Ezekieli 37
1 Loboko ya Yawe ezalaki likolo na ngai; bongo Yawe abimisaki ngai na nzela ya Molimo na Ye mpe amemaki ngai kino na kati-kati ya lubwaku moko etonda na mikuwa.
One day Yahweh gave me another vision. In the vision I felt the power [MTY] of God on me, and by his Spirit he took me to the middle of a valley. It was full of bones [of people who had been killed].
2 Atambolisaki ngai na bangambo nyonso kati na mikuwa yango: namonaki ete ezali ebele penza mpe ekawuka, kati na lubwaku yango.
He led me to walk back and forth among those bones. I saw that there were very many bones there, bones that were very dry.
3 Atunaki ngai: — Mwana na moto, mikuwa oyo ekoki lisusu kozala na bomoi? Nazongisaki: — Oh Nkolo Yawe, Yo kaka nde oyebi!
He asked me, “You human, [do you think that] these bones can become living [people again]?” I replied, “Yahweh my Lord, only you know [if that can happen].”
4 Bongo alobaki na ngai: — Sakola epai ya mikuwa oyo mpe yebisa yango: « Eh bino mikuwa ekawuka, boyoka Liloba na Yawe!
Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones. Say to them, ‘You dry bones, listen to what Yahweh says.
5 Tala liloba oyo Nkolo Yawe alobi: Nakotia pema kati na bino mpe bokozwa lisusu bomoi.
This is what Yahweh the Lord says to you bones: I will put my breath into each of you, and you will become alive again.
6 Nakotia bino misisa mpe misuni, nakolatisa bino poso ya nzoto mpe nakotia pema kati na bino. Boye bokozwa lisusu bomoi, bongo bokoyeba solo ete Ngai, nazali Yawe. »
I will fasten tendons to your bones, and cause your bones to be covered with flesh. I will cover the flesh with skin. Then I will breathe into you, and you will become alive. When that happens, you will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].’”
7 Boye, nasakolaki ndenge kaka atindaki ngai. Bongo wana nazalaki nanu kosakola, makelele moko ya makasi eyokanaki; mpe, mbala moko, mikuwa yango ekomaki koningana mpe kosangana moko na moko na mosusu.
So I spoke to the bones what Yahweh commanded me to speak. As I was speaking, there was a noise, a rattling sound, and the bones came together, bones joining to each other.
8 Wana nazalaki kotala, namonaki misisa mpe misuni kobima na mikuwa yango mpe poso ya nzoto kozipa yango, kasi ezalaki na pema te.
While I was looking, I saw tendons fastening to them and flesh covering them, and then skin covered the flesh, but they did not breathe.
9 Yawe alobaki na ngai: — Mwana na moto, sakola epai ya pema, sakola mpe loba na pema: « Tala liloba oyo Nkolo Yawe alobi: Oh pema, yaka wuta na bisika nyonso mopepe ebimelaka mpe kota kati na banzoto oyo mpo ete ezwa lisusu bomoi! »
Then he said to me, “You human, prophesy to the wind. Say to the wind, ‘Wind [APO], Yahweh says to you, blow from all four directions. Breathe into these people who have been killed, in order that they can become alive again!’”
10 Nasakolaki ndenge kaka atindaki ngai; bongo pema ekotaki kati na yango mpe ezwaki lisusu bomoi. Batelemaki mpe bazalaki mampinga moko ya monene.
So I said what he commanded me to say, and then breath entered them. They became alive and stood up, like a huge army.
11 Alobaki na ngai: — Mwana na moto, mikuwa oyo ezali libota mobimba ya Isalaele! Bazali koloba: « Mikuwa na biso ekawuki, elikya na biso esili, bomoi na biso ebebi! »
Then he said to me, “You human, these bones represent all the Israeli people [MTY]. The people say, ‘[It is as though] our bones are dried up; there are no more good things that we can (hope for/confidently expect to happen to us); our nation is destroyed/finished.’
12 Yango wana, sakola mpe loba na bango: « Tala liloba oyo Nkolo Yawe alobi: Oh bato na Ngai, nakofungola bakunda na bino mpe nakobimisa bino kuna, bongo nakozongisa bino na mabele ya Isalaele.
So prophesy and say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: My people, [it will be as though] I will open your graves and cause your corpses to become alive again. I will bring you back to Israel.
13 Mpe bino, bato na Ngai, bokoyeba solo ete Ngai, nazali Yawe, tango nakofungola bakunda na bino mpe nakobimisa bino kuna!
Then, what that happens, you my people will know that I, Yahweh the Lord, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].
14 Nakotia Molimo na Ngai kati na bino, mpe bokozwa lisusu bomoi; bongo nakovandisa bino na mabele na bino. Boye, bokoyeba solo ete Ngai Yawe nde nalobaki mpe nakokisaki yango, elobi Yawe. »
I will put my Spirit in you, and [it will be as though] you will become alive again, and I will enable you to live in your own land again. Then you will know that it is I, Yahweh, who said [that it would happen] and who has caused it to happen. That is what I, Yahweh, declare.’”
