Jeremi 31
1 « Na tango wana, » elobi Yawe, « Ngai nakozala Nzambe ya bituka nyonso ya Isalaele, mpe bango bakozala bato na Ngai. »
At that time, saith Jehovah, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.
2 Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: « Bato oyo bakobika na mopanga bakozwa ngolu kati na esobe; boye, nakoya kopesa Isalaele bopemi. »
Thus saith Jehovah: The people [that were] left of the sword have found grace in the wilderness, [even] Israel, when I go to give him rest.
3 Yawe abimelaki biso na kala, alobaki: « Nalingaka bino na bolingo ya seko; yango wana nabendaka bino epai na Ngai na nzela ya bolingo.
Jehovah hath appeared from afar unto me, [saying, ] Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love; therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn thee.
4 Nakobongisa bino lisusu; oh Isalaele, mboka kitoko, okotongama lisusu. Okolata lisusu mbunda na yo ya mike mpe okobina mabina ya esengo.
I will build thee again, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel! Thou shalt again be adorned with thy tambours, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.
5 Okolona lisusu bilanga ya vino na bangomba ya Samari; bato oyo bakolona yango bakosepela tango bakobuka mbuma na yango.
Thou shalt again plant vineyards upon the mountains of Samaria; the planters shall plant, and shall eat the fruit.
6 Ekozala mokolo oyo bakengeli bakoganga na bangomba ya Efrayimi: ‹ Boya! Tika ete tokende na Siona, epai na Yawe, Nzambe na biso! › »
For there shall be a day, when the watchmen upon mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise, and let us go up to Zion, unto Jehovah our God.
7 Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: « Boyemba na esengo mpo na Jakobi, boganga na esengo mpo na ekolo ya liboso kati na bikolo nyonso! Batatola, bosanzola mpe boloba: ‹ Oh Yawe, bikisa bato na Yo, bato ya Isalaele oyo batikali. ›
For thus saith Jehovah: Sing aloud [with] gladness for Jacob, and shout at the head of the nations; publish ye, praise ye, and say, Jehovah, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.
8 Tala, nakozongisa bango wuta na mokili ya nor mpe nakosangisa bango wuta na basuka ya mokili. Kati na bango, ekozala na bakufi miso mpe bakakatani, basi ya zemi mpe basi oyo bazali na pasi ya kobota; bato ebele penza bakozonga.
Behold, I bring them from the north country, and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth; [and] among them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great assemblage shall they return hither.
9 Bakendeki na kolela, kasi nakozongisa bango, wana bakozala kati na kobondela; nakokamba bango na bisika oyo mayi etiolaka, na nzela esembolama mpo ete babeta mabaku te; pamba te nazali Tata ya Isalaele, mpe Efrayimi azali mwana na Ngai ya liboso.
They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them; I will cause them to walk by water-brooks, in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble; for I will be a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
10 Oh bino bikolo, boyoka Liloba na Yawe, botatola yango na bisanga ya mosika! Boloba: ‹ Ye oyo apanzaki Isalaele akosangisa bango mpe akobatela bango ndenge mobateli bibwele abatelaka etonga na ye.
Hear the word of Jehovah, ye nations, and declare [it] to the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd his flock.
11 Mpo ete Yawe akokangola Jakobi mpe akobikisa bango na maboko ya bato oyo baleki bango na makasi.
For Jehovah hath ransomed Jacob, and redeemed him from the hand of one stronger than he.
12 Bakozonga na koganga ya esengo na bangomba ya Siona; bakosepela na bomengo ya Yawe: ble, vino ya sika mpe mafuta, bameme mpe bangombe. Bakokoma lokola elanga ya kitoko oyo basopela mayi, mpe bakozala lisusu na mawa te.
And they shall come and sing aloud upon the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of Jehovah, for corn, and for new wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd; and their soul shall be as a watered garden, and they shall not languish any more at all.
13 Bilenge basi bakobina na esengo elongo na bilenge mibali mpe mibange. Nakobongola matanga na bango na esengo, nakopesa bango kobondisama mpe esengo na esika ya mawa.
Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, and the young men and old together; for I will turn their mourning into gladness, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice after their sorrow.
14 Nakoleisa malamu Banganga-Nzambe na mafuta ya bibwele, mpe bato na Ngai bakotonda na biloko na Ngai, › » elobi Yawe.
And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith Jehovah.
