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.
[Yahweh said to me], “Shout loudly! Shout like [SIM] a loud trumpet! Shout to warn my Israeli people about their sins [DOU]!
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 worship me every day; [they come to my temple because they say that] they are eager to know what I want them to do. They act as though they are a nation that does things that are righteous, who would never abandon their God. They request me to decide matters justly, and they delight to come to worship me.
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.
[They say], ‘We have (fasted/abstained from eating food) to please you, but you did not [RHQ] notice our doing that. We humbled ourselves, but you did not [RHQ] pay any attention!’ I will tell you why I did not pay attention. It is because when you fast, you do it only to please yourselves, and you act cruelly toward all your workers.
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.
You fast, but you also quarrel and fight [with each other] with your fists. [Doing things like that while] you fast will [certainly] not cause [me] to hear your prayers [where I am], high in heaven.
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?
You [act as though] [IRO] you humble yourselves [RHQ] by bowing your heads like [SIM] [the tops of] reeds bend [when the wind blows], and you wear [RHQ] rough clothes and cover your heads with ashes [like people do when they are grieving]. That is what you do when you are fasting, but do you really think [RHQ] that will please me?
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.
No, that is not the kind of fasting that I desire. What I really want [RHQ] is for you to free those who have been unjustly put in prison [DOU], and to encourage those who are (treated cruelly/oppressed); I want you to free those who have been oppressed in any way.
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?
I want you to [RHQ] share your food with those who are hungry and to allow those who have no houses to stay in your houses. Give clothes to those who do not have clothes, and do not hide from your relatives who need help from you.
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.
If you do those things, [what you do for others will be like] [SIM] a light that shines when it dawns. The troubles [that have been caused by your sins] will end quickly. Others will know about your righteous behavior, and with my glorious presence I will protect you from behind [like I protected the Israeli people when they left Egypt].
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 will call out to me, and I will [quickly] answer [and say that I will help you].’ Stop (oppressing people/treating people cruelly); stop falsely accusing people; and stop saying evil [things about people].
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.
Give food to those who are hungry, and give to people who are afflicted/suffering the things that they need. [Your doing that will be like] [MET] a light that shines in the darkness; instead of doing evil to people [MET], [the good things that you do for them will be like] [SIM] sunshine at noontime.
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.
[I], Yahweh, will guide you continually, and I will give you good things to satisfy you. I will enable you to remain strong and healthy. You will be like [SIM] a garden that is well watered, like [SIM] a spring that never dries up.
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. ›
[Your people] will rebuild the cities that were destroyed long ago; they will build [houses] on top of the old foundations. People will say that you are the ones who are repairing the holes [in the city walls], and who are repairing the streets where people live.
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,
Do not travel [MTY] long distances on Sabbath/rest days, and on Sabbath days do not do only the things that you delight to do. Enjoy the Sabbath days, and consider them to be delightful. The Sabbath days are my holy days. Honor me, Yahweh, in everything that you do [on the Sabbath days]. Do not talk about and do things [only] to please yourselves. If you do all the things that I have just now told you to do,
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.
I will enable you to be joyful. I will greatly honor you; [I will honor you everywhere!] I will give to you the [blessings] that I gave to your ancestor Jacob. [Those things will surely happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.”
