Naumi 2
1 Tala, mobebisi azali koya kosala yo mabe! Batela malamu bandako na yo batonga makasi, kengela nzela na yo, bongama mpo na bitumba mpe sangisa bato na yo.
Nineveh! The destroyer has come up against you; mount guard upon the rampart; watch the road; brace yourselves; strengthen your might to the utmost.
2 Yawe akozongisa lisusu nkembo ya Jakobi mpe ya Isalaele, atako babebisaki mpe bapanzaki mokili na bango, mpe atako babebisaki bilanga na bango ya vino.
For the Lord is restoring the majesty of Jacob and of Israel, though the devastators have plundered them and destroyed their vines.
3 Banguba mpe bilamba ya basoda na bango ezali ya langi ya motane; bibende ya bashar na bango ezali kongenga na mokolo oyo babongisi mpo na bitumba, mpe makonga basala na nzete ekomi kotambola bipai na bipai.
The shields of his warriors are dyed red, his soldiers are clothed in scarlet, his chariots gleam like fire on the day he prepares for battle spears are shaken.
4 Bashar ezali kokota na elulu na nzela, ezali kokende mpe kozonga na bisika oyo bato ebele bakutanaka; ezali komonana lokola koni oyo ezali kopela moto, ezali kotambola na bangambo nyonso lokola mikalikali.
Chariots rush across the fields, storm through the squares; they flame like torches, they dart like lightening.
5 Abengi basoda na ye nyonso ya mpiko. nzokande, na nzela na bango, bazali kotepatepa, bazali kokende na lombangu pene ya mir.
A leader rallies his nobles, they hurl themselves forward. They speed on toward the wall; the storming-shield is set up.
6 Bikuke ya ebale efungwami, mpe ndako na ye ya bokonzi ebukani.
The water-gates are thrown open, and the palace dissolves in ruins.
7 Ekatami ete engumba wana ekokende na bowumbu mpe bakomema yango mosika penza; basali na yango ya basi bakolela lokola bibenga mpe bakomibeta batolo likolo ya pasi.
The queen is stripped, she is carried off. Her maids moan like doves, beating upon their breasts.
8 Na kala, engumba Ninive ezalaki lokola liziba ya mayi. Kasi tala yango lelo oyo: etoboki mpe ekomi kobimisa mayi! Bazali kobelela: « Botelema! Botelema! » Kasi ata moto moko te azongi lisusu kuna.
Like a pool of water is Nineveh, her waters fast ebbing away. ‘Stand firm! Stand firm!’ someone cries, but no one turns back.
9 Bobotola wolo mpe palata na yango na makasi, pamba te bomengo na yango ezali penza mingi koleka mpe etonda na biloko ya motuya.
‘Loot the silver, loot the gold, for there is no end to the treasure, the wealth and precious things.’
10 Bakoteli yango, bapanzi yango, babotoli na makasi biloko na yango ya talo! Mitema ebukani, mabolongo ekomi kolenga, mpe banzoto etondi na somo.
Nineveh is empty, desolate, devastated, with faint heart and knocking knee. There is weakness in every limb, and faces grow pale.
11 Wapi sik’oyo libulu epai wapi bankosi ezalaki kobokola bana na yango? Wapi sik’oyo libulu epai wapi nkosi ya mwasi elongo na bana na yango ezalaki kotambola na somo ata moke te?
Where now is the den of lions? Where now the lair of their young? Where the lion used to withdraw, with his cubs, with none to disturb them?
12 Nkosi ebomi banyama ebele mpo ete epesa yango lokola bilei epai ya bana na yango, ekangi nyama ya kolia mpo na mwasi na yango, bongo etondisi libulu na yango na banyama oyo ebomi mpe na misuni.
The lion tore enough for his cubs, and strangled prey for his lionesses. He filled his caves with the kill, he filled his lairs with fresh meat.
13 « Nakotombokela yo, » elobi Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga; « nakozikisa bashar na yo na moto, mpe mopanga ekoboma bana ya nkosi na yo. Nakobotola yo misuni nyonso awa na se; boye mongongo ya batindami na yo ekotikala koyokana lisusu te. »
‘But see, I am against you,’ the Lord of hosts declares, ‘I will burn your chariots in smoke and fire. The sword will devour your young lions. You will never again prey on the land. No more will your messengers be heard.’
