us to listen to the things that are first? Let them present their witnesses. Let them act justly, and listen, and say: “It is true.”
Tika ete bikolo nyonso esangana elongo mpe bato basangana esika moko! Nani kati na bango asakolaki makambo oyo? Nani kati na bango ayebisaki biso makambo oyo esalemaki liboso? Tika ete babimisa batatoli na bango mpo na kolobela bango! Tika ete bato mosusu bayoka mpo ete baloba: « Ezali ya solo! »
10 You are my witnesses, says the Lord, and you are my servant, whom I have chosen, so that you may know, and may believe in me, and so that you may understand that I am the same. Before me, there was no god formed, and after me there will be none.
« Bozali batatoli na Ngai, » elobi Yawe, « mpe mosali na Ngai, oyo naponi, mpo ete bokoka koyeba, kondimela Ngai mpe kososola ete Ngai moko kaka nde nazali Nzambe: Liboso na Ngai, nzambe moko te asila kosalema; mpe sima na Ngai, akotikala kozala te.
11 I am. I am the Lord. And there is no savior apart from me.
Ezali Ngai, Ngai kaka moko, nde nazali Yawe; Mobikisi mosusu azali te, soki Ngai te.
12 I have announced, and I have saved. I have caused it to be heard. And there was no stranger among you. You are my witnesses, says the Lord, and I am God.
Kati na bino, Ngai nde nasakolaki, nabikisaki mpe natatolaki; kasi ezali banzambe ya bapaya te. Bozali batatoli na Ngai, » elobi Yawe, « mpe Ngai, nazali Nzambe.
13 And from the beginning, I am the same. And there is no one who can rescue from my hand. I act, and who can turn it aside?
Solo, wuta na tango ya kala, nazalaka kaka ndenge moko; moko te akokoka kokangola na loboko na Ngai. Soki nasali, nani akobongola yango? »
14 Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: For your sake, I sent to Babylon, and tore down all their bars, with the Chaldeans who glory in their ships.
Tala liloba oyo Yawe, Mosikoli na bino, Mosantu ya Isalaele, alobi: « Mpo na likambo na bino, nakotinda na Babiloni, mampinga ya basoda, mpe nakokitisa bato nyonso ya Babiloni lokola bakimi, ezala bato ya Chalide oyo bamikumisaka na koganga mpo na bamasuwa na bango.
15 I am the Lord, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.
Ngai, nazali Yawe, Mosantu na bino, Mokeli ya Isalaele, Mokonzi na bino. »
16 Thus says the Lord, who gave you a way through the sea and a path through the torrent of waters,
Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi, Ye oyo apasolaka nzela monene kati na ebale monene, mpe nzela moke kati na mayi ya makasi;
17 who led out the chariot and the horse, the column of robust troops. They went to sleep together, and they will not arise. They have been crushed like flax, and they have been extinguished.
Ye oyo atelemisaka bashar mpe bampunda, mampinga ya basoda elongo na bilombe ya bitumba; Ye oyo alalisaka bango nyonso, mpe bakokaka lisusu kotelema te, bakufaka lokola singa ya mwinda:
18 You need not call to mind the past, nor consider the things of antiquity.
« Bokanisa lisusu te makambo oyo eleka, bomitungisa lisusu te mpo na makambo ya kala.
19 Behold, I am accomplishing new things. And presently, they will spring forth. With certainty, you will know them. I will make a way in the desert, and rivers in an impassible place.
Tala, nazali kosala likambo ya sika! Ezali kobima sik’oyo, bozali komona yango te? Nazali kopasola nzela kati na esobe, mpe kotia bibale kati na mabele ya kokawuka.
20 The wild beasts of the field will glorify me, with the serpents and the ostriches. For I have brought waters to the desert, rivers to inaccessible places, in order to give drink to my people, to my elect.
Banyama ya zamba, bambwa ya zamba mpe maligbanga ekopesa Ngai nkembo; pamba te nakopesa mayi kati na esobe, bibale kati na mabele ekawuka, mpo na komelisa bato na Ngai, oyo naponaki,
21 This is the people whom I have formed for myself. They will speak my praise.
bato oyo Ngai moko nabongisaki mpo ete bakoka kotatola lokumu na Ngai.
22 But you have not called upon me, O Jacob, nor have you struggled for me, O Israel.
Kasi obelelaki Ngai te, oh Jakobi, pamba te olembaki Ngai, oh Isalaele.
23 You have not offered me the ram of your holocaust, and you have not glorified me with your victims. I have not burdened you with oblations, nor have I wearied you with incense.
Omemelaki Ngai bana meme te lokola mbeka ya kotumba, mpe opesaki Ngai lokumu te na nzela ya bambeka na yo. Nakomisaki yo mowumbu te mpo ete opesa Ngai malasi ya ansa lokola makabo, mpe nalembisaki yo te mpo ete obonzela Ngai malasi.
24 You have bought me no sweet cane with money, and you have not inebriated me with the fat of your victims. Yet truly, you have burdened me with your sins; you have wearied me with your iniquities.
Osombelaki Ngai te biloko ya solo kitoko na motuya ya mbongo, mpe otondisaki Ngai te na mafuta ya mbeka na yo, kasi onyokolaki Ngai nde na masumu na yo mpe olembisaki Ngai na mabe na yo.
25 I am. I am the very One who wipes away your iniquities for my own sake. And I will not remember your sins.
Ezali Ngai, Ngai kaka nde nalimbisaka masumu na yo mpo na lokumu ya Ngai moko mpe nakokanisa lisusu masumu na yo te.
26 Call me to mind, and let us go to judgment together. If you have anything to justify yourself, explain it.
Zongisa yango nanu na makanisi na Ngai; tika ete tosamba elongo, mpe loba yo moko mpo na kotalisa ete ozali moto ya sembo.
27 Your first father sinned, and your interpreters have betrayed me.
Tata na yo ya liboso asalaki masumu, balobeli na yo batombokelaki Ngai.
28 And so, I have defiled the holy leaders. I have handed over Jacob to slaughter, and Israel to calumny.
Boye, nakosambwisa bakambi ya tempelo na bino mpe nakobongisa Jakobi mpo na kobebisama, mpe Isalaele, mpo na pasi.
