Emoniseli 5

1 Bongo namonaki, na loboko ya mobali ya Ye oyo avandaki na Kiti ya Bokonzi, buku moko elingama, bakoma yango na kati mpe na libanda, mpe bakanga yango na bikangelo sambo.

Then I saw lying upon the right hand of Him who sat upon the throne, a book written within and on the back, close sealed with seven seals.

2 Namonaki mpe anjelu moko ya nguya kosakola na mongongo makasi: « Nani abongi mpo na kobuka bikangelo ya buku mpe kofungola yango? »

And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose its seals."

3 Kasi ezala kati na Lola to na mokili to na se ya mabele, moko te akokaki kofungola buku to kotala kati na yango.

And no one in the heavens or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book, or to look into it.

4 Tango namonaki bongo, nalelaki mingi mpo ete moko te amonanaki ete abongi mpo na kofungola buku to kotala kati na yango.

so I began to weep bitterly because no one was found worthy to open the book, or to look into it.

5 Bongo moko kati na bampaka alobaki na ngai: « Kolela te! Tala! Nkosi ya libota ya Yuda, Mokitani ya Davidi, alongaki mpo na kobuka bikangelo sambo mpe kofungola buku yango. »

But one of the Elders said to me. "Do not weep! Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, and so can open the book with its seven seals."

6 Mpe namonaki Mpate moko ya kotelema na kati-kati ya Kiti ya Bokonzi, mpe bazingela na bikelamu minei ya bomoi elongo na bampaka. Mpate yango amonanaki lokola nde basilaki koboma Ye; azalaki na maseke sambo mpe miso sambo oyo ezali milimo sambo ya Nzambe, oyo etindama na mokili mobimba.

Then I beheld a Lamb standing as if slain in the midst of the throne and of the four Living Creatures, and in the midst of the Elders. He had seven horns and seven eyes (which are the seven Spirits of God, sent forth into all the earth).

7 Mpate apusanaki mpo na kozwa buku wuta na loboko ya ngambo ya mobali ya Ye oyo avandaki na Kiti ya Bokonzi.

And he went, and now he has taken the book out of the right hand of Him who was seated on the throne.

8 Tango kaka azwaki buku, bikelamu minei ya bomoi mpe bampaka tuku mibale na minei bagumbamaki liboso ya Mpate. Moko na moko kati na bango asimbaki na loboko na ye lindanda mpe kopo ya wolo etonda na ansa oyo ezali mabondeli ya basantu.

When he took the book, the four Living Creatures and the four and twenty Elders fell down before the Lamb. And each had a harp and a golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

9 Mpe bayembaki nzembo ya sika: « Obongi na kozwa buku mpe kobuka bikangelo na yango, pamba te babomaki Yo; bongo na nzela ya makila na Yo, osikolaki, mpo na Nzambe, bato ya bikolo nyonso, ya nkota nyonso, ya mikili nyonso mpe ya mabota nyonso.

And they sang a new song, saying, "Worthy art thou to take the book And to open its seals; For thou wast slain and didst ransom for God Men out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation;

10 Okomisaki bango ekolo ya bakonzi mpe ya Banganga-Nzambe mpo Nzambe na biso, mpe bakokonza mokili. »

Thou hast made them kings and priests unto our God, And they shall reign on earth."

11 Bongo natalaki mpe nayokaki mongongo ya ba-anjelu ebele, oyo motango na bango ezalaki bankoto na bankoto; bazingelaki Kiti ya Bokonzi, bikelamu ya bomoi mpe bampaka,

Then I looked and heard a voice of many angels encircling the throne and a voice of the Living Creatures and of the Elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands,

12 mpe bazalaki koloba na mongongo makasi: « Mpate oyo babomaki abongi na kozwa nguya, bomengo, bwanya mpe makasi, lokumu, nkembo mpe masanzoli. »

singing aloud, "Worthy is the Lamb who has been slain, To receive power and riches and wisdom And might and honor and glory and blessing."

13 Bongo nayokaki bikelamu nyonso oyo ezalaka kati na Lola, na mabele, na se ya mabele mpe na likolo ya ebale monene; bango nyonso bazalaki koloba: « Tika ete masanzoli mpe lokumu, nkembo mpe nguya ezonga epai ya Mpate mpe epai na Ye oyo avandi na Kiti ya Bokonzi (aiōn g165)

And I heard every created thing that is in heaven, or on earth, or beneath the earth, or on the sea, and all things that are in them, saying, "To him who sits on the throne, And to the Lamb, Be the blessing and the honor, And the glory and the power, Forever and ever!" (aiōn g165)

14 Bikelamu minei ya bomoi bazalaki kozongisa: « Amen. » Mpe bampaka bafukamaki mpe bagumbamelaki.

And the four Living Creatures kept saying, "Amen!" And the Elders fell down and worshiped.