Isaiah 1
1 THE VISION of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
Emoniseli oyo Ezayi, mwana mobali ya Amotsi, amonaki na tina na mokili ya Yuda mpe ya engumba Yelusalemi tango Oziasi, Yotami, Akazi mpe Ezekiasi bazalaki bakonzi ya Yuda.
2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD hath spoken: Children I have reared, and brought up, and they have rebelled against Me.
Oh Lola, yoka! Mabele, pesa matoyi mpo na koyoka! Pamba te Yawe nde azali koloba: « Nabokoli bana mpe nakolisi bango, kasi batombokeli Ngai.
3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; but Israel doth not know, My people doth not consider.
Ngombe eyebi nkolo na yango, ane mpe eyebi elielo oyo nkolo na yango apeselaka yango bilei; kasi Isalaele ayebi te, bato na Ngai basosoli te. »
4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil-doers, children that deal corruptly; they have forsaken the LORD, they have contemned the Holy One of Israel, they are turned away backward.
Mawa na yo, ekolo ya bato ya masumu, bato oyo batonda na mabe, libota oyo esalaka mabe mpe bana mabe! Batiki Yawe, batioli Mosantu ya Isalaele mpe bapesi Ye mokongo.
5 On what part will ye yet be stricken, seeing ye stray away more and more? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint;
Boni, babeta bino lisusu wapi, bino bato oyo botingami kaka na botomboki? Moto na yo mobimba ezali kobela, motema na yo mobimba ezali na pasi.
6 From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and festering sores: they have not been pressed, neither bound up, neither mollified with oil.
Longwa na litambe kino na moto, eloko moko te ezali malamu, kaka bapota mpe matutu oyo basukola te, batia kisi te mpe bapakola mafuta te.
7 Your country is desolate; your cities are burned with fire; your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by floods.
Mokili na bino ebebisami, bingumba na bino esili kozika na moto; bapaya bazali kobebisa bilanga na bino na miso na bino, nyonso ebebisami solo, lokola tango bapanzaka yango na moto ya mobulu.
8 And the daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
Siona, mboka kitoko, etikali kaka yango moko lokola mwa ndako moko ya matiti kati na elanga ya vino, lokola ndako ya kobombamela kati na bilanga ya bapasiteki, lokola engumba oyo ebatelami.
9 Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
Soki Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, abikisaki te ndambo ya bato kati na biso, tolingaki kokoma lokola engumba Sodome, tolingaki kokokana na engumba Gomore.
10 Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
Boyoka Liloba na Yawe, bino bakambi ya engumba Sodome! Boyoka mobeko ya Nzambe na biso, bino bato ya engumba Gomore!
11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto Me? saith the LORD; I am full of the burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats.
« Ebele ya bambeka na bino ekosala Ngai nini, » elobi Yawe? « Nasili kolemba bambeka na bino ya kotumba, bambeka na bino ya bameme ya mibali mpe mafuta ya bibwele na bino ya mafuta; nazali kosepela ata moke te na makila ya bangombe ya mibali, ya bana meme mpe ya bantaba ya mibali.
12 When ye come to appear before Me, who hath required this at your hand, to trample My courts?
Tango boyaka liboso na Ngai, nani abengaka bino ete boya kokota na lopango na Ngai?
13 Bring no more vain oblations; it is an offering of abomination unto Me; new moon and sabbath, the holding of convocations — I cannot endure iniquity along with the solemn assembly.
Botika komemela Ngai makabo oyo ezanga tina! Nazali koyoka malasi na bino ya ansa nkele. Bafeti na bino ya ebandeli ya sanza, ya Saba mpe mayangani na bino: bafeti wana ya mabe, nazali kokoka yango lisusu te.
14 Your new moons and your appointed seasons My soul hateth; they are a burden unto Me; I am weary to bear them.
Motema na Ngai eyini bafeti na bino wana ya ebandeli ya sanza mpe bafeti na bino wana ekatama. Ekomi penza mokumba mpo na Ngai, nalembi komema yango.
