Ezayi 51
1 « Boyoka ngai, bino bato oyo bolukaka bosembo mpe bolukaka Yawe! Botala libanga epai wapi bosalemaki, mpe libulu epai wapi bobendamaki.
Give ear to me, you who are searching for righteousness, who are looking for the Lord: see the rock from which you were cut out, and the hole out of which you were taken.
2 Botala Abrayami, tata na bino; mpe Sara oyo abotaki bino. Tango nabengaki ye, azalaki kaka ye moko; napambolaki ye mpe nakomisaki ye tata ya bato ebele!
Let your thoughts be turned to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who gave you birth: for when he was but one, my voice came to him, and I gave him my blessing, and made him a great people.
3 Solo, Yawe akobondisa Siona mpe akotala na liso ya ngolu bisika nyonso ya Siona oyo ebeba; akokomisa esobe na yango lokola Edeni, bisika na yango ekawuka, lokola elanga ya Yawe. Esengo mpe kosepela nde ekomonana kuna, matondi mpe mongongo ya banzembo.
For the Lord has given comfort to Zion: he has made glad all her broken walls; making her waste places like Eden, and changing her dry land into the garden of the Lord; joy and delight will be there, praise and the sound of melody.
4 Oh bato na ngai, boyoka ngai! Bino, ekolo na ngai, boyoka ngai malamu: Mpo ete Mobeko ekobimela epai na ngai, lolenge na ngai ya kokata makambo ekoyeisa pole na bikolo.
Give attention to me, O my people; and give ear to me, O my nation; for teaching will go out from me, and the knowledge of the true God will be a light to the peoples.
5 Bosembo na ngai ezali pene, lobiko na ngai ebimi na lombangu, mpe maboko na ngai ekosambisa bikolo. Bisanga ekotalela ngai, ekozala na elikya na nguya ya loboko na ngai.
Suddenly will my righteousness come near, and my salvation will be shining out like the light; the sea-lands will be waiting for me, and they will put their hope in my strong arm.
6 Botombola miso na bino na likolo, botala na se, na mabele; likolo ekolimwa lokola milinga, mabele ekonuna lokola elamba, mpe bavandi na yango bakokufa lokola banzinzi. Kasi lobiko na ngai ekowumela seko na seko, bosembo na ngai ekotikala kokweya mokolo moko te.
Let your eyes be lifted up to the heavens, and turned to the earth which is under them: for the heavens will go in flight like smoke, and the earth will become old like a coat, and its people will come to destruction like insects: but my salvation will be for ever, and my righteousness will not come to an end.
7 Boyoka ngai, bino bato oyo boyebi bosembo, bino bato oyo bozali na Mobeko na ngai kati na mitema na bino: Bobanga te lolenge bato bakotiola bino to bozala na somo ya mangungu na bango te.
Give ear to me, you who have knowledge of righteousness, in whose heart is my law; have no fear of the evil words of men, and give no thought to their curses.
8 Pamba te nseka ekolia bango lokola elamba, mpe bampese ekolia bango lokola elamba basala na bapwale ya meme; kasi bosembo na ngai ekowumela seko na seko, mpe lobiko na ngai, bileko na bileko. »
For like a coat they will be food for the insect, the worm will make a meal of them like wool: but my righteousness will be for ever, and my salvation to all generations.
9 Oh loboko na Yawe, lamuka, lamuka! Lata makasi! Lamuka, lokola na mikolo ya kala, na bileko oyo eleka kala! Ezali Yo te oyo okataki-kataki Raabi, oyo obomaki dalagona?
Awake! awake! put on strength, O arm of the Lord, awake! as in the old days, in the generations long past. Was it not by you that Rahab was cut in two, and the dragon Wounded?
10 Ezali Yo te oyo okawusaki ebale monene, mayi oyo ya mozindo makasi? Ezali Yo te oyo opasolaki nzela kati na ebale monene mpo ete basikolami na Yo bakoka kokatisa?
Did you not make the sea dry, the waters of the great deep? did you not make the deep waters of the sea a way for the Lord's people to go through?
11 Boye, bato oyo Yawe akangoli bakozonga, bakokota kati na Siona na banzembo ya esengo; esengo ya libela na libela ekozala lokola motole na mito na bango; bakotondisama na esengo mpe na kosepela, bongo pasi mpe minyoko ekokima mosika na bango.
