Leviticus 25
1 The Lord told Moses on Mount Sinai,
Yawe alobaki na Moyize na ngomba Sinai:
2 “Tell the Israelites: When you enter the land that I'm giving you, the land itself must also observe a Sabbath rest in honor of the Lord.
« Yebisa bana ya Isalaele mpe loba na bango: ‹ Tango bokokota na mokili oyo nakopesa bino; ezala mabele esengeli kopema, yango ekozala Saba mpo na Yawe.
3 Six years you can cultivate your fields, take care of your vineyards, and harvest your crops.
Mibu motoba, bokolona bilanga na bino mpe mibu motoba, bokobongisa bilanga na bino ya vino mpe bokobuka bambuma na yango.
4 But the seventh year is to be a Sabbath of complete rest for the land, a Sabbath in honor of the Lord. Don't plant your fields or care for your vineyards.
Kasi na mobu ya sambo, mabele esengeli kozala na bopemi, ekozala mobu ya Saba mpo na Yawe. Bokolona bilanga na bino te mpe bokobongisa bilanga na bino ya vino te, mabele esengeli kozala na Saba mpo na Yawe.
5 Don't harvest what may have grown up in your fields, or collect the grapes from your vineyards that you haven't cared for. The land is to have a year of complete rest.
Bokoki kobuka te bambuma oyo ebotaki yango moko na mbala eleki to kobuka bambuma ya vino na elanga oyo babongisa te; ekozala mobu ya bopemi mpo na mabele.
6 You can eat whatever the land produces during the Sabbath year. This applies to yourself, your male and female slaves, paid workers and foreigners who live with you,
Nzokande, biloko oyo mabele ekobota na mobu ya Saba, ekozala bilei na bino: yo, mowumbu na yo ya mobali, mwasi mowumbu na yo, mwana mosala na yo mpe mopaya oyo azali kovanda kati na yo
7 and to your livestock and the wild animals living in your land. Whatever grows can be used for food.
elongo na banyama ya mboka mpe ya zamba oyo bazali kati na mokili na bino. Bosengeli kolia biloko nyonso oyo mabele ekobota.
8 Count seven ‘sabbaths’ of years, in other words, seven times seven years, so that the seven sabbaths of years come to forty-nine years.
Bokotanga mibu sambo ya Saba, mbala sambo, na mibu sambo; mpe mibu sambo ya Saba ekosala mibu tuku minei na libwa.
9 Then blow the trumpet all through the country on the tenth day of the seventh month, which is the Day of Atonement. Make sure this signal is heard throughout your whole country.
Bongo na sima, na mokolo ya zomi, na sanza ya sambo, na mokolo ya bolimbisi masumu, bokobeta kelelo na bisika nyonso kati na mokili na bino mobimba.
10 You are to dedicate the fiftieth year and announce freedom everywhere in the country for all who live there. This is to be your Jubilee, when each of you is to return to reclaim your property and to be part of your family once more.
Bokobulisa mobu ya tuku mitano mpe bokosakola, kati na mokili mobimba, kokangolama ya bavandi na yango nyonso. Ekozala mpo na bino mobu ya kosepela kokangolama na bino; moto moko na moko kati na bino akozonga na mabele na ye, na libota na ye.
11 The fiftieth year will be a Jubilee for you. Don't sow the land; don't harvest what may have grown up in your fields, or collect the grapes from your vineyards that you haven't cared for.
Mobu ya tuku mitano ekozala mobu ya kosepela kokangolama na bino: bokolona te, bokobuka te biloko oyo bilanga ekobota yango moko, mpe bokobuka te bambuma ya vino ya elanga oyo babongisa te.
12 It is a Jubilee and it is to be holy to you. You can eat whatever the land produces.
Pamba te ezali mobu ya kosepela kokangolama na bino, mpe esengeli kozala bule mpo na bino. Bokolia kaka bambuma ya bilanga.
13 In this Jubilee Year, every one of you shall return to your own property.
Na mobu yango ya kosepela kokangolama na bino, moto nyonso kati na bino akozonga na mabele na ye.
