Abakuki 1
1 Tala liloba oyo mosakoli Abakuki azwaki na emoniseli:
THE BURDEN which Habakkuk the prophet did see.
2 Oh Yawe, kino tango nini nasengeli kobelela Yo mpo ete osunga, kasi ozali koyoka te? Nazali koganga epai na Yo: « Minyoko eleki! » kasi ozali kaka kobikisa te!
How long, O LORD, shall I cry, and Thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto Thee of violence, and Thou wilt not save.
3 Mpo na nini ozali kolakisa ngai makambo mabe ya boye? Mpo na nini ozali kosala eloko moko te? Liboso na ngai, nazali kaka komona libebi mpe makambo mabe, bato bazali kaka koswana mpe kofundana.
Why dost Thou show me iniquity, and beholdest mischief? And why are spoiling and violence before me? so that there is strife, and contention ariseth.
4 Yango wana bato bazali kotosa lisusu mibeko te, bazali kokata lisusu makambo na bosembo te. Bato mabe bazali kolonga liboso ya bato ya sembo, makambo ezali lisusu kokatama na bosembo te.
Therefore the law is slacked, and right doth never go forth; for the wicked doth beset the righteous; therefore right goeth forth perverted.
5 Botala nanu malamu bikolo mosusu mpe bokokamwa penza, pamba te nakosala likambo moko na tango na bino, likambo oyo bokondima te soki bayebisi bino yango.
Look ye among the nations, and behold, and wonder marvellously; for, behold, a work shall be wrought in your days, which ye will not believe though it be told you.
6 Nakotindela bino bato ya Babiloni, bato ya mitema mabe, oyo bayokelaka bato mawa te: batambolaka mokili mobimba mpo na kobotola bato bisika na bango ya losambo na makasi.
For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and impetuous nation, that march through the breadth of the earth, to possess dwelling-places that are not theirs.
7 Bazali bato ya somo mpe bato oyo babangisaka, basalaka makambo nyonso oyo bazali na yango posa, mpe moto moko te amekaka kotelemela bango.
They are terrible and dreadful; their law and their majesty proceed from themselves.
8 Bampunda na bango ekimaka mbangu koleka ata nkoyi, ezalaka na kanda makasi koleka ata mbwa ya zamba oyo ebimaka na pokwa mpo na koluka nyama ya kolia. Basoda na bango oyo batambolaka likolo ya bampunda batambolaka mbangu makasi mpe bawutaka mosika penza, bapumbwaka lokola mpongo soki ezali kokita na elulu mpo na kokanga nyama ya kolia.
Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the wolves of the desert; and their horsemen spread themselves; yea, their horsemen come from far, they fly as a vulture that hasteth to devour.
9 Bango nyonso bayaka nzela moko mpo na kotia mobulu, bakendaka kaka liboso lokola mopepe ya este, bazwaka bakangami ebele ndenge balokotaka mbuma ya zelo.
They come all of them for violence; their faces are set eagerly as the east wind; and they gather captives as the sand.
10 Batiolaka bakonzi mpe basekaka bakambi, basekaka bingumba batonga makasi, batondisaka mabele pembeni ya bamir mpo ete bamata likolo na yango mpe bakota na engumba mpo na kobotola yango,
And they scoff at kings, and princes are a derision unto them; they deride every stronghold, for they heap up earth, and take it.
11 balekaka lokola mopepe mpe bakobaka nzela na bango, basepelaka kosala mabe, mpe makasi na bango nde ezali nzambe na bango.
Then their spirit doth pass over and transgress, and they become guilty: even they who impute their might unto their god.
12 Boni, ozali Yawe te wuta na ebandeli? Ozali Nzambe na ngai, Mosantu na ngai, okufaka te. Oh Yawe, oponaki bango mpo na kosambisa biso; mpe Yo Libanga na ngai, olendisaki bango mpo na kopesa biso etumbu.
Art not Thou from everlasting, O LORD my God, my Holy One? We shall not die. O LORD, Thou hast ordained them for judgment, and Thou, O Rock, hast established them for correction.
13 Miso na Yo ezali peto koleka, okoki kotala mabe te. Mpo na nini ozali kotala makambo mabe? Mpo na nini ozali kotala bato mabe na miso? Mpo na nini ovandi kimia wana bato mabe bazali konyokola bato oyo baleki bango na bosembo?
Thou that art of eyes too pure to behold evil, and that canst not look on mischief, wherefore lookest Thou, when they deal treacherously, and holdest Thy peace, when the wicked swalloweth up the man that is more righteous than he;
14 Okomisi bato lokola bambisi ya ebale, lokola banyama oyo etambolaka na libumu mpe ezanga mokonzi.
And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?
15 Moto mabe azwaka yango nyonso na ndobo, akangaka yango na monyama mpe atiaka yango na kitunga. Yango wana asepelaka mpe atondaka na esengo.
They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag; therefore they rejoice and exult.
16 Bongo abonzelaka monyama na ye mbeka, atumbelaka kitunga na ye ansa; pamba te na nzela ya monyama mpe ya kitunga na ye, azwaka bambisi ebele mpe bilei ya kitoko.
Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and offer unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their food plenteous.
17 Boni, akosepela solo kotika ete monyama na ye ezanga mbisi na kokoba koboma bato na mawa te?
Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare to slay the nations continually?
