Jeremi 1
1 Mokanda oyo ezali kolobela maloba ya Jeremi, mwana mobali ya Ilikia, moko kati na Banganga-Nzambe ya engumba Anatoti, kati na etuka ya Benjame; ezali mpe kolobela makambo oyo ekomelaki ye.
The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin,
2 Yawe alobaki na ye tango mokonzi Joziasi, mwana mobali ya Amoni, mokonzi ya Yuda, akokisaki mibu zomi na misato na bokonzi,
to whom the word of Jehovah came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
3 mpe na tango ya Yeoyakimi, mwana mobali ya Joziasi, mokonzi ya Yuda, kino na suka ya sanza ya mitano ya mobu ya zomi na moko ya bokonzi ya Sedesiasi, mwana mobali ya Joziasi, mokonzi ya Yuda, kino tango bato ya Yelusalemi bakendeki na bowumbu.
It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, to the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, to the carrying away captive of Jerusalem in the fifth month.
4 Yawe alobaki na ngai:
Now the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
5 — Liboso ete nasala yo kati na libumu ya mama na yo, nayebaki yo; liboso ete obotama, nabulisaki yo: naponaki yo mpo ete ozala mosakoli ya bikolo.
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou came forth out of the womb I sanctified thee. I have appointed thee a prophet to the nations.
6 Nazongisaki: — Oh Nkolo Yawe, nayebi koloba te, pamba te nazali nanu elenge!
Then I said, Ah, lord Jehovah! Behold, I know not how to speak, for I am a child.
7 Kasi Yawe alobaki na ngai: — Koloba te: « Nazali elenge. » Osengeli kokende epai ya bato nyonso epai wapi nakotinda yo, mpe osengeli koyebisa bango makambo nyonso oyo nakotinda yo.
But Jehovah said to me, Say not, I am a child. For to whomever I shall send thee thou shall go, and whatever I shall command thee thou shall speak.
8 Kobanga bango te, pamba te nazali elongo na yo mpo na kobatela yo, —elobi Yawe.
Be not afraid because of them, for I am with thee to deliver thee, says Jehovah.
9 Bongo Yawe asembolaki loboko na Ye, asimbaki monoko na ngai mpe alobaki: — Tala, nasili kotia maloba na Ngai kati na monoko na yo.
Then Jehovah put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And Jehovah said to me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.
10 Na mokolo ya lelo, yeba ete nasili kopesa yo bokonzi likolo ya bikolo mpe ya mikili mpo na kopikola mpe kopanza, kobuka mpe kokweyisa, kotonga mpe kolona.
See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.
11 Sima na yango, Yawe atunaki ngai: — Jeremi, ozali komona nini? Nazongisaki: — Nazali komona etape ya nzete ya amande.
Moreover the word of Jehovah came to me, saying, Jeremiah, what do thou see? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.
12 Yawe alobaki na ngai: — Omoni malamu, pamba te nasenzelaka maloba na Ngai mpo na kokokisa yango.
Then Jehovah said to me, Thou have well seen. For I watch over my word to perform it.
13 Yawe atunaki ngai lisusu: — Ozali komona nini? Nazongisaki: — Nazali komona nzungu moko ezali kotoka, etengama na ngambo ya nor.
And the word of Jehovah came to me the second time, saying, What do thou see? And I said, I see a boiling caldron, and the face of it is from the north.
14 Yawe alobaki na ngai: — Ezali wuta na nor nde pasi ekokomela bavandi ya mokili.
Then Jehovah said to me, Out of the north evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
15 Pamba te nakobengisa bato nyonso ya bituka ya nor, —elobi Yawe. Bakonzi na bango bakoya kotia bakiti na bango ya bokonzi liboso ya bikuke ya Yelusalemi; bakozingela bamir nyonso ya Yelusalemi mpe bakobundisa bingumba nyonso ya Yuda.
For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, says Jehovah. And they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls of it round about, and against all the cities of Judah.
16 Nakosambisa bato na Ngai mpo na mabe oyo basalaki: basundolaki Ngai, bakomaki kobonza mbeka ya malasi epai ya banzambe mosusu, mpe bakomaki kogumbamela banzambe oyo basalaki na maboko na bango.
And I will utter my judgments against them concerning all their wickedness, in that they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, and worshiped the works of their own hands.
17 Mibongisa, yika mpiko! Telema mpe yebisa bango makambo nyonso oyo Ngai nakotinda yo; kozala na somo na bango te, noki te nakokweyisa yo liboso na bango.
Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak to them all that I command thee. Be not dismayed at them, lest I dismay thee before them.
18 Na mokolo ya lelo, nakomisi yo engumba batonga makasi, likonzi ya ebende mpe mir ya ebende mpo na komibatela liboso ya mokili mobimba: liboso ya bakonzi ya Yuda, ya bakalaka na yango, ya Banganga-Nzambe na yango mpe ya bavandi nyonso ya mokili yango.
For, behold, I have made thee this day a fortified city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the rulers of it, against the priests of it, and against the people of the land.
19 Yeba ete bakobundisa yo, kasi bakolonga yo te; pamba te nazali elongo na yo mpo na kobatela yo, elobi Yawe.
And they shall fight against thee. But they shall not prevail against thee, for I am with thee, says Jehovah, to deliver thee.
