Ezekieli 34
1 Yawe alobaki na ngai:
Yahweh gave me another message. He said,
2 « Mwana na moto, sakola mpo na kotelemela babateli bibwele ya mokili ya Isalaele! Sakola mpe yebisa bango: ‹ Tala liloba oyo Nkolo Yawe alobi: Mawa na babateli bibwele ya Isalaele, oyo balukaka kaka bolamu na bango moko! Boni, babateli bibwele basengeli te penza koluka bolamu ya bibwele?
“You human, prophesy about [leaders] of Israel. [They should be taking care of my people like] [MET] shepherds [take care of their sheep]. Say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: Terrible things will happen to you leaders [MET] of Israel who only take care of yourselves! You should certainly [RHQ] take care of [your people like] [MET] a shepherd takes care of his flock of sheep!
3 Bolingi kaka kolia mafuta na yango, kolata bilamba oyo esalemi na bapwale na yango mpe koboma bibwele oyo eleki mafuta, kasi bolukaka bolamu ya bibwele yango te!
[It is as though] you eat the curds, you slaughter the very good animals and wear clothes made from their wool. But you do not take care of the flock.
4 Bosungaki te ebwele oyo elemba mpo ete ekoka kozwa lisusu makasi, bobikisaki te oyo ezalaki na bokono, bosalisaki te oyo ebukana lokolo; bozongisaki te na nzela, oyo ebimaki libanda ya nzela, mpe bolukaki te oyo ebungaki; kasi nde bozalaki konyokola yango mpe komonisa yango pasi tango bozalaki kokamba yango!
You have not enabled those who are weak to become strong. You have not healed those who were sick. You have not bandaged those who were wounded/injured. You have not brought back those who went astray. You have not searched for those who became lost. You have ruled your people harshly and cruelly.
5 Boye, bibwele na Ngai epanzanaki bipai na bipai mpe ekomaki bilei ya banyama ya zamba, pamba te moto akobatela yango azalaki lisusu te.
So they were scattered, because you did not [take care of them like] [MET] a shepherd [takes care of his sheep]. And when they were scattered, [it was as though] wild animals attacked and [killed them and ate] their flesh.
6 Bibwele na Ngai ekomaki kotelengana na likolo ya bangomba nyonso ya milayi mpe ya mikuse, epanzanaki na mokili mobimba; moto moko te azalaki koluka yango mpe koluka bolamu na yango.
My people wandered like sheep all over the high hills and mountains. They were scattered all over the earth, and no one searched for them [DOU].
7 Mpo na yango, bino babateli bibwele, boyoka Liloba na Yawe:
Therefore, you [who should be acting like] shepherds, listen to what I, Yahweh the Lord say:
8 Na Kombo na Ngai, elobi Nkolo Yawe, lokola bibwele na Ngai ezangi mobateli, bongo bakomi koyiba yango mpe ekomi bilei ya banyama nyonso ya zamba; lokola babateli bibwele na Ngai bazalaki koluka bibwele na Ngai te, kasi bazalaki kaka koluka kaka bolamu na bango moko koleka bolamu ya bibwele na Ngai;
As surely as I am alive, my people [are like a flock of sheep that has] no shepherd, and as a result [it is as though] wild animals have attacked my people and eaten them. You did not search for them; instead, you only wanted to provide food for yourselves.
9 mpo na yango, bino babateli bibwele, boyoka Liloba na Yawe:
Therefore, you [who should be like] [MET] shepherds, listen to what I, Yahweh say:
10 Tala liloba oyo Nkolo Yawe alobi: Natombokeli babateli bibwele! Nakotuna bango bibwele na Ngai, nakobotola bibwele na Ngai na maboko na bango, nakotika bango lisusu te kobatela yango. Boye, bakokoka lisusu te komilukela bolamu na bango moko. Nakokangola bibwele na Ngai na minoko na bango, mpe ekotikala lisusu bilei na bango te.
