< Jeremiah 21 >

1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur the son of Malchijah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, saying,
Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobaki na nzela ya Jeremi tango mokonzi Sedesiasi atindelaki ye Pashuri, mwana mobali ya Malikiya, mpe Nganga-Nzambe Sofoni, mwana mobali ya Maaseya, mpo na koloba na ye:
2 “Please enquire of the LORD for us; for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon makes war against us. Perhaps the LORD will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may withdraw from us.”
« Tuna Yawe sik’oyo mpo na biso, pamba te Nabukodonozori, mokonzi ya Babiloni, azali kobundisa biso; tango mosusu Yawe akosala bikamwa mpo na biso ndenge asalaki na tango ya kala, mpo ete Nabukodonozori atika biso. »
3 Then Jeremiah said to them, “Tell Zedekiah:
Kasi Jeremi azongiselaki bango: « Boloba na Sedesiasi:
4 ‘The LORD, the God of Israel says, “Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, with which you fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the walls; and I will gather them into the middle of this city.
‹ Tala liloba oyo Yawe, Nzambe ya Isalaele, alobi: Nakomi pene ya kosala ete bibundeli oyo ezali kati na maboko na bino, oyo bozali kosalela mpo na kobundisa mokonzi ya Babiloni mpe bato ya Chalide oyo bazingeli bino na libanda ya engumba, ebalukela bino; mpe nakosangisa bango kati na engumba oyo.
5 I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, in wrath, and in great indignation.
Mpe Ngai moko, nakosembola loboko na Ngai mpo na kobundisa bino na nguya, na kanda, na kosilika mpe na kotomboka makasi.
6 I will strike the inhabitants of this city, both man and animal. They will die of a great pestilence.
Nakobebisa nyonso oyo ezali kati na engumba oyo: bato mpe banyama; mpe bakokufa na bokono oyo ebomaka.
7 Afterward,” says the LORD, “I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, his servants, and the people, even those who are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life. He will strike them with the edge of the sword. He will not spare them, have pity, or have mercy.”’
Sima na yango, elobi Yawe, nakokaba na maboko ya Nabukodonozori, mokonzi ya Babiloni, mpe na maboko ya banguna na bango oyo bazali na posa ya kosala bango mabe: Sedesiasi, mokonzi ya Yuda, bakalaka na ye mpe bavandi ya engumba oyo, ba-oyo bakobika na bokono oyo ebomaka, na mopanga mpe na nzala makasi. Nabukodonozori akoboma bango na mopanga, akokangela bango motema mpe akoyokela bango mawa te. ›
8 “You shall say to this people, ‘The LORD says: “Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.
Mpe lisusu, loba na bato: ‹ Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: Botala, nasili kotia liboso na bino nzela ya bomoi mpe nzela ya kufa.
9 He who remains in this city will die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, but he who goes out and passes over to the Chaldeans who besiege you, he will live, and he will escape with his life.
Moto nyonso oyo akotikala kati na engumba oyo akokufa na mopanga, na nzala makasi mpe na bokono oyo ebomaka. Kasi moto oyo akobima mpe akokende komipesa na maboko ya bato ya Babiloni oyo bazingeli bino, akobikisa bomoi na ye mpe akokufa te.
10 For I have set my face on this city for evil, and not for good,” says the LORD. “It will be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it with fire.”’
Nazwaki mokano ya kosala engumba oyo mabe, kasi bolamu te, elobi Yawe; nakokaba yango na maboko ya mokonzi ya Babiloni, oyo akobebisa yango na moto. ›
11 “Concerning the house of the king of Judah, hear the LORD’s word:
Loba na libota ya mokonzi ya Yuda: ‹ Boyoka Liloba na Yawe!
12 House of David, the LORD says, ‘Execute justice in the morning, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my wrath go out like fire, and burn so that no one can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
Oh libota ya Davidi, tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: Kataka makambo na bosembo na tongo nyonso, bikisa monyokolami na maboko ya monyokoli; soki te, likolo ya mabe oyo basalaki Ngai, kanda na Ngai ekopela mpe ekotumba lokola moto; mpe ekozala na moto ata moko te mpo na koboma yango.
13 Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley, and of the rock of the plain,’ says the LORD. ‘You that say, “Who would come down against us?” or, “Who would enter into our homes?”
Oh Yelusalemi, yo oyo ovandaka na lubwaku, na mabanga ya etando ya likolo ya ngomba, nazali kosepela na yo te, elobi Yawe, yo oyo olobaka: ‘Nani azali na makoki ya kobundisa biso? Nani azali na makoki ya kokota na ekimelo na biso?’
14 I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings,’ says the LORD; ‘and I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it will devour all that is around her.’”
Nakopesa yo etumbu kolanda misala na yo, elobi Yawe, nakopelisa moto na zamba na yo, mpe ekotumba nyonso oyo ezali zingazinga na yo. › »

< Jeremiah 21 >