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1 Na mobu ya mibale ya bokonzi ya Dariusi, na mokolo ya liboso ya sanza ya motoba, Yawe alobaki na nzela ya Mosakoli Aje liloba oyo epai ya Zorobabeli, mwana mobali ya Shealitieli, moyangeli ya Yuda; epai ya Jozue, mwana mobali ya Yeotsadaki, mokonzi ya Banganga-Nzambe:
In the second yeere of King Darius, in the sixt moneth, the first day of the moneth, came ye worde of the Lord (by the ministery of the Prophet Haggai) vnto Zerubbabel the sonne of Shealtiel, a prince of Iudah, and to Iehoshua the sonne of Iehozadak the hie Priest, saying,
2 « Tala liloba oyo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, alobi: ‹ Bato oyo bazali koloba ete tango ekoki nanu te mpo na kotonga Tempelo ya Yawe. › »
Thus speaketh the Lord of hostes, saying, This people say, The time is not yet come, that the Lords House should be builded.
3 Nzokande, Yawe alobaki na nzela ya mosakoli Aje:
Then came the worde of the Lord by the ministerie of the Prophet Haggai, saying,
4 « Boni, bokanisi ete ezali mpo na bino tango ya kovanda na bandako ya kitoko wana Tempelo ezali ya kobeba? »
Is it time for your selues to dwell in your sieled houses, and this House lie waste?
5 Sik’oyo, tala liloba oyo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, alobi: « Bokanisa nanu malamu makambo nyonso oyo ezali kokomela bino.
Now therefore thus saith ye Lord of hostes, Consider your owne wayes in your hearts.
6 Bozali kolona milona ebele, kasi bozali kobuka bambuma moke kaka, bozali kolia kasi bozali kotonda te, bozali komela kasi bozali kosilisa posa na bino te, bozali kolata bilamba kasi malili ezali kosila te, mpe lifuti ya mosali ezali kokota na libenga etoboka. »
Ye haue sowen much, and bring in litle: ye eate, but ye haue not ynough: ye drinke, but ye are not filled: ye clothe you, but ye be not warme: and he that earneth wages, putteth the wages into a broken bagge.
7 Tala liloba oyo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, alobi: « Bokanisa nanu malamu makambo oyo ezali kokomela bino.
Thus sayth the Lord of hostes, Consider your owne wayes in your hearts.
8 Bokende na likolo ya bangomba, bokata mpe boya na banzete mpo na kotonga Tempelo, bongo nakosepela mpe nakozwa lokumu, » elobi Yawe.
Goe vp to the mountaine, and bring wood, and build this House, and I wil be fauourable in it, and I will be glorified, sayth the Lord.
9 « Tala, bokanisaki kobuka bambuma ebele kasi bobuki kaka bambuma moke; mpe tango bomemi yango na bandako na bino, nafuli yango mopepe. Mpo na nini boye, » elobi Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga? « Ezali mpo na Ndako na Ngai, oyo ezali ya kobeba, na tango oyo moto na moto azali komipesa na misala ya ndako na ye moko.
Ye looked for much, and lo, it came to litle: and when ye brought it home, I did blowe vpon it. And why, sayth the Lord of hostes? Because of mine House that is waste, and ye runne euery man vnto his owne house.
10 Yango wana, likolo na bino, Lola ekangi mvula, mpe mabele eboyi kobota bambuma.
Therefore the heauen ouer you stayed it selfe from dewe, and the earth stayed her fruite.
11 Nabengaki bokawuki na bilanga, na bangomba, na ble, na vino, na mafuta, na mbuma nyonso ya mabele, na bato, na bibwele mpe na mbuma nyonso ya mosala na bino. »
And I called for a drought vpon the land, and vpon the mountaines, and vpon the corne, and vpon the wine, and vpon the oyle, vpon all that the ground bringeth foorth: both vpon men and vpon cattell, and vpon all the labour of the hands.
12 Boye Zorobabeli, mwana mobali ya Shealitieli; Jozue, mwana mobali ya Yeotsadaki, mokonzi ya Banganga-Nzambe; mpe bato nyonso oyo batikalaki batosaki mongongo ya Yawe, Nzambe na bango, mpe maloba ya mosakoli Aje kolanda ndenge Yawe, Nzambe na bango, atindaki ye. Mpe bato nyonso bakomaki kobanga Yawe.
When Zerubbabel the sonne of Shealtiel, and Iehoshua the sonne of Iehozadak the hie Priest with all the remnant of the people, heard the voyce of the Lord their God, and the wordes of the Prophet Haggai (as the Lord their God had sent him) then the people did feare before the Lord.
13 Bongo Aje, momemi sango ya Yawe, asakolaki epai ya bato maloba oyo na Kombo na Yawe: « Nazali elongo na bino, » elobi Yawe.
Then spake Haggai the Lords messenger in the Lords message vnto the people, saying, I am with you, sayth the Lord.
14 Mpe Yawe alendisaki Zorobabeli, mwana mobali ya Shealitieli, moyangeli ya Yuda; mpe Jozue, mwana mobali ya Yeotsadaki, mokonzi ya Banganga-Nzambe, elongo na bato nyonso oyo batikalaki. Bayaki mpe bamikotisaki na mosala ya kotonga Tempelo ya Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, Nzambe na bango,
And the Lord stirred vp the spirite of Zerubbabel, the sonne of Shealtiel a prince of Iudah, and the spirit of Iehoshua the sonne of Iehozadak the hie Priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people, and they came, and did the worke in the House of the Lord of hostes their God.
15 na mokolo ya tuku mibale na minei ya sanza ya motoba, na mobu ya mibale ya bokonzi ya Dariusi.
In the foure and twentieth day of the sixt moneth, in the second yeere of King Darius,
