Hosea 5
1 Hear this, ye priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ear, O house of the king: for this judgment is for you; for ye have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
Bino Banganga-Nzambe, boyoka! Bino bana ya Isalaele, bofungola matoyi! Bino mpe bato oyo bosalaka na ndako ya mokonzi, boyoka! Ezali bino nde bosengelaki kosambisa, kasi bozalaki lokola motambo, na Mitsipa, mpe lokola monyama batanda, na Tabori.
2 And they have plunged themselves in the corruption of apostasy, but I will be a chastiser of them all.
Batomboki batimolaki libulu ya mozindo; mpe Ngai nakopesa bango nyonso etumbu.
3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me; for now, Ephraim, thou hast committed whoredom; Israel is defiled.
Nayebi Efrayimi malamu penza; mpe Isalaele azali ya kobombama te na miso na Ngai. Efrayimi, awa omipesaki na kindumba, Isalaele mobimba akomi mbindo mpo na yango.
4 Their doings do not allow them to return unto their God; for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they know not Jehovah.
Misala na bango ezali kopekisa bango kozonga epai ya Nzambe na bango, mpo ete molimo ya kindumba evandi kati na mitema na bango, bazali koyeba Yawe te.
5 And Israel's pride doth testify to his face; and Israel and Ephraim shall fall by their iniquity: Judah also shall fall with them.
Lolendo ya Isalaele ezali kofunda bango; ezala bato ya Efrayimi to ya Isalaele bakokweya mpo na masumu na bango; bato ya Yuda mpe bakokweya elongo na bango.
6 They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Jehovah; but they shall not find [him]: he hath withdrawn himself from them.
Tango bakokende koluka Yawe, elongo na bangombe mpe bameme na bango, bakomona Ye te, pamba te akabwanaki na bango.
7 They have dealt treacherously against Jehovah; for they have begotten strange children: now shall the new moon devour them, with their allotted possessions.
Bazali sembo te liboso ya Yawe, baboti bana makangu; sik’oyo, bafeti na bango ya ebandeli ya sanza ekoboma bango nzela moko na bomengo na bango.
8 Blow the horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; cry aloud [at] Beth-aven: behind thee, O Benjamin!
Bobeta kelelo, na Gibea, mpe liseke, kuna na Rama! Bobeta lolaka ya bitumba na Beti-Aveni! Oh Benjame, keba!
9 Ephraim shall be a desolation in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which is sure.
Efrayimi akobebisama na mokolo ya etumbu na ye. Nazali koloba makambo ya solo kati na bikolo ya Isalaele.
10 The princes of Judah are become like them that remove the landmark: I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
Bakambi ya Yuda bazali lokola bato oyo bapusaka bandelo. Nakopelisela bango kanda na Ngai lokola mpela.
11 Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, because in selfwill he walked after the commandment [of man].
Efrayimi azali konyokwama, anyatami na etumbu, pamba te akangamaki na kolanda kaka banzambe ya bikeko.
12 And I will be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
Mpe Ngai, nakomi lokola nseka na miso ya Efrayimi, lokola eloko ya kopola na miso ya bato ya Yuda.
13 When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his sore, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb; but he was unable to heal you, nor hath he removed your sore.
Tango Efrayimi amonaki bokono na ye, mpe Yuda amonaki bapota na ye, Efrayimi abalukaki na ngambo ya Asiri mpe atindaki sango epai ya mokonzi monene mpo na kozwa lisungi, kasi ye akokoka kobikisa mpe kosilisa bapota na yo te.
14 For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah. I, I will tear and go away; I will carry off, and there shall be none to deliver.
Pamba te nakozala lokola nkosi liboso ya Efrayimi, mpe lokola mwana nkosi liboso ya Yuda. Nakokata-kata bango na biteni mpe nakokende, nakomema bango, mpe moto akobikisa bango akozala te.
15 I will go away, I will return to my place, till they acknowledge their trespass, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
Nakozonga epai na Ngai kino tango bakososola mabe na bango mpe bakoluka elongi na Ngai; kati na pasi, bakoluka Ngai makasi.
