Hosea 4
1 Hear the word of Yahweh, ye sons of Israel, —that, a controversy, hath Yahweh with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no faithfulness, nor lovingkindness, 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 Cursing and lying, and killing and stealing, and committing adultery, have broken forth, and, blood-shedding, unto blood-shedding, doth extend.
etikali kaka kolakelana mabe, lokuta, makambo ya somo, moyibi, kindumba, mobulu mpe kobomana se kobomana.
3 For this cause, shall the land mourn, and everyone who dwelleth therein shall languish, with the wild beast of the field and with the bird of the heavens, —moreover also, the fishes of the sea, shall be withdrawn.
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 Howbeit let, no man, contend, nor let him rebuke another, —since, thy people, are as they who contend 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 So shouldst thou stumble in the daytime, and even the prophet stumble with thee, in the night, —and I should destroy thine own 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, thou, hast rejected knowledge, therefore will I reject thee from ministering as priest unto me, and, because thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also, will forget thy 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 magnified, so, they sinned against me, —My glory—for what was contemptible, did they exchange.
Ndenge Banganga-Nzambe bakomaki ebele, ndenge wana mpe basalaki masumu na miso na Ngai. Nakobongola nkembo na bango soni.
8 The sin of my people, they do eat, —and. unto their iniquity, lift they up every man his desire.
Banganga-Nzambe baliaka na sima ya masumu ya bato na Ngai mpe basepelaka ete bato basala kaka mabe.
9 So doth it come to be—like people, like priest, —therefore will I visit upon him his ways, and, his doings, will I bring back to him;
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 And they shall eat, and not be satisfied, they have encouraged unchastity, yet have not been making increase, —for unto, Yahweh, have they left off giving heed: —
Bakolia, kasi bakotonda te; bakosala kindumba, kasi bakobotana te; pamba te basundolaki Yawe
11 Unchastity, and wine, and new wine, take away the heart.
mpo na komipesa na kindumba, na masanga ya vino ya kala mpe ya sika oyo elongolaka bato bososoli.
12 My people, of their Wood, do ask, —Let, their Staff, then tell them, —for, the spirit of unchastity, hath led them astray, and they have unchastely departed from under 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 On the headlands of the mountains, they sacrifice, and, on the hills, burn they incense, under oak and poplar and terebinth, because, pleasant, is the shade thereof: For this cause, do your daughters, become unchaste, 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 do not bring punishment upon your daughters when they become unchaste, nor upon your brides, when they commit adultery, for, the men themselves, with unchaste women, do seclude themselves, and, with the common women of the shrine, do offer sacrifice, —and, a people who will not discern, must be ruined.
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 unchaste art thou, O Israel, let not Judah, become guilty, neither let them enter Gilgal, nor go up to Beth-aven, and [then] swear, By the life of Yahweh!
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, as a heifer that is stubborn, hath Israel, been stubborn, —Now, can Yahweh, turn them out to pasture, like a young ram in a wide place?
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 Mated with idols, is Ephraim, let him alone.
Efrayimi asangani na banzambe ya bikeko: tika ye akoba bongo!
18 Their drinking-bout, having passed, —they became, unchaste, they loved wildly, a contempt, became her great men.
Soki kaka asilisaka komela vino, amipesaka na kindumba; bakambi na yango balingaka makambo oyo eyokisaka bango soni.
19 The wind hath bound her up in its wings, —that they may be ashamed, because of their sacrifices.
Mopepe moko ya makasi ekomema bango, mpe bakoyoka soni mpo na bambeka na bango.
