Jeremiah 5
1 Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in her broad places, if ye can find a man, if there is any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.
« Bokende, botambola na babalabala ya Yelusalemi, botala zingazinga mpe bososola malamu penza, boluka ata na bisika oyo bato ebele bakutanaka; soki bokoki komona ata moto moko oyo atambolaka na bosembo mpe alukaka boyengebene, wana nakolimbisa engumba oyo.
2 And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely.
Atako balapaka ndayi na maloba oyo: ‹ Na Kombo na Yawe, › ndayi na bango ezalaka kaka ya lokuta. »
3 O LORD, are not thy eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
Oh Yawe; boni, miso na Yo esepelaka te komona bosolo? Obetaka solo bato, kasi bayokaka na bango pasi te; osilisaka koboma bango, kasi baboyaka kaka kobongwana. Bakomisa mito na bango makasi lokola mabanga mpe baboyaka kobongola mitema na bango.
4 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.
Namilobelaki: « Bato oyo bazali kaka bato pamba, bazangi mayele, mpo ete bayebi nzela ya Yawe te mpe bayebi malako ya Nzambe na bango te.
5 I will go to the great men, and will speak to them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
Boye, nakokende epai ya bakambi na bango mpe nakoloba na bango, pamba te bango nde basengeli koyeba nzela ya Yawe mpe malako ya Nzambe na bango. » Kasi bango nyonso, na motema moko, babukaki ekangiseli mpe bakataki minyololo.
6 Therefore a lion from the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out from there shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.
Yango wana, nkosi moko ekobima wuta na zamba mpe ekoboma bango; mbwa ya zamba ekobima wuta na esobe mpe ekopasola bango; nkoyi moko ekovanda pene ya bingumba na bango mpo na koboma moto nyonso oyo akoluka kobima kuna, pamba te botomboki na bango ezali monene mpe lokuta na bango eleki mingi.
7 How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, then they committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots’ houses.
« Na makambo ya boye, ndenge nini nalimbisa yo? Ah Yelusalemi, bana na yo basundoli Ngai mpe bazali kolapa ndayi na bakombo ya banzambe ya bikeko oyo ezali ata banzambe te. Nakokisaki baposa na bango nyonso, kasi basalaki kaka ekobo mpe bakendeki na bandako ya basi ya ndumba.
8 They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour’s wife.
Ndenge mpunda ya mobali etambolaka-tambolaka soki ezali na posa ya kosangisa nzoto na mpunda ya mwasi, ndenge wana mpe moko na moko kati na bango alandaka-landaka mwasi ya moninga mpo na kosangisa na ye nzoto.
9 Shall I not punish for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Na makambo ya boye, napesa bango etumbu te? » elobi Yawe? « Motema na Ngai ezongisa penza mabe na mabe te na ekolo ya lolenge oyo?
10 Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD’S.
Bomata na bamir mpo na kokota na Yelusalemi mpe bobebisa yango; kasi bobebisa yango nyonso te. Bokata bitape na yango, pamba te etikali lisusu ya Yawe te.
11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the LORD.
Libota ya Isalaele mpe ya Yuda etamboli na boyengebene te na miso na Ngai, » elobi Yawe.
12 They have denied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
Bawanganaki Yawe mpe balobaki: « Yawe akosala eloko moko te! Pasi moko te ekokomela biso; tokotikala na biso komona te ezala mopanga to nzala makasi.
13 And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done to them.
Basakoli bazali kaka lokola mopepe ya pamba, bazali na mateya penza ya koteya te; boye tika ete mabe oyo bazali kosakola ezongela bango moko! »
14 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
Yango wana, tala liloba oyo Yawe Nzambe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, alobi: « Lokola bato oyo balobi maloba ya boye, nakosala ete maloba na Ngai ezala lokola moto na monoko na yo, mpe bato oyo bazala lokola bakoni oyo moto yango ekozikisa.
15 Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.
Oh libota ya Isalaele, » elobi Yawe, « nakoyeisa ekolo moko wuta mosika mpo na kobundisa yo: ezali ekolo moko ya kala mpe ya nguya, ekolo oyo yo oyebi ata monoko na yango te.
