Jeremi 6
1 « Bino bato ya Benjame, bokima mpo na lobiko na bino! Bobima na Yelusalemi! Bobeta kelelo na Tekoa! Botombola bendele kati na Beti-Akeremi! Pamba te pasi mpe kobebisama ya somo ekobimela na nor.
Strengthen yourselves, ye sons of Benjamin, in the midst of Jerusalem, and sound the trumpet in Thecua, and set up the standard over Bethacarem: for evil is seen out of the north, and a great destruction.
2 Nakobebisa Siona, mboka kitoko, oyo ezali penza kitoko lokola elenge mwasi ya kitoko mpe ya nzoto sembesembe.
I have likened the daughter of Sion to a beautiful and delicate woman.
3 Babateli ya bibwele elongo na bibwele na bango bakobundisa yango, bakopika bandako na bango ya kapo zingazinga na yango; bongo moko na moko akoyeisa bibwele na ye na esika oyo ye akozwa.
The shepherds shall come to her with their flocks: they have pitched their tents against her round about: every one shall feed them that are under his hand.
4 Bomibongisa mpo na kobundisa yango! Botelema, tika ete tobundisa yango na midi! Kasi mawa na biso, pamba te mokolo esili mpe molili ya pokwa ezali koya.
Prepare ye war against her: arise, and let us go up at midday: woe unto us, for the day is declined, for the shadows of the evening are grown longer.
5 Boye, totelema! Tika ete tokota kati na yango na butu, tobebisa bandako na yango oyo batonga makasi! »
Arise, and let us go up in the night, and destroy her houses.
6 Tala liloba oyo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, alobi: « Bokata banzete mpe botonga bisika ya kobombama zingazinga ya Yelusalemi! Engumba oyo esengeli kozwa etumbu, pamba te etondi na makambo mabe!
For thus saith the Lord of hosts: Hew down her trees, cast up a trench about Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited, all oppression is in the midst of her.
7 Ndenge libulu ya mayi ebimisaka mayi, ndenge wana mpe Yelusalemi ezali kobimisa mabe. Sango moko kaka ezali kotambola kuna: sango ya mobulu mpe ya kobebisama; tango nyonso liboso na Ngai, kaka minyoko mpe bapota.
As a cistern maketh its water cold, so hath she made her wickedness cold: violence and spoil shall be heard in her, infirmity and stripes are continually before me.
8 Oh engumba Yelusalemi, yoka makebisi oyo, noki te nakomikomisa mosika na yo mpe nakokomisa mokili na yo esobe, mpo ete moto moko te akoka lisusu kovanda kuna. »
Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee, lest I make thee desolate, a land uninhabited.
9 Tala liloba oyo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, alobi: « Tika ete bosangisa ndambo ya bana ya Isalaele oyo batikali ndenge balokotaka mbuma ya vino oyo etikalaka; bolekisa lisusu maboko na bino na likolo ya bitape ya banzete ya vino lokola moto oyo abukaka mbuma ya vino. »
Thus saith the Lord of hosts: They shall gather the remains of Israel, as in a vine, even to one cluster: turn back thy hand, as a grape gatherer into the basket.
10 Naloba lisusu na nani mpe nakebisa penza nani? Nani akoyokela ngai? Matoyi na bango ekangama; yango wana bakokaka koyoka te. Liloba na Yawe ezalaka pamba mpo na bango, basepelaka na bango na yango te.
To whom shall I speak? and to whom shall I testify, that he may hear? behold, their ears are uncircumcised, and they cannot hear: behold the word of the Lord is become unto them a reproach: and and they will not receive it.
11 Nzokande ngai, natondi na kanda ya Yawe mpe nazali kokoka lisusu te kokanga motema. « Sopa yango na bana mike kati na babalabala mpe na lisanga ya bilenge mibali; ekokweyela mwasi mpe mobali nzela moko, ezala mikolo to mibange.
Therefore am I full of the fury of the Lord, I am weary with holding in: pour it out upon the child abroad, and upon the council of the young men together: for man and woman shall be taken, the ancient and he that is full of days.
12 Tango nakosembola loboko na Ngai mpo na kotelemela bavandi ya mboka, nakopesa bandako na bango, bilanga na bango mpe basi na bango, epai ya bato mosusu, » elobi Yawe.
And their houses shall be turned over to others, with their lands and their wives together: for I will stretch for my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord.
13 « Bango nyonso, ezala mikolo mpe bana mike, batondi na lokoso ya mbongo, kobanda na basakoli kino na Banganga-Nzambe: bango nyonso bazali kotambola na lokuta.
For from the least of them even to the greatest, all are given to covetousness: and from the prophet even to the priest, all are guilty of deceit.
14 Bazali kosalisa bapota ya bato na Ngai likolo-likolo mpe bazali koloba: ‹ Makambo nyonso ezali malamu, nyonso ezali kotambola malamu! › Nzokande ata likambo moko ya malamu ezali te.
And they healed the breach of the daughter of my people disgracefully, saying: Peace, peace: and there was no peace.
