Jeremi 29
1 Tala makomi ya mokanda oyo mosakoli Jeremi atindaki, wuta na Yelusalemi, epai ya bakambi oyo batikalaki kati na bato oyo bakendeki na bowumbu, epai ya Banganga-Nzambe, epai ya basakoli mpe epai ya bato nyonso oyo Nabukodonozori amemaki na bowumbu, na Babiloni wuta na Yelusalemi.
And these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders of the exiles, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon;
2 Mokanda yango etindamaki sima na bato oyo kokende na bawumbu longwa na Yelusalemi: mokonzi Yekonia, mama ya mokonzi, bakalaka na ye ya lokumu, bakambi ya Yuda mpe ya Yelusalemi, bato oyo balambaka bibende na moto mpe bato ya misala ya maboko.
(After king Jechonyah and the queen-mother, and the court-officers, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the locksmiths, were departed from Jerusalem; )
3 Apesaki mokanda yango na maboko ya Eleasa, mwana mobali ya Shafani; mpe na maboko ya Gemaria, mwana mobali ya Ilikia. Ezali bango nde Sedesiasi, mokonzi ya Yuda, atindaki na Babiloni epai ya Nabukodonozori, mokonzi ya Babiloni. Mokanda yango elobaki boye:
By the hand of El'assah the son of Shaphan, and Gemaryah the son of Chilkiyah, [whom Zedekiah the king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, ] saying,
4 Tala liloba oyo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, Nzambe ya Isalaele, alobi epai ya bato nyonso oyo namemaki na bowumbu, na Babiloni wuta na Yelusalemi:
Thus hath said the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all the exiles, whom I have caused to be carried into exile from Jerusalem unto Babylon,
5 « Botonga bandako mpe bovanda kuna; bolona banzete mpe bolia mbuma na yango;
Build ye houses, and dwell therein; and plant gardens, and eat their fruit;
6 bobalana, bobota bana mibali mpe bana basi, bolukela bana na bino ya mibali basi mpe bobalisa bana na bino ya basi, mpo ete bango mpe babota bana mibali mpe bana basi. Bobotana kuna mpe bokoma ebele, mpe botika te ete motango na bino ekita.
Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may multiply there, and not be diminished.
7 Boluka kimia mpe bolamu ya engumba epai wapi namemaki bino na bowumbu; bobondela Yawe mpo na yango, pamba te soki yango ebongi, bino mpe bokozala malamu. »
And seek the welfare of the city whither I have banished you, and pray in its behalf unto the Lord; for in its welfare shall ye fare well.
8 Solo, tala liloba oyo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, Nzambe ya Isalaele, alobi: « Bomitika te ete basakoli mpe bato ya soloka oyo bazali kati na bino bakosa bino: bondimela te bato oyo bazali kolimbolela bino bandoto.
For thus hath said the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Let not your prophets, that are in the midst of you, and your diviners, deceive you, and do not hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamt;
9 Pamba te bazali nde kosakola makambo ya lokuta na Kombo na Ngai; natindi bango te, » elobi Yawe.
For with falsehood do they prophesy unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the Lord.
10 Kasi tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: « Tango mibu tuku sambo ekokoka mpo na Babiloni, nakoya epai na bino mpe nakokokisa elaka na Ngai ya ngolu mpo na kozongisa bino na esika oyo.
For thus hath said the Lord, Because only after the accomplishment of seventy years for Babylon, will I visit you, and fulfill respecting you my good word, in causing you to return to this place.
11 Pamba te nayebi malamu mabongisi oyo nasalaki mpo na bino, » elobi Yawe, « mabongisi ya kosalela bino bolamu, kasi ya konyokola bino te, mabongisi mpo na kopesa bino elikya mpe bomoi malamu.
For I alone know the thoughts that I entertain respecting you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you a [happy] future and hope.
12 Boye bokobelela Ngai, bokoya epai na Ngai mpe bokobondela Ngai; mpe Ngai nakoyoka bino.
And you will call upon me, and ye will go and will pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
13 Bokoluka Ngai mpe bokomona Ngai, soki boluki Ngai na motema na bino mobimba.
And ye will seek me, and shall find me, for ye will search for me with all your heart.
14 Nakomimonisa epai na bino, » elobi Yawe, « mpe nakozongisa bino longwa na bowumbu. Nakosangisa bino longwa na bikolo nyonso mpe na bisika nyonso epai wapi nabenganaki bino, » elobi Yawe, « nakozongisa bino na esika oyo namemelaki bino na bowumbu. »
And I will be found of you, saith the Lord; and I will bring back your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the Lord; and I will cause you to return unto the place whence I have banished you.
15 Solo, bokoki koloba: « Yawe abimisi basakoli kati na biso awa na Babiloni! »
Because ye have said, The Lord hath raised us up prophets in Babylon.
16 Kasi tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi na tina na mokonzi oyo avandi na kiti ya bokonzi ya Davidi, na tina na bavandi nyonso ya engumba oyo, mpe na tina na bandeko na bino oyo bakendeki te na bowumbu elongo na bino;
But thus hath said the Lord concerning the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and concerning all the people that dwell in this city, your brethren that are not gone forth with you into exile;
17 tala liloba oyo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, alobi: « Nakotindela bango mopanga, nzala makasi mpe bokono oyo ebomaka, mpe nakokomisa bango lokola mbuma ya figi oyo epola, oyo moto ata moko te akokoka kolia.
Thus hath said the Lord of hosts, Behold, I will send out against them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence; and I will render them like the detestable figs, that cannot be eaten, from being so bad.
