Zakari 8
1 Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, alobaki na ngai:
Now this message of the Lord of hosts came to me:
2 « Tala liloba oyo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, alobi: ‹ Nazali na zuwa makasi mpo na Siona, mpo ete nalingaka yango makasi na motema na Ngai. › »
The Lord of hosts says: I passionately care for Zion, and I am fiercely protective of her.
3 Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: « Nakozonga na Siona mpe nakovanda kati na Yelusalemi. Boye, Yelusalemi ekobengama Engumba ya bosolo; mpe ngomba ya Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, ekobengama Ngomba ya bule. »
The Lord says, I have returned to Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem and Jerusalem will be called, “The City of Truth” and the mountain of the Lord of hosts, “The Holy Mountain.”
4 Tala liloba oyo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, alobi: « Mibange ya mibali mpe ya basi bakotonda lisusu na babalabala ya Yelusalemi, moto na moto na nzete na ye na loboko mpo na kimobange.
The Lord of hosts says: Old men and old women will sit again in the squares of Jerusalem, each leaning on a staff because of old age.
5 Babalabala ya engumba ekotonda lisusu na bilenge mibali mpe basi oyo bakokoma kosakana kuna. »
And the streets of the city will be full of boys, and of girls playing in its squares.
6 Tala liloba oyo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, alobi: « Boni, soki, na tango wana, ekomonana lokola likambo ya kokamwa na miso ya batikali kati na bato oyo, Ngai mpe namona yango likambo ya kokamwa? » elobi Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga.
The Lord of hosts says: Just because it seems impossible to the remnant of this people in these days, is it also impossible for me? says the Lord of hosts.
7 Tala liloba oyo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, alobi: « Nakobikisa bato na Ngai, longwa na mokili ya este kino na mokili ya weste.
The Lord of hosts says: I will rescue my people from the land of the east and the land of the west.
8 Nakozongisa bango mpo ete bavanda na Yelusalemi; bakozala bato na Ngai, mpe Ngai nakozala Nzambe na bango na boyengebene mpe na bosembo. »
I will bring them and they will live in Jerusalem, and they will be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and righteousness.
9 Tala liloba oyo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, alobi: « Bino ba-oyo, na mikolo oyo, bozali koyoka maloba kaka oyo basakoli balobaki, lokola bazalaki awa na tango miboko ya Tempelo ya Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, ezalaki kotongama, boyika mpiko mpe bolendisa maboko na bino mpo na kotonga Tempelo oyo ya Yawe.
The Lord of hosts says: Let your hands be strong, you who hear in these days the words of the prophets spoken when the foundations for the house of the Lord of hosts were laid.
10 Pamba te, liboso ya tango wana, bato bazalaki kozwa lifuti ya malonga te na misala na bango, mpe banyama ezalaki kopesa ata litomba moko te; moto moko te azalaki kokende na mosala na ye na kimia likolo ya kobanga banguna, pamba te nasalaki ete moto moko na moko atelemela moninga na ye.
For before those days there were no wages for people or animals. No one could go out or return safe from enemies, because I set each against their neighbour.
11 Kasi sik’oyo, nakosala lisusu te, na ndambo ya bato oyo batikali, makambo oyo nasalaki na tango ya kala, » elobi Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga.
But now I will treat the remnant of the people differently from former days, says the Lord of hosts.
12 « Solo, milona ekokola malamu, bilanga ya vino ekobota bambuma na yango, mabele ekobimisa biloko ebele, mpe likolo ekonokisa mvula. Nakopesa biloko oyo nyonso lokola libula epai ya batikali kati na bato oyo.
Peace will be sown. The vine will bear its fruit and the ground will yield its produce, and the skies will give their dew. I will give the remnant of this people all these things.
13 Libota ya Yuda mpe libota ya Isalaele, bobanga ata eloko moko te, boyika kaka mpiko; pamba te ndenge bokomaki bikolo elakelama mabe kati na bikolo mosusu, ndenge wana mpe nakobikisa bino, mpe bokozala lipamboli. »
Just as you were accursed among the nations, house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you and you will be a blessing. Do not be afraid, but let your hands be strong.
14 Tala liloba oyo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, alobi: « Ndenge kaka nazwaki mokano ya kotindela bino pasi mpe ya koyokela bino mawa te tango batata na bino batumbolaki kanda na Ngai, » elobi Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga,
For the Lord of hosts says: As I planned to do evil to you when your ancestors provoked me to anger, says the Lord of hosts, and I did not relent,
15 « ndenge wana mpe nazwi mokano sik’oyo ya komonisa lisusu bolamu na Yelusalemi mpe na Yuda. Bozala na bobangi te.
so again have I planned in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Do not be afraid.
16 Tala makambo oyo bosengeli kosala: Tika ete moko na moko kati na bino alobaka solo na moninga na ye; bosambisaka na bosolo mpe bokataka makambo na bosembo kati na bisambiselo na bino,
These are the things that you should do: Speak the truth to each other. Render peaceful decisions in your gates.
17 bosalaka mabongisi ya komonisa baninga na bino pasi te, bolingaka te kolapa ndayi ya lokuta; pamba te makambo wana nyonso, nayina yango makasi, » elobi Yawe.
Let none of you devise evil in your heart against one another. Do not love perjury. All these are things I hate, says the Lord.
18 Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, alobaki na ngai:
And this message of the Lord of hosts came to me:
19 « Tala liloba oyo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, alobi: Mikolo ya kokila bilei ya sanza ya minei, ya mitano, ya sambo mpe ya zomi ekokoma mikolo ya esengo mpe ya kosepela, ekokoma bafeti ya nkembo mpe ya esengo mpo na libota ya Yuda. Kasi bolinga solo mpe kimia. »
The Lord of hosts says: The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, will be festivals of joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts for the house of Judah. Therefore love truth and peace.
20 Tala liloba oyo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, alobi: « Bato ya bikolo ebele mpe bavandi ya bingumba ya ndenge na ndenge bakoya lisusu;
The Lord of hosts says: Peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities will come,
21 bamoko bakowuta na engumba moko mpo na kokende na engumba mosusu mpe bakoloba: ‹ Tokende kobondela Yawe mpe koluka elongi na Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga! › Bongo bamosusu bakozongisela bango: ‹ Ngai mpe nakokende! ›
and the inhabitants of one city will go to another, saying, ‘Let us go speedily to entreat the favour of the Lord, and to seek the Lord of hosts; I will go also.’
22 Boye bato ebele mpe bikolo ya nguya bakoya na Yelusalemi mpo na koluka elongi na Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, mpe bakobondela Ye. »
Many peoples and strong nations will come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem, and to entreat the favour of the Lord.
23 Tala liloba oyo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, alobi: « Na mikolo wana, bato zomi ya bikolo mpe ya nkota ya ndenge na ndenge bakokanga songe ya nzambala ya Moyuda moko mpe bakoloba: ‹ Tika ete tokende elongo na yo, pamba te toyoki ete Nzambe azali na bino elongo. › »
The Lord of hosts says: In those days ten people from all languages and nations will take hold of the robe of a Jew, saying, ‘We will go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’
