Ezayi 43
1 Sik’oyo, tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi, Ye oyo akelaki yo, oh Jakobi; Ye oyo abongisaki yo, oh Isalaele: « Kobanga te, pamba te nasikolaki yo, nabengaki yo na kombo na yo, ozali ya ngai.
And now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and formed thee, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed thee, and called thee by thy name: thou art mine.
2 Tango okokatisa mayi monene, nakozala elongo na yo; mpe tango okokatisa bibale, ekozindisa yo te. Tango okotambola kati na moto, okozika te, mpe ndemo na yango ekotumba yo te;
When thou shalt pass through the waters, I will be with thee, and the rivers shall not cover thee: when thou shalt walk in the fire, thou shalt not be burnt, and the flames shall not burn in thee:
3 pamba te Ngai Yawe, nazali Nzambe na yo, Mosantu ya Isalaele, Mobikisi na yo. Nakabi Ejipito mpo na kofuta niongo ya lobiko na yo, Kushi mpe Seba na esika na yo.
For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I have given Egypt for thy atonement, Ethiopia and Saba for thee.
4 Lokola ozali na motuya mpe na kilo mingi na miso na Ngai, lokola nalingaka yo, nakokaba bato mosusu na esika na yo, mpe bikolo mpo na kosomba bomoi na yo.
Since thou becamest honourable in my eyes, thou art glorious: I have loved thee, and I will give men for thee, and people for thy life.
5 Kobanga te, pamba te nazali elongo na yo: nakoyeisa bana na yo wuta na ngambo ya este mpe nakosangisa bino wuta na ngambo ya weste;
Fear not, for I am with thee: I will. bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west.
6 nakoloba epai ya nor: ‹ Pesa, › mpe epai ya sude: ‹ Kokanga te. › Zongisa bana na Ngai ya mibali wuta na mikili ya mosika, mpe bana na Ngai ya basi wuta na suka ya mabele,
I will say to the north: Give up: and to the south: Keep not back: bring my sons from afar, and my daughters from the ends of the earth.
7 moto nyonso oyo abengami na Kombo na Ngai, oyo nakelaki mpo na nkembo na Ngai, oyo nasalaki mpe nabongisaki. »
And every one that calleth upon my name, I have created him for my glory, I have formed him, and made him.
8 Bimisa bato oyo bazali na miso, kasi bamonaka te; bato oyo bazali na matoyi, kasi bayokaka te.
Bring forth the people that are blind, and have eyes: that are deaf, and have ears.
9 Tika ete bikolo nyonso esangana elongo mpe bato basangana esika moko! Nani kati na bango asakolaki makambo oyo? Nani kati na bango ayebisaki biso makambo oyo esalemaki liboso? Tika ete babimisa batatoli na bango mpo na kolobela bango! Tika ete bato mosusu bayoka mpo ete baloba: « Ezali ya solo! »
All the nations are assembled together, and the tribes are gathered: who among you can declare this, and shall make us hear the former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, let them be justified, and hear, and say: It is truth.
10 « Bozali batatoli na Ngai, » elobi Yawe, « mpe mosali na Ngai, oyo naponi, mpo ete bokoka koyeba, kondimela Ngai mpe kososola ete Ngai moko kaka nde nazali Nzambe: Liboso na Ngai, nzambe moko te asila kosalema; mpe sima na Ngai, akotikala kozala te.
You are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen: that you may know, and believe me, and understand that I myself am. Before me there was no God formed, and after me there shall be none.
11 Ezali Ngai, Ngai kaka moko, nde nazali Yawe; Mobikisi mosusu azali te, soki Ngai te.
I am, I am the Lord: and there is no saviour besides me.
12 Kati na bino, Ngai nde nasakolaki, nabikisaki mpe natatolaki; kasi ezali banzambe ya bapaya te. Bozali batatoli na Ngai, » elobi Yawe, « mpe Ngai, nazali Nzambe.
I have declared, and have saved. I have made it heard, and there was no strange one among you. You are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and I am God.
13 Solo, wuta na tango ya kala, nazalaka kaka ndenge moko; moko te akokoka kokangola na loboko na Ngai. Soki nasali, nani akobongola yango? »
And from the beginning I am the same, and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall turn it away?
