Ezayi 40
1 Bobondisa, bobondisa bato na Ngai, elobi Nzambe na bino.
Comfort you, comfort you my people, says God.
2 Boloba kati na Yelusalemi, boyebisa ye ete minyoko na ye ekomi na suka, masumu na ye esili kolimbisama, pamba te asili kozwa na loboko ya Yawe ngolu koleka mbala mibale mpo na masumu na ye nyonso.
Speak, you priests, to the heart of Jerusalem; comfort her, for her humiliation is accomplished, her sin is put away: for she has received of the Lord's hand double [the amount of] her sins.
3 Mongongo ya moto moko ezali kobelela: « Kati na esobe, bobongisa nzela mpo na Yawe; kati na mabele ya kokawuka, bosembolela Nzambe na biso nzela moko ya monene.
The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare you the way of the Lord, make straight the paths of our God.
4 Tika ete mabwaku nyonso ekundama, bangomba nyonso ya milayi to ya mikuse ekitisama, banzela nyonso oyo etengama esembolama, mpe mabulu nyonso ekoma bitando.
Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low: and all the crooked [ways] shall become straight, and the rough [places] plains.
5 Bongo, nkembo na Yawe ekomonisama, mpe bato nyonso bakomona yango elongo; » pamba te Yawe nde alobi.
And the glory of the Lord shall appear, and all flesh shall see the salvation of God: for the Lord has spoken [it].
6 Mongongo moko elobi: « Belela! » Mpe nazongisaki: « Nabelela likambo nini? » « Bato nyonso bazalaka lokola matiti, mpe nkembo na bango nyonso ezalaka lokola bafololo ya bilanga.
The voice of one saying, Cry; and I said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass:
7 Matiti ekawukaka mpe fololo elembaka, tango mopepe ya Yawe elekaka likolo na yango. Solo, bato bazali lokola matiti:
8 Matiti ekawukaka mpe fololo elembaka, kasi Liloba na Nzambe na biso ewumelaka seko na seko. »
The grass withers, and the flower fades: but the word of our God abides for ever.
9 Mata likolo ya ngomba, Siona, yo momemi sango malamu; tombola mongongo na yo mpe ganga makasi, Yelusalemi, yo momemi sango malamu; tombola yango penza, kobanga te; loba na bingumba ya Yuda: « Botala Nzambe na bino! »
O you that bring glad tidings to Zion, go up on the high mountain; lift up your voice with strength, you that bring glad tidings to Jerusalem; lift it up, fear not; say to the cities of Juda, Behold your God!
10 Botala, Nkolo Yawe azali koya na nguya, loboko na Ye ezali kopesa Ye makoki ya kokonza. Botala, azali na lifuti elongo na Ye, azali kotambola na lifuti na Ye.
Behold the Lord! The Lord is coming with strength, and [his] arm is with power: behold, his reward is with him, and [his] work before him.
11 Azali kobatela etonga na Ye lokola mobateli bibwele: kosangisa bana meme na maboko na Ye mpe kokanga bango na tolo na Ye; kotambolisa malembe-malembe bana meme ya basi oyo ezali nanu komela mabele.
He shall tend his flock as a shepherd, and he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and shall soothe them that are with young.
12 Nani asila komeka ebale monene kati na loboko na Ye, to likolo na nzela ya molayi ya misapi na Ye? Nani asila kosangisa putulu nyonso ya mabele kati na katini moko to komeka kilo ya bangomba milayi na nzela ya ndobo to komeka kilo ya bangomba mikuse na nzela ya emekelo kilo?
Who has measured the water in his hand, and the heaven with a span, and all the earth in a handful? Who has weighed the mountains in scales, and the forests in a balance?
13 Nani asosoli makanisi ya Yawe to apesi Ye toli lokola molakisi?
Who has known the mind of the Lord? and who has been his counsellor, to instruct him?
14 Yawe atunaki toli na nani mpo ete apesa Ye mayele? Nani alakisaki Ye ndenge bakataka makambo na sembo to apesaki Ye boyebi, to mpe ateyaki Ye nzela ya bososoli?
Or with whom has he taken counsel, and he has instructed him? or who has taught him judgement, or who has taught him the way of understanding;
15 Solo, bikolo ezali lokola litanga moko ya mayi na katini, lokola putulu kati na emekelo kilo! Tala, amekaka bisanga lokola eloko ya moke penza.
since all the nations are counted as a drop from a bucket, and as the turning of a balance, [and] shall be counted as spittle?
