Kobima 23
1 Okopanza sango ya lokuta te; okosangana te na moto mabe mpo na koloba litatoli ya lokuta.
Thou shalt not utter a false report. Do not lay thy hand with a lawless man, to become a witness helping forward violence and wrong.
2 Okolanda ebele ya bato te mpo na kosala mabe. Tango okoloba litatoli liboso ya basambisi, okotatola te kolanda mokano ya bato ebele mpo na kokweyisa bosembo.
Thou shalt not follow multitudes to commit wickedness, —neither shalt thou answer in a quarrel, so as to turn away after multitudes to mislead,
3 Okokotela mobola te na tango azali kosamba liboso ya basambisi.
Even a poor man, shalt thou not prefer in his quarrel.
4 Soki okutani na ngombe to ane ya monguna na yo, oyo ebungi, osengeli kozongisela ye yango.
When thou meetest the ox of thine enemy, or his ass, going astray, thou shalt, surely bring it back, to him.
5 Soki omoni ane ya moto oyo ayinaka yo ekweyi na se ya mokumba oyo yango ememi, okotika yango wana te; osengeli kosalisa yango.
When thou seest the ass of him that hateth thee sinking down under his burden, and mightest have foreborne to unload him, thou shalt surely help him to unload,
6 Okokweyisa bosembo ya mobola te tango azali kosamba liboso ya basambisi.
Thou shalt not pervert the vindication of thy needy one in his quarrel.
7 Okozala mosika ya makambo ya lokuta. Okoboma te ezala moto oyo ayebi likambo te to moto ya sembo; pamba te nalongisaka te moto mabe.
From a matter of falsehood, thou shalt keep far away, —and the innocent one and the righteous, do not thou slay, for I will not justify a lawless man.
8 Okondimaka kanyaka te, pamba te kanyaka ezipaka miso ya bato oyo bamonaka malamu mpe ebebisaka maloba ya moto ya sembo.
And, a bribe, shalt thou not take, —for the bribe, blindeth the clear-sighted, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
9 Okonyokola mopaya te, pamba te oyebi yo moko ndenge ezalaka soki ozali mopaya; bino mpe bozalaki bapaya na Ejipito.
And a sojourner, shalt thou not drive away, —seeing that, ye yourselves, know the, soul of a sojourner; for sojourners, became ye in the land of Egypt.
10 Mibu motoba, okolona bilanga na yo mpe okobuka mbuma.
And six years, shalt thou sow thy land, —and shalt gather the yield thereof;
11 Kasi na mobu ya sambo, okopemisa mabele. Boye babola kati na bato na yo bakozwa bilei ya kolia kati na yango mpe nyama ya zamba ekolia bilei oyo bato bakotika. Okosala ndenge moko mpo na elanga na yo ya vino mpe mpo na nzete na yo ya olive.
but the seventh year, shalt thou let it rest and be still so shall the needy of thy people eat, and what they leave, shall the wild-beast of the field eat, —in like manner, shalt thou deal with thy vineyard with thine oliveyard.
12 Mikolo motoba, okosala mosala na yo; kasi na mokolo ya sambo, okosala mosala moko te mpo ete ngombe na yo elongo na ane na yo ekoka kopema, mpe mpo ete mwana mobali ya mwasi mowumbu na yo mpe mopaya bazwa lisusu makasi.
Six days, shalt thou do thy work, but on the seventh day, shalt thou keep sabbath, —that thine ox may rest and thine ass, and that the son of thy handmaid and the sojourner may be refreshed.
13 Bokosala keba na makambo nyonso oyo nayebisi bino. Bokobelela kombo ya banzambe mosusu te; bokomeka kutu te kotanga yango na bibebu na bino.
And, in all that I have said unto thee, shalt thou take heed to thyself, —and the name of other gods, shalt thou not mention, it shall not be heard upon thy mouth.
14 Mbala misato na mobu, bokosala bafeti misato mpo na Ngai.
Three times, shalt thou keep festival to me, in the year.
15 Bokosala feti ya Mapa ezanga levire. Na mikolo sambo kolanda ndenge napesaki bino mitindo, bokolia mapa ezanga levire na tango oyo ekatama, na sanza ya Abibi, mpo ete ezali na sanza yango nde bobimaki na Ejipito.
The festival of unleavened cakes, shalt thou keep, —seven days, shalt thou eat unleavened cakes, as I commanded thee at the appointed time of the month Abib; for, therein, camest thou forth out of Egypt, —and they shall not see my face, empty-handed.
16 Okosala feti ya kobuka bambuma, okosala mpe feti ya bambuma ya liboso ya bilanga na yo, oyo olonaki. Na suka ya mobu, okosala feti ya kobuka bambuma tango okobuka mbuma ya elanga.
And the festival of harvest with the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou shalt sow in the field, And the festival of ingathering—at the outgoing of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.
17 Mbala misato na mobu, bato nyonso bakoya liboso ya Nkolo Yawe.
Three times in the year, shall all thy males see the face of the Lord, Yahweh.
