Joeli 2
1 Bobeta kelelo na Siona! Bobelela na likolo ya ngomba na Ngai ya bule! Tika ete bavandi nyonso ya mokili balenga, pamba te mokolo ya Yawe ezali koya; solo, ekomi penza pene.
Let the horn be sounded in Zion, and a war-cry in my holy mountain; let all the people of the land be troubled: for the day of the Lord is coming;
2 Ezali mokolo ya butu mpe ya molili makasi, mokolo ya londende mpe ya mapata ya mwindo. Ndenge pole ya tongo epanzanaka na bangomba, ndenge wana mpe mampinga moko ya basoda ebele mpe ya mpiko ezali koya. Makambo ya boye etikala nanu kosalema te na kala mpe ekotikala kosalema te na mikolo oyo ekoya.
For a day of dark and deep shade is near, a day of cloud and black night: like a black cloud a great and strong people is covering the mountains; there has never been any like them and will not be after them again, from generation to generation.
3 Liboso na bango, moto ezali kotumba; sima na bango, moto ezali kozikisa. Liboso na bango, mokili ezali lokola elanga ya Edeni, mpe sima na bango, lokola esobe. Solo, ata eloko moko te ekotikala.
Before them fire sends destruction, and after them flame is burning: the land is like the garden of Eden before them, and after them an unpeopled waste; truly, nothing has been kept safe from them.
4 Bazali lokola bampunda; bapumbwaka lokola basoda oyo batambolaka likolo ya bampunda.
Their form is like the form of horses, and they are running like war-horses.
5 Batambolaka likolo ya basonge ya bangomba na makelele makasi lokola makelele ya bashar, lokola makelele ya matiti oyo ezali kozika, lokola mampinga moko ya basoda ya mpiko oyo babongami mpo na kokende na bitumba.
Like the sound of war-carriages they go jumping on the tops of the mountains; like the noise of a flame of fire burning up the grain-stems, like a strong people lined up for the fight.
6 Soki bamoni bango, bato ya bikolo bakomaka na somo mpe bilongi nyonso ekawukaka.
At their coming the people are bent with pain: all faces become red together.
7 Bakimaka lokola bilombe, bapumbwaka bamir lokola basoda ya mpiko, batambolaka nzela moko, batengamaka te.
They are running like strong men, they go over the wall like men of war; every man goes straight on his way, their lines are not broken.
8 Batutanaka te bango na bango, moko na moko alandaka kaka nzela na ye. Badusolaka na kati-kati ya bibundeli ya banguna, mpe eloko moko te ekangaka bango nzela.
No one is pushing against another; everyone goes straight on his way: bursting through the sword points, their order is not broken.
9 Bawelelaka kokota kati na engumba, bapotaka mbangu pene ya mir, bakotaka na bandako ndenge miyibi bakotaka na nzela ya maninisa.
They make a rush on the town, running on the wall; they go up into the houses and in through the windows like a thief.
10 Mokili eninganaka liboso na bango, Lola elengaka, moyi mpe sanza eyindaka, minzoto etikaka kongenga.
The earth is troubled before them and the heavens are shaking: the sun and the moon have become dark, and the stars keep back their shining:
11 Yawe azali koganga lokola kake na liboso ya mampinga na Ye. Milongo ya mampinga na Ye etonda na basoda; basoda oyo batosaka mitindo na Ye bazali na nguya. Mokolo ya Yawe ezali monene, ezali somo makasi; nani akoki kotelema na mokolo yango?
And the Lord is thundering before his forces; for very great is his army; for he is strong who gives effect to his word: for the day of the Lord is great and greatly to be feared, and who has strength against it?
12 « Ezala sik’oyo, » elobi Yawe, « bozonga epai na Ngai na mitema na bino mobimba, na kokila bilei, na mpinzoli mpe na kolela. »
But even now, says the Lord, come back to me with all your heart, keeping from food, with weeping and with sorrow:
13 Bopasola mitema na bino, kasi bilamba na bino te. Bozonga epai na Yawe, Nzambe na bino, pamba te atonda na ngolu mpe na mawa, asilikaka noki te mpe atonda na bolingo, abongolaka mokano na Ye ya kotindela bato pasi.
Let your hearts be broken, and not your clothing, and come back to the Lord your God: for he is full of grace and pity, slow to be angry and great in mercy, ready to be turned from his purpose of punishment.
14 Nani ayebi soki akoki kobongola makanisi to koyoka mawa mpe kotika na sima na Ye lipamboli, mpo ete bokoka lisusu kobonzela Yawe, Nzambe na bino, makabo ya bambuma to makabo ya masanga ya vino?
May it not be that he will again let his purpose be changed and let a blessing come after him, even a meal offering and a drink offering for the Lord your God?
15 Bobeta kelelo na Siona! Bopanza sango ya mokolo ya bule ya kokila bilei mpe bobengisa mayangani ya bule.
Let a horn be sounded in Zion, let a time be fixed for going without food, have a holy meeting:
16 Bosangisa bato, bobulisa mayangani, bosangisa bakambi mpe bana, ezala oyo bazali nanu komela mabele. Tika ete elenge mobali oyo abali sika atika shambre na ye ya libala, mpe elenge mwasi oyo abali sika atika mpe shambre na ye ya libala.
Get the people together, make the mass of the people holy, send for the old men, get together the children and babies at the breast: let the newly married man come out of his room and the bride from her tent.
