1 Samuel 15
1 And Samuel said to Saul: The Lord sent me to anoint thee king over his People Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto 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 saith the Lord of hosts: I have reckoned up all that Amalec hath done to Israel: I how he opposed them in the way when they came up out of 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 smite Amalec, and utterly destroy all that he hath: spare him not, nor covet any thing that is his: but slay both man and woman, child and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
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 So Saul commanded the people, and numbered them as lambs: two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand of the men of Juda.
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 was come to the city of Amalec, he laid ambushes in the torrent.
Saulo akendeki kino na engumba ya Amaleki mpe atiaki basoda na bisika ya kobombama, na lubwaku.
6 And Saul said to the Cinite: Go, depart and get ye down from Amalec: lest I destroy thee with him. For thou hast shewn kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. And the Cinite departed from the midst of Amalec.
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 smote Amalec from Hevila, until thou comest to Sur, which is over against Egypt.
Saulo abundisaki bato ya Amaleki nzela mobimba, longwa na Avila kino na Shuri, na ngambo ya este ya Ejipito.
8 And he took Agag the king of Amalec alive: but all the common people he slew 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 would not destroy them: but every thing that was vile and good for nothing, that they destroyed.
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 And the word of the Lord came to Samuel, saying:
Yawe alobaki na Samuele:
11 It repenteth me that I have made Saul king: for he hath forsaken me, and hath not executed my commandments. And Samuel was grieved, and he cried unto the Lord all night.
— 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 rose early, to go to Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, that Saul was come to Carmel, and had erected for himself a triumphant arch, and returning had passed on, and gone down to Galgal. And Samuel came to Saul, and Saul was offering a holocaust to the Lord out of the choicest of the spoils which he had brought from Amalec.
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 was come to Saul, Saul said to him: Blessed be thou 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: What meaneth then this bleating of the flocks, which soundeth in my ears, and the lowing of the herds, which I hear?
Kasi Samuele alobaki: — Makelele oyo nazali koyoka ezali te koganga ya bameme mpe ya bangombe?
15 And Saul said: They have brought them from Amalec: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the herds that they might be sacrificed to the Lord thy God, but the rest 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 And Samuel said to Saul: Suffer me, and I will tell thee what the Lord hath 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: When thou wast a little one in thy own eyes, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel? And the Lord anointed thee to be 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 thee on the way, and said: Go, and kill the sinners of Amalec, and thou shalt fight against them until thou hast utterly destroyed them.
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 didst thou not hearken to the voice of the Lord: but hast turned to the prey, and hast done 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: Yea I have hearkened to the voice of the Lord, and have walked in the way by which the Lord sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalec, and Amalec I have slain.
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 of the spoils sheep and oxen, as the firstfruits of those things that were slain, to offer sacrifice to the Lord their God in Galgal.
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: Doth the Lord desire holocausts and victims, and not rather that the voice of the Lord should be obeyed? For obedience is better than sacrifices: and to hearken rather 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 Because it is like the sin of witchcraft, to rebel: and like the crime of idolatry, to refuse to obey. Forasmuch therefore as thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, the Lord hath also rejected thee 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 because I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and thy words, 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 bear, I beseech thee, my sin, and return with me, 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 thee, because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord hath rejected thee 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 about to go away: but he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.
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 hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to thy neighbour who is better than thee.
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 But the triumpher in Israel will riot spare, and will not be moved to repentance: for he is not a mail 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: yet honour me now before the ancients of my people, and before Israel, and return with me, that I may adore the Lord thy 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 So 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 hitherto me Agag the king of Amalec. And Agag was presented to him very fat, and trembling. And Agag said: Doth 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: As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed him in pieces before the Lord in Galgal.
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 And Samuel departed to Ramatha: but Saul went up to his house in Gabaa.
Bongo Samuele azongaki na Rama, mpe Saulo akendeki na ndako na ye, na Gibea ya Saulo.
35 And Samuel saw Saul no more till the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul, because the Lord repented that he had made him 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.
