< Kings I 13 >

1 And Saul chooses for himself three thousand men of the men of Israel: and there were with Saul two thousand who were in Machmas, and in mount Baethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gabaa of Benjamin: and he sent the rest of the people every man to his tent.
Saulo azalaki na mibu tuku misato ya mbotama tango akomaki mokonzi, mpe akonzaki Isalaele mibu tuku minei na mibale.
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Saulo aponaki mibali nkoto misato kati na Isalaele: bato nkoto mibale bazalaki elongo na ye na Mikimasi mpe kati na etuka ya ngomba ya Beteli, mpe bato nkoto moko bazalaki elongo na Jonatan, na Gibea ya Benjame. Bato mosusu oyo batikali, azongisaki bango na bandako na bango.
3 And Jonathan struck Nasib the Philistine that lived in the hill; and the Philistines hear of it, and Saul sounds the trumpet through all the land, saying, The servants have despised [us].
Jonatan alongaki bakambi ya bato ya Filisitia, oyo bazalaki na Geba. Bongo bato ya Filisitia bayokaki sango na yango. Boye Saulo abetaki kelelo kati na mokili mobimba, mpe alobaki: « Tika ete Ba-Ebre bayoka! »
4 And all Israel heard say, Saul has struck Nasib the Philistine; now Israel had been put to shame before the Philistines; and the children of Israel went up after Saul in Galgala.
Bato nyonso ya Isalaele bayokaki sango oyo azalaki koloba ete Saulo abundisaki mpe alongaki bakambi ya bato ya Filisitia, mpe ete bato ya Filisitia bayinaki bato ya Isalaele. Bato nyonso basanganaki na Giligali mpo na kokende kobunda elongo na Saulo.
5 And the Philistines gather together to war with Israel; and then come up against Israel thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand by the seashore for multitude: and they come up, and encamp in Machmas, opposite Baethoron southward.
Bato ya Filisitia basanganaki mpo na kobundisa bato ya Isalaele; bazalaki na bashar nkoto tuku misato; basoda oyo babundaka likolo ya bampunda, nkoto motoba; mpe basoda oyo motango na bango ezalaki ebele lokola zelo ya ebale monene. Bayaki mpe batongaki molako na bango, na Mikimasi, na ngambo ya este ya Beti-Aveni.
6 And the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait so that they could not draw near, and the people hid themselves in caves, and sheepfolds, and rocks, and ditches, and pits.
Tango bato ya Isalaele bamonaki ete bakomi na pasi, mpe ete mampinga na bango ezingami na bangambo nyonso, babombamaki kati na madusu ya mabanga, kati na mabulu, kati na mabanga, mpe kati na bandako ya se ya mabele.
7 And they that went over went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Galaad: and Saul was yet in Galgala, and all the people followed after him in amazement.
Ndambo ya Ba-Ebre mosusu bakatisaki mayi ya Yordani mpo na kokende na mokili ya Gadi mpe ya Galadi. Saulo azalaki nanu na Giligali, mampinga nyonso oyo ezalaki elongo na ye ezalaki kolenga na somo.
8 And he continued seven days for the appointed testimony, as Samuel told him, and Samuel came not to Galgala, and his people were dispersed from him.
Azelaki mikolo sambo, tango oyo Samuele akataki. Kasi mpo ete Samuele ayaki te na Giligali, yango wana bato batikaki Saulo mpe bapalanganaki.
9 And Saul said, Bring hither [victims], that I may offer whole burnt offerings and peace-offerings: and he offered the whole burnt offering.
Saulo alobaki: « Bomemela ngai banyama ya mbeka ya kotumba mpe bambeka ya boyokani. » Mpe Saulo abonzaki mbeka ya kotumba.
10 And it came to pass when he had finished offering the whole burnt offering, that Samuel arrived, and Saul went out to meet him, [and] to bless him.
Bongo tango kaka asilisaki kobonza mbeka yango ya kotumba, Samuele akomaki. Saulo abimaki mpo na kokende kopesa ye mbote.
11 And Samuel said, What have you done? and Saul said, Because I saw how the people were scattered from me, and you was not present as you purposed according to the set time of the days, and the Philistines were gathered to Machmas.
