Hosea 12
1 Ephraim feedeth on the wind, and followeth the burning heat: all the day long he multiplied lies and desolation: and he hath made a covenant with the Assyrians, and carried oil into Egypt.
Efrayimi aliaka mopepe; mikolo nyonso, alandaka mopepe ya este; mosala na ye kokosa mpe kosala bato mabe. Asalaka boyokani elongo na Asiri mpe atindaka mafuta ya olive na Ejipito.
2 Therefore there is a judgment of the Lord with Juda, and a visitation for Jacob: he will render to him according to his ways, and according to his devices.
Yawe alingi kosamba na Yuda; akopesa Jakobi etumbu kolanda etamboli na ye mpe akofuta ye kolanda misala na ye.
3 In the womb he supplanted his brother: and by his strength he had success with an angel.
Na libumu ya mama na bango, akangaki ndeko na ye ya mobali na litambe; tango akomaki mokolo, abundaki na Nzambe.
4 And he prevailed over the angel, and was strengthened: he wept, and made supplication to him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us.
Abundaki na anjelu mpe alongaki, alelaki mpe asengaki ngolu na ye. Jakobi akutanaki na ye na Beteli, mpe ezali kuna nde asololaki na ye.
5 Even the Lord the God of hosts, the Lord is his memorial.
Yawe Nzambe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, Kombo na Ye ya lokumu ezali Yawe.
6 Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and hope in thy God always.
Kasi yo, osengeli kozonga epai ya Nzambe na yo; batela bolingo mpe bosembo mpe tia tango nyonso elikya na Nzambe na yo.
7 He is like Chanaan, there is a deceitful balance in his hand, he hath loved oppression.
Bato ya Kanana basalelaka emekelo kilo ya lokuta, balingaka kaka kokosa.
8 And Ephraim said: But yet I am become rich, I have found me an idol: all my labours shall not find me the iniquity that I have committed.
Efrayimi alobaka na lolendo nyonso: « Ngai nazali mozwi, nakomi na bozwi mingi. Na mosala na Ngai nyonso, bakotikala komona Ngai na mbeba ata moko te oyo bakoki kobenga lisumu. »
9 And I that am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt, will yet cause thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the feast.
Nazali Yawe, Nzambe na yo, oyo abimisaki yo wuta na Ejipito; nakosala ete ovanda lisusu na se ya bandako ya kapo lokola na mikolo ya bafeti na yo, oyo ekatama.
10 And I have spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and I have used similitudes by the ministry of the prophets.
Nalobaki na nzela ya basakoli, napesaki bango bimoniseli ebele mpe nalobaki na masese na nzela na bango.
11 If Galaad be an idol, then in vain were they in Galgal offering sacrifices with bullocks: for their altars also are as heaps in the furrows of the field.
Lokola Galadi etondi na mabe, ekokoma eloko pamba mpo ete bato na yango babonzaki bangombe ya mibali na Giligali; mpe bitumbelo na bango ekobukama mpe ekokoma mipiku ya mabanga kati na banzela ya mikala ya bilanga.
12 Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and was a keeper for a wife.
Jakobi akimaki na mokili ya Siri; Isalaele asalaki mosala mpo na kozwa mwasi; mpe mpo na kobala mwasi yango, andimaki kokoma mobateli bibwele.
13 But the Lord by a prophet brought Israel out of Egypt: and he was preserved by a prophet.
Yawe asalelaki mosakoli mpo na kobimisa Isalaele wuta na Ejipito, abatelaki ye na nzela ya mosakoli.
14 Ephraim hath provoked me to wrath with his bitterness, and his blood shall come upon him, and his Lord will render his reproach unto him.
Kasi Efrayimi atumbolaki kanda na Ye makasi, yango wana, Nkolo na ye akotangela ye ngambo ya makila oyo asopaki mpe akofuta ye kolanda mabe na ye.
