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!
[Yahweh says], “You descendants [MTY] of Jacob, who are [also] descendants of Judah and are now called [the people of] Israel, Listen to me! You make solemn promises using my name, Yahweh, and you request that I, the God to whom you Israeli people belong, [will hear you], but you do not do it sincerely.
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. »
You say that you live in the holy city [of Jerusalem], and [you insincerely say] that you are relying on me, the God to whom you [people of] Israel belong, the one who is the Commander of the armies of angels.
3 Nasakolaki makambo ya liboso wuta kala, monoko na ngai nde ebimisaki yango mpe nasalaki ete eyebana; nasalaki yango na pwasa mpe ekokisamaki.
Long ago I [MTY] predicted what would happen [DOU]. And then suddenly, I caused those things to happen.
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.
I knew that you people are very stubborn; I knew that your heads are [MET] [as hard as] iron or brass [DOU].
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! »
That is why I told you those things long ago. Long before they occurred, I announced that they would occur, in order that [when they happened] you could not say ‘Our idols did it; our statue made of wood and our idol made of metal caused them to happen.’
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.
You have heard those things [that I predicted] and now you have seen that they have all occurred, so why do you not admit it [RHQ]? Now I will tell you new things, things that you have not known previously.
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. »
I am causing them to happen now; they are not things I did long ago. So you cannot say, ‘We already knew about those things.’
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.
[I will tell you about] things that you have never heard about or understood before. Even long ago you did not pay attention to me [IDM]. I know that you act very deceitfully/treacherously; you have rebelled against me since you first became a nation [MTY].
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.
But, for my own sake, in order that I will be honored, I will not punish [MTY] you immediately and I will not completely get rid of you.
10 Tala, napetolaki yo, kasi ndenge bapetolaka palata na moto te; namekaki yo kati na moto ya minyoko.
I have purified you, but not the way [people refine] silver. Instead, I have caused you to suffer very much [to get rid of your impure behavior], like [MET] [people put metal in a very hot] furnace [to get rid of the impurities].
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.
But for my [MTY] own sake I will delay punishing you more; I will do it for my own sake in order that my reputation will not be damaged [RHQ]. I will not allow any [person or any idol] to be honored as I [deserve to be] honored.”
12 Yoka Ngai, oh Jakobi, Isalaele, yo oyo nabengaki! Ngai, nabongwanaka te; nazalaka na ebandeli mpe na suka.
“You descendants [MTY] of Jacob, you people of Israel whom I have chosen, listen to me! [Only] I am God; I am the one who begins everything and who causes everything to end.
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.
I [SYN] am the one who laid the foundation of the earth. I stretched out the sky with my hand. And when I tell [the stars] to appear, they all do what I tell them.
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.
All of you, gather together and listen to me. None of your idols has [RHQ] told this to you: I, Yahweh, have chosen [Cyrus] to assist me, and he will do to Babylon what I want him to do, and his army will get rid of [the army of] Babylonia.
15 Ezali Ngai, solo ezali Ngai nde nalobi mpe nabengi ye; nakoyeisa ye, mpe akolonga na makambo na ye.
I have said it; I have summoned [Cyrus]. I have appointed him, and he will accomplish everything that he attempts to do.
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 close to me and listen to what I say. Long ago [MTY] I told you plainly/clearly [LIT] [what would happen], and when those things occurred, I was [causing them to happen].” And now Yahweh the Lord and his Spirit have sent me [to give you a message].
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.
This is what Yahweh, the one who saves you, the Holy God of [us] Israelis, says: “I am Yahweh, your God; I teach you what is important for you [to know]; I direct you and lead you to the roads that you should walk on [MET].
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;
I wish that you had paid attention to my commands! If you had done that, things would have gone well for you like [SIM] a river that flows gently; you would have been successful again and again, like [SIM] waves that come without ceasing.
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.
Your descendants would have been [as many as] [MET] the grains of sand [on the seashore] [which no one can count]. I would not have needed to get rid of you; the country of [MTY] [Israel] would not have been destroyed.”
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. › »
[However, now I tell you], leave Babylon! Flee from [being slaves of the people of] Babylonia! Proclaim this message joyfully; send it to the most remote/distant places on the earth: Yahweh freed the people of Israel [from being slaves in Egypt].
21 Bayokaki posa ya mayi te tango azalaki kotambolisa bango na esobe, abimisaki mayi na libanga mpo na bango, abukaki libanga mpe mayi ebimaki.
They were not thirsty when he led them through the desert, because he split open the rock and caused water to gush/flow out for them [to drink].
22 Kasi Yawe alobaki: « Kimia ezali te mpo na bato mabe. »
“But things will not go well [like that] for wicked people,” says Yahweh.
