Jeremi 13
1 Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobaki na ngai: « Kende kosomba mokaba ya lino mpe lata yango na loketo na yo, kasi kopolisa yango na mayi te. »
Thus said the Lord unto me, Go and buy thee a linen girdle, and put it around thy loins, and lay it not in water.
2 Boye, nasombaki mokaba, ndenge Yawe atindaki ngai mpe nalataki yango na loketo na ngai.
So I bought the girdle, according to the word of the Lord, and put it around my loins.
3 Yawe alobaki na ngai lisusu na mbala ya mibale:
And the word of the Lord came unto me the second time, saying,
4 « Kamata mokaba oyo osombaki mpe oyo olati na loketo na yo, kende sik’oyo na Perati mpe bomba yango kuna kati na madusu ya mabanga. »
Take the girdle that thou hast bought, which is around thy loins; and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock.
5 Boye nakendeki kobomba mokaba yango na Perati, ndenge Yawe alobaki na ngai.
So I went, and hid it by the Euphrates, as the Lord has commanded me.
6 Sima na mikolo ebele, Yawe alobaki na ngai lisusu: « Kende kokamata mokaba oyo nalobaki na yo ete obomba na Perati. »
And it came to pass at the end of many days, that the Lord said unto me, Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take from there the girdle, which I commanded thee to hide there.
7 Nakendeki na Perati, nalukaki mokaba yango epai nabombaki yango; kasi mokaba yango ebebaki makasi mpe etikalaki lisusu na tina te.
And I went to the Euphrates, and dug, and took the girdle from the place where I had hidden it: and, behold, the girdle was spoiled, it was useful for nothing.
8 Bongo Yawe alobaki na ngai:
Then came the word of the Lord unto me, saying,
9 « Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: ‹ Ezali boye nde nakosilisa lolendo ya Yuda mpe nakokitisa mapeka ya Yelusalemi.
Thus hath said the Lord, After this manner will I destroy the pride of Judah, and the pride of Jerusalem, which is great.
10 Bato oyo bazali bato mabe, bayokaka maloba na Ngai te, bazali mito makasi, batingamaka kosala kolanda baposa ya mitema na bango, mpe balandaka banzambe ya bapaya mpo na kosalela mpe kogumbamela yango; bakokoma kaka lokola mokaba oyo, mokaba oyo etikali lisusu na tina te.
And this bad people, who refuse to hearken to my words, who walk in the stubbornness of their heart, and have followed other gods, to serve them, and to bow down to them, shall even be as this girdle which is useful for nothing.
11 Pamba te ndenge balingaka mokaba na loketo, ndenge wana mpe nalingaki libota mobimba ya Isalaele mpe libota mobimba ya Yuda epai na Ngai, › elobi Yawe, ‹ mpo ete bazala bato na Ngai mpe basala lokumu ya Kombo na Ngai. Kasi batikali koyoka Ngai te. ›
For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so had I caused to cleave unto me all the house of Israel and all the house of Judah, saith the Lord, —to become unto me a people, and [to be] for a name, and for praise, and for honor; but they would not hear.
12 Loba na bango: ‹ Tala liloba oyo Yawe, Nzambe ya Isalaele, alobi: Mbeki nyonso esengeli kotonda na masanga ya vino. › Mpe soki batuni yo: ‹ Boni, okanisi ete biso toyebi te ete mbeki nyonso esengeli kotonda na masanga ya vino? ›
Therefore shalt thou say unto them this word, Thus hath said the Lord the God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and when they will say unto thee, Do we not know full well that every bottle shall be filled with wine?
13 Yebisa bango: ‹ Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: Nakolangwisa bavandi nyonso ya mokili oyo masanga; ezala bakonzi oyo bavandaka na kiti ya bokonzi ya Davidi, Banganga-Nzambe, basakoli mpe bavandi nyonso ya Yelusalemi.
Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus hath said the Lord, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit after David upon his throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.
