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.
Flee, O ye sons of Benjamin, from Jerusalem, And blow ye the trumpet in Tekoa, And lift up the banner in Beth-haccerem! For evil threateneth from the North; Yea, great destruction.
2 Nakobebisa Siona, mboka kitoko, oyo ezali penza kitoko lokola elenge mwasi ya kitoko mpe ya nzoto sembesembe.
O daughter of Zion, the comely and delicate, Thee have I doomed to destruction!
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 with their flocks shall come to her; They shall pitch their tents against her round about; They shall feed each one in his place.
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, [[shall they say; ]] Arise, and let us go up at noonday; Alas for us! for the day goeth away, For the shadows of evening are lengthened.
5 Boye, totelema! Tika ete tokota kati na yango na butu, tobebisa bandako na yango oyo batonga makasi! »
Arise, and let us go up by night, And let us destroy her palaces!”
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 Jehovah of hosts: Hew ye down trees, And raise a mound against Jerusalem! She is a city to be punished; She is full of oppression.
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 fountain sendeth forth its waters, So she sendeth forth her wickedness. Violence and rapine are heard within her; Before me continually are bruises and wounds.
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. »
Receive correction, O Jerusalem, Lest my soul be alienated from thee, Lest I make thee a desolation, A land not inhabited!
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 Jehovah of hosts: They shall thoroughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine; Turn thy hand like a grape-gatherer again to the baskets!
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? To whom give warning, so that they shall hear? Behold, their ear is uncircumcised, so that they cannot hearken; Behold, the word of Jehovah is to them a derision; They have no delight in 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 I am full of the fury of Jehovah; I am weary of holding it; I will pour it out alike upon the children in the street, And upon the assembly of the young men. Yea, also the husband with the wife shall be taken, The old man, 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.
Their houses also shall be transferred to others, Their fields and their wives together, For I will stretch out my hand over the inhabitants of the land, saith Jehovah.
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, Every one is greedy of gain; Prophet and priest alike, Every one of them practiseth 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.
They heal the wound of my people slightly, Saying, Peace! peace! when there is 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.
Are they ashamed that they have done abominable things? Nay, they are not at all ashamed; They know not how to blush; Therefore shall they fall with them that fall; At the time when I punish them, They shall be cast down, saith Jehovah.
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 Jehovah: Stand ye upon the ways and look; And ask for the old paths, “Where is the good way?” Walk ye in it, and ye shall find for yourselves rest. But they say, We will not walk in it.
17 Naponaki kati na bino bakengeli oyo balobaki na bino: ‹ Boyoka mongongo ya kelelo! › Kasi bozongisaki: ‹ Te! Tokoyoka te. ›
I have also set watchmen over you, [[saying, ]] Hearken to the sound of the trumpet! But they say, We will not hearken.
18 Yango wana, bino bikolo, boyoka! Bozala batatoli ya makambo oyo ekokomela bango.
Therefore hear, O ye nations, And know, ye assembled multitude, What shall come upon 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 thou, O earth! Behold, I bring evil upon this people, The fruit of their devices; Because they have not hearkened to my words, And have even rejected 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 is incense brought to me from Sheba, And the sweet-smelling reed from a far country? Your burnt-offerings are not acceptable, Nor are your sacrifices sweet 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 Jehovah: Behold, I lay stumbling-blocks before this people, Upon which fathers and sons shall stumble together, The neighbor and his friend, and 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 Jehovah: Behold, a people cometh from the land of the North; A great nation riseth up from the extremities 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 bear the bow and the spear; They are cruel and show no mercy; Their voice roareth like the sea; And upon horses do they ride, Arrayed as a warrior against thee, O daughter of Zion.
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 report thereof; Our hands lose their strength; Anguish hath taken hold of us, Pain, as of a woman in travail.
25 Bokende na bilanga te mpe bobima na nzela te, pamba te monguna asimbi mopanga, bongo somo makasi ezali bisika nyonso.
Go not forth into the field, Nor walk ye in the highway! For the sword of the enemy And terror are 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.
O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, And roll thyself in ashes! Make thee mourning as for an only son, Most bitter lamentation! For suddenly shall the spoiler 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, like a tower, for an assayer among my people, That thou mayst know and try their way.
28 Bango nyonso bazali batomboki ya mito makasi, bayebi kaka kotonga. Bazali lokola bronze mpe ebende, bango nyonso bazali kaka babebisi.
They are all stubborn revolters, Slanderers are they, brass and iron; They are all corrupt.
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 burn; The lead is consumed by the fire; The refiner hath melted in vain, For the bad are not separated.
30 Babengaka bango palata babwaka, pamba te Yawe asundola bango. »
Rejected silver shall men call them, Because Jehovah hath rejected them.
