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 Darius, came the word of the LORD to Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,
2 — Yawe atombokelaki bakoko na bino makasi.
The LORD hath 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.
Therefore say thou to them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye to me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn to you, saith 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.
Be ye not as your fathers, to whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken to me, saith the LORD.
5 Wapi sik’oyo bakoko na bino? Boni, basakoli yango bazali kaka na bomoi kino na mokolo ya lelo?
Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do 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 my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, As the LORD of hosts thought to do to us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with 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.
Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD to Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo 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 riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were there red horses, speckled, and white.
9 Natunaki: — Nkolo na ngai, bampunda oyo elingi kolakisa nini? Anjelu oyo azalaki kosolola na ngai azongisaki: — Nakolakisa yo tina na yango.
Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said to me, I will show thee what these 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 among the myrtle trees answered and said, These are they whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro through 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 among the myrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, 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 of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these seventy years?
13 Yawe abimisaki maloba ya kimia mpe ya kobondisa, na monoko ya Anjelu oyo azalaki koloba na ngai.
And the LORD answered the angel that talked with me with good words and comforting words.
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.
So the angel that talked with me said to me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a 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 very angry with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.
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 saith the LORD; I have returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon 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. › »
Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.
18 Bongo natombolaki miso mpe namonaki maseke minei liboso na ngai.
Then I lifted up my eyes, and saw, 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 talked with me, What are these? And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.
20 Yawe alakisaki ngai bato minei ya misala ya maboko.
And the LORD showed me four craftsmen.
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.
Then said I, What come these to do? And he spoke, saying, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man lifted up his head: but these are come to terrify them, to cast down the horns of the Gentiles, which lifted their horn over the land of Judah to scatter it.
