Ezayi 1
1 Emoniseli oyo Ezayi, mwana mobali ya Amotsi, amonaki na tina na mokili ya Yuda mpe ya engumba Yelusalemi tango Oziasi, Yotami, Akazi mpe Ezekiasi bazalaki bakonzi ya Yuda.
The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
2 Oh Lola, yoka! Mabele, pesa matoyi mpo na koyoka! Pamba te Yawe nde azali koloba: « Nabokoli bana mpe nakolisi bango, kasi batombokeli Ngai.
Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD hath spoken: I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
3 Ngombe eyebi nkolo na yango, ane mpe eyebi elielo oyo nkolo na yango apeselaka yango bilei; kasi Isalaele ayebi te, bato na Ngai basosoli te. »
The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: [but] Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
4 Mawa na yo, ekolo ya bato ya masumu, bato oyo batonda na mabe, libota oyo esalaka mabe mpe bana mabe! Batiki Yawe, batioli Mosantu ya Isalaele mpe bapesi Ye mokongo.
Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil-doers, children that deal corruptly: they have forsaken the LORD, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are estranged [and gone] backward.
5 Boni, babeta bino lisusu wapi, bino bato oyo botingami kaka na botomboki? Moto na yo mobimba ezali kobela, motema na yo mobimba ezali na pasi.
Why will ye be still stricken, that ye revolt more and more? the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
6 Longwa na litambe kino na moto, eloko moko te ezali malamu, kaka bapota mpe matutu oyo basukola te, batia kisi te mpe bapakola mafuta te.
From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; [but] wounds, and bruises, and festering sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with oil.
7 Mokili na bino ebebisami, bingumba na bino esili kozika na moto; bapaya bazali kobebisa bilanga na bino na miso na bino, nyonso ebebisami solo, lokola tango bapanzaka yango na moto ya mobulu.
Your country is desolate; your cities are burned with fire; your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
8 Siona, mboka kitoko, etikali kaka yango moko lokola mwa ndako moko ya matiti kati na elanga ya vino, lokola ndako ya kobombamela kati na bilanga ya bapasiteki, lokola engumba oyo ebatelami.
And the daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
9 Soki Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, abikisaki te ndambo ya bato kati na biso, tolingaki kokoma lokola engumba Sodome, tolingaki kokokana na engumba Gomore.
Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
10 Boyoka Liloba na Yawe, bino bakambi ya engumba Sodome! Boyoka mobeko ya Nzambe na biso, bino bato ya engumba Gomore!
Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
11 « Ebele ya bambeka na bino ekosala Ngai nini, » elobi Yawe? « Nasili kolemba bambeka na bino ya kotumba, bambeka na bino ya bameme ya mibali mpe mafuta ya bibwele na bino ya mafuta; nazali kosepela ata moke te na makila ya bangombe ya mibali, ya bana meme mpe ya bantaba ya mibali.
To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats.
12 Tango boyaka liboso na Ngai, nani abengaka bino ete boya kokota na lopango na Ngai?
When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to trample my courts?
13 Botika komemela Ngai makabo oyo ezanga tina! Nazali koyoka malasi na bino ya ansa nkele. Bafeti na bino ya ebandeli ya sanza, ya Saba mpe mayangani na bino: bafeti wana ya mabe, nazali kokoka yango lisusu te.
Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; new moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies, —I cannot away with iniquity and the solemn meeting.
14 Motema na Ngai eyini bafeti na bino wana ya ebandeli ya sanza mpe bafeti na bino wana ekatama. Ekomi penza mokumba mpo na Ngai, nalembi komema yango.
Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.
15 Tango bokotombola maboko na bino mpo na kobondela, nakolongola miso na Ngai likolo na bino; ezala soki bosambeli mingi, nakoyoka bino te, pamba te maboko na bino etondi na makila.
And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
16 Bomisukola mpe bomipetola, bolongola misala mabe na bino na miso na Ngai! Botika kosala mabe!
Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil:
17 Boyekola nde kosala malamu, boluka bosembo, bosunga moto oyo bazali konyokola, bobundela mwana etike, bokotela mwasi oyo akufisa mobali!
learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
18 Boya sik’oyo, tosilisa likambo, » elobi Yawe. « Ezala masumu na bino ezali motane makasi, ekokoma pembe lokola mvula ya pembe; ata ezali motane lokola ngola, ekokoma lokola bapwale ya meme.
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
19 Soki bozwi mokano ya kotosa Ngai, bokolia mbuma kitoko ya mokili.
If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
20 Kasi soki kaka botie moto makasi mpe botomboki, bokokufa na mopanga. » Pamba te monoko ya Yawe nde elobi.
but if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
21 Tala ndenge nini engumba ya boyengebene ekomi lokola mwasi ya ndumba! Ezalaki liboso engumba etonda na bosembo, boyengebene ezalaki kovanda kati na yango; kasi lelo oyo ekomi kobomba babomi.
How is the faithful city become an harlot! she that was full of judgment! righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.
22 Palata na yo ekomi bosoto, vino na yo ya kitoko ekomi mayi-mayi.
Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water.
23 Bakambi na yo bazali batomboki, baninga ya miyibi; bango nyonso balingaka kaka kanyaka mpe batonda na lokoso ya lifuti. Bakotelaka mwana etike te, mpe likambo ya mwasi oyo akufisa mobali etalaka bango te.
Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
24 Yango wana, Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, Elombe ya Isalaele alobi: Ah, mawa! Nakosepela na pasi na bino, bino bayini na Ngai; mpe nakofutisa bino masumu, bino banguna na Ngai!
Therefore saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:
25 Nakotelemela bino, nakopetola bosoto ya palata na bino mpe nakolongola salite na bino,
and I will turn my hand upon thee, and throughly purge away thy dross, and will take away all thy tin:
26 nakokomisa lisusu basambisi na bino malamu lokola na tango ya kala; mpe bapesi toli na bino, ndenge ezalaka na ebandeli. Sima na yango, bakobenga bino lisusu Engumba ya Bosembo, Engumba ya Boyengebene.
and I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called The city of righteousness, the faithful city.
27 Siona ekosikolama na nzela ya boyengebene, mpe bato na yango oyo bakobongola mitema bakobika na nzela ya bosembo.
Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.
28 Kasi batomboki mpe bato ya masumu bakobebisama, bato oyo bakobosana Yawe bakosila.
But the destruction of the transgressors and the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.
29 « Bokoyoka soni mpo na banzete ya terebente oyo bozalaki kolinga mingi; bokoyoka pasi na mitema mpo na bilanga oyo boponaki;
For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
30 bokokoma lokola nzete ya terebente oyo ekawuka makasa.
For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.
31 Moto ya makasi akokoma moto ya bolembu, mpe mosala na ye ekokoma lokola mokalikali; bango mibale bakozika nzela moko na moto, mpe moto oyo koboma yango akozala te. »
And the strong shall be as tow, and his work as a spark; and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.
