Hosea 13
1 “When Ephraim speaks tremblingly, He has been lifted up in Israel, When he becomes guilty in Ba‘al he dies.
Tango Efrayimi azalaki koloba, bato bazalaki kolenga; azalaki kokonza kati na Isalaele, kasi asalaki mabe na kosambela nzambe Bala; yango wana akufaki.
2 And now they sin, And make for themselves a molten image of their silver, By their own understanding—idols, A work of artisans—all of it, Of them they say, who [are] sacrificers among men, The calves let them kiss.
Sik’oyo, bazali kokoba kosala masumu; na mayele na bango, bazali komisalela banzambe ya bikeko na nzela ya palata na bango balekisa na moto, bililingi oyo babongisa malamu: nyonso wana ezali mosala ya bato ya misala ya maboko. Balobaka na tina na bango: « Babonzaka bato lokola bambeka mpe bapesaka beze na bana ngombe ya mibali. »
3 Therefore they are as a cloud of the morning, And as dew, rising early, going away, As chaff tossed about out of a floor, And as smoke out of a window.
Mpo na yango, bakozala lokola lipata ya tongo, lokola londende ya tongo oyo elimwaka, lokola lititi oyo mopepe ememaka mosika na esika oyo batutelaka ble, mpe lokola molinga oyo ebimaka na lidusu.
4 And I [am] your God YHWH from the land of Egypt, And you do not know a God besides Me, And a Savior—there is none except Me.
« Nzokande Ngai Yawe, nazali Nzambe na yo, oyo abimisaki yo wuta na Ejipito. Oyebi Nzambe mosusu te libanda na Ngai, ozali na mobikisi mosusu te.
5 I have known you in a wilderness, In a land of droughts.
Ngai, nayebaki yo kati na esobe, kati na mabele oyo ekawuka.
6 They are satiated according to their feedings, They have been satiated, And their heart is lifted up, Therefore they have forgotten Me,
Kasi sik’oyo, lokola bolie mpe botondi, bokomi lofundu mpe bobosani Ngai.
7 And I am to them as a lion, I look out as a leopard by the way.
Boye, nakokweyela bino lokola nkosi mpe nakozela bino na nzela lokola nkoyi.
8 I meet them as a bereaved bear, And I tear the enclosure of their heart, And I consume them there as a lioness, A beast of the field tears them.
Nakolanda bino lokola ngombolo oyo ebungisi bana na yango mpe nakopasola misuni ya mitema na bino. Nakolia bino wana, lokola nkosi ya mwasi, bongo banyama ya zamba ekoya kopanza bino biteni-biteni.
9 You have destroyed yourself, O Israel, But in Me [is] your help;
Isalaele, obebisami; pamba te Ngai kaka nde Mosungi na yo!
10 Where [is] your king now—And he saves you in all your cities? And your judges of whom you said, Give a king and heads to me?
Wapi mokonzi na yo mpo ete abikisa yo? Wapi bakambi na yo kati na bingumba na bino nyonso oyo, na tina na bango, bozalaki koloba: ‹ Bopesa biso mokonzi mpe moyangeli? ›
11 I give to you a king in My anger, And I take away in My wrath.
Boye, na kanda na Ngai, napesaki bino mokonzi, mpe na kotomboka na Ngai, nakolongola ye.
12 Bound up [is] the iniquity of Ephraim, Hidden [is] his sin,
Mabe ya Efrayimi ebombami, mpe masumu na ye ekomami penza.
13 Pangs of a travailing woman come to him, He [is] not a wise son, For he does not remain [at] the time for the breaking forth of sons.
Pasi ekomeli ye lokola mwasi oyo azali na pasi ya kobota; kasi mpo ete azali lokola mwana azanga mayele, soki tango ya kobotama ekoki, abimaka na libumu ya mama na ye te.
14 Will I ransom them from the hand of Sheol? Will I redeem them from death? Where [is] your plague, O death? Where your destruction, O Sheol? Comfort is hid from My eyes. (Sheol h7585)
Nakokangola bango na bokonzi ya mboka ya bakufi, nakosikola bango na kufa. Oh kufa, wapi nguya na yo? Oh mboka ya bakufi, wapi nguya na yo ya kobebisa? Nakoyokela bango mawa te! (Sheol h7585)
15 Though he produces fruit among brothers, An east wind comes in, a wind of YHWH, From a wilderness it is coming up, And it dries up his fountain, And his spring becomes dry, It—it spoils a treasure—every desirable vessel.
Ata Efrayimi azali kofuluka kati na bandeko na ye ya mibali, mopepe ya este ekoya, mopepe ya Yawe ekoya wuta na esobe: ekokawusa etima ya Efrayimi, ekokawusa liziba na ye. Monguna akobotola ye biloko nyonso ya talo wuta na ebombelo na yango. »
16 Samaria becomes desolate, Because she has been rebellious against her God, They fall by sword, Their sucklings are dashed in pieces, And its pregnant ones are ripped up!”
Bato ya Samari basengeli kozwa etumbu mpo na mabe na bango, pamba te batombokeli Nzambe na bango. Bato bakokufa na mopanga; bakonyata-nyata babebe na bango, bakopasola mabumu ya basi na bango ya zemi.
