Deuteronomy 20
1 When you go out to war against your enemies and see horses, chariots, and an army larger than yours, do not be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, is with you.
Tango bokokende kobundisa banguna na bino mpe bokomona bampunda, bashar mpe mampinga ya basoda ebele koleka oyo ya bino, bobanga bango te, pamba te Yawe, Nzambe na bino, oyo abimisaki bino na Ejipito, akozala elongo na bino.
2 When you are about to go into battle, the priest is to come forward and address the army,
Tango bokobongama mpo na kokende na bitumba, Nganga-Nzambe asengeli koleka liboso ya mampinga mpe koloba na bango
3 saying to them, “Hear, O Israel, today you are going into battle with your enemies. Do not be fainthearted or afraid; do not be alarmed or terrified because of them.
maloba oyo: « Oh Isalaele, boyoka, awa bobongami lelo mpo na kokende na bitumba mpo na kobundisa banguna na bino; boyika mpiko! Bobanga te! Bolenga te! Bozala na somo te liboso ya banguna na bino.
4 For the LORD your God goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.”
Pamba te Yawe, Nzambe na bino, akotambola elongo na bino mpo na kobundela bino liboso ya banguna na bino mpe kopesa bino elonga. »
5 Furthermore, the officers are to address the army, saying, “Has any man built a new house and not dedicated it? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man dedicate it.
Bakonzi ya basoda basengeli koloba na mampinga: « Ezali na moko kati na bino oyo awuti kotonga ndako ya sika mpe avandi nanu kuna te? Tika ete azonga na ndako na ye noki te akoki kokufa na bitumba, bongo moto mosusu akoya kovanda moto ya liboso na ndako yango.
6 Has any man planted a vineyard and not begun to enjoy its fruit? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man enjoy its fruit.
Ezali na moto oyo awuti kolona elanga ya vino mpe nanu abuki bambuma ya liboso te? Tika ete azonga na ndako na ye noki te akoki kokufa na bitumba, bongo moto mosusu akoya kozala moto ya liboso mpo na kobuka mbuma ya liboso na elanga na ye.
7 Has any man become pledged to a woman and not married her? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man marry her.”
Ezali na moto oyo awuti kotuna mwasi na libala mpe abali nanu te? Tika ete azonga na ndako, noki te akoki kokufa na bitumba mpe moto mosusu akoya kobala mwasi oyo ye atunaki na libala. »
8 Then the officers shall speak further to the army, saying, “Is any man afraid or fainthearted? Let him return home, so that the hearts of his brothers will not melt like his own.”
Bakonzi ya basoda bakoloba lisusu: « Ezali na moto oyo azali kobanga to alembi nzoto? Tika ete azonga na ndako mpo ete alembisa te baninga na ye na bitumba. »
9 When the officers have finished addressing the army, they are to appoint commanders to lead it.
Bongo tango bakonzi ya basoda bakosilisa koloba na mampinga, bakopona bakonzi mpo na kokamba mampinga.
10 When you approach a city to fight against it, you are to make an offer of peace.
Tango bokokende kobundisa engumba moko, boyebisa bato ya engumba yango ete bamipesa bango moko na maboko na bino na kimia.
11 If they accept your offer of peace and open their gates, all the people there will become forced laborers to serve you.
Soki bandimi mpe bafungoli bikuke na bango, bokosalisa bato nyonso ya engumba wana misala makasi mpe bakosalela bino.
12 But if they refuse to make peace with you and wage war against you, lay siege to that city.
Kasi soki baboyi kosala kimia elongo na bino mpe babundisi bino, bobundisa engumba wana.
13 When the LORD your God has delivered it into your hand, you must put every male to the sword.
Tango Yawe, Nzambe na yo, akokaba engumba wana na maboko na yo, okoboma na mopanga bato nyonso oyo bazali kati na yango.
14 But the women, children, livestock, and whatever else is in the city—all its spoil—you may take as plunder, and you shall use the spoil of your enemies that the LORD your God gives you.
Kasi bokoki kozwa mpo na bino lokola bomengo ya bitumba: basi, bana, bibwele mpe biloko nyonso oyo ezali kati na engumba. Boye bokosalela bomengo ya bitumba oyo ekowuta epai ya banguna na bino oyo Yawe, Nzambe na bino, akokaba na maboko na bino.
15 This is how you are to treat all the cities that are far away from you and do not belong to the nations nearby.
Ezali ndenge wana nde bokosala bingumba nyonso oyo ezali mosika na bino, bingumba oyo ezali te kati na mokili oyo bokozwa.
16 However, in the cities of the nations that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must not leave alive anything that breathes.
Kasi mpo na bingumba ya bikolo oyo Yawe, Nzambe na yo, akopesa yo lokola libula, kotika ata eloko moko te na bomoi.
17 For you must devote them to complete destruction —the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—as the LORD your God has commanded you,
Bebisa bango nyonso: bato ya Iti, bato ya Amori, bato ya Kanana, bato ya Perizi, bato ya Evi mpe bato ya Yebusi, ndenge Yawe, Nzambe na yo, atindaki yo
18 so that they cannot teach you to do all the detestable things they do for their gods, and so cause you to sin against the LORD your God.
mpo ete bateya yo te kosala makambo nyonso ya nkele oyo bango basalaka mpo na lokumu ya banzambe na bango; noki te okosala masumu liboso ya Yawe, Nzambe na yo.
19 When you lay siege to a city for an extended time while fighting against it to capture it, you must not destroy its trees by putting an axe to them, because you can eat their fruit. You must not cut them down. Are the trees of the field human, that you should besiege them?
Tango okobundisa engumba moko tango molayi mpo na kobotola yango, okoki kosimba epasola te mpo na kokata banzete ya engumba yango, pamba te okoki kolia bambuma na yango; kokata yango te. Boni, banzete ekomi bato mpo ete obundisa yango?
20 But you may destroy the trees that you know do not produce fruit. Use them to build siege works against the city that is waging war against you, until it falls.
Kasi okoki nde kokata banzete oyo oyebi ete ebotaka mbuma te mpo na kosala na yango bibundeli kino engumba yango ekokweya.
