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, heavens, and listen, earth; for the LORD has 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 knows his owner, and the donkey his master’s crib; but Israel doesn’t know. My people don’t 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 loaded with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD. They have despised the Holy One of Israel. They are estranged and 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 should you be beaten more, that you 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 to the head there is no soundness in it, but wounds, welts, and open sores. They haven’t been closed, bandaged, or soothed 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 burnt with fire. Strangers devour your land 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.
The daughter of Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard, like a hut in a field of melons, like 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.
Unless the LORD of Hosts had left to us a very small remnant, we would have been as Sodom. We would have been like Gomorrah.
10 Boyoka Liloba na Yawe, bino bakambi ya engumba Sodome! Boyoka mobeko ya Nzambe na biso, bino bato ya engumba Gomore!
Hear the LORD’s word, you rulers of Sodom! Listen to the law of our God, you 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.
“What are the multitude of your sacrifices to me?”, says the LORD. “I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed animals. I don’t delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of male goats.
12 Tango boyaka liboso na Ngai, nani abengaka bino ete boya kokota na lopango na Ngai?
When you come to appear before me, who has 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 offerings. Incense is an abomination to me. New moons, Sabbaths, and convocations— I can’t stand evil assemblies.
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.
My soul hates your New Moons and your appointed feasts. They are a burden to me. I am weary of bearing 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.
When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you. Yes, when you 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 yourselves. Make yourself clean. Put away the evil of your doings from before my 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 justice. Relieve the oppressed. Defend 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’s reason together,” says the LORD: “Though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
19 Soki bozwi mokano ya kotosa Ngai, bokolia mbuma kitoko ya mokili.
If you are willing and obedient, you will 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 you refuse and rebel, you will be devoured with the sword; for the LORD’s mouth has 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 the faithful city has become a prostitute! She was full of justice. Righteousness lodged in her, but now there are murderers.
22 Palata na yo ekomi bosoto, vino na yo ya kitoko ekomi mayi-mayi.
Your silver has become dross, your 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.
Your princes are rebellious and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes and follows after rewards. They don’t defend the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come to 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 the Lord, GOD of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, says: “Ah, I will get relief from my adversaries, and avenge myself on my enemies.
25 Nakotelemela bino, nakopetola bosoto ya palata na bino mpe nakolongola salite na bino,
I will turn my hand on you, thoroughly purge away your dross, and will take away all your 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.
I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counsellors as at the beginning. Afterward you shall be called ‘The city of righteousness, a faithful town.’
27 Siona ekosikolama na nzela ya boyengebene, mpe bato na yango oyo bakobongola mitema bakobika na nzela ya bosembo.
Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and her converts with righteousness.
28 Kasi batomboki mpe bato ya masumu bakobebisama, bato oyo bakobosana Yawe bakosila.
But the destruction of transgressors and sinners shall be together, and those who 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 you have desired, and you shall be confounded for the gardens that you have chosen.
30 bokokoma lokola nzete ya terebente oyo ekawuka makasa.
For you shall be as an oak whose leaf fades, and as a garden that has 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. »
The strong will be like tinder, and his work like a spark. They will both burn together, and no one will quench them.”
