Oze 14
1 Isalaele, zongela Yawe, Nzambe na yo, pamba te ezali masumu na yo nde ekweyisaki yo.
O Israel, return unto Yhwh thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
2 Bobongisa maloba na bino mpe bozonga epai na Yawe; boloba na Ye: « Limbisa mabe na biso nyonso, yamba biso na mawa na Yo mpo ete tobonzela yo maloba ya bibebu na biso, na esika ya bangombe.
Take with you words, and turn to Yhwh: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
3 Asiri akokoka kobikisa biso te; tokomata na mpunda ya bitumba te mpe tokoloba lisusu te na misala ya maboko na biso: ‹ Bozali banzambe na biso, › pamba te ezali Yo, Yawe, nde oyokelaka mwana etike mawa. »
Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
4 Nakobikisa bango na mabe na bango mpe nakolinga bango na motema moko, pamba te kanda na Ngai elongwe kati na bango.
I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
5 Nakozala lokola londende mpo na Isalaele; akobimisa fololo lokola lisi, akopika misisa lokola nzete ya sedele ya Libani.
I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
6 Bitape na ye ekokende mosika, akozala na lokumu lokola nzete ya olive, mpe malasi na ye ekozala lokola malasi ya nzete ya sedele ya Libani.
His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
7 Bato bakozongela kovanda na se ya elilingi na ye, bakokola malamu lokola ble, bakobimisa fololo lokola elanga ya vino kitoko ya Libani.
They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the grain, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.
8 Efrayimi akoloba: « Banzambe ya bikeko ezali lisusu na tina nini epai na Ngai? » Ngai nakoyanola ye mpe nakosunga ye. Nazali lokola nzete ya sipele ya mobesu, Ngai nde nasalaka ete obota mbuma.
Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.
9 Nani azali na bwanya mpo na kososola makambo oyo? Nani azali na mayele mingi mpo na koyeba yango? Pamba te banzela ya Yawe ezalaka alima: bato ya sembo bakolanda yango, kasi batomboki bakobeta mabaku na nzela yango.
Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of Yhwh are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
