Jeremiah 3
1 “They say, ‘If a man puts away his wife, and she goes from him, and becomes another man’s, should he return to her again?’ Wouldn’t that land be greatly polluted? But you have played the prostitute with many lovers; yet return again to me,” says Yahweh.
« Soki mobali abomi libala na mwasi na ye, mpe mwasi yango akei kobala mobali mosusu; boni, mobali yango akoki lisusu kozongela ye? Bomoni te ete mokili mobimba ekokoma penza mbindo? Nzokande yo, osalaki kindumba na mibali ebele, bongo olingi sik’oyo kozongela Ngai, » elobi Yawe.
2 “Lift up your eyes to the bare heights, and see! Where have you not been lain with? You have sat waiting for them by the road, as an Arabian in the wilderness. You have polluted the land with your prostitution and with your wickedness.
« Tombola miso na yo na likolo ya bangomba mpe tala: Boni, ezali penza na esika epai wapi ozangaki kosala ekobo? Ovandaki na nzela mpo na kozela bamakangu, ovandaki wana lokola moto ya Arabi kati na esobe. Boye, okomisaki mokili mbindo na nzela ya ekobo na yo mpe ya misala na yo ya mabe.
3 Therefore the showers have been withheld and there has been no latter rain; yet you have had a prostitute’s forehead and you refused to be ashamed.
Yango wana, mvula ekangamaki, mpe mvula ya sima enokaki lisusu te. Kasi atako bongo, okangami kaka na kosala kindumba na yo mpe oboyi koyoka soni.
4 Will you not from this time cry to me, ‘My Father, you are the guide of my youth!’?
Boni, obengaka Ngai te: ‹ Tata na ngai, moninga na ngai ya bomwana! ›
5 “‘Will he retain his anger forever? Will he keep it to the end?’ Behold, you have spoken and have done evil things, and have had your way.”
Ozali kutu kotuna Ngai: ‹ Boni, kino tango nini okokanga kanda? Kotomboka na yo ekosila te? › Yango nde makambo ozali koloba, kasi ozali mpe kaka kokoba na misala na yo ya mabe. »
6 Moreover, Yahweh said to me in the days of Josiah the king, “Have you seen that which backsliding Israel has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and has played the prostitute there.
Tango Joziasi azalaki mokonzi, Yawe alobaki na ngai: « Omoni makambo Isalaele oyo apengwi nzela na Ngai azali kosala? Amataki likolo ya bangomba nyonso mpe atambolaki na se ya banzete nyonso ya mibesu mpo na kosala kindumba.
7 I said after she had done all these things, ‘She will return to me;’ but she didn’t return, and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
Nakanisaki ete akozongela Ngai soki asilisi kosala makambo nyonso oyo azalaki na yango posa; kasi azongeli Ngai te, mpe ndeko na ye ya mwasi, mopengwi Yuda, amonaki yango.
8 I saw when, for this very cause, that backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a certificate of divorce, yet treacherous Judah, her sister, had no fear, but she also went and played the prostitute.
Napesaki mopengwi Isalaele mokanda na ye ya koboma libala mpe nabenganaki ye likolo ya kindumba na ye; kasi namonaki ete ndeko na ye ya mwasi, mopengwi Yuda, abangaki te; ye mpe abimaki mpo na kosala kindumba.
9 Because she took her prostitution lightly, the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with wood.
Lokola ezalaki likambo ya pamba mpo na Isalaele kosala kindumba, akomisaki mokili mbindo mpe asalaki kindumba na banzambe ya bikeko oyo basala na mabanga mpe na banzete.
10 Yet for all this her treacherous sister, Judah, has not returned to me with her whole heart, but only in pretense,” says Yahweh.
Atako bongo, ndeko na ye ya mwasi, mopengwi Yuda, azongaki epai na Ngai te na motema na ye mobimba; azongaki na ye kaka likolo-likolo, » elobi Yawe.
11 Yahweh said to me, “Backsliding Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.
Yawe alobaki na ngai: « Mopengwi Isalaele azali sembo koleka mopengwi Yuda.
12 Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, ‘Return, you backsliding Israel,’ says Yahweh; ‘I will not look in anger on you, for I am merciful,’ says Yahweh. ‘I will not keep anger forever.
Kende kosakola sango oyo na nor: ‹ Oh mopengwi Isalaele, zonga, › elobi Yawe, ‹ Nakokangela yo lisusu elongi te, pamba te nazali Moyengebene, › elobi Yawe. ‹ Nakokangela yo lisusu kanda te mpo na libela.
13 Only acknowledge your iniquity, that you have transgressed against Yahweh your God, and have scattered your ways to the strangers under every green tree, and you have not obeyed my voice,’” says Yahweh.
