Exodus 23
1 Thou shalt not accept a false report; extend not thy hand to the wicked, to be an unrighteous witness.
Okopanza sango ya lokuta te; okosangana te na moto mabe mpo na koloba litatoli ya lokuta.
2 Thou shalt not follow the multitude for evil; neither shalt thou answer in a cause, to go after the multitude to pervert [judgment].
Okolanda ebele ya bato te mpo na kosala mabe. Tango okoloba litatoli liboso ya basambisi, okotatola te kolanda mokano ya bato ebele mpo na kokweyisa bosembo.
3 Neither shalt thou favour a poor man in his cause.
Okokotela mobola te na tango azali kosamba liboso ya basambisi.
4 — If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt certainly bring it back to him.
Soki okutani na ngombe to ane ya monguna na yo, oyo ebungi, osengeli kozongisela ye yango.
5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under its burden, beware of leaving [it] to him: thou shalt certainly loosen [it] with him.
Soki omoni ane ya moto oyo ayinaka yo ekweyi na se ya mokumba oyo yango ememi, okotika yango wana te; osengeli kosalisa yango.
6 Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
Okokweyisa bosembo ya mobola te tango azali kosamba liboso ya basambisi.
7 Thou shalt keep far from the cause of falsehood; and the innocent and righteous slay not; for I will not justify the wicked.
Okozala mosika ya makambo ya lokuta. Okoboma te ezala moto oyo ayebi likambo te to moto ya sembo; pamba te nalongisaka te moto mabe.
8 And thou shalt take no bribe; for the bribe blindeth those whose eyes are open, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
Okondimaka kanyaka te, pamba te kanyaka ezipaka miso ya bato oyo bamonaka malamu mpe ebebisaka maloba ya moto ya sembo.
9 And the stranger thou shalt not oppress; for ye know the spirit of the stranger, for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt.
Okonyokola mopaya te, pamba te oyebi yo moko ndenge ezalaka soki ozali mopaya; bino mpe bozalaki bapaya na Ejipito.
10 And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and gather in its produce;
Mibu motoba, okolona bilanga na yo mpe okobuka mbuma.
11 but in the seventh thou shalt let it rest and lie [fallow], that the poor of thy people may eat [of it]; and what they leave, the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thine olive-tree.
Kasi na mobu ya sambo, okopemisa mabele. Boye babola kati na bato na yo bakozwa bilei ya kolia kati na yango mpe nyama ya zamba ekolia bilei oyo bato bakotika. Okosala ndenge moko mpo na elanga na yo ya vino mpe mpo na nzete na yo ya olive.
12 — Six days thou shalt do thy work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest; that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger may be refreshed.
Mikolo motoba, okosala mosala na yo; kasi na mokolo ya sambo, okosala mosala moko te mpo ete ngombe na yo elongo na ane na yo ekoka kopema, mpe mpo ete mwana mobali ya mwasi mowumbu na yo mpe mopaya bazwa lisusu makasi.
13 And ye shall be on your guard as to everything that I have said unto you; and shall make no mention of the name of other gods — it shall not be heard in thy mouth.
Bokosala keba na makambo nyonso oyo nayebisi bino. Bokobelela kombo ya banzambe mosusu te; bokomeka kutu te kotanga yango na bibebu na bino.
14 Thrice in the year thou shalt celebrate a feast to me.
Mbala misato na mobu, bokosala bafeti misato mpo na Ngai.
15 Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread, (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I have commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt; and none shall appear in my presence empty; )
Bokosala feti ya Mapa ezanga levire. Na mikolo sambo kolanda ndenge napesaki bino mitindo, bokolia mapa ezanga levire na tango oyo ekatama, na sanza ya Abibi, mpo ete ezali na sanza yango nde bobimaki na Ejipito.
16 and the feast of harvest, the first-fruits of thy labours which thou hast sown in the field, and the feast of in-gathering, at the end of the year, when thou gatherest in thy labours out of the field.
Okosala feti ya kobuka bambuma, okosala mpe feti ya bambuma ya liboso ya bilanga na yo, oyo olonaki. Na suka ya mobu, okosala feti ya kobuka bambuma tango okobuka mbuma ya elanga.
17 Three times in the year all thy males shall appear in the presence of the Lord Jehovah.
Mbala misato na mobu, bato nyonso bakoya liboso ya Nkolo Yawe.
