Jeremi 18
1 Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobaki na Jeremi:
The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
2 — Kende na ndako ya mosali mbeki mpe, kuna, nakoyebisa yo makambo.
“Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause you to hear my words.”
3 Boye, nakendeki na ndako ya mosali mbeki mpe nakutaki ye azali kosala mosala na ye.
Then I went down to the potter’s house, and behold, he was making something on the wheels.
4 Kasi mbeki oyo azalaki kosala na mabele oyo basalelaka bikeko ezalaki kokangama ye na maboko. Bongo, mosali mbeki yango asalaki mbeki mosusu wuta na mbeki oyo ebebaki, asalaki yango lisusu kitoko kolanda posa ya motema na ye.
When the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
5 Mpe kuna, Yawe alobaki na ngai:
Then the LORD’s word came to me, saying,
6 — Oh bana ya Isalaele, nakoki kosala bino te ndenge mosali mbeki oyo azali kosala, elobi Yawe? Bana ya Isalaele, bozali te kati na maboko na Ngai lokola mabele oyo basalelaka bikeko kati na maboko ya mosali mbeki?
“House of Israel, can’t I do with you as this potter?” says the LORD. “Behold, as the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand, house of Israel.
7 Soki nazwi mokano ya kopikola, ya kokweyisa to ya kobebisa ekolo to mokili songolo,
At the instant I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it,
8 bongo ekolo to mokili oyo nakebisi etiki kosala mabe, nakobongola mokano oyo nasilaki kozwa mpo na yango mpe nakolongola pasi oyo nakanaki kotindela yango.
if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do to them.
9 To mpe lisusu, soki nazwi mokano ya kotonga to ya kolona ekolo to mokili pakala,
At the instant I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it,
10 bongo ekolo to mokili yango ekomi kosala mabe na miso na Ngai mpe eboyi koyokela Ngai, nakobongola mokano oyo nasilaki kozwa ya kosalela yango bolamu.
if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they not obey my voice, then I will repent of the good with which I said I would benefit them.
11 Yango wana, yebisa sik’oyo bato ya Yuda mpe bavandi ya Yelusalemi: « Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: ‹ Tala, nasili kozwa mokano ya kotindela bino pasi, mpe nazali na mabongisi ya kosala bino mabe. Boye, tika ete moko na moko kati na bino atika nzela na ye ya mabe, abongola bizaleli mpe misala na ye. ›
“Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, ‘The LORD says: “Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a plan against you. Everyone return from his evil way now, and amend your ways and your doings.”’
12 Kasi bakozongisa: ‹ Ezali na tina te! Tokokoba kaka kosala mabongisi ya mitema na biso, mpe moko na moko kati na biso akokoba kaka kolanda baposa mabe ya motema na ye. › »
But they say, ‘It is in vain; for we will walk after our own plans, and we will each follow the stubbornness of his evil heart.’”
13 Yango wana, tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: « Boluka koyeba kati na bikolo soki nani asila koyoka makambo ya boye! Isalaele, mboka kitoko, asali likambo ya mabe penza!
Therefore the LORD says: “Ask now among the nations, ‘Who has heard such things?’ The virgin of Israel has done a very horrible thing.
14 Boni, bosila komona mvula ya pembe ya Libani kosila na bangomba na yango? Bosila komona mayi ya malili oyo ekitaka na bangomba na yango kokawuka?
Will the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field? Will the cold waters that flow down from afar be dried up?
15 Nzokande, bato na Ngai babosani Ngai, bazali kotumba malasi ya ansa mpo na banzambe ya bikeko oyo ezanga tina, oyo ebetisaka bango mabaku na nzela mpe epengwisaka bango na nzela ya kala, bongo ememaka bango na banzela mosusu oyo bafungola nanu te.
For my people have forgotten me. They have burned incense to false gods. They have been made to stumble in their ways in the ancient paths, to walk in byways, in a way not built up,
16 Mokili na bango ekotikala lisusu na bato te, ekokoma eloko ya kotiola mpo na tango nyonso, bongo bato nyonso oyo bakoleka wana bakokamwa mpe bakoningisa mito na bango.
to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing. Everyone who passes by it will be astonished, and shake his head.
17 Nakopanza bango liboso ya banguna na bango ndenge mopepe ya este esalaka. Tango bakokoma na pasi, nakopesa bango mokongo mpe nakolakisa bango elongi na Ngai te. »
I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy. I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
18 Bazalaki koloba: « Boya! Tika ete tosalela Jeremi likita mpo na kosala ye mabe, pamba te ezala ndenge nini, Banganga-Nzambe bakosila te mpo na koteya Mobeko, bato ya bwanya bakosila te mpo na kopesa toli, mpe basakoli bakosila te mpo na kosakola Liloba na Yawe. Boya! Tika ete toboma ye na nzela ya lolemo, mpe tolanda te makambo oyo azali koloba! »
Then they said, “Come! Let’s devise plans against Jeremiah; for the law won’t perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let’s strike him with the tongue, and let’s not give heed to any of his words.”
19 Eh Yawe, yoka makambo oyo bafundi na ngai bazali koloba!
Give heed to me, LORD, and listen to the voice of those who contend with me.
20 Boni, bazongisaka solo mabe na malamu? Tala, batimoli libulu mpo na kokunda ngai! Kanisa ndenge nini natelemaki liboso na Yo mpo na koloba na tina na bolamu na bango, mpo ete kanda na Yo ekende mosika na bango.
Should evil be recompensed for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.
21 Mpo na yango, boma bana na bango na nzala, kaba bango na mopanga! Tika ete basi na bango bakufisa bana na bango mpe bakoma basi bakufisa mibali! Tika ete kufa ekomela mibali na bango, mpe bilenge mibali na bango bakufa na mopanga ya bitumba.
Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and give them over to the power of the sword. Let their wives become childless and widows. Let their men be killed and their young men struck by the sword in battle.
22 Tika ete kolela eyokana wuta na bandako na bango tango okotindela bango banguna na pwasa, pamba te batimoli libulu mpo ete bakanga ngai mpe batie mitambo na makolo na ngai!
Let a cry be heard from their houses when you bring a troop suddenly on them; for they have dug a pit to take me and hidden snares for my feet.
23 Kasi Yo, Yawe, oyebi mabongisi nyonso oyo basali mpo na koboma ngai; kolimbisa mabe na bango te, kolongola masumu na bango liboso na Yo te! Tika ete balenga liboso na Yo! Pesa bango etumbu na mokolo ya kanda na Yo.
Yet, LORD, you know all their counsel against me to kill me. Don’t forgive their iniquity. Don’t blot out their sin from your sight, Let them be overthrown before you. Deal with them in the time of your anger.
