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 says the LORD, "Where is the bill of your mother's divorce, with which I have put her away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Look, for your iniquities were you sold, and for your transgressions was 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.
Why, when I came, was there no man? When I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it can't redeem? or have I no power to deliver? Look, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the 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 has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him who is weary: he wakens morning by morning, he wakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.
5 Nkolo Yawe afungolaki ngai matoyi, mpe ngai natiaki moto makasi te; namizongisaki sima te.
The LORD has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away 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 gave my back to those who strike, and my cheeks to those who tore out my beard; I did not cover my face from insults 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 will help me; therefore I have not been confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be disappointed.
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 who justifies me; who will bring charges against me? Let us stand up together: who is my adversary? 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.
Look, the LORD will help me; who is he who shall condemn me? Look, all they shall wax 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 who fears the LORD, who listens to the voice of his servant? He who walks in darkness, and has no light, let him trust in the name of the LORD, and rely 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!
Look, all you who kindle a fire, who adorn yourselves with flaming arrows around yourselves; walk in the light of your fire, and among the flaming arrows that you have kindled. You shall have this of my hand; you shall lie down in sorrow.