18 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my feast remain all night until the morning.
Okobonzela Ngai te mbeka ya makila elongo na mapa batia levire. Mafuta ya nyama ya feti na Ngai ekoki kobombama te kino na tongo.
19 The first of the first-fruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother's milk.
Okomema na Ndako ya Yawe, Nzambe na yo, bambuma ya liboso ya mabele na yo. Okolamba te mwana ntaba oyo ezali nanu komela mabele ya mama na yango.
20 Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee to the place that I have prepared.
Nakotinda anjelu liboso na bino mpo ete abatela bino na nzela mpe amema bino na esika oyo nabongisaki mpo na bino.
21 Be careful in his presence, and hearken unto his voice: do not provoke him, for he will not forgive your transgressions; for my name is in him.
Bosala keba na miso na ye mpe boyoka makambo oyo akoloba; botombokela ye te mpo ete akolimbisa botomboki na bino te, pamba te Kombo na Ngai ezali kati na ye.
22 But if thou shalt diligently hearken unto his voice, and do all that I shall say, then I will be an enemy to thine enemies, and an adversary to thine adversaries.
Kasi soki boyoki na bokebi makambo oyo akoyebisa bino mpe soki bosaleli nyonso oyo nalobi, nakozala monguna ya banguna na bino mpe nakotelemela bato oyo bakotelemela bino.
23 For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites and the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Canaanites, the Hivites and the Jebusites; and I will cut them off.
Anjelu na Ngai akotambola liboso na bino mpe akokotisa bino na mokili ya bato ya Amori, ya bato ya Iti, ya bato ya Perizi, ya bato ya Kanana, ya bato ya Evi mpe ya bato ya Yebusi; bongo Ngai nakosilisa bango.
24 Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their deeds; but thou shalt utterly destroy them, and utterly shatter their statues.
Bokogumbamela banzambe na bango te mpe bokosalela yango te to bokolanda te lolenge na bango ya kosalela. Bokokweyisa banzambe yango mpe bokobuka-buka bikeko na bango na biteni.
25 And ye shall serve Jehovah your God; and he shall bless thy bread and thy water; and I will take sickness away from thy midst.
Soki bokosalela Yawe, Nzambe na bino, akopambola mapa mpe mayi na bino, mpe akolongola bokono kati na bino.
26 There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land; the number of thy days will I fulfil.
Na mboka na bino, ekozala na mwasi moko te oyo akosopa zemi to akozanga kobota. Nakobakisela bino mikolo ebele na bomoi na bino.
27 I will send my fear before thee, and confound every people to which thou comest, and will make all thine enemies turn their back to thee.
Nakotinda somo na Ngai liboso na bino mpe nakokotisa mobulu kati na bikolo nyonso oyo bokokota. Banguna na bino nyonso bakopesa bino mokongo mpe bakokima.
28 And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.
Nakotinda banzoyi ya minene liboso na bino mpo na kobengana bato ya Evi, ya Kanana mpe ya Iti na liboso na bino.
29 I will not drive them out from before thee in one year: lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.
Kasi nakobengana bango te na mbala moko mpo ete mboka ekoma te lokola ndako ezanga bato, mpe mpo ete banyama ya zamba ekoma mingi te mpo na kotungisa bino.
30 By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou art fruitful, and possess the land.
Nakobengana bango moke-moke liboso na bino kino bokokoma ebele mpo na kozwa mboka.
31 And I will set thy bounds from the Red Sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness unto the river; for I will give the inhabitants of the land into your hand, that thou mayest dispossess them from before thee.
Nakotia bandelo na bino kobanda na ebale monene ya barozo kino na ebale monene ya bato ya Filisitia mpe kobanda na esobe ya Sinai kino na ebale Efrate; pamba te nakopesa bato ya mboka na maboko na bino, bongo bino bokobengana bango liboso na bino.
32 Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
Bokosala boyokani te elongo na bango mpe elongo na banzambe na bango.
33 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me; for if thou serve their gods, it is sure to be a snare unto thee.
Botika bango te ete bawumela na mokili na bino, noki te bakotinda bino kosala masumu liboso na Ngai mpe kosalela banzambe na bango; pamba te ekozala solo motambo mpo na bino. »
