Ezekieli 17
1 Yawe alobaki na ngai:
And the worde of the Lord came vnto mee, saying,
2 « Mwana na moto, bongisa sambole moko mpe loba yango lokola lisese epai ya libota ya Isalaele.
Sonne of man, put foorth a parable and speake a prouerbe vnto the house of Israel,
3 Loba na bango: ‹ Tala liloba oyo Nkolo Yawe alobi: Mpongo moko ya monene oyo ezalaki na mapapu milayi soki efungwami, na basala ebele ya balangi ya ndenge na ndenge, ekendeki kotelema na Libani. Tango etutaki songe ya nzete moko ya sedele,
And say, Thus saith the Lord God, The great eagle with great wings, and long wings, and ful of fethers, which had diuers colours, came vnto Lebanon, and tooke the highest branch of the cedar,
4 ebukaki etape moko ya moke oyo ezalaki na songe ya nzete yango mpe ememaki yango na mokili ya bato ya mombongo, epai wapi elonaki yango kati na engumba ya bateki.
And brake off the toppe of his twigge, and caried it into the land of marchants, and set it in a citie of marchants.
5 Ekamataki ndambo ya milona ya mokili wana, ekendeki kolona yango na mabele ya malamu, lokola nzete oyo elingaka esika ya mayi, pene ya mayi.
Hee tooke also of the seede of the lande, and planted it in a fruitfull ground: hee placed it by great waters, and set it as a willowe tree.
6 Nkona yango ekolaki mpe ekomaki nzete ya vino; ezalaki penza mokuse, kasi bitape na yango ezalaki efungwama mpe etala na ngambo ya mpongo. Bongo misisa na yango ezalaki kaka etikala na se na yango. Ekomaki nzete ya vino, ebotaki bitape mpe ebimisaki makasa ebele.
And it budded vp, and was like a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward it, and the rootes thereof were vnder it: so it became a vine, and it brought foorth branches, and shot foorth buds.
7 Kasi ezalaki lisusu na mpongo mosusu ya monene oyo ezalaki na mapapu ya milayi mpe basala ebele. Nzokande, nzete ya vino wana ebimisaki misisa na yango na ngambo ya mpongo wana, longwa na esika oyo balonelaki yango mpe epanzaki bitape na yango kino epai na mpongo wana, mpo na kosopela yango mayi.
There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers, and beholde, this vine did turne her rootes toward it, and spred foorth her branches toward it, that she might water it by the trenches of her plantation.
8 Balonaki yango na mabele ya malamu, lokola nzete oyo elingaka esika ya mayi, pene ya mayi ebele mpo ete ebota bitape mpe bambuma, mpe ekoma nzete monene ya vino. ›
It was planted in a good soyle by great waters, that it should bring forth branches, and beare fruite, and be an excellent vine.
9 Loba na bango: ‹ Tala liloba oyo Nkolo Yawe alobi: Boni, ekokoma solo monene? Boni, mpongo ya liboso ekopikola yango te mpo ete ezanga kobota mbuma mpe ekawuka? Makasa na yango nyonso ya sika ekokawuka; ekoluka na yango makasi mingi te mpe bato ebele te mpo na kopikola yango.
Say thou, Thus saith the Lord God, Shall it prosper? shall he not pull vp the rootes thereof, and destroy the fruite thereof, and cause them to drie? all the leaues of her bud shall wither without great power, or many people, to plucke it vp by the rootes thereof.
10 Ata soki bakei kolona yango esika mosusu, okanisi ete ekokola? Ekokawuka nyonso tango mopepe ya este ekoya kobeta yango; solo ekokawuka ata na esika oyo ezalaki kokola malamu. › »
Beholde, it was planted: but shall it prosper? shall it not be dried vp, and wither? when the East winde shall touch it, it shall wither in the trenches, where it grewe.
11 Bongo Yawe alobaki na ngai:
Moreouer, the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,
12 « Loba na ndako ya batomboki oyo: ‹ Boni, bozali solo koyeba soki makambo oyo elakisi nini? › Loba na bango: ‹ Mokonzi ya Babiloni ayaki na Yelusalemi, akangaki mokonzi elongo na bakalaka na yango mpe amemaki bango na mokili na ye, elingi koloba na Babiloni.
Say now to this rebellious house, Know ye not, what these things meane? tell them, Behold, the King of Babel is come to Ierusalem, and hath taken the King thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babel,
13 Akamataki moko kati na libota ya bokonzi, asalaki boyokani elongo na ye mpe alapisaki ye ndayi; mpe amemaki lisusu bankumu ya mokili
And hath taken one of the Kings seede, and made a couenant with him, and hath taken an othe of him: he hath also taken the princes of the land,
14 mpo ete bokonzi ekweya, ekoka lisusu kotelema te mpe ewumela kobika kaka na kobatela mibeko ya boyokani na ye.
