1 Samuel 15
1 And Samuel said to Saul: “The Lord sent me, so that I would anoint you as king over his people Israel. Now therefore, listen to the voice of the Lord.
Samuele alobaki na Saulo: « Yawe atindaki ngai kopakola yo mafuta mpo ete okoma mokonzi ya bato na Ye, Isalaele. Boye, yoka sik’oyo makambo oyo ewuti epai na Yawe.
2 ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: I have taken account of all that Amalek has done to Israel, how he stood against him in the way, when he ascended from Egypt.
Tala makambo oyo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, alobi: ‹ Nakopesa bato ya Amaleki etumbu mpo na makambo oyo basalaki Isalaele tango bawutaki na Ejipito: bakangelaki Isalaele nzela.
3 Now therefore, go and strike Amalek, and demolish all that is his. You shall not spare him, and you shall not covet anything out of the things that are his. Instead, kill from man even to woman, and little ones as well as infants, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’”
Kende sik’oyo, bundisa bato ya Amaleki mpe bebisa penza biloko na bango nyonso. Kobatela bango te; boma mibali mpe basi, bana mpe babebe, bangombe, bantaba mpe bameme, bashamo mpe ba-ane. › »
4 And so, Saul instructed the people, and he numbered them like lambs: two hundred thousand foot soldiers, and ten thousand men of Judah.
Boye Saulo abengisaki basoda, mpe atangaki bango na Telayimi: basoda oyo babundaka na makolo, nkoto nkama mibale; mpe basoda oyo bawutaki na Yuda, nkoto zomi.
5 And when Saul had arrived as far as the city of Amalek, he placed ambushes at the torrent.
Saulo akendeki kino na engumba ya Amaleki mpe atiaki basoda na bisika ya kobombama, na lubwaku.
6 And Saul said to the Kenite: “Go away, withdraw, and descend from Amalek. Otherwise, I will include you with him. For you showed mercy to all the sons of Israel, when they ascended from Egypt.” And so the Kenite withdrew from the midst of Amalek.
Bongo Saulo alobaki na bato ya Keni: « Bokende na bino, bolongwa na milongo ya bato ya Amaleki mpo ete nabebisa bino te elongo na bango, pamba te bosalelaki bato nyonso ya Isalaele bolamu tango babimaki na Ejipito. » Boye bato ya Keni balongwaki na milongo ya bato ya Amaleki.
7 And Saul struck down Amalek, from Havilah even until you arrive at Shur, which is opposite the region of Egypt.
Saulo abundisaki bato ya Amaleki nzela mobimba, longwa na Avila kino na Shuri, na ngambo ya este ya Ejipito.
8 And he apprehended Agag, the king of Amalek, alive. But all the common people he put to death with the edge of the sword.
Akangaki ya bomoi Agagi, mokonzi ya bato ya Amaleki, mpe abebisaki bato nyonso na mopanga.
9 And Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the flocks of sheep, and of the herds, and the garments, and the rams, and all that was beautiful, and they were not willing to destroy them. Yet truly, whatever was vile or worthless, these they demolished.
Kasi Saulo mpe basoda babatelaki Agagi elongo na bibwele oyo elekaki kitoko kati na bameme, bantaba mpe bangombe, bibwele oyo eleki minene, bana meme oyo ya minene mpe nyonso oyo ezalaki malamu. Baboyaki kobebisa yango; babebisaki kaka oyo ezalaki ya mabe mpe ya kokonda.
10 Then the word of the Lord came to Samuel, saying
Yawe alobaki na Samuele:
11 “It displeases me that I have appointed Saul as king. For he has forsaken me, and he has not fulfilled the work of my words.” And Samuel was greatly saddened, and he cried out to the Lord, all night long
— Nabongoli makanisi na Ngai na ndenge nakomisaki Saulo mokonzi, pamba te apesi Ngai mokongo mpe aboyi kotosa mitindo na Ngai. Samuele asilikaki mpe abelelaki Yawe butu mobimba.
12 And when Samuel had risen while it was still dark, so that he might go to Saul in the morning, it was reported to Samuel that Saul had arrived at Carmel, and that he had erected for himself a triumphant arch. And, while returning, he had continued on and descended to Gilgal. Therefore, Samuel went to Saul. And Saul was offering a holocaust to the Lord, from the best of the spoils, which he had brought from Amalek.
