Jeremi 23
1 « Mawa na babateli bibwele oyo bazali koboma mpe kobungisa bibwele na Ngai, » elobi Yawe.
Woe to the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of their pasture!
2 Yango wana, tala liloba oyo Yawe, Nzambe ya Isalaele, alobi na tina na babateli bibwele oyo bazali kobatela bato na Ngai: « Lokola bosili kopanza bibwele na Ngai, bobungisi bango nzela mpe bobateli bango malamu te, nakopesa bino etumbu mpo na mabe oyo bosili kosala, » elobi Yawe,
Therefore thus says the Lord against them that tend my people; You have scattered my sheep, and driven them out, and you have not visited them: behold, I [will] take vengeance upon you according to your evil practices.
3 « Ngai moko nakosangisa ndambo ya bibwele na Ngai, oyo batikali wuta na bikolo nyonso epai wapi nabenganelaki bango; mpe nakozongisa bango na lopango na bango, esika oyo bakobotana mpe bakokoma ebele.
And I will gather in the remnant of my people in every land, whither I have driven them out, and will set them in their pasture; and they shall increase and be multiplied.
4 Nakopesa bango na maboko ya babateli mosusu ya bibwele mpo ete babatela bango malamu. Boye, bakobanga lisusu te, bakozala lisusu na somo te mpe moko te kati na bango akozanga lisusu, » elobi Yawe.
And I will raise up shepherds to them, who shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be alarmed, says the Lord.
5 « Na mikolo oyo ekoya, » elobi Yawe, « nakobimisa Moto ya nzete mpo na Davidi, mokonzi oyo akokamba na bwanya, oyo akosala kolanda bosembo mpe bosolo.
Behold, the days come, says the Lord, when I will raise up to David a righteous branch, and a king shall reign and understand, and shall execute judgment and righteousness on the earth.
6 Na eleko ya mokonzi wana, mokili ya Yuda ekobikisama, mpe mokili ya Isalaele ekozala na kimia. Tala kombo oyo bakobengela ye: Yawe azali Bosembo na biso.
In his days both Juda shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell securely: and this is his name, which the Lord shall call him, Josedec among the prophets.
7 Na mikolo ekoya, » elobi Yawe, « bato bakoloba lisusu te: ‹ Na Kombo na Yawe oyo abimisaki bana ya Isalaele na Ejipito; ›
Therefore, behold, the days come, says the Lord, when they shall no more say, The Lord lives, who brought up the house of Israel out of the land of Egypt;
8 kasi bakoloba: ‹ Na Kombo na Yawe oyo abimisaki bakitani ya Isalaele na mokili ya nor mpe na bikolo nyonso epai wapi abenganaki bango. › Bongo, bakovanda na mokili na bango moko. »
but The Lord lives, who has gathered the whole seed of Israel from the north land, and from all the countries whither he [had] driven them out, and has restored them into their own land.
9 Na tina na basakoli: Motema na ngai ebukani kati na ngai, mikuwa na ngai nyonso ezali kolenga. Nakomi lokola moto oyo alangwe masanga, lokola moto oyo masanga ya vino ebeti ye, likolo na Yawe mpe maloba na Ye ya bule.
My heart is broken within me; all my bones are shaken: I am become as a broken-down man, and as a man overcome with wine, because of the Lord, and because of the excellence of his glory.
10 Pamba te mokili etondi na kindumba, mokili ekomi na matanga. Likolo ya bilakeli mabe, matiti oyo bibwele eliaka na esobe ekawuki, basakoli bakomi kolanda nzela mabe mpe bakomi na molende ya kosala kaka makambo oyo esengeli te.
For because of these things the land mourns; the pastures of the wilderness are dried up; and their course is become evil, and so [also] their strength.
11 « Basakoli mpe Banganga-Nzambe, basundoli Nzambe; ezala kati na Tempelo na Ngai, nazali komona misala na bango ya mabe, » elobi Yawe.
For priest and prophet are defiled; and I have seen their iniquities in my house.
12 « Yango wana, nzela na bango ekokoma moselu mpe molili; bakobengana bango kino na mboka ya molili mpe kuna bakokweya. Nakotindela bango pasi, tango oyo nakopesa bango etumbu, » elobi Yawe.
Therefore let their way be to them slippery and dark: and they shall be tripped up and fall in it: for I will bring evils upon them, in the year of their visitation.