Those whom the Lord has made free will come back with songs to Zion; and on their heads will be eternal joy: delight and joy will be theirs, and sorrow and sounds of grief will be gone for ever.
12 « Ezali Ngai, Ngai nde nabondisaka bino. Ozali nani mpo ete obanga moto oyo akokufa, mwana na moto oyo azali kaka lokola matiti?
I, even I, am your comforter: are you so poor in heart as to be in fear of man who will come to an end, and of the son of man who will be like grass?
13 Ozali mpe kobosana Yawe, Mokeli na Yo, oyo atandaki likolo ndenge batandaka liputa mpe atongaki miboko ya mabele, mpo ete okoma kobika mikolo nyonso na kobanga liboso ya kanda ya banyokoli oyo babongisami mpo na kobebisama? Pamba te, wapi kanda ya banyokoli?
And you have given no thought to the Lord your Maker, by whom the heavens were stretched out, and the earth placed on its base; and you went all day in fear of the wrath of the cruel one, when he was making ready for your destruction. And where is the wrath of the cruel one?
14 Etikali kaka moke, bakangami bakozwa bonsomi, bakokufa lisusu te kati na boloko na bango mpe bakozanga lisusu bilei te.
The prisoner, bent under his chain, will quickly be made free, and will not go down into the underworld, and his bread will not come to an end.
15 Nazali Yawe, Nzambe na Yo, oyo aningisaka ebale monene mpo ete mbonge na yango etomboka. Kombo na Ye ezali ‹ Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga. ›
For I am the Lord your God, who makes the sea calm when its waves are thundering: the Lord of armies is his name.
16 Natiaki maloba na Ngai na monoko na yo, mpe nazipi yo na elili ya loboko na ngai; nazali Ye oyo atiaki likolo na esika na yango, oyo atongaki miboko ya mabele mpe oyo alobaki na Siona: ‹ Bozali bato na Ngai! › »
And I have put my words in your mouth, covering you with the shade of my hand, stretching out the heavens, and placing the earth on its base, and saying to Zion, You are my people.
17 Lamuka, lamuka! Telema, Yelusalemi, yo oyo omelaki, wuta na loboko ya Yawe, kopo ya kanda na Ye; yo oyo omelaki mpe osilisaki kino na suka kopo oyo epesaka bato kizunguzungu.
Awake! awake! up! O Jerusalem, you who have taken from the Lord's hand the cup of his wrath; tasting in full measure the wine which overcomes.
18 Kati na bana nyonso oyo abotaki, Ezali na mwana moko te oyo azali kolakisa ye nzela; kati na bana oyo abokolaki, moko te azali kosimba ye na loboko.
She has no one among all her children to be her guide; not one of the sons she has taken care of takes her by the hand.
19 Makama mibale oyo ekomeli yo, nani akoki kolendisa yo: Mokili na yo ekomi mipiku ya mabanga mpe ebebisami, nzala makasi mpe mopanga, nani akobondisa yo?
These two things have come on you; who will be weeping for you? wasting and destruction; death from need of food, and from the sword; how may you be comforted?
20 Bana na yo balembi, balali-lali na babalabala nyonso lokola mboloko oyo ekangami na motambo; kanda ya Yawe mpe pamela ya Nzambe na yo nde ebuki-buki bango lolenge wana.
Your sons are overcome, like a roe in a net; they are full of the wrath of the Lord, the punishment of your God.
21 Yango wana, yo oyo basambwisi, yo oyo olangwe, kasi na masanga ya vino te, yoka makambo oyo:
So now give ear to this, you who are troubled and overcome, but not with wine:
22 Tala liloba oyo Nkolo Yawe, Nzambe na yo, oyo abundelaka bato na Ye, alobi: « Tala, nalongoli kopo ya kizunguzungu, kopo ya kanda na Ngai, na loboko na yo, okomela yango lisusu te.
This is the word of the Lord your master, even your God who takes up the cause of his people: See, I have taken out of your hand the cup which overcomes, even the cup of my wrath; it will not again be given to you:
23 Nakotia yango na loboko ya banyokoli na yo, oyo balobaki na yo: ‹ Lala na se mpo ete totambola likolo na yo! › Mpe okomisaki mokongo na yo lokola nzela, lokola balabala mpo ete batambola likolo na yo. »
And I will put it into the hand of your cruel masters, and of those whose yoke has been hard on you; who have said to your soul, Down on your face! so that we may go over you: and you have given your backs like the earth, even like the street, for them to go over.
