Oze 11
1 Tango Isalaele azalaki nanu elenge, nalingaki ye, mpe nabengaki mwana na ngai libanda ya Ejipito.
I loved Israel when he was a child. He's my son I called out of Egypt.
2 Kasi tango nyonso bazalaki kobenga ye, tango nyonso mpe azalaki kokima mosika na Ngai. Bazalaki kobonzela banzambe ya Bala mbeka mpe kotumbela bikeko malasi ya ansa.
As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed to the Baals and offered incense to idols.
3 Ezalaki Ngai nde nalakisaki Efrayimi ndenge ya kotambola; namemaki bango na maboko na Ngai, kasi basosolaki te ete Ngai nde nazalaki kobatela bango.
I myself taught Ephraim to walk, taking them by the hand, but they didn't realize I was the one who healed them.
4 Natambolisaki bango na motema ya esengo mpe ya bolingo; nalongolaki bango ekangiseli na bakingo mpe namikitisaki mpo na koleisa bango.
I led them along with cords of kindness, with ropes of love. I was the one who eased their burden and bent down to feed them.
5 Lokola baboyi kozonga epai na Ngai, bakozonga mpe na mokili ya Ejipito te, kasi mokili ya Asiri nde ekozala mokonzi na bango.
However, because my people refuse to return to me, they will not return to the land of Egypt but Assyria shall be their king.
6 Mopanga ekokota na bingumba na bango, ekobuka bikangelo ya bikuke na bango mpe ekosukisa mabongisi na bango.
War will sweep through their cities, putting an end to their boasting and destroying their plans.
7 Bato na Ngai batingami kaka kopesa Ngai mokongo. Ata babengi bango ete bakende epai na Ye-Oyo-Aleki-Likolo, moko te kati na bango azali kopesa Ye lokumu.
My people are hanging on to their apostasy from me. They call him “god on high” but he will not raise them up at all.
8 Efrayimi, ekobanda ndenge nini nasundola yo? Isalaele, ndenge nini natika yo okende kaka boye? Mpo na nini nasala yo makambo oyo nasalaka engumba ya Adima? Okanisi ete Ngai nakoki penza kokomisa yo lokola engumba ya Tseboyimi? Motema na Ngai ebaluki kati na Ngai mpe natondi na mawa makasi.
How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I let you go, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is breaking; I am full of compassion.
9 Nakosala te kolanda kanda na Ngai ya makasi, nakobebisa lisusu Efrayimi te. Pamba te Ngai, nazali Nzambe, nazali moto te! Nazali Mosantu, Ngai oyo nazali kati na bino; nakoya lisusu na kanda te.
I will not execute the fierceness of my anger, I will not destroy Ephraim again. For I am God, not a human being. I am the Holy One living among you. I will not enter your cities.
10 Bakolanda Yawe! Yawe akoganga lokola nkosi. Tango akoganga, bana na Ye bakoya na kolenga wuta na weste.
The people will follow me, the Lord. He will roar like a lion. When he roars like a lion then his children will come trembling from the west.
11 Bakoya na kolenga lokola bandeke wuta na Ejipito, lokola bibenga wuta na Asiri. Nakovandisa bango na bandako na bango, elobi Yawe.
Like a flock of frightened birds they will come from Egypt, like doves they will come from Assyria, and I will bring them back home, declares the Lord.
12 Efrayimi azingeli Ngai na lokuta, mpe libota ya Isalaele, na kokosa; kasi Yuda azali nanu kotambola elongo na Nzambe, elongo na Mosantu ya solo.
Ephraim surrounds me with lies and Israel with deceit, and Judah still wanders with some deity, faithful to some “Holy One.”