15 Yawe alobaki na ngai:
Yahweh gave me [another] message. He said,
16 « Mwana na moto, kamata eteni ya libaya mpe koma na likolo na yango: ‹ Mpo na Yuda mpe mpo na bana ya Isalaele oyo basangani na ye. › Kamata eteni mosusu ya libaya mpe koma na likolo na yango: ‹ Mpo na Jozefi, nzete ya Efrayimi, mpe mpo na libota mobimba ya Isalaele oyo esangani na ye. ›
“You human, take a piece of wood and write on it, ‘This represents Judah and all the tribes of Judah.’ Then take another piece of wood and write on it, ‘This represents Israel and all the tribes of Israel.’
17 Kangisa yango mpe komisa yango libaya moko mpo ete ezala eloko moko kati na loboko na yo.
Then join them together to become [as though they were] one piece of wood in your hand.
18 Soki bandeko na yo batuni yo: ‹ Olingi koloba na biso nini? Makambo oyo elingi kolakisa nini? ›
When your fellow Israelis ask you, ‘What does (this action/what you just did) mean?’,
19 Okozongisela bango: ‹ Tala liloba oyo Nkolo Yawe alobi: Nakozwa libaya ya Jozefi, oyo ezali kati na loboko ya Efrayimi, mpe bato ya mabota ya Isalaele oyo basangani na ye; nakokangisa yango na libaya ya Yuda. Nakokomisa yango nzete moko mpe ekokoma eloko moko kati na loboko na Ngai. ›
tell them, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: One of the pieces of wood in my hand represents Israel and all the tribes of Israel. I am joining it to the piece of wood that represents Judah, to form one piece of wood in his hand.’
20 Okosimba kati na loboko na yo, na miso na bango, mabaya oyo okomaki;
Then, [you human], hold up the pieces of wood that you have written on, in order that the people can see them.
21 mpe okoloba na bango: ‹ Tala liloba oyo Nkolo Yawe alobi: Nakobimisa bana ya Isalaele wuta na bikolo ya zingazinga epai wapi bakendeki mpe nakozongisa bango na mabele na bango.
Say to the people, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: I will take you Israeli people out of the countries to which you have been forced to go. I will gather you from all those nations and bring you back to your own land.
22 Nakokomisa bango ekolo kaka moko kati na mokili, na likolo ya bangomba ya Isalaele. Ekozala kaka na mokonzi moko oyo akokonza bango; mpe bakozala lisusu bikolo mibale te to bakokabwana lisusu na bokonzi mibale te.
And I will cause you to again be one nation in that land, on the mountains in Israel. And there will be one king to rule over all of you. Never again will you be two nations or divided into two kingdoms.
23 Bakomikomisa lisusu mbindo te na nzela ya banzambe na bango ya bikeko mpe ya bililingi na bango ya mabe to na nzela ya misala na bango ya mabe; pamba te nakobikisa bango wuta na bisika oyo bazalaki kovanda epai wapi basalaki masumu mpe nakopetola bango; bakozala bato na Ngai, mpe Ngai nakozala Nzambe na bango.
No longer will you (defile yourselves/make yourselves unacceptable to me) by [worshiping] idols and disgusting statues [of your gods], because I will enable you to quit your sinful behavior and to stop rejecting me. You will be my people, and I will be your God.
24 Mosali na Ngai, Davidi, akozala mokonzi na bango, mpe bango nyonso bakozala na mobateli bibwele kaka moko, bakotosa mibeko na Ngai mpe bakobatela na bokebi mitindo na Ngai.
[Someone who will be like] [MET] [King] David who served [me well] will be the king [of your descendants], and [it will be as though] [MET] he will be their shepherd. They will carefully obey all my laws [DOU].
25 Bakovanda lisusu na mokili oyo napesaki na Jakobi, mosali na Ngai, mokili oyo batata na bino bavandaki: bango, bana na bango ya mibali mpe bakitani na bango ya mibali bakovanda kuna mpo na libela; mpe mosali na Ngai, Davidi, akozala mokambi na bango mpo na libela.
They will live in the land that I gave to Jacob, who also served [me well]; they will live in the land where your ancestors lived. They and their children and their grandchildren will live there forever, and [the one who will be like] [MET] [King] David will be their king forever.
26 Nakosala boyokani ya kimia elongo na bango: ekozala boyokani ya libela na libela. Nakolendisa bango, nakokomisa bango ebele koleka mpe nakotia Esika na Ngai ya bule kati na bango mpo na libela.
I will make a peace agreement with them; it will be an agreement that will endure forever. I will again give them that land and cause their population to increase. And I will put my temple among them forever.
27 Nakotia ndako na Ngai kati na bango; nakozala Nzambe na bango, mpe bango, bakozala bato na Ngai.
The place where I will live will be among them; I will be their God and they will be my people.
28 Bongo bato ya bikolo mosusu bakoyeba solo ete Ngai Yawe nde nakomisi Isalaele bule tango nakotia Esika na Ngai ya bule kati na bango mpo na libela. › »
Then, when my temple is forever there among them, the people of other nations will know that I, Yahweh, have caused the Israeli people to be set apart [to belong to me].’”