That the kingdome might be in subiection, and not lift it selfe vp, but keepe their couenant, and stand to it.
15 Kasi atombokelaki mokonzi ya Babiloni mpe atindaki bantoma na ye, na Ejipito mpo ete bapesa ye bampunda mpe basoda ebele. Akolonga solo? Moto oyo azali kosala makambo ya boye akobika solo? Boni, abuka solo boyokani mpe abika?
But he rebelled against him, and sent his ambassadours into Egypt, that they might giue him horses, and much people: shall hee prosper? shall he escape, that doeth such things? or shall he breake the couenant, and be deliuered?
16 Na Kombo na Ngai, elobi Nkolo Yawe, akokufa kati na Babiloni, kati mokili ya mokonzi oyo atiaki ye na bokonzi; pamba te atosaki te ndayi oyo alapaki liboso na ye mpe abukaki boyokani oyo asalaki elongo na ye.
As I liue, saith the Lord God, he shall die in the middes of Babel, in the place of the King, that had made him King, whose othe he despised, and whose couenant made with him, he brake.
17 Faraon elongo na ebele ya basoda na ye ya mpiko mpe basoda na ye mosusu ebele bakokoka kosunga ye te na tango ya bitumba; tango bato ya Babiloni bakotonga bamir ya zelo mpo na kobatamela mpe bakotimola mabulu mpo na koboma bato ebele.
Neither shall Pharaoh with his mightie hoste, and great multitude of people, mainteine him in the warre, when they haue cast vp mounts, and builded ramparts to destroy many persons.
18 Atosaki te ndayi oyo alapaki mpe abukaki boyokani. Lokola atombolaki loboko na ye na ndayi mpe asali makambo ya boye, akobika te!
For he hath despised the othe, and broken ye couenant (yet lo, he had giuen his hand) because he hath done all these things, he shall not escape.
19 Mpo na yango, tala liloba oyo Nkolo Yawe alobi: Na Kombo na Ngai, nakomemisa ye ngambo ya ndayi na Ngai, oyo atioli mpe ya boyokani na Ngai, oyo abuki.
Therefore, thus sayth the Lord God, As I liue, I wil surely bring mine othe that he hath despised, and my couenant that he hath broken vpon his owne head.
20 Nakotiela ye motambo na Ngai, mpe akokangama na motambo na Ngai; nakomema ye na Babiloni mpe nakosambisa ye kuna, pamba te atambolaki na boyengebene te liboso na Ngai.
And I wil spread my net vpon him, and he shalbe taken in my net, and I wil bring him to Babel, and will enter into iudgement with him there for his trespas that he hath committed against me.
21 Basoda na ye nyonso ya mpiko bakokufa na mopanga mpe bato oyo bakotikala na bomoi bakopanzana bisika nyonso. Na bongo, bokoyeba solo ete ezali Ngai Yawe nde nalobaki.
And all that flee from him with all his hoste, shall fall by the sword, and they that remaine, shalbe scattered towarde all the windes: and ye shall know that I the Lord haue spoken it.
22 Tala liloba oyo Nkolo Yawe alobi: Ngai moko nakokamata etape ya songe ya nzete ya sedele mpe nakolona yango; nakobuka na songe ya etape yango moto ya nzete moko, oyo nakolona na likolo ya ngomba oyo eleki molayi.
Thus saith the Lord God, I wil also take off the top of this hie cedar, and wil set it, and cut off the top of the tender plant thereof, and I wil plant it vpon an hie mountaine and great.
23 Nakolona yango na likolo ya ngomba ya Isalaele oyo eleki molayi; ekopanza bitape na yango mpe ekobota bambuma, ekokoma nzete ya sedele moko ya kitoko; bandeke ya ndenge na ndenge ekotonga bazala na yango kuna mpe ekopema na se ya pio ya bitape na yango.
Euen in the hie mountaine of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughes and beare fruite, and be an excellent cedar, and vnder it shall remaine all birds, and euery foule shall dwell in the shadow of the branches thereof.
24 Banzete nyonso ya zamba ekoyeba solo ete Ngai Yawe nde nakweyisaka nzete ya molayi mpe nakomisaka nzete ya mokuse molayi, nakawusaka nzete ya mobesu mpe nakomisaka nzete ya kokawuka nzete ya mobesu. Ngai Yawe nde nalobi mpe nakosala oyo nalobi. › »
And all the trees of the fielde shall knowe that I the Lord haue brought downe the hie tree, and exalted the lowe tree, that I haue dried vp the greene tree, and made the drie tree to florish: I the Lord haue spoken it, and haue done it.
