Hosea 4
1 Hear the word of YHWH, you children of Israel; for YHWH has a charge against the inhabitants of the land: "Indeed there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.
Bana ya Isalaele, boyoka Liloba na Yawe! Pamba te Yawe azali kosamba na bino, bavandi ya mokili, mpo ete bosolo, bolingo mpe boyebi ya Nzambe ezali lisusu te kati na mokili;
2 There is cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break boundaries, and bloodshed causes bloodshed.
etikali kaka kolakelana mabe, lokuta, makambo ya somo, moyibi, kindumba, mobulu mpe kobomana se kobomana.
3 Therefore the land mourns, and all those who dwell in it will waste away, along with the animals of the field and the crawling creatures of the earth and the birds of the sky, and even the fish of the sea will be taken away.
Mpo na yango, mokili ekokoma na mawa, bavandi na yango nyonso bakolemba nzoto, nyama ya zamba, ndeke ya likolo mpe mbisi ya ebale monene ekokufa.
4 "Yet let no man bring a charge, neither let any man accuse; For your people are like those who bring charges against a priest.
Kasi tika ete moto moko te amilongisa to apamela moninga na ye, pamba te bato na yo bazali lokola bato oyo batiaka tembe na Banganga-Nzambe!
5 You will stumble in the day, and the prophet will also stumble with you in the night; and I will destroy your mother.
Bokobeta mabaku, na moyi makasi; basakoli mpe bakobeta mabaku elongo na bino, na butu, mpe nakobebisa mama na bino.
6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God's law, I will also forget your children.
Bato na Ngai bakobebisama mpo ete bazangi boyebi. Lokola bobwaki boyebi, Ngai mpe nakobwaka bino mpe nakolongola bino na bonganga-Nzambe na Ngai. Lokola bobosani Mobeko ya Nzambe na bino, Ngai mpe nakobosana bana na bino.
7 As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me. They have exchanged their glory into shame.
Ndenge Banganga-Nzambe bakomaki ebele, ndenge wana mpe basalaki masumu na miso na Ngai. Nakobongola nkembo na bango soni.
8 They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity.
Banganga-Nzambe baliaka na sima ya masumu ya bato na Ngai mpe basepelaka ete bato basala kaka mabe.
9 It will be, like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will repay them for their deeds.
Makambo oyo ekokomela bato yango ekokomela mpe Banganga-Nzambe: nakopesa bango nyonso etumbu nzela moko mpo na etamboli na bango mpe nakofuta bango kolanda misala na bango.
10 They will eat, and not have enough. They will play the prostitute, and will not increase; because they have abandoned giving to YHWH.
Bakolia, kasi bakotonda te; bakosala kindumba, kasi bakobotana te; pamba te basundolaki Yawe
11 Prostitution, wine, and new wine take away understanding.
mpo na komipesa na kindumba, na masanga ya vino ya kala mpe ya sika oyo elongolaka bato bososoli.
12 My people consult with their wooden idol, and answer to a stick of wood. Indeed the spirit of prostitution has led them astray, and they have been unfaithful to their God.
Bato na Ngai bakomi kotuna toli epai ya nzambe ya ekeko oyo basala na nzete, mpe eteni ya nzete ezali koyanola bango. Molimo moko ya kindumba ezali kopengwisa bango, bakomi kosala kindumba mosika na Nzambe na bango,
13 They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains, and burn incense on the hills, under oaks and poplars and shady terebinths, because its shade is good. Therefore your daughters play the prostitute, and your brides commit adultery.
kobonza bambeka na likolo ya bangomba milayi, kotumba ansa lokola mbeka ya malasi na likolo ya bangomba mikuse, na se ya banzete minene oyo epesaka pio ya kitoko lokola sheni, pepiliye mpe terebente! Mpo na yango, bana na bino ya basi bakosala kindumba, mpe basi ya bana na bino bakosala ekobo.
14 I will not punish your daughters when they play the prostitute, nor your brides when they commit adultery; because the men consort with prostitutes, and they sacrifice with the shrine prostitutes; so the people without understanding will come to ruin.
Nakopesa etumbu te: ezala na bana na bino ya basi mpo na kindumba na bango to na basi ya bana na bino mpo na ekobo na bango; pamba te bango moko mibali babimaka na basi ya ndumba mpe babonzaka mbeka elongo na bandumba ya tempelo. Bato bazangi bososoli basukaka se na libebi!
15 "Though you, Israel, play the prostitute, yet do not let Judah offend; and do not come to Gilgal, neither go up to Beth Aven, nor swear, 'As YHWH lives.'
Ata soki yo, Isalaele, osali ekobo, tika ete Yuda amikweyisa te! Kokende na Giligali te, komata na Beti-Aveni te mpe kolapa ndayi te na koloba: « Na Kombo na Yawe! »
16 For Israel has behaved extremely stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer. Then how will YHWH feed them like a lamb in a meadow.
Mpo ete bato ya Isalaele bazali mito makasi lokola ngombe ya mwasi oyo etomboki, ndenge nini Yawe akoka koleisa bango lokola bana meme kati na bilanga minene?
17 Ephraim, joined to idols, has placed stumbling blocks against himself.
Efrayimi asangani na banzambe ya bikeko: tika ye akoba bongo!
18 Their drink has become sour. They play the prostitute continually. Her rulers dearly love their shameful way.
Soki kaka asilisaka komela vino, amipesaka na kindumba; bakambi na yango balingaka makambo oyo eyokisaka bango soni.
19 The wind has wrapped her up in its wings; and they shall be disappointed because of their sacrifices.
Mopepe moko ya makasi ekomema bango, mpe bakoyoka soni mpo na bambeka na bango.
