< Ezayi 59 >

1 Tala, loboko na Yawe ezali mokuse te mpo na kobikisa, litoyi na Ye ekangama te mpo na koyoka!
Behold, the Lord's hand is not too short to save; neither his ear too heavy for hearing;
2 Kasi ezali bambeba na bino nde ekaboli bino na Nzambe na bino, ezali masumu na bino nde esali ete abombela bino elongi na Ye mpo ete ayoka bino te.
But your iniquities have ever made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have caused him to hide his face from you, so that he would not hear.
3 Pamba te maboko na bino ebebi na makila, mpe misapi na bino ebebi na makambo mabe; bibebu na bino ezali koloba makambo ya lokuta, mpe minoko na bino ezali kobimisa makambo mabe.
For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity: your lips have spoken falsehood, your tongue uttereth deception.
4 Moko te azali kofunda makambo na bosolo, moko te azali kosamba na bosembo; bazali kotia mitema na makambo ezanga tina mpe bazali koloba lokuta; na mitema na bango, basalaka mabongisi ya kosala mabe mpe bakokisaka yango na misala na bango.
No one admonisheth with righteousness, and no one executeth justice in truth; men trust in naught, and speak lies; they have conceived mischief, and bring forth wickedness.
5 Bazali kopasola maki ya etupa mpe bazali kotonga ndako ya lifofe. Moto nyonso oyo akolia maki na yango akokufa; mpe, soki apasoli liki moko, ekobimisa etupa.
Basilisk's eggs do they hatch, and spider's webs do they weave: he that eateth of their eggs must die, and if one be crushed, a viper will break forth.
6 Basinga ya lifofe ekokoma bilamba te, misala na bango ekobomba bango te; misala na bango ezali misala mabe, mpe misala ya mobulu nde ezalaka na maboko na bango.
Their webs cannot serve for garments, and they cannot clothe themselves with their works: their works are works of wickedness, and the deed of violence is in their hands.
7 Matambe na bango epotaka mbangu mpo na kosala mabe, mpe bazalaka mbangu mpo na kosopa makila ya moto oyo asali mabe te. Makanisi na bango ezalaka kaka ya mabe; kobuka-buka mpe kobebisa nde ezalaka na nzela na bango.
Their feet run to what is evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of wickedness; wasting and destruction are on their highways.
8 Bayebi nzela ya kimia te, mpe bosembo ezali na nzela na bango te; bakomisaka nzela na bango nyoka-nyoka, moko te oyo akotambola na nzela yango akotikala koyeba kimia.
The way of peace they know not; and there is no justice on their tracks: their paths they have made unto themselves crooked; whosoever walketh therein knoweth not peace.
9 Yango wana bosembo ezali mosika na biso, mpe solo ezali kokomela biso te; tozali kozela pole, kasi nyonso ezali kaka molili; toluki moyi, kasi tozali kaka kotambola na molili.
Therefore is justice far from us, nor will happiness overtake us: we ever hope for light, but behold there is darkness; for brightness, but in obscurity must we walk.
10 Tozali kosimbasimba mir mpo na kotambola lokola bakufi miso, tozali kobanga kotambola lokola bato bazanga miso; tozali kobeta mabaku na moyi makasi lokola nde tozali na butu makasi, tozali na nzoto kolongono kasi tokomi lokola bakufi.
We grope like the blind on the wall, and as if we had no eyes do we grope: we stumble at noonday as in the twilight; we are in complete darkness like the dead.
11 Biso nyonso tozali konguna-nguna lokola bangombolo, mpe tozali kolelalela tango nyonso lokola ebenga; tozali koluka bosembo, kasi tozali komona yango te, tozali koluka lobiko, kasi ekimi mosika na biso!
We growl all of us like bears, and like doves do we moan sorely; we ever hope for justice, but there is none; for aid, but it is far from us.
12 Pamba te mabe na biso ekomi mingi na miso na Yo, mpe masumu na biso ekomi kofunda biso; masumu na biso ezali liboso na biso mpe toyebi malamu bambeba na biso:
For our transgressions are numerous in thy presence, and our sins testify against us; for of our transgressions are we aware; and our iniquities—we know them;
13 kotomboka mpe kowangana Yawe, kopesa Nzambe na biso mokongo, kosala mabongisi ya konyokola bato mpe kotombokisa bato, kokana na motema mpe koloba maloba ya lokuta.
We transgressed and denied the Lord, and departed away from our God; we spoke oppression and revolt, conceived and brought forth in our heart words of falsehood.
14 Boye, bosembo ezongi sima, mpe bosolo etelemi mosika; pamba te solo ekweyi na balabala, mpe bosembo elongi kokota te.
And justice is forced to turn backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth stumbled in the street, and equity is not able to enter.
15 Solo ezali komonana lisusu na esika moko te; bazali konyokola moto oyo azali kokima mabe. Yawe amoni yango mpe asepeli te ete kosambisa na bosembo ezali te.
And thus is the truth missing; and he that departeth from evil is regarded as foolish: and the Lord saw it, and it was displeasing in his eyes that there was no justice.
16 Amoni ete ezali ata na moto moko te, akamwe ete ata molobeli moko te azali. Boye, loboko na Ye moko ememi Ye na lobiko, mpe bosembo na Ye elendisi Ye.
And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor; therefore his arm brought him aid, and his righteousness, —yea, this sustained him.
17 Alati bosembo lokola ebombelo ya tolo, mpe ekoti ya lobiko na moto na Ye; alati kozongisa mabe na mabe lokola nzambala, mpe amizipi zuwa lokola kazaka.
And he put on righteousness as a coat of mail, and [placed] the helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance as raiment, and wrapped himself with zeal as with a cloak.
18 Akofuta moto na moto kolanda misala na ye: kanda makasi epai ya bayini na Ye, mpe lifuti oyo ekoki epai ya banguna na Ye; akopesa na bisanga lifuti na yango.
According to the demerits, so will he repay [all], fury to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies; to the islands will he repay what they have merited.
19 Longwa na ngambo ya weste, bato bakobanga Kombo ya Yawe; mpe longwa na ngambo ya este, bato bakokumisa nkembo na Ye; pamba te akoya lokola ebale oyo etomboki, oyo pema ya Yawe ekomema.
And they shall fear from the west the name of the Lord, and from the rising of the sun his glory; for there shall come distress like the stream which the Spirit of the Lord urgeth forward.
20 « Mpo na Siona, mosikoli akoya epai ya bato ya Jakobi, oyo bakobongwana na masumu na bango, » elobi Yawe.
But unto Zion shall come the redeemer, and unto those who return from transgression in Jacob, saith the Lord.
21 « Bongo mpo na Ngai, » elobi Yawe, « tala boyokani na Ngai elongo na bango: Molimo na Ngai, oyo azali epai na yo, mpe maloba na Ngai, oyo natiaki na monoko na yo ekolongwa te, na monoko na yo to na minoko ya bana na yo to na minoko ya bakitani na bango, kobanda kaka na tango oyo mpe libela na libela, » elobi Yawe.
And as for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord, My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy children, nor out of the mouth of thy children's children, saith the Lord, from henceforth and unto all eternity.

< Ezayi 59 >