Jeremi 17
1 « Masumu ya Yuda ezali lokola makomi oyo bakoma na ekomeli ya ebende oyo ezali na songe ya diama; bakoma yango na bitando ya mitema na bango mpe na maseke ya bitumbelo na bango.
The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond. It is engraved upon the tablet of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars,
2 Ndenge bakanisaka bana na bango ya mibali, ndenge wana mpe bakanisaka bitumbelo na bango mpe makonzi ya Ashera, nzambe mwasi, pembeni ya banzete ya mibesu na likolo ya bangomba.
while their sons remember their altars and their Asherim by the green trees upon the high hills.
3 Oh ngomba na Ngai kati na mokili, nakokaba lokola bomengo ya bitumba: biloko na yo, bozwi na yo nyonso mpe bisambelo na yo ya likolo ya bangomba mpo na masumu oyo osalaki kati na mokili na yo.
O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance and all thy treasures for a spoil, and thy high places, because of sin, throughout all thy borders.
4 Likolo ya mabe na yo, okobungisa libula oyo napesaki yo, nakokomisa yo mowumbu ya banguna na yo kati na mokili oyo oyebi te; pamba te opelisi kanda na Ngai, mpe ekopela mpo na libela. »
And thou, even of thyself, shall discontinue from thy heritage that I gave thee, and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou know not. For ye have kindled a fire in my anger which shall burn forever.
5 Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: « Tika ete moto oyo atiaka elikya na moto, oyo ayekamelaka eloko ya pete mpe atalelaka Yawe te, alakelama mabe!
Thus says Jehovah: Cursed is the man who trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from Jehovah.
6 Akozala lokola mwa nzete ekawuka kati na esobe; akomona bolamu te tango ekoya, akovanda na bisika ya kokawuka ya esobe, na mokili ya mungwa epai wapi bato bazalaka te.
For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good comes, but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, a salt land and not inhabited.
7 Kasi tika ete moto oyo atiaka elikya na Yawe mpe atalelaka Ye apambolama!
Blessed is the man who trusts in Jehovah, and whose trust Jehovah is.
8 Akozala lokola nzete oyo balona pembeni ya mayi, oyo epanzaka misisa na yango kino na mayi: ezalaka na somo ya moyi makasi te; makasa na yango ezalaka kaka mibesu tango nyonso. Ezalaka na somo ya koya ya mobu ya bokawuki te mpe ebotaka mbuma tango nyonso. »
For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, that spreads out its roots by the river, and shall not fear when heat comes, but its leaf shall be green, and shall not be worried in the year of drought, nor shall cease from yielding fruit.
9 Motema eleki biloko nyonso na lokuta mpe ekoki kobika te; nani akoki koyeba yango?
The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt. Who can know it?
10 « Ngai Yawe, nayebi motema mpe nasosolaka malamu makanisi na yango, mpo na kofuta moto na moto kolanda etamboli mpe misala na ye. »
I, Jehovah, search the mind. I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.
11 Moto oyo azwaka bomengo na nzela ya sembo te azali lokola ndeke oyo evandeli maki ya ndeke mosusu. Boye, bomengo yango ekokima na kati-kati ya bomoi na ye mpe ekomonisa bozoba na ye na suka ya bomoi na ye.
As the partridge that sits on eggs which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right. In the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.
12 Kiti ya Bokonzi ya nkembo, oyo enetolama wuta na ebandeli ezali nde Esika na biso ya bule.
A glorious throne, set on high from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary.
13 Oh Yawe, Elikya ya Isalaele, bato nyonso oyo basundolaka Yo bakufaka soni, bato oyo bapesaka yo mokongo bakufaka, pamba te basundoli Yawe, Etima ya mayi na bomoi.
O Jehovah, the hope of Israel, all who forsake thee shall be put to shame. Those who depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken Jehovah, the fountain of living waters.
14 Oh Yawe, bikisa ngai mpe nakobika; Oh Yawe, kangola ngai mpe nakokangolama, mpo ete nakumisaka nde Yo!
Heal me, O Jehovah, and I shall be healed. Save me, and I shall be saved, for thou are my praise.
15 Tala, bato oyo bazali koloba na ngai: « Wapi Liloba na Yawe? Tika ete ekokisama sik’oyo! »
Behold, they say to me, Where is the word of Jehovah? Let it come now.