16 Banzete ya Libani ekokoka te mpo na kopelisa moto ya etumbelo, mpe banyama na yango ekokoka te mpo na kotumba mbeka.
And Libanus is not enough to burn, nor all beasts enough for a whole burnt offering:
17 Na miso na Ye, bikolo nyonso ezali lokola biloko pamba; amonaka yango lokola eloko pamba to mpe lokola eloko te.
and all the nations are as nothing, and counted as nothing.
18 Bolingi kokokanisa Nzambe na nani? Bolingi kokokanisa Ye na elilingi nini?
To whom have you compared the Lord? and with what likeness have you compared him?
19 Ndenge basalaka ekeko, mosali bikeko anyangwisi ebende na moto mpe asali ekeko; mosali ya wolo abambi ekeko yango wolo, bongo akangisi yango na basheneti ya palata.
Has not the artificer made an image, or the goldsmith having melted gold, gilt it over, [and] made it a similitude?
20 Moto oyo azangi makoki ya kobonza makabo ya boye mpo ete azali mobola makasi akopona nzete oyo epolaka te; akoluka mosali bikeko oyo azali penza mayele mpo na kosala nzambe ya ekeko oyo eninganaka te.
For the artificer chooses out a wood that will not rot, and will wisely enquire how he shall set up his image, and [that so] that it should not be moved.
21 Boyebi yango te? Boyoka nanu yango te? Bayebisa bino nanu yango te wuta na ebandeli? Bososola nanu yango te wuta mokili esalema?
Will you not know? will you not hear? has it not been told you of old? Have you not known the foundations of the earth?
22 Yawe avandaka na likolo ya mondelo ya mabele, epai wapi bato na yango bamonanaka lokola mabanki; atandaki likolo lokola liputa mpe afungolaki yango lokola ndako ya kapo mpo na kovanda kuna;
[It is] he that comprehends the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants in it are as grasshoppers; he that set up the heaven as a chamber, and stretched [it] out as a tent to dwell in:
23 akomisaka bakonzi ya mokili bato pamba, mpe bakambi na yango lokola biloko pamba.
he that appoints princes to rule as nothing, and has made the earth as nothing.
24 Tango nanu batiami kutu na mabele te, nanu balonami kutu te, mobimbi na bango ezwi nanu ata misisa te, afuli bango lokola mopepe mpe bakawuki, bongo mopepe makasi ememi bango lokola matiti ya kokawuka.
For they shall not plant, neither shall they sow, neither shall their root be fixed in the ground: he has blown upon them, and they are withered, and a storm shall carry them away like sticks.
25 « Bolingi kokokanisa Ngai na nani? Bolingi kotia Ngai esika moko na nani, » elobi Ye oyo azali Mosantu?
Now then to whom have you compared me, that I may be exalted? says the Holy One.
26 Botombola miso na bino mpe botala na likolo: Nani akela biloko nyonso ya likolo: moyi, sanza, minzoto mpe biloko mosusu? Ezali Ye oyo abimisaka mampinga nyonso ya minzoto mpe abengaka yango moko na moko na kombo na yango. Mpo na bokonzi monene mpe nguya makasi na Ye, moko te kati na yango ezangaka.
Lift up your eyes on high, and see, who has displayed all these things? [even] he that brings forth his host by number: he shall call them all by name by [means of his] great glory, and by the power of his might: nothing has escaped you.
27 Oh Jakobi, mpo na nini ozali koloba; oh Isalaele, mpo na nini kotatola: « Nzela na ngai ebombami na miso ya Yawe, likambo na ngai eyebani te na Nzambe na ngai? »
For say not you, O Jacob, and why have you spoken, Israel, [saying], My way is hid from God, and my God has taken away [my] judgement, and has departed?
28 Oyebi te? Nanu oyoka te? Yawe azali Nzambe ya libela na libela, azali Mokeli ya basuka ya mabele; alembaka te mpe apemaka te, mpe moko te akoki kososola mayele na Ye.
And now, have you not known? have you not heard? the eternal God, the God that formed the ends of the earth, shall not hunger, nor be weary, and there is no searching of his understanding.
29 Apesaka makasi na bato oyo balembi mpe abakisaka nguya na bato oyo bazanga nguya.
He gives strength to the hungry, and sorrow to them that are not suffering.
30 Solo, bilenge bapemaka mpe balembaka, bilombe batengaka-tengaka;
For the young [men] shall hunger, and the youths shall be weary, and the choice [men] shall be powerless:
31 basi bato oyo batiaka elikya na Yawe, Yawe ayeisaka makasi na bango ya sika: bapumbwaka likolo lokola bampongo, bapotaka mbangu mpe bapemaka te, batambolaka mpe balembaka te.
but they that wait on God shall renew [their] strength; they shall put forth new feathers like eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not hunger.
