Jeremi 5
1 « Bokende, botambola na babalabala ya Yelusalemi, botala zingazinga mpe bososola malamu penza, boluka ata na bisika oyo bato ebele bakutanaka; soki bokoki komona ata moto moko oyo atambolaka na bosembo mpe alukaka boyengebene, wana nakolimbisa engumba oyo.
"Run back and forth through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places of it, if you can find a man, if there are any who does justly, who seeks truth; and I will pardon her.
2 Atako balapaka ndayi na maloba oyo: ‹ Na Kombo na Yawe, › ndayi na bango ezalaka kaka ya lokuta. »
Though they say, 'As Jehovah lives;' surely they swear falsely."
3 Oh Yawe; boni, miso na Yo esepelaka te komona bosolo? Obetaka solo bato, kasi bayokaka na bango pasi te; osilisaka koboma bango, kasi baboyaka kaka kobongwana. Bakomisa mito na bango makasi lokola mabanga mpe baboyaka kobongola mitema na bango.
Jehovah, do your eyes not look on truth? You have stricken them, but they were not grieved. You have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces harder than a rock. They have refused to return.
4 Namilobelaki: « Bato oyo bazali kaka bato pamba, bazangi mayele, mpo ete bayebi nzela ya Yawe te mpe bayebi malako ya Nzambe na bango te.
Then I said, "Surely these are poor. They are foolish; for they do not know the way of Jehovah, nor the law of their God.
5 Boye, nakokende epai ya bakambi na bango mpe nakoloba na bango, pamba te bango nde basengeli koyeba nzela ya Yawe mpe malako ya Nzambe na bango. » Kasi bango nyonso, na motema moko, babukaki ekangiseli mpe bakataki minyololo.
I will go to the great men, and will speak to them; for they know the way of Jehovah, and the law of their God." But these with one accord have broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
6 Yango wana, nkosi moko ekobima wuta na zamba mpe ekoboma bango; mbwa ya zamba ekobima wuta na esobe mpe ekopasola bango; nkoyi moko ekovanda pene ya bingumba na bango mpo na koboma moto nyonso oyo akoluka kobima kuna, pamba te botomboki na bango ezali monene mpe lokuta na bango eleki mingi.
Therefore a lion out of the forest shall kill them, a wolf of the evenings shall destroy them, a leopard shall watch against their cities; everyone who goes out there shall be torn in pieces; because their transgressions are many, and their backsliding is increased.
7 « Na makambo ya boye, ndenge nini nalimbisa yo? Ah Yelusalemi, bana na yo basundoli Ngai mpe bazali kolapa ndayi na bakombo ya banzambe ya bikeko oyo ezali ata banzambe te. Nakokisaki baposa na bango nyonso, kasi basalaki kaka ekobo mpe bakendeki na bandako ya basi ya ndumba.
"How can I pardon you? Your children have forsaken me, and sworn by what are no gods. When I had fed them to the full, they committed adultery, and assembled themselves in troops at the prostitutes' houses.
8 Ndenge mpunda ya mobali etambolaka-tambolaka soki ezali na posa ya kosangisa nzoto na mpunda ya mwasi, ndenge wana mpe moko na moko kati na bango alandaka-landaka mwasi ya moninga mpo na kosangisa na ye nzoto.
They were as fed horses roaming at large: everyone neighed after his neighbor's wife.
9 Na makambo ya boye, napesa bango etumbu te? » elobi Yawe? « Motema na Ngai ezongisa penza mabe na mabe te na ekolo ya lolenge oyo?
Shouldn't I punish them for these things?" says Jehovah; "and shouldn't my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
10 Bomata na bamir mpo na kokota na Yelusalemi mpe bobebisa yango; kasi bobebisa yango nyonso te. Bokata bitape na yango, pamba te etikali lisusu ya Yawe te.
"Go up on her walls, and destroy; but do not make a full end. Take away her branches; for they are not Jehovah's.
11 Libota ya Isalaele mpe ya Yuda etamboli na boyengebene te na miso na Ngai, » elobi Yawe.
For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me," says Jehovah.
12 Bawanganaki Yawe mpe balobaki: « Yawe akosala eloko moko te! Pasi moko te ekokomela biso; tokotikala na biso komona te ezala mopanga to nzala makasi.
They have denied Jehovah, and said, "It is not he; neither shall evil come on us; neither shall we see sword nor famine.
13 Basakoli bazali kaka lokola mopepe ya pamba, bazali na mateya penza ya koteya te; boye tika ete mabe oyo bazali kosakola ezongela bango moko! »
The prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them. Thus shall it be done to them."
14 Yango wana, tala liloba oyo Yawe Nzambe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, alobi: « Lokola bato oyo balobi maloba ya boye, nakosala ete maloba na Ngai ezala lokola moto na monoko na yo, mpe bato oyo bazala lokola bakoni oyo moto yango ekozikisa.
Therefore thus says Jehovah, the God of hosts, "Because you speak this word, look, I will make my words in your mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
15 Oh libota ya Isalaele, » elobi Yawe, « nakoyeisa ekolo moko wuta mosika mpo na kobundisa yo: ezali ekolo moko ya kala mpe ya nguya, ekolo oyo yo oyebi ata monoko na yango te.
