Nehemiah 13
1 One day when the Book of Moses was being read to the people, the section was found where it was written that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever be allowed into the assembly of God,
Na tango wana, batangaki buku ya Moyize na mongongo makasi mpo ete bato bayoka; mpe bamonaki ete ekomama boye kati na yango: « Moto ya Amoni mpe moto ya Moabi bakotikala kondimama te kati na lisanga ya Nzambe;
2 because they hadn't brought food and water when they met the Israelites, but instead they had hired Balaam to put a curse on them—though our God turned that curse into a blessing!
mpo ete bayaki te kokutana na bana ya Isalaele mpe kopesa bango bilei mpe mayi, kasi bapesaki nde Balami kanyaka mpo ete alakela bango mabe; atako bongo, Nzambe na biso abongolaki elakeli mabe lipamboli. »
3 When the people heard about this law, they separated out from Israel everyone who had foreign ancestry.
Tango kaka bato bayokaki mobeko yango, balongolaki na Isalaele bakitani nyonso ya bapaya.
4 Before all this, Eliashib the priest, who was related to Tobiah, had been put in charge of the storerooms of the Temple of our God.
Liboso ya kozwa mokano yango, Nganga-Nzambe Eliashibi oyo azali na mokumba ya kobatela bibombelo ya Ndako ya Nzambe na biso mpe azali moto ya libota ya Tobiya
5 He had provided Tobiah with a large room which had previously been used to store the grain offerings, incense, and Temple items, as well as the tithes of grain, new wine, and olive oil allocated to the Levites, singers, and gatekeepers, in addition to the offerings for the priests.
apesaki Tobiya, ndeko na ye, shambre monene oyo, na kala, ezalaki ebombelo ya makabo ya ble, ansa, bisalelo ya Tempelo, eteni ya zomi ya ble, ya vino ya sika mpe ya mafuta, biloko oyo Mibeko ekata ete ezali mpo na Balevi, bayembi mpe bakengeli bikuke; mpe makabo oyo epesamaka mpo na Banganga-Nzambe.
6 When all this happened I was not in Jerusalem because I had returned to King Artaxerxes of Babylon in the thirty-second year of his reign. Some time later I requested permission from the king to go back.
Kasi wana makambo oyo nyonso ezalaki kosalema, ngai nazalaki na Yelusalemi te, pamba te nazongaki epai ya Aritakizerisesi, mokonzi ya Babiloni, na mobu ya tuku misato na mibale ya bokonzi na ye. Bongo sima na mwa mikolo, na suka ya mobu, nasengaki ye nzela
7 When I arrived back in Jerusalem I discovered the dreadful thing Eliashib had done in providing Tobiah a room in the courtyard of God's Temple.
mpe nazongaki na Yelusalemi. Kuna, namonaki mpe nasosolaki mabe oyo Eliashibi asalaki na ndenge apesaki Tobiya shambre kati na lopango ya Ndako ya Nzambe;
8 I was extremely upset, and I went and threw out everything that was in Tobiah's room.
nasilikaki makasi mpe nabwakaki biloko nyonso ya Tobiya na libanda ya shambre.
9 I ordered the rooms purified, and put back the Temple items, the grain offerings, and the incense.
Napesaki mitindo ete bapetola bashambre mpe, na sima, nazongisaki kati na yango bisalelo ya Ndako ya Nzambe, makabo ya ble mpe ansa.
10 I also found out that the food allowances for the Levites were not being provided, so the Levites had gone back to take care of their fields, along with the singers who led the worship services.
Nayokaki lisusu ete biloko oyo Mibeko ekata mpo na Balevi epesamaka te epai ya Balevi, mpe ete Balevi mpe bayembi oyo bazalaki kosala mosala bazongaki, moto na moto na bilanga na ye.
11 I went and confronted the leaders, asking, “Why is God's Temple being neglected?” I called the Levites back and made sure they were carrying out their responsibilities.
Mpo na yango, napamelaki bakambi ya bato mpe natunaki bango: — Mpo na nini Ndako ya Nzambe esundolami? Bongo, nasangisaki Balevi mpe bayembi mpe nazongisaki bango, moto na moto na mosala na ye.
