Oze 8
1 Tia kelelo na monoko na yo! Lokola mpongo, pasi ekokitela Ndako ya Yawe, mpo ete babebisi boyokani na Ngai mpe batombokeli Mobeko na Ngai.
Put the horn to your mouth! An eagle swoops down upon the house of the Lord because they have transgressed my covenant, trespassed against my law.
2 Isalaele azali kobelela Ngai: « Oh Nzambe na biso, toyebi Yo! »
To me they continually cry, ‘My God, we Israel, we know you!’
3 Kasi Isalaele abwaki makambo malamu; yango wana, monguna akolanda ye.
But Israel has spurned that which is good, so let the foe pursue him.
4 Batunaki Ngai te tango batiaki bakonzi mpe baponaki bakambi. Bamisalelaki banzambe ya bikeko na palata mpe na wolo na bango mpo na libebi na bango moko.
They themselves have made kings but without my consent. They have made princes but without my knowledge. Out of their silver and gold, they have made idols to their destruction!
5 Oh Samari, nzambe na yo ya ekeko ya mwana ngombe ya mobali ezali nkele! Kanda na Ngai epeli mpo na kobebisa bango. Kino tango nini bakokoka te kotambola na bopeto?
Your calf idol, O Samaria, is distasteful. My anger is kindled against them. How long will they escape punishment?
6 Ewuti na Isalaele! Ekeko wana ya mwana ngombe ya mobali, ezali monyangwisi bibende na moto nde asala yango; ezali Nzambe te. Bakobuka yango biteni-biteni, mwana ngombe wana ya Samari.
Israel made the thing: a workman made it. It is not a god! Samaria’s calf will become mere splinters.
7 « Lokola baloni mopepe, bakobuka mopepe ya makasi. Nzete ya ble oyo ezanga moto ebimisaka farine te. Ezala soki ebimisi mito, ezali bapaya nde bakolia yango.
They sow the wind and will reap the whirlwind. A shoot which has no stalk, yields no fruit If it should yield, strangers would devour it.
8 Isalaele abebisami; tala bango wana kati na bikolo, bazali komonana lokola biloko pamba!
Israel is devoured. Already it lies discarded among the nations like a worthless pot.
9 Pamba te bakendeki na Asiri lokola ane ya zamba oyo ezali kotelengana yango moko. Efrayimi apesaki bakado epai ya bamakangu na ye.
For by themselves they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey which wanders by itself. Ephraim pays for love
10 Ata apesaki bakado kati na bikolo, sik’oyo Ngai nakosangisa bango esika moko mpe bakobanda kosila kokufa na se ya minyoko ya mokonzi moko ya nguya.
but even if they sell themselves among the nations, I will round them up. Soon the kings and princes will writhe under the burden of tribute!
11 Ata Efrayimi atongi bitumbelo ebele mpo na kolongola masumu na ye, kasi bitumbelo yango ekomemisa ye kaka masumu.
For as many altars as Ephraim has erected, they are to him altars for sinning,
12 Nakomelaki bango makambo ebele ya Mobeko na Ngai, kasi bamonaki yango lokola eloko moko ya mopaya.
were I to write for him ever so many instructions, they would be regarded as from a stranger.
13 Bazali kobonza bambeka lokola likabo mpo na Ngai, mpe bazali kolia misuni; kasi Yawe azali kosepela na bango te. Sik’oyo, akokanisa mabe na bango mpe akopesa bango etumbu mpo na masumu na bango: bakozonga na Ejipito.
The people love sacrifice, and so they offer sacrifices, meat, and so they eat it, although the Lord is not pleased with them, so now he will remember their guilt, and punish their sins. Back to Egypt with them!
14 Isalaele abosani Mokeli na ye mpe atongi bandako ya kitoko; Yuda atongi bingumba ebele batonga makasi; kasi Ngai nakotinda moto kati na bingumba na bango, mpe ekotumba bandako na bango ya kitoko. »
For Israel forgot his Maker and built palaces, and Judah multiplied fortified cities. But I will send fire upon her cities, and it will devour her strongholds.
