Ezayi 48
1 Boyoka makambo oyo, oh ndako ya Jakobi, bino oyo bobengamaka na kombo ya Isalaele, bino oyo bobimi na libota ya Yuda, bino oyo bolapaka ndayi na Kombo na Yawe mpe bobelelaka Kombo ya Nzambe ya Isalaele, kasi na bosolo te mpe na bosembo te!
Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the spring of Judah, who swear by the name of the Lord, and make mention of the God of Israel, —not in truth, nor in righteousness.
2 Bino oyo bomibengaka « Bato ya engumba mosantu » mpe bolukaka lisungi epai ya Nzambe ya Isalaele, oyo Kombo na Ye ezali « Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga. »
For of the holy city they call themselves, and upon the God of Israel they stay themselves, —The Lord of hosts is his name.
3 Nasakolaki makambo ya liboso wuta kala, monoko na ngai nde ebimisaki yango mpe nasalaki ete eyebana; nasalaki yango na pwasa mpe ekokisamaki.
The former things have I declared from the beginning; and out of my mouth went they forth, and I announced them: suddenly did I accomplish them, and they came to pass;
4 Pamba te nayebaki ndenge nini bozalaka bato ya mito makasi, bato oyo bazalaka na kingo lokola ebende mpe oyo mbunzu na bango ezalaka lokola bronze.
Because I knew that thou art obstinate, that like an iron sinew is thy neck, and thy brow of copper;
5 Yango wana, nalobaki na yo makambo oyo wuta kala, nayebisaki yo yango liboso ete ekokisama mpo oloba te: « Nzambe na ngai ya ekeko nde asali yango, elilingi na ngai ya nzete mpe ya ebende nde apesaki mitindo ete esalema! »
And I declared it to thee from the beginning; before yet it came to pass did I let thee hear it: lest thou should say, My idol hath done these things, and my graven image, and my molten image, have ordained them.
6 Boyokaki makambo oyo! Botala, yango nyonso ekokisami. Boni, bokondima yango kaka te? Wuta sik’oyo, nakoyebisa yo makambo ya sika, makambo oyo ebombama, makambo oyo oyebi nanu te.
Thou hast heard it; see it all now; and you—will you not declare it? I caused thee to hear new things, from this time, even hidden things which thou hadst not known.
7 Ekelami nde sik’oyo, ezali makambo ya kala te, oyoka nanu yango te, liboso ya mokolo ya lelo. Boye, okoki koloba te: « Solo, nayoka sango na yango. »
Now are they created, and not from the beginning; and before the day [that I announced them] thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.
8 Solo, oyoka yango nanu te mpe oyebi yango te; wuta kala, litoyi na yo ezalaka ya kokangama. Solo, nayebi ete ozalaka mokosi; babengaka yo motomboki wuta na libumu ya mama na yo.
But neither hadst thou heard it; nor didst thou know; nor had in ancient times thy ear been opened; for I knew that thou wouldst deal very treacherously, and a transgressor wast thou called from thy birth.
9 Mpo na lokumu ya Kombo na Ngai, nakolembisa kanda ya motema na Ngai; mpo na lokumu na Ngai, nakozongisa motema na Ngai sima mpo na yo. Yango wana, nakoboma yo te.
For the sake of my name will I defer my anger, and because of my praise will I restrain it toward thee, so that I may not cut thee off.
10 Tala, napetolaki yo, kasi ndenge bapetolaka palata na moto te; namekaki yo kati na moto ya minyoko.
Behold, I have refined thee, though not into silver: I have approved thee in the crucible of affliction.
11 Nasali yango kaka mpo na lokumu na Ngai, mpo na lokumu na Ngai moko. Ndenge nini nakoki solo komisambwisa Ngai moko? Nakokaba nkembo na Ngai na nzambe mosusu te.
For my own sake will I do it: for how would [my name] be dishonored? and my glory will I not give unto another.
12 Yoka Ngai, oh Jakobi, Isalaele, yo oyo nabengaki! Ngai, nabongwanaka te; nazalaka na ebandeli mpe na suka.
Hearken unto me, O Jacob, and Israel, my called one; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
13 Loboko na Ngai moko nde esalaki miboko ya mabele, mpe loboko na Ngai ya mobali nde etandaki likolo. Soki nabengi yango, yango nyonso etelemaka elongo.
My hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned out the heavens: I call unto them, they stand forward together.
14 Bino nyonso, boya elongo mpe boyoka: Nzambe nini ya ekeko asakolaki makambo oyo? Moto oyo Yawe alingaka akokokisa mokano na Ye mpo na Babiloni, mpe loboko na ye ekotelemela bato ya Babiloni.
Assemble yourselves, all of you, and hear: Who among them hath told these things? He whom the Lord loveth, will do his pleasure on Babylon, and [display] his arm [on] the Chaldeans.
15 Ezali Ngai, solo ezali Ngai nde nalobi mpe nabengi ye; nakoyeisa ye, mpe akolonga na makambo na ye.
I, even I, have spoken it, I have also called him: I have brought him, and he shall be prosperous on his way.
16 Bopusana pene na Ngai mpe boyoka likambo oyo: « Wuta na ebandeli, nalobaka na nkuku te; wuta tango makambo oyo esalema, nazali wana. » Mpe sik’oyo, Nkolo Yawe atindi Ngai elongo na Molimo na Ye.
Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; never from the beginning have I spoken in secret; from the time that it occurred, was I there. And now the Lord Eternal hath sent me, and his Spirit.
17 Tala liloba oyo Yawe, Mosikoli na yo, Mosantu ya Isalaele, alobi: « Nazali Yawe, Nzambe na yo, oyo ateyaka yo makambo ya malamu mpo na bolamu na yo; oyo atambolisaka yo na nzela oyo osengeli kolanda.
Thus hath said the Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, I am the Lord thy God who teach thee for thy profit, who lead thee by the way thou shouldst go.
18 Oh! Soki osalaki penza keba na mibeko na Ngai, kimia na yo elingaki kozala lokola ebale, mpe bosembo na yo, lokola mbonge ya ebale monene;
Oh that thou hadst but listened to my commandments! then would have been as a river thy peace, and thy prosperity as the waves of the sea:
19 bakitani na yo balingaki kozala lokola zelo, bana na yo, lokola motango ya mbuma ya zelo; kombo na bango elingaki kolongwa te to kobebisama te liboso na Ngai.
And then would have been as the sand thy seed, and the offspring of thy body like the pebbles of the sea-shore; yet shall his name not be cut off nor destroyed from before me.
20 Bobima na Babiloni, bokima wuta na bato ya Babiloni! Boloba yango na makelele ya esengo mpe botatola yango; bopanza sango na yango kino na suka ya mokili; boloba: ‹ Yawe asikoli Jakobi, mosali na Ye. › »
Go forth out of Babylon, flee away from the Chaldeans, with the voice of singing declare, announce this, carry it forth as far as the end of the earth; say, The Lord hath redeemed his servant Jacob.
21 Bayokaki posa ya mayi te tango azalaki kotambolisa bango na esobe, abimisaki mayi na libanga mpo na bango, abukaki libanga mpe mayi ebimaki.
And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts; waters out of the rock he let drop down for them: and he cleaved the rock, and the waters gushed out.
22 Kasi Yawe alobaki: « Kimia ezali te mpo na bato mabe. »
There is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked.