14 Nakosala ete babomana bango na bango, batata mpe bana na bango, elobi Yawe, eloko moko te ekopekisa Ngai koboma bango, ezala motema monene to mawa to ngolu. › »
And I will dash them one against the other, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the Lord: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, so as not to destroy them.
15 Boyoka malamu mpe bosala keba! Bosala lolendo te, pamba te ezali Yawe nde alobi.
Hear ye, and bend your ear: be not proud; for the Lord hath spoken.
16 Bopesa nkembo epai na Yawe, Nzambe na bino, liboso ete amemela bino molili, liboso ete makolo na bino ebeta mabaku na bangomba oyo ezipami na molili. Bino bozali kozela pole, kasi Ye akobongola yango molili makasi.
Give unto the Lord your God glory, before he cause darkness, and before your feet strike upon the mountains of twilight, and [where], while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and change it into gross darkness.
17 Soki boyoki te, nakolela na nkuku mpo na lolendo na bino, nakolela makasi, mpe miso na ngai ekosopa mpinzoli, pamba te etonga ya Yawe ekokende na bowumbu.
But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places because of [your] pride; and my eye shall weep sorely, and run down with tears, because the flock of the Lord is driven away captive.
18 Loba na mokonzi mpe na mama ya mokonzi: « Bolongwa na bakiti na bino ya bokonzi, pamba te mitole na bino ya nkembo ekolongwa na mito na bino. »
Say unto the king and to the queen-mother, Sit down very lowly; for sunk down are your head-attires, the crown of your ornament.
19 Bingumba ya sude ekokangama, mpe moto moko te akokoka kofungola yango. Bato nyonso ya Yuda bakokende na bowumbu, bango nyonso penza bakokende.
The cities of the south are shut up, and there is no one to open them: Judah is carried away into exile altogether, it is carried into exile completely.
20 Oh Yelusalemi, tombola miso na yo mpe tala, bato bazali koya wuta na nor! Wapi bibwele oyo bapesaki yo ete obatela, mpe wapi meme oyo ozalaki kobetela tolo?
Lift up your eyes, and see those that are coming from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy splendid flock?
21 Okoloba nini soki Yawe atie yo na makasi na se ya bokonzi ya bato oyo yo oteyaki. Okokoma na pasi te lokola mwasi oyo azali na pasi ya kobota?
What wilt thou say when he will punish thee? since thou hast accustomed them to be over thee captains, and chiefs? shall not pangs seize upon thee, as on a woman in travail?
22 Mpe soki omituni: « Mpo na nini makambo ya boye ekomeli ngai? » Ezali mpo na ebele ya masumu na yo nde bapasolaki yo bilamba mpe bazokisaki nzoto na yo.
And if thou wilt say in thy heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thy iniquity are thy skirts laid open, thy heels are made bare violently.
23 Boni, moto mwindo akoki solo kobongola poso ya nzoto na ye? Nkoyi ekoki kolongola penza matono ya poso ya nzoto na yango? Bokokoka kosala malamu te, bino bato oyo bomesana kosala mabe.
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? [then] may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
24 « Nakopanza bino lokola matiti ya kokawuka oyo mopepe ya esobe ememaka.
Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away before the wind of the wilderness.
25 Yango nde etumbu na yo, mbano oyo nakatelaki yo, » elobi Yawe, « pamba te bobosanaki Ngai mpe botiaki mitema epai ya banzambe ya lokuta.
This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the Lord; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.
26 Nakotombola yo bilamba kino na elongi mpo ete bato bamona bolumbu na yo.
Therefore do I also strip up thy skirts over thy face, that thy shame may be seen.
27 Namoni bondumba na yo mpe posa na yo ya kosangisa nzoto; ekobo na yo ezali na soni ata moke te. Namoni banzambe na yo ya bikeko na likolo ya bangomba mpe kati na bilanga. Mawa na yo Yelusalemi, ozali peto te! Kino tango nini okozala mbindo? »
Thy adulteries and thy loud shoutings, the lewdness of thy incest, thy abominations on the hills in the fields have I seen. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! thou wilt not be made clean after ever so long a time.