14 If you sell land to your neighbor, or buy land from him, don't exploit one another.
Soki bozali koteka mabele epai ya ndeko na bino to soki bozali kosomba eloko songolo epai na ye, wana bozali bana mboka moko, tika ete moko te kati na bino akosa ndeko na ye.
15 When you buy from your neighbor work out how many years have passed since the last Jubilee, for he is to sell to you depending on how many years of harvest remain.
Okosomba epai ya ndeko na yo ya mboka, na motuya ya mbongo oyo bakokata kolanda motango ya mibu oyo eleki wuta mobu ya suka oyo bosepelaki kokangolama na bino; mpe akotekela yo na motuya ya mbongo oyo ekokatama kolanda motango ya mibu oyo ekotikala, mibu ya kobuka bambuma, kino bokoma na mobu oyo ekolanda, mobu ya kosepela kokangolama na bino.
16 The more years that are left, the more you shall pay; the fewer years that are left, the less you shall pay, because he is actually selling you a specific number of harvests.
Soki mibu etikali ebele, bosengeli komatisa motuya; mpe soki mibu ezali moke, bosengeli kokitisa motuya, pamba te ezali motango ya mibu ya kobuka bambuma nde etekamaka: yango nde bakotekela yo.
17 Don't exploit one another, but have respect for your God, because I am the Lord your God.
Tika ete moko te akosa moninga, kasi banga Nzambe na yo; Ngai nazali Yawe, Nzambe na bino.
18 Keep my rules and observe my regulations, so you can live in safety in the land.
Bosalela bikateli na Ngai mpe botosa mibeko na Ngai, bongo bokowumela na kimia kati na mokili;
19 Then the land will produce good harvest, so you will have plenty to eat and live in safety there.
mpe mabele ekobota mbuma na yango, bokolia mpe bokotonda mpe bokovanda na kimia.
20 But if you ask, ‘What are we going to in the seventh year if we do not sow or harvest our crops?’
Bokoki kotuna: ‘Tokolia nini na mobu ya sambo soki toloni te mpe tobuki te bambuma na biso?’
21 I will bless you in the sixth year, so that the land will produce a crop that will be enough for three years.
Nakotindela bino mapamboli mingi na mobu ya motoba mpo ete mabele ekoka kobota bambuma mingi oyo bokoki kolia mibu misato.
22 As you sow in the eighth year, you will still be eating from that harvest, which will last until your harvest in the ninth year.
Wana bokolona na mobu ya mwambe, bokolia nanu bambuma ya kala mpe bokokoba kolia yango kino bokobuka bambuma ya mobu ya libwa.
23 Land must not be permanently sold, because it really belongs to me. To me you are only foreigners and travelers passing through.
Bokoki te koteka mabele mpo na libela, pamba te mabele ezali ya Ngai, mpe bino bozali bapaya mpe baleki nzela.
24 So whatever land you buy to own, you must make arrangements so it can be returned to its original owner.
Kati na mokili oyo bokozwa lokola libula, bosengeli kondima ete moto asikola mabele na ye.
25 If one of your people becomes poor and sells you some of their land, their close family can come and buy back what they have sold.
Soki mwana mboka moko kati na bino akomi mobola mpe ateki mabele na ye, moto moko ya libota na ye ya pembeni akoki koya kosikola oyo mwana mboka wana atekaki.
26 However, if they don't have anyone who can buy it back, but in the meantime their financial situation improves and they have enough to buy back the land,
Soki moto wana azali na ndeko te oyo akoki kosikola yango mpo na ye; mpe ye moko akomi na bozwi bongo azwi makoki ya kosikola yango;
27 they will work how many years it has been since the sale, and pay back the balance to the person who bought it, and go back to their property
asengeli kotanga motango ya mibu wuta atekaki mabele na ye mpe akozongisa motuya ya mibu oyo etikali epai ya moto oyo asombaki yango. Boye, akoki kozongela mabele na ye.
28 If they can't raise enough to pay the person back for the land, the buyer will remain its owner until the Jubilee Year. But in the Jubilee the land will be returned so that the original owner can so that they can go back to their property.
