Ezekieli 30
1 Yawe alobaki na ngai:
Yahweh gave me another message. [He said, ]
2 « Mwana na moto, sakola! Loba: ‹ Tala liloba oyo Nkolo Yawe alobi: Bolela mpe boloba: ‘Mawa mpo na mokolo wana!’
“You human, prophesy [about what will happen to Egypt]. Say, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: “Weep and wail [DOU], because terrible things will happen some day.
3 Pamba te mokolo yango ekomi pene; mokolo ya Yawe ekomi pene, mokolo ya mapata, tango ya molili mpo na bikolo.
That day is near, the day when I, Yahweh, [will punish people]; it will be a day of [dark] clouds and disaster for [many] nations.
4 Mopanga ekotelemela Ejipito, mpe somo makasi ekokanga mokili ya Kushi. Tango bato bakokufa na Ejipito, bakomema bomengo na yango mosika mpe miboko na yango ekobukana.
[An enemy army] [PRS] will come to attack Egypt with their swords, and there will be great distress [among the people] in Ethiopia. [Many] people will be killed in Egypt; everything valuable will be taken away, and [even] the foundations [of the buildings] will be torn down.
5 Kushi, Puti, Ludi, Arabi mobimba, Libi mpe bato ya mokili ya boyokani bakokufa na mopanga nzela moko na bato ya Ejipito.
[Soldiers of] Ethiopia, Libya, Lydia, and from all of Arabia, and [all the other] groups who are their allies, will be killed in the battles.”
6 Tala liloba oyo Nkolo Yawe alobi: Bikolo oyo esanganaki na Ejipito ekokweya mpe makasi oyo etielaka lolendo ekosila. Kobanda na Migidoli kino na Siene, bakokweya na mopanga elongo na Ejipito, elobi Nkolo Yawe.
This is what [I], Yahweh say: “The allies of Egypt will be defeated, and the power that [the people of Egypt] are proud of will end. From Migdol [city in the north] to Aswan [city in the south], the soldiers of Egypt will be killed by their enemies’ swords”; [that is what I], Yahweh the Lord, declare.
7 Ejipito ekotikala lisusu na bato te kati na mikili oyo etikala na bato te, mpe bingumba na yango ekokoma ebeba kati na bingumba oyo ebeba.
Egypt will become the most deserted country in the world, and its cities will be ruined, surrounded by ruined cities [in nearby nations].
8 Boye, bakoyeba solo ete Ngai, nazali Yawe, tango nakokitisa moto kati na Ejipito mpe nakosukisa nguya nyonso ya basungi na yango.
Then, when I cause [everything in] Egypt to be burned in fires, and all their allies are defeated, people will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].
9 Na mokolo wana, bato oyo nakotinda bakokende na nzela ya masuwa mpo na kobundisa Kushi oyo ezali na yango na kimia. Somo makasi ekokanga bango na mokolo ya etumbu ya Ejipito; mpe mokolo yango ekomi solo pene.
At that time, I will send messengers to go [swiftly up the Nile River] in boats to cause the people of Ethiopia who (are complacent/confident/think that nothing terrible will happen to them) to become afraid. They will be terrified [PRS] when Egypt is destroyed; and it will soon be that time!”
10 Tala liloba oyo Nkolo Yawe alobi: Nakosukisa nguya ya mampinga ya Ejipito na nzela ya Nabukodonozori, mokonzi ya Babiloni.
This is what [I], Yahweh the Lord, say: “By the power of [MTY] of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon I will get rid of very many people in Egypt.
11 Ye elongo na mampinga na ye ya basoda oyo baleki kanza kati na mampinga ya bikolo, bakoya kobebisa mokili. Bakobundisa Ejipito na mipanga na bango mpe bakotondisa mokili na bibembe.
Nebuchadnezzar and his army, whose soldiers are extremely ruthless, will come to destroy Egypt. They will pull out their swords and fill Egypt with [the corpses of] those whom they have killed.
12 Nakokawusa miluka ya Nili mpe nakokaba mokili epai ya bato mabe; nakobebisa mokili mpe biloko nyonso oyo ezali kati na yango na nzela ya maboko ya bapaya. Ezali Ngai Yawe nde nalobi.
I will cause the Nile [River] to become dry, and I will sell the nation to evil men. By the power [MTY] of foreigners I will ruin the land and everything that is in it. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have predicted it.”
13 Tala liloba oyo Nkolo Yawe alobi: Nakobebisa banzambe ya bikeko mpe nakosala ete bato batika kosambela bililingi kati na Mefisi. Moto moko te lisusu akozala mokambi kati na Ejipito, mpe nakoyeisa somo kati na Ejipito mobimba.
This is [also] what [I], Yahweh the Lord, say: “I will cause the idols and statues [of idols] [DOU] in Memphis [city] to be destroyed. No longer will there be a king in Egypt, and all over the land, people will be terrified. I will cause [the people of] Egypt to be very afraid.
