Jeremiah 17
1 [Yahweh said, “It is as though a list of] the sins [committed by the people of] Judah is engraved with an iron chisel, or engraved using the fine point of a very hard stone, on the altars [where they worship idols]. And [it is as though] this list is engraved on their inner beings!
« Masumu ya Yuda ezali lokola makomi oyo bakoma na ekomeli ya ebende oyo ezali na songe ya diama; bakoma yango na bitando ya mitema na bango mpe na maseke ya bitumbelo na bango.
2 [Even] their children are happy to go to the altars [to worship their gods], and to the poles [that represent the goddess] Asherah [at which their parents worshiped], shrines that are underneath all the big trees and on [all] the high hills.
Ndenge bakanisaka bana na bango ya mibali, ndenge wana mpe bakanisaka bitumbelo na bango mpe makonzi ya Ashera, nzambe mwasi, pembeni ya banzete ya mibesu na likolo ya bangomba.
3 So, I will allow your enemies to capture [Zion], your holy hill, and all your wealth and your (treasures/valuable things), and [even] the shrines on all those hills, because of the sins that you people have committed throughout your land.
Oh ngomba na Ngai kati na mokili, nakokaba lokola bomengo ya bitumba: biloko na yo, bozwi na yo nyonso mpe bisambelo na yo ya likolo ya bangomba mpo na masumu oyo osalaki kati na mokili na yo.
4 The [wonderful] land that I gave to you will no longer belong to you. I will tell your enemies to take you to a land that you do not know about, and you will become their slaves. [I will do that] because I am extremely angry [with you]; my being angry is [like] a fire that will burn forever.”
Likolo ya mabe na yo, okobungisa libula oyo napesaki yo, nakokomisa yo mowumbu ya banguna na yo kati na mokili oyo oyebi te; pamba te opelisi kanda na Ngai, mpe ekopela mpo na libela. »
5 This is [also] what Yahweh says: “[I] will curse/condemn those who trust in human beings [to help them], those who rely on their own strength and turn away from me.
Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: « Tika ete moto oyo atiaka elikya na moto, oyo ayekamelaka eloko ya pete mpe atalelaka Yawe te, alakelama mabe!
6 They are like [dry] bushes in the desert, they are people who will not experience any good things. Those people will live in the barren desert in a salty area, where nothing grows.
Akozala lokola mwa nzete ekawuka kati na esobe; akomona bolamu te tango ekoya, akovanda na bisika ya kokawuka ya esobe, na mokili ya mungwa epai wapi bato bazalaka te.
7 But I am pleased with those who trust in [me], Yahweh, and who confidently expect [me to take care of them].
Kasi tika ete moto oyo atiaka elikya na Yawe mpe atalelaka Ye apambolama!
8 Those people are like [SIM] fruit trees that have been planted along a riverbank, trees that have roots that go down into the [wet ground beside] the water. They are trees whose leaves remain green when it becomes hot, trees that continue to bear fruit when there are many months in which there is no rain.
Akozala lokola nzete oyo balona pembeni ya mayi, oyo epanzaka misisa na yango kino na mayi: ezalaka na somo ya moyi makasi te; makasa na yango ezalaka kaka mibesu tango nyonso. Ezalaka na somo ya koya ya mobu ya bokawuki te mpe ebotaka mbuma tango nyonso. »
9 Human minds are extremely corrupt/deceitful, and you cannot change that. It is also completely impossible [RHQ] for anyone to understand that.
Motema eleki biloko nyonso na lokuta mpe ekoki kobika te; nani akoki koyeba yango?
10 But I, Yahweh, search what is in everyone’s inner being, and I examine what they are thinking. I will give all people rewards, what they deserve for what they have done.”
« Ngai Yawe, nayebi motema mpe nasosolaka malamu makanisi na yango, mpo na kofuta moto na moto kolanda etamboli mpe misala na ye. »
11 [I, Jeremiah, agree, because I know that] people who become rich by doing things that are unjust are like birds that hatch eggs that they (did not lay/stole from another nest). So, when those people have lived only half of the years [that they expect to live], their wealth will disappear. Then [other people will realize that] those rich people have been foolish.
Moto oyo azwaka bomengo na nzela ya sembo te azali lokola ndeke oyo evandeli maki ya ndeke mosusu. Boye, bomengo yango ekokima na kati-kati ya bomoi na ye mpe ekomonisa bozoba na ye na suka ya bomoi na ye.
12 Yahweh, your temple is [like] a glorious throne that is still on a high hill.
Kiti ya Bokonzi ya nkembo, oyo enetolama wuta na ebandeli ezali nde Esika na biso ya bule.
13 You are the one whom [we] Israeli people confidently expect [to bless us], and all those who turn away from you will be disgraced. Their names will be written [only] in the dust, [and will soon disappear], because they have abandoned you, [who are like] [MET] a fountain where people obtain fresh water.
Oh Yawe, Elikya ya Isalaele, bato nyonso oyo basundolaka Yo bakufaka soni, bato oyo bapesaka yo mokongo bakufaka, pamba te basundoli Yawe, Etima ya mayi na bomoi.
14 Yahweh, [please] heal me, because [if you heal me], I will truly be healed. [If you] rescue me, I will truly be safe, because you are the [only] one whom I praise.
Oh Yawe, bikisa ngai mpe nakobika; Oh Yawe, kangola ngai mpe nakokangolama, mpo ete nakumisaka nde Yo!
