Jeremiah 9
1 Who doth make my head waters, And mine eye a fountain of tears? And I weep by day and by night, For the wounded of the daughter of my people.
Ah! Soki moto na ngai ezalaki etima, mpe soki miso na ngai ezalaki liziba ya mpinzoli, nalingaki kolela butu mpe moyi mpo na bato na ngai, oyo basili koboma.
2 Who doth give me in a wilderness A lodging-place of travellers? And I leave my people, and go from them, For all of them [are] adulterers, An assembly of treacherous ones.
Ah! Soki nazalaki ata na ndako ya bapaya kati na esobe, nalingaki ata kokima bato na ngai mpe kozala mosika na bango, pamba te bango nyonso bazali bandumba, bazali lisanga ya bakosi!
3 And they bend their tongue, their bow [is] a lie, And not for stedfastness have they been mighty in the land, For from evil unto evil they have gone forth, And Me they have not known, An affirmation of Jehovah!
« Babongisaka lolemo na bango lokola tolotolo mpo na kokosa; balongaka kati na mokili na nzela ya solo te, pamba te basalaka se mabe likolo ya mabe mpe batosaka Ngai te, » elobi Yawe.
4 Each of his friend — beware ye, And on any brother, do not trust, For every brother doth utterly supplant, For every friend slanderously doth walk,
« Tika ete moto na moto asala keba na moninga na ye mpe atia motema te na ndeko na ye, pamba te ndeko nyonso azali moto ya lokuta, mpe moninga nyonso azali moto ya matongi.
5 And each at his friend they mock, And truth they do not speak, They taught their tongue to speak falsehood, To commit iniquity they have laboured.
Moninga azali kokosa moninga na ye, mpe moto moko te azali koloba solo. Bamibongisaka mpo na koloba lokuta, babimisaka motoki na bango mpo na kosala masumu.
6 thy dwelling [is] in the midst of deceit, Through deceit they refused to know Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.
Mosala na bango se kokosa na kokosa; mpe na lokuta na bango, baboyaka kotosa Ngai, » elobi Yawe.
7 Therefore, thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Lo, I am refining them, and have tried them, For how do I do because of the daughter of My people?
Yango wana, tala liloba oyo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, alobi: « Tala, nakopetola mpe nakomeka bango na moto, pamba te nasala lisusu nini mpo na masumu ya bato na Ngai?
8 A slaughtering arrow [is] their tongue, Deceit it hath spoken in its mouth, Peace with its neighbour it speaketh, And in its heart it layeth its ambush,
Lolemo na bango ezali lokola likonga oyo ebomaka, ebimisaka kaka maloba ya lokuta. Moto na moto alobaka na moninga na ye na esengo na monoko; kasi na se ya motema, atielaka ye motambo.
9 For these things do not I see after them? An affirmation of Jehovah, Against a nation such as this doth not My soul avenge itself?
Bongo na makambo ya boye, napesa bango etumbu te, » elobi Yawe? « Nazongisa mabe na mabe te na ekolo ya boye? »
10 For the mountains I lift up weeping and wailing, And for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, For they have been burnt up without any passing over, Nor have they heard the voice of cattle, From the fowl of the heavens unto the beast they have fled, they have gone.
Nakosala matanga mpe nakolela mpo na bangomba mpe matiti ya esobe. Nyonso esili kokawuka mpe moto moko te azali lisusu kolekela wana; ezala makelele ya bibwele to ya bandeke ezali lisusu koyokana te; bandeke ya likolo ekimi mpe banyama ya zamba esili kokende.
11 And I make Jerusalem become heaps, A habitation of dragons, And the cities of Judah I make a desolation, Without inhabitant.
« Nakokomisa Yelusalemi liboke ya mabanga oyo ebukana-bukana, ndako ya mbwa ya zamba; nakobebisa bingumba ya Yuda, bongo moto moko te akovanda lisusu kuna.
12 Who [is] the wise man? and he understandeth this, And he to whom the mouth of Jehovah spake? And he doth declare it, For what hath the land perished? It hath been burnt up as a wilderness, Without any passing through.
Nani azali penza na bwanya mpo na kososola makambo ya boye? Nani Yawe ateyaki mpo ete alimbola yango? Mpo na nini mokili ebebisami, etikali pamba lokola esobe epai wapi moto alekaka te? »
13 And Jehovah saith: Because of their forsaking My law that I set before them, And they have not hearkened to My voice nor walked in it,
Yawe alobi: « Makambo oyo nyonso ekomeli bango mpo ete basundoli Mobeko na Ngai oyo natiaki liboso na bango, batosi Ngai te mpe basaleli malako na Ngai te.
