Jeremiah 21
1 The worde which came vnto Ieremiah from the Lord, when king Zedekiah sent vnto him Pashur, the sonne of Malchiah, and Zephaniah, the sonne of Maaseiah the Priest, saying,
Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobaki na nzela ya Jeremi tango mokonzi Sedesiasi atindelaki ye Pashuri, mwana mobali ya Malikiya, mpe Nganga-Nzambe Sofoni, mwana mobali ya Maaseya, mpo na koloba na ye:
2 Inquire, I pray thee, of the Lord for vs, (for Nebuchad-nezzar King of Babel maketh warre against vs) if so be that the Lord will deale with vs according to all his wonderous workes, that he may returne vp from vs.
« Tuna Yawe sik’oyo mpo na biso, pamba te Nabukodonozori, mokonzi ya Babiloni, azali kobundisa biso; tango mosusu Yawe akosala bikamwa mpo na biso ndenge asalaki na tango ya kala, mpo ete Nabukodonozori atika biso. »
3 Then said Ieremiah, Thus shall you say to Zedekiah,
Kasi Jeremi azongiselaki bango: « Boloba na Sedesiasi:
4 Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Behold, I will turne backe the weapons of warre that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the King of Babel, and against the Caldeans, which besiege you without the walles, and I will assemble them into the middes of this citie.
‹ Tala liloba oyo Yawe, Nzambe ya Isalaele, alobi: Nakomi pene ya kosala ete bibundeli oyo ezali kati na maboko na bino, oyo bozali kosalela mpo na kobundisa mokonzi ya Babiloni mpe bato ya Chalide oyo bazingeli bino na libanda ya engumba, ebalukela bino; mpe nakosangisa bango kati na engumba oyo.
5 And I my selfe will fight against you with an outstretched hand, and with a mighty arme, eue in anger and in wrath, and in great indignation.
Mpe Ngai moko, nakosembola loboko na Ngai mpo na kobundisa bino na nguya, na kanda, na kosilika mpe na kotomboka makasi.
6 And I will smite the inhabitants of this citie, both man, and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.
Nakobebisa nyonso oyo ezali kati na engumba oyo: bato mpe banyama; mpe bakokufa na bokono oyo ebomaka.
7 And after this, sayeth the Lord, I will deliuer Zedekiah the King of Iudah, and his seruants, and the people, and such as are left in this citie, from the pestilence, from the sworde and from the famine into the hande of Nebuchad-nezzar King of Babel, and into the hande of their enemies, and into the hande of those that seeke their liues, and he shall smite them with the edge of the sworde: he shall not spare them, neither haue pitie nor compassion.
Sima na yango, elobi Yawe, nakokaba na maboko ya Nabukodonozori, mokonzi ya Babiloni, mpe na maboko ya banguna na bango oyo bazali na posa ya kosala bango mabe: Sedesiasi, mokonzi ya Yuda, bakalaka na ye mpe bavandi ya engumba oyo, ba-oyo bakobika na bokono oyo ebomaka, na mopanga mpe na nzala makasi. Nabukodonozori akoboma bango na mopanga, akokangela bango motema mpe akoyokela bango mawa te. ›
8 And vnto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord, Beholde, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.
Mpe lisusu, loba na bato: ‹ Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: Botala, nasili kotia liboso na bino nzela ya bomoi mpe nzela ya kufa.
9 He that abideth in this citie, shall dye by the sword and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Caldeans, that besiege you, he shall liue, and his life shalbe vnto him for a pray.
Moto nyonso oyo akotikala kati na engumba oyo akokufa na mopanga, na nzala makasi mpe na bokono oyo ebomaka. Kasi moto oyo akobima mpe akokende komipesa na maboko ya bato ya Babiloni oyo bazingeli bino, akobikisa bomoi na ye mpe akokufa te.
10 For I haue set my face against this citie, for euill and not for good, saith the Lord: it shalbe giuen into the hande of the King of Babel, and he shall burne it with fire.
Nazwaki mokano ya kosala engumba oyo mabe, kasi bolamu te, elobi Yawe; nakokaba yango na maboko ya mokonzi ya Babiloni, oyo akobebisa yango na moto. ›
11 And say vnto the house of the King of Iudah, Heare ye the worde of the Lord.
Loba na libota ya mokonzi ya Yuda: ‹ Boyoka Liloba na Yawe!
12 O house of Dauid, thus saith the Lord, Execute iudgement in the morning, and deliuer the oppressed out of the hande of the oppressor, lest my wrath go out like fire and burne, that none can quench it, because of the wickednes of your workes.
Oh libota ya Davidi, tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: Kataka makambo na bosembo na tongo nyonso, bikisa monyokolami na maboko ya monyokoli; soki te, likolo ya mabe oyo basalaki Ngai, kanda na Ngai ekopela mpe ekotumba lokola moto; mpe ekozala na moto ata moko te mpo na koboma yango.
13 Beholde, I come against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and rocke of the plaine, saith the Lord, which say, Who shall come downe against vs? or who shall enter into our habitations?
Oh Yelusalemi, yo oyo ovandaka na lubwaku, na mabanga ya etando ya likolo ya ngomba, nazali kosepela na yo te, elobi Yawe, yo oyo olobaka: ‘Nani azali na makoki ya kobundisa biso? Nani azali na makoki ya kokota na ekimelo na biso?’
14 But I will visite you according to the fruite of your workes, saith the Lord, and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall deuoure rounde about it.
Nakopesa yo etumbu kolanda misala na yo, elobi Yawe, nakopelisa moto na zamba na yo, mpe ekotumba nyonso oyo ezali zingazinga na yo. › »
