Jeremi 5
1 « Bokende, botambola na babalabala ya Yelusalemi, botala zingazinga mpe bososola malamu penza, boluka ata na bisika oyo bato ebele bakutanaka; soki bokoki komona ata moto moko oyo atambolaka na bosembo mpe alukaka boyengebene, wana nakolimbisa engumba oyo.
Roam about through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and notice, and search in its broad places, if ye can find one man, if there be one that executeth justice, that searcheth for truth: and I will pardon it.
2 Atako balapaka ndayi na maloba oyo: ‹ Na Kombo na Yawe, › ndayi na bango ezalaka kaka ya lokuta. »
And though they say, “As the Lord liveth!” surely they only swear to a falsehood.
3 Oh Yawe; boni, miso na Yo esepelaka te komona bosolo? Obetaka solo bato, kasi bayokaka na bango pasi te; osilisaka koboma bango, kasi baboyaka kaka kobongwana. Bakomisa mito na bango makasi lokola mabanga mpe baboyaka kobongola mitema na bango.
O Lord, are not thy eyes [directed] to the truth? thou didst strike them, but they felt it not; thou didst make an end of them, [yet] they refused to accept correction: they made their faces harder than a rock, they refused to return.
4 Namilobelaki: « Bato oyo bazali kaka bato pamba, bazangi mayele, mpo ete bayebi nzela ya Yawe te mpe bayebi malako ya Nzambe na bango te.
Yet I myself thought, Oh these are but poor; they are foolish; for they knew not the way of the Lord, the ordinance of their God.
5 Boye, nakokende epai ya bakambi na bango mpe nakoloba na bango, pamba te bango nde basengeli koyeba nzela ya Yawe mpe malako ya Nzambe na bango. » Kasi bango nyonso, na motema moko, babukaki ekangiseli mpe bakataki minyololo.
I had better go unto the great men, and let me speak with them; for these surely know the way of the Lord, the ordinance of their God; but these altogether have broken the yoke, burst the bands.
6 Yango wana, nkosi moko ekobima wuta na zamba mpe ekoboma bango; mbwa ya zamba ekobima wuta na esobe mpe ekopasola bango; nkoyi moko ekovanda pene ya bingumba na bango mpo na koboma moto nyonso oyo akoluka kobima kuna, pamba te botomboki na bango ezali monene mpe lokuta na bango eleki mingi.
Therefore slayeth them the lion out of the forest, the wolf of the deserts wasteth them, the leopard lieth in wait against their cities: every one that cometh out thence shall be torn in pieces; because many are their transgressions, very numerous are their backslidings.
7 « Na makambo ya boye, ndenge nini nalimbisa yo? Ah Yelusalemi, bana na yo basundoli Ngai mpe bazali kolapa ndayi na bakombo ya banzambe ya bikeko oyo ezali ata banzambe te. Nakokisaki baposa na bango nyonso, kasi basalaki kaka ekobo mpe bakendeki na bandako ya basi ya ndumba.
How shall I for this pardon thee? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by those that are not gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlot's house.
8 Ndenge mpunda ya mobali etambolaka-tambolaka soki ezali na posa ya kosangisa nzoto na mpunda ya mwasi, ndenge wana mpe moko na moko kati na bango alandaka-landaka mwasi ya moninga mpo na kosangisa na ye nzoto.
As robust horses they rose by times in the morning: every one neighed after the wife of his neighbor.
9 Na makambo ya boye, napesa bango etumbu te? » elobi Yawe? « Motema na Ngai ezongisa penza mabe na mabe te na ekolo ya lolenge oyo?
Shall I not for these things inflict punishment? saith the Lord: and shall on a nation such as this my soul not be avenged?
10 Bomata na bamir mpo na kokota na Yelusalemi mpe bobebisa yango; kasi bobebisa yango nyonso te. Bokata bitape na yango, pamba te etikali lisusu ya Yawe te.
Scale ye her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: remove her young shoots; for they are not the Lord's.
11 Libota ya Isalaele mpe ya Yuda etamboli na boyengebene te na miso na Ngai, » elobi Yawe.
For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the Lord.
12 Bawanganaki Yawe mpe balobaki: « Yawe akosala eloko moko te! Pasi moko te ekokomela biso; tokotikala na biso komona te ezala mopanga to nzala makasi.
They have denied the Lord, and said, “He existeth not; nor will evil come over us; and the sword and famine shall we not see.
13 Basakoli bazali kaka lokola mopepe ya pamba, bazali na mateya penza ya koteya te; boye tika ete mabe oyo bazali kosakola ezongela bango moko! »
And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them:” thus shall it be done unto them.
14 Yango wana, tala liloba oyo Yawe Nzambe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, alobi: « Lokola bato oyo balobi maloba ya boye, nakosala ete maloba na Ngai ezala lokola moto na monoko na yo, mpe bato oyo bazala lokola bakoni oyo moto yango ekozikisa.
Therefore thus hath said the Lord the God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth to be a fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
15 Oh libota ya Isalaele, » elobi Yawe, « nakoyeisa ekolo moko wuta mosika mpo na kobundisa yo: ezali ekolo moko ya kala mpe ya nguya, ekolo oyo yo oyebi ata monoko na yango te.
