Zephaniah 1
1 The word of the LORD which came to Zephaniah, the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah, the son of Amon, king of Judah.
Wuta na buku ya motambolisi banzembo. Babetaki yango na mandanda. Na tango Joziasi, mwana mobali ya Amoni, azalaki mokonzi ya mokili ya Yuda, Yawe alobaki na Sofoni, mwana mobali ya Kushi, mwana mobali ya Gedalia, mwana mobali ya Amaria, mwana mobali ya Ezekiasi:
2 I will utterly sweep away everything off of the surface of the earth, says the LORD.
« Nakosilisa kobebisa biloko nyonso oyo ezali kati na mokili, » elobi Yawe,
3 I will sweep away man and animal. I will sweep away the birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and the heaps of rubble with the wicked. I will cut off man from the surface of the earth, says the LORD.
« solo, nakoboma ezala bato to banyama, ezala bandeke ya likolo to bambisi ya ebale; nakolongola, na mokili, bato mabe mpe biloko oyo ebetisaka bato mabaku » elobi Yawe.
4 I will stretch out my hand against Judah, and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place: the name of the idolatrous and pagan priests,
« Nakosembola loboko na Ngai mpo na kopesa mokili ya Yuda mpe bavandi nyonso ya Yelusalemi etumbu; nakosilisa koboma, na esika oyo, nyonso oyo etikali, ya losambo ya nzambe Bala elongo na bakombo ya banganga-nzambe ya bapagano, oyo basalelaka banzambe ya bikeko:
5 those who worship the host of heaven on the housetops, those who worship and swear by the LORD and also swear by Milcom,
bato nyonso oyo bafukamaka na likolo ya bandako mpo na kosambela mampinga ya likolo, bato nyonso oyo bagumbamaka na kolapa ndayi na Kombo na Yawe mpe na kombo na nzambe Moloki,
6 those who have turned back from following the LORD, and those who haven't sought the LORD nor inquired after him.
bato nyonso oyo bapesaka Yawe mokongo, oyo balukaka Ye te mpe batunaka Ye te.
7 Be silent at the presence of the LORD, for the day of the LORD is at hand. For the LORD has prepared a sacrifice. He has consecrated his guests.
Bovanda kimia liboso ya Nkolo Yawe, pamba te mokolo ya Yawe ekomi pene! Yawe abongisi mbeka, abulisi babengami na Ye.
8 It will happen in the day of the LORD's sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, the king's sons, and all those who are clothed with foreign clothing.
Na mokolo ya mbeka ya Yawe, nakopesa etumbu epai ya bakambi, epai ya bana mibali ya mokonzi mpe epai ya bato nyonso oyo balataka bilamba ya bapaya.
9 In that day, I will punish all those who leap over the threshold, who fill their master's house with violence and deceit.
Na mokolo wana, nakopesa etumbu epai ya bato nyonso oyo bapumbwaka ekotelo ya tempelo, bato oyo batondisaka tempelo ya banzambe na bango ya bikeko na makambo ya kanza mpe na lokuta.
10 In that day, says the LORD, there will be the noise of a cry from the Fish Gate, a wailing from the second quarter, and a great crashing from the hills.
Na mokolo wana, » elobi Yawe, « koganga makasi ekoyokana wuta na Ekuke ya Bambisi, kolela ekoyokana wuta na Mboka ya sika mpe lokito monene wuta na bangomba mikuse.
11 Wail, you inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the people of Canaan are undone. All those who were loaded with silver are cut off.
Bino bavandi ya etuka Makiteshi, bolela, pamba te bato nyonso ya mombongo bakokufa, mpe bato nyonso oyo batekaka palata bakobebisama!
12 It will happen at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are settled on their dregs, who say in their heart, "The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil."
Na tango wana, nakoluka engumba Yelusalemi na nzela ya mwinda, nakopesa etumbu epai ya bato nyonso oyo bamimonaka ete bakoka mpe bamilobelaka: ‹ Yawe asalaka na Ye eloko te, ezala ya malamu to ya mabe. ›
13 Their wealth will become a spoil, and their houses a desolation. Yes, they will build houses, but won't inhabit them. They will plant vineyards, but won't drink their wine.
Bakobotola bango bomengo na makasi mpe bakobuka bandako na bango; bakotonga bandako, kasi bakotikala kovanda yango te; bakosala bilanga ya vino, kasi bakotikala komela vino na yango te. »
14 The great day of the LORD is near. It is near, and hurries greatly, the voice of the day of the LORD. The mighty man cries there bitterly.
Mokolo monene ya Yawe ekomi pene, solo ekomi pene mpe ezali koya noki penza. Boyoka! Makelele ya mokolo na Yawe ekozala bololo; ezala basoda ya mpiko, bakoganga mpo na koluka lisungi.
15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish, a day of trouble and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,
Mokolo yango ekozala mokolo ya kanda makasi, mokolo ya pasi mpe ya somo, mokolo ya komitungisa mpe ya kobebisama, mokolo ya butu mpe ya molili makasi, mokolo ya mapata mpe mapata ya mwindo,
16 a day of the trumpet and alarm, against the fortified cities, and against the high battlements.
mokolo ya kobeta bakelelo mpe ya makelele ya bitumba mpo na kobundisa bingumba batonga makasi mpe bandako milayi oyo batonga makasi.
17 I will bring distress on men, that they will walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD, and their blood will be poured out like dust, and their flesh like dung.
Nakotindela bato pasi ya makasi: bakokoma kotambola lokola bato balangwe masanga, pamba te basalaki masumu liboso ya Yawe; bakopanza makila na bango lokola putulu mpe bakobwaka misopo na bango lokola salite.
18 Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD's wrath, but the whole land will be devoured by the fire of his jealousy; for he will make an end, yes, a terrible end, of all those who dwell in the land.
Na mokolo ya kanda na Yawe, ezala palata to wolo na bango ekobikisa bango te. Na moto ya zuwa na Ye, mokili mobimba ekozikisama, pamba te akosukisa na mbalakata bavandi nyonso ya mokili.
