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 silent before me, islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come near, then let them speak. Let's meet together for judgment.
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 has raised up one from the east? Whom he called to his foot in righteousness? He hands over nations to him, and makes him rule over kings. He gives them like the dust to his sword, like the driven stubble to his bow.
3 Azali kolanda bango mpe koleka na kimia na nzela oyo matambe na Ye eleka nanu te.
He pursues them, and passes by safely, Even by a way that he had not gone with his feet.
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 has worked and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD, the first, and with the last, I am he."
5 Bisanga emoni yango mpe ekomi kobanga, basuka ya mabele ezali kolenga. Bazali kopusana, bazali koya pene;
The coastlands have seen, and fear. The farthest parts of the earth tremble. They approach, and come.
6 moto na moto azali kosunga moninga na ye mpe koloba na ndeko na ye: « Sala makasi! »
Everyone helps his neighbor. They say to their brothers, "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 carpenter encourages the goldsmith. He who smoothes with the hammer encourages him who strikes the anvil, saying of the soldering, "It is good;" and he fastens it with nails, that it might not totter.
8 « Kasi yo, Isalaele, mosali na Ngai, Jakobi oyo naponaki, bino bakitani ya Abrayami, molingami na Ngai,
"But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the offspring 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.
you whom I have taken hold of from places far away on the earth, and summoned from its border, and said to you, 'You are my servant, I have chosen you and not rejected you.'
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.
Do not be afraid, for I am with you. Do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.
11 Bato nyonso oyo bazali kotombokela yo bakokufa solo soni mpe bakosambwa; bato oyo bazali kotelemela yo bakokoma lokola biloko pamba mpe bakokufa.
Look, all those who are incensed against you will be disappointed and confounded. Those who strive with you will be like nothing, and shall perish.
12 Ata oluki bayini na yo, okomona bango te; bato oyo bazali kobundisa yo bakokoma biloko pamba.
You will seek them, and won't find them, even those who contend with you. Those who war against you will be as nothing, as a non-existent thing.
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 your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, 'Do not be afraid. I will help you.'
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.
Do not be afraid, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel. I will help you," says the LORD, "and your Redeemer is 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,
Look, I have made you into a new sharp threshing instrument with teeth. You will thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and will make the hills like chaff.
16 okoyungola yango, mpe mopepe ekomema yango, mopepe makasi ekopanza yango. Kasi yo, okosepela kati na Yawe, okozwa lokumu kati na Mosantu ya Isalaele.
You will winnow them, and the wind will carry them away, and the whirlwind will scatter them. You will rejoice in the LORD. You will 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.
The poor and needy seek water, and there is none. Their tongue fails for thirst. I, the LORD, will answer 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 rivers on the bare heights, and springs in the midst of the valleys. I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land 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 put cedar, acacia, myrtle, and oil trees in the wilderness. I will set fir trees, pine, and box trees together in the desert;
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. »
that they may see, know, consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD has done this, and the Holy One of Israel has created it.
21 « Botalisa likambo na bino, » elobi Yawe, « boluka komilongisa, » elobi Mokonzi ya Jakobi.
Produce your cause," says the LORD. "Bring forth your strong reasons," says the King of Jacob.
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 come near and declare to us what shall happen. Declare the former things, what they are, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or show us things 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.
Declare the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods. Yes, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and see it together.
24 Tala, bozali kaka pamba, mpe misala na bino ezali bobele se pamba; moto oyo aponi bino asali penza likambo ya nkele.
Look, you are of nothing, and your work is of nothing. He who chooses you is an abomination.
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 have raised up one from the north, and he has come; from the rising of the sun, one who calls on my name; and he shall come on rulers as on mortar, and as the potter treads clay.
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 has declared it from the beginning, that we may know? And before, that we may say, 'He is right?' Surely, there is no one who declares. Surely, there is no one who shows. Surely, there is no one who hears your words.
27 Nazalaki Moto ya liboso ya koloba na Siona: ‹ Tala, tala bango oyo! › Mpe na Yelusalemi: ‹ Napesi momemi Sango Malamu! ›
I am the first to say to Zion, 'Look, look at them;' and I will give one who brings good news to Jerusalem.
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.
When I look, there is no man; even among them there is no counselor who, when I ask of them, can answer a word.
29 Tala, bango nyonso bazali banzambe ya lokuta! Misala na bango ezali se pamba, bililingi na bango ezali se mopepe mpe biloko ya pamba. »
Look, all of them, their works are vanity and nothing. Their molten images are wind and confusion.
