Oze 14
1 Isalaele, zongela Yawe, Nzambe na yo, pamba te ezali masumu na yo nde ekweyisaki yo.
“Turn back, O Israel, to your God YHWH, For you have stumbled by your 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 words with you, and turn to YHWH, Say to Him, Take away all iniquity, and give good, And we render the fruit 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 does not save us, we do not ride on a horse, Nor do we say anymore, Our god, to the work of our hands, For in You the fatherless find mercy.
4 Nakobikisa bango na mabe na bango mpe nakolinga bango na motema moko, pamba te kanda na Ngai elongwe kati na bango.
I heal their backsliding, I love them freely, For My anger has turned back from him.
5 Nakozala lokola londende mpo na Isalaele; akobimisa fololo lokola lisi, akopika misisa lokola nzete ya sedele ya Libani.
I am as dew to Israel, he flourishes as a lily, And he strikes 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 shoots go on, And his splendor is as an olive, And he has fragrance 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.
The dwellers return under his shadow, They revive [as] grain, and flourish as a vine, His memorial [is] as 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.
O Ephraim, what have I anymore to do with idols? I have answered, and I look after him: I [am] as a green fir-tree, Your fruit is found from Me.
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 understands these? Prudent, and knows them? For upright are the ways of YHWH, And the righteous go on in them, And the transgressors stumble therein!”