15 Boni, bazali penza koyokela makambo na bango ya nkele soni te? Te, bazali na bango koyoka ata soni te; bayebi kutu ata ndenge bayokaka soni te. Yango wana, bakokufa lokola bato nyonso, bakokweyisama tango nakopesa bango etumbu, » elobi Yawe.
They were confounded, because they committed abomination: yea, rather they were not confounded with confusion, and they knew not how to blush: wherefore they shall fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall fall down, saith the Lord.
16 Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: « Botelema na esika oyo nzela ekutana, botuna nzela ya kala mpe esika oyo nzela ya malamu ezali, bongo bolanda yango mpe bokozwa kimia mpo na mitema na bino. Kasi bolobaki: ‹ Tokolanda na biso yango te! ›
Thus saith the Lord: Stand ye on the ways, and see and ask for the old paths which is the good way, and walk ye in it: and you shall find refreshment for your souls. And they said: we will not walk.
17 Naponaki kati na bino bakengeli oyo balobaki na bino: ‹ Boyoka mongongo ya kelelo! › Kasi bozongisaki: ‹ Te! Tokoyoka te. ›
And I appointed watchmen over you, saying: Hearken ye to the sound of the trumpet. And they said: We will not hearken.
18 Yango wana, bino bikolo, boyoka! Bozala batatoli ya makambo oyo ekokomela bango.
Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what great things I will do to them.
19 Oh mabele, yoka! Nakoyeisa pasi epai ya bato oyo, ekozala lifuti ya mabongisi na bango, pamba te bayokaki mongongo na Ngai te mpe babwakaki Mobeko na Ngai.
Hear, O earth: Behold I will bring evils upon this people, the fruits of their own thoughts: because they have not heard my words, and they have cast away my law.
20 Nasala nini na malasi ya ansa oyo ewuti na Saba to na matiti ya solo kitoko oyo ewuti na mboka ya mosika? Mbeka na bino ya kotumba esepelisaka Ngai te, mpe nandimaka makabo na bino te. »
To what purpose do you bring me frankincense from Saba, and the sweet smelling cane from a far country? your holocausts are not acceptable, nor are your sacrifices pleasing to me.
21 Yango wana, tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: « Nakotia mabaku liboso ya bato oyo; batata mpe bana na bango bakobeta mabaku mpe bakokweya nzela moko, bazalani elongo na baninga bakokufa. »
Therefore thus saith the Lord: Behold, I will bring destruction upon this people, by which fathers and sons together shall fall, neighbor and kinsman shall perish.
22 Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: « Tala, mampinga moko ya basoda ezali koya longwa na mokili ya nor; ekolo moko monene ezali komibongisa mpo na bitumba wuta na basuka ya mabele.
Thus saith the Lord: Behold a people cometh from the land of the north, and a great nation shall rise up from the ends of the earth.
23 Basimbi matolotolo mpe makonga, bazali mitema mabe mpe bazanga mawa, bazali koganga lokola makelele ya ebale monene, bamati likolo ya bampunda, batandami na milongo lokola basoda mpo na kobundisa yo Siona, mboka kitoko. »
They shall lay hold on arrow and shield: they are cruel, and will have no mercy. Their voice shall roar like the sea: and they shall mount upon horses, prepared as men for war, against thee, O daughter of Sion.
24 Tango toyokaki sango na tina na bango, tolembaki nzoto, somo makasi ekangaki biso mpe tokomaki na pasi lokola mwasi oyo azali na pasi ya kobota.
We have heard the fame thereof, our hands grow feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, as a woman in labor.
25 Bokende na bilanga te mpe bobima na nzela te, pamba te monguna asimbi mopanga, bongo somo makasi ezali bisika nyonso.
Go not out into the fields, nor walk in the highway: for the sword of the enemy, and fear is on every side.
26 Oh bato na ngai, bolata bilamba ya basaki mpe bolala na putulu, bosala matanga lokola moto oyo akufisi mwana na ye se moko. Bolela na mawa, pamba te mobomi akokomela biso na mbalakata.
Gird thee with sackcloth, O daughter of my people, and sprinkle thee with ashes: make thee mourning as for an only son, a bitter lamentation, because the destroyer shall suddenly come upon us.
27 « Tala, nasili kotia yo kati na bato na ngai lokola esalelo oyo bamekelaka makasi ya bibende, mpo ete okoka kotala malamu mpe omeka ezaleli na bango.
I have set thee for a strong trier among my people: and thou shalt know and prove their way.
28 Bango nyonso bazali batomboki ya mito makasi, bayebi kaka kotonga. Bazali lokola bronze mpe ebende, bango nyonso bazali kaka babebisi.
All of these princes go out of the way, they walk deceitfully, they are brass and iron: they are all corrupted.
29 Epepelo ezali kopelisa moto makasi, mpe ebende oyo babengaka plon ezali kolimwa na moto; kasi bazali na bango kaka konyangwisa ebende yango na pamba, pamba te eloko ya mabe ekokabwana na yango te.
The bellows have failed, the lead is consumed in the fire, the founder hath melted in vain: for their wicked deeds are not consumed.
30 Babengaka bango palata babwaka, pamba te Yawe asundola bango. »
Call them reprobate silver, for the Lord hath rejected them.
