Jeremi 14
1 Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobaki na Jeremi na tina na bokawuki:
This is the LORD’s word that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:
2 « Bato ya Yuda bazali na matanga, bingumba na bango esili kobebisama, bazali kolela mpo na mokili na bango, mpe koganga ezali koyokana wuta na Yelusalemi.
“Judah mourns, and its gates languish. They sit in black on the ground. The cry of Jerusalem goes up.
3 Bakambi bazali kotinda basali na bango mpo ete bakende kotoka mayi; kasi soki bakomi na libulu ya mayi, mayi ezali te, bongo bazali kozonga na mbeki ya pamba, bazipi bilongi na soni mpe na mawa.
Their nobles send their little ones to the waters. They come to the cisterns, and find no water. They return with their vessels empty. They are disappointed and confounded, and cover their heads.
4 Mabele esili kokawuka, pamba te mvula ezali konoka lisusu te, basali bilanga bakomi na pasi mpe bazipi bilongi na bango mpo na soni.
Because of the ground which is cracked, because no rain has been in the land, the ploughmen are disappointed. They cover their heads.
5 Ezala mboloko kati na zamba ekomi kokima ata mwana na yango oyo esili kobota, pamba te matiti ya kolia ezali lisusu te.
Yes, the doe in the field also calves and forsakes her young, because there is no grass.
6 Ba-ane ya zamba etelemi na basonge ya bangomba ekawuka mpe ezali kobenda mopepe lokola mbwa ya zamba; miso na yango elembi kotala, pamba te matiti ya kolia ezali te. »
The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights. They pant for air like jackals. Their eyes fail, because there is no vegetation.
7 Oh Yawe, ata masumu na biso ezali kofunda biso, sala mpo na lokumu ya Kombo na Yo, pamba te towangani Yo mpe mingi, tosalaki masumu liboso na Yo.
Though our iniquities testify against us, work for your name’s sake, LORD; for our rebellions are many. We have sinned against you.
8 Oh Elikya ya Isalaele, Mobikisi na ye na tango ya pasi, mpo na nini ozali kosala makambo lokola mopaya kati na mboka oyo to lokola moleki nzela oyo atelemaka kaka na mboka mpo na kolekisa butu?
You hope of Israel, its Saviour in the time of trouble, why should you be as a foreigner in the land, and as a wayfaring man who turns aside to stay for a night?
9 Mpo na nini ozali kosala makambo lokola moto oyo asutuki to lokola elombe oyo azangi makoki ya kobikisa moto? Nzokande, Yo, Yawe, ozali kati na biso mpe tobengami solo na Kombo na Yo! Kosundola biso te!
Why should you be like a scared man, as a mighty man who can’t save? Yet you, LORD, are in the middle of us, and we are called by your name. Don’t leave us.
10 Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi na tina na bato oyo: « Bato oyo balingaka kaka kotambola-tambola, bavandaka esika moko te. Yango wana, Yawe asepelaka na bango te, akobosana mabe na bango te mpe akopesa bango etumbu mpo na masumu na bango. »
The LORD says to this people: “Even so they have loved to wander. They have not restrained their feet. Therefore the LORD does not accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity, and punish them for their sins.”
11 Bongo, Yawe alobaki na ngai: — Kosambela mpo na bolamu ya bato oyo te!
The LORD said to me, “Don’t pray for this people for their good.
12 Ata soki bakili bilei, nakoyoka kolela na bango te; ata soki babonzi mbeka ya kotumba mpe ya bagato, nakondima yango te. Nzokande, nakobebisa bango na mopanga, na nzala makasi mpe na bokono oyo ebomaka.
When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and meal offering, I will not accept them; but I will consume them by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.”
13 Kasi nazongiselaki Ye: — Oh Nkolo Yawe, basakoli bazali kokoba koloba na bango: « Te! Bokotikala komona mopanga to nzala makasi te, kasi nakopesa bino kimia ya solo na esika oyo. »
Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, the prophets tell them, ‘You will not see the sword, neither will you have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.’”