18 Okobonzela Ngai te mbeka ya makila elongo na mapa batia levire. Mafuta ya nyama ya feti na Ngai ekoki kobombama te kino na tongo.
Thou shalt not offer with anything leavened, the blood of my sacrifice, —neither shall the fat of my festival-sacrifice remain until morning.
19 Okomema na Ndako ya Yawe, Nzambe na yo, bambuma ya liboso ya mabele na yo. Okolamba te mwana ntaba oyo ezali nanu komela mabele ya mama na yango.
The beginning of the firstfruits of thy ground, shalt thou bring into the house of Yahweh thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in the milk of its dam.
20 Nakotinda anjelu liboso na bino mpo ete abatela bino na nzela mpe amema bino na esika oyo nabongisaki mpo na bino.
Lo! I, am sending a messenger before thee, to guard thee in the way, —and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
21 Bosala keba na miso na ye mpe boyoka makambo oyo akoloba; botombokela ye te mpo ete akolimbisa botomboki na bino te, pamba te Kombo na Ngai ezali kati na ye.
Take thou heed of his presence, and hearken to his voice—do not vex him, -for he will not pardon your transgression, for, my name, is within him.
22 Kasi soki boyoki na bokebi makambo oyo akoyebisa bino mpe soki bosaleli nyonso oyo nalobi, nakozala monguna ya banguna na bino mpe nakotelemela bato oyo bakotelemela bino.
But if thou wilt indeed hearken, to his voice, and so wilt do all that I may speak, then will I be an enemy to thine enemies, and an adversary to thine adversaries;
23 Anjelu na Ngai akotambola liboso na bino mpe akokotisa bino na mokili ya bato ya Amori, ya bato ya Iti, ya bato ya Perizi, ya bato ya Kanana, ya bato ya Evi mpe ya bato ya Yebusi; bongo Ngai nakosilisa bango.
for my messenger shall go before thee, and bring thee in—unto the Amorite and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, the Hivite and the Jebusite, —so will I destroy them.
24 Bokogumbamela banzambe na bango te mpe bokosalela yango te to bokolanda te lolenge na bango ya kosalela. Bokokweyisa banzambe yango mpe bokobuka-buka bikeko na bango na biteni.
Thou shalt not bow thyself down to their gods neither shalt thou be led to serve them, neither shalt thou do according to their works, —but thou shalt, verily overthrow, them, and, completely break in pieces, their pillars.
25 Soki bokosalela Yawe, Nzambe na bino, akopambola mapa mpe mayi na bino, mpe akolongola bokono kati na bino.
So shall ye serve Yahweh your God, and he will bless thy bread and thy water, —and I will take away sickness out of thy midst.
26 Na mboka na bino, ekozala na mwasi moko te oyo akosopa zemi to akozanga kobota. Nakobakisela bino mikolo ebele na bomoi na bino.
There shall be nothing casting its young or barren in thy land, —the number of thy days, will I make full.
27 Nakotinda somo na Ngai liboso na bino mpe nakokotisa mobulu kati na bikolo nyonso oyo bokokota. Banguna na bino nyonso bakopesa bino mokongo mpe bakokima.
My terror, will I send before thee, and will confound all the people amongst whom thou shalt come, and will deliver up all thine enemies unto thee as they flee.
28 Nakotinda banzoyi ya minene liboso na bino mpo na kobengana bato ya Evi, ya Kanana mpe ya Iti na liboso na bino.
And I will send the hornet, before thee, —and it shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.
29 Kasi nakobengana bango te na mbala moko mpo ete mboka ekoma te lokola ndako ezanga bato, mpe mpo ete banyama ya zamba ekoma mingi te mpo na kotungisa bino.
I will not drive them out from before thee, in one year, —lest the land should become a desolation, so would the wild-beast of the field multiply over thee.
30 Nakobengana bango moke-moke liboso na bino kino bokokoma ebele mpo na kozwa mboka.
Little by little, will I drive them out from before thee. until thou become fruitful, then shalt thou take possession of the land.
31 Nakotia bandelo na bino kobanda na ebale monene ya barozo kino na ebale monene ya bato ya Filisitia mpe kobanda na esobe ya Sinai kino na ebale Efrate; pamba te nakopesa bato ya mboka na maboko na bino, bongo bino bokobengana bango liboso na bino.
So will I set thy bounds from the Red Sea even unto the sea of the Philistines and from the desert unto the River (Euphrates), —for I will deliver into your hand the inhabitants of the land, so shalt thou drive them out from before thee.
32 Bokosala boyokani te elongo na bango mpe elongo na banzambe na bango.
Thou shalt not make with them or with their gods, a covenant:
33 Botika bango te ete bawumela na mokili na bino, noki te bakotinda bino kosala masumu liboso na Ngai mpe kosalela banzambe na bango; pamba te ekozala solo motambo mpo na bino. »
they shall not dwell in thy land, lest they cause thee to sin against me, —for thou mightest serve their gods, verily! it would become to thee a snare!