Lo, I will bring over you a nation from afar, O house of Israel, saith the Lord: it is a mighty nation, it is a most ancient nation, a nation whose language thou wilt not know, and thou wilt not understand what they speak.
16 Makonga na bango ezangaka koboma moto te, bongo bango nyonso bazali bilombe ya bitumba.
Their quiver is as an open sepulchre: they are all mighty men.
17 Bakobotola milona mpe bilei na yo, bakoboma bana na yo ya basi mpe ya mibali, bakobotola bangombe mpe bameme na yo, bakobebisa bilanga na yo ya vino mpe banzete na yo ya figi, bakobebisa na mopanga bingumba na yo ya makasi oyo otielaka motema.
And they shall consume thy harvest, and thy bread; they shall consume thy sons and thy daughters; they shall consume thy flocks and thy herds; they shall consume thy vines and thy fig-trees; they shall depopulate thy fortified cities, those wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.
18 Nzokande, ezala na mokolo wana, » elobi Yawe, « nakosilisa koboma bino nyonso te.
Nevertheless even in those days, saith the Lord, will I not make a full end of you.
19 Tango bato bakotuna: ‹ Mpo na nini Yawe, Nzambe na biso, asali biso makambo ya boye? › Bokozongisela bango: ‹ Ezali mpo ete bosundolaki Ngai mpe bosambelaki banzambe ya bapaya kati na mboka na bino. Yango wana, bokosalela bapaya kati na mboka oyo ezali ya bino te. ›
And it shall come to pass, when ye will say, For what reason hath the Lord our God done all these things unto us? that thou shalt say unto them, In the same manner as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.
20 Bopanza sango oyo epai ya libota ya Jakobi mpe botatola yango kati na Yuda:
Announce this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,
21 Boyoka makambo oyo, bino bazoba to bato oyo bozanga mayele: bozali na miso mpo na komona kasi bomonaka te, bozali na matoyi mpo na koyoka kasi boyokaka te.
Do now hear this, O sottish people, who have no heart; who have eyes, and see not; who have ears, and hear not;
22 Bokoki penza kobanga Ngai te, » elobi Yawe? « Bokoki solo kolenga liboso na Ngai te, Ngai oyo nasala zelo lokola mondelo ya mayi, epekiselo ya libela oyo mayi ekoleka ata mokolo moko te? Mayi ekoki kotomboka, kasi ezali na nguya te; ata soki esali makelele, kasi ekoleka mondelo yango te.
Will ye not fear me? saith the Lord; will ye not tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand as a bound for the sea by an everlasting law, which it can never pass over? and though the waves thereof be upheaved, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it.
23 Kasi bato oyo bazali mitema makasi mpe bazali solo batomboki; bapesi Ngai mokongo mpe bakei na bango!
But this people hath a stubborn and a rebellious heart: they have departed [from the right] and have gone their way.
24 Bamilobelaka te: ‹ Tika ete totosa Yawe, Nzambe na biso, oyo anokisaka mvula na tango ekoki, na eleko ya kolona mpe ya kobuka; oyo akatela biso baposo oyo esengeli mpo na kobuka milona. ›
And they have not said in their heart, Let us now fear the Lord our God, that giveth rain, the early and the latter rain, in its season: the appointed weeks of the harvest doth he ever preserve for us.
25 Mabe na bino nde ebebisi makambo nyonso, mpe masumu na bino ezangisi bino bolamu.
Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden what is good from you.
26 Kati na bato na Ngai, ezali na bato mabe oyo banongaka bato lokola moto oyo azali kotia mitambo mpo na kokanga bandeke, mpe batiaka mitambo mpo na kokanga bato.
For there are found among my people wicked men: they lie in wait, as he that layeth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
27 Ndenge ndako ya bandeke etondaka na bandeke, ndenge wana mpe bandako na bango etonda na lokuta; mpe ezali na nzela yango nde bakoma bazwi mpe bato na nguya.
As a coop is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore are they become great, and grown rich.
28 Bakoma kitoko mpe ngebungebu; mabe na bango eleka ndelo, balobelaka likambo ya mwana etike na bosembo te, mpo kaka bango moko balonga. Bakataka makambo ya babola na bosembo te.
They are grown fat, they are stout; yea, they surpass even the deeds of the wicked: they pronounce no [just] sentence, the sentence of the fatherless, that they might prosper; and the cause of the needy do they not judge.
29 Na makambo ya boye, napesa bango etumbu te? » elobi Yawe. « Boni, motema na Ngai ezongisa penza mabe na mabe te na ekolo ya boye?
shall I not for these things inflict punishment? saith the Lord: or shall on a nation such as this my soul not be avenged?
30 Makambo ya kokamwa mpe ya somo esalemi na mboka:
An astonishing and horrible thing is committed in the land;
31 basakoli bazali kosakola makambo ya lokuta, Banganga-Nzambe bazali kosalela bokonzi na bango ndenge balingi, mpe bato na Ngai bazali kosepela bongo. Kasi bokosala nini na suka? »
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so; but what will ye do in the end thereof?
