Zechariah 7
1 And it happened, in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of the Lord came to Zechariah, on the fourth day of the ninth month, which is Kislev.
Na mobu ya minei ya mokonzi ya Dariusi, na mokolo ya minei ya sanza ya libwa, sanza ya kisilevi, Yawe alobaki na Zakari.
2 And Sharezer and Regemmelech, and the men who were with them, sent to the house of God, to entreat the face of the Lord,
Bato ya Beteli batindaki Saretseri, Regemi-Meleki elongo na bato na bango mpo na kobondela Yawe
3 to speak to the priests of the house of the Lord of hosts and to the prophets, saying: “Must there be weeping with me in the fifth month, and must I sanctify myself, as I have now done for many years?”
mpe mpo na kotuna motuna oyo epai ya Banganga-Nzambe oyo basalaka kati na Tempelo ya Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, mpe epai ya basakoli: — Boni, tosengeli kaka kokoba kolela mpe kokila bilei na sanza ya mitano ndenge tosalaka wuta kala?
4 And the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying:
Bongo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, alobaki na ngai:
5 Speak to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying: Although you may have fasted and mourned in the fifth and the seventh month for these seventy years, did you indeed keep a fast unto me?
— Tuna bato nyonso ya ekolo mpe Banganga-Nzambe: « Wuta mibu tuku sambo, tango bokilaka bilei mpe bolelaka na sanza ya mitano mpe ya sambo, bosalaka yango mpo na Ngai?
6 And when you did eat and drink, did you not eat for yourselves, and drink only for yourselves?
Bongo tango bozalaki kolia mpe komela, ezalaki te mpo na esengo na bino moko?
7 Are not these the words that the Lord has spoken by the hand of the former prophets, when Jerusalem was still inhabited, so that it would prosper, itself and the cities around it, and those inhabitants towards the South and in the plains?
Yango ezali te liloba oyo Yawe alobaki na nzela ya basakoli na Ye wuta kala tango Yelusalemi mpe bingumba oyo ezingelaki yango ezalaki na kimia mpe na boyokani, mpe Negevi mpe Shefela etondaki na bato ebele? »
8 And the word of the Lord came to Zechariah, saying:
Mpe Yawe alobaki lisusu na Zakari:
9 Thus says the Lord of hosts, saying: Judge with true judgment, and act with mercy and compassion, each and every one with his brother.
— Tala liloba oyo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, alobi: « Bokataka makambo na bosembo, mpe tika ete moko na moko kati na bino azala na bolingo mpe na mawa ya moto mosusu.
10 And do not find fault with the widow, and the orphan, and the newcomer, and the poor. And let not a man consider evil in his heart towards his brother.
Bonyokolaka te mwasi oyo akufisa mobali to mwana etike to mopaya to mpe mobola, mpe tika ete moko te kati na bino asala, na motema na ye, mabongisi ya kosala moninga na ye mabe. »
11 But they were not willing to pay attention, and they turned aside their shoulder to depart, and they pressed upon their ears, so that they would not hear.
Kasi baboyaki kotosa, bamatisaki mapeka mpe bakangaki matoyi na bango mpo ete bayoka Ngai te.
12 And they set their heart like the hardest stone, so that they would not hear the law and the words that the Lord of hosts has sent with his Spirit by the hand of the former prophets. And so a great indignation came from Lord of hosts.
Bakomisaki mitema na bango makasi lokola diama mpo kaka bayoka te mibeko mpe maloba oyo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, azalaki koloba na bango na lisungi ya Molimo na Ye na nzela ya basakoli na Ye ya kala. Mpo na yango, Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, atombokaki makasi.
13 And it happened, just as he had spoken, and they did not pay attention. So then, they shall cry out, and I will not heed, says the Lord of hosts.
Boye, Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, alobaki: « Lokola bayokaki Ngai te tango nazalaki kobenga bango, Ngai mpe nayokaki bango te tango babengaki Ngai.
14 And I dispersed them throughout all the kingdoms that they did not know. And the land was left desolate behind them, so that no one was passing through or returning. And they made the desirable land into a deserted place.
Na bongo, napanzaki bango kati na bikolo nyonso epai wapi bakomaki bapaya, mpe mokili na bango ebebisamaki makasi: moto moko te akokaki lisusu kokota to kobima kuna. Ndenge wana nde bakomisaki mokili ya kitoko libebi. »
