Hosea 12
1 Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he continually multiplieth lies and desolation; and they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.
Efrayimi aliaka mopepe; mikolo nyonso, alandaka mopepe ya este; mosala na ye kokosa mpe kosala bato mabe. Asalaka boyokani elongo na Asiri mpe atindaka mafuta ya olive na Ejipito.
2 The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
Yawe alingi kosamba na Yuda; akopesa Jakobi etumbu kolanda etamboli na ye mpe akofuta ye kolanda misala na ye.
3 In the womb he took his brother by the heel; and in his manhood he had power with God:
Na libumu ya mama na bango, akangaki ndeko na ye ya mobali na litambe; tango akomaki mokolo, abundaki na Nzambe.
4 yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him at Beth-el, and there he spake with us;
Abundaki na anjelu mpe alongaki, alelaki mpe asengaki ngolu na ye. Jakobi akutanaki na ye na Beteli, mpe ezali kuna nde asololaki na ye.
5 even the LORD, the God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial.
Yawe Nzambe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, Kombo na Ye ya lokumu ezali Yawe.
6 Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
Kasi yo, osengeli kozonga epai ya Nzambe na yo; batela bolingo mpe bosembo mpe tia tango nyonso elikya na Nzambe na yo.
7 [He is] a trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
Bato ya Kanana basalelaka emekelo kilo ya lokuta, balingaka kaka kokosa.
8 And Ephraim said, Surely I am become rich, I have found me wealth: in all my labours they shall find in me none iniquity that were sin.
Efrayimi alobaka na lolendo nyonso: « Ngai nazali mozwi, nakomi na bozwi mingi. Na mosala na Ngai nyonso, bakotikala komona Ngai na mbeba ata moko te oyo bakoki kobenga lisumu. »
9 But I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt; I will yet again make thee to dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast.
Nazali Yawe, Nzambe na yo, oyo abimisaki yo wuta na Ejipito; nakosala ete ovanda lisusu na se ya bandako ya kapo lokola na mikolo ya bafeti na yo, oyo ekatama.
10 I have also spoken unto the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets have I used similitudes.
Nalobaki na nzela ya basakoli, napesaki bango bimoniseli ebele mpe nalobaki na masese na nzela na bango.
11 Is Gilead iniquity? they are altogether vanity; in Gilgal they sacrifice bullocks: yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the field.
Lokola Galadi etondi na mabe, ekokoma eloko pamba mpo ete bato na yango babonzaki bangombe ya mibali na Giligali; mpe bitumbelo na bango ekobukama mpe ekokoma mipiku ya mabanga kati na banzela ya mikala ya bilanga.
12 And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept [sheep].
Jakobi akimaki na mokili ya Siri; Isalaele asalaki mosala mpo na kozwa mwasi; mpe mpo na kobala mwasi yango, andimaki kokoma mobateli bibwele.
13 And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.
Yawe asalelaki mosakoli mpo na kobimisa Isalaele wuta na Ejipito, abatelaki ye na nzela ya mosakoli.
14 Ephraim hath provoked to anger most bitterly: therefore shall his blood be left upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.
Kasi Efrayimi atumbolaki kanda na Ye makasi, yango wana, Nkolo na ye akotangela ye ngambo ya makila oyo asopaki mpe akofuta ye kolanda mabe na ye.
