Zakari 1
1 Na sanza ya mwambe, na mobu ya mibale ya bokonzi ya Dariusi, Yawe alobaki na mosakoli Zakari, mwana mobali ya Barashi, mwana mobali ya Ido:
In the eighth month, in the second year of [the reign of] Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zacharias, the son of Barachias, the son of Addo, the prophet, saying,
2 — Yawe atombokelaki bakoko na bino makasi.
The Lord has been very angry with your fathers.
3 Yango wana, loba na bato oyo: « Tala liloba oyo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, alobi: ‹ Bozonga epai na Ngai, › elobi Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, ‹ mpe Ngai nakozonga epai na bino, › elobi Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga.
And you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord Almighty: Turn to me, says the Lord of hosts, and I will turn to you, says the Lord of hosts.
4 Bozala te lokola bakoko na bino, epai ya banani basakoli ya tango ya kala balobaki: Tala liloba oyo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, alobi: ‹ Botika banzela mabe mpe misala na bino ya mabe, bozonga epai na Ngai! › Kasi basalaki keba te na maloba na Ngai, mpe batosaki Ngai te, elobi Yawe.
And be you not as your fathers, whom the prophets before charged, saying, Thus says the Lord Almighty: Turn you from your evil ways, and from your evil practices: but they listened not, and attended not to listen to me, says the Lord.
5 Wapi sik’oyo bakoko na bino? Boni, basakoli yango bazali kaka na bomoi kino na mokolo ya lelo?
Where are your fathers, and the prophets? Will they live for ever?
6 Maloba mpe malako na Ngai, oyo napesaki na nzela ya basakoli, basali na Ngai, ekomelaki bakoko na bino te? Solo, ekomelaki bango, babongolaki mitema mpe balobaki: ‹ Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, asaleli biso kolanda banzela mpe misala na biso, asali ndenge kaka akanaki kosala. › »
But do you receive my words and mine ordinances, all that I command by my Spirit to my servants the prophets, who lived in the days of your fathers; and they answered and said, As the Lord Almighty determined to do to us, according to our ways, and according to our practices, so has he done to us.
7 Na mokolo ya tuku mibale na minei ya sanza ya zomi na moko, sanza ya shebati, na mobu ya mibale ya bokonzi ya Dariusi, Yawe alobaki na nzela ya mosakoli Zakari, mwana mobali ya Barashi, mwana mobali ya Ido.
On the twenty-fourth [day] in the eleventh month, this is the month Sabat, in the second year of [the reign of] Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zacharias, the son of Barachias, the son of Addo, the prophet, saying,
8 Na butu, nazwaki emoniseli moko: namonaki liboso na ngai moto moko azali kotambolisa mpunda moko ya langi ya motane; moto yango atelemaki kati na banzete ya mirite oyo ezalaki kati na lubwaku. Na sima na ye, ezalaki na bampunda mosusu ya langi ya motane, ya shokola mpe ya pembe.
I saw by night, and behold a man mounted on a red horse, and he stood between the shady mountains; and behind him were red horses, and grey, and piebald, and white.
9 Natunaki: — Nkolo na ngai, bampunda oyo elingi kolakisa nini? Anjelu oyo azalaki kosolola na ngai azongisaki: — Nakolakisa yo tina na yango.
And I said, What are these, [my] lord? And the angel spoke with me said to me, I will show you what these [things] are.
10 Moto oyo azalaki kati na banzete ya mirite alimbolaki: — Ezali bato oyo Yawe atindaki mpo na kotambola na mabele.
And the man that stood between the mountains answered, and said to me, These are [they] whom the Lord has sent forth to go round the earth.
11 Bato yango bayebisaki Anjelu ya Yawe, oyo atelemaki kati na banzete ya mirite: — Towuti kotambola na mabele mpe tokuti kimia mpe bopemi na mokili mobimba.
And they answered the angel of the Lord that stood between the mountains, and said, We have gone round all the earth, and, behold, all the earth is inhabited, and is at rest.
12 Anjelu ya Yawe alobaki: — Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, kino tango nini okoboya koyokela engumba Yelusalemi mawa mpe bingumba mosusu ya Yuda, bingumba oyo okangela kanda mibu tuku sambo mobimba?
Then the angel of the Lord answered and said, O Lord Almighty, how long will you have no mercy on Jerusalem, and the cities of Juda, which you has disregarded these seventy years?
13 Yawe abimisaki maloba ya kimia mpe ya kobondisa, na monoko ya Anjelu oyo azalaki koloba na ngai.
And the Lord Almighty answered the angel that spoke with me good words and consolatory sayings.
14 Bongo Anjelu oyo azalaki kosolola na ngai alobaki: — Tatola maloba oyo: « Tala liloba oyo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, alobi: ‹ Nazali na zuwa makasi mpo na Yelusalemi mpe Siona.
And the angel that spoke with me said to me, Cry out and say, Thus says the Lord Almighty; I have been jealous for Jerusalem and Sion with great jealousy.
15 Kasi nazali na kanda makasi mpo na bikolo oyo emonaka ete emikoka. Nazalaki kaka na kanda moke mpo na bato na Ngai, kasi bango bayei nde kobakisela bato na Ngai pasi. › »
And I am very angry with the heathen that combine to attack [her]: forasmuch as I indeed was a little angry, but they combined to attack [her] for evil.
16 Yango wana, tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: « Nakozonga na Yelusalemi mpo na koyokela bango mawa; mpe kuna, bakotonga lisusu Tempelo na Ngai mpe bakosalela kati na Yelusalemi singa oyo bamekelaka molayi, » elobi Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga.
Therefore thus says the Lord: I will return to Jerusalem with compassion; and my house shall be rebuilt in her, says the Lord Almighty, and a measuring line shall yet be stretched out over Jerusalem.
17 Tatola lisusu: « Tala liloba oyo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, alobi: ‹ Bingumba na Ngai ekotondisama lisusu na bomengo, Yawe akobondisa lisusu Siona mpe akopona Yelusalemi. › »
And the angel that spoke with me said to me, Cry yet, and say, Thus says the Lord Almighty; Yet shall cities be spread abroad through prosperity; and the Lord shall yet have mercy upon Sion, and shall choose Jerusalem.
18 Bongo natombolaki miso mpe namonaki maseke minei liboso na ngai.
And I lifted up mine eyes and looked, and behold four horns.
19 Natunaki Anjelu oyo azalaki kosolola na ngai: — Maseke wana elakisi nini? Azongiselaki ngai: — Maseke wana ezali bikolo ya nguya oyo epanzaki Yuda, Isalaele mpe Yelusalemi.
And I said to the angel that spoke with me, What are these things, [my] lord? And he said to me, These are the horns that have scattered Juda, and Israel, and Jerusalem.
20 Yawe alakisaki ngai bato minei ya misala ya maboko.
And the Lord showed me four artificers.
21 Natunaki: — Bato oyo bayei kosala nini? Azongisaki: — Ezali maseke oyo eyaki kopanza Yuda mpo ete moto moko te akoka kotombola moto, kasi bato oyo ya misala ya maboko bayei nde kolengisa bango mpe kokweyisa nguya ya bikolo oyo etombolaki maseke na yango mpo na kobundisa Yuda mpe kopanza bato na yango.
And I said, What are these coming to do? And he said, These are the horns that scattered Juda, and they broke Israel in pieces, and none of them lifted up his head: and these are come forth to sharpen them for their hands, [even] the four horns, the nations that lifted up the horn against the land of the Lord to scatter it.
