Amosi 5
1 Oh libota ya Isalaele, boyoka maloba oyo, eleli oyo nazali koloba na tina na bino:
Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.
2 « Isalaele, mboka kitoko, ekweyi na mabele, ezali kokoka kotelema lisusu te! Basundoli yango kaka bongo, mpe moto akotelemisa yango azali te. »
The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise 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. »
For thus saith the Sovereign YHWH; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel.
4 Tala liloba oyo Nkolo Yawe alobi na libota ya Isalaele: « Bozonga epai na Ngai mpe bokobika!
For thus saith YHWH unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall 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. »
But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought.
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.
Seek YHWH, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.
7 Bino bato oyo bobongolaka bosembo ngenge mpe bobwakaka bosolo na mabele,
Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
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.
Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: YHWH is his name:
9 Akweyisaka bato ya makasi mpe abebisaka engumba ya makasi.
That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.
10 Bino bato boyinaka moto oyo akataka makambo na bosembo mpe botiolaka moto oyo alobaka solo,
They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
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.
Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
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 your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
13 Boye, moto ya mayele alobaka te na tango ya boye, pamba te mikolo ezali mabe.
Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
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.
Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so YHWH, the Elohim of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.
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 the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that YHWH Elohim of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
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.
Therefore YHWH, the Elohim of hosts, YHWH, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.
17 Kolela ekozala na bilanga nyonso ya vino, pamba te nakoleka kati na bino, » elobi Yawe.
And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith YHWH.
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.
Woe unto you that desire the day of YHWH! to what end is it for you? the day of YHWH is darkness, and 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.
As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
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.
Shall not the day of YHWH be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
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 feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn 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.
Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.
23 Bolongola makelele ya banzembo na bino liboso na Ngai! Nakoyoka mindule ya mandanda na bino te.
Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
24 Kasi tika ete makambo ekatama na bosolo ndenge ebale etiolaka, mpe bosembo etambola lokola ebale oyo ekawukaka te.
But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
25 Oh bato ya Isalaele, boni, bozalaki kobonzela Ngai mbeka mpe kopesa Ngai makabo na mibu tuku minei oyo bolekisaki na esobe?
Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house 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 ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your elohim, which ye made to yourselves.
27 Yango wana nakotinda bino na bowumbu, mosika koleka Damasi, elobi Ye oyo Kombo na Ye ezali: Yawe, Nzambe Mokonzi ya mampinga.
Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith YHWH, whose name is The Elohim of hosts.