I am opposed to [you leaders who should be like] [MET] shepherds for my people. I will remove you from taking care of my people, with the result that you will no longer feed yourselves [instead of feeding them]. I will rescue my people from you, with the result that you will longer be able to [butcher them and] eat them.
11 Pamba te, tala liloba oyo Nkolo Yawe alobi: Ngai moko nakoluka bolamu ya bibwele na Ngai mpe nakobatela yango.
This is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say to you leaders: I myself will search for my sheep and take care of them.
12 Ndenge mobateli bibwele alukaka bolamu ya bibwele na ye, soki azali elongo na yango, ndenge wana mpe Ngai nakobatela mpe nakobikisa bibwele na Ngai wuta na bisika nyonso epai wapi ezali ya kopanzana, na mokolo ya mapata mpe ya molili makasi.
Like a shepherd finds his scattered sheep, I will rescue my people from all the places to which they have been scattered, at a time when things were very gloomy and they experienced disasters.
13 Nakobimisa yango wuta na bikolo epai wapi ezali ya kopanzana, nakosangisa yango wuta na mikili mosusu mpe nakozongisa yango na mabele na yango moko; nakoleisa yango na likolo ya bangomba ya Isalaele, kati na mabwaku mpe kati na bamboka nyonso ya mike ya Isalaele.
I will bring them back from many countries and gather them together again in their own land. [Because my people are like sheep] [MET], [it is as though] I will enable them to find good pastureland on the hills of Israel, and in the ravines, and in the villages of Israel.
14 Nakoleisa yango na esika ya matiti ya kitoko, mpe matiti na yango ya kolia ekozala na likolo ya bangomba ya Isalaele; kuna, ekopema mpe ekolia na mabele ya kitoko.
[It is as though] I will allow them to graze in good pastures on the mountaintops. They will lie down in good (grazing areas/grassy fields) there [DOU].
15 Ngai moko nakoleisa bibwele na Ngai, mpe Ngai moko nakopemisa yango, elobi Nkolo Yawe;
I myself will take care of my people and enable them to lie down and rest.
16 nakoluka oyo ebungaki, nakozongisa na nzela, oyo epengwaki; nakosalisa oyo ebukana lokolo, nakobikisa oyo ezangi makasi. Kasi nakoboma oyo ya mafuta mpe oyo ya makasi. Nakobatela bibwele na Ngai na bosembo.
I will search for those who are lost and bring back the ones who have strayed away. I will bandage those who have been injured and strengthen those who are weak. But I will get rid of those who are fat and powerful. I will act fairly toward [the people who are like] [MET] my sheep. That is what I, Yahweh, promise.
17 Mpo na bino, bibwele na Ngai, tala liloba oyo Nkolo Yawe alobi: Nakokata makambo kati na ebwele moko mpe ebwele mosusu, kati na bameme ya mibali mpe bantaba ya mibali.
And as for you who are like [MET] my sheep, this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: I will judge between each of you; and I will separate [those that are peaceful like] sheep from [those that are always trying to dominate others like] goats.
18 Boni, ekoki te mpo na bino kolia na matiti ya kitoko? Mpo na nini bolingi lisusu ete matambe na bino enyataka-nyataka matiti oyo etikali? Ekoki te mpo na bino komela mayi ya peto? Mpo na nini bolingi lisusu ete matambe na bino ekomisa potopoto mayi oyo etikali?
It is bad that [RHQ] some of you keep the best pastures for yourselves. It is even worse that [RHQ] you trample the good grass with your feet. You yourselves drink the clear water [RHQ]. But with your feet you cause the other water to become muddy [RHQ].
19 Bolingi ete bibwele na Ngai elia matiti oyo matambe na bino enyati-nyati mpe emela mayi oyo matambe na bino ekomisi potopoto?
[It is as though] you [RHQ] are forcing my flock to eat the grass that you have trampled and to drink the water that you have caused to become muddy!
20 Mpo na yango, tala liloba oyo Nkolo Yawe alobi na bango: Tala, nakokata, Ngai moko, makambo kati na ebwele oyo ya mafuta mpe oyo ekonda.