Soki azwaki te makoki ya kosikola yango, mabele oyo atekaki ekotikala na maboko ya moto oyo asombaki yango kino na mobu ya kosepela kokangolama na ye. Ekozala na mobu yango nde mabele na ye ekozongela ye mpe akokoma lisusu nkolo na yango.
29 If someone sells a house located in a walled town, they have the right to buy it back for a full year after selling it. It can be bought back any time during that year.
Soki moto ateki ndako kati na engumba oyo bazingela na bamir, azali na makoki ya kosikola yango kaka mpo na mobu moko wuta mokolo oyo atekaki yango. Ezali kaka na tango wana nde akoki kosikola yango.
30 If it isn't bought back be the end of a full year, then ownership of the house in the walled town is permanently transferred to the one who bought it and their descendants. It won't be returned in the Jubilee.
Soki asikoli yango te liboso ete mobu mobimba eleka, ndako oyo ezali kati na engumba oyo bazingela na bamir ekotikala libela mpo na moto oyo asombaki yango mpe mpo na bakitani na ye; bakoki te kozongisa yango na mobu ya kosepela kokangolama.
31 But houses in villages that don't have walls around them are to be treated as located in the fields. They can be bought back, and will be returned in the Jubilee.
Kasi bandako oyo ezali kati na bamboka oyo bazingela te na bamir pembeni-pembeni, ekozala lokola bilanga ya mboka. Bakoki kosikola yango, mpe ekozonga epai na nkolo na yango na mobu ya kosepela kokangolama.
32 However, the Levites always have the right to buy back their houses in the towns that belong to them.
Balevi bazali tango nyonso na makoki ya kosikola bandako na bango, oyo ezali kati na bingumba ya Balevi.
33 Whatever the Levites own can be bought back, even houses sold in their towns, and must be returned in the Jubilee. That's because the houses in the towns of the Levites are what they were given to own as their share among the Israelites.
Soki Molevi ateki ndako na ye kati na bingumba ya Balevi, moto oyo asombi yango akozongisela ye yango na mobu ya kosepela kokangolama; pamba te bandako oyo ezali kati na bingumba ya Balevi ezali libula na bango ya libela kati na bana ya Isalaele.
34 However, the fields surrounding their towns must not be sold because they belong to the Levites permanently.
Kasi bilanga oyo ezali zingazinga ya bingumba ya Balevi, bakoki koteka yango te: ezali libula na bango mpo na libela.
35 If any of your people become poor and can't survive, you must help them in the same way you would help a foreigner or a stranger, so that they can go on living in your neighborhood.
Soki moto oyo azali pembeni na yo akomi mobola mpe azali lisusu te na makoki ya komisunga; okosunga ye, azala mopaya to moleki nzela; mpo ete azala malamu pembeni na yo.
36 Don't make them pay you any interest or demand more than they borrowed, but respect your God so that they can remain living in your area.
Okoki te kozwa mileki na maboko na ye; kasi banga Nzambe na yo, mpo ete mwana mboka na yo akoka kozala malamu pembeni na yo.
37 Don't lend them silver with interest or sell them food at an inflated price.
Soki odefisi ye mbongo, okosenga mileki te na oyo odefisi ye; mpe soki odefisi ye bilei, okosenga te koleka oyo opesi.
38 Remember, I am the Lord your God who led you out of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.
Ngai nazali Yawe, Nzambe na yo, oyo abimisaki yo na Ejipito; mpo na kopesa yo mokili ya Kanana, mpe na kozala Nzambe na yo.
39 If any of your people become poor and have to sell themselves to work for you, don't force them to work as a slave.
Soki ndeko na yo, mwana mboka, akomi mobola mpe amiteki epai na yo, kopesa ye te misala na makasi lokola mowumbu.
40 Have them live with you like a paid worker who is staying with you for a while. They are to work for you until the Jubilee Year.
Okozwa ye lokola moto na yo ya mosala to lokola moleki nzela oyo azali kati na bino; akosalela yo kino na mobu ya kosepela kokangolama;
41 Then they and their children must be freed, and they can go back to their family and to their family's property.
mpe na sima, akozwa bonsomi elongo na bana na ye, akozonga na etuka na ye mpe akozongela mabele ya batata na ye.
