Zephaniah 2
1 Assemble yourselves, yes, assemble, O nation not desired;
Oh ekolo oyo eyokaka soni te, bosangana nanu bino nyonso mpe bokanisa malamu
2 Before the decree bringeth forth, [before] the day passeth as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD cometh upon you, before the day of the LORD'S anger cometh upon you.
liboso ete mokolo oyo ekatama mpo na kosambisama ekoka, liboso ete mokolo yango eleka lokola matiti ya loso oyo mopepe ememi, mpe liboso ete kanda mpe kotomboka ya Yawe ekomela bino!
3 Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, who have performed his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye will be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger.
Boluka Yawe, bino bato nyonso ya komikitisa kati na mokili, bino oyo bokokisaka mitindo na Ye! Boluka kotambola na bosembo mpe na komikitisa! Tango mosusu bokobika na mokolo ya kanda ya Yawe.
4 For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.
Bakosundola engumba Gaza, bongo engumba Ashikeloni ekobebisama; bakobengana bato ya engumba Asidodi na makasi mpe bakopikola engumba Ekroni.
5 Woe to the inhabitants of the sea coasts, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the LORD [is] against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.
Mawa na bino bavandi ya etuka oyo ezali pembeni ya ebale monene, bino bato ya Kereti! Pamba te Liloba na Yawe etelemeli bino: « Kanana, mokili ya bato ya Filisitia, nakobebisa yo, mpe moto ata moko te akotikala kati na yo. »
6 And the sea coast shall be dwellings [and] cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.
Etuka oyo ezali pembeni ya ebale monene, epai wapi bato ya Kreti bavandaka, ekokoma esika ya babateli bibwele mpe lopango ya kobokola bibwele.
7 And the coasts shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed upon them: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the LORD their God will visit them, and turn away their captivity.
Ekokoma etuka ya batikali ya libota ya Yuda; bakokuta kuna bisika ya kobokola bibwele na bango. Pokwa nyonso, bakolala na bandako ya Ashikeloni, pamba te Yawe, Nzambe na bango, akobatela bango, akobongisa lisusu bomoi ya bato na bango, oyo bakowuta na bowumbu.
8 I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, by which they have reproached my people, and magnified [themselves] against their border.
« Nayokaki bato ya Moabi kofinga bato na Ngai mpe ndenge bato ya Amoni bazalaki kotiola mpe koluka kobotola mabele na bango.
9 Therefore [as] I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, [even] the breeding of nettles, and salt-pits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall lay them waste, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.
Yango wana, na Kombo na Ngai, » elobi Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, Nzambe ya Isalaele, « Moabi ekokoma penza lokola Sodome, mpe bato ya Amoni bakokoma lokola Gomore; ekokoma esika oyo ebotaka matiti mabe, esika ya mabulu ya mungwa, esika ebebisama mpo na libela. Batikali na Ngai bakobotola bango bomengo na makasi, mpe batikali ya ekolo na Ngai bakozwa mikili yango lokola libula. »
10 This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified [themselves] against the people of the LORD of hosts.
Wana nde lifuti oyo bakozwa mpo na lolendo na bango, pamba te bafingaki mpe batiolaki bato ya Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga.
11 The LORD [will be] terrible to them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and [men] shall worship him, every one from his place, [even] all the isles of the heathen.
Yawe akoyokisa bango somo tango akobebisa banzambe ya bikeko nyonso ya mabele. Bato ya bikolo nyonso bakogumbamela Ye na bisika nyonso, moto na moto na esika oyo akozala kati na mokili na ye.
12 Ye Cushites also, ye [shall be] slain by my sword.
Bino mpe bato ya Kushi bokokufa na mopanga na ngai.
13 And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, [and] dry like a wilderness.
Akosembola loboko na Ye mpo na kobundisa etuka ya nor, akobebisa Asiri akobebisa penza Ninive mobimba mpe akokawusa yango lokola esobe.
14 And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; [their] voice shall sing in the windows; desolation [shall be] in the threshholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.
Ekokoma esika oyo bitonga mpe banyama ya ndenge na ndenge ekokoma kolala. Esulungutu mpe kombekombe ekokoma kolekisa butu na yango na basonge ya bandako na yango. Kolela na yango ekoyokana kino na maninisa, libebi na libebi nde ekomonana na bikotelo ya bandako, mpe mabaya ya banzete ya sedele ekotikala polele.
15 This [is] the rejoicing city that dwelt in security, that said in her heart, I [am], and [there is] none besides me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, [and] wag his hand.
Tala ndenge ekosuka, engumba oyo ya bisengo, oyo ezalaki na kimia koleka mpe ezalaki komilobela: « Ezali nde ngai, mosusu azali te soki ngai te. » Ndenge nini engumba oyo ebebisami, ndenge nini ekomi penza ndako ya banyama! Bato nyonso oyo bakolekela wana bakobeta piololo mpe koningisa mito.