14 Nakobebisa engumba Patrosi, nakotia moto kati na engumba Tsoani mpe nakopesa etumbu na engumba Tebesi.
I will cause the Pathros [area in southern Egypt] to be abandoned. I will start fires in Zoan [city in northeast Egypt] and punish [the people in] Thebes, [the capital of southern Egypt].
15 Nakopelisela engumba Sini, ndako batonga makasi ya Ejipito, kanda na Ngai; mpe nakoboma ebele ya bavandi ya engumba Tebesi.
I will pour out my punishment [MTY] on [the fortress in] Pelusium [at the eastern end of Egypt], and I will get rid of very many people in Thebes.
16 Nakotia moto kati na Ejipito; engumba Sini ekotonda na pasi. Tebesi ekokoma na madusu ebele mpe banguna bakokota kati na Mefisi na moyi makasi, mpo na kobebisa yango.
I will burn Egypt by fires; [the people in] Pelusium will suffer severe pain. [Enemies] will conquer Thebes, and [the people in] Memphis will constantly be terrified.
17 Bilenge mibali ya bingumba Eliopolisi mpe Pi-Beseti bakokufa na mopanga, mpe bingumba yango ekokende na bowumbu.
[Many] young men in Heliopolis and Bubastis [cities in northern Egypt] will be killed by [their enemies] swords, and the others [from those cities] will be captured and taken [to Babylon].
18 Na Takipenesi, mokolo ekokoma molili tango nakobuka ekangiseli ya Ejipito; mpe kuna, makasi na yango oyo etielaka lolendo ekosila; mapata ekozipa engumba Takipenesi mpe bamboka na yango ya mike ekokende na bowumbu.
It will be a dark day [of destruction] at Tahpenes [city in northeast Egypt] when I cause the power [MET] of Egypt to end; that country will no longer be proud of being strong. [It will be as though] a dark cloud will cover Egypt, because the people of its villages will be captured and forced to go [to Babylon].”
19 Nakopesa Ejipito etumbu; mpe bakoyeba solo ete Ngai, nazali Yawe. › »
That is how I will punish Egypt, and people will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].’”
20 Na mokolo ya sambo ya sanza ya liboso, na mobu ya zomi na moko, Yawe alobaki na ngai:
Almost eleven years [after we had been taken to Babylon], on the seventh day of the first month [of that year], Yahweh gave me another message. [He said, ]
21 « Mwana na moto, tala; nabukaki loboko ya Faraon, mokonzi ya Ejipito! Moto moko te azali kosalisa yango to mpe kotia yango kisi mpo ete ekoka lisusu kozwa makasi ya kosimba mopanga.
“You human, I [have enabled the army of Nebuchadnezzar to defeat the army of] the King of Egypt. [It is as though] I have broken one of the arms of the King of Egypt, and it has not been bandaged in order that it could be healed, and it has not been put in splints in order that [after it heals] the arm will be strong [enough] to hold a sword.
22 Yango wana, tala liloba oyo Nkolo Yawe alobi: Natelemeli Faraon, mokonzi ya Ejipito; nakobuka maboko na ye nyonso mibale: ezala loboko oyo ya malamu to loboko oyo ebukana; mpe nakosala ete mopanga ekweya longwa na loboko na ye.
Therefore, this is what [I], Yahweh the Lord, say: ‘I am the enemy of the King of Egypt. [I will completely destroy the power of Egypt; it is as though] now I will break both of the king’s arms, the good/strong one and the broken one, and cause the sword to fall from his hand.
23 Nakopanza mpe nakopalanganisa bato ya Ejipito kati na bikolo mpe mikili mosusu.
I will cause the people of Egypt to be scattered among the nations [DOU].
24 Nakolendisa maboko ya mokonzi ya Babiloni mpe nakotia mopanga na Ngai kati na loboko na ye. Kasi nakobuka maboko ya Faraon, mpe akokoma kolela liboso na ye lokola moto oyo azoki pota monene.
[It is as though] I will strengthen the arms of the King of Babylon and put a sword in his hand, and [as though] I will break the arms of the king of Egypt, and he will groan in front of the King of Babylon like [SIM] a soldier who is wounded and about to die.
25 Nakolendisa maboko ya mokonzi ya Babiloni, kasi maboko ya Faraon ekolemba. Boye, bakoyeba solo ete Ngai, nazali Yawe, tango nakotia mopanga na Ngai kati na loboko ya mokonzi ya Babiloni, oyo akobundisa na yango Ejipito.
I will cause the power [MTY] of the King of Babylon to become greater, and the power of the king of Egypt will be useless [MET]. When that happens, when I give power to the army of the King of Babylon, they will use that power to attack Egypt.
26 Nakopanza mpe nakopalanganisa bato ya Ejipito kati na bikolo mpe mikili mosusu; boye, bakoyeba solo ete Ngai, nazali Yawe. »
I will cause the people of Egypt to be scattered among the nations [DOU]. And when that happens, the people [of Egypt] will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do] [DOU].’”
