Jeremi 23
1 « Mawa na babateli bibwele oyo bazali koboma mpe kobungisa bibwele na Ngai, » elobi Yawe.
"Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture." says the LORD.
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, the God of Israel, against the shepherds who feed my people: "You have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them; look, I will visit on you the evil of your doings," says the LORD.
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.
"I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and multiply.
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.
I will set up shepherds over them, who shall feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall any be lacking," 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.
"Look, the days come," says the LORD, "that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
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 Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely; and this is his name by which he shall be called: 'The LORD our righteousness.'
7 Na mikolo ekoya, » elobi Yawe, « bato bakoloba lisusu te: ‹ Na Kombo na Yawe oyo abimisaki bana ya Isalaele na Ejipito; ›
Therefore look, the days come," says the LORD, "that they shall no more say, 'As the LORD lives, who brought up the children 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, 'As the LORD lives, who brought up and who led the descendants of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all the countries where he had driven them.' They shall dwell in 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.
Concerning the prophets: My heart within me is broken, all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine has overcome, because of the LORD, and because of his holy words.
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 the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourns; the pastures of the wilderness are dried up. "Their course is evil, and their might is not right;
11 « Basakoli mpe Banganga-Nzambe, basundoli Nzambe; ezala kati na Tempelo na Ngai, nazali komona misala na bango ya mabe, » elobi Yawe.
for both prophet and priest are profane; yes, in my house have I found their wickedness," says the LORD.
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 their way shall be to them as slippery places in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall in it; for I will bring evil on them, even the year of their visitation," says the LORD.
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.
"I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.
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. »
In the prophets of Jerusalem also I have seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies; and they strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that none does return from his wickedness: they are all of them become to me as Sodom, and its inhabitants as Gomorrah.
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 of hosts concerning the prophets: 'Look, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall; for from the prophets of Jerusalem is ungodliness 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 of hosts, 'Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you: they teach you vanity; they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of 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 continually to those who despise me, "The LORD has said, 'You shall have peace'"; and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart they say, "No evil shall come on 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 council of the LORD, that he should perceive and hear his word? Who has marked my word, and heard it?
19 Tala, mopepe makasi ya Yawe etomboki! Kanda na Ye epeli lokola moto, bakake ezali konguluma mpe kokweyela bato mabe.
Look, the storm of the LORD, his wrath, has gone forth. Yes, a whirling storm. It shall burst on the head of the wicked.
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.
The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he has executed, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days you shall understand it perfectly.
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 these prophets, yet they ran: I did not speak 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 council, then had they caused my people to hear my words, and had turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
23 Boni, bokanisi ete Ngai Nzambe namonaka kaka pene, kasi namonaka mosika te? » elobi Yawe.
Am I a God 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.
Can any hide himself in secret places so that I shall not see him?' says the LORD. '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 have said, who prophesy lies in my name, saying, "I have dreamed, I have dreamed."
26 Kino tango nini penza basakoli oyo bakokoba kosakola makambo ya lokuta, makanisi ya pamba ya mitema na bango?
How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies, even the prophets of the deceit 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 think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbor, as their fathers forgot my name for 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 a dream; and he who has my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the straw to the wheat?' says the LORD.
29 « boni, maloba na Ngai ezali lokola moto te? To lokola marto te oyo ebukaka mabanga biteni-biteni? » elobi Yawe.
'Isn't my word like fire?' says the LORD; 'and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?
30 « Yango wana, nakotelemela basakoli oyo bawelaka bango na bango maloba na Ngai, » elobi Yawe;
Therefore look, I am against the prophets,' says the LORD, 'who steal my words everyone from his neighbor.
31 « solo, nakotelemela basakoli oyo bafungolaka minoko na bango mpo na kokomisa maloba na bango maloba na Ngai, » elobi Yawe,
Look, I am against the prophets,' says the LORD, 'who use their tongues, and say, "He says."
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.
Look, I am against the prophets who prophesy lying dreams,' says the LORD, 'and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their vain boasting: yet I did not send them, nor commanded them; neither do they profit this people at all,' says the LORD.
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. ›
'When this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask you, saying, "What is the burden of the LORD?" Then you shall tell them, "You are the burden, and I will cast you off," 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 priest, and the people, who shall say, "The burden of the LORD," I will even punish that man and 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? ›
You shall say everyone to his neighbor, and everyone to his brother, "What has the LORD answered?" and, "What has the LORD spoken?"
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!
You shall mention the burden of the LORD no more: for every man's own word shall be his burden; for you have perverted the words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God.
37 Tala maloba oyo osengeli koloba na mosakoli wana: ‹ Eyano nini Yawe apesi yo? › to ‹ Yawe alobi nini? ›
You shall say to the prophet, "What has the LORD answered you?" and, "What has the LORD 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! ›
But if you say, "The burden of the LORD"; therefore thus says the LORD: Because you say this word, "The burden of the LORD," and I have 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, look, I will surely lift you up and I will cast you off, and the city that I gave to you and to your fathers, away from my presence:
40 nakoyokisa bino soni ya libela, soni oyo bokotikala kobosana te. »
and I will bring an everlasting reproach on you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.'"
