Ezayi 41
1 « Bino bisanga, bovanda kimia liboso na Ngai! Tika ete bato ya bikolo bayeisa sika makasi na bango, tika ete bapusana mpe baloba: ‹ Tokende elongo mpo na kosamba! ›
Keep silence before mee, O ylands, and let the people renue their strength: let the come neere, and let them speake: let vs come together into iudgement.
2 Nani abimisaki wuta na este moto oyo bosembo ezali kobenga na makolo na yango, oyo elonga elandaka matambe na Ye? Nani akabaki bikolo na maboko na Ye mpe atiaki bakonzi na se ya bokonzi na Ye? Mopanga na Ye ekomisaki bango putulu, mpe tolotolo na Ye ekomisaki bango lokola matiti ya kokawuka oyo mopepe ememaka.
Who raised vp iustice from the East, and called him to his foote? and gaue the nations before him, and subdued the Kings? he gaue them as dust to his sword, and as scattered stubble vnto his bowe.
3 Azali kolanda bango mpe koleka na kimia na nzela oyo matambe na Ye eleka nanu te.
He pursued them, and passed safely by the way that he had not gone with his feete.
4 Nani asalaki mpe akokisaki makambo oyo? Nani abengaka bileko wuta na ebandeli? Ngai Yawe, nazali Ebandeli ya nyonso, mpe nakozala mpe kaka ndenge moko elongo na bato ya suka. »
Who hath wrought and done it? he that calleth the generations from the beginning. I the Lord am the first, and with the last I am ye same.
5 Bisanga emoni yango mpe ekomi kobanga, basuka ya mabele ezali kolenga. Bazali kopusana, bazali koya pene;
The yles sawe it, and did feare, and the ends of the earth were abashed, drew neere, and came.
6 moto na moto azali kosunga moninga na ye mpe koloba na ndeko na ye: « Sala makasi! »
Euery man helped his neighbour, and saide to his brother, Be strong.
7 Mosali bikeko azali kolendisa monyangwisi bibende na moto, mosemboli bibende na marto azali kopesa makasi na mosali oyo apesaka yango elilingi ya suka; alobi mpo na bisika epai wapi basangisaka bibende: « Ezali malamu; » mpe alendisi nzambe ya ekeko na basete mpo ete eningana te.
So the workeman comforted the founder, and he that smote with ye hammer, him that smote by course, saying, It is ready for the sodering, and he fastened it with nayles that it shoulde not be mooued.
8 « Kasi yo, Isalaele, mosali na Ngai, Jakobi oyo naponaki, bino bakitani ya Abrayami, molingami na Ngai,
But thou, Israel, art my seruant, and thou Iaakob, whom I haue chosen, the seede of Abraham my friend.
9 yo oyo nazwaki wuta na basuka ya mabele, oyo nabengaki wuta na basuka na yango, yo oyo epai ya nani nalobaki: ‹ Ozali mosali na Ngai, › naponaki yo mpe nabwakaki yo te.
For I haue taken thee from the endes of the earth, and called thee before the chiefe thereof, and saide vnto thee, Thou art my seruant: I haue chosen thee, and not cast thee away.
10 Boye, kobanga te, pamba te nazali elongo na yo; komitungisa te, mpo ete nazali Nzambe na yo; nakoyeisa yo makasi mpe nakosunga yo; solo, nasimbi yo na loboko na Ngai ya mobali, loboko oyo elongisaka.
Feare thou not, for I am with thee: be not afraide, for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee, and helpe thee, and will susteine thee with the right hand of my iustice.
11 Bato nyonso oyo bazali kotombokela yo bakokufa solo soni mpe bakosambwa; bato oyo bazali kotelemela yo bakokoma lokola biloko pamba mpe bakokufa.
Beholde, all they that prouoke thee, shalbe ashamed, and confounded: they shalbe as nothing, and they that striue with thee, shall perish.
12 Ata oluki bayini na yo, okomona bango te; bato oyo bazali kobundisa yo bakokoma biloko pamba.
Thou shalt seeke them and shalt not finde them: to wit, the men of thy strife, for they shall be as nothing, and the men that warre against thee, as a thing of nought.
13 Pamba te, nazali Yawe, Nzambe na yo, nasimbi makasi loboko na yo ya mobali mpe nazali koloba na yo: ‹ Kobanga te, nakosunga yo. ›
For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying vnto thee, Feare not, I wil helpe thee.
14 Oh Jakobi, yo oyo oleki kutu mutsopi te, Isalaele, yo oyo omonani lokola eloko pamba, kobanga te, pamba te Ngai moko nakosunga yo, » elobi Yawe, Mosikoli na yo, Mosantu ya Isalaele.
Feare not, thou worme, Iaakob, and ye men of Israel: I wil helpe thee, sayth the Lord and thy redeemer the holy one of Israel.
15 « Tala, nakomisi yo lokola libaya ya sika ya kotutela ble, oyo batia minu bapelisa makasi, lokola mbeli ya sika, mbeli ya minu makasi; okopanza bangomba milayi, okokomisa yango putulu; okokomisa bangomba ya mikuse lokola matiti ya kokawuka,
Behold, I wil make thee a roller, and a newe threshing instrument hauing teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountaines, and bring them to pouder, and shalt make the hilles as chaffe.
