Ezekieli 12
1 Yawe alobaki na ngai:
Yahweh gave me another message. [He said, ]
2 « Mwana na moto, ozali kovanda kati na libota ya batomboki; bazalaka na miso ya kotala kasi bamonaka te, bazalaka na matoyi ya koyoka kasi bayokaka te, pamba te bazali libota ya batomboki.
“You human, you are living among people who are [very] rebellious. They have eyes, but they do not [what I want them to see]; they have ears, but they do not [what I want them to hear], because they are rebellious/stubborn people.
3 Yango wana, mwana na moto, kangisa bisaka na yo lokola moto oyo azali kokende na bowumbu mpe kende na bowumbu na moyi makasi, na miso na bango. Telema na esika oyo ozali mpe kende na esika mosusu na miso na bango; tango mosusu bakoki kososola, atako bazali libota ya batomboki.
Therefore, you human, pack your belongings as though you were (going into exile/being forced to go to another country). Then, during the daytime, while people are watching, [prepare to] go to another place. Even though the people are rebellious, perhaps they will [what you are symbolizing].
4 Bimisa bisaka na yo na libanda, na moyi makasi na miso na bango; mpe na pokwa, kende ndenge bato bakendaka na bowumbu na miso na bango.
During the daytime, while they are watching, bring out the things that you want to take and pack them. Then in the evening, while they are watching, do what those who are preparing to go into exile do.
5 Tobola mir na miso na bango mpe bimisa bisaka na yo na lidusu oyo okosala.
Dig through [city] wall and take your things through the hole.
6 Tia yango na mapeka na yo na miso na bango, mpe kende na yango na butu. Bomba elongi na yo mpo ete okoka komona mokili te, pamba te nalingi ete ozala elembo mpo na libota ya Isalaele. »
Then put [in a sack] on your shoulder while they are watching and leave at dusk. Cover your face in order that you cannot see the path. [I want you to do this] because I want you to warn the Israeli people.”
7 Boye, nasalaki makambo oyo atindaki ngai: na moyi, nabimisaki bisaka na ngai lokola moto oyo azali kokende na bowumbu; na pokwa, maboko na ngai etobolaki mir, bongo na butu, nabimisaki bisaka na ngai mpe natiaki yango na mapeka, na miso na bango.
[So] I did what Yahweh told me to do. During the day I brought things out of my [as though] I was packing to go into exile. Then in the evening I dug through [city] wall. [Then] while people watched, I put my sack of belongings on my shoulder and left.
8 Na tongo ya mokolo oyo elandaki, Yawe alobaki na ngai:
The next morning, Yahweh gave me this message:
9 « Mwana na moto, libota ya batomboki ya Isalaele oyo, batunaki yo te: ‹ Ozali kosala nini? ›
“You human, the rebellious people [MTY] of Israel asked you, ‘What are you doing?’
10 Yebisa bango: ‹ Tala liloba oyo Nkolo Yawe alobi: Lisakoli oyo ezali na tina na mokambi oyo azali na Yelusalemi elongo na libota mobimba ya Isalaele, oyo bazali kuna. ›
[So go back and] say to them, ‘What I did is about the king in Jerusalem and all the [other] people of Israel who are there.’
11 Loba na bango: ‹ Nazali elembo mpo na bino. › Ndenge Ngai nasali, ndenge wana mpe ekosalema epai na bango: bakokende na bowumbu lokola bakangami.
Tell [them], ‘[What I did] is a warning to you.’ What has happened to you will happen to them. They will be captured and forced to go to another country.
12 Mokambi oyo azali kati na bango akotia bisaka na ye na mapeka mpe akokima na butu; bakotobola mir mpo na kobimisa ye na lidusu oyo bakosala. Akobomba elongi na ye mpo ete amona mokili te.
Their king will put his belongings on his shoulder at dusk and leave. [His servants] will dig a hole through the city wall, [and he will take his belongings] through it. He will cover his face in order [others will not recognize] him.
13 Nakotiela ye motambo na Ngai, mpe akokangama penza na motambo yango; nakomema ye na Babiloni, mokili ya bato ya Chalide; kasi akomona yango te mpe akokufela kuna.
[it will be as though] I will spread a net for [to be captured]; [enemy soldiers will] capture him and take him to [city]. But he will [be able to] see it; and there he will die.
14 Nakopanza bato na ye, oyo atielaka motema na bisika nyonso: bakalaka mpe mampinga na ye; mpe nakolanda bango na mopanga ya minu.
I will scatter in all directions [IDM] all those who have been around him—his advisors and his soldiers—and I will cause his enemies to pursue them, with their swords ready to strike them.
