Jeremi 34
1 Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobaki na nzela ya Jeremi wana Nabukodonozori, mokonzi ya Babiloni, elongo na basoda na ye nyonso, mikili ya bakonzi nyonso oyo azalaki kokamba, mpe bikolo nyonso bazalaki kobundisa Yelusalemi mpe bingumba nyonso ya zingazinga na yango:
The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, when Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth which were under his rule, and all the peoples, were fighting against Jerusalem and all its towns, saying,
2 « Tala liloba oyo Yawe, Nzambe ya Isalaele, alobi: kende koloba na Sedesiasi, mokonzi ya Yuda: ‹ Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: Nasengeli kokaba engumba oyo na maboko ya mokonzi ya Babiloni, mpe akobebisa yango na moto.
The Lord, the God of Israel, has said, Go and say to Zedekiah, king of Judah, This is what the Lord has said: See, I will give this town into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he will have it burned with fire:
3 Bongo yo, okobika te na loboko na ye, kasi bakokanga yo solo mpe bakokaba yo na maboko na ye; okomona mokonzi ya Babiloni miso na yo moko, akolobana na yo elongi na elongi, mpe okokende na Babiloni.
And you will not get away from him, but will certainly be taken and given up into his hands; and you will see the king of Babylon, eye to eye, and he will have talk with you, mouth to mouth, and you will go to Babylon.
4 Nzokande, Sedesiasi, mokonzi ya Yuda, yoka Liloba na Yawe! Tala elaka oyo Yawe apesi yo: Okokufa na mopanga te,
But give ear to the word of the Lord, O Zedekiah, king of Judah; this is what the Lord has said about you: Death will not come to you by the sword:
5 kasi okokufa na kimia. Mpe ndenge bato bapelisaki moto mpe batumbaki malasi ya solo kitoko, na matanga ya batata na yo, bakonzi ya kala oyo baleka liboso na yo, mpo na kopesa bango lokumu, ndenge wana mpe bakosala mpo na lokumu na yo. Mpe bakoyemba nzembo ya mawa na tina na yo: ‘Oh mawa, nkolo na ngai!’ Solo, Ngai moko nde napesi elaka oyo, elobi Yawe. › »
You will come to your end in peace; and such burnings as they made for your fathers, the earlier kings before you, will be made for you; and they will be weeping for you and saying, Ah lord! for I have said the word, says the Lord.
6 Mosakoli Jeremi alobaki na Sedesiasi, mokonzi ya Yuda, maloba wana nyonso, kati na Yelusalemi,
Then Jeremiah the prophet said all these things to Zedekiah, king of Judah, in Jerusalem,
7 wana basoda ya mokonzi ya Babiloni bazalaki kobundisa Yelusalemi mpe bingumba nyonso mosusu ya Yuda, oyo mokonzi ya Babiloni alongaki nanu te: Lakishi mpe Azeka, pamba te yango kaka nde ezalaki bingumba batonga makasi oyo etikalaki kati na Yuda.
When the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and against all the towns of Judah which had not been taken, against Lachish and against Azekah; for these were the last of the walled towns of Judah.
8 Sima na mokonzi Sedesiasi kosala boyokani elongo na bato nyonso kati na Yelusalemi mpo ete kokangolama ya bawumbu nyonso esakolama, Yawe alobaki na Jeremi
The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, after King Zedekiah had made an agreement with all the people in Jerusalem, to give news in public that servants were to be made free;
9 mpo ete moto nyonso apesa bawumbu na ye bonsomi, bawumbu oyo bazali Ba-Ebre, bazala mibali to basi; mpe mpo ete moto moko te akoba kokanga ndeko na ye, Moyuda, kati na bowumbu.
That every man was to let his Hebrew man-servant and his Hebrew servant-girl go free; so that no one might make use of a Jew, his countryman, as a servant:
10 Boye, bakambi nyonso mpe bato nyonso oyo basalaki boyokani yango bandimaki kokangola bawumbu na bango ya mibali mpe ya basi mpe kopesa bango bonsomi, mpo ete bakoba lisusu te kokanga bango na bowumbu; bandimaki, bakokisaki mpe bapesaki bawumbu na bango bonsomi.
And this was done by all the rulers and the people who had taken part in the agreement, and every one let his man-servant and his servant-girl go free, not to be used as servants any longer; they did so, and let them go.
11 Kasi sima na tango, babongolaki makanisi na bango; bakangaki lisusu na bowumbu mibali mpe basi oyo bango basilaki kopesa bonsomi, mpe bakomisaki bango lisusu bawumbu.
But later, they took back again the servants and the servant-girls whom they had let go free, and put them again under the yoke as servants and servant-girls.