14 Yawe alobaki na ngai: — Basakoli bazali kosakola makambo ya lokuta na Kombo na Ngai. Natindaki bango te, naponaki bango te mpe nalobaki na bango likambo moko te. Bimoniseli mpe masakoli na bango ezali ya lokuta; makambo nyonso oyo bazali kosakola ezali pamba, ewutaka nde na makanisi ya mitema na bango moko.
Then the LORD said to me, “The prophets prophesy lies in my name. I didn’t send them. I didn’t command them. I didn’t speak to them. They prophesy to you a lying vision, divination, and a thing of nothing, and the deceit of their own heart.
15 Yango wana, tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi mpo na basakoli oyo bazali koloba na Kombo na Ngai: « Natindaki bango te, atako bazali koloba: ‹ Mopanga mpe nzala makasi ekokweya na mokili oyo te. › Basakoli yango bakokufa na mopanga mpe na nzala makasi.
Therefore the LORD says concerning the prophets who prophesy in my name, but I didn’t send them, yet they say, ‘Sword and famine will not be in this land.’ Those prophets will be consumed by sword and famine.
16 Bongo, bato oyo bazali kondima masakoli na bango bakobwakama na libanda, na babalabala ya Yelusalemi likolo ya nzala makasi mpe ya mopanga. Moto moko te akozala mpo na kokunda bango, ezala bango to basi na bango to mpe bana na bango ya mibali to ya basi. Nakozongisela bango mabe na mabe oyo basalaki.
The people to whom they prophesy will be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword. They will have no one to bury them—them, their wives, their sons, or their daughters, for I will pour their wickedness on them.
17 Loba na bango maloba oyo: ‹ Butu mpe moyi, miso na ngai ezali kobimisa mpinzoli, ezali kokawuka te! Pamba te moseka na ngai, bato na ngai, bazali na pasi mingi mpo ete babetami makasi.
“You shall say this word to them: “‘Let my eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease; for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous wound.
18 Soki nakeyi na zamba, nazali komona bibembe ya bato oyo babomi na mopanga; soki nakoti kati na engumba, nazali komona bato oyo bazali kokufa na nzala. Basakoli mpe Banganga-Nzambe bazali kososola likambo moko te tango bazali kotambola na mokili. › »
If I go out into the field, then behold, the slain with the sword! If I enter into the city, then behold, those who are sick with famine! For both the prophet and the priest go about in the land, and have no knowledge.’”
19 Boni, obwaki solo Yuda? Oyini penza Siona? Mpo na nini otindeli biso pasi makasi oyo ezangeli nzela ya kobika? Tokanisaki ete tokozwa kimia; nzokande, eloko moko ya malonga esalemi te! Tokanisaki ete tokozala na nzoto kolongono; nzokande, tozali kaka komona pasi na pasi!
Have you utterly rejected Judah? Has your soul loathed Zion? Why have you struck us, and there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and behold, dismay!
20 Oh Yawe, tososoli solo mabe na biso mpe masumu ya batata na biso! Solo, tosali penza masumu liboso na Yo.
We acknowledge, LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against you.
21 Koyina biso te mpo na lokumu ya Kombo na Yo! Kobebisa te nkembo ya Kiti ya Bokonzi na Yo! Kanisa boyokani oyo osalaki elongo na biso mpe kobebisa yango te!
Do not abhor us, for your name’s sake. Do not disgrace the throne of your glory. Remember, and don’t break your covenant with us.
22 Boni, ezali na nzambe moko ya ekeko, kati na bikolo, oyo enokisaka mvula? Boni, likolo ekoki penza konokisa yango moko mvula? Te! Ezali nde Yo, Yawe, Nzambe na biso! Totie elikya na biso nyonso epai na Yo, pamba te Yo nde osala biloko oyo nyonso.
Are there any amongst the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? Or can the sky give showers? Aren’t you he, the LORD our God? Therefore we will wait for you; for you have made all these things.
