Isaiah 48
1 Hear ye this, house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, who swear by the name of Jehovah, and make mention of the God of Israel, not in truth, nor in righteousness.
Boyoka makambo oyo, oh ndako ya Jakobi, bino oyo bobengamaka na kombo ya Isalaele, bino oyo bobimi na libota ya Yuda, bino oyo bolapaka ndayi na Kombo na Yawe mpe bobelelaka Kombo ya Nzambe ya Isalaele, kasi na bosolo te mpe na bosembo te!
2 For they are named after the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel: Jehovah of hosts is his name.
Bino oyo bomibengaka « Bato ya engumba mosantu » mpe bolukaka lisungi epai ya Nzambe ya Isalaele, oyo Kombo na Ye ezali « Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga. »
3 I have declared the former things long ago; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I caused them to be heard: I wrought suddenly, and they came to pass.
Nasakolaki makambo ya liboso wuta kala, monoko na ngai nde ebimisaki yango mpe nasalaki ete eyebana; nasalaki yango na pwasa mpe ekokisamaki.
4 Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass,
Pamba te nayebaki ndenge nini bozalaka bato ya mito makasi, bato oyo bazalaka na kingo lokola ebende mpe oyo mbunzu na bango ezalaka lokola bronze.
5 so I have long ago declared [them] to thee; before they came to pass I caused thee to hear [them]; lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, or my molten image hath commanded them.
Yango wana, nalobaki na yo makambo oyo wuta kala, nayebisaki yo yango liboso ete ekokisama mpo oloba te: « Nzambe na ngai ya ekeko nde asali yango, elilingi na ngai ya nzete mpe ya ebende nde apesaki mitindo ete esalema! »
6 Thou heardest, see all this; — and ye, will not ye declare [it]? I have caused thee to hear new things from this time, and things hidden, and that thou knewest not:
Boyokaki makambo oyo! Botala, yango nyonso ekokisami. Boni, bokondima yango kaka te? Wuta sik’oyo, nakoyebisa yo makambo ya sika, makambo oyo ebombama, makambo oyo oyebi nanu te.
7 they are created now, and not long ago; and before this day thou hast not heard them, lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.
Ekelami nde sik’oyo, ezali makambo ya kala te, oyoka nanu yango te, liboso ya mokolo ya lelo. Boye, okoki koloba te: « Solo, nayoka sango na yango. »
8 Yea, thou heardest not, yea, thou knewest not, yea, from of old thine ear was not opened; for I knew that thou wouldest ever deal treacherously, and thou wast called a transgressor from the womb.
Solo, oyoka yango nanu te mpe oyebi yango te; wuta kala, litoyi na yo ezalaka ya kokangama. Solo, nayebi ete ozalaka mokosi; babengaka yo motomboki wuta na libumu ya mama na yo.
9 For my name's sake I will defer mine anger, and [for] my praise will I refrain as to thee, that I cut thee not off.
Mpo na lokumu ya Kombo na Ngai, nakolembisa kanda ya motema na Ngai; mpo na lokumu na Ngai, nakozongisa motema na Ngai sima mpo na yo. Yango wana, nakoboma yo te.
10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
Tala, napetolaki yo, kasi ndenge bapetolaka palata na moto te; namekaki yo kati na moto ya minyoko.
11 For mine own sake, for mine own sake, will I do [it]; for how should [my name] be profaned? and I will not give my glory unto another.
Nasali yango kaka mpo na lokumu na Ngai, mpo na lokumu na Ngai moko. Ndenge nini nakoki solo komisambwisa Ngai moko? Nakokaba nkembo na Ngai na nzambe mosusu te.
12 Hearken unto me, Jacob, and [thou] Israel, my called. I [am] HE; I, the first, and I, the last.
Yoka Ngai, oh Jakobi, Isalaele, yo oyo nabengaki! Ngai, nabongwanaka te; nazalaka na ebandeli mpe na suka.
13 Yea, my hand hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spread abroad the heavens: I call unto them, they stand up together.
Loboko na Ngai moko nde esalaki miboko ya mabele, mpe loboko na Ngai ya mobali nde etandaki likolo. Soki nabengi yango, yango nyonso etelemaka elongo.
14 All ye, gather yourselves together, and hear: which among them hath declared these things? He whom Jehovah hath loved shall execute his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm [shall be on] the Chaldeans.
Bino nyonso, boya elongo mpe boyoka: Nzambe nini ya ekeko asakolaki makambo oyo? Moto oyo Yawe alingaka akokokisa mokano na Ye mpo na Babiloni, mpe loboko na ye ekotelemela bato ya Babiloni.
15 I, [even] I, have spoken; yea, I have called him; I have brought him, and his way shall be prosperous.
Ezali Ngai, solo ezali Ngai nde nalobi mpe nabengi ye; nakoyeisa ye, mpe akolonga na makambo na ye.
16 Come near unto me, hear ye this: I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I; and now the Lord Jehovah hath sent me, and his Spirit.
Bopusana pene na Ngai mpe boyoka likambo oyo: « Wuta na ebandeli, nalobaka na nkuku te; wuta tango makambo oyo esalema, nazali wana. » Mpe sik’oyo, Nkolo Yawe atindi Ngai elongo na Molimo na Ye.
17 Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I [am] Jehovah thy God, who teacheth thee for [thy] profit, who leadeth thee in the way that thou shouldest go.
Tala liloba oyo Yawe, Mosikoli na yo, Mosantu ya Isalaele, alobi: « Nazali Yawe, Nzambe na yo, oyo ateyaka yo makambo ya malamu mpo na bolamu na yo; oyo atambolisaka yo na nzela oyo osengeli kolanda.
18 Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! Then would thy peace have been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea;
Oh! Soki osalaki penza keba na mibeko na Ngai, kimia na yo elingaki kozala lokola ebale, mpe bosembo na yo, lokola mbonge ya ebale monene;
19 and thy seed would have been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof: their name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.
bakitani na yo balingaki kozala lokola zelo, bana na yo, lokola motango ya mbuma ya zelo; kombo na bango elingaki kolongwa te to kobebisama te liboso na Ngai.
20 Go ye forth from Babylon, flee from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing; declare, cause this to be heard, utter it to the end of the earth; say ye, Jehovah hath redeemed his servant Jacob.
Bobima na Babiloni, bokima wuta na bato ya Babiloni! Boloba yango na makelele ya esengo mpe botatola yango; bopanza sango na yango kino na suka ya mokili; boloba: ‹ Yawe asikoli Jakobi, mosali na Ye. › »
21 And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts; he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them; yea, he clave the rock, and the waters gushed out.
Bayokaki posa ya mayi te tango azalaki kotambolisa bango na esobe, abimisaki mayi na libanga mpo na bango, abukaki libanga mpe mayi ebimaki.
22 There is no peace, saith Jehovah, unto the wicked.
Kasi Yawe alobaki: « Kimia ezali te mpo na bato mabe. »