13 « Namoni makambo ya nkele kati na basakoli ya Samari: bazali kosakola na kombo ya nzambe Bala mpe bazali kobungisa Isalaele, bato na Ngai, nzela.
And in the prophets of Samaria I have seen lawless deeds; they prophesied by Baal, and led my people Israel astray.
14 Namoni lisusu makambo ya nkele kati na basakoli ya Yelusalemi: bazali kosala kindumba mpe kowumela na lokuta, bazali kolendisa bato oyo basalaka mabe mpo ete batika te misala na bango ya mabe. Bango nyonso bazali liboso na Ngai lokola Sodome, bato ya Yelusalemi bazali lokola bato ya Gomore. »
Also in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen horrible things: as they committed adultery, and walked in lies, and strengthened the hands of many, that they should not return each from his evil way: they are all become to me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrha.
15 Yango wana, tala liloba oyo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, alobi na tina na basakoli: « Nakoleisa bango bilei ya bololo mpe nakomelisa bango mayi ya ngenge, pamba te ezali na nzela ya basakoli ya Yelusalemi nde bato ya mokili mobimba bobosani Nzambe. »
Therefore thus says the Lord; Behold, I will feed them with pain, and give them bitter water to drink: for from the prophets of Jerusalem has defilement gone forth [into] all the land.
16 Tala liloba oyo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, alobi: « Boyoka te makambo oyo basakoli bazali kosakola epai na bino!
Thus says the Lord Almighty, Listen not to the words of the prophets: for they frame a vain vision for themselves; they speak from their own heart, and not from the mouth of the Lord.
17 Bazali koloba na bato oyo batiolaka Ngai: ‹ Yawe alobi: Bokozala malamu! › Mpe na bato oyo balandaka makanisi mabe ya mitema na bango: ‹ Mabe moko te ekokomela bino! ›
They say to them that reject the word of the Lord, There shall be peace to you; and to all that walk after their own lusts, and to everyone that walks in the error of his heart, they have said, No evil shall come upon you.
18 Kasi nani kati na basakoli wana akotaki na mayangani ya Yawe mpo ete amona to mpe ayoka Liloba na Yawe? Nani apesaki litoyi mpo na koyoka liloba na Ye?
For who has stood in the counsel of the Lord, and seen his word? who has listened, and heard?
19 Tala, mopepe makasi ya Yawe etomboki! Kanda na Ye epeli lokola moto, bakake ezali konguluma mpe kokweyela bato mabe.
Behold, [there is] an earthquake from the Lord, and anger proceeds to a convulsion, it shall come violently upon the ungodly.
20 Kanda ya Yawe ekokita te kino ekokokisa malamu-malamu penza mabongisi ya motema na Ye! Bokozwa mayele ya kososola yango malamu na mikolo oyo ekoya.
And the Lord's wrath shall return no more, until he have accomplished it, and until he have established it, according to the purpose of his heart: at the end of the days they shall understand it.
21 Natindaki basakoli wana te, kasi tala ndenge bapoti mbangu mpo na kokende; nalobaki na bango likambo moko te, kasi tala bango wana bazali kosakola!
I sent not the prophets, yet they ran: neither spoke I to them, yet they prophesied.
22 Soki solo bazalaki na mayangani na Ngai, balingaki nde koloba maloba na Ngai epai ya bato na Ngai, mpe bato na Ngai balingaki kotika banzela mpe misala na bango ya mabe!
But if they had stood in my counsel, and if they had listened to my words, then would they have turned my people from their evil practices.
23 Boni, bokanisi ete Ngai Nzambe namonaka kaka pene, kasi namonaka mosika te? » elobi Yawe.
I am a God near at hand, says the Lord, and not a God afar off.
24 « Boni, moto akoki solo kobombama na esika ya nkuku, bongo Ngai nazanga komona ye? » elobi Yawe. « Boni, natondisa likolo mpe mabele te? » elobi Yawe.
Shall any one hide himself in secret places, and I not see him? Do I not fill heaven and earth? says the Lord.
25 « Nayoki makambo oyo basakoli ya lokuta bazali kosakola na Kombo na Ngai; bazali koloba: ‹ Tala, naloti ndoto! Naloti ndoto! ›
I have heard what the prophets say, what they prophesy in my name, saying falsely, I have seen a night vision.
26 Kino tango nini penza basakoli oyo bakokoba kosakola makambo ya lokuta, makanisi ya pamba ya mitema na bango?
How long shall [these things] be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies, when they prophesy the purposes of their own heart?
