Jeremi 46
1 Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobaki na mosakoli Jeremi na tina na bikolo ya bapaya:
These are messages that Yahweh gave to the prophet Jeremiah about [other] nations.
2 Na tina ya Ejipito: Tala maloba ya kosambisa mampinga ya Faraon Neko, mokonzi ya Ejipito, oyo Nabukodonozori, mokonzi ya Babiloni, alongaki pene ya ebale Efrate, na Karikemishi, tango Yeoyakimi, mwana mobali ya Joziasi, mokonzi ya Yuda, akokisaki mibu minei na bokonzi:
After Jehoiakim, son of King Josiah, had been ruling Judah for almost four years, this message about Egypt was given [by Yahweh]. It was when the army of King Neco of Egypt was defeated by the army of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon along the Euphrates River. [This is what Yahweh said: “The officers of the army of Egypt are saying to their troops],
3 « Bobongisa banguba na bino: ya minene mpe ya mike, mpe bokende bitumba!
‘Prepare your shields and march out to fight the battle!
4 Bobongisa bampunda mpe bomata na bashar! Bomitanda na milongo mpe bolata bikoti ya bitumba! Bopelisa basonge ya makonga na bino mpe bolata bibundeli!
Put harnesses on your horses, and get on their backs. (Get into your positions/Line up) [for the battle]; put on your helmets. Sharpen your spears, and put on your armor!’
5 Nazali komona nini? Bazali kolenga na somo mpe kozonga sima; balongi basoda na bango ya mpiko, bazali kopota mbangu makasi mpe bazali ata kotala sima te: somo ekangi bango na bangambo nyonso, » elobi Yawe.
But what [RHQ] do I see? I see that the soldiers of Egypt will be terrified and will be fleeing. [Even] the bravest of their soldiers will be running away, without [even] looking backward! [I, ] Yahweh, say that [their soldiers] will be terrified on all sides!
6 « Bato ya mbangu bazali kokoka lisusu kokima te, mpe basoda ya mpiko bazali kokoka lisusu kobika te! Bazali nde kobeta mabaku mpe kokweya pembeni ya ebale Efrate, kati na etuka ya nor.
[Even] the fastest [runners] will try to run away, but [even the greatest of] their warriors will not escape. In the north, by the Euphrates [River], they will stumble and fall.
7 Nani oyo azali koya lokola ebale Nili, lokola mayi ya bibale oyo etomboki?
What group is this that will be covering the land like the water of the Nile [River] covers the land when it floods?
8 Mokili ya Ejipito ezali koya lokola ebale Nili, lokola mayi ya bibale oyo etomboki. Ejipito ezali koloba: ‹ Nakoya mpe nakotondisa mokili, nakobebisa bingumba mpe bato na yango. ›
[It is the army of] Egypt that will be covering the land like a surging/huge flood, and they will boast that they will cover the earth and will destroy cities and the people [who live in them].
9 Bino bampunda, bokende! Bino basoda oyo botambolaka likolo ya bashar, botambolisa mbangu! Bino basoda, bato ya Kushi mpe ya Puti, oyo bomemaka banguba, mpe bino bato ya Ludi oyo bobundaka na matolotolo, bokende liboso!
You [riders of] horses, charge/rush [into the battle]! You [drivers of] chariots, drive furiously! [All] you warriors from Ethiopia and Libya who carry your shields, you warriors from Lydia who shoot arrows, you come!
10 Ezali mokolo ya Nkolo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga; mokolo ya kozongisa mabe na mabe, mpo na kozongisela banguna na yo mabe. Mopanga ekoboma kino ekotonda, kino ekosilisa posa na yango ya makila; pamba te ezali nde mbeka mpo na Nkolo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, pene ya ebale Efrate, kati na etuka ya nor.
