< Ezekiel 31 >

1 And it happened that, in the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Na mokolo ya liboso ya sanza ya misato, na mobu ya zomi na moko, Yawe alobaki na ngai:
2 “Son of man, speak to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and to his people: To whom can you be compared in your greatness?
« Mwana na moto, loba na Faraon, mokonzi ya Ejipito, mpe na mampinga na ye nyonso: ‹ Nani penza akoki kokokana na yo na lokumu?
3 Behold, Assur is like the cedar of Lebanon, with fair branches, and full of leaves, and of high stature, and his summit has been elevated above the thick branches.
Tala mokili ya Asiri malamu! Ezalaki lokola nzete ya sedele kati na Libani: bitape na yango ezalaki kitoko mpe na makasa ebele oyo ezalaki kopesa pio koleka banzete nyonso ya zamba; elekaki banzete nyonso ya zamba na molayi, songe na yango ezalaki ekenda kino na mapata.
4 The waters have nourished him. The abyss has exalted him. Its rivers have flowed around his roots, and it has sent forth its streams to all the trees of the regions.
Mayi ezalaki kokolisa yango, mpe mayi ya se ya mabele ezalaki koyeisa yango molayi; ebimisaki miluka zingazinga ya esika oyo balonaki yango mpe epanzanaki kino na banzete nyonso ya zamba.
5 Because of this, his height was exalted above all the trees of the regions, and his groves were multiplied, and his own branches were elevated, because of the many waters.
Boye, nzete yango ekomaki molayi makasi koleka banzete nyonso ya zamba; bitape na yango ekomaki milayi, mpe makasa na yango ekomaki ebele, pamba te ezalaki kozwa mayi ebele.
6 And when he had extended his shadow, all the birds of the air made their nests in his branches, and all the beasts of the forest conceived their young under his foliage, and an assembly of the many peoples lived under his shadow.
Bandeke nyonso ya likolo ezalaki koya kotonga bazala na bitape na yango, banyama nyonso ya zamba mpe ezalaki kobota na se ya bitape na yango. Bikolo nyonso ya minene ezalaki kobika na se ya pio na yango.
7 And he was most beautiful in his greatness and in the expansion of his groves. For his root was near many waters.
Ezalaki kitoko na monene na yango mpe na molayi ya bitape na yango, pamba te misisa na yango ezalaki ekita kino na mayi minene.
8 The cedars in the Paradise of God were not higher than he was. The spruce trees were not equal to his summit, and the plane trees were not equal to his fullness. No tree in the Paradise of God was similar to him or to his beauty.
Kati na elanga ya Nzambe, nzete moko te ya sedele ekokanaki na yango, nzete moko te ya sipele ekokanaki na yango na bitape, nzete moko te ya platane ekokanaki na yango na makasa: nzete moko te kati na elanga ya Nzambe ekokanaki na yango na kitoko.
9 For I made him beautiful, and dense with many branches. And all the trees of delight, which were in the Paradise of God, were jealous of him.
Nasalaki yango kitoko makasi na bitape ebele; bongo banzete nyonso ya Edeni, kati na elanga ya Nzambe, ezalaki kolula yango.
10 Because of this, thus says the Lord God: Since he was sublime in height, and he made his summit green and dense, and his heart was exalted because of his height,
Yango wana, tala liloba oyo Nkolo Yawe alobi: Lokola ekomaki molayi penza, bongo songe na yango ekendeki kino na mapata; mpe lokola ekomaki na lolendo mpo na molayi na yango,
11 I have delivered him into the hands of the most powerful one among the Gentiles, so that he will deal with him. I have cast him out, in accord with his impiety.
nakabaki yango na maboko ya nkumu ya bikolo mpo ete apesa yango etumbu oyo ekoki na mabe na yango. Nabenganaki yango;
12 And foreigners, and the most cruel among the nations, will cut him down. And they will cast him on the mountains. And his branches will fall in every steep valley, and his grove will be broken apart on every cliff of the earth. And all the peoples of the earth will withdraw from his shadow, and abandon him.
mpe bikolo ya bapaya oyo eleki kanza ekweyisaki yango mpe asundolaki yango; makasa na yango ekweyaki na bangomba mpe na mabwaku nyonso, bitape na yango ebukanaki mpe ekweyaki na mabulu nyonso ya minene ya mokili. Bikolo nyonso ya mabele ekimaki wuta na se ya pio na yango mpe esundolaki yango; bongo etikalaki yango moko.
