Ezayi 49
1 Boyoka ngai, bino bisanga; boyoka maloba oyo, bino bikolo oyo ezali mosika: Yawe abengaki ngai wuta na libumu ya mama na ngai, azalaki kolobela kombo na ngai wuta mbotama na ngai;
Listen to me, you islands; and attend, you Gentiles; after a long time it shall come to pass, says the Lord: from my mother's womb he has called my name:
2 akomisi monoko na ngai lokola mopanga ya minu makasi, abombi ngai na se ya elili ya loboko na Ye, akomisi ngai lokola tolotolo mpe abombi ngai kati na ebombelo batolotolo na Ye;
and he has made my mouth as a sharp sword, and he has hid me under the shadow of his hand; he has made me as a choice shaft, and he has hid me in his quiver;
3 alobaki na ngai: « Oh Isalaele, ozali mosali na ngai, nakomonisa nkembo na ngai na nzela na yo. »
and said to me, You are my servant, O Israel, and in you I will be glorified.
4 Kasi ngai, nalobaki: « Nabimisaki motoki na ngai se pamba, nasilisaki makasi na ngai na pamba mpe nazwaki litomba moko te. Nzokande, lifuti na ngai ezali na maboko ya Yawe, mpe litomba na ngai ezali epai ya Nzambe na ngai. »
Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have given my strength for vanity and for nothing: therefore is my judgment with the Lord, and my labor before my God.
5 Mpe sik’oyo, Yawe oyo asalaki ngai wuta na libumu ya mama na ngai mpo ete nazala mosali na Ye, mpo na kozongisa Jakobi epai na Ye mpe kosangisa Isalaele pene na Ye, pamba te nazali na lokumu na miso ya Yawe mpe Nzambe na ngai azali makasi na ngai,
And now, thus says the Lord that formed me from the womb to be his own servant, to gather Jacob to him and Israel. I shall be gathered and glorified before the Lord, and my God shall be my strength.
6 Ye, Yawe, alobi: « Ezali penza likambo moke mpo na yo kozala mosali na Ngai mpo na kotelemisa mabota ya Jakobi mpe kozongisa bana ya Isalaele oyo nabombaki. Mpe lisusu, nakokomisa yo pole mpo na bikolo mosusu mpo ete omema lobiko na Ngai kino na suka ya mokili. »
And he said to me, [It is] a great thing for you to be called my servant, to establish the tribes of Jacob, and to recover the dispersion of Israel: behold, I have given you for the covenant of a race, for a light of the Gentiles, that you should be for salvation to the end of the earth.
7 Tala liloba oyo Yawe, Mosikoli mpe Mosantu ya Isalaele, alobi epai na ye oyo atiolami mpe amonani lokola eloko pamba na miso ya ekolo, na miso ya mowumbu ya bakonzi mabe: « Bakonzi bakomona yo mpe bakotelema, bakambi bakomona yo mpe bakogumbama, likolo na Yawe oyo azali Sembo, Mosantu ya Isalaele, oyo aponaki yo. »
Thus says the Lord that delivered you, the God of Israel, Sanctify him that despises his life, him that is abhorred by the nations that are the servants of princes: kings shall behold him, and princes shall arise, and shall worship him, for the Lord's sake: for the Holy One of Israel is faithful, and I have chosen you.
8 Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: « Na tango ya malamu, nakoyanola yo; mpe na mokolo ya lobiko, nakosunga yo; nakobatela yo mpe nakotombola yo mpo ete osala boyokani elongo na bato, osala ete mokili etombwama mpe ozongisela yango libula na yango oyo ebebisamaki;
Thus says the Lord, In an acceptable time have I heard you, and in a day of salvation have I succored you: and I have formed you, and given you for a covenant of the nations, to establish the earth, and to cause to inherit the desert heritages:
9 mpo ete oloba na bakangami: ‹ Bobima, › mpe na bato oyo bazali kati na molili: ‹ Bokoma bansomi! › Boye bakozala lokola bibwele oyo ezali kolia matiti pene ya nzela, mpe bakozwa bilei na bangomba nyonso oyo ebotaka matiti te.
saying to them that are in bonds, Go forth; and [bidding] them that are in darkness show themselves. They shall be fed in all the ways, and in all the paths [shall be] their pasture.
10 Bakoyoka lisusu nzala te mpe posa ya mayi te; molunge ya esobe to moyi makasi ekomonisa bango pasi te, pamba te Ye oyo alingaka bango akolakisa bango nzela mpe akomema bango pene ya miluka.
They shall not hunger, neither shall they thirst; neither shall the heat nor the sun strike them; but he that has mercy on them shall comfort [them], and by fountains of waters shall he lead them.
11 Nakobongola bangomba na Ngai nyonso nzela, mpe nakokunda mabulu ya banzela na Ngai ya minene.
And I will make every mountain a way, and every path a pasture to them.
12 Tala, bakowuta penza mosika, ndambo moko na ngambo ya nor, ndambo mosusu na ngambo ya weste, mpe ndambo mosusu na etuka ya Sinimi. »
Behold, these shall come from far: [and] these from the north and the west, and others from the land of the Persians.
