Jeremi 12
1 Oh Yawe, ozalaka tango nyonso sembo; mpe ngai nakokoka kosamba na Yo te. Nzokande nalingi kotuna Yo mwa mituna na tina na oyo etali bosembo na Yo. Mpo na nini misala ya bato mabe ekendaka liboso? Mpo na nini bato oyo batosaka Yo te bazalaka na bomoi ya kimia?
Thou indeed, O Lord, art just, if I plead with thee, but yet I will speak what is just to thee: Why doth the way of the wicked prosper: why is it well with all them that transgress, and do wickedly?
2 Olonaki bango mpe bazwi misisa; bazali kokola mpe kobota mbuma. Ozali tango nyonso pene ya minoko na bango, kasi mosika ya mitema na bango.
Thou hast planted them, and they have taken root: they prosper and bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins.
3 Nzokande, oh Yawe, oyebi ngai, omonaka ngai mpe oyebi makanisi ya motema na ngai mpo na Yo. Tindika bango lokola bameme oyo babongisi mpo na koboma! Bongisa bango mpo na mokolo ya kufa.
And thou, O Lord, hast known me, thou hast seen me, and proved my heart with thee: gather them together as sheep for a sacrifice, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
4 Kino tango nini mokili ekowumela na kolela mpe matiti ya bilanga nyonso ekowumela ya kokawuka? Banyama mpe bandeke esili kokufa mpo ete bavandi ya mokili bazali mabe. Balobaka: « Yawe akoyeba te makambo oyo ekokomela biso. »
How long shall the land mourn, and the herb of every field wither for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? The beasts and the birds are consumed: because they have said: He shall not see our last end.
5 Soki ozali kosala momekano ya kokima mbangu elongo na bato oyo bazali kotambola na makolo, mpe bango bazali komelisa yo pema, ndenge nini okoki komekana na bato oyo batambolaka likolo ya bampunda? Soki ozali komitungisa na mokili oyo ezali na kimia, ekozala boni liboso ya mpela ya ebale Yordani?
If thou hast wearied with running with footmen, how canst thou contend with horses? and if thou hast been secure in a land of peace, what wilt thou do in the swelling of the Jordan?
6 Pamba te ezala bandeko na yo mpe bato ya libota na yo moko bateki yo, bazali koganga makasi mpo na kotelemela yo. Kotiela bango motema te, ata tango bazali kobimisa maloba kitoko mpo na yo.
For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have fought against thee, and have cried after thee with full voice: believe them not when they speak good things to thee.
7 Nakobosana libota na ngai, nakosundola libula na ngai, nakokaba molingami na ngai na maboko ya banguna na ye.
I have forsaken my house, I have left my inheritance: I have given my dear soul into the land of her enemies.
8 Libula na ngai ekomi na miso na ngai lokola nkosi ya zamba: ezali kogangela ngai; yango wana nayini yango.
My inheritance is become to me as a lion in the wood: is hath cried out against me, therefore have I hated it.
9 Boni, libula na ngai ekomi na miso na ngai lokola ndeke oyo eliaka misuni, bongo ebebi na makila, mpo ete bandeke mosusu oyo eliaka misuni eya kozingela mpe kobundisa yango? Bokende kosangisa banyama nyonso ya zamba mpe bobengisa yango mpo ete eya kolia nyama!
Is my inheritance to me as a speckled bird? Is it as a bird died throughout? come ye, assemble yourselves, all the beasts of the earth, make haste to devour.
10 Babateli ebele ya bibwele babebisi elanga na ngai ya vino, banyati-nyati elanga na ngai, babongoli elanga na ngai ya kitoko mabele ya kokawuka.
Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot: they have changed my delightful portion into a desolate wilderness.
11 Bakomisi yango esobe, etikali pamba na miso na ngai, ekomi eloko ya mawa. Mokili mobimba ebebisami, pamba te moto moko te azali lisusu komema yango na motema.
They have laid it waste, and it hath mourned for me. With desolation is all the land made desolate; because there is none that considereth in the heart.
12 Babebisi bakobimela na likolo ya bangomba nyonso ya esobe, pamba te mopanga ya Yawe ekoboma mokili mobimba; moto moko te akozala na kimia.
The spoilers are come upon all the ways of the wilderness, for the sword of the Lord shall devour from one end of the land to the other end thereof: there is no peace for all flesh.
13 Bakolona ble, kasi bakobuka banzube; bakobimisa mitoki na mosala, kasi bakozwa litomba ya malonga te. Boye, boyokela mbuma ya bilanga na bino soni, mpo na kanda makasi ya Yawe.
They have sown wheat, and reaped thorns: they have received an inheritance, and it shall not profit them: you shall be ashamed of your fruits, because of the fierce wrath of the Lord.
14 Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: « Nakobengana bato mabe oyo bavandaka zingazinga ya ekolo na Ngai, oyo bazali kobundisa libula oyo napesaki bato na Ngai, Isalaele, mpe nakolongola ekolo ya Yuda kati na bango.
Thus saith the Lord against all my wicked neighbors, that touch the inheritance that I have shared out to my people Israel: Behold I will pluck them out of their land, and I will pluck the house of Juda out of the midst of them.
15 Kasi sima na Ngai kobengana bango, nakoyokela bango lisusu mawa mpe nakozongisa moko na moko kati na libula na ye mpe kati na mokili na ye.
And when I shall have plucked them out, I will return, and have mercy on them: and I will bring them back, every man to his inheritance, and every man to his land.
16 Mpe soki bayekoli malamu bizaleli ya bato na Ngai mpe balapi ndayi na Kombo na Ngai, na maloba oyo: ‹ Na Kombo na Yawe, › ndenge balakisaki bato na Ngai kolapa ndayi na kombo ya Bala, nakopesa bango esika kati na bato na Ngai.
And it shall come to pass, if they will be taught, and will learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name: The Lord liveth, as they have taught my people to swear by baal: that they shall be built up in the midst of my people.
17 Kasi ekolo oyo ekoyoka te, nakobengana bango nyonso mpe nakobebisa bango, » elobi Yawe.
But if they will not hear, I will utterly pluck out and destroy that nation, saith the Lord.
