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.
Find safety, people of Benjamin, by leaving Jerusalem. Blow a trumpet in Tekoa. Raise up over Beth Hakkerem a signal, since wickedness is appearing from the north; a great crushing is coming.
2 Nakobebisa Siona, mboka kitoko, oyo ezali penza kitoko lokola elenge mwasi ya kitoko mpe ya nzoto sembesembe.
The daughter of Zion, the beautiful and delicate woman, will be destroyed.
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 and their flocks will go to them; they will set up tents against her all around; each man will shepherd with his own 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.
“Dedicate yourselves to the gods for the battle. Arise, let us attack at noon. It is too bad that the daylight is fading away, that the evening shadows are falling.
5 Boye, totelema! Tika ete tokota kati na yango na butu, tobebisa bandako na yango oyo batonga makasi! »
But let us attack at night and destroy her fortresses.”
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 Yahweh of hosts says this: Cut her trees, and heap up siegeworks against Jerusalem. This is the right city to attack, because it is filled with 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 well pours out fresh water, so this city keeps producing wickedness. Violence and disorder are heard within her; sickness and wounds are continually before my face.
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. »
Accept discipline, Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you and make you into a ruin, an uninhabited land.'”
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. »
Yahweh of hosts says this, “They will certainly glean those who are left in Israel like a vineyard. Reach out again with your hand to pick grapes from the vines.
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 should I declare and warn so they will listen? Look! Their ears are uncircumcised; they are not able to pay attention! Look! The word of Yahweh has come to them to correct them, but they do not want 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.
But I am filled with Yahweh's fury. I am tired of holding it in. He said, to me, “Pour it out on the children in the streets and on the groups of young men. For every man will be taken away with his wife; and every old person heavy with years.
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 will be turned over to others, both their fields and their wives together. For I will attack the inhabitants of the land with my hand—this is Yahweh's declaration.
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.
Yahweh declares that from the least to the greatest, all of them are greedy for dishonest gain. From the prophet to the priest, all of them practice 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 have healed the wounds of my people lightly, 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.
Were they ashamed when they practiced abominations? They were not ashamed; they did not know how to blush! So they will fall among the fallen; they will be brought down when they are punished, says Yahweh.
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! ›
Yahweh says this, “Stand at the road crossing and look; ask for the ancient pathways. 'Where is this good way?' Then go on it and find a resting place for yourselves. But the people say, 'We will not go.'
17 Naponaki kati na bino bakengeli oyo balobaki na bino: ‹ Boyoka mongongo ya kelelo! › Kasi bozongisaki: ‹ Te! Tokoyoka te. ›
I appointed for you watchmen to listen for the trumpet. But they said, 'We will not listen.'
18 Yango wana, bino bikolo, boyoka! Bozala batatoli ya makambo oyo ekokomela bango.
Therefore, nations, listen! See, you witnesses, what will happen 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, earth! See, I am about to bring disaster to this people—the fruit of their thoughts. They paid no attention to my word or law, but they instead rejected it.”
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. »
“What does this frankincense going up from Sheba mean to me? Or these sweet smells from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable to me, nor are your sacrifices.
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. »
So Yahweh says this, 'See, I am about to place a stumbling block against this people. They will stumble over it—fathers and sons together. Inhabitants and their neighbors will also 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.
Yahweh says this, 'See, a people is coming from the land of the north, a great nation is being stirred up from the farthest parts 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 will pick up bows and spears. They are cruel and have no compassion. Their sound is like the sea roar, and they are riding on horses, set out in order as men for battle, against you, 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 reports about them and our hands fall limp in distress. Anguish seizes us as a woman giving birth.
25 Bokende na bilanga te mpe bobima na nzela te, pamba te monguna asimbi mopanga, bongo somo makasi ezali bisika nyonso.
Do not go out to the fields, and do not walk on the roads, for the swords of the enemy and terror are all around.
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.
Daughter of my people, put on sackcloth and roll in ashes; mourn with painful sobs as for an only son, for the destroyer will 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 made you, Jeremiah, one who tests my people like one would test metal, so you will inspect and test their ways.
28 Bango nyonso bazali batomboki ya mito makasi, bayebi kaka kotonga. Bazali lokola bronze mpe ebende, bango nyonso bazali kaka babebisi.
They are all the most stubborn of people, who go about slandering others. All of them are bronze and iron, acting corruptly.
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 are scorched by the fire that is burning them; the lead is consumed in the flames. The refining continues among them, but it is useless, because the evil is not removed.
30 Babengaka bango palata babwaka, pamba te Yawe asundola bango. »
They will be called rejected silver, for Yahweh has rejected them.”
