Naumi 3
1 Mawa na engumba oyo mosala na yango kosopa makila ya bato, engumba oyo etonda na makambo ya lokuta mpe na moyibi, engumba oyo ezangaka te koboma bato!
Woe to the city of blood! it is all full of lies and robbery; never ceaseth the preying;
2 Tango nyonso, kaka makelele ya bafimbu, makelele ya bapine: bampunda ezali kopumbwa, mpe bashar ezali koningana.
The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of wheels, and of prancing horses, and of the skipping chariots.
3 Basoda oyo batambolaka likolo ya bampunda bazali kotambola-tambola, mipanga ezali kongenga, makonga ezali koleka-leka lokola mikalikali! Bato bazali kozoka, kokufa ebele penza! Bongo bibembe elali-lali bisika nyonso, mpe makolo ya bato ekomi kotuta bibembe tango bazali kotambola.
Horsemen mount, and there are the flaming sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and heaps of carcasses; and without end are the corpses; they stumble on their corpses;
4 Makambo oyo nyonso esalemi likolo ya makambo ya nkele ya engumba oyo etonda na kindumba, engumba ya kitoko makasi kasi etonda na misala ya soloka, engumba oyo epengwisaka bikolo na nzela ya kindumba na yango mpe epengwisaka bato na nzela ya misala na yango ya soloka.
Because of the multitude of the lewd deeds of the harlot, that is rich in gracefulness, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her lewd deeds, and families through her witchcrafts.
5 « Natombokeli yo, » elobi Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga; « nakotombola yo elamba kino na elongi, nakolakisa bolumbu na yo na miso ya bikolo mosusu mpe nakoyokisa yo soni na miso ya bamboka nyonso.
Behold, I will be against thee, saith the Lord of hosts; and I will lay thy skirts open over thy face, and I will let nations see thy nakedness, and kingdoms thy shame.
6 Nakobwakela yo bosoto, nakosambwisa yo mpe nakokomisa yo eloko ya maseki.
And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and defile thee, and will render thee a dirt-heap.
7 Bato nyonso oyo bakomona yo bakokima mpe bakoganga: ‹ Engumba Ninive ebebisami boye! Nani akoyokela yango mawa? › »
And it shall come to pass, that all they that see thee shall flee from thee, and say, Laid waste is Nineveh: who will condole with her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?
8 Boni, okanisi ete ozali kitoko koleka engumba Tebesi oyo ezalaka pembeni ya ebale Nili mpe ezingelama na mayi, bongo ebale ebatelaka yango mpe mayi ezalaka lokola mir oyo ebombaka yango?
Art thou better than No-amon, that was situated on the rivers, that had water round about her, the rampart of which was the sea, and the walls of which rose out of the sea?
9 Makasi na yango ezalaki kowuta na Kushi mpe na Ejipito; bato ya Puti mpe ya Libi bazalaki kosunga yango.
Ethiopia the numerous, and Egypt that was without end, Put and Lubim were thy helpers.
10 Nzokande, yango mpe ekweyaki, mpe bamemaki bato na yango na bowumbu. Bakataki-kataki na biteni bana na bango na babalabala nyonso, babetaki zeke mpo na kopona bato na yango ya lokumu mpo ete bamema bango na bowumbu, mpe bakangaki bakambi na yango minyololo.
Yet also she was exiled, was carried away into captivity; also her young children were dashed in pieces at the corners of all streets: and for her honorable men they cast lots, and all her great ones were bound with chains.
11 Yo mpe okokoma lokola moto oyo alangwe masanga, yo mpe okoluka ekimelo mpo na kokima banguna na yo.
Thou also shalt be made drunken, thou shalt be hidden from view: thou also shalt seek refuge because of the enemy.
12 Bandako na yo nyonso, oyo batonga makasi ezali lokola banzete ya figi etonda na bambuma ya liboso ekomela; soki kaka bameki koningisa yango, bambuma ekweyaka kino na monoko ya moto ya lokoso.
All thy strong-holds shall be like fig-trees with the first ripe figs, which, if they be shaken, will fall into the mouth of the eater.
13 Tala malamu mampinga na yo, balemba lokola basi; bikuke ya mokili na yo ezali polele liboso ya banguna na yo, pamba te moto ezikisi bikangelo na yango.
Behold, thy people are become women in the midst of thee: unto thy enemies are the gates of thy land set wide open; the fire hath devoured thy bars.
14 Bino bato ya engumba oyo, bomitokela libela mayi mpo ete bakozingela bino; bolendisa libela bamir oyo ebatelaka engumba na bino; bokamata mabele oyo batongelaka bandako, bosangisa yango mpo ete ekoma potopoto, bongo bobeta babiliki mpe botumba yango.
Water for the siege draw for thyself, fortify thy strongholds: go into the clay, and tread the mortar, make strong the brick-kiln.
15 Kuna nde moto ekoya kozikisa yo, mopanga ekoya koboma yo mpe kosilisa yo lokola mabanki. Tika ete bato na yo bakoma ebele lokola mabanki, bakoma lisusu ebele makasi lokola mankoko.
There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall devour thee up like the cankerworm: [though] thou make thyself many as the cankerworm; make thyself many as the locusts.
16 Okomisi motango ya bato na yo ya mombongo ebele koleka ata minzoto ya likolo, kasi babebisi mokili nyonso mpe bapumbwe na bango ndenge kaka mankoko esalaka.
[Though] thou hadst multiplied thy merchants more than the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spreadeth itself out, and flieth away.
17 Bakengeli na yo bazali lokola mankoko, bakonzi ya basoda na yo bazali lokola maboke ya mabanki oyo eyaka kovanda na bamir ya lopango na tango ya malili; kasi soki kaka moyi ebimi, yango nyonso epanzani, mpe moto moko te ayebaka esika yango ekendaka.
Thy crowned ones are like the locusts, and thy leaders like the swarms of locusts, which camp in the hedges on a cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.
18 Oh mokonzi ya Asiri, bakambi na yo bazali kolala pongi, basoda na yo ya mpiko balali pongi ya makasi, mampinga na yo bapalangani na bangomba mpe moto akosangisa bango azali komonana te.
Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria; thy valiant men are at rest: scattered are thy people upon the mountains, and there is none that gathereth them.
19 Ezali ata na kisi moko te oyo ekoki kobikisa pota na yo; pota na yo ezali monene makasi! Moto nyonso oyo akoyoka sango ya makambo oyo ekomeli yo akobeta maboko mpo na kokweyisama na yo. Pamba te nani oyo ozangaki kosala mabe?
There is no healing for thy breach; fatal is thy wound: all that hear the report of thee will clap their hands over thee; for over whom did not thy wickedness pass continually?
