Jeremiah 10
1 Hear ye the word which Yahweh hath spoken unto you, O house of Israel: —
Eh libota ya Isalaele, yoka liloba oyo Yawe azali koloba na yo!
2 Thus, saith Yahweh—Unto the way of the nations, become not ye accustomed, Nor at the signs of the heavens, be ye dismayed, —Because the nations are dismayed at them.
Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: « Kolanda bizaleli ya bikolo ya bapaya te mpe kobanga bilembo ya likolo te ata soki ezali kobangisa bato ya bikolo.
3 For as for the prescribed customs of the peoples, vanity, they are, —For a tree out of the forest, one cutteth down, Work for the hands of a skilled workman with the axe:
Pamba te bizaleli ya bikolo ya bapaya ezali se pamba, banzambe na bango ezali se banzete ya pamba oyo bakataka kati na zamba, bongo moto ya misala ya maboko nde abongisaka yango na bambeli na ye.
4 With silver and with gold, he decketh it, —With nails and with hammers, they fasten them, that it may not totter.
Bapakolaka yango palata mpe wolo, babetaka yango basete na marto mpo ete eningana te.
5 Mere palm-trunks turned, they are and cannot speak, They must needs be, carried, for they cannot take a step, Be not afraid of them, for they cannot do harm, And even to do good, is not in their power.
Banzambe yango ya bikeko ezali lokola bikeko oyo batiaka na elanga ya bapasiteki mpo na kokimisa bandeke: elobaka te, bamemaka yango mpo ete etambolaka te. Kobanga yango te, pamba te ekokaka kosala bato mabe to malamu te. »
6 None, there is, like unto thee, O Yahweh, —Great, art, thou, And, great, is thy Name, for might.
Eh Yawe, moko te akokani na Yo! Ozali monene, mpe Kombo na Yo ezali na nguya monene.
7 Who would not revere thee, O King of nations? For, thee, doth it beseem; Forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations And throughout all their royal estate, None, there is like unto thee.
Oh Mokonzi ya bikolo, nani akoki koboya kotosa Yo? Obongi na lokumu, pamba te moko te azali lokola Yo kati na bato nyonso ya bwanya ya bikolo mpe kati na mikili na bango nyonso.
8 But at once, do they become brutish and stupid, —An example of utmost vanity, is, a tree!
Bango nyonso bazangi mayele mpe bazali bazoba; mateya na bango ezalaka ya pamba, mpe banzambe na bango ezalaka se banzete ya pamba!
9 Silver spread into plates, from Tarshish is brought, And gold, from Uphaz, Work for the craftsman and for the hands of the smith, —Blue and purple, is their clothing, Work for the skilled, are they all.
Bapakola yango palata balekisa na moto, oyo ewuta na Tarsisi, mpe wolo oyo ewuta na Ufazi; bato oyo basalaka bililingi na banzete mpe ba-oyo balambaka bibende na moto nde basalaka yango: balatisaka yango bilamba ya langi ya ble mpe ya motane; ezali misala ya bato oyo basalaka misala ya maboko, oyo bayebi penza mosala malamu.
10 But, Yahweh, is God in truth, He, is a God that, liveth, And a King of times age-abiding, —At his anger, quaketh the earth, And nations cannot endure his wrath.
Kasi Yawe azali Nzambe ya solo, Nzambe na bomoi mpe Mokonzi ya seko. Soki asiliki, mokili eninganaka, bikolo ekokoka te kotelema liboso ya kanda na Ye.
11 Thus, shall ye say unto them, The gods that made not the heavens, And the earth, Shall perish out of the earth, And from under these heavens!
Tala maloba oyo bokoloba na bango: « Banzambe oyo esala te likolo mpe mabele ekolimwa na mabele mpe na se ya likolo. »
12 He that made the earth by his power, That established the world by his wisdom, —And by his understanding stretched out the heavens,
Kasi Yawe asala mabele na nguya na Ye, alendisa mokili na bwanya na Ye mpe atanda likolo na mayele na Ye.
13 At the voice that he uttered, there was a tumult of waters in the heavens, And he caused vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth, —The lightnings for rain, he made, And brought forth wind out of his treasuries.
