Jeremi 3
1 « Soki mobali abomi libala na mwasi na ye, mpe mwasi yango akei kobala mobali mosusu; boni, mobali yango akoki lisusu kozongela ye? Bomoni te ete mokili mobimba ekokoma penza mbindo? Nzokande yo, osalaki kindumba na mibali ebele, bongo olingi sik’oyo kozongela Ngai, » elobi Yawe.
If a man put away his wife, and she depart from him, and become another man's, shall she return to him any more at all? shall not that woman be utterly defiled? you you have gone a-whoring with many shepherds, and have returned to me, says the Lord.
2 « Tombola miso na yo na likolo ya bangomba mpe tala: Boni, ezali penza na esika epai wapi ozangaki kosala ekobo? Ovandaki na nzela mpo na kozela bamakangu, ovandaki wana lokola moto ya Arabi kati na esobe. Boye, okomisaki mokili mbindo na nzela ya ekobo na yo mpe ya misala na yo ya mabe.
Lift up your eyes [to look] straight forward, and see where you have not been utterly defiled. You have sat for them by the wayside as a deserted crow, and have defiled the land with your fornications and your wickedness.
3 Yango wana, mvula ekangamaki, mpe mvula ya sima enokaki lisusu te. Kasi atako bongo, okangami kaka na kosala kindumba na yo mpe oboyi koyoka soni.
And you did retain many shepherds for a stumbling block to yourself: you had a whore's face, you did become shameless toward all.
4 Boni, obengaka Ngai te: ‹ Tata na ngai, moninga na ngai ya bomwana! ›
Hast you not called me as it were a home, and the father and guide of your virgin-time?
5 Ozali kutu kotuna Ngai: ‹ Boni, kino tango nini okokanga kanda? Kotomboka na yo ekosila te? › Yango nde makambo ozali koloba, kasi ozali mpe kaka kokoba na misala na yo ya mabe. »
Will [God's anger] continue for ever, or be preserved to the end? Behold, you have spoken and done these bad things, and had power [to do them].
6 Tango Joziasi azalaki mokonzi, Yawe alobaki na ngai: « Omoni makambo Isalaele oyo apengwi nzela na Ngai azali kosala? Amataki likolo ya bangomba nyonso mpe atambolaki na se ya banzete nyonso ya mibesu mpo na kosala kindumba.
And the Lord said to me in the days of Josias the king, Hast you seen what things the house of Israel has done to me? they have gone on every high mountain, and under every shady tree, and have committed fornication there.
7 Nakanisaki ete akozongela Ngai soki asilisi kosala makambo nyonso oyo azalaki na yango posa; kasi azongeli Ngai te, mpe ndeko na ye ya mwasi, mopengwi Yuda, amonaki yango.
And I said after she had committed all these acts of fornication, Turn again to me. Yet she returned not. And faithless Juda saw her faithlessness.
8 Napesaki mopengwi Isalaele mokanda na ye ya koboma libala mpe nabenganaki ye likolo ya kindumba na ye; kasi namonaki ete ndeko na ye ya mwasi, mopengwi Yuda, abangaki te; ye mpe abimaki mpo na kosala kindumba.
And I saw that (for all the sins of which she was convicted, wherein the house of Israel committed adultery, and I put her away, and gave into her hands a bill of divorcement, ) yet faithless Juda feared not, but went and herself also committed fornication.
9 Lokola ezalaki likambo ya pamba mpo na Isalaele kosala kindumba, akomisaki mokili mbindo mpe asalaki kindumba na banzambe ya bikeko oyo basala na mabanga mpe na banzete.
And her fornication was nothing accounted of; and she committed adultery with wood and stone.
10 Atako bongo, ndeko na ye ya mwasi, mopengwi Yuda, azongaki epai na Ngai te na motema na ye mobimba; azongaki na ye kaka likolo-likolo, » elobi Yawe.
And for all these things faithless Juda turned not to me with all her heart, but falsely.
11 Yawe alobaki na ngai: « Mopengwi Isalaele azali sembo koleka mopengwi Yuda.
And the Lord said to me, Israel has justified himself more than faithless Juda.
12 Kende kosakola sango oyo na nor: ‹ Oh mopengwi Isalaele, zonga, › elobi Yawe, ‹ Nakokangela yo lisusu elongi te, pamba te nazali Moyengebene, › elobi Yawe. ‹ Nakokangela yo lisusu kanda te mpo na libela.
Go and read these words toward the north, and you shall say, Return to me, O house of Israel, says the Lord; and I will not set my face against you: for I am merciful, says the Lord, and I will not be angry with you for ever.
13 Ndima kaka mabe na yo, mpo ete otombokelaki Yawe, Nzambe na yo; obebisaki ngolu na yo epai ya banzambe ya bapaya, na se ya banzete nyonso ya mibesu, mpe otosaki Ngai te, › » elobi Yawe.
