< Jeremiah 34 >

1 The word which came unto Jeremiah from Yahweh, —when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his force and all the kingdoms of the earth the dominion of his hand, and all the peoples were fighting against Jerusalem and against all her cities, saying:
Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobaki na nzela ya Jeremi wana Nabukodonozori, mokonzi ya Babiloni, elongo na basoda na ye nyonso, mikili ya bakonzi nyonso oyo azalaki kokamba, mpe bikolo nyonso bazalaki kobundisa Yelusalemi mpe bingumba nyonso ya zingazinga na yango:
2 Thus, saith Yahweh God of Israel, Go and speak unto Zedekiah king of Judah, —and say unto him—Thus, saith Yahweh, Behold me! giving this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it with fire;
« Tala liloba oyo Yawe, Nzambe ya Isalaele, alobi: kende koloba na Sedesiasi, mokonzi ya Yuda: ‹ Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: Nasengeli kokaba engumba oyo na maboko ya mokonzi ya Babiloni, mpe akobebisa yango na moto.
3 And, thou, shalt not escape out of his hand, For thou shalt be, taken, And into his hand, shalt thou be delivered, —And, thine own eyes, into the eyes of the king of Babylon, shall look, And his mouth, with thy mouth, shall speak And Babylon, shalt thou enter.
Bongo yo, okobika te na loboko na ye, kasi bakokanga yo solo mpe bakokaba yo na maboko na ye; okomona mokonzi ya Babiloni miso na yo moko, akolobana na yo elongi na elongi, mpe okokende na Babiloni.
4 Nevertheless, hear the word of Yahweh, O Zedekiah, king of Judah, —Thus, saith Yahweh Concerning thee, Thou shalt not die, by the sword;
Nzokande, Sedesiasi, mokonzi ya Yuda, yoka Liloba na Yawe! Tala elaka oyo Yawe apesi yo: Okokufa na mopanga te,
5 In peace, shalt thou die, And with the burnings made for thy fathers the former kings who were before thee, so, shall they make a burning unto thee, And, with an, Alas lord! shall they lament thee, —Because of the word, I, have spoken, Declareth Yahweh.
kasi okokufa na kimia. Mpe ndenge bato bapelisaki moto mpe batumbaki malasi ya solo kitoko, na matanga ya batata na yo, bakonzi ya kala oyo baleka liboso na yo, mpo na kopesa bango lokumu, ndenge wana mpe bakosala mpo na lokumu na yo. Mpe bakoyemba nzembo ya mawa na tina na yo: ‘Oh mawa, nkolo na ngai!’ Solo, Ngai moko nde napesi elaka oyo, elobi Yawe. › »
6 Then spake Jeremiah the prophet, unto Zedekiah king of Judah all these words in Jerusalem;
Mosakoli Jeremi alobaki na Sedesiasi, mokonzi ya Yuda, maloba wana nyonso, kati na Yelusalemi,
7 when, the force of the king of Babylon, was fighting against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, —against Lachish and against Azekah, for they, remained among the cities of Judah as fortified cities.
wana basoda ya mokonzi ya Babiloni bazalaki kobundisa Yelusalemi mpe bingumba nyonso mosusu ya Yuda, oyo mokonzi ya Babiloni alongaki nanu te: Lakishi mpe Azeka, pamba te yango kaka nde ezalaki bingumba batonga makasi oyo etikalaki kati na Yuda.
8 The word which came unto Jeremiah, from Yahweh, —after that King Zedekiah had solemnised a covenant with all the people who were in Jerusalem, proclaiming unto them liberty:
Sima na mokonzi Sedesiasi kosala boyokani elongo na bato nyonso kati na Yelusalemi mpo ete kokangolama ya bawumbu nyonso esakolama, Yawe alobaki na Jeremi
9 that every man should let his servant and every man his handmaid, being a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, go free, —so that no man should use them as slaves, to wit a Jew his brother;
mpo ete moto nyonso apesa bawumbu na ye bonsomi, bawumbu oyo bazali Ba-Ebre, bazala mibali to basi; mpe mpo ete moto moko te akoba kokanga ndeko na ye, Moyuda, kati na bowumbu.
10 so then they hearkened—even all the princes and all the people who had entered into the covenant that every man should let his servant and every man his handmaid, go free, so as not to use them as slaves, any longer, —yea they hearkened, and let them go,
Boye, bakambi nyonso mpe bato nyonso oyo basalaki boyokani yango bandimaki kokangola bawumbu na bango ya mibali mpe ya basi mpe kopesa bango bonsomi, mpo ete bakoba lisusu te kokanga bango na bowumbu; bandimaki, bakokisaki mpe bapesaki bawumbu na bango bonsomi.
11 howbeit they turned after that, and brought back the servants and the handmaids whom they had let go, free, and brought them into subjection as servants and as handmaids,
Kasi sima na tango, babongolaki makanisi na bango; bakangaki lisusu na bowumbu mibali mpe basi oyo bango basilaki kopesa bonsomi, mpe bakomisaki bango lisusu bawumbu.
