< Jeremi 8 >

1 Na tango wana, elobi Yawe, bakobimisa mikuwa ya bakonzi mpe ya bakalaka ya Yuda, mikuwa ya Banganga-Nzambe mpe ya basakoli elongo na mikuwa ya bato ya Yelusalemi, wuta na malita na bango.
“In that time, says the Lord, they will cast out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of its leaders, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of those who were living in Jerusalem, from their graves.
2 Bakotanda yango na se ya moyi, na se ya sanza mpe na se ya mampinga nyonso ya likolo, oyo balingaki, basalelaki na esengo, balandaki, batunaki makambo mpe bafukamelaki. Bakosangisa lisusu mikuwa yango te mpo na kokunda yango, kasi ekokoma lokola matiti ya kopola, na mabele.
And they will spread them out before the sun and the moon and the entire army of the heavens, which they have loved, and served, and followed, and which they have sought and adored. They will not be collected, and they will not be buried. They will be like manure upon the face of the earth.
3 Na bisika nyonso oyo nakopanza bango, elobi Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, bato nyonso oyo bakotikala na bomoi kati na ekolo oyo ya mabe bakoluka kufa na esika ya bomoi. ›
And they will greatly prefer death to life: all those who will have been left from this wicked kindred, in all the forsaken places to which I will cast them out, says the Lord of hosts.
4 Loba na bango: ‹ Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: Boni, soki moto akweyi, atelemaka te? Soki moto abungi nzela, azongaka lisusu na nzela te?
And you will say to them: Thus says the Lord: He who falls, will he not rise again? And he who has been turned away, will he not return?
5 Mpo na nini bato ya Yelusalemi babungi nzela? Mpo na nini bazali kokangama kaka na nzela na bango ya mabe? Bamipesi makasi na makambo ya lokuta mpe baboyi kozongela Ngai.
Then why have this people in Jerusalem turned away with a contentious loathing? They have taken hold of what is false, and they are not willing to return.
6 Nayokaka na bokebi makambo nyonso oyo balobaka, kasi balobaka makambo ya solo te. Moko te kati na bango ayokaka motema pasi mpo na mabe oyo asalaka, alobaka: ‘Nasali nini?’ Moto na moto akangamaka kaka na nzela na ye lokola mpunda oyo ezali kokende na bitumba.
I paid close attention and I listened carefully. No one is speaking what is good. There is no one who does penance for his sin, saying: ‘What have I done?’ They have all turned to their own course, like a horse rushing with fury into battle.
7 Ezala kutu nkongi, kati na likolo, eyebaka bileko ya kokende na bisika mosusu; ebenga, ndeke ya mayi mpe mbilambila eyebaka ata tango ya kozonga, kasi bato na Ngai bayebi mibeko ya Yawe te.
The hawk in the heavens has known her time. The turtledove, and the swallow, and the stork have kept the time of their arrival. But my people have not known the judgment of the Lord.
8 Ndenge nini bokoki koloba: ‘Tozali bato ya bwanya, pamba te toyebi Mobeko ya Yawe,’ tango sik’oyo ekomeli ya balakisi ya Mobeko ebongoli yango lokuta?
How can you say: ‘We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us?’ Truly, the lying pen of the scribes has wrought falsehood.
9 Bato ya bwanya bakoyokisama soni, bakoyoka somo mpe bakokende na bowumbu, pamba te batiolaki Liloba na Yawe. Bazali na bwanya ya ndenge nini?
The wise men have been confounded; they were terrified and captured. For they cast aside the word of the Lord, and there is no wisdom in them.
10 Yango wana, nakokaba basi na bango epai ya mibali mosusu, mpe bilanga na bango epai ya bato mosusu; pamba te bango nyonso, ezala mikolo to bana mike, batondi na lokoso ya mbongo; basakoli mpe Banganga-Nzambe nyonso bakomi se kotambola na lokuta;
Because of this, I will give their wives to outsiders and their fields to others as an inheritance. For from the least, even to the greatest, they all pursue avarice; from the prophet, even to the priest, they all act with deceit.
