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 said YHWH: “Where [is] this—the bill of your mother’s divorce, Whom I sent away? Or to which of My creditors have I sold you? Behold, you have been sold for your iniquities, And for your transgressions Your mother has been sent 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.
Why have I come, and there is no one? I called, and there is none answering, Has My hand been at all short of redemption? And is there not power in Me to deliver? Behold, by My rebuke I dry up a sea, I make rivers a wilderness, Their fish stink, for there is no water, And die with thirst.
3 Nalatisaka likolo elamba ya mwindo mpe nazipaka yango na bilamba ya saki. »
I clothe the heavens [with] blackness, And I make their covering sackcloth.”
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.
Lord YHWH has given to Me The tongue of taught ones, To know to aid the weary [by] a word, He awakens [Me] morning by morning, He awakens [My] ear to hear as taught ones.
5 Nkolo Yawe afungolaki ngai matoyi, mpe ngai natiaki moto makasi te; namizongisaki sima te.
Lord YHWH opened My ear, And I did not rebel—I did not move backward.
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 have given My back to those striking, And My cheeks to those plucking out, I did not hide 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.
And Lord YHWH gives help to Me, Therefore I have not been ashamed, Therefore I have set My face as a flint, And I know that I am not 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!
Near [is] He who is justifying Me, Who contends with Me? We stand together, who [is] My opponent? Let him come near to 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, Lord YHWH gives help to Me, Who [is] he that declares Me wicked? Behold, all of them wear out as a garment, A moth eats them.
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, fearing YHWH, Listening to the voice of His Servant, That has walked in dark places, And there is no brightness for him? Let him trust in the Name of YHWH, And lean on 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 you kindling a fire, girding on sparks, Walk in the light of your fire, And in the sparks you have caused to burn, This has been to you from My hand, You lie down in grief!”
