Jeremiah 23
1 Yahweh declares, “Terrible things will happen to [the leaders] [MET] [of my people—those who are like] shepherds of [the people who are like] my sheep—because they have scattered my people and sent them away, and have not taken care of them.
« Mawa na babateli bibwele oyo bazali koboma mpe kobungisa bibwele na Ngai, » elobi Yawe.
2 So, this is what [I, ] Yahweh, the God whom the Israeli [people worship], say to those leaders: ‘Instead of taking care of my people and [leading them to places where they are safe, like a shepherd does for] his sheep, you have scattered them. So I will punish you for the evil things that you have done.
Yango wana, tala liloba oyo Yawe, Nzambe ya Isalaele, alobi na tina na babateli bibwele oyo bazali kobatela bato na Ngai: « Lokola bosili kopanza bibwele na Ngai, bobungisi bango nzela mpe bobateli bango malamu te, nakopesa bino etumbu mpo na mabe oyo bosili kosala, » elobi Yawe,
3 But later I will gather those who are still alive, from the countries where I have forced them to go. I will bring them back to their own country, where they will have many children, and their number/population will increase.
« Ngai moko nakosangisa ndambo ya bibwele na Ngai, oyo batikali wuta na bikolo nyonso epai wapi nabenganelaki bango; mpe nakozongisa bango na lopango na bango, esika oyo bakobotana mpe bakokoma ebele.
4 [Then] I will appoint [other] leaders for my people, leaders who will take care of them. And my people will never be afraid [DOU] of anything again, and none of them will be [like a] lost [sheep].’”
Nakopesa bango na maboko ya babateli mosusu ya bibwele mpo ete babatela bango malamu. Boye, bakobanga lisusu te, bakozala lisusu na somo te mpe moko te kati na bango akozanga lisusu, » elobi Yawe.
5 Yahweh [also] says, “Some day I will appoint for you a righteous man who will be a descendant of King David. He will be a king who rules wisely. He will do what is just and right throughout the land.
« Na mikolo oyo ekoya, » elobi Yawe, « nakobimisa Moto ya nzete mpo na Davidi, mokonzi oyo akokamba na bwanya, oyo akosala kolanda bosembo mpe bosolo.
6 At that time, all the Israeli people [DOU] will be saved [from their enemies], and they will be safe. And his name will be ‘Yahweh, the one who vindicates/defends us.’”
Na eleko ya mokonzi wana, mokili ya Yuda ekobikisama, mpe mokili ya Isalaele ekozala na kimia. Tala kombo oyo bakobengela ye: Yawe azali Bosembo na biso.
7 Yahweh [also] says that at that time, people [who are solemnly promising to do something] will no longer say, “[I will do it as surely] as Yahweh lives, who rescued the Israeli people from Egypt.”
Na mikolo ekoya, » elobi Yawe, « bato bakoloba lisusu te: ‹ Na Kombo na Yawe oyo abimisaki bana ya Isalaele na Ejipito; ›
8 Instead, they will say, “[I will do it] as surely as Yahweh lives, who brought [us] Israeli people back to our own land, from the land to the northeast and from all the [other] countries to which he had exiled us.” And they will live in their own land [again].
kasi bakoloba: ‹ Na Kombo na Yawe oyo abimisaki bakitani ya Isalaele na mokili ya nor mpe na bikolo nyonso epai wapi abenganaki bango. › Bongo, bakovanda na mokili na bango moko. »
9 I am very shocked because of the sacred message that Yahweh has spoken about [what will happen to] the [false] prophets; [it is as though] all my bones shake. I stagger like a man who is drunk after drinking a lot of wine.
Na tina na basakoli: Motema na ngai ebukani kati na ngai, mikuwa na ngai nyonso ezali kolenga. Nakomi lokola moto oyo alangwe masanga, lokola moto oyo masanga ya vino ebeti ye, likolo na Yawe mpe maloba na Ye ya bule.
10 The land is full of [people who commit] adultery; and [Yahweh] has cursed the land. Even the pastures in the desert are all dried up, because the people do what is evil, and [the false prophets] use their power to do things that are not just/fair.
Pamba te mokili etondi na kindumba, mokili ekomi na matanga. Likolo ya bilakeli mabe, matiti oyo bibwele eliaka na esobe ekawuki, basakoli bakomi kolanda nzela mabe mpe bakomi na molende ya kosala kaka makambo oyo esengeli te.
11 Yahweh says, “[Yes, even] the priests and the prophets are ungodly; they do wicked things even in my temple.
« Basakoli mpe Banganga-Nzambe, basundoli Nzambe; ezala kati na Tempelo na Ngai, nazali komona misala na bango ya mabe, » elobi Yawe.
12 Therefore, [it will be as though] the paths that they walk on are slippery. [It will be as though] they are being chased in the darkness, and there they will fall down, because I will cause them to experience disasters at the time that I will punish them. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.”
« Yango wana, nzela na bango ekokoma moselu mpe molili; bakobengana bango kino na mboka ya molili mpe kuna bakokweya. Nakotindela bango pasi, tango oyo nakopesa bango etumbu, » elobi Yawe.
