Emoniseli 6
1 Bongo namonaki Mpate kobuka ekangelo ya liboso kati na bikangelo sambo; mpe nayokaki moko kati na bikelamu minei ya bomoi koloba na mongongo makasi lokola kake: « Yaka! »
And I saw that the Lamb had opened one of the seven seals. And I heard one of the four living creatures saying, in a voice like thunder: “Draw near and see.”
2 Natalaki mpe namonaki liboso na ngai mpunda moko ya pembe. Motambolisi na yango asimbaki tolotolo. Bapesaki ye motole, bongo abimaki lokola molongi mpe mpo ete azala molongi.
And I saw, and behold, a white horse. And he who was sitting upon it was holding a bow, and a crown was given to him, and he went forth conquering, so that he might prevail.
3 Tango Mpate abukaki ekangelo ya mibale, nayokaki ekelamu ya mibale ya bomoi koloba: « Yaka! »
And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying: “Draw near and see.”
4 Bongo mpunda mosusu ebimaki: ezalaki ya motane makasi. Motambolisi na yango apesamelaki nguya ya kolongola kimia na mokili mpe ya kosala ete bato babomana bango na bango. Mpe bapesaki ye lisusu mopanga moko ya monene.
And another horse went forth, which was red. And it was granted to him who was sitting upon it that he would take peace from the earth, and that they would kill one another. And a great sword was given to him.
5 Tango Mpate abukaki ekangelo ya misato, nayokaki ekelamu ya bomoi ya misato koloba: « Yaka! » Mpe namonaki liboso na ngai mpunda moko ya mwindo. Motambolisi na yango asimbaki na loboko na ye emekelo kilo.
And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying: “Draw near and see.” And behold, a black horse. And he who was sitting upon it was holding a balance in his hand.
6 Bongo nayokaki lokola mongongo moko kobima kati na bikelamu minei ya bomoi; ezalaki koloba: « Kopo moko ya ble mpo na mbongo moko ya ebende, mpe bakopo misato ya orje mpo na mbongo moko ya ebende. Kasi kobebisa mafuta mpe vino te. »
And I heard something like a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A double measure of wheat for a denarius, and three double measures of barley for a denarius, but do no harm to wine and oil.”
7 Tango Mpate abukaki ekangelo ya minei, nayokaki mongongo ya ekelamu ya minei ya bomoi koloba: « Yaka! »
And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying: “Draw near and see.”
8 Namonaki liboso na ngai mpunda moko ya langi ya mayi ya pondu; kombo ya motambolisi na yango ezalaki « Kufa, » mpe mboka ya bakufi ezalaki kolanda motambolisi yango na sima. Bapesamelaki nguya ya koboma bato na nzela ya mopanga, ya nzala, ya bokono mpe ya banyama mabe, na etando ya eteni moko kati na biteni minei ya mokili. (Hadēs g86)
And behold, a pale horse. And he who was sitting upon it, his name was Death, and Hell was following him. And authority was given to him over the four parts of the earth, to destroy by the sword, by famine, and by death, and by the creatures of the earth. (Hadēs g86)
9 Tango Mpate abukaki ekangelo ya mitano, namonaki na se ya etumbelo, milimo ya bato oyo baboma likolo na Liloba na Nzambe mpe likolo na litatoli na bango.
And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw, under the altar, the souls of those who had been slain because of the Word of God and because of the testimony that they held.
10 Bagangaki na mongongo makasi: « Nkolo Nzambe, Yo oyo ozali Bule mpe Solo, okozela kino tango nini mpo na kosambisa bavandi ya mokili mpe kopesa bango etumbu mpo na makila na biso? »
And they were crying out with a loud voice, saying: “How long, O Holy and True Lord, will you not judge and not vindicate our blood against those who dwell upon the earth?”
11 Bongo bapesaki na moko na moko kati na bango nzambala ya pembe, mpe bayebisaki bango ete bazela moke kino motango ekokoka: motango ya baninga na bango ya mosala, mpe ya bandeko na bango oyo bakobomama lokola bango.
And white robes were given to each of them. And they were told that they should rest for a brief time, until their fellow servants and their brothers, who were to be slain even as they were slain, would be completed.
12 Bongo namonaki Mpate kobuka ekangelo ya motoba, mpe mabele eninganaki makasi. Moyi ekomaki molili lokola elamba ya mwindo; bongo sanza, na mobimba na yango, ekomaki motane lokola makila.
And when he had opened the sixth seal, I saw, and behold, a great earthquake occurred. And the sun became black, like a haircloth sack, and the entire moon became like blood.
13 Minzoto ya likolo ekweyaki na mabele ndenge bambuma ya nzete ya figi oyo ekomeli nanu te ekweyaka soki mopepe makasi eningisi yango.
And the stars from heaven fell upon the earth, just as when a fig tree, shaken by a great wind, drops its immature figs.
14 Lola elongwaki lokola mokanda oyo bazali kolinga, bangomba nyonso mpe bisanga nyonso elongwaki na bisika na yango.
And heaven receded, like a scroll being rolled up. And every mountain, and the islands, were moved from their places.
15 Bakonzi ya mabele, bato minene, bakonzi ya mampinga ya basoda, bazwi, bato ya nguya, bawumbu mpe bansomi bakendeki kobombama kati na madusu ya mabanga mpe kati na mabanga minene ya bangomba.
And the kings of the earth, and the rulers, and the military leaders, and the wealthy, and the strong, and everyone, servant and free, hid themselves in caves and among the rocks of the mountains.
16 Bazalaki koganga epai ya bangomba mpe epai ya mabanga minene: « Bokweyela biso mpe bobomba biso mpo ete Ye oyo avandi na Kiti ya Bokonzi amona biso te, mpe mpo ete kanda ya Mpate ekweyela biso te!
And they said to the mountains and the rocks: “Fall over us and hide us from the face of the One sitting upon the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.
17 Pamba te mokolo monene ya kanda na bango ekoki, bongo nani akoki kolonga kotelema? »
For the great day of their wrath has arrived. And who will be able to stand?”
