Amosi 5
1 Oh libota ya Isalaele, boyoka maloba oyo, eleli oyo nazali koloba na tina na bino:
Listen, people of Israel, to this funeral lament that I sing about you!
2 « Isalaele, mboka kitoko, ekweyi na mabele, ezali kokoka kotelema lisusu te! Basundoli yango kaka bongo, mpe moto akotelemisa yango azali te. »
Virgin Israel has fallen, and will never rise again! She lies abandoned on the ground, and there is no one to help her up.
3 Tala liloba oyo Nkolo Yawe alobi: « Engumba oyo ekotinda basoda nkoto moko mpo na kobundela Isalaele ekotikala kaka na basoda nkama moko, mpe oyo ekotinda basoda nkama moko ekotikala kaka na basoda zomi. »
This is what the Lord says: From a city that sends out a thousand soldiers, only a hundred will return; from a city that sends out a hundred soldiers, only ten will return.
4 Tala liloba oyo Nkolo Yawe alobi na libota ya Isalaele: « Bozonga epai na Ngai mpe bokobika!
This is what the Lord says to the people of Israel: Look to me so you may live!
5 Bokende koluka na Beteli te, bokende na Giligali te, bosala mobembo na Beri-Sheba te. Pamba te Giligali ekokende na bowumbu, mpe Beteli ekokoma eloko pamba. »
Do not look to the false gods of Bethel, do not go to the pagan shrines of Gilgal or travel to those of Beersheba. For Gilgal will go into exile, and Bethel will come to nothing.
6 Boluka Yawe mpe bokobika, soki te akokitela libota ya Jozefi lokola moto oyo ekozikisa yango, mpe moto moko te akozala na Beteli mpo na koboma yango.
Look to the Lord so you may live! Otherwise he will explode like fire against the descendants of Joseph and no one from Bethel will be able to quench it.
7 Bino bato oyo bobongolaka bosembo ngenge mpe bobwakaka bosolo na mabele,
You twist justice and make it bitter, you throw integrity to the ground.
8 boluka Ye oyo akela lisanga ya minzoto, oyo abongolaka molili pole mpe akomisaka moyi butu, oyo abengaka mayi ya ebale monene mpe asopaka yango na etando ya mokili; Kombo na Ye ezali: Yawe.
The One who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns the darkness into morning, and daytime into night, who calls for the water of the seas, and pours it down as rain upon the earth—the Lord is his name!
9 Akweyisaka bato ya makasi mpe abebisaka engumba ya makasi.
In a flash he cuts down the strong and destroys the fortresses.
10 Bino bato boyinaka moto oyo akataka makambo na bosembo mpe botiolaka moto oyo alobaka solo,
You hate anyone who confronts injustice and loathe anyone who speaks honestly.
11 lokola bozali konyokola babola mpe kobotola bambuma na bango ya ble, bokovanda te na bandako oyo botongaki na mabanga bakata, bokomela te masanga ya vino ya bilanga kitoko ya vino oyo bolonaki.
Because you trample down the poor and impose a tax on their grain, building for yourselves impressive houses, you will not live in them, and you will not drink wine from the fine vineyards you have planted.
12 Pamba te nayebi ndenge nini mabe na bino ezali ebele mpe ndenge nini masumu na bino ezali minene: bozali konyokola bato ya sembo mpe kozwa kanyaka, mpe lisusu bozali kokata makambo ya babola na bosembo te.
For I know the extent of your wrongdoing and your numerous sins. You oppress good people by taking bribes, and you prevent the poor from getting justice in the courts.
13 Boye, moto ya mayele alobaka te na tango ya boye, pamba te mikolo ezali mabe.
So smart people keep quiet in such evil times.
14 Bolukaka kosala bolamu, kasi mabe te, mpo ete bokoka kobika. Boye, Yawe Nzambe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, akozala elongo na bino, ndenge kaka bozali koloba yango.
Do what is right, and not evil, so you may live. Then the Lord God of power will be with you, as you claim he is.
