Sofoni 3
1 Mawa na engumba ya batomboki, engumba ya makambo ya mbindo, mpe engumba oyo enyokolaka bato!
Sorrow to her who is uncontrolled and unclean, the cruel town!
2 Etosaka moto te, endimaka pamela te, etiaka elikya na Yawe te, epusanaka pene ya Nzambe na yango te.
She gave no attention to the voice, she had no use for teaching, she put no faith in the Lord, she did not come near to her God.
3 Bakalaka na yango bazali lokola bankosi oyo ezali koganga; bakambi na yango bazali lokola bambwa ya zamba oyo esalaka bokila na pokwa, bongo etikaka ata eloko moko te na tongo.
Her rulers are like loud-voiced lions in her; her judges are wolves of the evening, crushing up the bones before the morning.
4 Basakoli na yango bazali bato ya lolendo mpe ya lokuta. Banganga-Nzambe na yango babebisaka Esika ya bule mpe batosaka mibeko te.
Her prophets are good-for-nothing persons, full of deceit: her priests have made the holy place unclean and have gone violently against the law.
5 Kati na engumba yango, Yawe azali sembo, asalaka mabe te; mokolo na mokolo, alakisaka bosembo na Ye mpe azangaka te kokokisa yango tongo na tongo. Nzokande, moto oyo atambolaka na bosembo te amonaka likambo ya soni te.
The Lord in her is upright; he will not do evil; every morning he lets his righteousness be seen, he is unchanging; but the evil-doer has no sense of shame.
6 Nabomi bato ya bikolo mosusu, bandako na bango ya makasi ebebisami. Nasali ete babalabala na bango etikala lisusu na bato te mpo ete moto moko te alekela lisusu wana. Bingumba na bango ebebisami, ata moto moko te atikali lisusu kuna.
I have had the nations cut off, their towers are broken down; I have made their streets a waste so that no one goes through them: destruction has overtaken their towns, so that there is no man living in them.
7 Namilobelaki boye na tina na engumba oyo: « Solo, okobanga Ngai mpe okondima pamela na Ngai! » Boye bandako na yango ekobukana lisusu te, mpe nakotindela yango lisusu etumbu moko te. Kasi atako bongo, bakobaki kaka kosala misala na bango ya mabe.
I said, Certainly you will go in fear of me, and come under my training, so that whatever I may send on her may not be cut off before her eyes: but they got up early and made all their works evil.
8 Yango wana, « bozela Ngai, » elobi Yawe, « bozela Ngai na mokolo oyo nakoya mpo na kosamba elongo na bino; nazwaki mokano ya kosangisa bato ya bikolo nyonso mpe ya mikili nyonso mpo na kosopela bango kanda na Ngai, makasi nyonso penza ya kanda na Ngai: mokili mobimba ekozika na moto ya nguya ya kanda na Ngai.
For this reason, go on waiting for me, says the Lord, till the day when I come up as a witness: for my purpose is to send for the nations and to get the kingdoms together, so that I may let loose on them my passion, even all my burning wrath: for all the earth will be burned up in the fire of my bitter passion.
9 Boye nakopetola bibebu ya bato ya bikolo mpo ete bango nyonso bazala ya kokoka mpo na kobelela Kombo ya Yawe mpe kosalela Ye na motema mobimba.
For then I will give the people a clean language, so that they may all make prayer to the Lord and be his servants with one mind.
10 Longwa na likolo ya bibale ya Kushi, bato na Ngai, oyo bagumbamelaka Ngai; bato na Ngai, oyo bapalangana bipai na bipai, bakomemela Ngai makabo.
From over the rivers of Ethiopia, and from the sides of the north, they will come to me with an offering.
11 Na mokolo wana, oh bato na Ngai, bokoyokisama lisusu soni te mpo na mabe nyonso oyo bosalaki Ngai, pamba te nakolongola bato oyo bamimatisaka na lolendo kati na bino. Boye bokomitombola lisusu te na lolendo na ngomba na Ngai ya bule.
In that day you will have no shame on account of all the things in which you did evil against me: for then I will take away from among you those who were lifted up in pride, and you will no longer be lifted up with pride in my holy mountain.
12 Kasi kati na bino, nakotika bato oyo bakelela, bato oyo batambolaka na komikitisa, bato oyo bakozwa ebombamelo kati na Kombo na Yawe.
But I will still have among you a quiet and poor people, and they will put their faith in the name of the Lord.
13 Batikali ya Isalaele bakosala lisusu mabe te, bakokosa lisusu te to lokuta ekozala lisusu te kati na minoko na bango. Bakolia mpe bakolala na kimia, mpe moto moko te akobangisa bango lisusu.
The rest of Israel will do no evil and say no false words; the tongue of deceit will not be seen in their mouth: for they will take their food and their rest, and no one will be a cause of fear to them.
14 Siona, mboka kitoko, yemba nzembo! Isalaele, ganga makasi! Yelusalemi, mboka kitoko, sepela; mpe tika ete motema na yo etonda na esengo!
Make melody, O daughter of Zion; give a loud cry, O Israel; be glad and let your heart be full of joy, O daughter of Jerusalem.
15 Yawe alongoli etumbu na yo mpe akimisi banguna na yo. Yawe, Mokonzi ya Isalaele, azali elongo na yo; kobanga lisusu pasi moko te.
The Lord has taken away those who were judging you, he has sent your haters far away: the King of Israel, even the Lord, is among you: you will have no more fear of evil.
16 Na mokolo wana, bakoloba na Yelusalemi: ‹ Oh Siona, kobanga te! Tika ete maboko na yo elemba te!
In that day it will be said to Jerusalem, Have no fear: O Zion, let not your hands be feeble.
17 Yawe, Nzambe na yo, azali elongo na yo, azali Elombe Mobikisi. Akosepela na yo makasi mpe akopemisa yo, na bolingo na Ye; akoyemba banzembo ya esengo na tina na yo. ›
The Lord your God is among you, as a strong saviour: he will be glad over you with joy, he will make his love new again, he will make a song of joy over you as in the time of a holy feast.
18 Lokola na mikolo ya bafeti oyo ekatama, nakolongola pasi kati na yo mpo ete ozala lisusu na soni te.
I will take away your troubles, lifting up your shame from off you.
19 Na tango wana, nakobeta bato nyonso oyo banyokolaki yo, nakosunga moto oyo atambolaka tengu-tengu mpe nakosangisa bato oyo bapanzana bipai na bipai. Nakopesa bango lokumu mpe nakosala ete sango na bango epanzana na mikili nyonso epai wapi basambwisaki bango.
See, at that time I will put an end to all who have been troubling you: I will give salvation to her whose steps are uncertain, and get together her who has been sent in flight; and I will make them a cause of praise and an honoured name in all the earth, when I let their fate be changed.
20 Na tango wana, nakosangisa bino, nakozongisa bino na mokili na bino. Nakopesa bino lokumu mpe nakosala ete sango na bino epanzana kati na bato ya bikolo nyonso ya mokili tango, na miso na bino, nakozongisa bato na bino, oyo bakendeki na bowumbu, » elobi Yawe.
At that time I will make you come in, at that time I will get you together: for I will make you a name and a praise among all the peoples of the earth when I let your fate be changed before your eyes, says the Lord.
