Sofoni 1
1 Wuta na buku ya motambolisi banzembo. Babetaki yango na mandanda. Na tango Joziasi, mwana mobali ya Amoni, azalaki mokonzi ya mokili ya Yuda, Yawe alobaki na Sofoni, mwana mobali ya Kushi, mwana mobali ya Gedalia, mwana mobali ya Amaria, mwana mobali ya Ezekiasi:
The Lord’s message, which came to Zephaniah, son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezekiah, in the time of Josiah of Judah who was son of Amon.
2 « Nakosilisa kobebisa biloko nyonso oyo ezali kati na mokili, » elobi Yawe,
I will utterly destroy everything from off the face of the earth, says the Lord.
3 « solo, nakoboma ezala bato to banyama, ezala bandeke ya likolo to bambisi ya ebale; nakolongola, na mokili, bato mabe mpe biloko oyo ebetisaka bato mabaku » elobi Yawe.
I will sweep away human and animal, the birds of the sky and the fish of the sea. I will cause the wicked to stumble, and I will cut off humanity from the face of the earth, says the Lord.
4 « Nakosembola loboko na Ngai mpo na kopesa mokili ya Yuda mpe bavandi nyonso ya Yelusalemi etumbu; nakosilisa koboma, na esika oyo, nyonso oyo etikali, ya losambo ya nzambe Bala elongo na bakombo ya banganga-nzambe ya bapagano, oyo basalelaka banzambe ya bikeko:
I will stretch out my hand over Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and I will cut off from this place the last remnant of Baal and the name of the heathen priests,
5 bato nyonso oyo bafukamaka na likolo ya bandako mpo na kosambela mampinga ya likolo, bato nyonso oyo bagumbamaka na kolapa ndayi na Kombo na Yawe mpe na kombo na nzambe Moloki,
and those who worship on the housetops to the stars in the sky, and those worshippers of the Lord who also pay homage to Milcom,
6 bato nyonso oyo bapesaka Yawe mokongo, oyo balukaka Ye te mpe batunaka Ye te.
and those who turn back from following the Lord, And those who do not seek the Lord nor strive to find him.
7 Bovanda kimia liboso ya Nkolo Yawe, pamba te mokolo ya Yawe ekomi pene! Yawe abongisi mbeka, abulisi babengami na Ye.
Be silent before the Lord God, for near is the day of the Lord, for the Lord has prepared a sacrifice, he has sanctified his guests.
8 Na mokolo ya mbeka ya Yawe, nakopesa etumbu epai ya bakambi, epai ya bana mibali ya mokonzi mpe epai ya bato nyonso oyo balataka bilamba ya bapaya.
On the day of the Lord’s sacrifice: I will punish the officers and the royal princes, and all those who clothe themselves in foreign apparel.
9 Na mokolo wana, nakopesa etumbu epai ya bato nyonso oyo bapumbwaka ekotelo ya tempelo, bato oyo batondisaka tempelo ya banzambe na bango ya bikeko na makambo ya kanza mpe na lokuta.
On that day: I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill the house of their lord with violence and deceit.
10 Na mokolo wana, » elobi Yawe, « koganga makasi ekoyokana wuta na Ekuke ya Bambisi, kolela ekoyokana wuta na Mboka ya sika mpe lokito monene wuta na bangomba mikuse.
Listen on that day, says the Lord: A cry will be heard from the Fish Gate, and a wailing from the New Quarter, and a great din from the hills.
11 Bino bavandi ya etuka Makiteshi, bolela, pamba te bato nyonso ya mombongo bakokufa, mpe bato nyonso oyo batekaka palata bakobebisama!
Those who live in the Mortar wail, for all the traders are silenced, the money counters wiped out.
12 Na tango wana, nakoluka engumba Yelusalemi na nzela ya mwinda, nakopesa etumbu epai ya bato nyonso oyo bamimonaka ete bakoka mpe bamilobelaka: ‹ Yawe asalaka na Ye eloko te, ezala ya malamu to ya mabe. ›
I will search Jerusalem with a lamp, I will punish those who are at ease, who sit comfortably with their wine, who say to themselves, ‘the Lord brings neither prosperity nor calamity.’
13 Bakobotola bango bomengo na makasi mpe bakobuka bandako na bango; bakotonga bandako, kasi bakotikala kovanda yango te; bakosala bilanga ya vino, kasi bakotikala komela vino na yango te. »
Their wealth will become a prey and their houses a desolation. Though they build houses, they will not inhabit them; though they plant vineyards, they will not drink wine from them.
14 Mokolo monene ya Yawe ekomi pene, solo ekomi pene mpe ezali koya noki penza. Boyoka! Makelele ya mokolo na Yawe ekozala bololo; ezala basoda ya mpiko, bakoganga mpo na koluka lisungi.
Near is the day of the Lord! Near and rapidly approaching! Near is the bitter day of the Lord, and the scream of the warrior.
15 Mokolo yango ekozala mokolo ya kanda makasi, mokolo ya pasi mpe ya somo, mokolo ya komitungisa mpe ya kobebisama, mokolo ya butu mpe ya molili makasi, mokolo ya mapata mpe mapata ya mwindo,
That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness,
16 mokolo ya kobeta bakelelo mpe ya makelele ya bitumba mpo na kobundisa bingumba batonga makasi mpe bandako milayi oyo batonga makasi.
a day of the trumpet and battle-cry, against the fortified cities and against the high battlements.
17 Nakotindela bato pasi ya makasi: bakokoma kotambola lokola bato balangwe masanga, pamba te basalaki masumu liboso ya Yawe; bakopanza makila na bango lokola putulu mpe bakobwaka misopo na bango lokola salite.
And I will bring distress upon the people and they will walk as the blind, because they have sinned against the Lord, and their blood will be poured out as dust and their flesh as dung.
18 Na mokolo ya kanda na Yawe, ezala palata to wolo na bango ekobikisa bango te. Na moto ya zuwa na Ye, mokili mobimba ekozikisama, pamba te akosukisa na mbalakata bavandi nyonso ya mokili.
Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to save them. For in the day of the wrath of the Lord and in the fire of his fury the whole earth will be consumed. For he will make a speedy end of all the inhabitants of the earth.
