Ezayi 34
1 Bino bikolo, bobelema pene mpe boyoka; bino bato, botia matoyi! Tika ete mabele, elongo na nyonso oyo ezali kati na yango, mpe mokili, elongo na nyonso oyo ewuti na yango, eyoka!
You people of all nations, come near and listen and pay careful attention. I want the world and everything that is in it to hear what I say.
2 Yawe atombokeli bikolo nyonso, kanda na Ye ezali likolo ya mampinga ya bikolo nyonso. Akobebisa bango penza nye, akokaba bango na kufa.
Yahweh is angry with [the people of] all nations; he is (furious/very angry) with all their armies. He has decided that they must be destroyed, and he will slaughter them.
3 Bakobwaka bibembe na bango na mabele, bongo bibembe yango ekobimisa solo makasi, mpe makila ekokita lokola ebale na bangomba.
Their corpses will not be buried, and [as a result] their corpses will stink, and their blood will [fill the streams that] flow down the mountains.
4 Mampinga nyonso ya likolo ekobukana; mpe mapata ekolingama lokola buku, bongo mampinga na yango nyonso ekokweya ndenge makasa ya nzete ya vino mpe ya figi ekweyaka.
The sky will disappear like [SIM] a scroll that is rolled up [and thrown away]. Stars will fall [from the sky] like [SIM] [withered] leaves fall from grapevines, [or] like [SIM] shriveled figs fall from fig trees.
5 Pamba te mopanga na ngai esili kolongwa kuna na likolo; tala, ekiti mpo na kosambisa Edomi, mpe bato oyo nabongisaki mpo na kobebisama.
When Yahweh has finished his work of destroying objects in the sky, he will punish [the people of] Edom, that people-group that he has said must be destroyed/exterminated.
6 Mopanga na Yawe etondi na makila, ezipami na mafuta, na makila ya bana meme mpe ya bantaba ya mibali, na mafuta ya bameme ya mibali, pamba te ezali na mbeka moko mpo na Yawe kati na Botsira mpe bazali koboma bato ebele penza kati na mokili ya Edomi.
[It is as though] Yahweh has a sword that is covered with blood and fat— the blood of lambs and goats and the fat of the kidneys of rams to be sacrificed. [It is as though] Yahweh will offer a sacrifice in [the city of] Bozrah [and kill many people] in other cities in Edom.
7 Mpakasa ekokufa nzela moko na bango, mpe bangombe ya mibali elongo na bilenge na yango. Mabele na yango ekolangwa na makila mpe putulu na yango ekozipama na mafuta.
[Even] wild oxen will be killed, as well as young calves and big bulls. The ground will be soaked with blood, and the dirt will be covered with the fat of those animals.
8 Pamba te ezali mpo na Yawe, mokolo ya kozongisa mabe na mabe, mobu ya lifuti mpo na likambo ya Siona.
That will be the time when Yahweh gets revenge for what those people did to the people of Judah.
9 Miluka ya Edomi ekobongwana gudron, putulu na yango, lokola moto ya fofolo mpe mabele na yango ekokoma kopela moto;
The streams in Edom will be full of burning pitch/tar, and the ground will be covered with burning sulfur.
10 moto oyo ekokufa te ezala na moyi to na butu, bongo molinga na yango ekobanda komata mpo na libela. Ekotikala esobe libela na libela, mpe ata moto moko te akoleka lisusu wana.
Yahweh will never finish punishing Edom with fire; the smoke will rise forever. No one will ever live in that land, and no one will [even] travel through it.
11 Esulungutu mpe ndeke mosusu ya butu ekozwa yango lokola libula, kumu mpe yanganga ekokoma kovanda kuna. Nzambe akosembola likolo ya Edomi singa ya mobulu mpe nivo ya kozanga.
Ravens and various kinds of owls and small animals will live there. Yahweh will measure that land carefully: He will measure it to [to decide where] to cause chaos and destruction.
12 Bankumu na yango bakozala lisusu wana te mpo na kopona mokonzi, bakambi na yango nyonso bakotikala lisusu te.
There will be no princes; the people who have authority will have no kingdom to rule.
13 Nzube ekobota kati na ndako ya mokonzi; basende mpe matiti, kati na bandako na ye batonga makasi; ekokoma ndako ya bambwa ya zamba, lopango ya maligbanga.
The deserted palaces and fortified buildings will be full of thorns and thistles. The ruins will be a place for jackals/wolves and owls to live.
14 Bikelamu ya esobe ekokutana kuna elongo na mbwa ya zamba, mpe bantaba ya mibali ekobenga baninga na yango. Kumu ekozwa kuna esika ya kolala mpe ya kopema.
Animals that live in the desert and hyenas/wolves will be there, and wild goats will bleat/call to each other. There will also be creatures/animals that [roam around] at night.
15 Nyoka ekotonga zala na yango mpe ekobwaka maki na yango kuna, ekopasola yango mpe ekosangisa bana na yango na se ya elili na yango. Kaka kuna lisusu, ndeke oyo eliaka misuni ekosangana moko na mosusu.
Owls will make their nests there and lay their eggs in the nests; and when the eggs hatch, the mother birds will cover them [with their wings]. There will also be falcons/hawks there, each with its mate.
16 Boluka kati na buku ya Yawe mpe botanga: Moko te kati na bango akozanga, moko te akomitungisa mpo na moninga na ye; pamba te monoko na Yawe nde epesi mitindo mpe Molimo na Ye akosangisa bango elongo.
If you read what is written in the book that contains messages from Yahweh, you will find out what he will do [in Edom]. All of those animals and birds will be there, and each one will have a mate, because that is what Yahweh has promised, and his Spirit will cause them [all] to gather [there].
17 Ye abwaki zeke mpo na bango mpe loboko na Ye esaleli singa oyo bamekelaka molayi, mpo na kokabolela bango mboka. Bakozwa yango mpo na libela mpe bakovanda wana libela na libela.
He has decided what parts of the land [of Edom] each will live in, and those are the places where each bird or animal will live. Their descendants will possess those areas forever, throughout all generations.
