Ezayi 53
1 Nani andimaki makambo oyo tosakolaki? Mpe epai ya nani loboko na Yawe emonisamaki?
Has anyone believed our news? Who has the Lord shown his power to?
2 Pamba te akolaki liboso na Ye lokola nzete ya moke, lokola mosisa oyo ebimi na esobe; azalaki ata na kitoko to lokumu te oyo ekokaki kobenda miso na biso ete etala ye; lolenge na ye ezalaki ata na eloko moko te oyo ekokaki kosala ete tosepela na ye.
Like a young shoot he grew up before him, like a root growing up from dry ground. He had no beauty or glory to make us look at him; nothing about his appearance attracted us to him.
3 Bato batiolaki mpe basundolaki ye, ye moto na pasi, amesana konyokwama. Lokola moto oyo babwakeli soyi na elongi, atiolamaki, mpe tondimaki ye te.
People despised him and rejected him. He was a man who really suffered and who experienced the deepest pain. We treated him like someone you turn away from in disgust—we despised him and had no respect for him.
4 Solo, amemaki mokumba ya bokono na biso mpe alataki pasi na biso kati na nzoto na ye; kasi biso, tokanisaki ete Nzambe nde abetaki ye, apesaki ye etumbu mpe asambwisaki ye.
However, he was the one who carried our weaknesses, he was loaded down with our pain—but we assumed he was being hit, beaten, and humiliated by God.
5 Nzokande, bazokisaki ye bapota mpo na botomboki na biso, banyokolaki ye mpo na masumu na biso; etumbu oyo ememelaki biso kimia ekweyaki na nzoto na ye; mpe na nzela ya bapota na ye, biso tobikisami na bokono na biso.
But he was wounded because of our rebellious acts, he was crushed because of our guilt. He experienced the discipline that brings us peace, and his wounds heal us.
6 Biso nyonso, tozalaki koyengayenga lokola bana meme, moko na moko azalaki kolanda nzela na ye; bongo Yawe akweyisaki masumu na biso nyonso na nzoto na ye.
All of us have wandered off, just like sheep. Each of us has gone our own way, and the Lord allowed all our guilt to fall on him.
7 Banyokolaki ye mpe bamonisaki ye pasi, kasi atikalaki kofungola monoko na ye te lokola mpate oyo bazali komema na esika oyo babomelaka banyama, lokola meme liboso ya bato oyo bazali kolongola yango bapwale; akangaki monoko na ye.
He was persecuted and mistreated, but he didn't say anything. He was led like a lamb to be killed, and in the same way that a sheep about to be sheared is silent, he didn't say a word.
8 Babomaki ye na nzela ya minyoko mpe ya etumbu; kasi nani kati na bato ya tango na ye akokaki komitungisa na tina na ye? Pamba te balongolaki ye na mokili ya bato ya bomoi, babetaki ye likolo ya masumu ya bato na Ngai.
Through force and a death sentence he was killed—who cared what happened to him? He was executed, removed from the land of the living; he was killed because of my people's wickedness.
9 Bapesaki ye kunda kati na bato mabe, mpe kunda na ye ezalaki elongo na bazwi, atako asalaki likambo moko te ya mabe, mpe monoko na ye etikalaki koloba lokuta te.
They buried him as if he was someone evil, giving him a grave among the rich, even though he hadn't done anything wrong, and he hadn't told any lies.
10 Nzokande, ezalaki mokano na Yawe ete anyokwama na nzela ya pasi. Atako Yawe akomisaki bomoi na ye mbeka mpo na masumu, akomona bakitani na ye mpe mikolo na ye ekobakisama; bongo mokano na Yawe ekolongisama na loboko na ye.
However, it was the Lord's will for him to be crushed and to suffer, for when he gives his life as a guilt offering he will see his descendants, he will have a long life, and what the Lord wants will be achieved through him.
11 Sima na pasi ya molimo na ye, akomona pole ya bomoi mpe posa na ye ekokokisama. Na nzela ya boyebi na ye, Mosali na Ngai ya sembo akolongisa bato ebele mpe akomema masumu na bango.
After his suffering, he will see the results and be satisfied. Through his knowledge my servant who does what is right will set many right, and he will bear their sins.
12 Yango wana, nakopesa ye libula kati na bato minene, mpe akokabola bomengo ya bitumba elongo na bato ya makasi, pamba te akabaki bomoi na ye na kufa mpe amitikaki ete batanga ye na molongo ya babomi bato, pamba te amemaki masumu ya bato ebele mpe amikomisaki molobeli ya babuki mibeko.
That's why I'm going to grant him a place among the great, and give him the prize of the victorious, because he poured out his life in death and was counted as one of the rebels. He took on himself the sins of many and asked forgiveness for the rebels.
