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.
Who makes my head waters, And my eye a fountain of tears? And I weep by day and by night, For the wounded of the 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!
Who gives me in a wilderness A lodging-place for travelers? And I leave my people, and go from them, For all of them [are] adulterers, An assembly of treacherous ones.
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.
“And they bend their tongue, Their bow [is] a lie, And they have not been mighty for steadfastness in the land, For they have gone forth from evil to evil, And they have not known Me,” A declaration of YHWH!
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.
“You each beware of his friend, And do not trust any brother, For every brother utterly supplants, For every friend slanderously walks,
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.
And they each mock at his friend, And they do not speak truth, They taught their tongue to speak falsehood, They have labored to commit iniquity.
6 Mosala na bango se kokosa na kokosa; mpe na lokuta na bango, baboyaka kotosa Ngai, » elobi Yawe.
Your dwelling [is] in the midst of deceit, Through deceit they refused to know Me,” A declaration of YHWH.
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, thus said YHWH of Hosts: “Behold, I am refining them, and have tried them, For how do I deal with 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 tongue [is] a slaughtering arrow, It has spoken deceit in its mouth, It speaks peace with its neighbor, And in its heart it lays its ambush,
9 Bongo na makambo ya boye, napesa bango etumbu te, » elobi Yawe? « Nazongisa mabe na mabe te na ekolo ya boye? »
Do I not see after them for these things?” A declaration of YHWH, “Does My soul not avenge itself against a nation such 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 lift up weeping and wailing for the mountains, And a lamentation for the habitations of the wilderness, For they have been burned up without any passing over, Nor have they heard the voice of livestock, From the bird of the heavens and to the beast—they have fled, They have gone.
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 make Jerusalem become heaps, A habitation of dragons, And I 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 wise man? And he understands this, And he to whom the mouth of YHWH spoke? And he declares it, For why has the land perished? It has been burned up as a wilderness, Without any passing through.
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 YHWH says: “Because of their forsaking My law that I set before them, And they have not listened to My voice nor walked in it,
14 Nzokande, batiaki kaka mito makasi mpe bakobaki kolanda banzambe ya Bala oyo batata na bango balakisaki bango. »
And they walk after the stubbornness of their heart, And after the Ba‘alim, That 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, thus said YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel: “Behold, I am causing them—this people—to eat wormwood, And I have caused them to drink water of gall,
16 Nakopanza bango kati na bikolo oyo, ezala bango to bakoko na bango, batikalaki koyeba te; nakolanda bango na mopanga kino nakosilisa koboma bango. »
And I have scattered them among nations Which they did not know, they and their fathers, And have sent the sword after them, Until I have consumed them.”
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!
Thus said YHWH of Hosts: “Consider, and call for mourning women, And they come, And send to the wise women, And they come,
18 Tika ete baya noki mpo ete bayembela biso banzembo ya mawa kino tango mpinzoli ekobima biso mpe ekotondisa miso na biso.
And they hurry, and lift up a wailing for us. And tears run down our eyes, And waters flow from our eyelids.
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 a voice of wailing is heard from Zion: How we have been spoiled! We have been greatly ashamed, Because we have forsaken the land, Because they have cast down our dwelling places.”
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.
But hear, you women, a word of YHWH, And your ear receives a word of His mouth, And teach your daughters wailing, And each her neighbor lamentation.
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 come up into our windows, It has come into our palaces, To cut off the suckling from outside, Young men from the broad places.
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. › »
Speak thus, “A declaration of YHWH, And the carcass of man has fallen, As dung on the face of the field, And as a handful after the reaper, And there is none gathering.”
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.
Thus said YHWH: “Do not let the wise boast himself in his wisdom, Nor let the mighty boast himself in his might, Do not let the rich boast himself 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 the boaster boast himself in this, In understanding and knowing Me, For I [am] YHWH, doing kindness, Judgment, and righteousness, in the earth, For I have delighted in these,” A declaration of YHWH.
25 « Na mikolo ekoya, » elobi Yawe, « nakopesa etumbu na bato nyonso oyo bakatama ngenga kaka na nzoto, kasi na mitema te:
“Behold, days are coming,” A declaration of YHWH, “And I have laid a charge on all circumcised in the foreskin,
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. »
On Egypt, and on Judah, and on Edom, And on the sons of Ammon, and on Moab, And on all cutting the corner [of the beard], Who are dwelling in the wilderness, For all the nations [are] uncircumcised, And all the house of Israel [are] uncircumcised in heart!”
