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 says the Lord God that made you, O Jacob, and formed you, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed you, I have called you [by] your name; you are 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;
And if you pass through water, I am with you; and the rivers shall not overflow you: and if you go through fire, you shall not be burned; the flame shall not burn you.
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 your God, the Holy One of Israel, that saves you: I have made Egypt and Ethiopia your ransom, and [given] Soene for you.
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 you became precious in my sight, you have become glorious, and I have loved you: and I will give men for you, and princes for your 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 you: I will bring your seed from the east, and will gather you 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, Bring; and to the south, Keep not back; bring my sons from the [land] afar off, 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. »
[even] all who are called by my name: for I have prepared him for my glory, and I have formed him, and have made him:
8 Bimisa bato oyo bazali na miso, kasi bamonaka te; bato oyo bazali na matoyi, kasi bayokaka te.
and I have brought forth the blind people; for [their] eyes are alike blind, and they that have ears are deaf.
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 gathered together, and princes shall be gathered out of them: who will declare these things? or who will declare to you things from the beginning? let them bring forth their witnesses, and be justified; and let them hear, and declare the 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.
Be you my witnesses, and I [too am] a witness, says the Lord God, and my servant whom I have chosen: that you may know, and believe, and understand that I am [he]: before me there was no other God, 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 God; and beside me there is no Saviour.
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 reproached, and there was no strange [god] among you: you are my witnesses, and I am the Lord 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? »
even from the beginning; and there is none that can deliver out of my hands: I will work, and who shall turn it back?
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 says the Lord God that redeems you, the Holy One of Israel; for your sakes I will send to Babylon, and I will stir up all that flee, and the Chaldeans shall be bound in ships.
15 Ngai, nazali Yawe, Mosantu na bino, Mokeli ya Isalaele, Mokonzi na bino. »
I am the Lord God, your Holy One, who have appointed for 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 says the Lord, who makes a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty water;
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 chariots and horse, and a mighty multitude: but they have lain down, and shall not rise: they are extinct, as quenched flax.
18 « Bokanisa lisusu te makambo oyo eleka, bomitungisa lisusu te mpo na makambo ya kala.
Remember you not the former things, and consider not the ancient things.
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 [will] do new things, which shall presently spring forth, and you shall know them: and I will make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the dry land.
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 beasts of the field shall bless me, the owls and young ostriches; for I have given water in the wilderness, and rivers in the dry land, to give drink to my chosen race,
21 bato oyo Ngai moko nabongisaki mpo ete bakoka kotatola lokumu na Ngai.
my people whom I have preserved to tell forth my praises.
22 Kasi obelelaki Ngai te, oh Jakobi, pamba te olembaki Ngai, oh Isalaele.
I have not now called you, O Jacob; neither have I made you weary, 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.
You have not brought me the sheep of your whole burnt offering; neither have you glorified me with your sacrifices. I have not caused you to serve with sacrifices, neither have I wearied you with frankincense.
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.
Neither have you purchased for me victims for silver, neither have I desired the fat of your sacrifices: but you did stand before me in your sins, and in your 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, [even] I, am he that blots out your transgressions for mine own sake, and your sins; and I will not remember [them].
26 Zongisa yango nanu na makanisi na Ngai; tika ete tosamba elongo, mpe loba yo moko mpo na kotalisa ete ozali moto ya sembo.
But do you remember, and let us plead [together]: do you first confess your transgressions, that you may be justified.
27 Tata na yo ya liboso asalaki masumu, balobeli na yo batombokelaki Ngai.
Your fathers first, and your princes have transgressed against me.
28 Boye, nakosambwisa bakambi ya tempelo na bino mpe nakobongisa Jakobi mpo na kobebisama, mpe Isalaele, mpo na pasi.
And the princes have defiled my sanctuaries: so I gave Jacob [to enemies] to destroy, and Israel to reproach.