18 Nakolanda bango na mopanga, na nzala makasi mpe na bokono oyo ebomaka; mpe na miso ya bikolo nyonso ya mabele, nakokomisa bango eloko ya koyoka somo, ndakisa mpo na koloba maloba ya bosoloka, eloko ya lisuma, eloko ya kobanga mpe ya kotiola kati na bikolo nyonso epai wapi nakobengana bango.
And I will pursue after them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will make them a horror unto all the kingdoms of the earth, a curse, and an astonishment, and a derision, and a disgrace, among all the nations whither I have driven them;
19 Pamba te bayokaki maloba na Ngai te, » elobi Yawe, « maloba oyo nazalaki kotindela bango tango na tango na nzela ya basali na Ngai, basakoli. Mpe bino bato oyo bokendeki na bowumbu, bino mpe boyokaki te, » elobi Yawe.
For the reason that they have not hearkened to my words, saith the Lord, since I sent unto them my servants the prophets, causing them to rise up early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith the Lord.
20 Yango wana, boyoka Liloba na Yawe, bino bawumbu nyonso oyo natindaki na Babiloni longwa na Yelusalemi.
But ye—hear ye the word of the Lord, all ye exiles whom I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.
21 Tala liloba oyo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, Nzambe ya Isalaele, alobi na tina na Akabi, mwana mobali ya Kolaya, mpe na tina na Sedesiasi, mwana mobali ya Maaseya, oyo bazali kosakola makambo ya lokuta epai na bino, na Kombo na Ngai: « Nakokaba bango na maboko ya Nabukodonozori, mokonzi ya Babiloni, mpe akoboma bango na miso na bino.
Thus hath said the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Achab the son of Kolayah, and of Zedekiah the son of Ma'asseyah, who prophesy unto you in my name falsehood, Behold, I will give them up into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon: and he shall smite them before your eyes.
22 Likolo na bango, bawumbu nyonso oyo bawutaki na Yuda, bongo bazali na Babiloni, bakosalela elakeli mabe oyo: ‹ Tika ete Yawe asala bino ndenge asalaki Sedesiasi mpe Akabi, oyo mokonzi ya Babiloni atumbaki na moto! ›
And a curse shall be derived from them for all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon, saying, “May the Lord make thee like Zedekiah and like Achab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;”
23 Pamba te basalaki kati na Isalaele ekobo elongo na basi ya baninga na bango, bapaya, mpe balobaki lokuta na Kombo na Ngai, nzokande Ngai natindaki bango te kosala bongo. Nayebi yango malamu, mpe Ngai moko nazali Motatoli na yango, » elobi Yawe.
Because they have done scandalous deeds in Israel, and have committed adultery with the wives of their neighbors, and have spoken in my name falsehood, which I had not commanded them; whereas I am the one that know, and am the witness, saith the Lord.
24 Yebisa Shemaya, moto ya Nekelami, maloba oyo:
And to Shema'yahu the Nechelamite shalt thou say, as followeth,
25 « Tala liloba oyo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, Nzambe ya Isalaele, alobi: Otindaki mikanda na kombo na yo moko epai ya bato nyonso ya Yelusalemi, epai ya Nganga-Nzambe Sofoni, mwana mobali ya Maaseya, mpe epai ya Banganga-Nzambe. Olobaki na Sofoni:
Thus hath said the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent in thy name letters unto all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephanyah the son of Ma'asseyah the priest, and to all the priests, saying,
26 ‹ Yawe aponaki yo Nganga-Nzambe na esika ya Yeoyada mpo ete obatela Tempelo ya Yawe. Osengelaki kobwaka na boloko mpe kokanga bibende na makolo, bato pamba oyo bazali komimona lokola basakoli.
The Lord hath appointed thee priest in the place of Jehoyada' the priest, that ye should be superintendents in the house of the Lord, for every man that is mad, and that prophesieth, that thou shouldst put him in the stocks, and in prison:
27 Boye, mpo na nini opamelaki te mosakoli Jeremi, moto ya Anatoti, oyo azali komimona lokola mosakoli kati na bino?
And now, why hast thou not rebuked Jeremiah of 'Anathoth, who prophesieth to you?
28 Atindelaki biso sango oyo kati na Babiloni: Bowumbu na bino ekowumela tango molayi. Yango wana, botonga bandako mpe bovanda kuna, bolona bilanga mpe bolia mbuma na yango. › »
For the reason that he hath sent unto us to Babylon saying, It will last a long time: build ye houses, and dwell therein; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit thereof.
29 Nzokande, Nganga-Nzambe Sofoni atangisaki mosakoli Jeremi mokanda yango.
And Zephanyah the priest read the letter before the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.
30 Boye, Yawe alobaki na Jeremi:
Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah, saying,
31 « Tinda sango oyo epai ya bawumbu nyonso: ‹ Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi na tina na Shemaya, moto ya Nekelami: Lokola Shemaya asakolaki makambo ya lokuta epai na bino, nzokande natindaki ye te, mpe amemi bino na kotia motema na lokuta,
Send to all the exiles, saying, Thus hath said the Lord concerning Shema'yah the Nechlamite, Whereas Shema'yah hath prophesied unto you, while I have not sent him, and he hath caused you to rely on a falsehood:
32 tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: Solo, nakopesa Shemaya, moto ya Nekelami, etumbu elongo na bakitani na ye. Kati na bato na ye, moko te akotikala, mpe akotikala komona te bolamu oyo nakosala epai ya bato na Ngai, elobi Yawe, pamba te atindiki bato na Ngai kotombokela Ngai. › »
Therefore thus hath said the Lord, Behold, I will inflict punishment on Shema'yah the Nechlamite, and on his seed; he shall not have a man to dwell in the midst of this people; and he shall not behold the good that I am doing for my people, saith the Lord; because he hath spoken revolt against the Lord.
