Oze 4
1 Bana ya Isalaele, boyoka Liloba na Yawe! Pamba te Yawe azali kosamba na bino, bavandi ya mokili, mpo ete bosolo, bolingo mpe boyebi ya Nzambe ezali lisusu te kati na mokili;
Hear the Lord’s message, Israelites, for the Lord has brought charges against the inhabitants of the land, for there is no fidelity, nor true love, nor knowledge of God in the land,
2 etikali kaka kolakelana mabe, lokuta, makambo ya somo, moyibi, kindumba, mobulu mpe kobomana se kobomana.
but cursing, lying, and murder, stealing, committing adultery, and deeds of violence, and acts of bloodshed quickly follow each other.
3 Mpo na yango, mokili ekokoma na mawa, bavandi na yango nyonso bakolemba nzoto, nyama ya zamba, ndeke ya likolo mpe mbisi ya ebale monene ekokufa.
Therefore the land mourns, all its inhabitants languish, the wild animals and the birds of the skies, even the fish of the sea are dying.
4 Kasi tika ete moto moko te amilongisa to apamela moninga na ye, pamba te bato na yo bazali lokola bato oyo batiaka tembe na Banganga-Nzambe!
Yet let no one bring charges, let none accuse, for your people are like those, who bring charges against a priest.
5 Bokobeta mabaku, na moyi makasi; basakoli mpe bakobeta mabaku elongo na bino, na butu, mpe nakobebisa mama na bino.
You stumble by day, and the prophet stumbles with you by night, and I will destroy your mother.
6 Bato na Ngai bakobebisama mpo ete bazangi boyebi. Lokola bobwaki boyebi, Ngai mpe nakobwaka bino mpe nakolongola bino na bonganga-Nzambe na Ngai. Lokola bobosani Mobeko ya Nzambe na bino, Ngai mpe nakobosana bana na bino.
My people are being destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge I reject you from being priest to me. Since you have forgotten the teaching of your God, I also will forget your children.
7 Ndenge Banganga-Nzambe bakomaki ebele, ndenge wana mpe basalaki masumu na miso na Ngai. Nakobongola nkembo na bango soni.
The more priests there are, the more they sin against me. I will change their dignity to dishonour.
8 Banganga-Nzambe baliaka na sima ya masumu ya bato na Ngai mpe basepelaka ete bato basala kaka mabe.
They feed on the sin offerings of my people, so they hunger after their guilt.
9 Makambo oyo ekokomela bato yango ekokomela mpe Banganga-Nzambe: nakopesa bango nyonso etumbu nzela moko mpo na etamboli na bango mpe nakofuta bango kolanda misala na bango.
Thus it comes to be, like people, like priest: I will visit upon each punishment for their ways, and their deeds I will repay them.
10 Bakolia, kasi bakotonda te; bakosala kindumba, kasi bakobotana te; pamba te basundolaki Yawe
They will eat and not be satisfied, they will sleep around but stay childless, because they have abandoned the Lord to give themselves to
11 mpo na komipesa na kindumba, na masanga ya vino ya kala mpe ya sika oyo elongolaka bato bososoli.
prostitution. Old and new wine take away the understanding.
12 Bato na Ngai bakomi kotuna toli epai ya nzambe ya ekeko oyo basala na nzete, mpe eteni ya nzete ezali koyanola bango. Molimo moko ya kindumba ezali kopengwisa bango, bakomi kosala kindumba mosika na Nzambe na bango,
My own people ask counsel of a piece of wood! A stick gives them advice! For a spirit of prostitution has led them astray, they commit adultery against their God.
13 kobonza bambeka na likolo ya bangomba milayi, kotumba ansa lokola mbeka ya malasi na likolo ya bangomba mikuse, na se ya banzete minene oyo epesaka pio ya kitoko lokola sheni, pepiliye mpe terebente! Mpo na yango, bana na bino ya basi bakosala kindumba, mpe basi ya bana na bino bakosala ekobo.
On the heights of the mountains they sacrifice, and on the hills they burn incense under oaks and poplars and terebinths, for their shade is so pleasant. Therefore your daughters become cult prostitutes, and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.
14 Nakopesa etumbu te: ezala na bana na bino ya basi mpo na kindumba na bango to na basi ya bana na bino mpo na ekobo na bango; pamba te bango moko mibali babimaka na basi ya ndumba mpe babonzaka mbeka elongo na bandumba ya tempelo. Bato bazangi bososoli basukaka se na libebi!
I will not punish your daughters for committing prostitution, nor your daughters-in-law for adultery. Your men visit prostitutes, sacrifice with cult prostitutes. So a people without understanding come to ruin!
15 Ata soki yo, Isalaele, osali ekobo, tika ete Yuda amikweyisa te! Kokende na Giligali te, komata na Beti-Aveni te mpe kolapa ndayi te na koloba: « Na Kombo na Yawe! »
Though you commit adultery, Israel, let not Judah become guilty. Do not go to Gilgal, do not go up to Beth-aven, nor swear an oath, ‘As the Lord lives.’
16 Mpo ete bato ya Isalaele bazali mito makasi lokola ngombe ya mwasi oyo etomboki, ndenge nini Yawe akoka koleisa bango lokola bana meme kati na bilanga minene?
Like a wilful heifer, Israel is stubborn. Can the Lord now feed them as he would a lamb in a broad pasture?
17 Efrayimi asangani na banzambe ya bikeko: tika ye akoba bongo!
Ephraim is wedded to idols. Leave them alone!
18 Soki kaka asilisaka komela vino, amipesaka na kindumba; bakambi na yango balingaka makambo oyo eyokisaka bango soni.
When their drinking is over they sleep with the cult prostitutes, their rulers love shameful ways.
19 Mopepe moko ya makasi ekomema bango, mpe bakoyoka soni mpo na bambeka na bango.
A windstorm will wrap them in its wings and they will be ashamed of their sacrifices.
