Ezekieli 19
1 « Bongo yo, tinda nzembo ya mawa mpo na bakambi ya Isalaele mpe loba:
“Moreover, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
2 ‹ Mama na yo azalaki nani? Nkosi ya mwasi kati na bankosi! Ezalaki kovanda kati na bana na yango mpe kobokola bana yango.
and say, ‘What was your mother? A lioness. She couched among lions, in the middle of the young lions she nourished her cubs.
3 Ekolisaki moko kati na bana na yango, mpe mwana yango ekomaki nkosi moko ya makasi. Bongo, eyekolaki kopasola banyama mpe kolia bato.
She brought up one of her cubs. He became a young lion. He learned to catch the prey. He devoured men.
4 Bato ya bikolo ya bapaya bayokaki sango na yango mpe bakangaki yango na mitambo ya mabulu; bakangaki yango bibende na zolo mpe bamemaki yango na mokili ya Ejipito.
The nations also heard of him. He was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
5 Tango mama ya nkosi yango emonaki ete elekisi tango ya pamba mpo na kozela mpe elikya na yango esili, ekamataki mwana mosusu kati na bana na yango, ekomisaki yango mpe nkosi ya makasi.
“‘Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her cubs, and made him a young lion.
6 Ekomaki konguluma kati na bankosi, pamba te yango mpe ekomaki nkosi ya makasi. Eyekolaki kopasola banyama mpe kolia bato.
He went up and down among the lions. He became a young lion. He learned to catch the prey. He devoured men.
7 Ekweyisaki bandako na bango ya makasi mpe ebebisaki bingumba na bango. Soki egangi, mokili mpe bato nyonso oyo bazalaki kuna bazalaki kotondisama na somo.
He knew their palaces, and laid waste their cities. The land was desolate with its fullness, because of the noise of his roaring.
8 Bongo bato ya bituka ya zingazinga, longwa na bikolo na bango, bayaki kotelemela yango, batielaki yango mitambo na bango mpe bakangaki yango kati na mabulu na bango.
Then the nations attacked him on every side from the provinces. They spread their net over him. He was taken in their pit.
9 Bakangaki yango minyololo, bakotisaki yango kati na ndako ya banyama, bamemaki yango epai ya mokonzi ya Babiloni. Babwakaki yango na boloko mpo ete mongongo ya koganga na yango eyokana lisusu na bangomba ya Isalaele te.
They put him in a cage with hooks, and brought him to the king of Babylon. They brought him into strongholds, so that his voice should no more be heard on the mountains of Israel.
10 Mama na yo azalaki lokola nzete ya vino kati na elanga na yo ya vino, oyo elonama pembeni ya mayi, ezalaki kobota bambuma ebele, ezalaki na bitape ebele mpo ete mayi mpe ezalaki ebele.
“‘Your mother was like a vine in your blood, planted by the waters. It was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
11 Bitape na yango ezalaki makasi, ezalaki malamu mpo na kosala mangenda ya bokonzi, ezalaki molayi makasi koleka banzete mosusu; eyebanaki makasi mpo na molayi na yango mpe mpo na ebele ya makasa na yango.
It had strong branches for the scepters of those who ruled. Their stature was exalted among the thick boughs. They were seen in their height with the multitude of their branches.
12 Kasi bapikolaki yango na kanda mpe babwakaki yango na mabele. Mopepe ya este ekawusaki yango, ekweyisaki mbuma na yango, ekawusaki mpe bitape na yango ya makasi mpe moto etumbaki yango.
But it was plucked up in fury. It was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were broken off and withered. The fire consumed them.
13 Mpe sik’oyo baloni yango kati na esobe, mokili oyo ekawuka mpe ezanga mayi.
Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.
14 Moto ebimi longwa na moko ya bitape na yango mpe etumbi mbuma na yango; ata etape moko te ya makasi etikalaki mpo na kosala lingenda ya bokonzi. › Yango nde ezali nzembo ya mawa mpe esengeli koyemba yango lokola nzembo ya mawa. »
Fire has gone out of its branches. It has devoured its fruit, so that there is in it no strong branch to be a scepter to rule.’ This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.”
