Deuteronomy 20
1 “If you go out to battle against your enemies, and you see horsemen and chariots, and that the multitude of your adversary’s army is greater than your own, you shall not fear them. For the Lord your God, who led you away from 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 Then, as the battle now draws near, the priest shall stand before the front ranks, and he shall speak to the people in this manner:
Tango bokobongama mpo na kokende na bitumba, Nganga-Nzambe asengeli koleka liboso ya mampinga mpe koloba na bango
3 ‘Listen, O Israel! Today you engage in a battle against your enemies. Do not let your heart be overwhelmed with fear. Do not be apprehensive. Do not yield. You should have no dread 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 is in your midst, and he will contend against your enemies on your behalf, so that he may rescue you from peril.’
Pamba te Yawe, Nzambe na bino, akotambola elongo na bino mpo na kobundela bino liboso ya banguna na bino mpe kopesa bino elonga. »
5 Likewise, the officers shall proclaim, throughout every company, in the hearing of the soldiers: ‘What man is there who has built a new house, and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, lest perhaps he may die in the battle, and another man may 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 What man is there who has planted a vineyard, and has not yet caused it to be common, so that all may eat from it? Let him go, and return to his house, lest perhaps he may die in the battle, and another man may carry out his office.
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 What man is there, who has betrothed a wife, and has not taken her? Let him go, and return to his house, lest perhaps he may die in battle, and another man may take 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 After these things have been declared, they shall add the remainder, and shall say to the people: ‘What man is there who is overwhelmed by fear and is fainthearted? Let him go, and return to his house, lest he cause the hearts of his brothers to fear, just as he himself has been thoroughly stricken with fear.’
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 And when the officers of the army have become silent, and have completed their speech, each one shall prepare his unit to wage war.
Bongo tango bakonzi ya basoda bakosilisa koloba na mampinga, bakopona bakonzi mpo na kokamba mampinga.
10 When, at any time, you approach a city to fight against it, you shall first offer peace to it.
Tango bokokende kobundisa engumba moko, boyebisa bato ya engumba yango ete bamipesa bango moko na maboko na bino na kimia.
11 If they receive it, and open the gates to you, then all the people who are in it shall be saved, and they shall serve you by paying tribute.
Soki bandimi mpe bafungoli bikuke na bango, bokosalisa bato nyonso ya engumba wana misala makasi mpe bakosalela bino.
12 But if they are not willing to enter into an agreement, and they begin to act against you in warfare, then you shall besiege it.
Kasi soki baboyi kosala kimia elongo na bino mpe babundisi bino, bobundisa engumba wana.
13 And when the Lord your God will have delivered it into your hands, you shall strike down anyone who is in it, of the male gender, with the edge of 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 not the women and young children, nor the cattle and the other things that are within the city. And you shall divide all the plunder to the soldiers, and you shall eat the spoils from your enemies, which the Lord your God will give to 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 So shall you do to all the cities which are at a great distance from you, those which are not among the cities that you shall receive as a possession.
Ezali ndenge wana nde bokosala bingumba nyonso oyo ezali mosika na bino, bingumba oyo ezali te kati na mokili oyo bokozwa.
16 But among those cities which shall be given to you, you shall not permit anyone at all to live.
Kasi mpo na bingumba ya bikolo oyo Yawe, Nzambe na yo, akopesa yo lokola libula, kotika ata eloko moko te na bomoi.
17 Instead, you shall put them to death with the edge of the sword, specifically: the Hittite and the Amorite and the Canaanite, the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, just 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 Otherwise, they may teach you to do all the abominations which they have committed for their own gods. And then you would 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 will have besieged a city for a long time, and you will have encircled it with fortifications, so that you may fight against it, you shall not cut down trees from which one is able to eat, neither shall you cause devastation with axes to the surrounding region. For it is a tree, and not a man. It is not able to increase the number of those who are fighting against you.
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 if there are any trees which are not fruitful, but are wild, and if these are fit for other uses, then cut them down, and make machines, until you have captured the city that is contending against you.”
Kasi okoki nde kokata banzete oyo oyebi ete ebotaka mbuma te mpo na kosala na yango bibundeli kino engumba yango ekokweya.
