Oze 13
1 Tango Efrayimi azalaki koloba, bato bazalaki kolenga; azalaki kokonza kati na Isalaele, kasi asalaki mabe na kosambela nzambe Bala; yango wana akufaki.
When Ephraim spoke, they were feared, for they were the leading tribe in Israel. But when they were guilty of Baal worship, they died.
2 Sik’oyo, bazali kokoba kosala masumu; na mayele na bango, bazali komisalela banzambe ya bikeko na nzela ya palata na bango balekisa na moto, bililingi oyo babongisa malamu: nyonso wana ezali mosala ya bato ya misala ya maboko. Balobaka na tina na bango: « Babonzaka bato lokola bambeka mpe bapesaka beze na bana ngombe ya mibali. »
Now they constantly sin, making for themselves idols from molten metal. All of these idols are skillfully made from silver by their craftsmen. “Offer sacrifices to these idols,” say the people. “Kiss the bull calf idols.”
3 Mpo na yango, bakozala lokola lipata ya tongo, lokola londende ya tongo oyo elimwaka, lokola lititi oyo mopepe ememaka mosika na esika oyo batutelaka ble, mpe lokola molinga oyo ebimaka na lidusu.
Consequently they will be like the morning mist, like early morning dew, like chaff blowing away from the threshing floor, like smoke from a chimney.
4 « Nzokande Ngai Yawe, nazali Nzambe na yo, oyo abimisaki yo wuta na Ejipito. Oyebi Nzambe mosusu te libanda na Ngai, ozali na mobikisi mosusu te.
Yet I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt. You shall know no other gods but me. None can save you except me.
5 Ngai, nayebaki yo kati na esobe, kati na mabele oyo ekawuka.
I looked after you in the wilderness; in that dry desert land it was like pasture to them
6 Kasi sik’oyo, lokola bolie mpe botondi, bokomi lofundu mpe bobosani Ngai.
and they were satisfied. But when they were satisfied they became arrogant, and they forgot me.
7 Boye, nakokweyela bino lokola nkosi mpe nakozela bino na nzela lokola nkoyi.
So I will be like a lion to them, like a leopard I will lie in wait beside the path.
8 Nakolanda bino lokola ngombolo oyo ebungisi bana na yango mpe nakopasola misuni ya mitema na bino. Nakolia bino wana, lokola nkosi ya mwasi, bongo banyama ya zamba ekoya kopanza bino biteni-biteni.
I will be like a mother bear whose cubs have been taken, I will rip out their hearts. I shall devour them like a lion, like a wild beast I will tear them apart.
9 Isalaele, obebisami; pamba te Ngai kaka nde Mosungi na yo!
You have destroyed yourselves, Israel, for your only help is in me.
10 Wapi mokonzi na yo mpo ete abikisa yo? Wapi bakambi na yo kati na bingumba na bino nyonso oyo, na tina na bango, bozalaki koloba: ‹ Bopesa biso mokonzi mpe moyangeli? ›
Where then is your king? Let him save you in all your cities! Where are your leaders who demanded a king and princes from me?
11 Boye, na kanda na Ngai, napesaki bino mokonzi, mpe na kotomboka na Ngai, nakolongola ye.
In my anger I give you a king, and in my fury I take one.
12 Mabe ya Efrayimi ebombami, mpe masumu na ye ekomami penza.
Ephraim's guilt is packed up; their sin will be eradicated.
13 Pasi ekomeli ye lokola mwasi oyo azali na pasi ya kobota; kasi mpo ete azali lokola mwana azanga mayele, soki tango ya kobotama ekoki, abimaka na libumu ya mama na ye te.
The pain of childbirth has come to them, trying to give birth to a son who is not “wise” because he is not in the right position when the time comes.
14 Nakokangola bango na bokonzi ya mboka ya bakufi, nakosikola bango na kufa. Oh kufa, wapi nguya na yo? Oh mboka ya bakufi, wapi nguya na yo ya kobebisa? Nakoyokela bango mawa te! (Sheol h7585)
I shall redeem them from the power of Sheol; I shall deliver them from death. Where, death, are your plagues? Where, Sheol, is your destruction? Compassion is hidden from my sight. (Sheol h7585)
15 Ata Efrayimi azali kofuluka kati na bandeko na ye ya mibali, mopepe ya este ekoya, mopepe ya Yawe ekoya wuta na esobe: ekokawusa etima ya Efrayimi, ekokawusa liziba na ye. Monguna akobotola ye biloko nyonso ya talo wuta na ebombelo na yango. »
Even though they flourish among the reeds, an east wind will come, a wind from the Lord that rises in the desert will dry up their springs and their wells will fail. It will rob from their treasury everything of value.
16 Bato ya Samari basengeli kozwa etumbu mpo na mabe na bango, pamba te batombokeli Nzambe na bango. Bato bakokufa na mopanga; bakonyata-nyata babebe na bango, bakopasola mabumu ya basi na bango ya zemi.
Samaria will have to bear the consequences of their guilt, because they rebelled against her God. They will be slaughtered by the sword; their children will be dashed to the ground; their pregnant women will be ripped open.