13 All the birds of the air lived upon his ruins, and all the beasts of the countryside were among his branches.
Bandeke nyonso ya likolo ekomaki kovanda na mobimbi na yango oyo epola, mpe banyama nyonso ya zamba ekomaki kovanda na bitape na yango.
14 For this reason, none of the trees among the waters will exalt themselves because of their height, nor will they place their summits above the thick branches and foliage, nor will any of those that are irrigated stand out because of their height. For they have all been delivered unto death, to the lowest part of the earth, into the midst of the sons of men, those who descend into the pit.
Boye, makambo oyo nyonso esalemaki mpo ete nzete moko te oyo elonama pembeni ya mayi ekoma na lolendo mpo na molayi na yango mpe mpo na songe na yango oyo ekenda kino na mapata; mpe mpo ete terebente moko te oyo ezali kozwa mayi ekoma na lolendo mpo na molayi na yango. Pamba te, yango nyonso etangama ete ekokufa, ekokita kino na mokili ya se ya mabele, kati na bakufi, elongo na bato oyo bakitaka na se ya libulu ya kufa.
15 Thus says the Lord God: In the day when he descended into hell, I led in grieving. I covered him with the abyss. And I held back its rivers, and I restrained the many waters. Lebanon was saddened over him, and all the trees of the field were struck together. (Sheol h7585)
Tala liloba oyo Nkolo Yawe alobi: Na mokolo oyo nzete ya sedele ekitaki na se ya mokili ya bakufi, napesaki mitindo ete mayi oyo ya se ya mabele esala matanga mpo na yango. Likolo na yango, nazipaki mayi ya se ya mabele, nakangaki bibale na yango mpe mayi minene ekangamaki; nazipaki zamba ya Libani na molili mpe nakawusaki banzete nyonso ya elanga. (Sheol h7585)
16 I shook the Gentiles with the sound of his ruin, when I led him down to hell, with those who were descending into the pit. And all the trees of delights, the finest and best in Lebanon, all that were irrigated with waters, were consoled in the deepest parts of the earth. (Sheol h7585)
Nalengisaki bikolo na lokito ya kokweya na yango, tango nakitisaki yango na mboka ya bakufi elongo na bato oyo bakitaka na libulu ya kufa. Boye, banzete nyonso ya Edeni, oyo eleki kitoko, mpe banzete ya Libani, oyo eleki kitoko, banzete nyonso oyo ezalaki kozwa mayi malamu, ebondisamaki na se ya mabele. (Sheol h7585)
17 For they, too, will descend with him into hell, to those who have been slain by the sword. And the arm of each one will reside under his shadow, in the midst of the nations. (Sheol h7585)
Yango mpe ekitaki, elongo na nzete ya sedele, na mokili ya bakufi, epai ya bato oyo bakufaki na mopanga, oyo basanganaki na yango mpo na kovanda na se ya pio na yango kati na bikolo. (Sheol h7585)
18 To whom can you be compared, O famous and sublime one, among the trees of pleasure? Behold, you have been brought down, with the trees of pleasure, to the lowest part of the earth. You will sleep in the midst of the uncircumcised, with those who have been slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh, and all his multitude, says the Lord God.”
Nzete nini kati na Edeni ekokani na yo na monene mpe na lokumu? Nzokande, yo mpe okokita, elongo na banzete ya Edeni, na mokili ya se ya mabele; okolala esika moko na bato oyo bakatama ngenga te, elongo na bato oyo bakufaki na mopanga. Ndenge wana nde Faraon elongo na bato na ye bakosuka, elobi Nkolo Yawe. › »

< Ezekiel 31 >