12 Everyone in Judah then brought the tithes of grain, new wine, and olive oil into the storerooms.
Bato nyonso ya Yuda bamemaki kati na bibombelo: eteni ya zomi ya ble, ya vino ya sika mpe ya mafuta.
13 I put Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah, one of the Levites, in charge of the storerooms with Hanan, son of Zakkur, son of Mattaniah, to assist them, because they were considered honest people. Their responsibility was to distribute the allowances to their fellow Levites.
Napesaki mokumba ya kobatela bibombelo epai ya Nganga-Nzambe Shelemiya, epai ya Tsadoki, molakisi ya Mobeko, mpe epai ya Pedaya, moko kati na Balevi; mpe napesaki bango Anani, mwana mobali ya Zakuri, koko ya Matania, mpo ete asunga bango, pamba te bango nyonso bazalaki bato ya sembo. Bapesamelaki mokumba ya kokabola biloko epai ya baninga na bango, Balevi.
14 My God, please remember me over this. Please don't forget my good deeds I have done for the Temple of my God and its services.
Oh Nzambe na ngai, kanisa ngai mpo na makambo oyo nyonso; kobosana te misala nyonso oyo nasali na boyengebene mpo na Ndako ya Nzambe na ngai mpe mpo na misala na yango!
15 Around that time I noticed people treading the winepress on Sabbath. I saw others collecting grain and loading it up on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of burdens, and bringing it all into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day.
Na tango wana kaka, namonaki kati na etuka ya Yuda bato bazali kokamola bambuma ya vino na mokolo ya Saba, bamosusu bazali kobongisa maboke ya matiti ya ble, kotia yango likolo ya ba-ane elongo na masanga ya vino, bambuma ya vino, ya figi mpe mikumba ya ndenge na ndenge mpo na komema yango na Yelusalemi na mokolo ya Saba. Mpo na yango, napamelaki bango ete bateka lisusu biloko te na mokolo wana.
16 I told them off for selling their produce on that day.
Ezalaki mpe na bato ya Tiri, oyo bazalaki kovanda kati na Yelusalemi; bango bazalaki komema mbisi mpe biloko ya ndenge na ndenge, mpe bazalaki kotekela yango bato ya Yuda mpe kati na Yelusalemi na mokolo ya Saba.
17 Some people from Tyre who lived in Jerusalem were bringing in fish and all kinds of things and they were selling them on the Sabbath to the people of Judah in Jerusalem.
Napamelaki bankumu ya Yuda mpe nalobaki na bango: — Ndenge nini bozali kosala likambo mabe makasi boye na kobebisa bosantu ya mokolo ya Saba?
18 I confronted the Jewish leaders, asking them, “Why are you are doing such an evil thing? You are violating the Sabbath day! Wasn't this what your forefathers did, bringing our God down on us, causing us and this city such disasters? Now you're bringing even more trouble on us by violating the Sabbath!”
Tala, bakoko na bino basalaki mpe kaka boye; mpe ezali mpo na yango nde Nzambe na biso atindelaki biso mpe engumba oyo pasi oyo nyonso. Mpe bino, lokola bozali kobebisa bosantu ya mokolo ya Saba, bozali nde komatisa kanda ya Nzambe likolo ya Isalaele!
19 So I ordered Jerusalem's gates to be shut at sunset on the day before the Sabbath, and that were not to be opened until after the Sabbath had ended. I assigned some of my men to guard the gates to make sure no goods would be brought in on the Sabbath day.
Tango molili ya pokwa ekweyaki na bikuke ya Yelusalemi, liboso ete mokolo ya Saba ebanda, napesaki mitindo ete bakanga bikuke yango mpe bafungola yango kaka soki mokolo ya Saba eleki. Bongo, natiaki ndambo ya basali na ngai na bikuke mpo na kopekisa bokoti ya mikumba, na mokolo ya Saba.
20 A couple of times merchants and sellers of all kinds of goods spent the night outside of Jerusalem.
Boye, mbala moko to mibale, basombi mpe bateki biloko ya ndenge na ndenge balekisaki butu libanda ya Yelusalemi.
21 I warned them, saying, “Why are you spending the night by the wall? If you do that again I'll have you arrested!” After that they didn't come on the Sabbath.
