Jeremiah 14
1 This is a message from the Lord that came to Jeremiah regarding the drought:
Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobaki na Jeremi na tina na bokawuki:
2 Judah is in mourning; her towns are wasting away. Her people are weeping for the land, and a cry for help comes from Jerusalem.
« Bato ya Yuda bazali na matanga, bingumba na bango esili kobebisama, bazali kolela mpo na mokili na bango, mpe koganga ezali koyokana wuta na Yelusalemi.
3 Rich people send their servants to get water. They go to the cisterns, but don't find any water. They return with empty jars, disappointed and ashamed, covering their heads.
Bakambi bazali kotinda basali na bango mpo ete bakende kotoka mayi; kasi soki bakomi na libulu ya mayi, mayi ezali te, bongo bazali kozonga na mbeki ya pamba, bazipi bilongi na soni mpe na mawa.
4 The ground has dried up because there hasn't been any rain in the land. The farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.
Mabele esili kokawuka, pamba te mvula ezali konoka lisusu te, basali bilanga bakomi na pasi mpe bazipi bilongi na bango mpo na soni.
5 Even the deer abandons her newborn fawn because there's no grass.
Ezala mboloko kati na zamba ekomi kokima ata mwana na yango oyo esili kobota, pamba te matiti ya kolia ezali lisusu te.
6 Wild donkeys stand on the bare hills, panting like jackals. Their eyesight fails because they have nothing to eat.
Ba-ane ya zamba etelemi na basonge ya bangomba ekawuka mpe ezali kobenda mopepe lokola mbwa ya zamba; miso na yango elembi kotala, pamba te matiti ya kolia ezali te. »
7 Even though our sins give evidence against us, Lord, please do something for us because of your good nature. Yes, we have rebelled against you so often; we have sinned against you.
Oh Yawe, ata masumu na biso ezali kofunda biso, sala mpo na lokumu ya Kombo na Yo, pamba te towangani Yo mpe mingi, tosalaki masumu liboso na Yo.
8 You are the hope of Israel, our Savior in times of trouble. Why do you act like a foreigner in our country, like a traveler who only stays a night?
Oh Elikya ya Isalaele, Mobikisi na ye na tango ya pasi, mpo na nini ozali kosala makambo lokola mopaya kati na mboka oyo to lokola moleki nzela oyo atelemaka kaka na mboka mpo na kolekisa butu?
9 Why do you act like someone caught unawares, like a powerful warrior who can't help? You are here among us, Lord, and we are known as your people. Please don't give up on us!
Mpo na nini ozali kosala makambo lokola moto oyo asutuki to lokola elombe oyo azangi makoki ya kobikisa moto? Nzokande, Yo, Yawe, ozali kati na biso mpe tobengami solo na Kombo na Yo! Kosundola biso te!
10 This is what the Lord says about his people: They really love to wander away from me—they don't even try to stop themselves. So the Lord refuses to accept them. Now he'll remember their guilty actions and punish them for their sins.
Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi na tina na bato oyo: « Bato oyo balingaka kaka kotambola-tambola, bavandaka esika moko te. Yango wana, Yawe asepelaka na bango te, akobosana mabe na bango te mpe akopesa bango etumbu mpo na masumu na bango. »
11 The Lord told me, Don't pray for the welfare of this people.
Bongo, Yawe alobaki na ngai: — Kosambela mpo na bolamu ya bato oyo te!
12 Even if they fast, I won't listen to their cry. Even though they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I won't accept them. On the contrary I will wipe them out by sword and famine and plague.
Ata soki bakili bilei, nakoyoka kolela na bango te; ata soki babonzi mbeka ya kotumba mpe ya bagato, nakondima yango te. Nzokande, nakobebisa bango na mopanga, na nzala makasi mpe na bokono oyo ebomaka.
13 “Oh Lord God!” I answered, “Look what prophets are telling them, claiming to be speaking for you: ‘You won't see war or suffer from famine, but I will give you peace that lasts here in this place.’”