14 And they walk after the stubbornness of their heart, And after the Baalim, that their fathers taught them,
Nzokande, batiaki kaka mito makasi mpe bakobaki kolanda banzambe ya Bala oyo batata na bango balakisaki bango. »
15 Therefore, thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am causing them — this people — to eat wormwood, And I have caused them to drink water of gall,
Yango wana, tala liloba oyo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, Nzambe ya Isalaele, alobi: « Tala, nakoleisa bato oyo matiti ya bololo mpe nakomelisa bango mayi ya ngenge.
16 And I have scattered them among nations Which they knew not, they and their fathers, And have sent after them the sword, Till I have consumed them.
Nakopanza bango kati na bikolo oyo, ezala bango to bakoko na bango, batikalaki koyeba te; nakolanda bango na mopanga kino nakosilisa koboma bango. »
17 Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Consider ye, and call for mourning women, And they come, And to the wise women send, and they come,
Tala liloba oyo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, alobi: « Botala malamu makambo oyo! Bobengisa basi oyo balelaka bibembe, bobengisa penza ba-oyo bayebi kolela malamu!
18 And they hasten, and lift up for us a wailing. And run down our eyes do tears, And from our eyelids do waters flow.
Tika ete baya noki mpo ete bayembela biso banzembo ya mawa kino tango mpinzoli ekobima biso mpe ekotondisa miso na biso.
19 For — a voice of wailing is heard from Zion: How have we been spoiled! We have been greatly ashamed, Because we have forsaken the land, Because they have cast down our tabernacles.
Kolela ya mawa ezali koyokana wuta na Siona: ‹ Ah! Tala ndenge nini tosili kobebisama! Tala ndenge nini tosambwe! Tika ete tokima mokili na biso, pamba te bandako na biso ebebisami. › »
20 But hear, ye women, a word of Jehovah, And your ear receiveth a word of His mouth, And teach ye your daughters wailing, and each her neighbour lamentation.
Eh basi, boyoka Liloba na Yawe! Bofungola matoyi mpo na koyoka maloba ya monoko na Ye. Bolakisa bana na bino ya basi banzembo ya mawa mpe tika ete moko na moko ayekolisa moninga na ye nzembo ya mawa.
21 For death hath come up into our windows, It hath come into our palaces, To cut off the suckling from without, Young men from the broad places.
Kufa emati mpe ekoti na nzela ya maninisa na biso, ekoti kino na bandako na biso, oyo batonga makasi; eyei kosilisa koboma bana na babalabala, mpe bilenge mibali na bisika oyo bato ebele bokutanaka.
22 Speak thus — an affirmation of Jehovah, And fallen hath the carcase of man, As dung on the face of the field, And as a handful after the reaper, And there is none gathering.
Loba: « Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: ‹ Bibembe ya bato ekolala na mabele mpe ekotikala wana lokola fimie ya bilanga, lokola liboke ya bambuma oyo mobuki bambuma atiki na sima na ye mpe moto oyo akolokota yango azali te. › »
23 Thus said Jehovah: Let not the wise boast himself in his wisdom, Nor let the mighty boast himself in his might, Let not the rich boast himself in his riches,
Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: « Tika ete moto ya bwanya amikumisa te mpo na bwanya na ye to moto ya makasi mpo na makasi na ye to moto ya bozwi mpo na bozwi na ye.
24 But — in this let the boaster boast himself, In understanding and knowing Me, For I [am] Jehovah, doing kindness, Judgment, and righteousness, in the earth, For in these I have delighted, An affirmation of Jehovah.
Kasi tika ete moto oyo alingi komikumisa amikumisa mpo ete azali na bososoli mpe ayebi Ngai, mpo ete ayebi ete nazali Yawe oyo atalisaka bolamu, bosembo mpe boyengebene na mokili; pamba te nasepelaka nde na makambo wana, » elobi Yawe.
25 Lo, days are coming — an affirmation of Jehovah, And I have laid a charge on all circumcised in the foreskin,
« Na mikolo ekoya, » elobi Yawe, « nakopesa etumbu na bato nyonso oyo bakatama ngenga kaka na nzoto, kasi na mitema te:
26 On Egypt, and on Judah, and on Edom, And on the sons of Ammon, and on Moab, And on all cutting the corner [of the beard], Who are dwelling in the wilderness, For all the nations [are] uncircumcised, And all the house of Israel [are] uncircumcised in heart!
bato ya Ejipito, ya Yuda, ya Edomi, ya Amoni, ya Moabi mpe bavandi nyonso ya esobe oyo bamikataka mandefu; pamba te bato ya bikolo oyo nyonso bakatama ngenga te. Mpe ezala bana nyonso ya Isalaele oyo bakatama ngenga, bakatama yango kaka na bonzoto, kasi na mitema te. »
