Jeremiah 3
1 ...saying: If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, may he return unto her again? Will not that land be greatly polluted? But thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; and wouldest thou yet return to Me? saith the LORD.
« Soki mobali abomi libala na mwasi na ye, mpe mwasi yango akei kobala mobali mosusu; boni, mobali yango akoki lisusu kozongela ye? Bomoni te ete mokili mobimba ekokoma penza mbindo? Nzokande yo, osalaki kindumba na mibali ebele, bongo olingi sik’oyo kozongela Ngai, » elobi Yawe.
2 Lift up thine eyes unto the high hills, and see: Where hast thou not been lain with? By the ways hast thou sat for them, as an Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy harlotries and with thy wickedness.
« Tombola miso na yo na likolo ya bangomba mpe tala: Boni, ezali penza na esika epai wapi ozangaki kosala ekobo? Ovandaki na nzela mpo na kozela bamakangu, ovandaki wana lokola moto ya Arabi kati na esobe. Boye, okomisaki mokili mbindo na nzela ya ekobo na yo mpe ya misala na yo ya mabe.
3 Therefore the showers have been withheld, and there hath been no latter rain; yet thou hadst a harlot's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
Yango wana, mvula ekangamaki, mpe mvula ya sima enokaki lisusu te. Kasi atako bongo, okangami kaka na kosala kindumba na yo mpe oboyi koyoka soni.
4 Didst thou not just now cry unto Me: 'My father, Thou art the friend of my youth.
Boni, obengaka Ngai te: ‹ Tata na ngai, moninga na ngai ya bomwana! ›
5 Will He bear grudge for ever? Will He keep it to the end?' Behold, thou hast spoken, but hast done evil things, and hast had thy way.
Ozali kutu kotuna Ngai: ‹ Boni, kino tango nini okokanga kanda? Kotomboka na yo ekosila te? › Yango nde makambo ozali koloba, kasi ozali mpe kaka kokoba na misala na yo ya mabe. »
6 And the LORD said unto me in the days of Josiah the king: 'Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel did? she went up upon every high mountain and under every leafy tree, and there played the harlot.
Tango Joziasi azalaki mokonzi, Yawe alobaki na ngai: « Omoni makambo Isalaele oyo apengwi nzela na Ngai azali kosala? Amataki likolo ya bangomba nyonso mpe atambolaki na se ya banzete nyonso ya mibesu mpo na kosala kindumba.
7 And I said: After she hath done all these things, she will return unto me; but she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
Nakanisaki ete akozongela Ngai soki asilisi kosala makambo nyonso oyo azalaki na yango posa; kasi azongeli Ngai te, mpe ndeko na ye ya mwasi, mopengwi Yuda, amonaki yango.
8 And I saw, when, forasmuch as backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a bill of divorcement, that yet treacherous Judah her sister feared not; but she also went and played the harlot;
Napesaki mopengwi Isalaele mokanda na ye ya koboma libala mpe nabenganaki ye likolo ya kindumba na ye; kasi namonaki ete ndeko na ye ya mwasi, mopengwi Yuda, abangaki te; ye mpe abimaki mpo na kosala kindumba.
9 and it came to pass through the lightness of her harlotry, that the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with stocks;
Lokola ezalaki likambo ya pamba mpo na Isalaele kosala kindumba, akomisaki mokili mbindo mpe asalaki kindumba na banzambe ya bikeko oyo basala na mabanga mpe na banzete.
10 and yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not returned unto Me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD —
Atako bongo, ndeko na ye ya mwasi, mopengwi Yuda, azongaki epai na Ngai te na motema na ye mobimba; azongaki na ye kaka likolo-likolo, » elobi Yawe.
11 even the LORD said unto me — backsliding Israel hath proved herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.
Yawe alobaki na ngai: « Mopengwi Isalaele azali sembo koleka mopengwi Yuda.
12 Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say: Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; I will not frown upon you; for I am merciful, saith the LORD, I will not bear grudge for ever.
Kende kosakola sango oyo na nor: ‹ Oh mopengwi Isalaele, zonga, › elobi Yawe, ‹ Nakokangela yo lisusu elongi te, pamba te nazali Moyengebene, › elobi Yawe. ‹ Nakokangela yo lisusu kanda te mpo na libela.
13 Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every leafy tree, and ye have not hearkened to My voice, saith the LORD.