15 Bakoyeba solo ete Ngai, nazali Yawe, tango nakopanza bango kati na bikolo mosusu mpe kati na mikili mosusu.
Then, when I scatter them among many nations [DOU], they will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].
16 Kasi kati na bango, nakobikisa ndambo ya bato oyo bakokufa te na mopanga, na nzala makasi mpe na bokono oyo ebomaka, mpo ete batatola misala na bango nyonso ya mbindo kati na bikolo epai wapi bakokende. Boye, bakoyeba solo ete Ngai, nazali Yawe. »
But I will spare/save a few of them from being killed by swords and from dying from famines or plagues, with the result that in the nations to which they are forced to go, they will realize/admit that they have been doing disgusting things, and they will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].”
17 Yawe alobaki na ngai:
Then Yahweh gave me another message. [He said, ]
18 « Mwana na moto, zala na kolenga wana ozali kolia bilei mpe zala na pasi na motema mpe na komitungisa wana ozali komela mayi na yo;
“You human, tremble while you eat your food, and shudder fearfully while you drink your water.
19 mpe loba na bato ya mokili oyo: ‹ Tala liloba oyo Nkolo Yawe alobi epai ya bavandi ya Yelusalemi mpe ya mokili ya Isalaele: Bakolia bilei na bango na kobanga mpe bakomela mayi na bango na somo; pamba te bakobotola na makasi biloko nyonso ya mokili na bango, likolo ya mabe nyonso ya bavandi na yango.
Tell [this to] the Israeli people: 'This is what Yahweh the Lord says about those who are [still] living in Jerusalem and [other places in] Israel: They also will be very anxious/worried [DOU] while they eat their food and drink their water, because their country will [soon] have everything taken away. That will happen because the people who live there [continually] act [very] violently.
20 Bingumba oyo bato bavandaka ekobebisama mpe mokili ekotikala lisusu na bato te, mpe bokoyeba solo ete Ngai, nazali Yawe. › »
The towns where people live will be devastated, and the land will become barren/empty. Then you people will know that it is I, Yahweh, [who have the power to do what I say that I will do].'”
21 Yawe alobaki na ngai:
Yahweh gave me another message. [He said, ]
22 « Mwana na moto, bolobaka lisese nini kati na mokili ya Isalaele: ‹ Mikolo ezali koleka mpe bimoniseli ezali kokokisama te? ›
“You human, the people in Israel have this proverb/saying: ‘The days pass, and [the prophets] predict never happens.’
23 Loba na bango: ‹ Tala liloba oyo Nkolo Yawe alobi: Nakosukisa lisese oyo mpe nakosala ete balobaka yango lisusu te kati na Isalaele. › Loba na bango lisusu: ‹ Tango ekomi pene oyo bimoniseli nyonso ekokokisama.
So say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: I am going to prove that (what they say/that proverb) is not correct, and then they will never say that again in Israel.’ Tell them, ‘It will soon be the time when everything that the prophets have predicted will happen.
24 Bimoniseli mpe masakoli ya lokuta ekozala lisusu te kati na bana ya Isalaele.
No longer [false prophets tell] to the Israeli people false visions, or prophecies that try to please people.
25 Kasi Ngai Yawe, nakoloba maloba oyo nalingi koloba, mpe maloba yango ekokokisama na mwa tango moke; pamba te kaka na tango oyo bozali na bomoi, bino libota ya batomboki, Ngai nakokokisa maloba nyonso oyo nakoloba, elobi Nkolo Yawe. › »
Instead, I, Yahweh, will say what I want to tell the people, and what I predict will quickly happen. You rebellious people, I will cause to happen everything that I say will happen. [That is what I, ] Yahweh the Lord, say.’”
26 Yawe alobaki na ngai:
Yahweh also gave me this message:
27 « Mwana na moto, libota ya Isalaele bazali koloba: ‹ Emoniseli ya moto oyo ekosalema na yango lobi te mpe masakoli na ye ekokokisama sima na mibu ebele penza. ›
“You human, the Israeli people are [constantly] saying [about you], ‘The things that he sees in [will not happen soon]. They are [things that will happen] many years from now, far in the future.’
28 Yango wana, loba na bango: ‹ Tala liloba oyo Nkolo Yawe alobi: Liloba na Ngai ata moko te ekowumela lisusu mpo na kokokisama. Maloba nyonso oyo nakoloba ekokokisama, elobi Nkolo Yawe. › »
Therefore say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord [DOU] says: I will no longer [causing to happen] any of the things that I have prophesied. Whatever I have predicted [very soon] happen.’”
