Nehemiah 13
1 On that day, a portion, was read in the book of Moses, in the ears of the people, —and it was found written therein, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not enter into the convocation of God, unto times age-abiding;
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 met not the sons of Israel, with bread and with water, —but hired against them Balaam, to curse them, although our God turned the 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 So it came to pass, when they had heard the law, —that they separated all the mixed multitude from Israel.
Tango kaka bato bayokaki mobeko yango, balongolaki na Isalaele bakitani nyonso ya bapaya.
4 Now, before this, Eliashib the priest, who was set over a chamber of the house of God, was allied unto Tobiah;
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 so he prepared him a large chamber, where aforetime they used to lay the meal-offering, the frankincense, and the utensils, and the tithe of the corn, the new wine and the oil, in charge of the Levites, and the singers, and the doorkeepers, —and the heave-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 But, throughout all this [time], was I not in Jerusalem, —for, in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon, I came unto the king, and, at the end of certain days, obtained I leave of the king;
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 and came to Jerusalem, —and had intelligence of the wickedness which Eliashib had committed for Tobiah, in preparing for him a chamber, in the courts of the house of God;
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 and it grieved me exceedingly, —and I cast forth all the household utensils of Tobiah, outside of the chamber.
nasilikaki makasi mpe nabwakaki biloko nyonso ya Tobiya na libanda ya shambre.
9 Then commanded I, and they purified the chambers, —and I put back there, the utensils of the house of God, the meal-offering and the frankincense.
Napesaki mitindo ete bapetola bashambre mpe, na sima, nazongisaki kati na yango bisalelo ya Ndako ya Nzambe, makabo ya ble mpe ansa.
10 Then came I to know, that, the portions of the Levites, had not been given [them], —so that the Levites and the singers, who had been doing the work, had fled every one to his field.
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 Therefore contended I with the deputies, and said, Wherefore is the house of God, forsaken? So I gathered them together, and set them in their place.
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 Then, all Judah, brought in the tithe of corn, and new wine, and oil, unto the treasuries;
Bato nyonso ya Yuda bamemaki kati na bibombelo: eteni ya zomi ya ble, ya vino ya sika mpe ya mafuta.
13 and I made treasurers over the treasuries—Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah from among the Levites, and, next unto them, Hanan son of Zaccur, son of Mattaniah, —for faithful were they accounted, and it was [laid] upon them to distribute unto their brethren.
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 Remember me, O my God, concerning this, —and do not wipe out my lovingkindnesses, which I have done for the house of my God, and for those keeping charge thereof.
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 In those days, saw I in Judah—some treading winepresses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves and lading asses, moreover also wine, grapes, and figs, and every kind of burden, which they were bringing into Jerusalem on the sabbath day, —so I protested against it, as a day for them to sell provisions.
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 And, men of Tyre, dwelt therein, who were bringing in fish—and every kind of ware for sale, —and were selling, on the sabbath, to the sons of Judah, and in Jerusalem;
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 so I contended with the nobles of Judah, —and said unto them, What is this wicked thing which, ye, are doing, and profaning the sabbath day?
Napamelaki bankumu ya Yuda mpe nalobaki na bango: — Ndenge nini bozali kosala likambo mabe makasi boye na kobebisa bosantu ya mokolo ya Saba?
18 Was it not, thus, your fathers did, and our God brought upon us all this calamity, and upon this city?—and, ye, would add indignation against Israel, by profaning 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 And it came to pass, when the gates of Jerusalem made a shadow before the sabbath, then gave I word, and they shut the doors, and I gave word, that they should not open them, until after the sabbath, —and, some of my young men, set I near the gates, so that no burden should 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 But the traders and sellers of all kinds of wares lodged outside Jerusalem once or twice.
Boye, mbala moko to mibale, basombi mpe bateki biloko ya ndenge na ndenge balekisaki butu libanda ya Yelusalemi.
21 Therefore I testified against them, and said unto them, Wherefore are ye lodging against the wall? if ye do it again, a hand, will I thrust upon you, —From that time, they came not 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 And I gave word to the Levites, that they should be purifying themselves and coming in, as keepers of the gates, to hallow the sabbath day. This also, remember to me, O my God, and have pity upon me, according to the abundance of thy lovingkindness.
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 Moreover, in these days, saw I the Jews who had married women of Ashdod, of Ammon, of Moab;
Kaka na mikolo wana, namonaki lisusu bana mibali ya Yuda kobala bana basi ya Asidodi, ya Amoni mpe ya Moabi.
24 and, their children, were one-half speaking the language of Ashdod, and understood not how to speak the language of the Jews, —but after the tongue of both people.
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 contended with them, and laid a curse upon them, and I smote, from among them, certain men, and pulled out their hair, —and I put them on oath by God, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take of their daughters, for your sons nor for yourselves.
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 Was it not, over these things, that Solomon king of Israel sinned—though, among many nations, there was no king such as he, and he was, beloved by his God, and so God gave him to be king over all Israel, —even him, did foreign women, cause to sin.
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 Unto you, then, shall we hearken, to do all this great wickedness, to act unfaithfully with our God, —by marrying foreign wives?
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 And, one of the sons of Joiada, son of Eliashib the high priest, was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite, —therefore I chased him from me.
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 Remember them, O my God, —on account of the Defilings of the Priesthood, and the Covenant of the Priesthood, and of the 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 So I purified them from everything foreign, —and appointed charges unto the priests and unto the Levites, every one in his work;
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 also for the offering of wood, at times appointed, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good!
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!
