< Isaiah 46 >

1 Bel is bowed downe: Nebo is fallen: their idoles were vpon the beastes, and vpon the cattell: they which did beare you, were laden with a wearie burden.
Tala banzambe ya Babiloni: Beli esili ngala, Nebo ekweyi; bikeko na yango etiami likolo ya banyama, likolo ya bibwele! Bikeko oyo bomemaka ezali kilo makasi, ezali mokumba oyo elembisaka banyama.
2 They are bowed downe, and fallen together: for they coulde not rid them of the burden, and their soule is gone into captiuitie.
Banzambe yango ya bikeko egumbami mpe ekweyi nzela moko, ezali na makoki te ya kobikisa mokumba na yango, pamba te ekeyi na bowumbu.
3 Heare ye me, O house of Iaakob, and all that remaine of the house of Israel, which are borne of me from the wombe, and brought vp of me from the birth.
Oh ndako ya Jakobi, boyoka Ngai, mpe bino nyonso, batikali ya libota ya Isalaele, bino oyo nandima kobatela wuta na libumu ya mama mpe nandima komema mokumba wuta mbotama na bino.
4 Therefore vnto olde age, I the same, euen I will beare you vntill the hoare heares: I haue made you: I will also beare you, and I will cary you and I will deliuer you.
Ezala tango bokotonda na suki ya pembe mpe bokokoma mibange, Ngai nakobongwana te, nakosunga bino kaka; Ngai nde nasalaki bino, nakomema mokumba na bino, nakosunga bino mpe nakobikisa bino.
5 To whom will ye make me like or make me equall, or copare me, that I should be like him?
Bolingi kokokanisa Ngai to kotia Ngai esika moko na nani? Bolingi solo kokokanisa Ngai na nani mpo ete amekana na Ngai?
6 They draw gold out of the bagge and weigh siluer in the balance, and hire a goldsmith to make a god of it, and they bowe downe, and worship it.
Bazali bato oyo babimisaka wolo na mabenga na bango mpe bamekaka kilo ya palata na emekelo; bafutaka mosolo epai ya mosali bikeko na bibende mpo ete asalela bango nzambe ya ekeko ya wolo mpe ya palata, mpo ete bafukamela mpe bagumbamela yango.
7 They beare it vpon the shoulders: they carie him and set him in his place: so doeth he stand, and cannot remoue from his place. Though one crie vnto him, yet can he not answere, nor deliuer him out of his tribulation.
Batiaka yango na mapeka mpe bamemaka yango, batelemisaka yango na esika na yango mpe etikalaka ya kotelema kaka wana. Wuta na esika na yango, ekoningana te. Ata soki moto moko abeleli yango, ekoyanola te, ekobikisa ye te na tango ya pasi.
8 Remember this, and be ashamed: bring it againe to minde, O you transgressers.
Bokanisa yango lisusu, mpo bososola malamu; bino batomboki, bozongisa yango lisusu na mitema na bino!
9 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none other God, and there is nothing like me,
Bokanisa lisusu makambo ya liboso, makambo oyo ya kala penza; solo, Ngai nazali Nzambe, mpe mosusu azali te, nazali Nzambe, moko te akokani na Ngai.
10 Which declare the last thing from the beginning: and from of olde, the things that were not done, saying, My counsell shall stand, and I will doe whatsoeuer I will.
Nasakolaki makambo ya suka na ebandeli; wuta kala penza, nasakolaki makambo oyo ekoya. Nalobaki: « Mabongisi na Ngai ekolongisama, mpe nakosala nyonso oyo nasepeli kosala. »
11 I call a birde from the East, and the man of my counsell from farre: as I haue spoken, so will I bring it to passe: I haue purposed it, and I will doe it.
Wuta na este, nabengi ndeke oyo eliaka misuni; longwa na mokili ya mosika, moto oyo akokokisa mabongisi na Ngai. Makambo oyo nalobaki, yango nde ekokokisama; oyo nabongisaki, yango nde ekosalema.
12 Heare me, ye stubburne hearted, that are farre from iustice.
Boyoka Ngai, bino bato ya mitema makasi, bino bato oyo bozali mosika ya bosembo!
13 I bring neere my iustice: it shall not be farre off, and my saluation shall not tarie: for I wil giue saluation in Zion, and my glory vnto Israel.
Bosembo na Ngai ekomi pene, ezali lisusu mosika te; mpe lobiko na Ngai ekowumela te. Nakopesa lobiko epai na Siona, mpe nkembo na Ngai, epai na Isalaele.

< Isaiah 46 >