Hosea 5
1 'Hear this, O priests, and attend, O house of Israel, And, O house of the king, give ear, For the judgment [is] for you, For, a snare ye have been on Mizpah, And a net spread out on Tabor.
Bino Banganga-Nzambe, boyoka! Bino bana ya Isalaele, bofungola matoyi! Bino mpe bato oyo bosalaka na ndako ya mokonzi, boyoka! Ezali bino nde bosengelaki kosambisa, kasi bozalaki lokola motambo, na Mitsipa, mpe lokola monyama batanda, na Tabori.
2 And to slaughter sinners have gone deep, And I [am] a fetter to them all.
Batomboki batimolaki libulu ya mozindo; mpe Ngai nakopesa bango nyonso etumbu.
3 I have known Ephraim, And Israel hath not been hid from me, For now thou hast gone a-whoring, Ephraim, Defiled is Israel.
Nayebi Efrayimi malamu penza; mpe Isalaele azali ya kobombama te na miso na Ngai. Efrayimi, awa omipesaki na kindumba, Isalaele mobimba akomi mbindo mpo na yango.
4 They give not up their habitual doings, To turn back unto their God, For a spirit of whoredoms [is] in their midst, And Jehovah they have not known.
Misala na bango ezali kopekisa bango kozonga epai ya Nzambe na bango, mpo ete molimo ya kindumba evandi kati na mitema na bango, bazali koyeba Yawe te.
5 And humbled hath been the excellency of Israel to his face, And Israel and Ephraim stumble by their iniquity, Stumbled also hath Judah with them.
Lolendo ya Isalaele ezali kofunda bango; ezala bato ya Efrayimi to ya Isalaele bakokweya mpo na masumu na bango; bato ya Yuda mpe bakokweya elongo na bango.
6 With their flock and with their herd, They go to seek Jehovah, and do not find, He hath withdrawn from them.
Tango bakokende koluka Yawe, elongo na bangombe mpe bameme na bango, bakomona Ye te, pamba te akabwanaki na bango.
7 Against Jehovah they dealt treacherously, For strange sons they have begotten, Now consume them doth a month [with] their portions.
Bazali sembo te liboso ya Yawe, baboti bana makangu; sik’oyo, bafeti na bango ya ebandeli ya sanza ekoboma bango nzela moko na bomengo na bango.
8 Blow ye a cornet in Gibeah, a trumpet in Ramah, Shout, O Beth-Aven, after thee, O Benjamin.
Bobeta kelelo, na Gibea, mpe liseke, kuna na Rama! Bobeta lolaka ya bitumba na Beti-Aveni! Oh Benjame, keba!
9 Ephraim is for a desolation in a day of reproof, Among the tribes of Israel I have made known a sure thing.
Efrayimi akobebisama na mokolo ya etumbu na ye. Nazali koloba makambo ya solo kati na bikolo ya Isalaele.
10 Princes of Judah have been as those removing a border, On them I do pour out as water My wrath.
Bakambi ya Yuda bazali lokola bato oyo bapusaka bandelo. Nakopelisela bango kanda na Ngai lokola mpela.
11 Oppressed is Ephraim, broken in judgment, When he pleased he went after the command.
Efrayimi azali konyokwama, anyatami na etumbu, pamba te akangamaki na kolanda kaka banzambe ya bikeko.
12 And I [am] as a moth to Ephraim, And as a rotten thing to the house of Judah.
Mpe Ngai, nakomi lokola nseka na miso ya Efrayimi, lokola eloko ya kopola na miso ya bato ya Yuda.
13 And see doth Ephraim his sickness, and Judah his wound, And Ephraim goeth unto Asshur, And sendeth unto a warlike king, And he is not able to give healing to you, Nor doth he remove from you a scar.
Tango Efrayimi amonaki bokono na ye, mpe Yuda amonaki bapota na ye, Efrayimi abalukaki na ngambo ya Asiri mpe atindaki sango epai ya mokonzi monene mpo na kozwa lisungi, kasi ye akokoka kobikisa mpe kosilisa bapota na yo te.
14 For I [am] as a lion to Ephraim, And as a young lion to the house of Judah, I — I tear and go, I bear away, and there is no deliverer.
Pamba te nakozala lokola nkosi liboso ya Efrayimi, mpe lokola mwana nkosi liboso ya Yuda. Nakokata-kata bango na biteni mpe nakokende, nakomema bango, mpe moto akobikisa bango akozala te.
15 I go — I turn back unto My place, Till that they are desolate, and have sought My face. In their distress they do seek Me speedily!'
Nakozonga epai na Ngai kino tango bakososola mabe na bango mpe bakoluka elongi na Ngai; kati na pasi, bakoluka Ngai makasi.
