Jeremiah 4
1 “If you will return, Israel,” says Yahweh, “if you will return to me, and if you will put away your abominations out of my sight; then you will not be removed;
« Oh Isalaele, soki okozonga, zonga epai na Ngai, » elobi Yawe, « soki olongoli banzambe na yo ya bikeko liboso na Ngai mpe otiki kotambola libanda ya nzela na Ngai;
2 and you will swear, ‘As Yahweh lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness. The nations will bless themselves in him, and they will glory in him.”
soki olapi ndayi na bosolo mpe na bosembo: ‹ Na Kombo na Yawe, › bikolo ekomipambola mpe ekomipesa nkembo mpo na yo. »
3 For Yahweh says to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, “Break up your fallow ground, and don’t sow among thorns.
Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi epai ya bato ya Yuda mpe ya Yelusalemi: « Bokata bilanga ya sika, mpe botika kolona kati na banzube.
4 Circumcise yourselves to Yahweh, and take away the foreskins of your heart, you men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my wrath go out like fire, and burn so that no one can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
Bomibulisa mpo na Yawe, bopetola mitema na bino, bino bato ya Yuda mpe bato ya Yelusalemi; noki te kanda na Ngai ekopela mpe ekozikisa bino lokola moto mpo na mabe oyo bozali kosala; ekopela makasi mpe moto moko te akokoka koboma yango.
5 Declare in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, ‘Blow the trumpet in the land!’ Cry aloud and say, ‘Assemble yourselves! Let’s go into the fortified cities!’
Bopanza sango na mokili ya Yuda, botatola na Yelusalemi mpe boloba: ‹ Bobeta kelelo na mokili! › Boganga makasi mpe bobelela: ‹ Bosangana, bino nyonso! Tokima na bingumba batonga makasi! ›
6 Set up a standard toward Zion. Flee for safety! Don’t wait; for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.”
Botombola bendele mpo na kokende na Siona! Bobombama noki, pamba te nakoyeisa pasi wuta na nor mpe kobebisama ya somo! »
7 A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations. He is on his way. He has gone out from his place, to make your land desolate, that your cities be laid waste, without inhabitant.
Nkosi moko ebimi na ndako na yango; mobebisi moko ya bikolo abimi. Atiki esika na ye mpo na koya kobebisa mokili na yo. Bingumba na yo ekobukana mpe ekotikala lisusu na bato te.
8 For this, clothe yourself with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of Yahweh hasn’t turned back from us.
Yango wana, bolata bilamba ya basaki, bosala matanga mpe bolela, pamba te kanda makasi ya Yawe elongwe na mito na biso te.
9 “It will happen at that day,” says Yahweh, “that the heart of the king will perish, along with the heart of the princes. The priests will be astonished, and the prophets will wonder.”
« Na mokolo wana, » elobi Yawe, « mokonzi mpe bakalaka na ye bakolemba nzoto, Banganga-Nzambe bakoyoka somo mpe basakoli bakokamwa. »
10 Then I said, “Ah, Lord Yahweh! Surely you have greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, ‘You will have peace;’ whereas the sword reaches to the heart.”
Bongo nalobaki: « Oh Nkolo Yawe, tala ndenge okosaki bato oyo mpe Yelusalemi tango olobaki: ‹ Bokozala na kimia! › Nzokande mopanga ezalaki kozela biso. »
11 At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A hot wind blows from the bare heights in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to winnow, nor to cleanse.
Na tango wana, bakoloba na bato oyo mpe na Yelusalemi: « Wuta likolo ya bangomba oyo ezali kati na esobe, mopepe moko ya makasi ezali koya epai ya bato na ngai; ezali koya te mpo na koyungola to mpo na kopetola.
12 A full wind from these will come for me. Now I will also utter judgments against them.”
Ezali mopepe moko ya makasi penza, pamba te ewuti epai na ngai. Sik’oyo, ngai moko nde nazali kosambisa bango. »
13 Behold, he will come up as clouds, and his chariots will be as the whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us! For we are ruined.
Tala! Monguna azali koya na elulu lokola mapata, bashar na ye ezali konguluma lokola mopepe ya makasi; mpunda na ye kutu eleki mpongo na mbangu. Mawa na biso! Tokufi na biso!
14 Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long will your evil thoughts lodge within you?
Oh Yelusalemi, petola motema na yo na mabe mpo ete obikisama. Kino tango nini okotika kosala mabongisi ya mabe?
15 For a voice declares from Dan, and publishes evil from the hills of Ephraim:
Mongongo moko ezali koyokana wuta na Dani, ezali kopanza sango ya pasi na bangomba ya Efrayimi.
16 “Tell the nations, behold, publish against Jerusalem, ‘Watchers come from a far country, and raise their voice against the cities of Judah.
« Boloba yango na bikolo mpe botatola yango na Yelusalemi: ‹ Wuta na mboka mosika, mampinga ya banguna ezali koya, ezali koya na lokito mpo na kobundisa bingumba ya Yuda.
