Isaiah 59
1 Lo, the hand of Jehovah Hath not been shortened from saving, Nor heavy his ear from hearing.
Tala, loboko na Yawe ezali mokuse te mpo na kobikisa, litoyi na Ye ekangama te mpo na koyoka!
2 But your iniquities have been separating Between you and your God, And your sins have hidden The Presence from you — from hearing.
Kasi ezali bambeba na bino nde ekaboli bino na Nzambe na bino, ezali masumu na bino nde esali ete abombela bino elongi na Ye mpo ete ayoka bino te.
3 For your hands have been polluted with blood, And your fingers with iniquity, Your lips have spoken falsehood, Your tongue perverseness doth mutter.
Pamba te maboko na bino ebebi na makila, mpe misapi na bino ebebi na makambo mabe; bibebu na bino ezali koloba makambo ya lokuta, mpe minoko na bino ezali kobimisa makambo mabe.
4 There is none calling in righteousness, And there is none pleading in faithfulness, Trusting on emptiness, and speaking falsehood, Conceiving perverseness, and bearing iniquity.
Moko te azali kofunda makambo na bosolo, moko te azali kosamba na bosembo; bazali kotia mitema na makambo ezanga tina mpe bazali koloba lokuta; na mitema na bango, basalaka mabongisi ya kosala mabe mpe bakokisaka yango na misala na bango.
5 Eggs of a viper they have hatched, And webs of a spider they weave, Whoso is eating their eggs doth die, And the crushed hatcheth a viper.
Bazali kopasola maki ya etupa mpe bazali kotonga ndako ya lifofe. Moto nyonso oyo akolia maki na yango akokufa; mpe, soki apasoli liki moko, ekobimisa etupa.
6 Their webs become not a garment, Nor do they cover themselves with their works, Their works [are] works of iniquity, And a deed of violence [is] in their hands.
Basinga ya lifofe ekokoma bilamba te, misala na bango ekobomba bango te; misala na bango ezali misala mabe, mpe misala ya mobulu nde ezalaka na maboko na bango.
7 Their feet to evil do run, And they haste to shed innocent blood, Their thoughts [are] thoughts of iniquity, Spoiling and destruction [are] in their highways.
Matambe na bango epotaka mbangu mpo na kosala mabe, mpe bazalaka mbangu mpo na kosopa makila ya moto oyo asali mabe te. Makanisi na bango ezalaka kaka ya mabe; kobuka-buka mpe kobebisa nde ezalaka na nzela na bango.
8 A way of peace they have not known, And there is no judgment in their paths, Their paths they have made perverse for themselves, No treader in it hath known peace.
Bayebi nzela ya kimia te, mpe bosembo ezali na nzela na bango te; bakomisaka nzela na bango nyoka-nyoka, moko te oyo akotambola na nzela yango akotikala koyeba kimia.
9 Therefore hath judgment been far from us, And righteousness reacheth us not, We wait for light, and lo, darkness, For brightness — in thick darkness we go,
Yango wana bosembo ezali mosika na biso, mpe solo ezali kokomela biso te; tozali kozela pole, kasi nyonso ezali kaka molili; toluki moyi, kasi tozali kaka kotambola na molili.
10 We feel like the blind [for] the wall, Yea, as without eyes we feel, We have stumbled at noon as at twilight, In desolate places as the dead.
Tozali kosimbasimba mir mpo na kotambola lokola bakufi miso, tozali kobanga kotambola lokola bato bazanga miso; tozali kobeta mabaku na moyi makasi lokola nde tozali na butu makasi, tozali na nzoto kolongono kasi tokomi lokola bakufi.
11 We make a noise as bears — all of us, And as doves we coo sorely; We wait for judgment, and there is none, For salvation — it hath been far from us.
Biso nyonso tozali konguna-nguna lokola bangombolo, mpe tozali kolelalela tango nyonso lokola ebenga; tozali koluka bosembo, kasi tozali komona yango te, tozali koluka lobiko, kasi ekimi mosika na biso!