15 Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: « Mongongo moko ezali koyokana na Rama, ezali mongongo ya mawa mpe ya kolela makasi: Rasheli azali kolela bana na ye ya mibali mpe aboyi kobondisama, pamba te bana na ye ya mibali bazali lisusu na bomoi te. »
Thus saith Jehovah: A voice hath been heard in Ramah, the wail of very bitter weeping, — Rachel weeping for her children, refusing to be comforted for her children, because they are not.
16 Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: « Tika kolela mpe kobimisa mpinzoli, pamba te mosala na yo ezali na litomba, » elobi Yawe, « bana na yo ya mibali bakozonga wuta na mokili ya banguna.
Thus saith Jehovah: Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears; for there is a reward for thy work, saith Jehovah; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.
17 Elikya ezali mpo na bomoi na yo ya lobi, » elobi Yawe, « bana na yo bakozonga na mokili na bango.
And there is hope for thy latter end, saith Jehovah, and thy children shall come again to their own border.
18 Nayoki kolelalela ya Efrayimi: ‹ Opesi ngai etumbu lokola mwana ngombe ya mobali oyo ezali na liboma, mpe etumbu yango ekweyelaki ngai. Zongisa ngai, mpe nakozonga, pamba te ozali Yawe, Nzambe na ngai.
I have indeed heard Ephraim bemoaning himself [thus]: Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised as a bullock not trained: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art Jehovah my God.
19 Nabungaki nzela, kasi nabongoli motema; sik’oyo nasili kososola, nazali kobeta tolo na pasi na motema. Nayokisamaki soni mpe nasambwaki, pamba te namemaki bozoba ya bolenge na ngai. ›
Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after I knew myself, I smote upon [my] thigh. I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, for I bear the reproach of my youth.
20 Efrayimi azali penza mwana na Ngai ya bolingo, mwana oyo nasepelaka na ye mingi te. Nzokande napamelaka ye tango nyonso, mpe nakanisaka ye tango nyonso. Yango wana, motema na Ngai esepelaka na ye, mpe nayokelaka ye mawa, » elobi Yawe.
Is Ephraim a dear son unto me? is he a child of delights? For whilst I have been speaking against him, I do constantly remember him still. Therefore my bowels are troubled for him: I will certainly have mercy upon him, saith Jehovah.
21 « Tia bilembo na nzela, pika makonzi oyo elakisaka nzela na nzela yango; sala penza keba na nzela na yo, na nzela oyo ozali kolanda. Oh Isalaele, mboka kitoko, zonga, zonga na bingumba na yo!
Set up waymarks, make for thyself signposts; set thy heart toward the highway, the way by which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.
22 Oh elenge mwasi ya mobulu, kino tango nini okotika kotambola-tambola? Yawe akosala likambo ya sika na mabele: mwana mwasi akoluka mwana mobali na bolingo. »
How long wilt thou wander about, thou backsliding daughter? For Jehovah hath created a new thing on the earth, a woman shall encompass a man.
23 Tala liloba oyo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, Nzambe ya Isalaele, alobi: « Tango nakobimisa bango na bowumbu, tala lisusu maloba oyo bato bakoloba kati na Yuda mpe kati na bingumba na yango: ‹ Oh ndako ya bosembo; oh ngomba ya bule, tika ete Yawe apambola yo! ›
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: They shall again use this speech, in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall turn their captivity: Jehovah bless thee, O habitation of righteousness, mountain of holiness!
24 Bato bakokoma kovanda elongo kati na mokili ya Yuda mpe kati na bingumba na yango nyonso: basali bilanga mpe babokoli bibwele.
And therein shall dwell Judah, and all the cities thereof together, the husbandmen, and they that go about with flocks.
25 Nakozongisa makasi ya bato oyo balembi na posa ya mayi, mpe nakoleisa bato oyo balembi na nzala. »
For I have satiated the weary soul, and every languishing soul have I replenished.
26 Boye, tango nalamukaki, natalaki pene na ngai; nasosolaki ete pongi na ngai ezalaki elengi.
— Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.
27 « Na mikolo ekoya, » elobi Yawe, « nakolona bato mpe banyama lokola milona kati na bokonzi ya Isalaele mpe kati na bokonzi ya Yuda.
Behold, days come, saith Jehovah, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah [with] the seed of man and the seed of beast.