Tango agangaka, mayi etiaka makelele makasi kuna na likolo, asangisaka mapata wuta na basuka ya mokili, apelisaka mikalikali, anokisaka mvula mpe abimisaka mopepe wuta na bibombelo na Ye.
14 Every son of earth hath become too brutish to discern, Every goldsmith, hath been put to shame by a graven image, —For a falsehood, is his molten image, Seeing there is no breath in them.
Bato nyonso bakomaka lokola bazoba, lokola bato oyo basili mayele; monyangwisi bibende na moto atikalaka na soni likolo na bikeko na ye, pamba te bikeko na ye ezalaka na yango biloko ya lokuta, ezalaka na pema te kati na yango.
15 Vanity, they are, the handiwork of mockeries, —In the time of their visitation, shall they perish.
Ezali biloko ya pamba, biloko ya kotiola; ekolimwa na tango ya kosambisama.
16 Not like these, is the portion of Jacob, For the fashioner of all things, is, he, And, Israel, is his inherited sceptre, —Yahweh of hosts, is his name.
Kasi Ye oyo azali libula ya Jakobi akokani na bikeko wana te, pamba te azali Mokeli ya biloko nyonso, ezala ata Isalaele, ekolo oyo ezali libula na Ye; Kombo na Ye ezali Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga.
17 Fold up, from the ground thy travelling carpet, —O inhabitress of the fortress;
Yo ekolo oyo bazingeli, kamata bisaka na yo mpe bima na mokili!
18 For, thus, saith Yahweh, Behold me! slinging out the inhabitants of the land at this throw, —And I will distress them that they may discover it.
Pamba te, tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: « Ya mbala oyo, nakobengana bavandi ya mokili oyo mpe nakotindela bango pasi mpo ete bakanga bango. »
19 Woe to me! for my grievous injury, Severe, is my wound, —But, I, said, Verily, this, is an affliction and I must bear it:
Mawa na ngai, pamba te nazoki makasi na motema! Pota na ngai ezali kosila te! Namilobelaki: « Ezali pasi na ngai moko, esengeli na ngai kokanga motema. »
20 My tent, is laid waste, And all my tent-cords, are broken, —My children, are gone forth from me and they, are not. There is none, To stretch out any more my tent, Or to set up my curtains.
Ndako na ngai ya kapo ebebisami, basinga na yango nyonso ekatani, bamemi bana na ngai ya mibali, natikali lisusu ata na mwana moko te. Nazali lisusu na moto ata moko te oyo akotelemisela ngai ndako ya kapo to akobongisela ngai esika ya kovanda.
21 For the shepherds, have become brutish, And Yahweh, have they not sought, —For this cause, have they not prospered, And, all their flock, is scattered.
Pamba te bakambi bazangaki mayele, balukaki Yawe te; yango wana, balongaki te, mpe bato nyonso oyo bango bazalaki kokamba bapanzanaki.
22 The noise of a rumour! lo it hath come! Even a great commotion out of the land of the North, —To make the cities of Judah, A desolation, A den of jackals.
Boyoka! Makelele moko ezali koya, lokito moko ya makasi ewuti na mokili ya nor, ekosilisa bato kati na bingumba ya Yuda mpe ekokomisa yango bandako ya mbwa ya zamba.
23 I know O Yahweh, That not to a son of earth, pertaineth his own path, —Not, to the man who walketh, also to direct his own steps.
Oh Yawe, nayebi ete moto moko te azali mokonzi ya bomoi na ye; moto oyo azali kotambola azali na bokonzi te ya kokamba matambe na ye.
24 Chastise me, O Yahweh But yet in measure, —Not in thine anger, lest thou make me few.
Oh Yawe, pesa biso etumbu oyo ekoki na biso; kasi kopesa yango na kanda te, noki te okosilisa koboma biso.
25 Pour out thy wrath—Upon the nations that know thee not, and Upon the families that, upon thy Name, have not called, —For they have devoured Jacob Yea they have devoured him and consumed him, And, his habitation, have they made desolate.
Sopa kanda na Yo likolo ya bikolo ya bapaya oyo endimaka Yo te, likolo ya bato oyo babelelaka Kombo na Yo te, pamba te babebisi Jakobi, babebisi ye mobimba mpe bapanzi mokili na ye.