14 Tala liloba oyo Yawe, Mosikoli na bino, Mosantu ya Isalaele, alobi: « Mpo na likambo na bino, nakotinda na Babiloni, mampinga ya basoda, mpe nakokitisa bato nyonso ya Babiloni lokola bakimi, ezala bato ya Chalide oyo bamikumisaka na koganga mpo na bamasuwa na bango.
Thus saith the Lord your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: For your sake I sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their bars, and the Chaldeans glorying in their ships.
15 Ngai, nazali Yawe, Mosantu na bino, Mokeli ya Isalaele, Mokonzi na bino. »
I am the Lord your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.
16 Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi, Ye oyo apasolaka nzela monene kati na ebale monene, mpe nzela moke kati na mayi ya makasi;
Thus saith the Lord, who made a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters.
17 Ye oyo atelemisaka bashar mpe bampunda, mampinga ya basoda elongo na bilombe ya bitumba; Ye oyo alalisaka bango nyonso, mpe bakokaka lisusu kotelema te, bakufaka lokola singa ya mwinda:
Who brought forth the chariot and the horse, the army and the strong: they lay down to sleep together, and they shall not rise again: they are broken as flax, and are extinct.
18 « Bokanisa lisusu te makambo oyo eleka, bomitungisa lisusu te mpo na makambo ya kala.
Remember not former things, and look not on things of old.
19 Tala, nazali kosala likambo ya sika! Ezali kobima sik’oyo, bozali komona yango te? Nazali kopasola nzela kati na esobe, mpe kotia bibale kati na mabele ya kokawuka.
Behold I do new things, and now they shall spring forth, verily you shall know them: I will make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
20 Banyama ya zamba, bambwa ya zamba mpe maligbanga ekopesa Ngai nkembo; pamba te nakopesa mayi kati na esobe, bibale kati na mabele ekawuka, mpo na komelisa bato na Ngai, oyo naponaki,
The beast of the field shall glorify me, the dragons and the ostriches: because I have given waters in the wilderness, rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, to my chosen.
21 bato oyo Ngai moko nabongisaki mpo ete bakoka kotatola lokumu na Ngai.
This people have I formed for myself, they shall shew forth my praise.
22 Kasi obelelaki Ngai te, oh Jakobi, pamba te olembaki Ngai, oh Isalaele.
But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob, neither hast thou laboured about me, O Israel.
23 Omemelaki Ngai bana meme te lokola mbeka ya kotumba, mpe opesaki Ngai lokumu te na nzela ya bambeka na yo. Nakomisaki yo mowumbu te mpo ete opesa Ngai malasi ya ansa lokola makabo, mpe nalembisaki yo te mpo ete obonzela Ngai malasi.
Thou hast not offered me the ram of thy holocaust, nor hast thou glorified me with thy victims: I have not caused thee to serve with oblations, nor wearied thee with incense.
24 Osombelaki Ngai te biloko ya solo kitoko na motuya ya mbongo, mpe otondisaki Ngai te na mafuta ya mbeka na yo, kasi onyokolaki Ngai nde na masumu na yo mpe olembisaki Ngai na mabe na yo.
Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy victims. But thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thy iniquities.
25 Ezali Ngai, Ngai kaka nde nalimbisaka masumu na yo mpo na lokumu ya Ngai moko mpe nakokanisa lisusu masumu na yo te.
I am, I am he that blot out thy iniquities for my own sake, and I will not remember thy sins.
26 Zongisa yango nanu na makanisi na Ngai; tika ete tosamba elongo, mpe loba yo moko mpo na kotalisa ete ozali moto ya sembo.
Put me in remembrance, and let us plead together: tell if thou hast any thing to justify thyself.
27 Tata na yo ya liboso asalaki masumu, balobeli na yo batombokelaki Ngai.
Thy brat father sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.
28 Boye, nakosambwisa bakambi ya tempelo na bino mpe nakobongisa Jakobi mpo na kobebisama, mpe Isalaele, mpo na pasi.
And I have profaned the holy princes, I have given Jacob to slaughter, and Israel to reproach.
