Ezayi 47
1 Kita mpe vanda na putulu, Babiloni, mboka kitoko! Vanda na mabele, kiti ya bokonzi ezali te, Babiloni, mboka kitoko! Moto moko te akobenga yo lisusu « mwasi bonzenga » to « mwasi kitoko. »
Come down, and sit on the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, Sit on the earth, there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans, For no more do they cry to thee, 'O tender and delicate one.'
2 Kamata mabanga oyo banikelaka ble mpe sala farine, longola kitambala na yo, tombola nzambala na yo, mpe mipende na yo emonana, bongo katisa bibale!
Take millstones, and grind flour, Remove thy veil, draw up the skirt, Uncover the leg, pass over the floods.
3 Bolumbu na yo ekomonana, mpe soni na yo ekobombama te. Nakozongisa mabe na mabe, mpe moto moko te akopekisa Ngai.
Revealed is thy nakedness, yea, seen is thy reproach, Vengeance I take, and I meet not a man.
4 Mosikoli na biso, Kombo na Ye: Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, Mosantu ya Isalaele.
Our redeemer [is] Jehovah of Hosts, His name [is] the Holy One of Israel.
5 Vanda kimia, kende na molili, Babiloni, mboka kitoko, pamba te bakobenga yo lisusu te « mwasi mokonzi ya bikolo. »
Sit silent, and go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans, For no more do they cry to thee, 'Mistress of kingdoms.'
6 Nasilikelaki bato na Ngai, nasambwisaki libula na Ngai; nakabaki bango na maboko na yo, mpe oyokelaki bango mawa te; bongo omemisaki ata mibange ekangiseli ya kilo makasi.
I have been wroth against My people, I have polluted Mine inheritance And I give them into thy hand, Thou hast not appointed for them mercies, On the aged thou hast made thy yoke very heavy,
7 Olobaki: « Nakozala mwasi mokonzi mpo na libela! » Kasi motema na yo ekanisaki te tina ya makambo oyo mpe ndenge nini ekosukela.
And thou sayest, 'To the age I am mistress,' While thou hast not laid these things to thy heart, Thou hast not remembered the latter end of it.
8 Yoka sik’oyo, yo mwasi ya biyenga, oyo omesana kovanda na kimia mpe omilobelaka: « Ngai nde nazali, mosusu azali te. Nakotikala kokoma te mwasi akufisa mobali mpe nakotikala kokufisa bana te! »
And now, hear this, O luxurious one, Who is sitting confidently — Who is saying in her heart, 'I [am], and none else, I sit not a widow, nor know bereavement.'
9 Makambo mibale oyo ekokomela yo mbala moko mpe kaka na mokolo moko: kozanga bana mpe kokufisa mobali. Makambo oyo eleka ndelo nde ekokomela yo, ata kindoki na yo ezali makasi mpe bakisi na yo ezali na nguya.
And come in to thee do these two things, In a moment, in one day, childlessness and widowhood, According to their perfection they have come upon thee, In the multitude of thy sorceries, In the exceeding might of thy charms.
10 Otiaki elikya na makambo na yo ya mabe, olobaki: « Moto moko te azali komona ngai! » Bwanya mpe mayele na yo epengwisaki yo tango ozalaki komilobela: « Ngai nde nazali, mosusu azali te! »
And thou art confident in thy wickedness, Thou hast said, 'There is none seeing me,' Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, It is turning thee back, And thou sayest in thy heart, 'I [am], and none else.'
11 Pasi ekokomela yo, mpe okoyeba te ndenge ya kolongola yango; mikakatano ekokomela yo mpe okokoka komibatela te; libebi oyo oyebaki te ekokomela yo na pwasa.
And come in on thee hath evil, Thou knowest not its rising, And fall on thee doth mischief, Thou art not able to pacify it, And come on thee suddenly doth desolation, Thou knowest not.
12 Kangama kaka na bonganga mpe na kindoki na yo, oyo omonelaka pasi wuta bolenge na yo! Tango mosusu okozwela yango litomba, tango mosusu okokoka kobangisa bato.
Stand, I pray thee, in thy charms, And in the multitude of thy sorceries, In which thou hast laboured from thy youth, It may be thou art able to profit, It may be thou dost terrify!
13 Batoli nyonso oyo osili kozwa epai na bango elembisi yo nzoto! Tika ete bato ya soloka oyo bayekolaka bikelamu nyonso ya likolo: moyi, sanza, minzoto mpe biloko mosusu, mpe bayebisaka na ebandeli nyonso ya sanza makambo oyo ekoya, batelema wana mpe babikisa yo!
Thou hast been wearied in the multitude of thy counsels, Stand up, I pray thee, and save thee, Let the charmers of the heavens, Those looking on the stars, Those teaching concerning the months, From those things that come on thee!
14 Tala, bakozala solo lokola matiti ya kokawuka, matiti oyo moto ekotumba; bakokoka kobikisa ata milimo na bango moko te na nguya ya moto: Ekozala lisusu te lokola makala ya moto mpo na koyetola to moto mpo na kovanda zingazinga na yango.
Lo, they have been as stubble! Fire hath burned them, They deliver not themselves from the power of the flame, There is not a coal to warm them, a light to sit before it.
15 Ezali bongo nde bakokoma liboso na yo, bato nyonso oyo ozalaki komonela pasi, mpe bato oyo ozalaki kosala elongo na bango wuta bolenge na yo. Moko na moko na bango akoyengayenga na ngambo na ye, moko te akobikisa yo!
So have they been to thee with whom thou hast laboured, Thy merchants from thy youth, Each to his passage they have wandered, Thy saviour is not!
