Ezayi 3
1 Nkolo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, akomi pene ya kobotola masungi nyonso, kati na Yelusalemi mpe kati na Yuda: lisungi ya bilei mpe lisungi ya mayi;
Behold now, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, will take away from Jerusalem and from Judea the mighty man and mighty woman, the strength of bread, and the strength of water,
2 bilombe mpe basoda ya mpiko, basambisi mpe basakoli, bato oyo balobaka makambo oyo ekoya mpe bakambi;
the great and mighty man, the warrior and the judge, and the prophet, and the counsellor, and the elder,
3 bakonzi ya basoda mpe bato ya lokumu, bapesi toli, bato mayele ya misala ya maboko mpe bato oyo basalelaka maji.
the captain of fifty also, and the honourable counsellor, and the wise artificer, and the intelligent hearer.
4 Nakosala ete bilenge mibali bakoma bakonzi na bango mpe bana mike bakamba bango.
And I will make youths their princes, and mockers shall have dominion over them.
5 Bato bakokoma konyokolana bango na bango: moko akonyokola mosusu, mpe moninga akonyokola moninga na ye mosusu; bilenge bakotosa mikolo te, bato pamba bakotelemela bato ya lokumu;
And the people shall fall, man upon man, and [every] man upon his neighbor: the child shall insult the elder man, and the base the honourable.
6 moko akokanga ndeko na ye ya mobali kati na ndako ya tata na bango mpe akoloba: « Yo oyo ozali na kazaka, okozala mokonzi na biso, kamata mokumba ya libebi oyo na maboko! »
For a man shall lay hold of his brother, as one of his father's household, saying, Thou hast raiment, be thou our ruler, and let my meat be under thee.
7 Kasi na mokolo wana, akoganga: « Te, nazali na ngai monganga te, mpe nazali na bilei to bilamba te kati na ndako na ngai; bokomisa ngai mokonzi te! »
And he shall answer in that day, and say, I will not be thy ruler; for I have no bread in my house, nor raiment: I will not be the ruler of this people.
8 Yelusalemi ezali kotepatepa, mpe Yuda ekweyi; mpo ete maloba mpe misala na bango ezali ya botomboki liboso ya Yawe, ezali kotelemela lokumu ya Kombo na Ye.
For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judea has fallen, and their tongues [have spoken] with iniquity, disobedient [as they are] towards the Lord.
9 Bilongi na bango ezali kofunda bango; bazali kolakisa masumu na bango ndenge bato ya Sodome bazalaki kosala, bazali kobomba yango te. Mawa na bango, pamba te bamilukeli nde makambo!
Wherefore now their glory has been brought low, and the shame of their countenance has withstood them, and they have proclaimed their sin as Sodom, and made it manifest.
10 Loba na moto ya sembo: « Bolamu ekobila yo, pamba te okosepela na mbuma ya misala na yo. »
Woe to their soul, for they have devised an evil counsel against themselves, saying against themselves, Let us bind the just, for he is burdensome to us: therefore shall they eat the fruits of their works.
11 Mawa na moto mabe! Pasi ezali likolo na ye, pamba te akozwa lifuti kolanda misala na ye.
Woe to the transgressor! evils shall happen to him according to the works of his hands.
12 Bilenge bazali konyokola bato na Ngai, basi bazali koyangela bango. Oh bato na Ngai, bakambi na bino babungisi bino nzela, babimisi bino libanda ya nzela oyo bosengeli kolanda!
O my people, your exactors strip you, and extortioners rule over you: O my people, they that pronounce you blesses lead you astray, and pervert the path of your feet.
13 Yawe atelemi na esambiselo, atelemi mpo na kosambisa bato.
But now the Lord will stand up for judgment, and will enter into judgment with his people.
14 Yawe akosamba elongo na bampaka mpe bakambi ya bato na Ye: « Ezali nde bino bato bobebisi elanga na Ngai ya vino! Botondisi bandako na bino na biloko oyo bobotoli epai ya babola!
The Lord himself shall enter into judgment with the elders of the people, and with their rulers: but why have ye set my vineyard on fire, and [why is] the spoil of the poor in your houses?
15 Mpo na nini bozali konyata bato na Ngai mpe kotiola bomoto ya babola; » elobi Nkolo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga?
Why do ye wrong my people, and shame the face of the poor?
16 Yawe alobi: « Lokola basi ya Siona bazali lofundu, lokola batambolaka mapeka likolo mpe balalisaka miso na lofundu, lokola batambolaka na kodenda malembe-malembe mpe na kolelisa biloko ya monzele oyo balataka na makolo na bango,
Thus saith the Lord, Because the daughters of Sion are haughty, and have walked with an outstretched neck, and with winking of the eyes, and motion of the feet, at the same time drawing their garments in trains, and at the same time sporting with their feet:
17 Yawe akokomisa mito ya basi ya Siona mapalata mpe akotika bango bolumbu. »
therefore the Lord will humble the chief daughters of Sion, and the Lord will expose their form in that day;
18 Na mokolo wana, Nkolo akolongola bango biloko na bango oyo basalelaka monzele: basheneti oyo balataka na makolo mpe babiju ya talo oyo ezalaka lokola moyi mpe sanza;
and the Lord will take away the glory of their raiment, the curls and the fringes, and the crescents,
19 biloko ya matoyi, basheneti oyo balataka na maboko, bavwale,
and the chains, and the ornaments of their faces,
20 bitendi oyo bakangaka na mito, basheneti, mikaba, milangi ya malasi, bakisi ya kokangela nzoto,
and the array of glorious ornaments, and the armlets, and the bracelets, and the wreathed work, and the finger-rings, and the ornaments for the right hand,
21 bapete ya mosapi, bapete ya zolo,
and the ear-rings, and the garments with scarlet borders, and the garments with purple grounds, and the shawls to be worn in the house, and the Spartan transparent dresses, and those made of fine linen, and the purple [ones], and the scarlet [ones], and the fine linen, interwoven with gold and purple, and the light coverings for couches.
22 bilamba ya feti, banzambala oyo etika nzoto, bakazaka, basakosi ya mike,
And there shall be instead of a sweet smell, dust; and instead of a girdle, thou shalt gird thyself with a rope; and instead of a golden ornament for the head, thou shalt have baldness on account of thy works; and instead of a tunic with a scarlet ground, thou shalt gird thyself with sackcloth.
23 bilamba oyo emonisaka nzoto, bilamba ya lino, maputa mpe bitambala.
And thy most beautiful son whom thou lovest shall fall by the sword; and your mighty men shall fall by the sword, and shall be brought low.
24 Na esika ya solo kitoko ya malasi, ekozala nde solo mabe; na esika ya mokaba, ekozela nde singa; na esika ya suki bakanga kitoko na moto, ekozala nde libandi; na esika ya bilamba ya talo, ekozala nde bilamba ya saki; na esika ya elongi kitoko, ekozala nde elongi mabe.
And the stores of your ornaments shall mourn, and thou shalt be left alone, and shalt be levelled with the ground.
25 Mibali na bino bakokufa na mipanga, basoda na bino ya mpiko bakokufa na bitumba.
26 Bikuke ya Siona ekolela mpe ekozala na matanga; boye Siona ekokelela mpe ekovanda na mabele.
