Jeremi 11
1 Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobaki na nzela ya Jeremi:
The word that came from the Lord to Jeremias, saying:
2 — Boyoka malako ya boyokani oyo, mpe boyebisa yango epai ya bato ya Yuda mpe epai ya bavandi ya Yelusalemi!
Hear ye the words of this covenant, and speak to the men of Juda, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
3 Loba na bango: « Tala liloba oyo Yawe, Nzambe ya Isalaele, alobi: Tika ete alakelama mabe, moto oyo akotosa te malako ya boyokani
And thou shalt say to them: Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel: Cursed is the man that shall not hearken to the words of this covenant,
4 oyo nasalaki elongo na bakoko na bino tango nabimisaki bango na Ejipito, wuta na libulu ya moto oyo balambelaka bibende. » Nalobaki na bango: « Botosa Ngai mpe bosala makambo nyonso oyo nakotinda bino; ezali na nzela wana nde bokozala bato na Ngai mpe Ngai nakozala Nzambe na bino.
Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying: Hear ye my voice, and do all things that I command you: and you shall be my people, and I will be your God:
5 Bongo nakokokisa ndayi oyo nalapaki epai ya bakoko na bino ete nakopesa bango mokili oyo ebimisaka miliki mpe mafuta ya nzoyi, mokili oyo bozali na yango lelo. » Nazongisaki: — Solo, Yawe; amen!
That I may accomplish the oath which I swore to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. And I answered and said: Amen, O Lord.
6 Yawe alobaki na ngai: — Sakola maloba nyonso oyo kati na bingumba ya Yuda mpe na babalabala ya Yelusalemi: « Boyoka malako ya boyokani oyo mpe bosalela yango!
And the Lord said to me: Proclaim aloud all these words in the cities of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying: Hear ye the words of the covenant, and do them:
7 Wuta tango nabimisaki bakoko na bino na Ejipito kino na mokolo ya lelo, nazalaki tango na tango kokebisa bango na maloba oyo: ‹ Botosa Ngai! ›
For protesting I conjured your fathers in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt even to this day: rising early I conjured them, and said: Hearken ye to my voice:
8 Kasi batiaki matoyi mangongi mpe bayokelaki Ngai te. Balandaki kaka makanisi mabe ya mitema na bango. Yango wana, natindelaki bango bilakeli mabe nyonso oyo ezali kati na boyokani oyo natindaki bango ete batosa, kasi bango basalelaki yango te. »
And they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear: but walked every one in the perverseness of his own wicked heart: and I brought upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they did them not.
9 Yawe alobaki na ngai: — Bato ya Yuda mpe bavandi ya Yelusalemi basali likita.
And the Lord said to me: A conspiracy is found among the men of Juda, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
10 Bazongeli kosala masumu ya bakoko na bango, oyo baboyaki koyoka maloba na Ngai. Bazali kolanda banzambe mosusu mpo na kosalela yango. Libota ya Yuda mpe libota ya Isalaele babebisi boyokani oyo nasalaki elongo na bakoko na bango.
They are returned to the former iniquities of their fathers, who refused to hear my words: so these likewise have gone after strange gods, to serve them: the house of Israel, and the house of Juda have made void my covenant, which I made with their fathers.
11 Yango wana, tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: « Nakotindela bango pasi ya makasi, mpe ata moto moko te akobika na yango. Ata soki bagangi epai na Ngai, nakoyoka bango te.
Wherefore thus saith the Lord: Behold I will bring in evils upon them, which they shall not be able to escape: and they shall cry to me, and I will not hearken to them.
12 Bingumba ya Yuda mpe bato ya Yelusalemi bakokende koganga epai ya banzambe ya bikeko oyo bazali kotumbela malasi ya ansa, kasi ekokoka kobikisa bango te tango pasi ya makasi ekokomela bango.
And the cities of Juda, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem shall go, and cry to the gods to whom they offer sacrifice, and they shall not save them in the time of their affliction.