Therefore, this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say to you: I myself will judge between [those of you who are like] [MET] the fat sheep and [those of you who are like] the thin sheep.
21 Lokola bosalelaki mipanzi mpe mapeka na bino mpo na kotindika bibwele oyo ekonda, mpe maseke na bino mpo na kobundisa yango kino kopanza yango na libanda,
[who are like] strong sheep, [it is as though] with your shoulders and buttocks you have shoved away [those who are like] thin sheep, and you have butted them with your horns, until you have chased them all away [from the good pastureland].
22 nakobikisa bibwele na Ngai, mpe bakoyiba yango lisusu te; nakokata makambo kati na ebwele moko mpe ebwele mosusu.
But I will rescue my people, and they no longer will be (harassed/treated cruelly). I will judge between one person and another.
23 Nakotia liboso na yango mobateli moko kaka ya bibwele: Davidi, mosali na Ngai; akoleisa yango, akoluka bolamu na yango mpe akozala mobateli na yango.
And I will appoint one leader [MET] for them, [someone who will be like] King David, who served me [very well]. That leader will take care of them and be like their shepherd.
24 Ngai Yawe, nakozala Nzambe na yango; mpe Davidi, mosali na Ngai, akozala mokambi kati na yango. Ngai Yawe nde nalobi.
I, Yahweh, will be their God, and [the one who is like] [MET] King David will be their king. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it.
25 Nakosala boyokani ya kimia elongo na bibwele na Ngai, nakolongola banyama mabe kati na mokili mpo ete bibwele na Ngai evanda na kimia kati na esobe mpe elala na bazamba.
I will make a peace agreement with the people of Israel. In this agreement I will promise to get rid of all the wild animals in Israel, in order that my people may live safely, even in the desert and in the forests.
26 Nakokomisa lipamboli esobe elongo na bazamba mpe bisika oyo ezali zingazinga ya ngomba na Ngai ya moke; nakobetisa bamvula na tango na yango: ekozala bamvula ya mapamboli.
I will bless them, and I will bless the places close to my sacred hill. I will bless them by sending them rain showers at the right season; they will be showers to bless them.
27 Banzete ya bilanga ekobota bambuma, mpe mabele ekobota biloko ebele. Bato na Ngai bakozala na kimia na mabele na bango; boye, bakoyeba solo ete Ngai, nazali Yawe tango nakobuka banzete ya ekangiseli na bango mpe nakokangola bango na maboko ya bato oyo banyokolaka bango.
The fruit trees will produce fruit and the ground will produce crops. And my people will live safely in their land. When I rescue them from people who caused them to be slaves [MET, DOU], they will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].
28 Bato ya bikolo mosusu bakoyiba bango lisusu te, mpe banyama ya zamba ekoboma bango lisusu te; bakobika na kimia mpe eloko moko te ekoya lisusu kobangisa bango.
[Soldiers from] other nations will no longer take away their valuable possessions, and wild animals will no longer attack them. They will live safely, and no one will cause them to be afraid.
29 Nakobotisela bango elanga moko oyo ekokende sango mpo na bambuma na yango; moto moko te kati na mokili akokufa lisusu na nzala mpe bato ya bikolo mosusu bakotiola bango lisusu te.
I will cause their land to be famous/well-known for its good crops. There will no longer be famines in the land, and people in other nations will no longer ridicule them.
30 Boye, bakoyeba solo ete Ngai Yawe, Nzambe na bango, nazali elongo na bango, mpe ete bango, libota ya Isalaele, bazali bato na Ngai, elobi Nkolo Yawe.
Then they will know that I, Yahweh their God, am helping them, and they will know that they, the Israeli people, are my people.
31 Bino, bibwele na Ngai, bibwele oyo naleisaka, bozali bato; mpe Ngai, nazali Nzambe na bino, elobi Nkolo Yawe. › »
[It will be as though] [MET] my people are my sheep whom I will take care of, and I will be their God. That is what I, Yahweh the Lord, declare.’”