Na tongo-tongo, Samuele atelemaki mpo na kokende kokutana na Saulo. Kasi bayebisaki ye: « Saulo akei na Karimeli, atongi kuna ekeko mpo na ye moko, bongo alongwe kuna mpe akei kino na Giligali. »
13 And when Samuel had gone to Saul, Saul said to him: “You are the blessed of the Lord. I have fulfilled the word of the Lord.”
Samuele akendeki epai ya Saulo, mpe Saulo alobaki na ye: — Tika ete Yawe apambola yo! Natosaki mitindo ya Yawe.
14 And Samuel said, “Then what is this voice of the flocks, which resounds in my ears, and of the herds, which I am hearing?”
Kasi Samuele alobaki: — Makelele oyo nazali koyoka ezali te koganga ya bameme mpe ya bangombe?
15 And Saul said: “They have brought these from Amalek. For the people spared the best of the sheep and of the herds, so that they might be immolated to the Lord your God. Yet truly, the remainder we have slain.”
Saulo azongisaki: — Basoda babotolaki yango na maboko ya bato ya Amaleki; babatelaki kati na bibwele bameme mpe bangombe oyo elekaki kitoko mpo ete babonza yango lokola mbeka epai na Yawe, Nzambe na biso; kasi nyonso wana mosusu, tobebisaki yango penza.
16 Then Samuel said to Saul, “Permit me, and I will reveal to you what the Lord has said to me this night.” And he said to him, “Speak.”
Samuele alobaki na Saulo: — Kata! Tika ete nayebisa yo makambo oyo Yawe alobaki na ngai na butu oyo ewuti koleka. Saulo alobaki na ye: — Yebisa ngai yango!
17 And Samuel said: “Was it not when you were little in your own eyes that you were made the head of the tribes of Israel? And the Lord anointed you as king over Israel.
Samuele alobaki: — Atako ozalaki komimona moto pamba na miso na yo moko, kasi boni, okomaki te mokonzi ya bikolo ya Isalaele? Yawe apakolaki yo mafuta mpo ete ozala mokonzi ya Isalaele.
18 And the Lord sent you on the way, and he said: ‘Go and put to death the sinners of Amalek. And you shall fight against them, even unto utter annihilation.’
Yawe apesaki yo etinda mpe alobaki: « Kende mpe bebisa penza bato oyo ya masumu, bato ya Amaleki; bundisa bango kino okosilisa koboma bango. »
19 Why then, did you not listen to the voice of the Lord? Instead, you turned to the spoils, and you did evil in the eyes of the Lord.”
Mpo na nini otosaki Yawe te? Mpo na nini owelaki kozwa bomengo ya bitumba, mpe osalaki mabe na miso ya Yawe?
20 And Saul said to Samuel: “On the contrary, I did listen to the voice of the Lord, and I walked in the way along which the Lord sent me, and I led back Agag, the king of Amalek, and I put to death Amalek.
Saulo azongiselaki Samuele: — Ngai natosaki Yawe, nakokisaki etinda oyo apesaki ngai: Nabebisaki penza bato ya Amaleki, namemaki kutu Agagi, mokonzi na bango.
21 But the people took some of the spoils, sheep and oxen, as the first-fruits of those things that were slain, to immolate to the Lord their God at Gilgal.”
Kasi basoda bazwaki kati na bomengo ya bitumba bameme mpe bangombe oyo elekaki malamu kati na oyo Nzambe asengaki ete ebebisama, mpo ete babonza yango lokola mbeka epai na Yawe, Nzambe na yo, na Giligali.
22 And Samuel said: “Does the Lord want holocausts and victims, and not instead that the voice of the Lord should be obeyed? For obedience is better than sacrifice. And to heed is greater than to offer the fat of rams.
Samuele alobaki: — Boni, Yawe asepelaka mingi na bambeka ya kotumba mpe na makabo koleka kotosa mongongo na Ye? Te! Botosi eleki mbeka; koyoka eleki mafuta ya meme ya mobali.
