Jeremiah 34
1 King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came with the armies of all the kingdoms that he ruled, and they fought against Jerusalem and the other towns [in Judah]. At that time, Yahweh gave me this message:
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 “Go to Zedekiah the King of Judah, and say to him, ‘This is what Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship], says: “I am about to enable the army of the King of Babylon to capture this city, and they will burn it down.
« 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 You will not escape from them; they will capture you and take you to the king of Babylon. And [then] they will take you to Babylon.”’
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 But King Zedekiah, listen to this that Yahweh has promised: ‘You will not be killed in a battle [MTY];
Nzokande, Sedesiasi, mokonzi ya Yuda, yoka Liloba na Yawe! Tala elaka oyo Yawe apesi yo: Okokufa na mopanga te,
5 you will die peacefully. [When you die], people will burn incense to honor/remember you just as they did for your ancestors who were kings before you became king. They will mourn for you, crying, “We are very sad that our king is dead!” I, Yahweh, promise that will happen.’”
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 [So] I took that message to King Zedekiah.
Mosakoli Jeremi alobaki na Sedesiasi, mokonzi ya Yuda, maloba wana nyonso, kati na Yelusalemi,
7 At that time the army of Babylonia had surrounded Jerusalem and Lachish and Azekah. Those [three] cities were the only cities in Judah that had high walls around them that still had not been captured.
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 King Zedekiah had decreed that the people must free their slaves.
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 [He decreed that] the people must free their Hebrew slaves, [both the] men slaves and the women [slaves]. No one would be allowed to force a fellow Jew to [continue to] be his slave.
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 The officials and the rest of the people had obeyed [what the king decreed],
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 but later they changed their minds. They forced the men and women whom they had freed to become their slaves again.
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] Yahweh gave me this message [to tell to them]:
Boye, tala liloba oyo Yawe alobaki na nzela ya Jeremi:
13 “I, Yahweh, the God whom you Israelis [say you belong to], (made an agreement with/gave this command to) your ancestors [long ago], when I rescued them from being slaves in Egypt.
« 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 I told them that they must free all their Hebrew slaves after the slaves had worked for them for six years. But your ancestors did not pay any attention to what I said.
‹ 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 Recently, you obeyed my command and stopped doing what was wrong and did what was right. You made a solemn agreement at my temple [that you would free your slaves], and [then] you freed them.
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 But now you have disregarded what you solemnly promised, and you have shown contempt for what I [MTY] said by taking back the women and men whom you had freed and said they could live wherever they wanted to. [Now] you have forced them to be your slaves again.
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, this is what [I], Yahweh, say: ‘Because you have not obeyed me by freeing your fellow Israelis, I will free you to [be destroyed by] the swords [of your enemies] and by famines and diseases. All the nations of the earth will be horrified because of [what happens to] you.
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 Because you have disregarded what I said in my agreement with you, I will do to you just like you did to the calves that you cut in half to show that you would surely do what you solemnly promised that you would do. I will [enable your enemies to] cut you into pieces, you officials of Judah and you officials of Jerusalem, and you officials in the palace, and you priests and all you common people. I will do that because you have disregarded what you solemnly promised [about freeing your slaves].
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.
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 I will enable your enemies to capture you, and they will kill you. And your bodies will be food for vultures and wild animals.
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 I will enable the army of the king of Babylon to capture King Zedekiah and his officials. Although the king of Babylon and his army have left Jerusalem [for a short time],
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 I will summon them back again. [This time], they will fight against this city and capture it and burn it down. I will make [sure] that all the towns in Judah are destroyed, [with the result that] no one will live there [any more].’”
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. »
