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 have come forth out of the waters of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but 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 they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; 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.
I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth from my mouth, and I showed them; I did them suddenly, 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, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
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! »
I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I showed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, My idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded 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, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I have showed ye new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them.
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. »
They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when 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.
Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thy ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.
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 my name’s sake will I defer my anger, and for my praise will I restrain it for thee, that I cut thee not off.
10 Tala, napetolaki yo, kasi ndenge bapetolaka palata na moto te; namekaki yo kati na moto ya minyoko.
Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace 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, even for my own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be profaned? and I will not give my glory to another.
12 Yoka Ngai, oh Jakobi, Isalaele, yo oyo nabengaki! Ngai, nabongwanaka te; nazalaka na ebandeli mpe na suka.
Hearken to me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; 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 spread out the heavens: when I call to them, they stand up 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.
All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; who among them hath declared these things? The LORD hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be 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; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.
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 to me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me.
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 saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God who teacheth thee to profit, who leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest 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;
O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness 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.
Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy body like its gravel; his name should not have been 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 ye forth from Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye, 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: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he split the rock also, and the waters gushed out.
22 Kasi Yawe alobaki: « Kimia ezali te mpo na bato mabe. »
There is no peace, saith the LORD, to the wicked.
