Ezayi 46
1 Tala banzambe ya Babiloni: Beli esili ngala, Nebo ekweyi; bikeko na yango etiami likolo ya banyama, likolo ya bibwele! Bikeko oyo bomemaka ezali kilo makasi, ezali mokumba oyo elembisaka banyama.
Bel bows down, Nebo stoops; their idols are on the animals, and on the livestock: the things that you carried about are made a load, a burden to the weary.
2 Banzambe yango ya bikeko egumbami mpe ekweyi nzela moko, ezali na makoki te ya kobikisa mokumba na yango, pamba te ekeyi na bowumbu.
They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but they have gone into captivity.
3 Oh ndako ya Jakobi, boyoka Ngai, mpe bino nyonso, batikali ya libota ya Isalaele, bino oyo nandima kobatela wuta na libumu ya mama mpe nandima komema mokumba wuta mbotama na bino.
"Listen to me, house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, that have been borne from their birth, that have been carried from the womb;
4 Ezala tango bokotonda na suki ya pembe mpe bokokoma mibange, Ngai nakobongwana te, nakosunga bino kaka; Ngai nde nasalaki bino, nakomema mokumba na bino, nakosunga bino mpe nakobikisa bino.
and even to old age I am he, and even to gray hairs will I carry you. I have made, and I will bear; yes, I will carry, and will deliver.
5 Bolingi kokokanisa Ngai to kotia Ngai esika moko na nani? Bolingi solo kokokanisa Ngai na nani mpo ete amekana na Ngai?
"To whom will you liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
6 Bazali bato oyo babimisaka wolo na mabenga na bango mpe bamekaka kilo ya palata na emekelo; bafutaka mosolo epai ya mosali bikeko na bibende mpo ete asalela bango nzambe ya ekeko ya wolo mpe ya palata, mpo ete bafukamela mpe bagumbamela yango.
Some pour out gold from the bag, and weigh silver in the balance. They hire a goldsmith, and he makes it a god. They fall down—yes, they worship.
7 Batiaka yango na mapeka mpe bamemaka yango, batelemisaka yango na esika na yango mpe etikalaka ya kotelema kaka wana. Wuta na esika na yango, ekoningana te. Ata soki moto moko abeleli yango, ekoyanola te, ekobikisa ye te na tango ya pasi.
They bear it on the shoulder, they carry it, and set it in its place, and it stands, from its place it shall not move: yes, one may cry to it, yet it can not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
8 Bokanisa yango lisusu, mpo bososola malamu; bino batomboki, bozongisa yango lisusu na mitema na bino!
"Remember this, and show yourselves men; bring it again to mind, you transgressors.
9 Bokanisa lisusu makambo ya liboso, makambo oyo ya kala penza; solo, Ngai nazali Nzambe, mpe mosusu azali te, nazali Nzambe, moko te akokani na Ngai.
Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me;
10 Nasakolaki makambo ya suka na ebandeli; wuta kala penza, nasakolaki makambo oyo ekoya. Nalobaki: « Mabongisi na Ngai ekolongisama, mpe nakosala nyonso oyo nasepeli kosala. »
declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done; saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure;
11 Wuta na este, nabengi ndeke oyo eliaka misuni; longwa na mokili ya mosika, moto oyo akokokisa mabongisi na Ngai. Makambo oyo nalobaki, yango nde ekokokisama; oyo nabongisaki, yango nde ekosalema.
calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country; yes, I have spoken, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed, I will also do it.
12 Boyoka Ngai, bino bato ya mitema makasi, bino bato oyo bozali mosika ya bosembo!
Listen to me, you stubborn of heart, who are far from righteousness:
13 Bosembo na Ngai ekomi pene, ezali lisusu mosika te; mpe lobiko na Ngai ekowumela te. Nakopesa lobiko epai na Siona, mpe nkembo na Ngai, epai na Isalaele.
I bring near my righteousness, it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not wait; and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.
