Ezayi 50
1 Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: « Wapi mokanda ya koboma libala oyo Ngai nabenganelaki mama na bino? To natekaki bino epai ya nani oyo Ngai nazalaki na niongo na ye? Botekamaki mpo na masumu na bino; mpe libala ya mama na bino ekufaki mpo na botomboki na bino.
Thus saith Jehovah: Where is the bill of your mother's divorce, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, through your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.
2 Mpo na nini moto azalaki te tango nayaki? Mpo na nini moto apesaki eyano te tango nabengaki? Loboko na Ngai ezalaki mokuse mpo na kosikola bino? Nazangaki solo makasi mpo na kokangola bino? Na pamela na Ngai, nakawusaka ebale monene, nakomisaka bibale esobe; mbisi na yango ekomaka kolumba solo mpo ete mayi ezali te mpe ekufaka na posa ya mayi.
Wherefore did I come, and there was no man? I called, and there was none to answer? Is my hand at all shortened that I cannot redeem, or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make rivers a wilderness; their fish stink because there is no water, and die for thirst.
3 Nalatisaka likolo elamba ya mwindo mpe nazipaka yango na bilamba ya saki. »
I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.
4 Nkolo Yawe apesaki ngai maloba ya bayekoli, mpo ete nakoka kolendisa na nzela ya liloba moto oyo alembi; alamusaka ngai tongo nyonso, alamusaka litoyi na ngai mpo ete nayoka lokola moyekoli.
The Lord Jehovah hath given me the tongue of the instructed, that I should know how to succour by a word him that is weary. He wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the instructed.
5 Nkolo Yawe afungolaki ngai matoyi, mpe ngai natiaki moto makasi te; namizongisaki sima te.
The Lord Jehovah hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious; I turned not away back.
6 Napesaki mokongo na ngai epai ya bato oyo bazalaki kobeta ngai, matama na ngai, epai ya bato oyo bazalaki kopikola ngai mandefu. Nabombaki elongi na ngai te na kotiolama mpe na basoyi.
I gave my back to smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair; I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
7 Lokola Nkolo Yawe asungaka ngai, nakoyokisama soni te. Yango wana, nakomisi elongi na ngai makasi lokola libanga, mpe nayebi ete nakoyokisama soni te.
But the Lord Jehovah will help me: therefore shall I not be confounded; therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.
8 Ye oyo alongisaka ngai azali pene, nani akokoka kotelemela bosembo na ngai? Tika ete tosamba elongo! Nani akofunda ngai ete tosamba na ye? Tika ete apusana pene na ngai!
He is near that justifieth me: who will contend with me? let us stand together; who is mine adverse party? let him draw near unto me.
9 Ezali Nkolo Yawe nde asungaka ngai; nani akolonga ngai na esambiselo? Tala, bango nyonso bakokweya lokola bilamba ya kala oyo ebeba, bongo nseka ekolia bango.
Behold, the Lord Jehovah will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? Behold, they all shall grow old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.
10 Ezali na moto kati na bino oyo atosaka Yawe mpe ayokaka mongongo ya Mowumbu na Ye, bongo atambola kati na molili mpe atikala komona pole te? Tika ete atia elikya na ye kati na Kombo na Yawe mpe atalela Nzambe na ye.
Who is among you that feareth Jehovah, that hearkeneth to the voice of his servant? he that walketh in darkness, and hath no light, — let him confide in the name of Jehovah, and stay himself upon his God.
11 Kasi sik’oyo, bino nyonso oyo bopelisi moto mpe bosimbi bakoni oyo ezali kopela moto, bokende, botambola na pole ya moto na bino mpe ya bakoni oyo bopelisi. Tala oyo bokozwa na maboko na ngai: Bokokufa na pasi!
Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and among the sparks [that] ye have kindled. This shall ye have of my hand: ye shall lie down in sorrow.
