Isaiah 31
1 Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, trusting in horses, and putting their confidence in chariots, because they me many: and in horsemen, because they me very strong: and have not trusted in the Holy One of Israel, and have not sought after the Lord.
Mawa na bato oyo bazali kokende na Ejipito mpo na koluka lisungi, oyo bazali kotia mitema na bampunda, oyo bazali kotia elikya na bashar mpo ete ezali ebele, mpe na nguya ya basoda oyo batambolisaka yango, kasi batalelaka Mosantu ya Isalaele te mpe balukaka lisungi epai na Yawe te!
2 But he that is the wise one hath brought evil, and hath not removed his words: and he will rise up against the house of the wicked, and against the aid of them that work iniquity.
Nzokande, Ye mpe azali na bwanya mpe akoki koyeisa pasi; abongolaka maloba na Ye te. Atelemelaka ndako ya bato mabe mpe bato oyo basungaka bango.
3 Egypt is man, and not God: and their horses, flesh, and not spirit: and the Lord shall put down his hand, and the helper shall fall, and he that is helped shall fall, and they shall all be confounded together.
Bato ya Ejipito bazali kaka bato, kasi bazali Nzambe te, bampunda na bango ezali kaka mosuni, kasi ezali molimo te. Tango Yawe akosembola loboko na Ye, ye oyo asungaka akobeta libaku, mpe ye oyo bazali kosunga akokweya; bongo, bango mibale bakobebisama.
4 For thus saith the Lord to me: Like as the lion roareth, and the lion’s whelp upon his prey, and when a multitude of shepherds shall come against him, he will not fear at their voice, nor be afraid of their multitude: so shall the Lord of hosts come down to fight upon mount Sion, and upon the hill thereof.
Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi na ngai: « Ndenge nkosi to mwana nkosi egangaka liboso ya mosuni na yango, ata lisanga monene ya babateli bibwele basangani mpo na kotelemela yango, ezalaka na somo ya makelele na bango te mpe ezongaka sima te na mangungu na bango, ndenge wana mpe Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, akokita na ngomba Siona mpe na ngomba na yango ya moke mpo na kobunda.
5 As birds dying, so will the Lord of hosts protect Jerusalem, protecting and delivering, passing over and saving.
Ndenge ndeke efungolaka mapapu na yango, ndenge wana mpe Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, akobatela Yelusalemi, akobatela mpe akokangola, akobikisa yango na likama mpe akosunga yango. »
6 Return as you had deeply revolted, O children of Israel.
Oh bana ya Isalaele, bozonga epai na Ye oyo botombokeli makasi!
7 For in that day a man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your hands have made for you to sin.
Na mokolo wana, moko na moko kati na bino akobwaka banzambe na ye ya bikeko ya palata mpe ya wolo oyo bosalaki na maboko na bino ya masumu.
8 And the Assyrian shall fall by the sword not of a man, and the sword not of a man shall devour him, and he shall flee not at the face of the sword: and his young men shall be tributaries.
« Mokili ya Asiri ekokweyisama na mopanga ya moto ya mokili oyo te, ekobebisama na mopanga ya moto te. Bato ya Asiri bakokima liboso ya mopanga, mpe basoda na bango ya bilenge bakokoma kosala misala ya makasi.
9 And his strength shall pass away with dread, and his princes fleeing shall be afraid: the Lord hath said it, whose die is in Sion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.
Libanga na bango ya makasi ekolimwa na somo; mpe bakambi na bango bakolenga na somo na komona bendele ya etumba, » elobi Yawe oyo moto na Ye ezali kati na Siona mpe fulu ya moto na Ye ezali kati na Yelusalemi.