Ndima kaka mabe na yo, mpo ete otombokelaki Yawe, Nzambe na yo; obebisaki ngolu na yo epai ya banzambe ya bapaya, na se ya banzete nyonso ya mibesu, mpe otosaki Ngai te, › » elobi Yawe.
14 “Return, backsliding children,” says Yahweh, “for I am a husband to you. I will take one of you from a city, and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion.
« Bozonga epai na Ngai, bino batomboki, » elobi Yawe, « pamba te nazali mobali na bino ya libala. Kati na bino, nakozwa moto moko kati na engumba moko na moko, mpe bato mibale kati na etuka moko na moko, mpo na kozongisa bino na Siona.
15 I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.
Bongo nakopesa bino bakambi kolanda posa ya motema na Ngai, bakambi oyo bakotambolisa bino na bwanya mpe na mayele.
16 It will come to pass, when you are multiplied and increased in the land in those days,” says Yahweh, “they will no longer say, ‘the ark of Yahweh’s covenant!’ It will not come to mind. They won’t remember it. They won’t miss it, nor will another be made.
Na mikolo wana, tango bokokoma penza ebele na mokili, » elobi Yawe, « bato bakoloba lisusu te: ‹ Sanduku ya Boyokani ya Yawe. › Bakomitungisa lisusu mpo na yango te mpe bakokanisa yango lisusu te; kozanga na yango ekolobela bato eloko moko te, mpe bakoluka lisusu te kosala Sanduku ya Boyokani.
17 At that time they will call Jerusalem ‘Yahweh’s Throne;’ and all the nations will be gathered to it, to Yahweh’s name, to Jerusalem. They will no longer walk after the stubbornness of their evil heart.
Na tango wana, bakobenga Yelusalemi Kiti ya Bokonzi ya Yawe, mpe bikolo nyonso ekosangana na Yelusalemi mpo na kopesa lokumu na Kombo na Yawe. Boye, bakolanda lisusu te baposa mabe ya mitema na bango.
18 In those days the house of Judah will walk with the house of Israel, and they will come together out of the land of the north to the land that I gave for an inheritance to your fathers.
Na tango wana, libota ya Yuda ekosangana elongo na libota ya Isalaele; longwa na mokili ya nor, bakokende nzela moko kino na mokili oyo napesaki batata na bino lokola libula.
19 “But I said, ‘How I desire to put you among the children, and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the armies of the nations!’ and I said, ‘You shall call me “My Father”, and shall not turn away from following me.’
Namilobelaki: ‹ Esengo nini penza nazalaki na yango ya kokamata bino lokola bana mpe kopesa bino mikili ya kitoko, libula oyo eleki kitoko kati na bikolo! › Nakanisaki ete bokobenga Ngai ‹ Tata › mpe bokotika te kolanda Ngai.
20 “Surely as a wife treacherously departs from her husband, so you have dealt treacherously with me, house of Israel,” says Yahweh.
Kasi bino lisanga ya Isalaele, bokosi Ngai lokola mwasi oyo asangisi nzoto na mobali mosusu, » elobi Yawe.
21 A voice is heard on the bare heights, the weeping and the petitions of the children of Israel; because they have perverted their way, they have forgotten Yahweh their God.
Koganga ezali koyokana na likolo ya bangomba: ezali mayi ya miso mpe kolelalela ya bana ya Isalaele, pamba te babebisi nzela na bango mpe babosani Yawe, Nzambe na bango.
22 Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backsliding. “Behold, we have come to you; for you are Yahweh our God.
« Bino batomboki, bozonga epai na Ngai mpe nakobikisa bino na kopengwa na bino! » « Solo, tokozonga epai na Yo, pamba te Yo, Yawe, nde ozali Nzambe na biso.
23 Truly help from the hills, the tumult on the mountains, is in vain. Truly the salvation of Israel is in Yahweh our God.
Solo, bisala-sala oyo ezali kosalema na bangomba mikuse mpe milayi ezali kaka makelele ya pamba. Solo, Yawe, Nzambe na biso, azali Lobiko ya Isalaele.
24 But the shameful thing has devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
Wuta bolenge na biso, banzambe ya bikeko ebebisaki mbuma ya misala ya batata na biso, bibwele na bango mpe ngombe na bango, bana na bango ya mibali mpe ya basi.
25 Let us lie down in our shame, and let our confusion cover us; for we have sinned against Yahweh our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day. We have not obeyed Yahweh our God’s voice.”
Soni ekomi lokola mbeto na biso, mpe kosambwa, lokola bulangeti mpo na komizipa; pamba te biso mpe batata na biso, tosalaki masumu liboso ya Yawe, Nzambe na biso, totosaki Yawe te, wuta bolenge na biso. »
