Isaiah 59
1 Don't you see? The Lord's arm isn't too weak to save you, and his ear isn't too deaf to hear you!
Tala, loboko na Yawe ezali mokuse te mpo na kobikisa, litoyi na Ye ekangama te mpo na koyoka!
2 It's your guilt that has created a barrier between you and your God; your sins have hidden his face from you so he can't hear you.
Kasi ezali bambeba na bino nde ekaboli bino na Nzambe na bino, ezali masumu na bino nde esali ete abombela bino elongi na Ye mpo ete ayoka bino te.
3 Your hands are covered in blood and your fingers tainted with guilt, your lips speak lies and your mouth whispers evil things.
Pamba te maboko na bino ebebi na makila, mpe misapi na bino ebebi na makambo mabe; bibebu na bino ezali koloba makambo ya lokuta, mpe minoko na bino ezali kobimisa makambo mabe.
4 Nobody wants justice, nobody pleads their case with honesty. They rely on false testimony, and tell lies. They conceive evil plans, and give birth to trouble.
Moko te azali kofunda makambo na bosolo, moko te azali kosamba na bosembo; bazali kotia mitema na makambo ezanga tina mpe bazali koloba lokuta; na mitema na bango, basalaka mabongisi ya kosala mabe mpe bakokisaka yango na misala na bango.
5 They hatch viper's eggs, and weave a spider's web. If you eat their eggs you'll die; if you crush their eggs you'll only hatch snakes.
Bazali kopasola maki ya etupa mpe bazali kotonga ndako ya lifofe. Moto nyonso oyo akolia maki na yango akokufa; mpe, soki apasoli liki moko, ekobimisa etupa.
6 Their webs can't be made into clothes; they can't cover themselves by what they produce. What they do is wicked; they use their hands to commit violence.
Basinga ya lifofe ekokoma bilamba te, misala na bango ekobomba bango te; misala na bango ezali misala mabe, mpe misala ya mobulu nde ezalaka na maboko na bango.
7 They run to do evil; they're quick to murder innocent people. Their minds are full of sinful thoughts; they only cause havoc and destruction.
Matambe na bango epotaka mbangu mpo na kosala mabe, mpe bazalaka mbangu mpo na kosopa makila ya moto oyo asali mabe te. Makanisi na bango ezalaka kaka ya mabe; kobuka-buka mpe kobebisa nde ezalaka na nzela na bango.
8 They don't know how to live in peace; they're not straight and fair with others. Their way is totally crooked, and anyone who follows them won't experience any peace.
Bayebi nzela ya kimia te, mpe bosembo ezali na nzela na bango te; bakomisaka nzela na bango nyoka-nyoka, moko te oyo akotambola na nzela yango akotikala koyeba kimia.
9 So that's why we don't have justice, and we don't do what's right. We look for the light, but only find the dark; we look for bright light, but we walk in deep darkness.
Yango wana bosembo ezali mosika na biso, mpe solo ezali kokomela biso te; tozali kozela pole, kasi nyonso ezali kaka molili; toluki moyi, kasi tozali kaka kotambola na molili.
10 We grope like blind people along a wall, feeling with our hands as if we have no eyes. We stumble at noon as if it were the evening. Among those who are full of life, we are like the dead.
Tozali kosimbasimba mir mpo na kotambola lokola bakufi miso, tozali kobanga kotambola lokola bato bazanga miso; tozali kobeta mabaku na moyi makasi lokola nde tozali na butu makasi, tozali na nzoto kolongono kasi tokomi lokola bakufi.
11 All of us growl like bears and coo like doves as we wait for justice to be done, but it never happens; we wait for salvation, but never receive it.
Biso nyonso tozali konguna-nguna lokola bangombolo, mpe tozali kolelalela tango nyonso lokola ebenga; tozali koluka bosembo, kasi tozali komona yango te, tozali koluka lobiko, kasi ekimi mosika na biso!
12 You are aware of all our rebellious acts; our sins witness against us. Yes, we acknowledge our rebellious acts; we know all about our sins.
Pamba te mabe na biso ekomi mingi na miso na Yo, mpe masumu na biso ekomi kofunda biso; masumu na biso ezali liboso na biso mpe toyebi malamu bambeba na biso:
13 We have disobeyed and denied you, Lord; we have turned our backs on our God. We have encouraged oppression and rebellion, telling lies we've carefully thought out.
kotomboka mpe kowangana Yawe, kopesa Nzambe na biso mokongo, kosala mabongisi ya konyokola bato mpe kotombokisa bato, kokana na motema mpe koloba maloba ya lokuta.
14 Justice is rejected, and doing right never happens. Truth falls down in the street, and honesty is banned.
Boye, bosembo ezongi sima, mpe bosolo etelemi mosika; pamba te solo ekweyi na balabala, mpe bosembo elongi kokota te.
15 There's no truth anywhere, and anyone who does give up evil is robbed. The Lord saw what was going on, and was upset that there was no justice.
Solo ezali komonana lisusu na esika moko te; bazali konyokola moto oyo azali kokima mabe. Yawe amoni yango mpe asepeli te ete kosambisa na bosembo ezali te.
16 He looked around, and he was appalled to find there was no one who would do anything about it, so he intervened himself, and his sense of what was right kept him going.
Amoni ete ezali ata na moto moko te, akamwe ete ata molobeli moko te azali. Boye, loboko na Ye moko ememi Ye na lobiko, mpe bosembo na Ye elendisi Ye.
17 He put on integrity as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head. He put on clothes of vengeance and wrapped himself with determination as a cloak.
Alati bosembo lokola ebombelo ya tolo, mpe ekoti ya lobiko na moto na Ye; alati kozongisa mabe na mabe lokola nzambala, mpe amizipi zuwa lokola kazaka.
18 He will repay everyone for what they've done: fury to his enemies, revenge to those who oppose him, payback to the distant lands.
Akofuta moto na moto kolanda misala na ye: kanda makasi epai ya bayini na Ye, mpe lifuti oyo ekoki epai ya banguna na Ye; akopesa na bisanga lifuti na yango.
19 Those in the west will be in awe of the Lord, and those in the east will be amazed at his glory, for he will arrive like a raging flood, driven by the Spirit of the Lord.
Longwa na ngambo ya weste, bato bakobanga Kombo ya Yawe; mpe longwa na ngambo ya este, bato bakokumisa nkembo na Ye; pamba te akoya lokola ebale oyo etomboki, oyo pema ya Yawe ekomema.
20 The Redeemer will come to Zion, to Jacob's descendants who turn from their sins, declares the Lord.
« Mpo na Siona, mosikoli akoya epai ya bato ya Jakobi, oyo bakobongwana na masumu na bango, » elobi Yawe.
21 This is my agreement with them, says the Lord. My Spirit, who is upon you, won't leave you, and my words that I have given you to speak will always be on your lips, on the lips of your children, and on the lips of your descendants, from now until forever, says the Lord.
« Bongo mpo na Ngai, » elobi Yawe, « tala boyokani na Ngai elongo na bango: Molimo na Ngai, oyo azali epai na yo, mpe maloba na Ngai, oyo natiaki na monoko na yo ekolongwa te, na monoko na yo to na minoko ya bana na yo to na minoko ya bakitani na bango, kobanda kaka na tango oyo mpe libela na libela, » elobi Yawe.