16 Nzokande, naboyaki te kozala mobateli bibwele oyo alandaka nzela na Yo. Oyebi malamu ete nazalaki na posa ya komona mokolo ya pasi te. Maloba oyo ebimaka na monoko na ngai ebimaka nde liboso na Yo.
As for me, I have not hastened from being a shepherd after thee, nor have I desired the woeful day. Thou know. That which came out of my lips was before thy face.
17 Kobangisa ngai te, pamba te ozali Ekimelo na ngai na tango ya pasi!
Be not a terror to me. Thou are my refuge in the day of evil.
18 Tika ete banyokoli na ngai bayokisama soni, kasi batela ngai ete nayokisama soni te! Tika ete bango balenga na somo, kasi ngai nalenga na somo te. Tindela bango mokolo ya pasi, bebisa bango malamu mbala mibale.
Let them be put to shame who persecute me, but let me not be put to shame. Let them be dismayed, but let me not be dismayed. Bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.
19 Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobaki na ngai: « Kende kotelema na ekuke ya bato, na ekuke oyo bakonzi ya Yuda bakotelaka mpe babimelaka. Kende mpe lisusu kotelema na bikuke nyonso ya Yelusalemi.
Thus Jehovah said to me, Go, and stand in the gate of the sons of the people, by which the kings of Judah come in, and by which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem.
20 Loba na bango: ‹ Oh bino bakonzi mpe bato nyonso ya Yuda elongo na bino nyonso bavandi ya Yelusalemi, bino oyo bokotelaka na bikuke oyo, boyoka Liloba na Yawe!
And say to them, Hear ye the word of Jehovah, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, who enter in by these gates.
21 Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: Bosala keba ete moko te kati na bino amema mikumba na mokolo ya Saba to alekisa yango na bikuke ya Yelusalemi;
Thus says Jehovah: Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem.
22 moko te kati na bino abimisa mokumba na ndako na ye to asala mosala songolo na mokolo ya Saba. Kasi bozwa mokolo yango lokola mokolo ya bule ndenge natindaki bakoko na bino.
Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, nor do ye any work. But hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.
23 Nzokande, baboyaki koyoka, bayeisaki mito na bango makasi mpo na koboya kaka koyoka mpe kolanda mitindo na Ngai.
But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, and might not receive instruction.
24 Kasi soki penza boyoki Ngai, elobi Yawe, soki bomemi mikumba te, soki bolekisi te mikumba na bikuke ya engumba oyo mpe soki bobulisi mokolo ya Saba, soki bosali ata mosala moko te na mokolo wana ya Saba,
And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken to me, says Jehovah, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but to hallow the sabbath day, to do no work in it,
25 bakonzi oyo bavandaka na kiti ya bokonzi ya Davidi bakokotela na bikuke ya engumba oyo elongo na bakalaka na bango; bongo bango elongo na bakalaka na bango bakoya na likolo ya bashar mpe mpunda elongo na bato ya Yuda mpe bavandi ya Yelusalemi; bongo, bato bakovanda libela na libela na engumba oyo.
then there shall enter in by the gates of this city kings and rulers sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their rulers, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And this city shall remain forever.
26 Bato bakowuta na bingumba ya Yuda mpe na mboka oyo ezali pene ya Yelusalemi, na etuka ya Benjame mpe na ngambo ya weste ya bangomba mikuse, na etuka ya bangomba mpe ya Negevi; mpo na koya kobonza kati na Tempelo ya Yawe bambeka ya kotumba, bambeka mosusu, makabo ya bambuma mpe malasi ya ansa, mpo na kobonza makabo ya kozongisa matondi, kati na Tempelo ya Yawe.
And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places round about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the lowland, and from the hill-country, and from the South, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and meal offerings, and frankincense, and bringing things of thanksgiving, to the house of Jehovah.
27 Kasi soki botosi Ngai te mpe bobulisi te mokolo ya Saba, bongo bomemi mpe bolekisi mikumba na bino na bikuke ya Yelusalemi na mokolo ya Saba, nakopelisa moto oyo ekufaka te na bikuke ya Yelusalemi mpe ekozikisa bandako na yango nyonso oyo batonga makasi. › »
But if ye will not hearken to me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden and enter in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day, then I will kindle a fire in the gates of it, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.