42 Israelites are not to be sold as slaves because they belong to me as my slaves—I led them out of Egypt.
Pamba te, bana ya Isalaele bazali bawumbu na Ngai, oyo nabimisaki na Ejipito; bakoki te koteka bango lokola bawumbu.
43 Don't treat them with brutality. Have respect for your God.
Kokonza bango te na makasi, kasi banga Nzambe na yo.
44 Buy your male and female slaves from the surrounding nations.
Okozwa bawumbu na yo ya mibali mpe basi bawumbu na yo kati na bikolo oyo ezingeli yo; okosomba bango kaka na bikolo yango.
45 You can also buy them from foreigners who have come to live among you, or from their descendants born in your land. You can treat them as your property.
Okoki mpe kosomba bapaya oyo bazali kovanda kati na mokili na yo, mpe bato ya bituka na bango, oyo babotami kati na mokili na yo; boye bakokoma bawumbu na yo.
46 You can pass them on to your children to inherit as property after you die. You can make them slaves for life, but you must not brutally treat any of your own people, the Israelites, as a slave.
Okoki kotika bango epai ya bana na yo lokola libula mpo ete sima na yo bakoma bawumbu na bango mpo na libela; kasi kokonza te na makasi bandeko na yo, bana ya Isalaele.
47 If a foreigner among you becomes successful, and one of your people living nearby becomes poor and sells themselves to the foreigner or to a member of the foreigner's family,
Soki mopaya to moleki nzela moko kati na mokili na yo akomi na bozwi mpe moko kati na bandeko na yo, mwana mboka, akomi mobola; bongo amiteki epai ya mopaya to moleki nzela yango to epai ya moto moko ya libota na ye;
48 they still have the right of being bought back after the sale. A member of their family can buy them back—
ndeko na yo, mwana mboka, akoki kosikolama sima na ye komiteka: moto moko kati na bandeko na ye akoki kosikola ye.
49 an uncle or cousin or any close relative from their family can buy them back. If they become successful, they can buy themselves back.
Soki ndeko azali te mpo na kosikola ye, tata kulutu to tata leki na ye to bana mibali ya tata kulutu to ya tata leki na ye to ndeko na ye mosusu ya libota ya botata akoki kosikola ye. Nzokande soki akomi na makoki, akoki mpe komisikola ye moko.
50 The person concerned and their buyer will work out the time from the year of the sale up to the Jubilee Year. The price will depend on the number of years, calculated using the daily rate for a paid worker.
Boye, ye elongo na moto oyo asombaki ye, bakotanga mibu oyo eleki wuta na mobu oyo amitekaki kino na mobu ya kosepela kokangolama; bakokata motuya ya lisiko na ye kolanda motango ya mibu ndenge ezali lifuti ya moto ya mosala.
51 If there are many years left, they must pay a larger percentage of the purchase price.
Soki etikali mibu ebele, asengeli kofuta mpo na kosikolama na ye, mbongo kolanda talo oyo basombaki ye.
52 If there are only a few years remaining before the Jubilee Year, then they only have to pay a percentage depending on the number of years still left.
Soki etikalaki mibu moke kino na mobu ya kosepela kokangolama, akotanga mibu yango mpe akofuta mpo na lisiko na ye kolanda motango ya mibu oyo etikali.
53 They are to live with their foreign owner just like a paid worker, hired from year to year, but see to it that the owner doesn't treat him brutally.
Na mibu nyonso oyo akosala epai ya mosombi na ye, bakozwa ye lokola moto ya mosala; okotika te ete mosombi na ye akonza ye na makasi.
54 If they are not bought back in any of the ways described, they and their children shall be freed in the Jubilee Year.
Ata soki asikolami te na moko kati na banzela oyo, ye elongo na bana na ye basengeli kozwa bonsomi na mobu ya kosepela kokangolama.
55 For the Israelites belong to me as my slaves. They are my slaves—I led them out of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.”
Pamba te, bana ya Isalaele bazali bawumbu na Ngai, oyo nabimisaki na Ejipito. Nazali Yawe, Nzambe na bino.
