Ezayi 51
1 « Boyoka ngai, bino bato oyo bolukaka bosembo mpe bolukaka Yawe! Botala libanga epai wapi bosalemaki, mpe libulu epai wapi bobendamaki.
Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look to the rock [whence] ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit [whence] ye are digged.
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!
Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah [that] bore you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.
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 will comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice 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.
Hearken to me, my people; and give ear to me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people.
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.
My righteousness [is] near; my salvation is gone forth, and my arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on my arm shall they trust.
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.
Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall become old like a garment, and its inhabitants shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
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.
Hearken to me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart [is] my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.
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 the moth shall eat them like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.
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 thy strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. [Art] thou not that which hath cut Rahab, [and] wounded the dragon?
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?
[Art] thou not that which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?
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.
Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing to Zion; and everlasting joy [shall be] upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; sorrow and mourning shall flee away.
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] he that comforteth you: who [art] thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man [that] shall die, and of the son of man [who] shall be made [as] 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 forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where [is] the fury of the oppressor?
14 Etikali kaka moke, bakangami bakozwa bonsomi, bakokufa lisusu te kati na boloko na bango mpe bakozanga lisusu bilei te.
The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.
15 Nazali Yawe, Nzambe na Yo, oyo aningisaka ebale monene mpo ete mbonge na yango etomboka. Kombo na Ye ezali ‹ Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga. ›
But I [am] the LORD thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The LORD of hosts [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 thy mouth, and have covered thee in the shade of my hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say to Zion, Thou [art] 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, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drank at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drank the dregs of the cup of trembling, [and] wrung [them] out.
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.
[There is] none to guide her among all the sons [whom] she hath brought forth; neither [is there any] that taketh her by the hand of all the sons [that] she hath brought up.
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 to thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?
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.
Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God.
21 Yango wana, yo oyo basambwisi, yo oyo olangwe, kasi na masanga ya vino te, yoka makambo oyo:
Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, 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.
Thus saith thy Lord Jehovah, and thy God [that] pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thy hand the cup of trembling, [even] the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again:
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. »
But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; who have said to thy soul, Prostrate thyself, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.