15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide Mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear; your hands are full of blood.
Tango bokotombola maboko na bino mpo na kobondela, nakolongola miso na Ngai likolo na bino; ezala soki bosambeli mingi, nakoyoka bino te, pamba te maboko na bino etondi na makila.
16 Wash you, make you clean, put away the evil of your doings from before Mine eyes, cease to do evil;
Bomisukola mpe bomipetola, bolongola misala mabe na bino na miso na Ngai! Botika kosala mabe!
17 Learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Boyekola nde kosala malamu, boluka bosembo, bosunga moto oyo bazali konyokola, bobundela mwana etike, bokotela mwasi oyo akufisa mobali!
18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD; though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Boya sik’oyo, tosilisa likambo, » elobi Yawe. « Ezala masumu na bino ezali motane makasi, ekokoma pembe lokola mvula ya pembe; ata ezali motane lokola ngola, ekokoma lokola bapwale ya meme.
19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land;
Soki bozwi mokano ya kotosa Ngai, bokolia mbuma kitoko ya mokili.
20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken.
Kasi soki kaka botie moto makasi mpe botomboki, bokokufa na mopanga. » Pamba te monoko ya Yawe nde elobi.
21 How is the faithful city become a harlot! She that was full of justice, righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.
Tala ndenge nini engumba ya boyengebene ekomi lokola mwasi ya ndumba! Ezalaki liboso engumba etonda na bosembo, boyengebene ezalaki kovanda kati na yango; kasi lelo oyo ekomi kobomba babomi.
22 Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water.
Palata na yo ekomi bosoto, vino na yo ya kitoko ekomi mayi-mayi.
23 Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth bribes, and followeth after rewards; they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
Bakambi na yo bazali batomboki, baninga ya miyibi; bango nyonso balingaka kaka kanyaka mpe batonda na lokoso ya lifuti. Bakotelaka mwana etike te, mpe likambo ya mwasi oyo akufisa mobali etalaka bango te.
24 Therefore saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: Ah, I will ease Me of Mine adversaries, and avenge Me of Mine enemies;
Yango wana, Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, Elombe ya Isalaele alobi: Ah, mawa! Nakosepela na pasi na bino, bino bayini na Ngai; mpe nakofutisa bino masumu, bino banguna na Ngai!
25 And I will turn My hand upon thee, and purge away thy dross as with lye, and will take away all thine alloy;
Nakotelemela bino, nakopetola bosoto ya palata na bino mpe nakolongola salite na bino,
26 And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning; afterward thou shalt be called The city of righteousness, the faithful city.
nakokomisa lisusu basambisi na bino malamu lokola na tango ya kala; mpe bapesi toli na bino, ndenge ezalaka na ebandeli. Sima na yango, bakobenga bino lisusu Engumba ya Bosembo, Engumba ya Boyengebene.
27 Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and they that return of her with righteousness.
Siona ekosikolama na nzela ya boyengebene, mpe bato na yango oyo bakobongola mitema bakobika na nzela ya bosembo.
28 But the destruction of the transgressors and the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.
Kasi batomboki mpe bato ya masumu bakobebisama, bato oyo bakobosana Yawe bakosila.
29 For they shall be ashamed of the terebinths which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
« Bokoyoka soni mpo na banzete ya terebente oyo bozalaki kolinga mingi; bokoyoka pasi na mitema mpo na bilanga oyo boponaki;
30 For ye shall be as a terebinth whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.
bokokoma lokola nzete ya terebente oyo ekawuka makasa.
31 And the strong shall be as tow, and his work as a spark; and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.
Moto ya makasi akokoma moto ya bolembu, mpe mosala na ye ekokoma lokola mokalikali; bango mibale bakozika nzela moko na moto, mpe moto oyo koboma yango akozala te. »