Nevertheless, know your iniquity, that you have sinned against the Lord your God, and have scattered your ways to strangers under every shady tree, but you did not listen to my voice, says the Lord.
14 « Bozonga epai na Ngai, bino batomboki, » elobi Yawe, « pamba te nazali mobali na bino ya libala. Kati na bino, nakozwa moto moko kati na engumba moko na moko, mpe bato mibale kati na etuka moko na moko, mpo na kozongisa bino na Siona.
Turn, you children that have revolted, says the Lord; for I will rule over you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you in to Sion:
15 Bongo nakopesa bino bakambi kolanda posa ya motema na Ngai, bakambi oyo bakotambolisa bino na bwanya mpe na mayele.
and I will give you shepherds after my heart, and they shall certainly tend you with knowledge.
16 Na mikolo wana, tango bokokoma penza ebele na mokili, » elobi Yawe, « bato bakoloba lisusu te: ‹ Sanduku ya Boyokani ya Yawe. › Bakomitungisa lisusu mpo na yango te mpe bakokanisa yango lisusu te; kozanga na yango ekolobela bato eloko moko te, mpe bakoluka lisusu te kosala Sanduku ya Boyokani.
And it shall come to pass that when you are multiplied and increased upon the land, says the Lord, in those days they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the Holy One of Israel: it shall not come to mind; it shall not be named; neither shall it be visited; nor shall [this] be done any more.
17 Na tango wana, bakobenga Yelusalemi Kiti ya Bokonzi ya Yawe, mpe bikolo nyonso ekosangana na Yelusalemi mpo na kopesa lokumu na Kombo na Yawe. Boye, bakolanda lisusu te baposa mabe ya mitema na bango.
In those days and at that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the Lord; and all the nations shall be gathered to it: and they shall not walk any more after the imaginations of their evil heart.
18 Na tango wana, libota ya Yuda ekosangana elongo na libota ya Isalaele; longwa na mokili ya nor, bakokende nzela moko kino na mokili oyo napesaki batata na bino lokola libula.
In those days the house of Juda, shall come together to the house of Israel, and they shall come, together, from the land of the north, and from all the countries, to the land, which I caused their fathers to inherit.
19 Namilobelaki: ‹ Esengo nini penza nazalaki na yango ya kokamata bino lokola bana mpe kopesa bino mikili ya kitoko, libula oyo eleki kitoko kati na bikolo! › Nakanisaki ete bokobenga Ngai ‹ Tata › mpe bokotika te kolanda Ngai.
And I said, So be it, Lord, for [you said] I will set you among children, and will give you a choice land, the inheritance of the Almighty God of the Gentiles: and I said, You shall call me Father; and you shall not turn away from me.
20 Kasi bino lisanga ya Isalaele, bokosi Ngai lokola mwasi oyo asangisi nzoto na mobali mosusu, » elobi Yawe.
But as a wife acts treacherously against her husband, so has the house of Israel dealt treacherously against me, says the Lord.
21 Koganga ezali koyokana na likolo ya bangomba: ezali mayi ya miso mpe kolelalela ya bana ya Isalaele, pamba te babebisi nzela na bango mpe babosani Yawe, Nzambe na bango.
A voice from the lips was heard, [even] of weeping and supplication of the children of Israel: for they have dealt unrighteously in their ways, they have forgotten God their Holy One.
22 « Bino batomboki, bozonga epai na Ngai mpe nakobikisa bino na kopengwa na bino! » « Solo, tokozonga epai na Yo, pamba te Yo, Yawe, nde ozali Nzambe na biso.
Turn, you children that are given to turning, and I will heal your bruises. Behold, we will be your servants; for you are the Lord our God.
23 Solo, bisala-sala oyo ezali kosalema na bangomba mikuse mpe milayi ezali kaka makelele ya pamba. Solo, Yawe, Nzambe na biso, azali Lobiko ya Isalaele.
Truly the hills and the strength of the mountains were a lying refuge: but by the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.
24 Wuta bolenge na biso, banzambe ya bikeko ebebisaki mbuma ya misala ya batata na biso, bibwele na bango mpe ngombe na bango, bana na bango ya mibali mpe ya basi.
But shame has consumed the labors of our fathers from our youth; their sheep and their calves, and their sons and their daughters.
25 Soni ekomi lokola mbeto na biso, mpe kosambwa, lokola bulangeti mpo na komizipa; pamba te biso mpe batata na biso, tosalaki masumu liboso ya Yawe, Nzambe na biso, totosaki Yawe te, wuta bolenge na biso. »
We have lain down in our shame, and our disgrace has covered us: because we and our fathers have sinned before our God, from our youth until this day; and we have not listened to the voice of the Lord our God.