Kasi nazongiselaki Ye: — Oh Nkolo Yawe, basakoli bazali kokoba koloba na bango: « Te! Bokotikala komona mopanga to nzala makasi te, kasi nakopesa bino kimia ya solo na esika oyo. »
14 The prophets are prophesying lies in my name, replied the Lord. I didn't send them or choose them or speak to them. It's a lying vision, an empty prediction, a deluded, deceitful product of their own minds that they are prophesying to you.
Yawe alobaki na ngai: — Basakoli bazali kosakola makambo ya lokuta na Kombo na Ngai. Natindaki bango te, naponaki bango te mpe nalobaki na bango likambo moko te. Bimoniseli mpe masakoli na bango ezali ya lokuta; makambo nyonso oyo bazali kosakola ezali pamba, ewutaka nde na makanisi ya mitema na bango moko.
15 So this is what the Lord says about such prophets who prophesy in my name: I didn't send them, but even so they say, “This country won't suffer war or famine.” These same prophets will die from war or famine!
Yango wana, tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi mpo na basakoli oyo bazali koloba na Kombo na Ngai: « Natindaki bango te, atako bazali koloba: ‹ Mopanga mpe nzala makasi ekokweya na mokili oyo te. › Basakoli yango bakokufa na mopanga mpe na nzala makasi.
16 The bodies of the people they prophesied to will be thrown into the streets of Jerusalem because of famine and war. There won't be anyone to bury them or their wives, their sons or their daughters. I will pour out their own evil on them.
Bongo, bato oyo bazali kondima masakoli na bango bakobwakama na libanda, na babalabala ya Yelusalemi likolo ya nzala makasi mpe ya mopanga. Moto moko te akozala mpo na kokunda bango, ezala bango to basi na bango to mpe bana na bango ya mibali to ya basi. Nakozongisela bango mabe na mabe oyo basalaki.
17 This is what you are to tell them: Tears flow from my eyes without stopping day or night, because my people have been crushed by a heavy blow, a really serious wound.
Loba na bango maloba oyo: ‹ Butu mpe moyi, miso na ngai ezali kobimisa mpinzoli, ezali kokawuka te! Pamba te moseka na ngai, bato na ngai, bazali na pasi mingi mpo ete babetami makasi.
18 If I go out to the countryside, I see those killed by the sword; if I go into the city, I see those dying by famine. Both prophets and priests wander around the country—they don't know what they're doing.
Soki nakeyi na zamba, nazali komona bibembe ya bato oyo babomi na mopanga; soki nakoti kati na engumba, nazali komona bato oyo bazali kokufa na nzala. Basakoli mpe Banganga-Nzambe bazali kososola likambo moko te tango bazali kotambola na mokili. › »
19 Have you really rejected Judah? Do you hate Zion so much? Why have you wounded us so badly that we can't be healed? We hoped for peace, but instead nothing good has come; we hoped for a time of healing, but instead there was only sudden terror.
Boni, obwaki solo Yuda? Oyini penza Siona? Mpo na nini otindeli biso pasi makasi oyo ezangeli nzela ya kobika? Tokanisaki ete tokozwa kimia; nzokande, eloko moko ya malonga esalemi te! Tokanisaki ete tokozala na nzoto kolongono; nzokande, tozali kaka komona pasi na pasi!
20 Lord, we admit our wickedness, the guilt of our forefathers as well as our own sins against you.
Oh Yawe, tososoli solo mabe na biso mpe masumu ya batata na biso! Solo, tosali penza masumu liboso na Yo.
21 Because of your own reputation please don't hate us; don't bring dishonor on your glorious throne. Please remember your agreement with us; don't break it.
Koyina biso te mpo na lokumu ya Kombo na Yo! Kobebisa te nkembo ya Kiti ya Bokonzi na Yo! Kanisa boyokani oyo osalaki elongo na biso mpe kobebisa yango te!
22 Can the false gods of the other nations bring rain? Can the skies themselves send showers? No, it's you, Lord our God. So we put our hope in you, because only you can do all this.
Boni, ezali na nzambe moko ya ekeko, kati na bikolo, oyo enokisaka mvula? Boni, likolo ekoki penza konokisa yango moko mvula? Te! Ezali nde Yo, Yawe, Nzambe na biso! Totie elikya na biso nyonso epai na Yo, pamba te Yo nde osala biloko oyo nyonso.
