Oze 14
1 Isalaele, zongela Yawe, Nzambe na yo, pamba te ezali masumu na yo nde ekweyisaki yo.
Return, Israel, to the Lord your God, for you have stumbled in 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 of repentance with you, and return to the Lord your God. Say to him: Wholly pardon our iniquity, accept that which is good, instead of sacrificing bulls, we offer our praise.
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. »
Assyria will not save us, nor Egyptian warhorses, and we will no more call the work of our hands our gods. For in you orphan Israel finds 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 apostasy, I will love them freely, now that my anger is turned away from them,
5 Nakozala lokola londende mpo na Isalaele; akobimisa fololo lokola lisi, akopika misisa lokola nzete ya sedele ya Libani.
I will be as dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily, he will plant his roots like the cedars of 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 saplings will spread out, his beauty will be like that of the olive tree, his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon.
7 Bato bakozongela kovanda na se ya elilingi na ye, bakokola malamu lokola ble, bakobimisa fololo lokola elanga ya vino kitoko ya Libani.
People will return and dwell in my shade, they will bring life to new grain. They shall sprout like the vine, and their renown will be like that of 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 – what have I to do with idols! It is I the Lord who respond to him and look after him. I am like an evergreen cypress, from me is your 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.
Whoever is wise, let him discern these things, prudent, let him perceive them; For the Lord’s ways are straight, and the righteous walk in them, but the wicked stumble in them.