15 People often ridicule me and say, “You tell us messages that you say came from Yahweh, but (why have the things that you predicted not happened?/those predictions have not come true!)” [RHQ]
Tala, bato oyo bazali koloba na ngai: « Wapi Liloba na Yawe? Tika ete ekokisama sik’oyo! »
16 Yahweh, you [appointed me to take care of your people like] a shepherd [takes care of his sheep] [MET]; I have not abandoned that work, and you know that I have not [previously] wanted this time of disaster [to come to people who ridicule me]. And you know everything that I have said [MTY] [to your people].
Nzokande, naboyaki te kozala mobateli bibwele oyo alandaka nzela na Yo. Oyebi malamu ete nazalaki na posa ya komona mokolo ya pasi te. Maloba oyo ebimaka na monoko na ngai ebimaka nde liboso na Yo.
17 Do not cause me to be terrified! When disasters come/occur, you are the one to whom I will go to be safe.
Kobangisa ngai te, pamba te ozali Ekimelo na ngai na tango ya pasi!
18 [So now], cause those who (persecute me/cause me to suffer) to be ashamed and dismayed, but do not [do things to me that will] cause me to be ashamed and dismayed. Cause them to be terrified! Do to them many things that will completely destroy them!
Tika ete banyokoli na ngai bayokisama soni, kasi batela ngai ete nayokisama soni te! Tika ete bango balenga na somo, kasi ngai nalenga na somo te. Tindela bango mokolo ya pasi, bebisa bango malamu mbala mibale.
19 This is what Yahweh said to me: “Go to the city gates in Jerusalem. [First] go to the gate where the kings of Judah go in and out of the city, and [then] go to each of the [other] gates.
Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobaki na ngai: « Kende kotelema na ekuke ya bato, na ekuke oyo bakonzi ya Yuda bakotelaka mpe babimelaka. Kende mpe lisusu kotelema na bikuke nyonso ya Yelusalemi.
20 Say to the people [at each gate], ‘You kings of Judah and everyone [else] who is living in Jerusalem and all [you other people of] Judah who enter these gates, listen to this message from Yahweh!
Loba na bango: ‹ Oh bino bakonzi mpe bato nyonso ya Yuda elongo na bino nyonso bavandi ya Yelusalemi, bino oyo bokotelaka na bikuke oyo, boyoka Liloba na Yawe!
21 He says, “Listen to this warning carefully! [Stop doing work] on (Sabbath/our rest) days! Stop carrying loads through these gates [on those days]!
Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: Bosala keba ete moko te kati na bino amema mikumba na mokolo ya Saba to alekisa yango na bikuke ya Yelusalemi;
22 Do not carry loads out of your houses or do any [other] work on Sabbath days! Instead, cause Sabbath days to be (holy/set apart for me). I commanded your ancestors to do that,
moko te kati na bino abimisa mokumba na ndako na ye to asala mosala songolo na mokolo ya Saba. Kasi bozwa mokolo yango lokola mokolo ya bule ndenge natindaki bakoko na bino.
23 but they did not listen to me or obey me. When I did things to correct them, they stubbornly [IDM] refused to pay attention to what I said or to accept it.
Nzokande, baboyaki koyoka, bayeisaki mito na bango makasi mpo na koboya kaka koyoka mpe kolanda mitindo na Ngai.
24 But I say that if you obey me, and if you do not carry loads through these gates [on Sabbath days] or do any other work on Sabbath days, and if you dedicate the Sabbath days to me,
Kasi soki penza boyoki Ngai, elobi Yawe, soki bomemi mikumba te, soki bolekisi te mikumba na bikuke ya engumba oyo mpe soki bobulisi mokolo ya Saba, soki bosali ata mosala moko te na mokolo wana ya Saba,
25 kings of Judah [MTY] and [their] officials will [continue to] go in and out of these gates. There will [always] be someone who is a descendant of [MTY] [King] David ruling [here] [MTY] in Jerusalem. Kings and their officials will go in and out of these gates, riding in chariots and on horses, and there will be people living in this city forever.
bakonzi oyo bavandaka na kiti ya bokonzi ya Davidi bakokotela na bikuke ya engumba oyo elongo na bakalaka na bango; bongo bango elongo na bakalaka na bango bakoya na likolo ya bashar mpe mpunda elongo na bato ya Yuda mpe bavandi ya Yelusalemi; bongo, bato bakovanda libela na libela na engumba oyo.
26 And people will come [to Jerusalem] bringing offerings to be completely burned [on the altar] and [other] offerings. They will bring to the temple grain offerings and incense and offerings to thank [me]. People will bring those offerings from the towns in Judah and the villages near Jerusalem and from the land [where the tribe] of Benjamin [lives] and from the western foothills and from the desert in the south.
Bato bakowuta na bingumba ya Yuda mpe na mboka oyo ezali pene ya Yelusalemi, na etuka ya Benjame mpe na ngambo ya weste ya bangomba mikuse, na etuka ya bangomba mpe ya Negevi; mpo na koya kobonza kati na Tempelo ya Yawe bambeka ya kotumba, bambeka mosusu, makabo ya bambuma mpe malasi ya ansa, mpo na kobonza makabo ya kozongisa matondi, kati na Tempelo ya Yawe.
27 But if you do not pay attention to what I say, and if you refuse to dedicate the Sabbath days to me, and if you [continue to] carry loads through these gates into the city on Sabbath days, I will burn these gates completely. The fire will spread to the palaces, and no one will be able to put out that fire.”’”
Kasi soki botosi Ngai te mpe bobulisi te mokolo ya Saba, bongo bomemi mpe bolekisi mikumba na bino na bikuke ya Yelusalemi na mokolo ya Saba, nakopelisa moto oyo ekufaka te na bikuke ya Yelusalemi mpe ekozikisa bandako na yango nyonso oyo batonga makasi. › »