12 For our transgressions have been multiplied before Thee, And our sins have testified against us, For our transgressions [are] with us, And our iniquities — we have known them.
Pamba te mabe na biso ekomi mingi na miso na Yo, mpe masumu na biso ekomi kofunda biso; masumu na biso ezali liboso na biso mpe toyebi malamu bambeba na biso:
13 Transgressing, and lying against Jehovah, And removing from after our God, Speaking oppression and apostasy, Conceiving and uttering from the heart Words of falsehood.
kotomboka mpe kowangana Yawe, kopesa Nzambe na biso mokongo, kosala mabongisi ya konyokola bato mpe kotombokisa bato, kokana na motema mpe koloba maloba ya lokuta.
14 And removed backward is judgment, And righteousness afar off standeth, For truth hath been feeble in the street, And straightforwardness is not able to enter,
Boye, bosembo ezongi sima, mpe bosolo etelemi mosika; pamba te solo ekweyi na balabala, mpe bosembo elongi kokota te.
15 And the truth is lacking, And whoso is turning aside from evil, Is making himself a spoil. And Jehovah seeth, and it is evil in His eyes, That there is no judgment.
Solo ezali komonana lisusu na esika moko te; bazali konyokola moto oyo azali kokima mabe. Yawe amoni yango mpe asepeli te ete kosambisa na bosembo ezali te.
16 And He seeth that there is no man, And is astonished that there is no intercessor, And His own arm giveth salvation to Him, And His righteousness — it sustained Him.
Amoni ete ezali ata na moto moko te, akamwe ete ata molobeli moko te azali. Boye, loboko na Ye moko ememi Ye na lobiko, mpe bosembo na Ye elendisi Ye.
17 And He putteth on righteousness as a breastplate, And an helmet of salvation on His head, And He putteth on garments of vengeance [for] clothing, And is covered, as [with] an upper-robe, [with] zeal.
Alati bosembo lokola ebombelo ya tolo, mpe ekoti ya lobiko na moto na Ye; alati kozongisa mabe na mabe lokola nzambala, mpe amizipi zuwa lokola kazaka.
18 According to deeds — so He repayeth. Fury to His adversaries, [their] deed to His enemies, To the isles [their] deed He repayeth.
Akofuta moto na moto kolanda misala na ye: kanda makasi epai ya bayini na Ye, mpe lifuti oyo ekoki epai ya banguna na Ye; akopesa na bisanga lifuti na yango.
19 And they fear from the west the name of Jehovah, And from the rising of the sun — His honour, When come in as a flood doth an adversary, The Spirit of Jehovah hath raised an ensign against him.
Longwa na ngambo ya weste, bato bakobanga Kombo ya Yawe; mpe longwa na ngambo ya este, bato bakokumisa nkembo na Ye; pamba te akoya lokola ebale oyo etomboki, oyo pema ya Yawe ekomema.
20 And come to Zion hath a redeemer, Even to captives of transgression in Jacob, An affirmation of Jehovah.
« Mpo na Siona, mosikoli akoya epai ya bato ya Jakobi, oyo bakobongwana na masumu na bango, » elobi Yawe.
21 And I — this [is] My covenant with them, said Jehovah, My Spirit that [is] on thee, And My words that I have put in thy mouth, Depart not from thy mouth, And from the mouth of thy seed, And from the mouth of thy seed's seed, said Jehovah, From henceforth unto the age!
« Bongo mpo na Ngai, » elobi Yawe, « tala boyokani na Ngai elongo na bango: Molimo na Ngai, oyo azali epai na yo, mpe maloba na Ngai, oyo natiaki na monoko na yo ekolongwa te, na monoko na yo to na minoko ya bana na yo to na minoko ya bakitani na bango, kobanda kaka na tango oyo mpe libela na libela, » elobi Yawe.