Nakebisaki bango makasi mpe nalobaki: — Mpo na nini bozali kolekisa butu pembeni ya mir? Soki bozongeli lisusu kosala bongo, nakokanga bino. Wuta na tango wana, batikalaki lisusu koya te na mokolo ya Saba.
22 Then I told the Levites to purify themselves and to come and guard the gates to keep the Sabbath day holy. My God, please also remember me for doing this, and be merciful to me because of your trustworthy love.
Napesaki lisusu Balevi mitindo ete bamipetola mpe bakende kokengela bikuke mpo na kobatela bule ya mokolo ya Saba. Oh Nzambe na ngai, kanisa ngai lisusu mpo na likambo oyo mpe talisa ngai ngolu na Yo kolanda bolingo monene na Yo!
23 Around the same time I realized some Jews had married women from Ashdod, Moab, and Ammon.
Kaka na mikolo wana, namonaki lisusu bana mibali ya Yuda kobala bana basi ya Asidodi, ya Amoni mpe ya Moabi.
24 Half their children could only speak the language of Ashdod or that of another people, and didn't know how to speak the language of Judah.
Kati-kati mobimba ya bana na bango bazalaki koloba lokota ya bato ya Asidodi to lokota ya ekolo moko kati na bikolo mosusu, kasi bayebaki te koloba lokota ya Bayuda.
25 So I confronted them and told them they were cursed. I beat some of them and pulled out their hair. Then I made them take an oath before God, saying, “You must not allow your daughters to marry their sons, or allow your sons—or yourselves— to marry their daughters.
Napamelaki bango mpe nalakelaki bango mabe; nabetaki ndambo kati na bango, napikolaki bango suki mpe nalapisaki bango ndayi oyo na Kombo ya Nzambe: — Bosengeli te kopesa na libala bana na bino ya basi epai ya bana mibali ya bapaya mpe bosengeli te kozwa na libala bana na bango ya basi mpo na bana na bino ya mibali to mpo na bino moko.
26 Wasn't it marriages like these that made King Solomon of Israel sin? There wasn't a king in any nation like him. God loved him, and God made him king over all Israel, but even he was made to sin by foreign women.
Ezalaki penza na nzela ya mabala ya boye nde Salomo, mokonzi ya Isalaele, akweyaki na masumu. Nzokande, kati na ebele ya bikolo ya bapaya, ezalaki na mokonzi moko te oyo akokanaki na ye! Nzambe na ye azalaki kolinga ye mpe atiaki ye mokonzi ya Isalaele mobimba, kasi basi ya bapaya bakweyisaki ye na masumu.
27 So do we have to hear about you committing this dreadful sin, how you are being unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women?”
Boni, tosengeli sik’oyo koyoka ete bino mpe bozali kosala mabe wana monene mpe bozangi boyengebene liboso ya Nzambe na biso likolo ya kobala basi ya bapaya?
28 Even one of the sons of Jehoiada, son of Eliashib the high priest, had become a son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite. So I expelled him.
Moko kati na bana mibali ya Yoyada, mwana mobali ya Eliashibi, mokonzi ya Banganga-Nzambe, akomaki bokilo ya Sanibala, moto ya Oroni. Mpe nabenganaki ye mosika na ngai.
29 My God, remember them and what they did, violating the priesthood and the solemn agreement of the priests and Levites.
Oh Nzambe na ngai, kobosana bato wana te, mpo ete babebisaki bosantu ya bonganga-Nzambe mpe boyokani na Yo elongo na Banganga-Nzambe mpe Balevi.
30 I purified them from everything foreign, and I made sure the priests and Levites were carrying out their assigned responsibilities.
Napetolaki Banganga-Nzambe mpe Balevi mpo na kolongola mbindo nyonso ya bapaya mpe nazongisaki bango na mosala, moto na moto na mokumba na ye.
31 I also arranged for wood to be supplied for the altar at the specified times, and for the first part of the produce to be donated. My God, remember me favorably.
Nazongisaki lisusu makabo ya bakoni mpo ete epesama na tango na yango oyo ekatama mpe makabo ya bambuma ya liboso ya mabele. Oh Nzambe na ngai, kanisa ngai na bolamu na Yo!