Ndima kaka mabe na yo, mpo ete otombokelaki Yawe, Nzambe na yo; obebisaki ngolu na yo epai ya banzambe ya bapaya, na se ya banzete nyonso ya mibesu, mpe otosaki Ngai te, › » elobi Yawe.
14 Return, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am a lord unto you, and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion;
« Bozonga epai na Ngai, bino batomboki, » elobi Yawe, « pamba te nazali mobali na bino ya libala. Kati na bino, nakozwa moto moko kati na engumba moko na moko, mpe bato mibale kati na etuka moko na moko, mpo na kozongisa bino na Siona.
15 and I will give you shepherds according to My heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
Bongo nakopesa bino bakambi kolanda posa ya motema na Ngai, bakambi oyo bakotambolisa bino na bwanya mpe na mayele.
16 And it shall come to pass, when ye are multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more: The ark of the covenant of the LORD; neither shall it come to mind; neither shall they make mention of it; neither shall they miss it; neither shall it be made any more.
Na mikolo wana, tango bokokoma penza ebele na mokili, » elobi Yawe, « bato bakoloba lisusu te: ‹ Sanduku ya Boyokani ya Yawe. › Bakomitungisa lisusu mpo na yango te mpe bakokanisa yango lisusu te; kozanga na yango ekolobela bato eloko moko te, mpe bakoluka lisusu te kosala Sanduku ya Boyokani.
17 At that time they shall call Jerusalem The throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem; neither shall they walk any more after the stubbornness of their evil heart.
Na tango wana, bakobenga Yelusalemi Kiti ya Bokonzi ya Yawe, mpe bikolo nyonso ekosangana na Yelusalemi mpo na kopesa lokumu na Kombo na Yawe. Boye, bakolanda lisusu te baposa mabe ya mitema na bango.
18 In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.'
Na tango wana, libota ya Yuda ekosangana elongo na libota ya Isalaele; longwa na mokili ya nor, bakokende nzela moko kino na mokili oyo napesaki batata na bino lokola libula.
19 But I said: 'How would I put thee among the sons, and give thee a pleasant land, the goodliest heritage of the nations!' And I said: 'Thou shalt call Me, My father; and shalt not turn away from following Me.'
Namilobelaki: ‹ Esengo nini penza nazalaki na yango ya kokamata bino lokola bana mpe kopesa bino mikili ya kitoko, libula oyo eleki kitoko kati na bikolo! › Nakanisaki ete bokobenga Ngai ‹ Tata › mpe bokotika te kolanda Ngai.
20 Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with Me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD.
Kasi bino lisanga ya Isalaele, bokosi Ngai lokola mwasi oyo asangisi nzoto na mobali mosusu, » elobi Yawe.
21 Hark! upon the high hills is heard the suppliant weeping of the children of Israel; for that they have perverted their way, they have forgotten the LORD their God.
Koganga ezali koyokana na likolo ya bangomba: ezali mayi ya miso mpe kolelalela ya bana ya Isalaele, pamba te babebisi nzela na bango mpe babosani Yawe, Nzambe na bango.
22 Return, ye backsliding children, I will heal your backslidings. — 'Here we are, we are come unto Thee; for Thou art the LORD our God.
« Bino batomboki, bozonga epai na Ngai mpe nakobikisa bino na kopengwa na bino! » « Solo, tokozonga epai na Yo, pamba te Yo, Yawe, nde ozali Nzambe na biso.
23 Truly vain have proved the hills, the uproar on the mountains; truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.
Solo, bisala-sala oyo ezali kosalema na bangomba mikuse mpe milayi ezali kaka makelele ya pamba. Solo, Yawe, Nzambe na biso, azali Lobiko ya Isalaele.
24 But the shameful thing hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
Wuta bolenge na biso, banzambe ya bikeko ebebisaki mbuma ya misala ya batata na biso, bibwele na bango mpe ngombe na bango, bana na bango ya mibali mpe ya basi.
25 Let us lie down in our shame, and let our confusion cover us; for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day; and we have not hearkened to the voice of the LORD our God.'
Soni ekomi lokola mbeto na biso, mpe kosambwa, lokola bulangeti mpo na komizipa; pamba te biso mpe batata na biso, tosalaki masumu liboso ya Yawe, Nzambe na biso, totosaki Yawe te, wuta bolenge na biso. »
