Zakari 7
1 Na mobu ya minei ya mokonzi ya Dariusi, na mokolo ya minei ya sanza ya libwa, sanza ya kisilevi, Yawe alobaki na Zakari.
And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of the LORD came to Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chisleu;
2 Bato ya Beteli batindaki Saretseri, Regemi-Meleki elongo na bato na bango mpo na kobondela Yawe
When they had sent to the house of God Sherezer and Regemmelech, and their men, to pray before the LORD,
3 mpe mpo na kotuna motuna oyo epai ya Banganga-Nzambe oyo basalaka kati na Tempelo ya Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, mpe epai ya basakoli: — Boni, tosengeli kaka kokoba kolela mpe kokila bilei na sanza ya mitano ndenge tosalaka wuta kala?
And to speak to the priests which were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?
4 Bongo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, alobaki na ngai:
Then came the word of the LORD of hosts to me, saying,
5 — Tuna bato nyonso ya ekolo mpe Banganga-Nzambe: « Wuta mibu tuku sambo, tango bokilaka bilei mpe bolelaka na sanza ya mitano mpe ya sambo, bosalaka yango mpo na Ngai?
Speak to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did you at all fast to me, even to me?
6 Bongo tango bozalaki kolia mpe komela, ezalaki te mpo na esengo na bino moko?
And when you did eat, and when you did drink, did not you eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?
7 Yango ezali te liloba oyo Yawe alobaki na nzela ya basakoli na Ye wuta kala tango Yelusalemi mpe bingumba oyo ezingelaki yango ezalaki na kimia mpe na boyokani, mpe Negevi mpe Shefela etondaki na bato ebele? »
Should you not hear the words which the LORD has cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and the plain?
8 Mpe Yawe alobaki lisusu na Zakari:
And the word of the LORD came to Zechariah, saying,
9 — Tala liloba oyo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, alobi: « Bokataka makambo na bosembo, mpe tika ete moko na moko kati na bino azala na bolingo mpe na mawa ya moto mosusu.
Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassions every man to his brother:
10 Bonyokolaka te mwasi oyo akufisa mobali to mwana etike to mopaya to mpe mobola, mpe tika ete moko te kati na bino asala, na motema na ye, mabongisi ya kosala moninga na ye mabe. »
And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
11 Kasi baboyaki kotosa, bamatisaki mapeka mpe bakangaki matoyi na bango mpo ete bayoka Ngai te.
But they refused to listen, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.
12 Bakomisaki mitema na bango makasi lokola diama mpo kaka bayoka te mibeko mpe maloba oyo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, azalaki koloba na bango na lisungi ya Molimo na Ye na nzela ya basakoli na Ye ya kala. Mpo na yango, Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, atombokaki makasi.
Yes, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts has sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts.
13 Boye, Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, alobaki: « Lokola bayokaki Ngai te tango nazalaki kobenga bango, Ngai mpe nayokaki bango te tango babengaki Ngai.
Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, says the LORD of hosts:
14 Na bongo, napanzaki bango kati na bikolo nyonso epai wapi bakomaki bapaya, mpe mokili na bango ebebisamaki makasi: moto moko te akokaki lisusu kokota to kobima kuna. Ndenge wana nde bakomisaki mokili ya kitoko libebi. »
But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.