13 Oh Yuda, ozali na banzambe ebele ndenge ezali motango ya bingumba na yo; mpe lisusu, bitumbelo oyo otongaki mpo na kotumbela nzambe Bala, nzambe ya soni, malasi ya ansa ezali ebele ndenge ezali motango ya babalabala ya Yelusalemi. »
For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Juda: and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem thou hast set up altars of confusion, altars to offer sacrifice to Baalim.
14 Kasi yo Jeremi, kosambela mpo na bato oyo te, kolobela Ngai na tina na bango te, komeka te kosengela bango eloko; pamba te nakoyoka bango te tango bakobelela Ngai na tango ya pasi.
Therefore, do not thou pray for this people, and do not take up praise and prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time of their cry to me, in the time of their affliction.
15 « Eloko nini penza molingami na Ngai azali kosala kati na Tempelo na Ngai, wana azali kosala mabongisi mabe ebele? Okanisi ete ndayi mpe misuni oyo ebulisama ekoki solo kolongola etumbu na yo? Boni, okanisi ete okoki kobika na nzela wana? »
What is the meaning that my beloved hath wrought muck wickedness in my house? shall the holy flesh take away from thee thy crimes, in which thou hast boasted?
16 Yawe azalaki kobenga yo « Nzete ya olive ya mobesu oyo etonda na mbuma kitoko. » Kasi Yawe akotumba yango na makelele ya mopepe makasi, mpe bitape na yango ekobukana-bukana.
The Lord called thy name, a plentiful olive tree, fair, fruitful, and beautiful: at the noise of a word, a great fire was kindled in it and the branches thereof are burnt.
17 Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, oyo alonaki yo asili kozwa mokano ya kotindela yo pasi ya makasi, pamba te libota ya Yuda mpe ya Isalaele basali mabe liboso na Ngai mpe batumboli kanda na Ngai tango bazali kotumbela nzambe Bala malasi ya ansa.
And the Lord of hosts that planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee: for the evils of the house of Israel, and the house of Juda, which they have done to themselves, to provoke me, offering sacrifice to Baalim.
18 Lokola Yawe alakisaki ngai likita oyo bazalaki kosalela ngai, nasosolaki yango, pamba te atalisaki ngai mabongisi nyonso oyo bazalaki kosala.
But thou, O Lord, hast shewn me, and I have known: then thou shewedst me their doings.
19 Ngai namonanaki lokola mwana meme oyo bazali komema na esika oyo babomelaka bibwele; nayebaki te ete bazali kosalela ngai likita tango bazalaki koloba: « Tika ete tobebisa nzete mpe mbuma na yango, tika ete tolongola ye na mokili ya bato ya bomoi mpo ete bakanisa lisusu kombo na ye te. »
And I was as a meek lamb, that is carried to be a victim: and I knew not that they had devised counsels against me, saying: Let us put wood on his bread, and cut him off from the land of the living, and let his name be remembered no more.
20 Kasi Yo, Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, Yo oyo osambisaka na bosembo mpe omekaka mitema mpe makanisi, sala ete namona mabe oyo okozongisela bango, pamba te natiki likambo na ngai na maboko na yo.
But thou, O Lord of Sabaoth, who judgest justly, and triest the reins and hearts, let me see thy revenge on them: for to thee I have revealed my cause.
21 Yango wana, tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi na tina na bato ya Anatoti, oyo balingi koboma yo mpe bazali koloba: « Kosakola na Kombo na Yawe te, soki te tokoboma yo; »
Therefore thus saith the Lord to the men of Anathoth, who seek thy life, and say: Thou shalt not prophesy in the name of the Lord, and thou shalt not die in our hands.
22 yango wana tala liloba oyo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, alobi: « Nakopesa bango etumbu. Bilenge mibali na bango bakokufa na mopanga, bana na bango ya mibali mpe ya basi bakokufa na nzala makasi.
Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts: Behold I will visit upon them: and their young men shall die by the sword, their sons and their daughters shall die by famine.
23 Ata moko te kati na bango akobika, pamba te nakotindela bato ya Anatoti pasi, na mobu ya etumbu na bango. »
And there shall be no remains of them: for I will bring in evil upon the men of Anathoth, the year of their visitation.