13 [Previously] I saw that the prophets in Samaria were doing something that was wrong; they were prophesying, saying that Baal [gave them the messages that they were proclaiming], and they were deceiving my people.
« Namoni makambo ya nkele kati na basakoli ya Samari: bazali kosakola na kombo ya nzambe Bala mpe bazali kobungisa Isalaele, bato na Ngai, nzela.
14 And [now] I have seen the prophets in Jerusalem doing terrible things. They commit adultery and habitually tell lies. They encourage evil people to continue to do evil things, with the result that the people do not stop sinning. Those prophets are as wicked as the people in Sodom and Gomorrah were.
Namoni lisusu makambo ya nkele kati na basakoli ya Yelusalemi: bazali kosala kindumba mpe kowumela na lokuta, bazali kolendisa bato oyo basalaka mabe mpo ete batika te misala na bango ya mabe. Bango nyonso bazali liboso na Ngai lokola Sodome, bato ya Yelusalemi bazali lokola bato ya Gomore. »
15 So, this is what the Commander of the armies of angels says about those [false] prophets: “I will give those prophets bitter things to eat and poison to drink, because it is because of them that this land is filled with [people who do] wicked things.”
Yango wana, tala liloba oyo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, alobi na tina na basakoli: « Nakoleisa bango bilei ya bololo mpe nakomelisa bango mayi ya ngenge, pamba te ezali na nzela ya basakoli ya Yelusalemi nde bato ya mokili mobimba bobosani Nzambe. »
16 This is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “Do not pay any attention to what those [false] prophets say to you, because they are just deceiving you. They tell you about visions that they have thought/created [only] in their own minds, not about visions that I have given them.
Tala liloba oyo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, alobi: « Boyoka te makambo oyo basakoli bazali kosakola epai na bino!
17 They habitually say to those who hate me, ‘[Yahweh says that] you will have peace.’ And they say to those who stubbornly do what they want to do, ‘Nothing bad will happen to you [because of your doing those things].’
Bazali koloba na bato oyo batiolaka Ngai: ‹ Yawe alobi: Bokozala malamu! › Mpe na bato oyo balandaka makanisi mabe ya mitema na bango: ‹ Mabe moko te ekokomela bino! ›
18 But none of them has ever been in a council [meeting] in heaven in order to listen to a message from me. None of them has paid attention to anything that [I], Yahweh, have said.
Kasi nani kati na basakoli wana akotaki na mayangani ya Yawe mpo ete amona to mpe ayoka Liloba na Yawe? Nani apesaki litoyi mpo na koyoka liloba na Ye?
19 So, listen to this: I will punish them; it will be [like] a great storm; it will come down [like] a whirlwind, swirling around the heads of those wicked people.
Tala, mopepe makasi ya Yawe etomboki! Kanda na Ye epeli lokola moto, bakake ezali konguluma mpe kokweyela bato mabe.
20 I will not stop being angry until I completely accomplish all that I have planned. In the future, you will understand [all of] this clearly.”
Kanda ya Yawe ekokita te kino ekokokisa malamu-malamu penza mabongisi ya motema na Ye! Bokozwa mayele ya kososola yango malamu na mikolo oyo ekoya.
21 [Yahweh also says, ] “I have not appointed those prophets, but they run [around telling people their messages]. I did not speak to them, but they [continue to] prophesy.
Natindaki basakoli wana te, kasi tala ndenge bapoti mbangu mpo na kokende; nalobaki na bango likambo moko te, kasi tala bango wana bazali kosakola!
22 If they had been in my council [meetings], they would have been able to speak messages from me, and they would have caused people to turn away from committing evil things.”
Soki solo bazalaki na mayangani na Ngai, balingaki nde koloba maloba na Ngai epai ya bato na Ngai, mpe bato na Ngai balingaki kotika banzela mpe misala na bango ya mabe!
23 Yahweh [also] says, “Am I a God who is only nearby? No, I am a God who is far away, also.
Boni, bokanisi ete Ngai Nzambe namonaka kaka pene, kasi namonaka mosika te? » elobi Yawe.
24 So, no one can hide in some secret place with the result that I cannot see him. I am everywhere, in heaven and on the earth! [That is what I], Yahweh, say!
« Boni, moto akoki solo kobombama na esika ya nkuku, bongo Ngai nazanga komona ye? » elobi Yawe. « Boni, natondisa likolo mpe mabele te? » elobi Yawe.
25 I have heard those prophets prophesy lies, saying that they are telling people messages from me. They say, ‘[Listen to me tell you] the dream that God gave me last night! I [really] had this dream!’
« Nayoki makambo oyo basakoli ya lokuta bazali kosakola na Kombo na Ngai; bazali koloba: ‹ Tala, naloti ndoto! Naloti ndoto! ›
26 How long will they continue to do this? How long will those lying prophets continue to prophesy things that come only from their own minds?
Kino tango nini penza basakoli oyo bakokoba kosakola makambo ya lokuta, makanisi ya pamba ya mitema na bango?