23 Therefore, it is like the sin of paganism to rebel. And it is like the crime of idolatry to refuse to obey. For this reason, therefore, because you have rejected the word of the Lord, the Lord has also rejected you from being king.”
Pamba te botomboki ekokani na lisumu ya kosambela banzambe ya bikeko. Lokola obwaki Liloba na Yawe, Ye mpe abwaki yo; ozali lisusu mokonzi te.
24 And Saul said to Samuel: “I have sinned, for I have transgressed the word of the Lord, and your words, by fearing the people and obeying their voice.
Bongo Saulo alobaki na Samuele: — Nasali lisumu, nabuki mobeko ya Yawe mpe malako na Ye. Nabangaki bato, yango wana natosaki bango.
25 But now, I beg you, to bear my sin, and to return with me, so that I may adore the Lord.”
Sik’oyo nabondeli yo, limbisa masumu na ngai; mpe zonga elongo na ngai, mpo ete nakoka kogumbamela Yawe.
26 And Samuel said to Saul: “I will not return with you. For you have rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord has rejected you from being king over Israel.”
Kasi Samuele alobaki na Saulo: — Nakozonga elongo na yo te; pamba te lokola obwakaki Liloba na Yawe, Yawe mpe abwaki yo mpe ozali lisusu mokonzi ya Isalaele te.
27 And Samuel turned away, so that he might depart. But Saul took hold of the edge of his cloak, and it tore.
Lokola Samuele abalukaki mpo na kokende, Saulo akangaki ye na songe ya kazaka na ye, mpe kazaka epasukaki.
28 And Samuel said to him: “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel away from you this day. And he has delivered it to your neighbor, who is better than you are.
Bongo Samuele alobaki na ye: — Na mokolo ya lelo, Yawe abotoli yo bokonzi kati na Isalaele mpe apesi yango epai ya moko kati na baninga na yo, oyo azali malamu koleka yo.
29 Moreover, the One who triumphs within Israel will not spare, and he will not be moved to repentance. For he is not a man, that he should repent.”
Ye oyo azali nkembo ya Isalaele akosaka te mpe abongolaka makanisi na Ye te, pamba te azali moto te mpo ete abongola makanisi na Ye.
30 Then he said: “I have sinned. But now, honor me before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and return with me, so that I may adore the Lord your God.”
Saulo alobaki: — Nasali lisumu. Kasi, sik’oyo, nabondeli yo: pesa ngai lokumu liboso ya bampaka ya bato na ngai mpe liboso ya Isalaele, zonga elongo na ngai mpo ete nakoka kogumbamela Yawe, Nzambe na yo.
31 Therefore, Samuel turned again after Saul. And Saul adored the Lord.
Boye Samuele akendeki elongo na Saulo, mpe Saulo agumbamelaki Yawe.
32 And Samuel said, “Bring near to me Agag, the king of Amalek.” And Agag, very fat and trembling, was presented to him. And Agag said, “Does bitter death separate in this manner?”
Kasi Samuele alobaki na ye: « Memela ngai Agagi, mokonzi ya bato ya Amaleki. » Agagi ayaki na esengo, pamba te azalaki komilobela: « Solo, pasi ya kufa elongwe mpe ekeyi mosika na ngai. »
33 And Samuel said, “Just as your sword caused women to be without their children, so will your mother be without her children among women.” And Samuel cut him into pieces, before the Lord at Gilgal.
Kasi Samuele alobaki: « Ndenge mopanga na yo ezangisaki basi bana na bango, ndenge wana mpe mama na yo, kati na basi, akozanga mwana mobali. » Boye, Samuele abomaki Agagi liboso ya Yawe, na Giligali.
34 Then Samuel went away to Ramah. But Saul ascended to his house at Gibeah.
Bongo Samuele azongaki na Rama, mpe Saulo akendeki na ndako na ye, na Gibea ya Saulo.
35 And Samuel did not see Saul any more, until the day of his death. Yet truly, Samuel mourned for Saul, because the Lord regretted that he had appointed him as king over Israel.
Kino na mokolo oyo Samuele akufaki, atikalaki komona lisusu Saulo te. Samuele asalaki matanga mpo na Saulo. Mpe Yawe ayokaki mawa na ndenge akomisaki Saulo mokonzi ya Isalaele.