Samuele atunaki ye: — Osali penza nini? Saulo azongisaki: — Tango namonaki ete bato babandi kopalangana mosika na ngai, mpe ete yo oyei te na ngonga oyo ekatamaki, mpe ete bato ya Filisitia bazali kosangana na Mikimasi,
12 Then I said, Now will the Philistines come down to me to Galgala, and I have not sought the face of the Lord: so I forced myself and offered the whole burnt offering.
namilobelaki: « Sik’oyo, bato ya Filisitia bazali koya kobundisa ngai na Giligali, kasi ngai nabondeli Yawe te! » Yango wana, nazwaki mokano ya kobonza mbeka ya kotumba.
13 And Samuel said to Saul, You have done foolishly; for you have not kept my command, which the Lord commanded you, as now the Lord would have confirmed your kingdom over Israel for ever.
Samuele alobaki na Saulo: — Osali lokola moto ya liboma! Obateli te mitindo oyo Yawe, Nzambe na yo, apesaki yo. Soki obatelaki yango, alingaki kolendisa bokonzi na yo kati na Isalaele mpo na libela.
14 But now your kingdom shall not stand to you, and the Lord shall seek for himself a man after his own heart; and the Lord shall appoint him to be a ruler over his people, because you have not kept all that the Lord commanded you.
Kasi sik’oyo, bokonzi na yo ekowumela lisusu te. Yawe aluki moto mosusu oyo asepelisaka motema na Ye mpe atie ye mokambi ya bato na Ye, pamba te yo, obateli mibeko ya Yawe te.
15 And Samuel arose, and departed from Galgala, and the remnant of the people went after Saul to meet [him] after the men of war, when they had come out of Galgala to Gabaa of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were found with him, about six hundred men.
Bongo Samuele alongwaki na Giligali mpe akendeki na Gibea ya Benjame. Mpe Saulo atangaki bato oyo bazalaki elongo na ye: bazalaki bato pene nkama motoba.
16 And Saul and Jonathan his son, and the people that were found with them, halted in Gabaa, of Benjamin; and they wept: and the Philistines had encamped in Machmas.
Saulo mpe Jonatan, mwana na ye ya mobali, mpe mibali nyonso oyo bazalaki kovanda elongo na bango batandamaki mpo na bitumba, na Geba ya Benjame. Kasi bato ya Filisitia batongaki ya bango molako na Mikimasi.
17 And men came forth to destroy out of the land of the Philistines in three companies; one company turning by the way of Gophera toward the land of Sogal,
Longwa na molako ya bato ya Filisitia, mampinga ya basoda ya mpiko ebimaki mpe ekabwanaki na masanga misato: lisanga ya liboso ezwaki nzela oyo ekenda kino na Ofira, na mokili ya Shuwali;
18 and another company turning the way of Baethoron, and another company turning by the way of Gabae that turns aside to Gai of Sabim.
lisanga ya mibale etalisaki na nzela ya Beti-Oroni; mpe lisanga ya misato ezwaki nzela oyo ekenda na mondelo ya Lubwaku ya Tseboyimi, na ngambo ya esobe.
19 And there was not found a smith in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make themselves sword or spear.
Nzokande, na tango wana, batuli bibende bazalaki lisusu te kati na mokili mobimba ya Isalaele, pamba te bato ya Filisitia balobaki: « Ba-Ebre bakoki kosala te, ezala makonga to matolotolo. »
20 And all Israel went down to the Land of the Philistines to forge every one his reaping-hook and his tool, and every one his axe and his sickle.
Yango wana, bato nyonso ya Isalaele bazalaki kokende epai ya bato ya Filisitia mpo na kotia minu na basonge ya bibende oyo bangombe etimolaka na yango mabele, na bapiki, na bipasola mpe na bapawu.
21 And it was near the time of vintage: and their tools were [valued at] three shekels for a plowshare, and there was the same rate for the axe and the sickle.
Bongo mpo na kotia minu yango na bapawu, na bapiki mpe na bipasola, bazalaki kofuta bagrame mwambe ya mbongo ya bibende.
22 And it came to pass in the days of the war of Machmas, that there was not a sword or spear found in the hand of all the people, that were with Saul and Jonathan; but with Saul and Jonathan his son was there found.
Boye, na mokolo ya bitumba, soda ata moko te oyo azalaki elongo na Saulo mpe na Jonatan azalaki na mopanga to na likonga na loboko na ye; kaka Saulo mpe Jonatan, mwana na ye ya mobali, nde bazalaki na yango.
23 And there went out some from the camp of the Philistines to the place beyond Machmas.
Limpinga moko ya basoda ya Filisitia eyaki kotelema na kati-kati ya lubwaku ya Mikimasi.

< Kings I 13 >