Ezekieli 5
1 Sik’oyo, mwana na moto, kamata mopanga ya minu mpe salela yango lokola jileti mpo na kokata suki ya moto mpe mandefu na yo; kamata lisusu emekelo kilo mpe kabola suki yango na maboke.
“Also, you human, [when you start doing those things, ] take a sharp sword and use it like [SIM] a razor to shave your head and your beard. Then put the hair that you shaved off on scales, and divide the [into three equal parts].
2 Tango mikolo ya etumbu na yo ekosila, okotumba na moto kati na engumba ndambo moko kati na bandambo misato; okokamata ndambo moko mosusu kati na bandambo misato, okobeta-beta yango na mopanga zingazinga ya engumba, mpe okopanza ndambo moko mosusu kati na bandambo misato na mopepe, mpe Ngai nakolanda bango na mopanga.
When the time during [you will symbolize that] the city will be [by enemy troops] ends, put a third of the hair inside [drawing of the] city and burn it. Take another third of the hair, [scatter it] all [the drawing of] the city, and then strike it with your sword. That will symbolize that I will strike the people of Jerusalem [their enemies’] swords. Then allow the wind to scatter the other third of the hair. That will symbolize [even if they flee from the city], I will [cause their enemies to] pursue them and attack them with swords.
3 Kasi kamata ndambo moke kaka ya suki, kanga yango na songe ya elamba na yo.
Take a few of your hairs and tuck them into the folds of your robe.
4 Bongo, na oyo ekotikala, bwaka ndambo na yango na moto mpo ete ezika. Boye, moto oyo ekobima kuna ekopanzana na libota mobimba ya Isalaele.
Then take a few of those hairs, throw them into the fire, and burn them up. [That will symbolize that] a fire will spread from Jerusalem [and destroy things] throughout Israel.
5 Tala liloba oyo Nkolo Yawe alobi: « Tala Yelusalemi! Natiaki yango na kati-kati ya bikolo, mpe bamboka minene ezingelaki yango.
This is what [I, ] Yahweh the Lord, say: ‘[drawing will represent] Jerusalem, [the city which] I have set in the center of the nations, with [other] countries around it.
6 Kasi likolo ya mitema mabe ya bato na yango, batombokelaki mibeko na Ngai mpe balandaki bikateli na Ngai te; basalaki mabe koleka bikolo mpe bamboka ya zingazinga, pamba te batiolaki mibeko na Ngai, batambolaki te kolanda mitindo na Ngai.
But the wicked people of Jerusalem rebelled against [obeying] my commands, and [they show that] they are more wicked than the people of the surrounding countries. They rejected my laws and refused to obey my commands.’
7 Mpo na yango, tala liloba oyo Nkolo Yawe alobi: Lokola botambolaki na botomboki koleka bikolo oyo ezali zingazinga na bino, bolandaki mibeko mpe bikateli na Ngai te mpe bolandaki ata kutu bosembo ya bamboka oyo ezingelaki bino te;
Therefore, this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: ‘You people of Jerusalem have been more rebellious than the people of the nations around you; you have not obeyed any of my laws [DOU]. You have not even obeyed the laws of the nations around you!’
8 mpo na yango, tala liloba oyo Nkolo Yawe alobi: ‹ Ngai moko nakotelemela yo, Yelusalemi, mpe nakopesa yo etumbu na miso ya bikolo.
Therefore, this is [I, ] Yahweh the Lord, say: ‘I am opposed to [you people of] Jerusalem. I will punish you, and the [people of other] nations will see it happen.
9 Likolo ya makambo nyonso ya nkele oyo osalaka, nakosala yo makambo oyo natikala nanu kosala te na tango ya kala mpe oyo nakotikala kosala te na mikolo ekoya. ›
Because of all your detestable [idols], I will punish [people of Jerusalem] like I have never done before and will never do again.
10 Yango wana, kati na bino, batata bakolia bana na bango, mpe bana bakolia batata na bango. Nakopesa bino etumbu mpe nakopanza bipai nyonso bato na bino nyonso oyo bakotikala na bomoi.
As a result, parents among you will eat their children, and children will eat their [because there will be nothing else to eat]. I will punish you [severely], and I will cause those who will still be alive to be scattered in all directions [IDM].’
11 Mpe lisusu, na Kombo na Ngai, elobi Nkolo Yawe: ‹ Lokola bokomisi Ndako na Ngai ya bule mbindo na nzela ya banzambe na bino ya bikeko mpe makambo na bino ya nkele, nakolongola Ngai moko ngolu na Ngai na likolo na bino: liso na Ngai ekotala bino lisusu na mawa te mpe nakobikisa bino lisusu te. ›
Therefore, I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that as surely as I am alive, because you have polluted my temple with all your disgusting [statues of idols] and by the other detestable things that you do, I will no longer bless you. I will not pity [you] or act mercifully [toward you].
12 Ndambo moko kati na bandambo misato ya bato na yo bakokufa na bokono oyo ebomaka to na nzala makasi kati na bamir na yo; mpe ndambo moko kati na bandambo misato mosusu bakokufa na mopanga na libanda ya bamir na yo. Bongo, nakopanza ndambo moko kati na bandambo misato mosusu, na bisika mosusu mpe nakolanda bango na mopanga.
One-third of your people will die inside the city because of the plagues [they will experience] or by (famine/lack of food). One-third of your people will be killed [your enemies’] swords outside the city. And one-third I will cause to be scattered in all directions; [your enemies] will [still] pursue you and kill you with their swords.
13 Kanda na Ngai ekosila kaka soki bazwi etumbu mpo na mabe na bango; nakokitisela bango kanda na Ngai mpe bakoyeba ete ezali Ngai Yawe nde nalobaki na zuwa na Ngai.
Then I will no longer be angry with you; I will stop punishing [MTY] you after I have gotten revenge on you. And when I stop punishing you, you will know that I, Yahweh, have spoken to you because I have been very strongly concerned [what you have done].
14 Yo Yelusalemi, nakobebisa yo, okoyokisama soni kati na bikolo nyonso oyo ezingeli yo mpe na miso ya bato nyonso oyo bakolekela na nzela na yo.
I will cause your [city] to be a ruins, with the result that [people of other] nations that are around you will pass by and see it and sneer at you.
15 Okozala likambo ya soni, ya kotiola, ya liseki mpe ya soni makasi na miso ya bikolo oyo ezingeli yo, tango nakopesa yo etumbu na kanda mpe na kotomboka na Ngai ya makasi penza. » Ngai Yawe nde nalobi.
They will make fun of you and taunt you. When I severely punish you because of my being very angry [DOU] with you, they will be horrified and they will be warned. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it.
16 « Tango nakobwakela yo makonga na Ngai ya mike ya nzala makasi oyo ebomaka mpe oyo ebebisaka, nakosala bongo mpo na kosilisa koboma bino: nakoyeisa nzala makasi koleka kati na yo mpe nakolongola bilei na bibombelo na yo.
When I cut off your food supply and cause there to be more famine, [it will be as though] [MET] I am shooting at you with my arrows that will destroy you.
17 Nakotindela yo nzala makasi mpe banyama mabe mpo ete eboma bana na yo nyonso. Nakotindela yo mopanga mpe bokono ya makasi, nakosopa makila koleka kati na yo. Ngai Yawe nde nalobi. »
I will cause you to experience a famine, and I will send wild beasts to attack you and your children, and [all] your children will be killed. You will experience plagues and wars, and I will cause [your enemies] to attack you with their swords. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it.”
