< Jeremiah 16 >

1 The word of the LORD came also unto me, saying:
Yawe alobaki na ngai:
2 Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place.
« Okobala te mpe okotikala kobota bana mibali to bana basi na esika oyo te. »
3 For thus saith the LORD concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bore them, and concerning their fathers that begot them in this land:
Pamba te, tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi na tina na bana mibali mpe bana basi oyo bakobotama na mboka oyo, mpe na tina na basi oyo bazali bamama na bango mpe mibali oyo bazali batata na bango:
4 They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented, neither shall they be buried, they shall be as dung upon the face of the ground; and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcasses shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
« Bakokufa na kufa ya somo, bakolela bango te mpe bakokunda bango te, kasi bakozala lokola matiti ya kopola na mabele. Bakokufa na mopanga mpe na nzala makasi, bongo bibembe na bango ekokoma bilei ya bandeke ya likolo mpe ya banyama ya zamba. »
5 For thus saith the LORD: Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament, neither bemoan them; for I have taken away My peace from this people, saith the LORD, even mercy and compassion.
Pamba te, tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: « Kokota na ndako oyo ezali na matanga te, kokende na matanga te mpe koyokela bato oyo bazali na matanga mawa te, pamba te nalongoli kimia na Ngai, bolingo na Ngai mpe mawa na Ngai epai ya bato oyo, » elobi Yawe,
6 Both the great and the small shall die in this land; they shall not be buried; neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them;
« ezala mikolo to bana mike, bango nyonso bakosila kokufa kati na mokili oyo. Bakokunda bango te mpe bakosalela bango matanga te, bongo moto moko te akomikata banzoloko to kokokola suki ya moto mpo na bango.
7 neither shall men break bread for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.
Moto moko te akopesa bilei mpo na kobondisa bato oyo bazali na matanga sima na kufa, mpe moto moko te akopesa bango masanga mpo na kobondisa bango, ezala ata mpo na kufa ya batata to ya bamama na bango.
8 And thou shalt not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.
Mpe kokota te na ndako oyo bazali kosala feti mpo na kovanda mpe komela,
9 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place, before your eyes and in your days, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride.
pamba te tala liloba oyo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, Nzambe ya Isalaele, alobi: Nakosilisa kati na esika oyo, na miso na bino mpe na tango na bino, makelele ya esengo mpe makelele ya kosepela, mingongo ya babalani mpe ya babandami na libala.
10 And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt tell this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee: 'Wherefore hath the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?'
Tango okotatola maloba oyo nyonso na bato oyo, soki batuni yo: ‹ Mpo na nini Yawe akateli biso etumbu ya pasi makasi boye? Mabe nini tosalaki Ye? Masumu nini tosalaki liboso ya Yawe, Nzambe na biso? ›
11 then shalt thou say unto them: 'Because your fathers have forsaken Me, saith the LORD, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken Me, and have not kept My law;
Okoloba na bango: ‹ Ezali mpo ete batata na bino basundolaki Ngai, › elobi Yawe, ‹ basalaki banzambe ya bapaya, basalelaki yango mpe bafukamelaki yango. Batikaki Ngai mpe babatelaki Mobeko na Ngai te.
12 and ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart, so that ye hearken not unto Me;
Bongo bino, bozali mpe kotambola na ezaleli mabe koleka ata ezaleli mabe ya batata na bino. Botala ndenge nini moko na moko kati na bino azali kolanda makanisi mabe ya motema na ye, na esika ya kotosa Ngai.
13 therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye have not known, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; forasmuch as I will show you no favour.'
Yango wana, nakobwaka bino libanda ya mokili oyo mpe nakomema bino na mokili oyo, ezala bino to batata na bino, botikala koyeba te; mpe kuna, bokosalela banzambe ya bapaya, butu mpe moyi; pamba te nakoyokela bino mawa te. ›
14 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be said: 'As the LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt,'
Yango wana, na mikolo oyo ezali koya, » elobi Yawe, « bato bakotika koloba: ‹ Na Kombo na Yawe oyo abimisaki bana ya Isalaele na Ejipito; ›
15 but: 'As the LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the countries whither He had driven them'; and I will bring them back into their land that I gave unto their fathers.
kasi bakokoma koloba: ‹ Na Kombo na Yawe oyo abimisaki bana ya Isalaele na mokili ya nor mpe na mikili nyonso epai wapi abenganaki bango. › Nakozongisa bango na mokili na bango, mokili oyo napesaki bakoko na bango.
16 Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD, and they shall fish them; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks.
Solo, nakotinda balobi mbisi ebele, » elobi Yawe, « mpe bakoboma mbisi ebele; bato ya bokila ebele mpe bakoboma banyama ebele na likolo ya bangomba nyonso ya milayi mpe ya mikuse kino kati na madusu ya mabanga.
17 For Mine eyes are upon all their ways, they are not hid from My face; Neither is their iniquity concealed from Mine eyes.
Nazali kotala malamu banzela na bango nyonso; moto moko te akoki kobombama na miso na Ngai, mpe masumu na bango ekoki ata moke te kobombama na miso na Ngai.
18 And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have profaned My land; they have filled Mine inheritance with the carcasses of their detestable things and their abominations.
Nakofutisa bango mbala mibale lifuti ya mabe na bango mpe ya masumu na bango, pamba te bakomisi mokili na Ngai mbindo na nzela ya bililingi mpe ya bikeko na bango oyo ezanga bomoi, mpe batondisi libula na Ngai na banzambe na bango ya bikeko mpe ya nkele. »
19 O LORD, my strength, and my stronghold, and my refuge, in the day of affliction, unto Thee shall the nations come from the ends of the earth, and shall say: 'Our fathers have inherited nought but lies, vanity and things wherein there is no profit.'
Oh Yawe, Makasi na ngai mpe Ndako na ngai batonga makasi, Ekimelo na ngai na tango ya pasi, bato ya bikolo nyonso bakoya epai na Yo wuta na basuka ya mokili mpe bakoloba: « Batata na biso bazalaki kaka na banzambe ya lokuta, banzambe ya pamba oyo etikalaki kosalela bango bolamu ata moko te.
20 Shall a man make unto himself gods, and they are no gods?
Boni, bato bakoki solo komisalela banzambe, tango bango moko bazali banzambe te?
21 Therefore, behold, I will cause them to know, this once will I cause them to know My hand and My might; and they shall know that My name is the LORD.
Yango wana, nakolakisa bango, nakolakisa bango nguya mpe makasi na ngai; bongo bakoyeba penza ete Kombo na Ngai ezali Yawe. »

< Jeremiah 16 >