27 Bakanisi ete bakoki kosala ete bato na Ngai babosana Kombo na Ngai na nzela ya ndoto oyo bazali koloba bango na bango, ndenge batata na bango babosanaki Kombo na Ngai mpo na kosalela nzambe Bala?
who devise that [men] may forget my law by their dreams, which they have told every one to his neighbor, as their fathers forgot my name in [the worship of] Baal.
28 Tika ete mosakoli oyo aloti ndoto aloba yango, mpe tika ete moto oyo azali na liloba na Ngai aloba liloba na Ngai kolanda solo, ndenge yango ezali. Mpo na nini kosangisa matiti ya kokawuka na ble? » elobi Yawe;
The prophet who has a dream, let him tell his dream; and [he] in whom is my word [spoken] to him, let him tell my word truly: what is the chaff to the corn? so are my words, says the Lord.
29 « boni, maloba na Ngai ezali lokola moto te? To lokola marto te oyo ebukaka mabanga biteni-biteni? » elobi Yawe.
Behold, are not my words as fire? says the Lord; and as an axe cutting the rock?
30 « Yango wana, nakotelemela basakoli oyo bawelaka bango na bango maloba na Ngai, » elobi Yawe;
Behold, I am therefore against the prophets, says the Lord God, that steal my words every one from his neighbor.
31 « solo, nakotelemela basakoli oyo bafungolaka minoko na bango mpo na kokomisa maloba na bango maloba na Ngai, » elobi Yawe,
Behold, I am against the prophets that put forth prophecies of mere words, and slumber their sleep.
32 « nakotelemela basakoli oyo basakolaka bandoto ya lokuta, » elobi Yawe, « basakoli oyo bapengwisaka bato na Ngai na nzela ya maloba na bango ya lokuta tango balobaka bandoto yango ya lokuta; nzokande Ngai natindaki bango te mpe napesaki bango ndingisa te; ezali na tina ata moko te mpo na bato na Ngai, » elobi Yawe.
Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets that prophesy false dreams, and have not told them [truly], and have caused my people to err by their lies, and by their errors; yet I sent them not, and commanded them not; therefore, they shall not profit this people at all.
33 « Soki moko kati na bato oyo to mosakoli to Nganga-Nzambe atuni yo: ‹ Yawe alobi nini? › Loba na ye: ‹ Yawe alobi nini? Nakosundola bino, elobi Yawe. ›
And if this people, or the priest, or the prophet, should ask, What is the burden of the Lord? then you shall say to them, You are the burden, and I will dash you down, says the Lord.
34 Soki mosakoli to Nganga-Nzambe to moto mosusu alobi: ‹ Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi, › nakopesa ye elongo na libota na ye etumbu.
[As for] the prophet, and the priests, and the people, who shall say, The burden of the Lord, I will even take vengeance on that man, and on his house.
35 Nzokande, tala maloba oyo moko na moko kati na bino asengeli koyebisa moninga to ndeko na ye: ‹ Eyano nini Yawe apesi? Yawe alobi nini? ›
Thus shall you say every one to his neighbor, and every one to his brother, What has the Lord answered? and, what has the Lord said?
36 Kasi bosengeli lisusu te koloba: ‹ Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi, › noki te liloba yango ekokoma etumbu mpo na moto oyo alobi yango, pamba te bobongoli maloba na Nzambe na bomoi, Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, Nzambe na biso!
And do you name no more the burden of the Lord; for his own word shall be a man's burden.
37 Tala maloba oyo osengeli koloba na mosakoli wana: ‹ Eyano nini Yawe apesi yo? › to ‹ Yawe alobi nini? ›
But therefore, [say you], has the Lord our God spoken?
38 Nzokande, soki bolobi lisusu: ‹ Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi, › wana tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: Lokola bosalelaka maloba oyo: ‹ Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi, › ata tango Ngai nayebisaki bino: ‹ Boloba te: Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi! ›
Therefore thus says the Lord our God; Because you have spoken this word, The burden of the Lord, and I sent to you, saying, you shall not say, The burden of the Lord;
39 mpo na yango, nakobosana bino solo mpe nakobengana bino mosika ya elongi na Ngai, bino elongo na engumba oyo napesaki na bino mpe na batata na bino;
therefore, behold, I [will] seize, and dash down you and the city which I gave to you and your fathers.
40 nakoyokisa bino soni ya libela, soni oyo bokotikala kobosana te. »
And I will bring upon you an everlasting reproach, and everlasting disgrace, which shall not be forgotten.