16 okoyungola yango, mpe mopepe ekomema yango, mopepe makasi ekopanza yango. Kasi yo, okosepela kati na Yawe, okozwa lokumu kati na Mosantu ya Isalaele.
Thou shalt fanne them, and the winde shall carie them away, and the whirlewinde shall scatter them: and thou shalt reioyce in the Lord, and shalt glory in the holy one of Israel.
17 Mobola mpe moto akelela bazali koluka mayi, kasi na pamba: mayi ezali te; balolemo na bango ekawuki na posa ya mayi. Kasi Ngai Yawe, nakoyanola bango; Ngai, Nzambe ya Isalaele, nakobwaka bango te.
When the poore and the needy seeke water, and there is none (their tongue faileth for thirst: I the Lord will heare them: I the God of Israel will not forsake them)
18 Nakosala ete bibale etiola na likolo ya bangomba, mpe bitima na kati-kati ya mabwaku; nakobongola esobe liziba ya mayi, mpe mabele ya kokawuka mabele oyo ebimisaka mayi;
I will open riuers in the toppes of the hils, and fountaines in the middes of the valleis: I will make the wildernesse as a poole of water, and the waste land as springs of water.
19 nakolona kati na esobe: banzete ya sedele, ya akasia, ya mirite mpe banzete ya olive; nakotia banzete ya sipele, ya pini mpe ya bwi esika moko kati na mabele ya kokawuka,
I will set in the wildernesse the cedar, the shittah tree, and the mirre tree, and the pine tree, and I will set in the wildernesse the firre tree, the elme and the boxe tree together.
20 mpo ete bato bamona mpe bayeba, batala mpe basosola elongo ete loboko na Yawe nde esali makambo wana, ete Mosantu ya Isalaele nde akeli yango. »
Therefore let them see and knowe, and let them consider and vnderstande together that the hand of the Lord hath done this, and the holy one of Israel hath created it.
21 « Botalisa likambo na bino, » elobi Yawe, « boluka komilongisa, » elobi Mokonzi ya Jakobi.
Stand to your cause, saith the Lord: bring forth your strong reasons, saith ye King of Iaakob.
22 « Boya na banzambe na bino ya bikeko mpo ete eyebisa biso makambo oyo ekoya. Boyebisa biso masakoli na bino ya liboso, ezalaki nini, mpo ete toyekola yango malamu mpe toyeba ndenge nini esukelaki. To boyebisa biso makambo oyo ekoya;
Let them bring foorth, and let them tell vs what shall come: let them shew the former things what they be, that wee may consider them, and knowe the latter ende of them: either declare vs things for to come.
23 boyebisa biso makambo oyo ekoya na sima, mpo ete toyeba soki bozali solo banzambe; bosala nanu ata eloko moko, ezala ya malamu to ya mabe, mpo ete toyoka soni mpe totondisama na kobanga.
Shewe the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods: yea, doe good or doe euill, that we may declare it, and beholde it together.
24 Tala, bozali kaka pamba, mpe misala na bino ezali bobele se pamba; moto oyo aponi bino asali penza likambo ya nkele.
Beholde, ye are of no value, and your making is of naught: man hath chosen an abomination by them.
25 Nabimisaki moto moko wuta na ngambo ya nor, mpe azali koya, moto moko, wuta na ngambo ya este, oyo abelelaka Kombo na Ngai. Azali konyata bakambi ndenge banyataka potopoto, lokola potopoto ya mabele ya bikeko ya mosali mbeki.
I haue raised vp from the North, and he shall come: from the East sunne shall he cal vpon my Name, and shall come vpon princes as vpon clay, and as the potter treadeth myre vnder the foote.
26 Nani alobaki yango wuta na ebandeli mpo ete biso tokoka koyeba, to wuta kala penza mpo ete tokoka koloba: ‹ Ezali sembo? › Te, moto moko te alobaki yango, moko te asalaki ete likambo yango eyokana, moko te ayokaki maloba na bino.
Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may knowe? or before time, that we may say, He is righteous? Surely there is none that sheweth: surely there is none that declareth: surely there is none that heareth your wordes.
27 Nazalaki Moto ya liboso ya koloba na Siona: ‹ Tala, tala bango oyo! › Mpe na Yelusalemi: ‹ Napesi momemi Sango Malamu! ›
I am the first, that saieth to Zion, Beholde, beholde them: and I will giue to Ierusalem one that shall bring good tidings.
28 Natalaki, kasi moto moko te azalaki, moko te kati na bango mpo na kopesa toli, moko te mpo na kopesa eyano soki natuni bango motuna.
But when I behelde, there was none, and when I inquired of them, there was no counsellor, and when I demaunded of them, they answered not a woorde.
29 Tala, bango nyonso bazali banzambe ya lokuta! Misala na bango ezali se pamba, bililingi na bango ezali se mopepe mpe biloko ya pamba. »
Beholde, they are all vanitie: their worke is of nothing, their images are wind and confusion.