17 Tika ete Banganga-Nzambe oyo basalelaka Yawe balela na kati-kati ya ndako moke ya kokotela mpe etumbelo. Tika ete baloba: « Oh Yawe, bikisa bato na Yo, kokomisa te libula na Yo eloko ya kotiola to eloko ya maseki kati na bikolo. Mpo na nini bato ya bikolo mosusu baloba: ‹ Wapi Nzambe na bango? › »
Let the priests, the servants of the Lord, be weeping between the covered way and the altar, and let them say, Have mercy on your people, O Lord, do not give up your heritage to shame, so that the nations become their rulers: why let them say among the peoples, Where is their God?
18 Yawe akotonda na zuwa mpo na mokili na Ye mpe akoyokela bato na Ye mawa.
Then the Lord had a care for the honour of his land and had pity on his people.
19 Yawe akoyanola mpe akoloba na bango: « Nakotindela bino ble, vino ya sika mpe mafuta; bongo bokotonda yango. Nakokomisa bino lisusu te eloko ya kotiola kati na bikolo.
And the Lord made answer and said to his people, See, I will send you grain and wine and oil in full measure: and I will no longer let you be shamed among the nations:
20 Nakotindika monguna ya nor mosika na bino, nakomema ye na mokili ekawuka mpe ezanga eloko; bongo basoda na ye, oyo bazalaka na liboso bakozinda na ebale monene ya este; mpe oyo bazalaka na sima, na ebale monene ya weste. Solo na ye ya kopola ekoyokana, kobeba na ye ekopanzana. » Solo, asali makambo minene.
I will send the one from the north far away from you, driving him into a dry and waste land, with his front to the sea of the east and his back to the sea of the west, and the smell of him will go up, even his evil smell will go up.
21 Oh mabele, kobanga te, zala na esengo mpe sepela, pamba te Yawe asali makambo minene.
Have no fear, O land; be glad with great joy; for the Lord has done great things.
22 Banyama ya zamba, bobanga te, pamba te matiti eboti lisusu na elanga, banzete eboti lisusu bambuma; banzete ya figi mpe ya vino eboti bambuma ebele penza.
Have no fear, you beasts of the field, for the grass-lands of the waste are becoming green, for the trees are producing fruit, the fig-tree and the vine give out their strength.
23 Bosepela, bino bato ya Siona, bosepela kati na Yawe, Nzambe na bino, pamba te apesi bino mvula mpo na kobikisa bino. Akonokisela bino bamvula minene na eleko ya mvula mpe na eleko ya elanga, ndenge ezalaki liboso.
Be glad, then, you children of Zion, and have joy in the Lord your God: for he gives you food in full measure, making the rain come down for you, the early and the late rain as at the first.
24 Etando oyo batutelaka ble ekotonda na bambuma, banzungu ekotonda na vino mpe na mafuta.
And the floors will be full of grain, and the crushing-places overflowing with wine and oil.
25 Nakozongisela bino mibu oyo mampinga minene ya mankoko, ya makelele, ya mabanki minene mpe ya bambinzo eliaki: mampinga minene na Ngai oyo natindaki mpo na kobundisa bino.
I will give back to you the years which were food for the locust, the plant-worm, the field-fly, and the worm, my great army which I sent among you.
26 Bokolia bilei ebele mpe bokotonda, bongo bokokumisa Kombo ya Yawe, Nzambe na bino, oyo asaleli bino makambo ya kokamwa: bato na Ngai bakotikala koyoka lisusu soni te.
You will have food in full measure, and give praise to the name of the Lord your God, who has done wonders for you:
27 Boye bokoyeba solo ete Ngai, nazali kati na Isalaele, ete nazali Yawe, Nzambe na bino, mpe ete Nzambe mosusu azali te. Bato na Ngai bakotikala koyoka lisusu soni te.
And you will be certain that I am in Israel, and that I am the Lord your God, and there is no other: and my people will never be shamed.
28 Sima na makambo oyo, nakosopa Molimo na Ngai kati na bato nyonso. Bana na bino ya mibali mpe ya basi bakosakola, mibange na bino bakolota bandoto, bilenge na bino bakozwa bimoniseli.
And after that, it will come about, says the Lord, that I will send my spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will be prophets, your old men will have dreams, your young men will see visions:
29 Ata mpe kati na basali na Ngai ya mibali mpe ya basi, nakosopa Molimo na Ngai, na mikolo wana.
And on the servants and the servant-girls in those days I will send my spirit.
30 Nakolakisa bino bilembo ya kokamwa, na likolo mpe na mokili: makila, moto mpe makonzi ya milinga.
And I will let wonders be seen in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and pillars of smoke.
31 Moyi ekobongwana molili, mpe sanza ekobongwana makila, liboso ete mokolo ya Yawe ekoma, mokolo oyo ya monene mpe ya somo.
The sun will be made dark and the moon turned to blood, before the great day of the Lord comes, a day to be feared.
32 Bongo moto nyonso oyo akobelela Kombo ya Yawe akobikisama; pamba te na ngomba Siona mpe na Yelusalemi, ekozala na bato oyo bakobika, kolanda ndenge Yawe alobaki, mpe bato oyo Yawe akobenga bakozala kati na bato oyo bakobika.
And it will be that whoever makes his prayer to the name of the Lord will be kept safe: for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem some will be kept safe, as the Lord has said, and will be among the small band marked out by the Lord.
