< Isaiah 8 >
1 And the LORD said unto me: 'Take thee a great tablet, and write upon it in common script: The spoil speedeth, the prey hasteth;
Yawe alobaki na ngai: « Kamata etando monene ya libanga mpe salela ekomeli mpo na kokoma makambo oyo na likolo na yango: Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz (pene bomengo ya bitumba, pene kobebisama). »
2 and I will take unto Me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.'
Nabengaki Nganga-Nzambe Iri mpe Zakari, mwana mobali ya Yeberekia, mpo ete bazala batatoli na ngai ya sembo.
3 And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bore a son. Then said the LORD unto me: 'Call his name Maher-shalal-hashbaz.
Nakendeki epai ya mwasi mosakoli; akomaki na zemi mpe abotaki mwana mobali. Yawe alobaki na ngai: « Pesa ye kombo Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.
4 For before the child shall have knowledge to cry: My father, and: My mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be carried away before the king of Assyria.'
Liboso ete mwana ayeba ndenge babengaka ‹ Tata na ngai › to ‹ mama na ngai, › bakomema bozwi ya Damasi mpe bomengo ya bitumba ya Samari epai ya mokonzi ya Asiri. »
5 And the LORD spoke unto me yet again, saying:
Yawe alobaki na ngai lisusu:
6 Forasmuch as this people hath refused the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoiceth with Rezin and Remaliah's son;
« Mpo ete bato oyo basundoli mayi ya Siloe oyo etiolaka na kimia, mpe basepeli na Retsini mpe na mwana mobali ya Remalia,
7 Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the River, mighty and many, even the king of Assyria and all his glory; and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks;
Yawe akotindela bango mayi ya nguya mpe mayi ebele lokola mayi ya ebale Efrate: ekozala nde mokonzi ya Asiri elongo na mampinga na ye nyonso. Ekotonda penza meke mpe ekozipa bangambo nyonso.
8 And he shall sweep through Judah overflowing as he passeth through he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.
Ekokota na Yuda mpe ekozindisa yango kino na kingo; mpe kopanzana ya mayi yango ekotondisa mokili na yo mobimba, Emanwele. »
9 Make an uproar, O ye peoples, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.
Bino bikolo, boganga na somo mpe bopalangana! Bino bituka nyonso ya mosika, boyoka! Bobongama mpo na bitumba mpe bopalangana! Bobongama mpo na bitumba mpe bopalangana!
10 Take counsel together, and it shall be brought to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand; for God is with us.
Bosala malamu mabongisi na bino, kasi ekobebisama; boloba oyo bokoki koloba, kasi eloko moko te ekosalema, pamba te Nzambe azali elongo na biso!
11 For the LORD spoke thus to me with a strong hand, admonishing me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying:
Yawe alobaki na ngai, tango asimbaki ngai na loboko na Ye ya nguya mpe akebisaki ngai ete nalanda te nzela ya bato oyo:
12 'Say ye not: A conspiracy, concerning all whereof this people do say: A conspiracy; neither fear ye their fear, nor account it dreadful.
« Bobengaka likita te eloko nyonso oyo bato babengaka likita; bobangaka te oyo bango babangaka, boyokela yango somo ata moke te.
13 The LORD of hosts, Him shall ye sanctify; and let Him be your fear, and let Him be your dread.
Kaka Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, nde bosengeli komona lokola Mosantu, Ye kaka nde bosengeli kokumisa, Ye kaka nde bosengeli koyoka somo.
14 And He shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Akozala lokola Esika ya bule; kasi mpo na bandako mibale ya Isalaele, akozala lokola libanga oyo ebetisaka bato mabaku, lokola libanga monene oyo ekweyisaka bato; bongo mpo na bato ya Yelusalemi, akozala motambo mpe monyama.
15 And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.'
Mingi kati na bango bakobeta mabaku, bakokweya mpe bakobukana, bakokangama na motambo, mpe bakozwa bango. »
16 'Bind up the testimony, seal the instruction among My disciples.'
Bomba lisakoli oyo ete eyebana te, kangisa mobeko oyo kati na bayekoli na ngai.
17 And I will wait for the LORD, that hideth His face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for Him.
Nakotalela Yawe oyo abombi elongi na Ye, oyo apesi ndako ya Jakobi mokongo; nakotia elikya na ngai kati na Ye.
18 Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me shall be for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, who dwelleth in mount Zion.
Ngai elongo na bana oyo Yawe apesi ngai, tozali bilembo mpe bandakisa kati na Isalaele, kowuta na Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, oyo avandaka na ngomba Siona.
19 And when they shall say unto you: 'Seek unto the ghosts and the familiar spirits, that chirp and that mutter; should not a people seek unto their God? on behalf of the living unto the dead
Soki bato balobi na bino: « Bokende kotalisa makambo epai ya bato oyo basololaka na milimo ya bakufi mpe epai ya bato oyo balobaka makambo oyo ekoya, oyo balobaka-lobaka lokola bandeke. Boni, bato baluka banzambe na bango te? Mpo na nini te babelela bakufi mpo na bato ya bomoi? »
20 for instruction and for testimony?' — Surely they will speak according to this word, wherein there is no light. —
Na mobeko mpe na lisakoli! Soki bakoloba bongo te, bakomona tongo te.
21 And they shall pass this way that are sore bestead and hungry; and it shall come to pass that, when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse by their king and by their God, and, whether they turn their faces upward,
Bakokatisa mokili, na pasi mpe na nzala; mpe tango bakokoma na nzala, bakokoma kanda-kanda, bakotala likolo mpe bakolakela mokonzi mpe Nzambe na bango mabe.
22 or look unto the earth, behold distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish, and outspread thick darkness.
Mpe tango bakotala mabele, bakomona kaka pasi ya makasi, molili mpe molili ya somo makasi; mpe bakotindika bango kati na molili ya makasi.