Oze 11
1 Tango Isalaele azalaki nanu elenge, nalingaki ye, mpe nabengaki mwana na ngai libanda ya Ejipito.
When Israel was young, then I began to love him, and out of Egypt I called my son.
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.
The more I called them, the further they went away from me. They kept sacrificing to Baals and making offerings 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.
Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk, taking them up in my arms, but they did not know that I healed them.
4 Natambolisaki bango na motema ya esengo mpe ya bolingo; nalongolaki bango ekangiseli na bakingo mpe namikitisaki mpo na koleisa bango.
With humane cords I ever drew them, with bands of love. I was to them as one who lifts up the yoke from off their jaws, and bending toward them, I gave them food to eat.
5 Lokola baboyi kozonga epai na Ngai, bakozonga mpe na mokili ya Ejipito te, kasi mokili ya Asiri nde ekozala mokonzi na bango.
No! They return to the land of Egypt, Assyria will be their king, for they have refused to return to me.
6 Mopanga ekokota na bingumba na bango, ekobuka bikangelo ya bikuke na bango mpe ekosukisa mabongisi na bango.
Therefore the swords will whirl in their cities, will devour in their fortresses.
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.
For my people are bent in rebellion against me, even if they call on the Most High he will not raise them.
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! Give you over, Israel! How am I to give you up as Admah! Make you like Zeboim! My heart asserts itself, my sympathies are all aglow.
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 carry into effect the fierceness of my anger, I will not turn to destroy Ephraim, for God am I, and not man, holy in the midst of you, therefore I will not consume.
10 Bakolanda Yawe! Yawe akoganga lokola nkosi. Tango akoganga, bana na Ye bakoya na kolenga wuta na weste.
They will follow after the Lord. Like a lion he will roar, and when he roars 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.
They will come trembling like the birds from Egypt, like doves from the land of Assyria. And I will bring them back to their houses, – 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 has encompassed me with falsehood, and the house of Israel with deceit. But Judah still wanders with God faithful to the Holy One.