But, [you need to know that] this is the day when [I], Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of angels, will get revenge on my enemies. With my sword [PRS] I will kill [my enemies] until I am satisfied; my sword will [be like a monster that] [MET, PRS] drinks the blood [of the animals it kills] until it is no longer thirsty. [The enemy soldiers who will be killed] in the north beside the Euphrates River [will be like] [MET] a sacrifice to [me], the Commander of the armies of angels.
11 Oh moseka Ejipito, kende kozwa malasi kati na Galadi! Ozali kobakisa na pamba bakisi likolo ya bakisi, okobika na yo te!
You people [IDM] of Egypt, go up to the Gilead [region] to obtain medicine; but it will be useless to take all those medicines; you will not be healed.
12 Bikolo ya bapaya ekoyoka sango ya soni na yo, makelele ya koganga na yo ekotondisa mabele. Soda moko akotutana na soda mosusu, mpe bango mibale bakokweya nzela moko. »
[People in] the [other] nations will hear how you were humiliated. [People] all over the earth will hear you wailing. [Your mighty] warriors will stumble over each other and they will all fall down together.”
13 Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobaki na mosakoli Jeremi na tina na koya ya Nabukodonozori, mokonzi ya Babiloni, mpo na kobundisa Ejipito:
[Then] Yahweh gave me this message about King Nebuchadnezzar when he planned to attack Egypt [with his army]:
14 « Loba makambo oyo na Ejipito mpe tatola yango na Migidoli; tatola yango lisusu na Mefisi mpe na Takipenesi: ‹ Bomitanda na milongo mpe bobongama, pamba te mopanga ezali koboma bato oyo bazali zingazinga na yo. ›
“Shout [this message] throughout Egypt! Proclaim it in Migdol, Memphis, and Tahpenes [cities]! ‘(Get into your positions/Line up) [for the battle]; Prepare to defend yourselves, because [everyone] around you will be killed.’ [PRS, MTY]
15 Mpo na nini bamemi basoda na yo ya mpiko? Bakokaki kopika te, pamba te Yawe akweyisaki bango.
Your god is a bull; Why does he fall down? He will not be able to stand up, because Yahweh will knock him down.
16 Tango nyonso, bazali se kobeta mabaku, bazali kokweya moko likolo ya mosusu. Bazali koloba: ‹ Tika ete totelema mpe tozonga epai ya bato na biso moko mpe na mokili na biso, epai babota biso, mpo ete tobika na mopanga oyo ezali koboma. ›
The soldiers from other countries will stumble and fall over each other, and [then] they will say to each other, ‘Let’s get up and go back to our own people, to our own land. Let’s get away from the swords of our enemies!’
17 Kuna, bakokoma koganga: ‹ Faraon, mokonzi ya Ejipito, atiaka kaka makelele ya pamba, akoki na ye makambo te! ›
There [in Egypt] they will say, ‘The king of Egypt talks loudly, but when our [army] had an opportunity [to defeat our enemies], they failed.’
18 Lokola Ngai nazali na bomoi, » elobi Mokonzi oyo Kombo na Ye ezali Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga; « monguna oyo azali lokola ngomba Tabori kati na bangomba, lokola ngomba Karimeli pembeni ya ebale monene, azali koya!
[I, ] the King, who am called the Commander of the armies of angels, say this: ‘As [surely as] I live, someone’s army will be coming [to fight against the army of Egypt]. They will be [extremely powerful], [as though they were as tall] as Tabor Hill, or [as high] as Carmel [Mountain] close to the [Mediterranean] Sea.
19 Yo movandi ya Ejipito, kanga bisaka na yo mpo na kokende na bowumbu, pamba te Mefisi ekokoma esobe, ekobebisama mpe ekotikala lisusu na bato te!
[All] you people who live in Egypt, pack your possessions/clothes and prepare to be exiled. Memphis [city] will be destroyed; it will become a ruin, and no one will be living there.
20 Mokili ya Ejipito ezali lokola mwana ngombe ya kitoko ya mwasi, kasi nzinzi ezali koya koswa yango kowuta na nor.
Egypt is [like] [SIM] a beautiful young cow, but [the army of a powerful king] from the northeast will come to attack it [like] a horsefly [MET] [bites a cow].