16 Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.
Makonga na bango ezangaka koboma moto te, bongo bango nyonso bazali bilombe ya bitumba.
17 And they shall eat up thy harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thy herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish with the sword thy fortified cities, in which thou didst trust.
Bakobotola milona mpe bilei na yo, bakoboma bana na yo ya basi mpe ya mibali, bakobotola bangombe mpe bameme na yo, bakobebisa bilanga na yo ya vino mpe banzete na yo ya figi, bakobebisa na mopanga bingumba na yo ya makasi oyo otielaka motema.
18 Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a full end with you.
Nzokande, ezala na mokolo wana, » elobi Yawe, « nakosilisa koboma bino nyonso te.
19 And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Why doeth the LORD our God all these things to us? then shalt thou answer them, As ye have forsaken me, and served foreign gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.
Tango bato bakotuna: ‹ Mpo na nini Yawe, Nzambe na biso, asali biso makambo ya boye? › Bokozongisela bango: ‹ Ezali mpo ete bosundolaki Ngai mpe bosambelaki banzambe ya bapaya kati na mboka na bino. Yango wana, bokosalela bapaya kati na mboka oyo ezali ya bino te. ›
20 Declare this in the house of Jacob, and proclaim it in Judah, saying,
Bopanza sango oyo epai ya libota ya Jakobi mpe botatola yango kati na Yuda:
21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; who have eyes, and see not; who have ears, and hear not:
Boyoka makambo oyo, bino bazoba to bato oyo bozanga mayele: bozali na miso mpo na komona kasi bomonaka te, bozali na matoyi mpo na koyoka kasi boyokaka te.
22 Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though its waves toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
Bokoki penza kobanga Ngai te, » elobi Yawe? « Bokoki solo kolenga liboso na Ngai te, Ngai oyo nasala zelo lokola mondelo ya mayi, epekiselo ya libela oyo mayi ekoleka ata mokolo moko te? Mayi ekoki kotomboka, kasi ezali na nguya te; ata soki esali makelele, kasi ekoleka mondelo yango te.
23 But this people have a revolting and a rebellious heart; they have revolted and gone.
Kasi bato oyo bazali mitema makasi mpe bazali solo batomboki; bapesi Ngai mokongo mpe bakei na bango!
24 Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in its season: he reserveth to us the appointed weeks of harvest.
Bamilobelaka te: ‹ Tika ete totosa Yawe, Nzambe na biso, oyo anokisaka mvula na tango ekoki, na eleko ya kolona mpe ya kobuka; oyo akatela biso baposo oyo esengeli mpo na kobuka milona. ›
25 Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withheld good things from you.
Mabe na bino nde ebebisi makambo nyonso, mpe masumu na bino ezangisi bino bolamu.
26 For among my people are found wicked men: they lie in wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
Kati na bato na Ngai, ezali na bato mabe oyo banongaka bato lokola moto oyo azali kotia mitambo mpo na kokanga bandeke, mpe batiaka mitambo mpo na kokanga bato.
27 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they have become great, and have grown rich.
Ndenge ndako ya bandeke etondaka na bandeke, ndenge wana mpe bandako na bango etonda na lokuta; mpe ezali na nzela yango nde bakoma bazwi mpe bato na nguya.
28 They have become fat, they shine: yea, they exceed the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
Bakoma kitoko mpe ngebungebu; mabe na bango eleka ndelo, balobelaka likambo ya mwana etike na bosembo te, mpo kaka bango moko balonga. Bakataka makambo ya babola na bosembo te.
29 Shall I not punish for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Na makambo ya boye, napesa bango etumbu te? » elobi Yawe. « Boni, motema na Ngai ezongisa penza mabe na mabe te na ekolo ya boye?
30 A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;
Makambo ya kokamwa mpe ya somo esalemi na mboka:
31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in its end?
basakoli bazali kosakola makambo ya lokuta, Banganga-Nzambe bazali kosalela bokonzi na bango ndenge balingi, mpe bato na Ngai bazali kosepela bongo. Kasi bokosala nini na suka? »
