Joeli 1
1 Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobaki na nzela ya Joeli, mwana mobali ya Petueli:
word LORD which to be to(wards) Joel son: child Pethuel
2 — Bino bakambi ya bato, boyoka liloba oyo; bino nyonso, bavandi ya mokili, botia matoyi mpe boyoka! Boni, likambo ya boye esila kosalema na tango na bino to mpe na tango ya bakoko na bino?
to hear: hear this [the] old: elder and to listen all to dwell [the] land: country/planet to be this in/on/with day your and if in/on/with day father your
3 Boyebisa yango epai ya bana na bino, mpe tika ete bana na bino bayebisa yango epai ya bana na bango; mpe bana na bango, na milongo ya bato oyo bakoya na sima.
upon her to/for son: child your to recount and son: child your to/for son: child their and son: child their to/for generation another
4 Matiti oyo mampinga ya mabanki etiki, mabanki minene elie yango; oyo mabanki minene etiki, mabanki mike elie yango; oyo mabanki mike etiki, mabanki mosusu elie yango.
remainder [the] locust to eat [the] locust and remainder [the] locust to eat [the] locust and remainder [the] locust to eat [the] locust
5 Bino balangwi masanga, bolamuka mpe bolela; bolela, bino nyonso bameli vino. Pamba te babotoli bino vino ya sika na bibebu.
to awake drunken and to weep and to wail all to drink wine upon sweet for to cut: eliminate from lip your
6 Ekolo moko ya bapaya ebundisi mokili na Ngai, ezali na nguya makasi mpe bakokoka te kotanga motango ya bato na yango. Minu na yango ezali lokola minu ya nkosi ya mobali, mpe mbanga na yango, lokola mbanga ya nkosi ya mwasi.
for nation to ascend: rise upon land: country/planet my mighty and nothing number tooth his tooth lion and jaw lion to/for him
7 Ekolo yango ekomisi elanga na Ngai ya vino lokola esobe mpe ekati-kati banzete na Ngai ya figi, elongoli banzete na Ngai nyonso baposo, ebwaki yango mpe etiki bitape na yango pembe.
to set: make vine my to/for horror: destroyed and fig my to/for splinter to strip to strip her and to throw to whiten tendril her
8 Bosala matanga lokola elenge mwasi oyo alati pili mpo na kolela mobandami na ye.
to wail like/as virgin to gird sackcloth upon master: husband youth her
9 Makabo ya bambuma mpe ya masanga ezali kopesama lisusu te na Tempelo ya Yawe. Banganga-Nzambe, basali ya Nkolo, bazali na matanga.
to cut: eliminate offering and drink offering from house: temple LORD to mourn [the] priest to minister LORD
10 Bilanga ebebisami, mabele ekawuki, mbuma ya ble ezali lisusu te, vino esili mpe mafuta ezali lisusu te.
to ruin land: country to mourn land: soil for to ruin grain to wither new wine to weaken oil
11 Bino basali bilanga, bozala na soni; bino baloni vino, bolela mpo na mbuma ya ble mpe ya orje, pamba te milona ebebisami.
be ashamed farmer to wail to tend vineyards upon wheat and upon barley for to perish harvest land: country
12 Bilanga ya vino ekawuki, banzete ya figi elembi-lembi, banzete ya grenade, ya mbila mpe ya pome, banzete nyonso ya bilanga esili kokawuka. Solo, esengo ya bato esili.
[the] vine to wither and [the] fig to weaken pomegranate also palm and apple all tree [the] land: country to wither for be ashamed rejoicing from son: child man
13 Oh bino Banganga-Nzambe, bolata basaki mpe bolela. Bino bato oyo bosalaka na etumbelo, bolela. Bino basali ya Nzambe na ngai, boya, bolata basaki butu mobimba. Pamba te makabo ya bambuma mpe ya masanga ezali kopesama lisusu te na Ndako ya Nzambe na bino.
to gird and to mourn [the] priest to wail to minister altar to come (in): come to lodge in/on/with sackcloth to minister God my for to withhold from house: temple God your offering and drink offering
14 Bopanza sango ya kokila bilei, bobengisa bato na mayangani ya bule, bobengisa bakambi mpe bavandi nyonso ya mokili ete baya na Ndako ya Nzambe na bino mpe bolela epai na Yawe.
to consecrate: consecate fast to call: call to assembly to gather old: elder all to dwell [the] land: country/planet house: temple LORD God your and to cry out to(wards) LORD
15 Mawa na mokolo wana! Pamba te mokolo ya Yawe ekomi pene; ekoya lokola libebi oyo ewuti epai na Nkolo-Na-Nguya-Nyonso.
alas! to/for day for near day LORD and like/as violence from Almighty to come (in): come
16 Boni, wuta na Ndako ya Nzambe mpe na miso na biso, balongoli te bilei, esengo mpe kosepela?
not before eye our food to cut: eliminate from house: temple God our joy and rejoicing
17 Bankona ekawuki na se ya mabele, bibombelo etikali lisusu na eloko te, bibombelo ya bambuma ebukani mpo ete ble ezali lisusu te.
to shrivel grain underneath: under clod their be desolate: destroyed treasure to overthrow granary for to wither grain
18 Tika ete ngombe elela! Bibwele ekomi kotelengana, pamba te matiti ya kolia etikali lisusu te; ezala bameme to bantaba ekomi na pasi.
what? to sigh animal to perplex flock cattle for nothing pasture to/for them also flock [the] flock be guilty
19 Oh Yawe, Yo nde nazali kobelela, pamba te moto ezikisi matiti mpe banzete nyonso ya bilanga.
to(wards) you LORD to call: call to for fire to eat habitation wilderness and flame to kindle all tree [the] land: country
20 Ezala banyama ya zamba ezali kotalela Yo, pamba te miluka ekawuki mpe moto ezikisi bilanga.
also animal land: country to long for to(wards) you for to wither channel water and fire to eat habitation [the] wilderness
