Deuteronomy 17
1 You shall not sacrifice to the LORD your God an ox or a sheep with any defect or serious flaw, for that is detestable to the LORD your God.
Okobonza te epai na Yawe, Nzambe na yo, ngombe to meme oyo ezali na mbeba to oyo ezali mabe, pamba te yango ezali likambo ya nkele liboso ya Yawe, Nzambe na yo.
2 If a man or woman among you in one of the towns that the LORD your God gives you is found doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God by transgressing His covenant
Soki kati na moko ya bingumba oyo Yawe, Nzambe na yo, apesi yo; emonani na mobali to mwasi oyo asali mabe na miso ya Yawe, Nzambe na yo, wana abuki boyokani elongo na Ye
3 and going to worship other gods, bowing down to them or to the sun or moon or any of the host of heaven—which I have forbidden—
mpe akei kosalela banzambe mosusu mpe kofukamela yango: moyi, sanza to minzoto nyonso ya likolo, nzokande natindaki bango bongo te;
4 and if it is reported and you hear about it, you must investigate it thoroughly. If the report is true and such an abomination has happened in Israel,
bongo bamemeli yo sango ya ndenge wana, yekola yango malamu. Soki emonani solo ete likambo ya nkele esalemi kati na Isalaele;
5 you must bring out to your gates the man or woman who has done this evil thing, and you must stone that person to death.
kamata mobali to mwasi oyo asali likambo wana ya nkele, mema ye na ekuke ya engumba na yo mpe bamba ye mabanga kino akokufa.
6 On the testimony of two or three witnesses a man shall be put to death, but he shall not be executed on the testimony of a lone witness.
Ezali kaka na litatoli ya bato mibale to misato nde okoki koboma moto, kasi na litatoli ya moto moko te.
7 The hands of the witnesses shall be the first in putting him to death, and after that, the hands of all the people. So you must purge the evil from among you.
Maboko ya motatoli nde ekozala maboko ya liboso ya koboma moto yango, mpe na sima, maboko ya bato nyonso. Na nzela wana nde okolongola mabe kati na yo.
8 If a case is too difficult for you to judge, whether the controversy within your gates is regarding bloodshed, lawsuits, or assaults, you must go up to the place the LORD your God will choose.
Soki makambo oyo eleki yo makasi mpo na kosambisa ekomi na bisambiselo na yo, makambo lokola koboma bato, kowelana, kozokisa bato, mema yango na esika oyo Yawe, Nzambe na bino, akopona.
9 You are to go to the Levitical priests and to the judge who presides at that time. Inquire of them, and they will give you a verdict in the case.
Okokende epai ya Banganga-Nzambe oyo bazali Balevi mpe epai ya mosambisi oyo azali kosala mosala na tango wana. Okotalisa bango likambo yango mpe bango nde bakokata likambo.
10 You must abide by the verdict they give you at the place the LORD will choose. Be careful to do everything they instruct you,
Bongo yo okosala kolanda mikano oyo bango bakopesa yo na esika oyo Yawe akopona. Sala keba ete osala makambo nyonso oyo bakotinda yo.
11 according to the terms of law they give and the verdict they proclaim. Do not turn aside to the right or to the left from the decision they declare to you.
Okosala kolanda mobeko oyo bakoteya yo mpe bikateli oyo bakopesa yo. Kokende libanda te ya bikateli oyo bakopesa yo.
12 But the man who acts presumptuously, refusing to listen either to the priest who stands there to serve the LORD your God, or to the judge, must be put to death. You must purge the evil from Israel.
Moto oyo akosala lolendo mpe akoboya kotosa Nganga-Nzambe to mosambisi oyo atelemi mpo kosala mosala na esika oyo Yawe aponaki mpo na ye, basengeli koboma ye. Na nzela wana nde okolongola mabe kati na Isalaele.
13 Then all the people will hear and be afraid, and will no longer behave arrogantly.
Bato nyonso bakoyoka likambo yango, bakokoma na somo mpe bakosala lisusu lolendo te.
14 When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you and have taken possession of it and settled in it, and you say, “Let us set a king over us like all the nations around us,”
Tango okokota na mokili oyo Yawe, Nzambe na yo, akopesa yo; tango okozwa yango mpe okovanda kati na yango, tango mosusu okoki koloba: « Tika ete toluka mokonzi oyo akokonza biso ndenge ezali na bikolo nyonso oyo ezingeli biso, »
15 you are to appoint over yourselves the king whom the LORD your God shall choose. Appoint a king from among your brothers; you are not to set over yourselves a foreigner who is not one of your brothers.
sala keba ete opona kaka mokonzi oyo Yawe, Nzambe na yo, akopona. Asengeli kowuta kati na bandeko na bino. Kotia mopaya te oyo azali ndeko na bino te kati na Isalaele mpo na kokonza bino.
16 But the king must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire more horses, for the LORD has said, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’
Nzokande mokonzi yango asengeli te kozala na bampunda ebele mpo na ye moko mpe kozongisa bato na Ejipito mpo na kobakisa motango ya bampunda, pamba te Yawe alobaki na bino: « Botikala kozonga lisusu te na nzela oyo. »
17 He must not take many wives for himself, lest his heart go astray. He must not accumulate for himself large amounts of silver and gold.
Asengeli te kozala na basi ebele noki te motema na ye ekopengwa. Asengeli te kozala na palata mpe wolo ebele koleka.
18 When he is seated on his royal throne, he must write for himself a copy of this instruction on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.
Tango mokonzi yango akovanda na kiti na ye ya bokonzi, akozwa buku ya Mobeko epai ya Banganga-Nzambe oyo bazali Balevi mpe akokoma makambo oyo ezali na buku yango mpo na ye moko.
19 It is to remain with him, and he is to read from it all the days of his life, so that he may learn to fear the LORD his God by carefully observing all the words of this instruction and these statutes.
Akozala na buku yango tango nyonso mpe akotanga yango mikolo nyonso ya bomoi na ye mpo ete ayekola kokumisa Yawe, Nzambe na ye, mpe asalela malamu maloba nyonso ya Mobeko oyo mpe bikateli na yango;
20 Then his heart will not be exalted above his countrymen, and he will not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or to the left, in order that he and his sons may reign many years over his kingdom in Israel.
mpo ete atombola te na lolendo liboso ya bandeko na ye to abima te libanda ya mibeko na yango. Boye, ye elongo na bakitani na ye bakowumela tango molayi na bokonzi kati na Isalaele.