17 As keepers of a field, they are against her all around, because she has been rebellious against me,’” says Yahweh.
Ezingeli Yelusalemi lokola bakengeli bilanga, pamba te etombokelaki Ngai, › » elobi Yawe.
18 “Your way and your doings have brought these things to you. This is your wickedness, for it is bitter, for it reaches to your heart.”
« Etamboli mpe misala na yo moko nde ememelaki yo yango. Tala, etumbu na yo ezali bololo mpe ekosala pasi makasi na motema. »
19 My anguish, my anguish! I am pained at my very heart! My heart trembles within me. I can’t hold my peace, because you have heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
Ah ngai eh! Ah motema pasi eh! Ah! Motema na ngai ezali kobeta makasi, ezali koswa makasi kati na ngai, mpe nazali kokoka kokanga monoko te, pamba te nayoki lolaka ya kelelo mpe ya bitumba.
20 Destruction on destruction is decreed, for the whole land is laid waste. Suddenly my tents are destroyed, and my curtains gone in a moment.
Sango moko kaka ezali kotambola: libebi na libebi; mokili mobimba ekufi. Na mbalakata, bandako ya kapo ekufi-kufi, mpe ebombamelo na ngai ebebi na mbala moko.
21 How long will I see the standard and hear the sound of the trumpet?
Kino tango nini nakomona bendele ya bitumba, mpe nakoyoka makelele ya bitumba?
22 “For my people are foolish. They don’t know me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are skillful in doing evil, but they don’t know how to do good.”
« Bato na Ngai bazali bazoba, bayebi Ngai te; bazali bana bazangi bososoli, bazali na mayele te, bayebi kaka kosala mabe, kasi bayebi kosala bolamu te. »
23 I saw the earth and, behold, it was waste and void, and the heavens, and they had no light.
Tango natalaki mabele, namonaki ete ezalaki kaka bongo-bongo mpe ezalaki ata na eloko moko te; tango natalaki likolo, namonaki ete pole ezalaki lisusu te.
24 I saw the mountains, and behold, they trembled, and all the hills moved back and forth.
Tango natalaki bangomba, namonaki yango koningana, bangomba nyonso ya mike ezalaki kobukana.
25 I saw, and behold, there was no man, and all the birds of the sky had fled.
Mpe tango natalaki malamu, namonaki lisusu ata moto moko te, mpe bandeke nyonso ya likolo ekimaki.
26 I saw, and behold, the fruitful field was a wilderness, and all its cities were broken down at the presence of Yahweh, before his fierce anger.
Tango nakobaki kotala, namonaki ete mokili oyo ezalaki na mabele ya malamu ekomaki esobe; bingumba na yango nyonso ebebisamaki liboso ya Yawe, na kanda makasi na Ye.
27 For Yahweh says, “The whole land will be a desolation; yet I will not make a full end.
Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: « Mokili mobimba ekobebisama, kasi nakobebisa yango nyonso te.
28 For this the earth will mourn, and the heavens above be black, because I have spoken it. I have planned it, and I have not repented, neither will I turn back from it.”
Yango wana, mokili ekozala na matanga; mpe kuna na lola, likolo ekokoma mwindo pamba te nalobaki yango, mpe nakobongola maloba na Ngai te; lokola nazwaki mokano, nakozonga lisusu sima te. »
29 Every city flees for the noise of the horsemen and archers. They go into the thickets and climb up on the rocks. Every city is forsaken, and not a man dwells therein.
Bato nyonso ya engumba bakimi, kaka na makelele ya basoda oyo batambolaka likolo ya bampunda, mpe oyo babundaka na matolotolo. Bamoko babombami na bazamba, bamosusu bakimi na madusu ya mabanga ya bangomba; bingumba nyonso etikali lisusu na bato te, mpe ata moto moko te atikali kuna.
30 You, when you are made desolate, what will you do? Though you clothe yourself with scarlet, though you deck yourself with ornaments of gold, though you enlarge your eyes with makeup, you make yourself beautiful in vain. Your lovers despise you. They seek your life.
Oh engumba ekufa, ozali kosala nini? Olati bilamba ya motane mpe babiju ya wolo; otie bonzenga na miso na yo. Ozali komikomisa kitoko na pamba, bamakangu na yo bazali kotiola yo mpe bazali koluka koboma yo.
31 For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, the anguish as of her who gives birth to her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, who gasps for breath, who spreads her hands, saying, “Woe is me now! For my soul faints before the murderers.”
Nayoki makelele lokola koganga ya mwasi oyo azali na pasi ya kobota, kolela ya pasi lokola mwasi oyo azali kobota mwana na ye ya liboso: ezali makelele ya kolela ya Siona, mboka kitoko; azali kolela, maboko likolo, mpe azali koloba: « Nabebi na ngai, nakomi na suka liboso ya babomi. »
