1 Samuel 6
1 When the ark of the LORD had been in the land of the Philistines seven months,
Sima na Sanduku ya Yawe kosala sanza sambo kati na mokili ya bato ya Filisitia,
2 the Philistines summoned the priests and diviners, saying, “What shall we do with the ark of the LORD? Tell us how to send it back to its place.”
bato ya Filisitia babengisaki Banganga-Nzambe mpe bato ya soloka, balobaki na bango: — Tosengeli kosala nini na Sanduku ya Yawe? Boyebisa biso ndenge nini tokoki kozongisa yango na esika na yango.
3 They replied, “If you return the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it away empty, but by all means return it to Him with a guilt offering. Then you will be healed, and you will understand why His hand has not been lifted from you.”
Bazongisaki: — Soki bolingi kozongisa Sanduku ya Nzambe ya Isalaele, bozongisa yango ya pamba te, kasi bozongisa yango elongo na bambeka mpo na masumu; bongo bokobika na bokono, mpe bokoyeba mpo na nini loboko na Yawe etikaki te konyokola bino.
4 “What guilt offering should we send back to Him?” asked the Philistines. “Five gold tumors and five gold rats,” they said, “according to the number of rulers of the Philistines, since the same plague has struck both you and your rulers.
Bato ya Filisitia batunaki: — Mbeka ya masumu ya lolenge nini tosengeli kobonzela Yawe? Bazongisaki: — Kolanda motango ya bakambi ya bato ya Filisitia, bobonzela Ye biloko mitano ya wolo, oyo ekotalisa bapota ya libumu, mpe bampuku mitano ya wolo; pamba te ezala bino to bakambi na bino, bokweyelaki kaka etumbu ya ndenge moko.
5 Make images of your tumors and of the rats that are ravaging the land. Give glory to the God of Israel, and perhaps He will lift His hand from you and your gods and your land.
Bosala bililingi oyo ekotalisa bapota na bino ya libumu, mpe oyo ekotalisa bampuku oyo ezali kobebisa mokili na bino; mpe bopesa nkembo na Nzambe ya Isalaele. Tango mosusu, akolongola loboko na Ye na likolo na bino, na likolo ya banzambe na bino, mpe na likolo ya mokili na bino.
6 Why harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened theirs? When He afflicted them, did they not send the people on their way as they departed?
Tina nini kozala moto makasi lokola Faraon mpe bato ya Ejipito? Bokanisa ete sima na Nzambe konyokola bango, batikaki bana ya Isalaele kokende na nzela na bango.
7 Now, therefore, prepare one new cart with two milk cows that have never been yoked. Hitch the cows to the cart, but take their calves away and pen them up.
Boye bino, bosala sik’oyo shario moko ya sika; bozwa bangombe mibale ya basi oyo ezali komelisa mpe oyo nanu balatisi te ekangiseli na kingo. Bokangisa bangombe yango na shario, kasi bozongisa bana na yango na lopango.
8 Take the ark of the LORD, set it on the cart, and in a chest beside it put the gold objects you are sending Him as a guilt offering. Then send the ark on its way,
Bokamata Sanduku ya Yawe mpe botia yango na likolo ya shario. Pembeni ya Sanduku ya Yawe, botia kati na mwa sanduku moko ya moke biloko ya wolo oyo bokobonzela Yawe lokola bambeka mpo na masumu. Sima, botika yango kokende.
9 but keep watching it. If it goes up the road to its homeland, toward Beth-shemesh, it is the LORD who has brought on us this great disaster. But if it does not, then we will know that it was not His hand that punished us and that it happened by chance.”
Kasi bokotala yango malamu: soki Sanduku ya Yawe ezwi nzela ya Beti-Shemeshi mpo na kokende na mokili na yango, wana elakisi ete Yawe nde akweyiselaki biso pasi makasi yango; soki te, wana tokoyeba ete ezalaki na yango loboko na Yawe te, kasi oyo ekomelaki biso ezalaki na yango kaka libaku.
10 So the men did as instructed. They took two milk cows, hitched them to the cart, and penned up their calves.
Bato ya Filisitia basalaki ndenge bayebisaki bango: bazwaki bangombe mibale ya basi oyo ezalaki komelisa mpe bakangisaki yango na shario. Kasi bazongisaki bana na yango na lopango.
11 Then they put the ark of the LORD on the cart, along with the chest containing the gold rats and the images of the tumors.
