Sofoni 2
1 Oh ekolo oyo eyokaka soni te, bosangana nanu bino nyonso mpe bokanisa malamu
Be ashamed within yourselves, be ashamed,
2 liboso ete mokolo oyo ekatama mpo na kosambisama ekoka, liboso ete mokolo yango eleka lokola matiti ya loso oyo mopepe ememi, mpe liboso ete kanda mpe kotomboka ya Yawe ekomela bino!
before you become as the drifting chaff, before the anger of the Lord comes upon you, before the day of the Lord’s wrath comes upon you.
3 Boluka Yawe, bino bato nyonso ya komikitisa kati na mokili, bino oyo bokokisaka mitindo na Ye! Boluka kotambola na bosembo mpe na komikitisa! Tango mosusu bokobika na mokolo ya kanda ya Yawe.
Seek the Lord all you meek of the earth, you who obey his law; Seek righteousness, seek meekness; perhaps you may be hidden in the day of the Lord’s wrath.
4 Bakosundola engumba Gaza, bongo engumba Ashikeloni ekobebisama; bakobengana bato ya engumba Asidodi na makasi mpe bakopikola engumba Ekroni.
For Gaza will be forsaken; Ashkelon a desolation; Ashdod – by noon will they rout her and Ekron be torn up!
5 Mawa na bino bavandi ya etuka oyo ezali pembeni ya ebale monene, bino bato ya Kereti! Pamba te Liloba na Yawe etelemeli bino: « Kanana, mokili ya bato ya Filisitia, nakobebisa yo, mpe moto ata moko te akotikala kati na yo. »
Woe to those who live by the sea coast, people of the Cherethites! The word of the Lord is against you, Canaan, land of the Philistines! I will destroy you so that you will be without inhabitants,
6 Etuka oyo ezali pembeni ya ebale monene, epai wapi bato ya Kreti bavandaka, ekokoma esika ya babateli bibwele mpe lopango ya kobokola bibwele.
and you will become shepherds’ cots and folds for flocks.
7 Ekokoma etuka ya batikali ya libota ya Yuda; bakokuta kuna bisika ya kobokola bibwele na bango. Pokwa nyonso, bakolala na bandako ya Ashikeloni, pamba te Yawe, Nzambe na bango, akobatela bango, akobongisa lisusu bomoi ya bato na bango, oyo bakowuta na bowumbu.
The sea coast will belong to the survivors of the house of Judah. They will pasture their flocks there. In the house of Ashkelon they will lie down at evening. The Lord their God will be with them and restore their fortunes.
8 « Nayokaki bato ya Moabi kofinga bato na Ngai mpe ndenge bato ya Amoni bazalaki kotiola mpe koluka kobotola mabele na bango.
I have heard the taunts of Moab, and the revilings of the Ammonites, how they have taunted my people, and spoken boastfully concerning their border.
9 Yango wana, na Kombo na Ngai, » elobi Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, Nzambe ya Isalaele, « Moabi ekokoma penza lokola Sodome, mpe bato ya Amoni bakokoma lokola Gomore; ekokoma esika oyo ebotaka matiti mabe, esika ya mabulu ya mungwa, esika ebebisama mpo na libela. Batikali na Ngai bakobotola bango bomengo na makasi, mpe batikali ya ekolo na Ngai bakozwa mikili yango lokola libula. »
Therefore as I live, says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Moab will be like Sodom, and the Ammonites like Gomorrah, a pile of nettles and saltpits, and a desolation, forever. The residue of my people will plunder them, and the survivors of my nation will inherit them.
10 Wana nde lifuti oyo bakozwa mpo na lolendo na bango, pamba te bafingaki mpe batiolaki bato ya Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga.
This will they have for their pride, because they have taunted and spoken boastfully against the people of the Lord of hosts.
11 Yawe akoyokisa bango somo tango akobebisa banzambe ya bikeko nyonso ya mabele. Bato ya bikolo nyonso bakogumbamela Ye na bisika nyonso, moto na moto na esika oyo akozala kati na mokili na ye.
The Lord will terrify them; he will reduce all the gods of the earth; then all the peoples of the nations will worship him, each in their own land.
12 Bino mpe bato ya Kushi bokokufa na mopanga na ngai.
You, also, Ethiopians, slain by his sword are you!
13 Akosembola loboko na Ye mpo na kobundisa etuka ya nor, akobebisa Asiri akobebisa penza Ninive mobimba mpe akokawusa yango lokola esobe.
And he will stretch out his hand against the north and destroy Assyria; And he will make Nineveh a desolation, dry as the wilderness.
14 Ekokoma esika oyo bitonga mpe banyama ya ndenge na ndenge ekokoma kolala. Esulungutu mpe kombekombe ekokoma kolekisa butu na yango na basonge ya bandako na yango. Kolela na yango ekoyokana kino na maninisa, libebi na libebi nde ekomonana na bikotelo ya bandako, mpe mabaya ya banzete ya sedele ekotikala polele.
Herds will lie down in it, every beast of the earth, Desert owl and screech owl will lodge in its capitals. The owl will hoot in the window, the raven on the doorstep, all stripped bare of cedar.
15 Tala ndenge ekosuka, engumba oyo ya bisengo, oyo ezalaki na kimia koleka mpe ezalaki komilobela: « Ezali nde ngai, mosusu azali te soki ngai te. » Ndenge nini engumba oyo ebebisami, ndenge nini ekomi penza ndako ya banyama! Bato nyonso oyo bakolekela wana bakobeta piololo mpe koningisa mito.
This is the exultant city which sat secure. The city who said to herself, I am and there is none else! How has she become a desolation! A lair of beasts! Every passerby hisses at her, shakes their hand.