21 Basoda ya bapaya bazali kati na milongo na ye, bazali lokola bana ngombe ya mibali mpe ya mafuta kati na etonga. Bango mpe bakobaluka mpe bakokima nzela moko; bakokoka kolonga te, pamba te mokolo ya pasi ezali koya kokweyela bango: ezali tango ya etumbu mpo na bango.
The (mercenaries/soldiers [from other countries] who have been hired) will become like [SIM] fat calves; but they also will turn around and run away; they will not stand [there and fight], because it will be a day when there will be a [great] disaster in Egypt, a day when their people will be [greatly] punished.
22 Ejipito ezali kokima, na makelele lokola nyoka, pamba te banguna na yango bazali kopusana na nguya; bazali koya kobundisa yango na bipasola lokola bato oyo bakataka banzete.
[The soldiers of] Egypt will run away, as silently as a snake scurries/crawls away. [The army of] the enemy will advance; they will march along carrying their axes like [SIM] men who cut down trees.
23 Bakokata banzete nyonso ya zamba na yango, » elobi Yawe, « ata soki ezali na banzete ebele. Bazali ebele koleka mabanki, bakokoka kotanga motango na bango te.
[I, ] Yahweh, say that they will kill the soldiers [of Egypt] as though [SIM] they were a forest of trees, because the enemy soldiers will be as numerous as [a swarm of] locusts.
24 Elenge mwasi ya Ejipito akoyokisama soni, akokweya na maboko ya bato ya nor. »
The people of Egypt will be humiliated; they will be conquered by people from the northeast.’
25 Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, Nzambe ya Isalaele, alobi: « Nakopesa etumbu epai na Amoni, na nzambe ya Tebesi, na Faraon, na Ejipito mpe na banzambe na yango, na Faraon mpe na bato oyo batiaka mitema na bango epai na ye.
[I, ] the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom the Israelis [worship], say, ‘I will punish Amon, [the god whom the people] of Thebes [city] worship, and [all] the [other] gods in Egypt. [I will punish] the King of Egypt and [all] those who trust in him.
26 Nakokaba bango na maboko ya bato oyo bazali koluka kosala bango mabe, na maboko ya Nabukodonozori, mokonzi ya Babiloni, mpe na maboko ya bakonzi ya basoda na ye. Mpe na sima na tango, Ejipito ekotonda lisusu na bato oyo bakovanda kuna, ndenge ezalaki na tango ya kala, » elobi Yawe.
I will cause them to be captured by those who want to kill them—Nebuchadnezzar the King of Babylon, and his army officers. But many years later, people will live in Egypt again. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it.’
27 « Oh Jakobi, mosali na Ngai, kobanga te! Oh Isalaele, kobanga te; nakobikisa yo solo wuta na mokili ya mosika, nabikisa bakitani na yo wuta na mokili ya bowumbu. Jakobi akozala lisusu na kimia mpe na bobatelami malamu, moto moko te akobangisa ye lisusu.
But you people of Israel who serve me, do not be at all dismayed [DOU] now, because some day I will bring you back from distant places; I will bring your descendants from the land to which they were exiled. [Then you] Israeli people will again live peacefully and safely, and there will not be any [nation] to cause you to be terrified.
28 Oh Jakobi, mosali na Ngai, kobanga te; pamba te nazali elongo na yo, » elobi Yawe, « ata soki nabebisi bikolo nyonso epai wapi napanzaki bino, nakobebisa yo nyonso te. Nakopamela yo solo, kasi nakosala yango na bosembo; nakozanga te kopesa yo etumbu. »
[I, ] Yahweh, say to you people of Israel who serve me, ‘Do not be afraid, because I will be with you. I will completely destroy the nations among whom I have scattered you, but I will not completely get rid of you. I will punish you, but I will punish you only as severely as you deserve: It would be wrong if I did not punish you at all.’”