Batiaki Sanduku ya Yawe na likolo ya shario; bongo na pembeni na yango, batiaki mwa sanduku oyo ya moke, oyo kati na yango ezalaki na bampuku ya wolo mpe bililingi ya bapota na bango ya libumu.
12 And the cows headed straight up the road toward Beth-shemesh, staying on that one highway and lowing as they went, never straying to the right or to the left. The rulers of the Philistines followed behind them to the border of Beth-shemesh.
Bangombe yango ya basi ekendeki mbala moko na nzela ya Beti-Shemeshi, elandaki kaka nzela yango mpe, nzela-nzela, ezalaki kolela; ebalukaki te ezala na ngambo ya loboko ya mwasi to na ngambo ya loboko ya mobali. Nzokande bakambi ya bato ya Filisitia balandaki yango na mosika kino na mondelo ya Beti-Shemeshi.
13 Now the people of Beth-shemesh were harvesting wheat in the valley, and when they looked up and saw the ark, they were overjoyed at the sight.
Na eleko yango, bato ya Beti-Shemeshi bazalaki kobuka ble, na lubwaku. Bongo tango batombolaki miso mpe bamonaki Sanduku, basepelaki makasi.
14 The cart came to the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh and stopped there near a large rock. The people chopped up the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the LORD.
Shario ekomaki na elanga ya Jozue, moto ya Beti-Shemeshi, mpe etelemaki wana, pembeni ya libanga monene. Bato babukaki mabaya ya sanduku mpe babonzaki bangombe ya basi lokola mbeka ya kotumba mpo na Yawe.
15 And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD and the chest containing the gold objects, and they placed them on the large rock. That day the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices to the LORD.
Balevi bakitisaki Sanduku ya Yawe elongo na mwa sanduku ya moke oyo kati na yango ezalaki na biloko ya wolo, mpe batiaki yango na likolo ya libanga monene. Na mokolo wana, bato ya Beti-Shemeshi babonzaki bambeka ya kotumba mpe makabo epai na Yawe.
16 And when the five rulers of the Philistines saw this, they returned to Ekron that same day.
Bakambi yango mitano ya bato ya Filisitia bamonaki makambo nyonso wana mpe bazongaki na Ekroni kaka mokolo wana.
17 As a guilt offering to the LORD, the Philistines had sent back one gold tumor for each city: Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron.
Tala bililingi ya wolo ya bapota ya libumu oyo bato ya Filisitia babonzelaki Yawe lokola bambeka mpo na masumu: moko mpo na Asidodi, moko mpo na Gaza, moko mpo na Ashikeloni, moko mpo na Gati, moko mpo na Ekroni.
18 The number of gold rats also corresponded to the number of Philistine cities belonging to the five rulers—the fortified cities and their outlying villages. And the large rock on which they placed the ark of the LORD stands to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh.
Ezalaki mpe na bampuku ya wolo, kolanda motango ya bingumba ya bato ya Filisitia, oyo bakambi mitano oyo bazalaki koyangela: kobanda na bingumba batonga makasi, bamboka na yango ya mike kino na libanga ya monene oyo, na likolo na yango, batiaki Sanduku ya Yawe mpe oyo, kino na mokolo ya lelo, ezali na elanga ya Jozue, moto ya Beti-Shemeshi.
19 But God struck down some of the people of Beth-shemesh because they looked inside the ark of the LORD. He struck down seventy men, and the people mourned because the LORD had struck them with a great slaughter.
Kasi Nzambe abomaki bato ya Beti-Shemeshi mpo ete batalaki Sanduku ya Yawe: kati na bato nkoto tuku mitano, abomaki tuku sambo. Bato ya Beti-Shemeshi basalaki matanga mpo ete Yawe apesaki bango etumbu ya makasi.
20 The men of Beth-shemesh asked, “Who can stand in the presence of the LORD, this holy God? To whom should the ark go up from here?”
Bato ya Beti-Shemeshi balobaki: « Nani akoki kotelema liboso ya Yawe, Nzambe oyo ya bule? Sanduku ekokende epai ya nani soki elongwe awa epai na biso? »
21 So they sent messengers to the people of Kiriath-jearim, saying, “The Philistines have returned the ark of the LORD. Come down and take it up with you.”
Bongo batindaki bantoma koloba na bato ya Kiriati-Yearimi: « Bato ya Filisitia bazongisi Sanduku ya Yawe; boya kozwa yango mpe bomema yango epai na bino. »
