Jeremi 9
1 Ah! Soki moto na ngai ezalaki etima, mpe soki miso na ngai ezalaki liziba ya mpinzoli, nalingaki kolela butu mpe moyi mpo na bato na ngai, oyo basili koboma.
Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.
2 Ah! Soki nazalaki ata na ndako ya bapaya kati na esobe, nalingaki ata kokima bato na ngai mpe kozala mosika na bango, pamba te bango nyonso bazali bandumba, bazali lisanga ya bakosi!
If only I had a traveler’s lodge in the wilderness, I would abandon my people and depart from them, for they are all adulterers, a crowd of faithless people.
3 « Babongisaka lolemo na bango lokola tolotolo mpo na kokosa; balongaka kati na mokili na nzela ya solo te, pamba te basalaka se mabe likolo ya mabe mpe batosaka Ngai te, » elobi Yawe.
“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,”
4 « Tika ete moto na moto asala keba na moninga na ye mpe atia motema te na ndeko na ye, pamba te ndeko nyonso azali moto ya lokuta, mpe moninga nyonso azali moto ya matongi.
“Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.
5 Moninga azali kokosa moninga na ye, mpe moto moko te azali koloba solo. Bamibongisaka mpo na koloba lokuta, babimisaka motoki na bango mpo na kosala masumu.
Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.
6 Mosala na bango se kokosa na kokosa; mpe na lokuta na bango, baboyaka kotosa Ngai, » elobi Yawe.
You dwell in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to know Me,”
7 Yango wana, tala liloba oyo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, alobi: « Tala, nakopetola mpe nakomeka bango na moto, pamba te nasala lisusu nini mpo na masumu ya bato na Ngai?
Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will refine them and test them, for what else can I do because of the daughter of My people?
8 Lolemo na bango ezali lokola likonga oyo ebomaka, ebimisaka kaka maloba ya lokuta. Moto na moto alobaka na moninga na ye na esengo na monoko; kasi na se ya motema, atielaka ye motambo.
Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a trap for him.
9 Bongo na makambo ya boye, napesa bango etumbu te, » elobi Yawe? « Nazongisa mabe na mabe te na ekolo ya boye? »
Should I not punish them for these things? declares the LORD. Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?”
10 Nakosala matanga mpe nakolela mpo na bangomba mpe matiti ya esobe. Nyonso esili kokawuka mpe moto moko te azali lisusu kolekela wana; ezala makelele ya bibwele to ya bandeke ezali lisusu koyokana te; bandeke ya likolo ekimi mpe banyama ya zamba esili kokende.
I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, a dirge over the wilderness pasture, for they have been scorched so no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard. Both the birds of the air and the beasts have fled; they have gone away.
11 « Nakokomisa Yelusalemi liboke ya mabanga oyo ebukana-bukana, ndako ya mbwa ya zamba; nakobebisa bingumba ya Yuda, bongo moto moko te akovanda lisusu kuna.
“And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”
12 Nani azali penza na bwanya mpo na kososola makambo ya boye? Nani Yawe ateyaki mpo ete alimbola yango? Mpo na nini mokili ebebisami, etikali pamba lokola esobe epai wapi moto alekaka te? »
Who is the man wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of the LORD spoken, that he may explain it? Why is the land destroyed and scorched like a desert, so no one can pass through it?
13 Yawe alobi: « Makambo oyo nyonso ekomeli bango mpo ete basundoli Mobeko na Ngai oyo natiaki liboso na bango, batosi Ngai te mpe basaleli malako na Ngai te.
And the LORD answered, “It is because they have forsaken My law, which I set before them; they have not walked in it or obeyed My voice.
14 Nzokande, batiaki kaka mito makasi mpe bakobaki kolanda banzambe ya Bala oyo batata na bango balakisaki bango. »
Instead, they have followed the stubbornness of their hearts and gone after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.”
15 Yango wana, tala liloba oyo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, Nzambe ya Isalaele, alobi: « Tala, nakoleisa bato oyo matiti ya bololo mpe nakomelisa bango mayi ya ngenge.
Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will feed this people wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink.
16 Nakopanza bango kati na bikolo oyo, ezala bango to bakoko na bango, batikalaki koyeba te; nakolanda bango na mopanga kino nakosilisa koboma bango. »
I will scatter them among the nations that neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will send a sword after them until I have finished them off.”
17 Tala liloba oyo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, alobi: « Botala malamu makambo oyo! Bobengisa basi oyo balelaka bibembe, bobengisa penza ba-oyo bayebi kolela malamu!
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them.
18 Tika ete baya noki mpo ete bayembela biso banzembo ya mawa kino tango mpinzoli ekobima biso mpe ekotondisa miso na biso.
Let them come quickly and take up a lament over us, that our eyes may overflow with tears, and our eyelids may gush with water.
19 Kolela ya mawa ezali koyokana wuta na Siona: ‹ Ah! Tala ndenge nini tosili kobebisama! Tala ndenge nini tosambwe! Tika ete tokima mokili na biso, pamba te bandako na biso ebebisami. › »
For the sound of wailing is heard from Zion: ‘How devastated we are! How great is our shame! For we have abandoned the land because our dwellings have been torn down.’”
20 Eh basi, boyoka Liloba na Yawe! Bofungola matoyi mpo na koyoka maloba ya monoko na Ye. Bolakisa bana na bino ya basi banzembo ya mawa mpe tika ete moko na moko ayekolisa moninga na ye nzembo ya mawa.
Now, O women, hear the word of the LORD. Open your ears to the word of His mouth. Teach your daughters to wail, and one another to lament.
21 Kufa emati mpe ekoti na nzela ya maninisa na biso, ekoti kino na bandako na biso, oyo batonga makasi; eyei kosilisa koboma bana na babalabala, mpe bilenge mibali na bisika oyo bato ebele bokutanaka.
For death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the town squares.
22 Loba: « Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: ‹ Bibembe ya bato ekolala na mabele mpe ekotikala wana lokola fimie ya bilanga, lokola liboke ya bambuma oyo mobuki bambuma atiki na sima na ye mpe moto oyo akolokota yango azali te. › »
Declare that this is what the LORD says: “The corpses of men will fall like dung upon the open field, like newly cut grain behind the reaper, with no one to gather it.”
23 Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: « Tika ete moto ya bwanya amikumisa te mpo na bwanya na ye to moto ya makasi mpo na makasi na ye to moto ya bozwi mpo na bozwi na ye.
This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.
24 Kasi tika ete moto oyo alingi komikumisa amikumisa mpo ete azali na bososoli mpe ayebi Ngai, mpo ete ayebi ete nazali Yawe oyo atalisaka bolamu, bosembo mpe boyengebene na mokili; pamba te nasepelaka nde na makambo wana, » elobi Yawe.
But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, who exercises loving devotion, justice and righteousness on the earth— for I delight in these things,”
25 « Na mikolo ekoya, » elobi Yawe, « nakopesa etumbu na bato nyonso oyo bakatama ngenga kaka na nzoto, kasi na mitema te:
“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish all who are circumcised yet uncircumcised:
26 bato ya Ejipito, ya Yuda, ya Edomi, ya Amoni, ya Moabi mpe bavandi nyonso ya esobe oyo bamikataka mandefu; pamba te bato ya bikolo oyo nyonso bakatama ngenga te. Mpe ezala bana nyonso ya Isalaele oyo bakatama ngenga, bakatama yango kaka na bonzoto, kasi na mitema te. »
Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and all the inhabitants of the desert who clip the hair of their temples. For all these nations are uncircumcised, and the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.”
