Hosea 12
1 Ephraim is enjoying wind, And is pursuing an east wind, All the day lying and spoiling he multiplieth, And a covenant with Asshur they make, And oil to Egypt is carried.
Efrayimi aliaka mopepe; mikolo nyonso, alandaka mopepe ya este; mosala na ye kokosa mpe kosala bato mabe. Asalaka boyokani elongo na Asiri mpe atindaka mafuta ya olive na Ejipito.
2 And a controversy hath Jehovah with Judah, To lay a charge on Jacob according to his ways, According to his doings He returneth to him.
Yawe alingi kosamba na Yuda; akopesa Jakobi etumbu kolanda etamboli na ye mpe akofuta ye kolanda misala na ye.
3 In the womb he took his brother by the heel, And by his strength he was a prince with God,
Na libumu ya mama na bango, akangaki ndeko na ye ya mobali na litambe; tango akomaki mokolo, abundaki na Nzambe.
4 Yea, he is a prince unto the Messenger, And he overcometh [by] weeping, And he maketh supplication to Him, At Bethel He doth find him, And there He doth speak with us,
Abundaki na anjelu mpe alongaki, alelaki mpe asengaki ngolu na ye. Jakobi akutanaki na ye na Beteli, mpe ezali kuna nde asololaki na ye.
5 Even Jehovah, God of the Hosts, Jehovah [is] His memorial.
Yawe Nzambe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, Kombo na Ye ya lokumu ezali Yawe.
6 And thou, through thy God, dost turn, Kindness and judgment keep thou, And wait on thy God continually.
Kasi yo, osengeli kozonga epai ya Nzambe na yo; batela bolingo mpe bosembo mpe tia tango nyonso elikya na Nzambe na yo.
7 Canaan! in his hand [are] balances of deceit! To oppress he hath loved.
Bato ya Kanana basalelaka emekelo kilo ya lokuta, balingaka kaka kokosa.
8 And Ephraim saith: 'Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself, All my labours — they find not against me iniquity that [is] sin.'
Efrayimi alobaka na lolendo nyonso: « Ngai nazali mozwi, nakomi na bozwi mingi. Na mosala na Ngai nyonso, bakotikala komona Ngai na mbeba ata moko te oyo bakoki kobenga lisumu. »
9 And I — Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt, Again do I turn thee back into tents, As in the days of the appointed time.
Nazali Yawe, Nzambe na yo, oyo abimisaki yo wuta na Ejipito; nakosala ete ovanda lisusu na se ya bandako ya kapo lokola na mikolo ya bafeti na yo, oyo ekatama.
10 And I have spoken unto the prophets, And I have multiplied vision, And by the hand of the prophets I use similes.
Nalobaki na nzela ya basakoli, napesaki bango bimoniseli ebele mpe nalobaki na masese na nzela na bango.
11 Surely Gilead [is] iniquity, Only, vanity they have been, In Gilead bullocks they have sacrificed, Also their altars [are] as heaps, on the furrows of a field.
Lokola Galadi etondi na mabe, ekokoma eloko pamba mpo ete bato na yango babonzaki bangombe ya mibali na Giligali; mpe bitumbelo na bango ekobukama mpe ekokoma mipiku ya mabanga kati na banzela ya mikala ya bilanga.
12 And Jacob doth flee to the country of Aram, And Israel doth serve for a wife, Yea, for a wife he hath kept watch.
Jakobi akimaki na mokili ya Siri; Isalaele asalaki mosala mpo na kozwa mwasi; mpe mpo na kobala mwasi yango, andimaki kokoma mobateli bibwele.
13 And by a prophet hath Jehovah brought up Israel out of Egypt, And by a prophet it hath been watched.
Yawe asalelaki mosakoli mpo na kobimisa Isalaele wuta na Ejipito, abatelaki ye na nzela ya mosakoli.
14 Ephraim hath provoked most bitterly, And his blood on himself he leaveth, And his reproach turn back to him doth his Lord!
Kasi Efrayimi atumbolaki kanda na Ye makasi, yango wana, Nkolo na ye akotangela ye ngambo ya makila oyo asopaki mpe akofuta ye kolanda mabe na ye.