15 Boyinaka kosala mabe, kasi bolingaka nde kosala bolamu; bolukaka bosembo tango bozali kosambisa. Tango mosusu Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, akoyokela ndambo ya bato oyo bamikomisaki mbindo te mawa kati na libota ya Jozefi.
Hate evil and love good—and make sure justice wins out in your courts. Maybe the Lord God of power will have mercy on those who are left of Jacob's people.
16 Yango wana, tala liloba oyo Nkolo, Yawe, Nzambe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, alobi: « Kolela ekozala na babalabala nyonso, mpe koganga ya somo ekozala na bisika nyonso oyo bato bakutanaka. Bakobengisa basali bilanga na matanga, mpe bato oyo balelaka bibembe mpo na kolela.
For this is what the Lord, the Lord God of power says: There will be weeping in the city squares and wailing in the streets. They will call even the farmers to grieve, as well as the professional mourners.
17 Kolela ekozala na bilanga nyonso ya vino, pamba te nakoleka kati na bino, » elobi Yawe.
There will be wailing in every vineyard, for I will pass through the midst of you, says the Lord.
18 Mawa na bino oyo bozali na posa ya mokolo ya Yawe! Bozali kozela nini na mokolo ya Yawe? Ekozala mokolo ya molili, kasi ya pole te.
How disastrous it will be for those of you who long for the day of the Lord. Why would you want the day of the Lord to come? It will bring darkness, not light.
19 Ekozala lokola moto oyo azali kokima nkosi, bongo akutani na ngombolo; lokola moto oyo akoti na ndako na ye mpe atie loboko na ye na mir, bongo nyoka eswi ye.
It will be like a man running away from a lion only to meet a bear; or a man who goes home and leans his hand on a wall, only to be bitten by a snake.
20 Boni, mokolo ya Yawe ekozala te mokolo ya molili? Boni, ekozala te mokolo oyo ezanga pole? Ekozala penza mokolo ya molili makasi, ata kongenga moke ekozala te.
Isn't the day of the Lord darkness without light? Yes, pitch dark without a glimmer of light.
21 Nayini bafeti na bino ya bule, nazali kosepela na yango ata moke te; mayangani na bino ya bule ezali kolumba solo mabe liboso na Ngai.
I hate, I despise your festivals and take no delight in your religious assemblies.
22 Ata soki bomemeli Ngai bambeka na bino ya kotumba to ya bambuma, nakondima yango te; ata soki bomemeli Ngai bambeka ya boyokani, oyo eleki mafuta, nakotala yango ata moke te.
Even though you present me with burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. As for your peace offerings of fattened cattle—I will not even look at them.
23 Bolongola makelele ya banzembo na bino liboso na Ngai! Nakoyoka mindule ya mandanda na bino te.
Stop your noisy worship songs. I will not listen to the melody of your harps.
24 Kasi tika ete makambo ekatama na bosolo ndenge ebale etiolaka, mpe bosembo etambola lokola ebale oyo ekawukaka te.
Rather let justice flow like a river, and doing right like an ever-flowing stream.
25 Oh bato ya Isalaele, boni, bozalaki kobonzela Ngai mbeka mpe kopesa Ngai makabo na mibu tuku minei oyo bolekisaki na esobe?
Did you bring me sacrifices during those forty years in the desert, people of Israel?
26 Nzokande, botombolaki ndako ya kapo ya Sikuti, mokonzi na bino, mpe evandelo ya Kevani, nzambe na bino ya ekeko, monzoto ya nzambe na bino oyo bomisalelaki.
But now you carry idols of Sakkuth your king and Kaiwan your star god that you made for yourselves.
27 Yango wana nakotinda bino na bowumbu, mosika koleka Damasi, elobi Ye oyo Kombo na Ye ezali: Yawe, Nzambe Mokonzi ya mampinga.
So I will send you into exile in a land beyond Damascus, says the Lord, whose name is the God of power.