27 They think that because of the dreams that they tell to each other, people will forget me, like their ancestors forgot about me when they started to worship Baal.
Bakanisi ete bakoki kosala ete bato na Ngai babosana Kombo na Ngai na nzela ya ndoto oyo bazali koloba bango na bango, ndenge batata na bango babosanaki Kombo na Ngai mpo na kosalela nzambe Bala?
28 Allow those [false] prophets to tell people their dreams, but those who have messages that [really] come from me should proclaim those messages faithfully. I, Yahweh, say [that like] straw and grain are certainly very different, [my messages and the messages from those false prophets are certainly very different].
Tika ete mosakoli oyo aloti ndoto aloba yango, mpe tika ete moto oyo azali na liloba na Ngai aloba liloba na Ngai kolanda solo, ndenge yango ezali. Mpo na nini kosangisa matiti ya kokawuka na ble? » elobi Yawe;
29 [It is as though] my messages [burn] like a fire; they [strike people’s inner beings like] someone strikes a rock with a hammer and smashes it into pieces.
« boni, maloba na Ngai ezali lokola moto te? To lokola marto te oyo ebukaka mabanga biteni-biteni? » elobi Yawe.
30 Therefore, [I, ] Yahweh say, 'I oppose all those prophets who steal messages from each other and claim that those messages came from me.
« Yango wana, nakotelemela basakoli oyo bawelaka bango na bango maloba na Ngai, » elobi Yawe;
31 I oppose those prophets who speak their own messages but claim that those messages came from me.
« solo, nakotelemela basakoli oyo bafungolaka minoko na bango mpo na kokomisa maloba na bango maloba na Ngai, » elobi Yawe,
32 I oppose those prophets who falsely say that I told them something in a vision, but they are [only] telling lies that cause my people to sin. I did not send those prophets. I did not even appoint them [to be prophets]. And they have no messages that will benefit my people at all.' [That is what I, ] Yahweh, declare.”
« nakotelemela basakoli oyo basakolaka bandoto ya lokuta, » elobi Yawe, « basakoli oyo bapengwisaka bato na Ngai na nzela ya maloba na bango ya lokuta tango balobaka bandoto yango ya lokuta; nzokande Ngai natindaki bango te mpe napesaki bango ndingisa te; ezali na tina ata moko te mpo na bato na Ngai, » elobi Yawe.
33 [Yahweh said to me], “If one of those prophets or priests or one of the [other] people asks you, ‘What problem has Yahweh told you about [now]?’, you must reply, ‘You are the problem! And Yahweh says that he will abandon you!’
« Soki moko kati na bato oyo to mosakoli to Nganga-Nzambe atuni yo: ‹ Yawe alobi nini? › Loba na ye: ‹ Yawe alobi nini? Nakosundola bino, elobi Yawe. ›
34 And if any prophet or priest or anyone [else falsely] says, ‘[I have] a prophecy from Yahweh,’ I will punish that person and his family.
Soki mosakoli to Nganga-Nzambe to moto mosusu alobi: ‹ Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi, › nakopesa ye elongo na libota na ye etumbu.
35 What you should continually ask each other is, ‘[When you spoke to Yahweh, ] what did he reply? What is he saying [to us]?’
Nzokande, tala maloba oyo moko na moko kati na bino asengeli koyebisa moninga to ndeko na ye: ‹ Eyano nini Yawe apesi? Yawe alobi nini? ›
36 But stop saying ‘[I have] a prophecy/message from Yahweh,’ because those who say that are doing it only because they want people to accept their ideas, and by doing that they distort/change the messages that are from our God, the Commander of the armies of angels.
Kasi bosengeli lisusu te koloba: ‹ Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi, › noki te liloba yango ekokoma etumbu mpo na moto oyo alobi yango, pamba te bobongoli maloba na Nzambe na bomoi, Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, Nzambe na biso!
37 This is what you should ask each prophet: ‘What did Yahweh reply [when you talked to him]? What is he saying [to us]?’
Tala maloba oyo osengeli koloba na mosakoli wana: ‹ Eyano nini Yawe apesi yo? › to ‹ Yawe alobi nini? ›
38 If he replies, ‘[What I told you] is a prophecy/message from Yahweh,’ you should say to him, ‘You have continued to say, “[I received] a prophecy/message from Yahweh” even though I told you to not claim that you have received prophecies/messages from Yahweh.’
Nzokande, soki bolobi lisusu: ‹ Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi, › wana tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: Lokola bosalelaka maloba oyo: ‹ Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi, › ata tango Ngai nayebisaki bino: ‹ Boloba te: Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi! ›
39 So I [, Yahweh, ] will get rid of you [false prophets]. I will expel you from my presence. And I will get rid of this city that I gave to you and to your ancestors.
mpo na yango, nakobosana bino solo mpe nakobengana bino mosika ya elongi na Ngai, bino elongo na engumba oyo napesaki na bino mpe na batata na bino;
40 I will cause people to make fun of you forever. People will never forget that you were disgraced.”
nakoyokisa bino soni ya libela, soni oyo bokotikala kobosana te. »
