< Zechariah 7 >

1 And it comes to pass, in the fourth year of Darius the king, a word of YHWH has been to Zechariah, in the fourth of the ninth month, in Chisleu.
Na mobu ya minei ya mokonzi ya Dariusi, na mokolo ya minei ya sanza ya libwa, sanza ya kisilevi, Yawe alobaki na Zakari.
2 And Beth-El sends Sherezer and Regem-Melech, and its men, to appease the face of YHWH,
Bato ya Beteli batindaki Saretseri, Regemi-Meleki elongo na bato na bango mpo na kobondela Yawe
3 speaking to the priests who [are] at the house of YHWH of Hosts, and to the prophets, saying, “Do I weep in the fifth month—being separated—as I have done these so many years?”
mpe mpo na kotuna motuna oyo epai ya Banganga-Nzambe oyo basalaka kati na Tempelo ya Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, mpe epai ya basakoli: — Boni, tosengeli kaka kokoba kolela mpe kokila bilei na sanza ya mitano ndenge tosalaka wuta kala?
4 And there is a word of YHWH of Hosts to me, saying,
Bongo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, alobaki na ngai:
5 “Speak to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying,
— Tuna bato nyonso ya ekolo mpe Banganga-Nzambe: « Wuta mibu tuku sambo, tango bokilaka bilei mpe bolelaka na sanza ya mitano mpe ya sambo, bosalaka yango mpo na Ngai?
6 When you fasted with mourning in the fifth and in the seventh [months]—even these seventy years—did you keep the fast [to] Me? And when you eat, and when you drink, is it not you who are eating, and you who are drinking?
Bongo tango bozalaki kolia mpe komela, ezalaki te mpo na esengo na bino moko?
7 Are [these] not the words that YHWH proclaimed by the hand of the former prophets, in Jerusalem’s being inhabited, and [in] safety, and its cities around it, and the south and the plain—abiding?”
Yango ezali te liloba oyo Yawe alobaki na nzela ya basakoli na Ye wuta kala tango Yelusalemi mpe bingumba oyo ezingelaki yango ezalaki na kimia mpe na boyokani, mpe Negevi mpe Shefela etondaki na bato ebele? »
8 And there is a word of YHWH to Zechariah, saying,
Mpe Yawe alobaki lisusu na Zakari:
9 “Thus spoke YHWH of Hosts, saying, Judge [with] true judgment, And do kindness and mercy with one another.
— Tala liloba oyo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, alobi: « Bokataka makambo na bosembo, mpe tika ete moko na moko kati na bino azala na bolingo mpe na mawa ya moto mosusu.
10 And do not oppress widow, and fatherless, Sojourner, and poor, And you do not devise the calamity of one another in your heart.
Bonyokolaka te mwasi oyo akufisa mobali to mwana etike to mopaya to mpe mobola, mpe tika ete moko te kati na bino asala, na motema na ye, mabongisi ya kosala moninga na ye mabe. »
11 And they refuse to attend, And they give a stubborn shoulder, And their ears are made heavy against hearing.
Kasi baboyaki kotosa, bamatisaki mapeka mpe bakangaki matoyi na bango mpo ete bayoka Ngai te.
12 And their heart they have made adamant, Against hearing the Law, and the words, That YHWH of Hosts sent by His Spirit, By the hand of the former prophets, And there is great wrath from YHWH of Hosts.
Bakomisaki mitema na bango makasi lokola diama mpo kaka bayoka te mibeko mpe maloba oyo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, azalaki koloba na bango na lisungi ya Molimo na Ye na nzela ya basakoli na Ye ya kala. Mpo na yango, Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, atombokaki makasi.
13 And it comes to pass, as He called, And they have not listened, So they call, and I do not listen,” said YHWH of Hosts.
Boye, Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, alobaki: « Lokola bayokaki Ngai te tango nazalaki kobenga bango, Ngai mpe nayokaki bango te tango babengaki Ngai.
14 “And I toss them on all the nations, That they have not known, The land has been desolate behind them, Of any passing by and turning back, And they set a desirable land for a desolation!”
Na bongo, napanzaki bango kati na bikolo nyonso epai wapi bakomaki bapaya, mpe mokili na bango ebebisamaki makasi: moto moko te akokaki lisusu kokota to kobima kuna. Ndenge wana nde bakomisaki mokili ya kitoko libebi. »

< Zechariah 7 >