12 Boye, tala liloba oyo Yawe alobaki na nzela ya Jeremi:
For this reason the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
13 « Tala liloba oyo Yawe, Nzambe ya Isalaele, alobi: Nasalaki boyokani elongo na bakoko na bino tango nabimisaki bango na Ejipito, mokili ya bowumbu; nalobaki:
The Lord, the God of Israel, has said, I made an agreement with your fathers on the day when I took them out of Egypt, out of the prison-house, saying,
14 ‹ Sima na mibu sambo nyonso, moto nyonso kati na bino asengeli kopesa bonsomi na Moyuda, ndeko na ye, oyo amitekaki lokola mowumbu; akosalela yo mibu motoba, bongo, sima na yango, okotika ye kokende na bonsomi. › Kasi bakoko na bino bayokaki Ngai te mpe batosaki Ngai te.
At the end of seven years every man is to let go his countryman who is a Hebrew, who has become yours for a price and has been your servant for six years; you are to let him go free: but your fathers gave no attention and did not give ear.
15 Nzokande bino, na mwa mikolo oyo kaka, bobongolaki bino moko mitema mpo na kosala makambo ya sembo na miso na Ngai: moko na moko kati na bino asakolaki kokangolama ya ndeko na ye, apesaki ndeko na ye bonsomi. Bosalaki kutu boyokani yango liboso na Ngai, kati na Ndako Ngai.
And now, turning away from evil, you had done what is right in my eyes, giving a public undertaking for every man to make his neighbour free; and you had made an agreement before me in the house which is named by my name:
16 Kasi tala sik’oyo makambo bosali: bozongi sima, botiki ekateli oyo bozwaki mpe botioli bosantu ya Kombo na Ngai; pamba te bozongisi bawumbu na bino ya kala, mibali to basi, oyo bopesaki bonsomi mpo ete bakende na esika nyonso oyo balingi; bokangi bango na makasi mpo ete bakoma lisusu bawumbu na bino.
But again you have put shame on my name, and you have taken back, every one his man-servant and his servant-girl, whom you had sent away free, and you have put them under the yoke again to be your servants and servant-girls.
17 Mpo na yango, tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: Lokola botosaki Ngai te, bosakolaki te kokangolama ya bandeko na bino moko mpe bopesaki bango bonsomi te, Ngai mpe, elobi Yawe, nasakoli ete napesi sik’oyo bonsomi epai ya mopanga, epai ya bokono oyo ebomaka mpe epai ya nzala makasi; nafungoli yango mpo na kotelemela bino: nakokomisa bino eloko ya koyoka somo, na miso ya bikolo nyonso ya mabele;
And so the Lord has said, You have not given ear to me and undertaken publicly, every man to let loose his countryman and his neighbour: see, I undertake to let loose against you the sword and disease and need of food; and I will send you wandering among all the kingdoms of the earth.
18 nakokaba bato oyo babebisaki boyokani na Ngai mpe bakokisaki te malako ya boyokani oyo basalaki liboso na Ngai, na nzela ya kokata na biteni mibale mwana ngombe ya mobali mpe ya kotambola na kati-kati ya biteni yango.
And I will give the men who have gone against my agreement and have not given effect to the words of the agreement which they made before me, when the ox was cut in two and they went between the parts of it,
19 Bakambi ya Yuda mpe ya Yelusalemi, bakalaka ya lokumu, Banganga-Nzambe mpe bato nyonso ya mokili, oyo batambolaki na kati-kati ya biteni ya mwana ngombe ya mobali,
The rulers of Judah and the rulers of Jerusalem, the unsexed servants and the priests and all the people of the land who went between the parts of the ox,
20 nakokaba bango na maboko ya banguna na bango mpe ya bato oyo bazali koluka kosala bango mabe; mpe bibembe na bango ekokoma bilei ya bandeke ya likolo mpe ya banyama ya mabele.
Even these I will give up into the hands of their haters and into the hands of those who have designs against their lives: and their dead bodies will become food for the birds of heaven and the beasts of the earth.
21 Nakokaba Sedesiasi, mokonzi ya Yuda, elongo na bakalaka na ye na maboko ya banguna na bango, oyo bazali koluka kosala bango mabe, na maboko ya mampinga ya mokonzi ya Babiloni, oyo akei sik’oyo mosika na bino.
And Zedekiah, king of Judah, and his rulers I will give into the hands of their haters and into the hands of those who have designs against their lives, and into the hands of the king of Babylon's army which has gone away from you.
22 Nakopesa bango mitindo, elobi Yawe, mpe nakozongisa bango kati na engumba oyo: bakobundisa yango, bakobotola yango mpe bakobebisa yango na moto. Mpe nakokomisa bingumba ya Yuda esobe, ezanga bavandi. »
See, I will give orders, says the Lord, and make them come back to this town; and they will make war on it and take it and have it burned with fire: and I will make the towns of Judah waste and unpeopled.