11 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 destruction of the daughter of my people with disgrace, by saying: ‘Peace, peace,’ though there was no peace.
12 Boni, bazali koyokela makambo na bango ya nkele soni? Te! Bazali koyoka ata soni te; bayebi kutu te ndenge bayokaka soni! Yango wana, bakokufa lokola bato nyonso, bakokweyisama tango bakozwa etumbu, elobi Yawe.
They have been confounded because they committed abomination. Or rather, they have not been confounded with shame, for they do not know how to blush. For this reason, they will fall among the fallen. In the time of their visitation, they will fall, says the Lord.
13 Nakobebisa milona na bango, elobi Yawe. Bambuma ya vino ekozala lisusu te na banzete ya vino, mbuma ya figi ekozala lisusu te na banzete ya figi, mpe makasa ya banzete yango ekokawuka. Bakobotola bango biloko oyo napesaki bango. › »
When gathering, I will gather them together, says the Lord. There are no grapes on the vine, and there are no figs on the fig tree. The leaves have fallen. And I have given them the things that have passed away.”
14 Mpo na nini tozali kovanda awa? Tosangana esika moko! Tika ete tokima kati na bingumba batonga makasi mpo ete tokufela kuna! Pamba te Yawe, Nzambe na biso, afungoleli biso ekuke ya kufa mpe apesi biso mayi oyo ezali na ngenge mpo ete tomela, pamba te tosalaki masumu liboso na Ye.
“Why are we sitting still? Assemble, and let us enter the fortified city, and let us remain silent there. For the Lord our God has brought us to silence, and he has given us the water of gall as a drink. For we have sinned against the Lord.
15 Tozalaki na elikya ete tokozala na kimia, kasi tomoni likambo moko te ya malamu; tozalaki na elikya ete tokobika, kasi pasi na pasi nde ezali kolanda biso!
We expected peace, but there was nothing good. We expected a time of health, and behold, dread.”
16 Lokito ya bampunda ya banguna mpe makelele ya makolo na yango ezali koyokana wuta na Dani, ezali koya mpo na kobebisa mokili mpe biloko nyonso oyo ezali kati na yango, engumba mpe bavandi na yango nyonso, bongo mokili mobimba eningani.
“From Dan, the snorting of his horses was heard; the entire land was shaken by the voice of the neighing of his fighters. And they arrived and devoured the land and its plenitude, the city and its inhabitants.
17 « Botala, nakotindela bino banyoka oyo ebomaka, bitupa oyo moto akoki kosakana na yango te, mpo ete eswa bino, » elobi Yawe.
For behold, I will send among you serpents, king snakes, against which there is no charm, and they will bite you, says the Lord.
18 Pasi na ngai ezangeli kisi mpo na kosilisa yango, motema na ngai elembi kati na ngai.
My sorrow is beyond sorrow; my heart mourns within me.
19 Yoka koganga ya bato na ngai wuta na mokili ya mosika: « Boni, Yawe azali lisusu te, kati na Siona? Mokonzi na yango azali lisusu kuna te? » « Mpo na nini batumbolaki kanda na Ngai na nzela ya banzambe na bango ya bikeko, na nzela ya banzambe ya bapaya oyo ezanga ata tina? »
Behold, the voice of the daughter of my people from a far away land. Is the Lord not with Zion, and is her king not within her? Then why have they provoked me to wrath by their graven images, and by their strange vanities?
20 « Tango ya kobuka mbuma esili koleka, elanga mpe esili kokoma na suka, kasi biso tobikisami te. »
The harvest has passed by, the summer is at an end, and we have not been saved.
21 Ndenge bato na ngai bazali koyoka pasi, ndenge wana mpe ngai nazali koyoka pasi, nazali kolela, mpe somo ekangi ngai makasi.
Over the destruction of the daughter of my people, I am contrite and saddened; astonishment has taken hold of me.
22 Boni, kisi ezali te kati na Galadi? Minganga bazali kuna te? Bongo mpo na nini bato na ngai bazali kobika te?
Is there no balm in Gilead? Or is there no physician there? Then why has the wound of the daughter of my people not been closed?”

< Jeremi 8 >