28 Ndenge nazalaki kosenzela bango mpo na kopikola mpe kobuka, kobebisa, kopanza mpe kosala bango mabe, ndenge wana mpe nakosenzela bango mpo na kotonga mpe kolona, » elobi Yawe;
And it shall come to pass, as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to overthrow, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them to build, and to plant, saith Jehovah.
29 « na mikolo wana, bato bakoloba lisusu te: ‹ Batata balie mbuma ya vino ya mobesu, mpe minu ya bana na bango ekomi ngayi. ›
In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge:
30 Na esika na yango, moto na moto akokufa mpo na masumu na ye moko; moto nyonso oyo alie mbuma ya vino ya mobesu, minu na ye moko nde ekokoma ngayi.
for every one shall die for his own iniquity; every man that eateth the sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.
31 Na mikolo ekoya, » elobi Yawe, « nakosala boyokani ya sika elongo na bato ya Isalaele mpe ya Yuda;
Behold, days come, saith Jehovah, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:
32 ekozala ndenge moko te na boyokani oyo nasalaki elongo na batata na bango tango nasimbaki bango na loboko mpo na kobimisa bango na Ejipito; pamba te bakataki boyokani na Ngai wana, atako nazalaki Mobali ya libala mpo na bango, » elobi Yawe.
not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers, in the day of my taking them by the hand, to lead them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they broke, although I was a husband unto them, saith Jehovah.
33 « Kasi tala boyokani oyo nakosala elongo na bato ya Isalaele, sima na mikolo wana, » elobi Yawe: « Nakotia mibeko na Ngai kati na makanisi na bango, nakokoma yango kati na mitema na bango, nakozala Nzambe na bango, mpe bango bakozala bato na Ngai.
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel, after those days, saith Jehovah: I will put my law in their inward parts, and will write it in their heart; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
34 Moko te akoteya lisusu moninga na ye to ndeko na ye na koloba: ‹ Yeba Yawe! › Pamba te bango nyonso bakoyeba Ngai, kobanda na mwana moke kino na mokolo, » elobi Yawe, « nakolimbisa mabe na bango mpe nakokanisa lisusu masumu na bango te. »
And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know Jehovah; for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith Jehovah: for I will pardon their iniquity, and their sin will I remember no more.
35 Tala makambo oyo Yawe alobi, Ye oyo atia moyi mpo ete engengisa mokolo, apesa mibeko ete sanza mpe minzoto engengisa butu, aningisaka ebale monene mpo ete mbonge etia makelele, mpe oyo Kombo na Ye ezali Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga:
Thus saith Jehovah, who giveth the sun for light by day, the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for light by night, who stirreth up the sea so that the waves thereof roar, — Jehovah of hosts is his name:
36 « Soki kaka bakoki solo kolongola malako oyo na miso na Ngai, » elobi Yawe, « wana bana ya Isalaele mpe bakozala lisusu ekolo te na miso na ngai. »
If those ordinances depart from before me, saith Jehovah, the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.
37 Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: « Soki kaka bakoki komeka molayi ya likolo mpe komona miboko ya mabele, wana nakobwaka bana nyonso ya Isalaele mpo na makambo nyonso oyo basali, » elobi Yawe.
Thus saith Jehovah: If the heavens above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off the whole seed of Israel, for all that they have done, saith Jehovah.
38 « Na mikolo ekoya, » elobi Yawe, « bakotonga lisusu engumba oyo mpo na Ngai, kobanda na ndako molayi ya Ananeyeli kino na Ekuke ya Suka ya mir;
Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that the city shall be built to Jehovah, from the tower of Hananeel unto the corner-gate.
39 bakotia singa ya batongi ndako longwa na esika wana kino na ngomba moke ya Garebi, mpe ekobaluka kino na Gowa.
And the measuring line shall yet go forth before it unto the hill Gareb, and shall turn toward Goath.
40 Bakobulisa mpo na Yawe lubwaku nyonso epai wapi babwakaki bibembe mpe putulu, mpe bilanga nyonso oyo ezali pene ya lubwaku ya Sedron, kino na songe ya Ekuke ya Bampunda, na ngambo ya este; bakotikala kobebisa to koboma lisusu engumba oyo te. »
And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the torrent Kidron, unto the corner of the horse-gate toward the east, shall be holy unto Jehovah: it shall not be plucked up, nor overthrown any more for ever.
