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.
The LORD’s hand was on me, and he brought me out in the LORD’s Spirit, and set me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones.
2 Atambolisaki ngai na bangambo nyonso kati na mikuwa yango: namonaki ete ezali ebele penza mpe ekawuka, kati na lubwaku yango.
He caused me to pass by them all around; and behold, there were very many in the open valley, and behold, they 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 said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” I answered, “Lord GOD, you know.”
4 Bongo alobaki na ngai: — Sakola epai ya mikuwa oyo mpe yebisa yango: « Eh bino mikuwa ekawuka, boyoka Liloba na Yawe!
Again he said to me, “Prophesy over these bones, and tell them, ‘You dry bones, hear the LORD’s word.
5 Tala liloba oyo Nkolo Yawe alobi: Nakotia pema kati na bino mpe bokozwa lisusu bomoi.
The Lord GOD says to these bones: “Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and you will live.
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 lay sinews on you, and will bring up flesh on you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you will live. Then you will know that I am the LORD.”’”
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 prophesied as I was commanded. As I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold, there was an earthquake. Then the bones came together, bone to its bone.
8 Wana nazalaki kotala, namonaki misisa mpe misuni kobima na mikuwa yango mpe poso ya nzoto kozipa yango, kasi ezalaki na pema te.
I saw, and, behold, there were sinews on them, and flesh came up, and skin covered them above; but there was no breath in them.
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, “Prophesy to the wind, prophesy, son of man, and tell the wind, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Come from the four winds, breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.”’”
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 prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up on their feet, an exceedingly great 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, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost. We are completely cut off.’
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.
Therefore prophesy, and tell them, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Behold, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, my people; and I will bring you into Eretz-Israel.
13 Mpe bino, bato na Ngai, bokoyeba solo ete Ngai, nazali Yawe, tango nakofungola bakunda na bino mpe nakobimisa bino kuna!
You will know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves and caused you to come up out of your graves, my people.
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 you will live. Then I will place you in your own land; and you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken it and performed it,” says the LORD.’”
15 Yawe alobaki na ngai:
The LORD’s word came again to me, saying,
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, son of man, take one stick and write on it, ‘For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions.’ Then take another stick, and write on it, ‘For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions.’
17 Kangisa yango mpe komisa yango libaya moko mpo ete ezala eloko moko kati na loboko na yo.
Then join them for yourself to one another into one stick, that they may become one in your hand.
18 Soki bandeko na yo batuni yo: ‹ Olingi koloba na biso nini? Makambo oyo elingi kolakisa nini? ›
“When the children of your people speak to you, saying, ‘Won’t you show us what you mean by these?’
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, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his companions; and I will put them with it, with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they will be one in my hand.
20 Okosimba kati na loboko na yo, na miso na bango, mabaya oyo okomaki;
The sticks on which you write will be in your hand before their eyes.”’
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 them, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their 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.
I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel. One king will be king to them all. They will no longer be two nations. They won’t be divided into two kingdoms any more at all.
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.
They won’t defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions; but I will save them out of all their dwelling places in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them. So they will be my people, and I will be their 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.
“‘“My servant David will be king over them. They all will have one shepherd. They will also walk in my ordinances and observe my statutes, and do them.
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 dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob my servant, in which your fathers lived. They will dwell therein, they, and their children, and their children’s children, forever. David my servant will be their prince 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.
Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them. It will be an everlasting covenant with them. I will place them, multiply them, and will set my sanctuary among them forever more.
27 Nakotia ndako na Ngai kati na bango; nakozala Nzambe na bango, mpe bango, bakozala bato na Ngai.
My tent also will be with 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. › »
The nations will know that I am the LORD who sanctifies Israel, when my sanctuary is among them forever more.”’”
