Ezayi 58
1 « Ganga na mongongo makasi, kotika te! Matisa mongongo na yo lokola kelelo, yebisa bato na Ngai botomboki na bango, mpe lakisa libota ya Jakobi masumu na ye.
“Call with the throat, do not restrain, lift up your voice as a horn, And declare to My people their transgression, And to the house of Jacob their sins;
2 Pamba te mokolo na mokolo, balukaka Ngai, basalaka lokola bato bazali na esengo ya koyeba nzela na Ngai, lokola ekolo oyo esalaka makambo ya sembo mpe esundolaka te mibeko ya Nzambe na bango; basengaka Ngai mikano ya sembo, mpe basalaka lokola bato bazali na esengo ya kozala pene ya Nzambe;
They seek Me day by day, And they desire the knowledge of My ways, As a nation that has done righteousness, And has not forsaken the judgment of its God, They ask of Me judgments of righteousness, They desire the drawing near of God:
3 balobaka: ‹ Mpo na nini tokila bilei, soki ozali komona na Yo yango te? Mpo na nini tomikitisa, soki ozali koyeba na yo yango te? › Nzokande, na mokolo na bino ya kokila bilei, bozali kosala makambo oyo bolingi mpe bozali konyokola basali na bino nyonso.
Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? We have afflicted our soul, and You do not know. Behold, you find pleasure in the day of your fast, And exact all your laborers.
4 Kokila bilei na bino ezali kosuka na koswana mpe na bitumba, bozali kobetana makofi na kanda nyonso; bozali kokila bilei te ndenge esengeli kozala na mokolo oyo bozali kozela ete mongongo na bino eyokana na likolo.
Behold, you fast for strife and debate, And to strike with the fist of wickedness, You do not fast as [this] day, To sound your voice in the high place.
5 Boni, ezali penza kokila bilei oyo Ngai nalingaka, mokolo oyo moto amikitisaka penza ye moko? Boni, ezali kaka kogumba moto lokola nzete oyo ebotaka na mayi, kolata bilamba ya saki mpe kolala na putulu? Ezali yango nde bino bozali kobenga kokila bilei, mokolo oyo Yawe alingaka?
Is this like the fast that I choose? The day of a man’s afflicting his soul? To bow his head as a reed, And spread out sackcloth and ashes? Do you call this a fast, And a desirable day—to YHWH?
6 Tala lolenge ya kokila bilei oyo Ngai nalingaka: kokata minyololo ya masumu, kofungola basinga ya ekangiseli, kopesa bonsomi na mowumbu mpe kobuka ekangiseli nyonso.
Is this not the fast that I chose—To loose the bands of wickedness, To shake off the burdens of the yoke, And to send out the oppressed free, And draw off every yoke?
7 Boni, ezali te kokabola bilei na yo na moto oyo azali na nzala? Ezali te koyamba kati na ndako na yo, mobola oyo azali koyengayenga? Ezali te kolatisa moto oyo azali bolumbu mpe koboya kopesa mokongo na ndeko na yo?
Is it not to deal your bread to the hungry, And bring home the wandering poor, That you see the naked and cover him, And do not hide yourself from your own flesh?
8 Bongo, pole na yo ekongenga lokola moyi ya tongo, mpe nzoto na yo ekokoma kolongono na lombangu; bosembo na yo ekotambola liboso na yo mpe nkembo na Yawe ekokengela yo na sima.
Then your light breaks forth as the dawn, And your health springs up in haste, Your righteousness has gone before you, The glory of YHWH gathers you.
9 Boye, tango okobelela Yawe, akoyanola yo; tango okosenga lisungi, akoloba: ‹ Ngai oyo. › Soki kati na yo, olongoli ekangiseli, otiki kolakisa bato mosapi mpe otiki maloba mabe;
Then you call, and YHWH answers, You cry, and He says, Behold Me. If you turn aside the yoke from your midst, The sending forth of the finger, And the speaking of vanity,
10 soki opesi bilei na yo epai na ye oyo azali na nzala mpe okokisi posa ya moto oyo bazali konyokola, pole na yo ekongenga kati na molili, mpe molili na yo ekokoma lokola moyi ya ngonga midi.
And bring out your soul to the hungry, And satisfy the afflicted soul, Then your light has risen in the darkness, And your thick darkness [is] as noon.
11 Yawe akotambolisa yo tango nyonso, akokokisa baposa na yo kati na mokili ekawuka mpe akokembisa mikuwa na yo. Okozala lokola elanga oyo basopeli mayi, lokola liziba oyo mayi na yango ekawukaka te.
And YHWH continually leads you, And has satisfied your soul in drought, And He arms your bones, And you have been as a watered garden, And as an outlet of waters, whose waters do not lie.
12 Mpo na yo, bakotonga lisusu bandako oyo ebukana-bukana na kala, bakomatisa lisusu miboko oyo ebukana wuta kala; bakobenga yo: ‹ Mobongisi ya bamir oyo ebukana mpe ya banzela oyo bato balekaka. ›
And they have built the ancient ruins from you, You raise up the foundations of many generations, And one calls you, Repairer of the breach, Restorer of paths to rest in.
13 Soki obateli matambe na yo ete ebebisa te lokumu ya mokolo ya Saba, mpe ete osala te mosala oyo yo olingi na mokolo na Ngai ya bule; soki mokolo ya Saba ekomi esengo na yo mpe opesi lokumu na mokolo ya bule ya Yawe; soki opesi yango lokumu na koboya kolanda nzela na yo moko, kosala misala na yo moko mpe kokoba na makambo oyo ezanga tina,
If you turn your foot from the Sabbath, [From] doing your own pleasure on My holy day, And have cried to the Sabbath, A delight, To the holy of YHWH, Honored, And have honored it, without doing your own ways, Without finding your own pleasure, And speaking a word.
14 wana okozwa esengo na yo kati na Yawe mpe nakomema yo na bisika ya likolo ya mokili, nakoleisa yo wuta na libula ya Jakobi, tata na yo, » elobi Yawe.
Then you delight yourself on YHWH, And I have caused you to ride on high places of earth, And have caused you to eat the inheritance of your father Jacob, For the mouth of YHWH has spoken!”
