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 for safety, you children of Benjamin, out of the middle of Jerusalem! Blow the shofar in Tekoa and raise up a signal on Beth Haccherem, for evil looks out from the north with a great destruction.
2 Nakobebisa Siona, mboka kitoko, oyo ezali penza kitoko lokola elenge mwasi ya kitoko mpe ya nzoto sembesembe.
I will cut off the beautiful and delicate one, the daughter of Zion.
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.
Shepherds with their flocks will come to her. They will pitch their tents against her all around. They will feed everyone 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 war against her! Arise! Let’s go up at noon. Woe to us! For the day declines, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.
5 Boye, totelema! Tika ete tokota kati na yango na butu, tobebisa bandako na yango oyo batonga makasi! »
Arise! Let’s go up by night, and let’s 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 the LORD of Hosts said, “Cut down trees, and cast up a mound against Jerusalem. This is the city to be visited. She is filled with oppression within herself.
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 produces its waters, so she produces her wickedness. Violence and destruction is heard in her. Sickness and wounds 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 instructed, Jerusalem, lest my soul be alienated from you, lest I make you a desolation, 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. »
The LORD of Hosts says, “They will thoroughly glean the remnant of Israel like a vine. Turn again your hand as a grape gatherer into 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 should I speak and testify, that they may hear? Behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they can’t listen. Behold, the LORD’s word has become a reproach to them. 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 LORD’s wrath. I am weary with holding it in. “Pour it out on the children in the street, and on the assembly of young men together; for even the husband with the wife will be taken, the aged with him who 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 will be turned to others, their fields and their wives together; for I will stretch out my hand on the inhabitants of the land, says 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 their least even to their greatest, everyone is given to covetousness. From the prophet even to the priest, everyone deals falsely.
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 also the hurt of my people superficially, 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 had committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush. Therefore they will fall among those who fall. When I visit them, they will be cast down,” says 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! ›
The LORD says, “Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, ‘Where is the good way?’ and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘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 set watchmen over you, saying, ‘Listen to the sound of the shofar!’ But they said, ‘We will not listen!’
18 Yango wana, bino bikolo, boyoka! Bozala batatoli ya makambo oyo ekokomela bango.
Therefore hear, you nations, and know, congregation, what is among 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! Behold, I will bring evil on this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not listened to my words; and as for my law, they have 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. »
To what purpose does frankincense from Sheba come to me, and the sweet cane from a far country? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable, and your sacrifices are not 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 the LORD says, “Behold, I will lay stumbling blocks before this people. The fathers and the sons together will stumble against them. The neighbor and his friend will 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.
The LORD says, “Behold, a people comes from the north country. A great nation will be stirred up from the uttermost 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 take hold of bow and spear. They are cruel, and have no mercy. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride on horses, everyone set in array, as a man to the 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 its report. Our hands become feeble. Anguish has taken hold of us, and pains as of 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.
Don’t go out into the field or walk by the way; 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.
Daughter of my people, clothe yourself with sackcloth, and wallow in ashes! Mourn, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation, for the destroyer will suddenly come on 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 a tester of metals and a fortress among my people, that you may 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 grievous rebels, going around to slander. They are bronze and iron. All of them deal 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 blow fiercely. The lead is consumed in the fire. In vain they go on refining, for the wicked are not plucked away.
30 Babengaka bango palata babwaka, pamba te Yawe asundola bango. »
Men will call them rejected silver, because the LORD has rejected them.”