13 Oh likolo, ganga na esengo! Oh mabele, sepela! Oh bangomba, boyemba banzembo! Pamba te Yawe abondisi bato na Ye mpe ayokeli mawa bato oyo banyokwamaki.
Rejoice, you heavens; and let the earth be glad: let the mountains break forth [with] joy; for the Lard has had mercy on his people, and has comforted the lowly ones of his people.
14 Kasi Siona alobaki: « Yawe asundoli ngai, Nkolo na ngai abosani ngai! »
But Sion said, The Lord has forsaken me, and, The Lord has forgotten me.
15 Boni, mama akoki solo kobosana bebe na ye oyo azali komelisa mabele, to kozanga bolingo epai ya mwana oyo ye aboti? Ata soki akoki kobosana, ngai nakoki kobosana yo te!
Will a woman forget her child, so as not to have compassion upon the offspring of her womb? but if a woman should even forget these, yet I will not forget you, says the Lord.
16 Tala, nakoma yo na matandu ya maboko na ngai; bamir na yo ya makasi ezalaka tango nyonso liboso na ngai.
Behold, I have painted your walls on my hands, and you are continually before me.
17 Bana na yo bakozonga na lombangu, kasi babebisi na yo bakokende mosika na yo.
And you shall soon be built by those by whom you were destroyed, and they that made you desolate shall go forth of you.
18 Tombola miso na yo mpe tala na zingazinga: bana na yo nyonso basangani mpe bazali koya epai na yo. Nalapi ndayi na Kombo na Ngai, elobi Yawe, ete bakozala mpo na yo lokola babiju ya talo, mpe okolata bango lokola mokaba ya mwasi mobandami na libala.
Lift up your eyes round about, and look on them all; behold, they are gathered together, and are come to you. [As] I live, says the Lord, you shall clothe yourself with them all as with an ornament, and put them on as a bride her attire.
19 Ata soki mokili na yo ekomaki lokola mipiku ya mabanga, bongo ebebisamaki mpe etikalaki lisusu na bato te; sik’oyo, ekokoma moke mpo na bato na yo, mpe bato oyo bazalaki komonisa yo pasi bakozala mosika na yo.
For your desert and marred and ruined [places] shall now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that devoured you shall be removed far from you.
20 Okanisaki ete ozangaki bana, kasi okoyoka bango koloba na matoyi na yo: « Esika oyo ezali penza moke mpo na biso; pesa biso esika oyo eleki monene mpo ete tokoka kovanda. »
For your sons whom you have lost shall say in your ears, The place [is too] narrow for me: make room for me that I may dwell.
21 Boye, okomilobela na motema: « Nani abotelaki ngai bana nyonso oyo? Nazangaki bana mpe nazalaki kobota te, nazalaki mowumbu mpe moto basundola. Bongo nani abokolaki bango? Natikalaki kaka ngai moko, bongo bana oyo bawuti wapi? »
And you shall say in your heart, Who has begotten me these? whereas I [was] childless, and a widow; but who has brought up these for me? and I was left alone; but whence came these to me?
22 Tala liloba oyo Nkolo Yawe alobi: « Tala, nakotombola loboko na Ngai liboso ya bikolo, nakotelemisa bendele na Ngai liboso ya bato; bakomema bana na yo ya mibali na maboko na bango mpe oyo ya basi, na mapeka na bango.
Thus says the Lord, [even] the Lord, Behold, I lift up mine hand to the nations, and I will lift up my signal to the islands: and they shall bring your sons in [their] bosom, and shall bear your daughters on [their] shoulders.
23 Bakonzi bakozala batata babokoli na yo, mpe basi na bango, basungi na yo; bakofukama liboso na yo na bilongi etala na mabele, bakolembola putulu ya makolo na yo. Boye, okoyeba solo ete Ngai, nazali Yawe; ete bato oyo batielaka Ngai motema bayokisamaka soni te. »
And kings shall be your nursing fathers, and their princesses your nurses, they shall bow down to you on the face of the earth, and shall lick the dust of your feet; and you shall know that I am the Lord, and they that wait on me shall not be ashamed.
24 Boni, bakoki solo kobotola bomengo ya bitumba na maboko ya basoda ya mpiko to kokangola mokangami wuta na maboko ya monyokoli na ye?
Will any one take spoils from a giant? and if one should take [a man] captive unjustly, shall he be delivered?
25 Kasi tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: « Solo, mokangami akokangolama na maboko ya basoda ya mpiko, mpe bomengo ya bitumba ekokangolama na maboko ya monyokoli. Nakotelemela bato oyo bakotelemela yo, mpe nakobikisa bana na yo.
For thus says the Lord, If one should take a giant captive, he shall take spoils, and he who takes [them] from a mighty [man] shall be delivered: for I will plead your cause, and I will deliver your children.
26 Nakosala ete banyokoli na yo balia misuni na bango moko; bakolangwa makila na bango moko ndenge balangwaka masanga ya vino. Boye, moto nyonso akoyeba ete Ngai Yawe, nazali Mobikisi na yo, Mosikoli na yo, Elombe ya Jakobi. »
And they that afflicted you shall eat their own flesh; and they shall drink their own blood as new wine, and shall be drunken: and all flesh shall perceive that I am the Lord that delivers you, and that upholds the strength of Jacob.