12 So then the word of Yahweh came unto Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying:
Boye, tala liloba oyo Yawe alobaki na nzela ya Jeremi:
13 Thus, saith Yahweh God of Israel, —I myself, solemnised a covenant with your fathers, in the day when I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slaves saying:
« Tala liloba oyo Yawe, Nzambe ya Isalaele, alobi: Nasalaki boyokani elongo na bakoko na bino tango nabimisaki bango na Ejipito, mokili ya bowumbu; nalobaki:
14 At the end of seven years, shall ye let go every man his brother, being a Hebrew, who shall sell himself unto thee and serve thee, six years, then shalt thou let him go, free, from thee, Howbeit your fathers hearkened not unto me neither inclined their ear.
‹ Sima na mibu sambo nyonso, moto nyonso kati na bino asengeli kopesa bonsomi na Moyuda, ndeko na ye, oyo amitekaki lokola mowumbu; akosalela yo mibu motoba, bongo, sima na yango, okotika ye kokende na bonsomi. › Kasi bakoko na bino bayokaki Ngai te mpe batosaki Ngai te.
15 And, though, ye, just now turned and did that which was right in mine eyes, by proclaiming liberty, every man to his neighbour, —and solemnised a covenant before me, in the house on which my Name hath been called,
Nzokande bino, na mwa mikolo oyo kaka, bobongolaki bino moko mitema mpo na kosala makambo ya sembo na miso na Ngai: moko na moko kati na bino asakolaki kokangolama ya ndeko na ye, apesaki ndeko na ye bonsomi. Bosalaki kutu boyokani yango liboso na Ngai, kati na Ndako Ngai.
16 yet have ye turned and profaned my Name, and brought back, every man his servant and every man his hand-maid, whom ye had let go, free, at their own desire, —and have brought them into subjection, to become your servants and handmaids.
Kasi tala sik’oyo makambo bosali: bozongi sima, botiki ekateli oyo bozwaki mpe botioli bosantu ya Kombo na Ngai; pamba te bozongisi bawumbu na bino ya kala, mibali to basi, oyo bopesaki bonsomi mpo ete bakende na esika nyonso oyo balingi; bokangi bango na makasi mpo ete bakoma lisusu bawumbu na bino.
17 Therefore—Thus, saith Yahweh, Ye, have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every man to his brother and every man to his neighbour: Behold me! proclaiming, to you, a liberty: Declareth Yahweh unto the sword, unto the pestilence, and unto the famine, so will I make you a terror to all the kingdoms of the earth;
Mpo na yango, tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: Lokola botosaki Ngai te, bosakolaki te kokangolama ya bandeko na bino moko mpe bopesaki bango bonsomi te, Ngai mpe, elobi Yawe, nasakoli ete napesi sik’oyo bonsomi epai ya mopanga, epai ya bokono oyo ebomaka mpe epai ya nzala makasi; nafungoli yango mpo na kotelemela bino: nakokomisa bino eloko ya koyoka somo, na miso ya bikolo nyonso ya mabele;
18 and will give the men who are transgressing my covenant, in that they have not confirmed the words of the covenant, which they solemnised, before me, when they cut the calf, in twain, and passed between the parts thereof;
nakokaba bato oyo babebisaki boyokani na Ngai mpe bakokisaki te malako ya boyokani oyo basalaki liboso na Ngai, na nzela ya kokata na biteni mibale mwana ngombe ya mobali mpe ya kotambola na kati-kati ya biteni yango.
19 even the princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs and the priests, and all the people of the land, —who passed between the parts of the calf,
Bakambi ya Yuda mpe ya Yelusalemi, bakalaka ya lokumu, Banganga-Nzambe mpe bato nyonso ya mokili, oyo batambolaki na kati-kati ya biteni ya mwana ngombe ya mobali,
20 yea I will give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them who are seeking their life, —and their dead bodies shall become food for the birds of the heavens, and for the beasts of the earth.
nakokaba bango na maboko ya banguna na bango mpe ya bato oyo bazali koluka kosala bango mabe; mpe bibembe na bango ekokoma bilei ya bandeke ya likolo mpe ya banyama ya mabele.
21 Zedekiah king of Judah also with his princes, will I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them who are seeking their life, —even into the hand of the force of the king of Babylon, who are going up from you.
Nakokaba Sedesiasi, mokonzi ya Yuda, elongo na bakalaka na ye na maboko ya banguna na bango, oyo bazali koluka kosala bango mabe, na maboko ya mampinga ya mokonzi ya Babiloni, oyo akei sik’oyo mosika na bino.
22 Behold me! giving command, Declareth Yahweh, and I will bring them back unto this city, and they will fight against it and capture it, and consume it with fire, —and, the cities of Judah, will I make too desolate to have an inhabitant.
Nakopesa bango mitindo, elobi Yawe, mpe nakozongisa bango kati na engumba oyo: bakobundisa yango, bakobotola yango mpe bakobebisa yango na moto. Mpe nakokomisa bingumba ya Yuda esobe, ezanga bavandi. »

< Jeremiah 34 >