Look, I will bring a nation on you from far, house of Israel," says Jehovah. "It is a mighty nation. It is an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know, neither understand what they say.
16 Makonga na bango ezangaka koboma moto te, bongo bango nyonso bazali bilombe ya bitumba.
Their quiver is an open tomb, they are all mighty men.
17 Bakobotola milona mpe bilei na yo, bakoboma bana na yo ya basi mpe ya mibali, bakobotola bangombe mpe bameme na yo, bakobebisa bilanga na yo ya vino mpe banzete na yo ya figi, bakobebisa na mopanga bingumba na yo ya makasi oyo otielaka motema.
They shall eat up your harvest, and your bread, which your sons and your daughters should eat. They shall eat up your flocks and your herds. They shall eat up your vines and your fig trees. They shall beat down your fortified cities, in which you trust, with the sword.
18 Nzokande, ezala na mokolo wana, » elobi Yawe, « nakosilisa koboma bino nyonso te.
"But even in those days," says Jehovah, "I will not make a full end with you.
19 Tango bato bakotuna: ‹ Mpo na nini Yawe, Nzambe na biso, asali biso makambo ya boye? › Bokozongisela bango: ‹ Ezali mpo ete bosundolaki Ngai mpe bosambelaki banzambe ya bapaya kati na mboka na bino. Yango wana, bokosalela bapaya kati na mboka oyo ezali ya bino te. ›
It will happen, when you say, 'Why has Jehovah our God done all these things to us?' Then you shall say to them, 'Thus says Jehovah, Just like you have forsaken me, and served foreign gods in your land, so you shall serve strangers in a land that is not yours.'
20 Bopanza sango oyo epai ya libota ya Jakobi mpe botatola yango kati na Yuda:
"Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,
21 Boyoka makambo oyo, bino bazoba to bato oyo bozanga mayele: bozali na miso mpo na komona kasi bomonaka te, bozali na matoyi mpo na koyoka kasi boyokaka te.
'Hear now this, foolish people, and without understanding; who have eyes, and do not see; who have ears, and do not hear:
22 Bokoki penza kobanga Ngai te, » elobi Yawe? « Bokoki solo kolenga liboso na Ngai te, Ngai oyo nasala zelo lokola mondelo ya mayi, epekiselo ya libela oyo mayi ekoleka ata mokolo moko te? Mayi ekoki kotomboka, kasi ezali na nguya te; ata soki esali makelele, kasi ekoleka mondelo yango te.
Do you not fear me?' says Jehovah 'Won't you tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it can't pass it? And though its waves toss themselves, yet they can't prevail; though they roar, yet they can't pass over it.'
23 Kasi bato oyo bazali mitema makasi mpe bazali solo batomboki; bapesi Ngai mokongo mpe bakei na bango!
"But this people has a revolting and a rebellious heart; they have revolted and gone.
24 Bamilobelaka te: ‹ Tika ete totosa Yawe, Nzambe na biso, oyo anokisaka mvula na tango ekoki, na eleko ya kolona mpe ya kobuka; oyo akatela biso baposo oyo esengeli mpo na kobuka milona. ›
Neither do they say in their heart, 'Let us now fear Jehovah our God, who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season; who preserves to us the appointed weeks of the harvest.'
25 Mabe na bino nde ebebisi makambo nyonso, mpe masumu na bino ezangisi bino bolamu.
"Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withheld good from you.
26 Kati na bato na Ngai, ezali na bato mabe oyo banongaka bato lokola moto oyo azali kotia mitambo mpo na kokanga bandeke, mpe batiaka mitambo mpo na kokanga bato.
For among my people are found wicked men. They watch, as fowlers lie in wait. They set a trap. They catch men.
27 Ndenge ndako ya bandeke etondaka na bandeke, ndenge wana mpe bandako na bango etonda na lokuta; mpe ezali na nzela yango nde bakoma bazwi mpe bato na nguya.
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great, and grew rich.
28 Bakoma kitoko mpe ngebungebu; mabe na bango eleka ndelo, balobelaka likambo ya mwana etike na bosembo te, mpo kaka bango moko balonga. Bakataka makambo ya babola na bosembo te.
They have grown fat. They shine; yes, they excel in deeds of wickedness. They do not plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and they do not judge the right of the needy.
29 Na makambo ya boye, napesa bango etumbu te? » elobi Yawe. « Boni, motema na Ngai ezongisa penza mabe na mabe te na ekolo ya boye?
"Shall I not punish for these things?" says Jehovah. "Shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
30 Makambo ya kokamwa mpe ya somo esalemi na mboka:
"An astonishing and horrible thing has happened in the land.
31 basakoli bazali kosakola makambo ya lokuta, Banganga-Nzambe bazali kosalela bokonzi na bango ndenge balingi, mpe bato na Ngai bazali kosepela bongo. Kasi bokosala nini na suka? »
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority; and my people love to have it so. What will you do in the end of it?
