Exodus 23
1 'Thou dost not lift up a vain report; thou dost not put thy hand with a wicked man to be a violent witness.
Okopanza sango ya lokuta te; okosangana te na moto mabe mpo na koloba litatoli ya lokuta.
2 'Thou art not after many to evil, nor dost thou testify concerning a strife, to turn aside after many to cause [others] to turn aside;
Okolanda ebele ya bato te mpo na kosala mabe. Tango okoloba litatoli liboso ya basambisi, okotatola te kolanda mokano ya bato ebele mpo na kokweyisa bosembo.
3 and a poor man thou dost not honour in his strife.
Okokotela mobola te na tango azali kosamba liboso ya basambisi.
4 'When thou meetest thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou dost certainly turn it back to him;
Soki okutani na ngombe to ane ya monguna na yo, oyo ebungi, osengeli kozongisela ye yango.
5 when thou seest the ass of him who is hating thee crouching under its burden, then thou hast ceased from leaving [it] to it — thou dost certainly leave [it] with him.
Soki omoni ane ya moto oyo ayinaka yo ekweyi na se ya mokumba oyo yango ememi, okotika yango wana te; osengeli kosalisa yango.
6 'Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of thy needy one in his strife;
Okokweyisa bosembo ya mobola te tango azali kosamba liboso ya basambisi.
7 from a false matter thou dost keep far off, and an innocent and righteous man thou dost not slay; for I do not justify a wicked man.
Okozala mosika ya makambo ya lokuta. Okoboma te ezala moto oyo ayebi likambo te to moto ya sembo; pamba te nalongisaka te moto mabe.
8 'And a bribe thou dost not take; for the bribe bindeth the open -[eyed], and perverteth the words of the righteous.
Okondimaka kanyaka te, pamba te kanyaka ezipaka miso ya bato oyo bamonaka malamu mpe ebebisaka maloba ya moto ya sembo.
9 'And a sojourner thou dost not oppress, and ye — ye have known the soul of the sojourner, for sojourners ye have been in the land of Egypt.
Okonyokola mopaya te, pamba te oyebi yo moko ndenge ezalaka soki ozali mopaya; bino mpe bozalaki bapaya na Ejipito.
10 'And six years thou dost sow thy land, and hast gathered its increase;
Mibu motoba, okolona bilanga na yo mpe okobuka mbuma.
11 and the seventh thou dost release it, and hast left it, and the needy of thy people have eaten, and their leaving doth the beast of the field eat; so dost thou to thy vineyard — to thine olive-yard.
Kasi na mobu ya sambo, okopemisa mabele. Boye babola kati na bato na yo bakozwa bilei ya kolia kati na yango mpe nyama ya zamba ekolia bilei oyo bato bakotika. Okosala ndenge moko mpo na elanga na yo ya vino mpe mpo na nzete na yo ya olive.
12 'Six days thou dost do thy work, and on the seventh day thou dost rest, so that thine ox and thine ass doth rest, and the son of thine handmaid and the sojourner is refreshed;
Mikolo motoba, okosala mosala na yo; kasi na mokolo ya sambo, okosala mosala moko te mpo ete ngombe na yo elongo na ane na yo ekoka kopema, mpe mpo ete mwana mobali ya mwasi mowumbu na yo mpe mopaya bazwa lisusu makasi.
13 and in all that which I have said unto you ye do take heed; and the name of other gods ye do not mention; it is not heard on thy mouth.
Bokosala keba na makambo nyonso oyo nayebisi bino. Bokobelela kombo ya banzambe mosusu te; bokomeka kutu te kotanga yango na bibebu na bino.
14 'Three times thou dost keep a feast to Me in a year;
Mbala misato na mobu, bokosala bafeti misato mpo na Ngai.
15 the Feast of Unleavened things thou dost keep; seven days thou dost eat unleavened things, as I have commanded thee, at the time appointed [in] the month of Abib; for in it thou hast come forth out of Egypt, and ye do not appear [in] My presence empty;
Bokosala feti ya Mapa ezanga levire. Na mikolo sambo kolanda ndenge napesaki bino mitindo, bokolia mapa ezanga levire na tango oyo ekatama, na sanza ya Abibi, mpo ete ezali na sanza yango nde bobimaki na Ejipito.
16 and the Feast of Harvest, the first fruits of thy works which thou sowest in the field; and the Feast of the In-Gathering, in the outgoing of the year, in thy gathering thy works out of the field.
Okosala feti ya kobuka bambuma, okosala mpe feti ya bambuma ya liboso ya bilanga na yo, oyo olonaki. Na suka ya mobu, okosala feti ya kobuka bambuma tango okobuka mbuma ya elanga.
17 'Three times in a year do all thy males appear before the face of the Lord Jehovah.
Mbala misato na mobu, bato nyonso bakoya liboso ya Nkolo Yawe.
18 'Thou dost not sacrifice on a fermented thing the blood of My sacrifice, and the fat of My festival doth not remain till morning;
Okobonzela Ngai te mbeka ya makila elongo na mapa batia levire. Mafuta ya nyama ya feti na Ngai ekoki kobombama te kino na tongo.
19 the beginning of the first-fruits of thy ground thou dost bring into the house of Jehovah thy God; thou dost not boil a kid in its mother's milk.
Okomema na Ndako ya Yawe, Nzambe na yo, bambuma ya liboso ya mabele na yo. Okolamba te mwana ntaba oyo ezali nanu komela mabele ya mama na yango.
20 'Lo, I am sending a messenger before thee to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee in unto the place which I have prepared;
Nakotinda anjelu liboso na bino mpo ete abatela bino na nzela mpe amema bino na esika oyo nabongisaki mpo na bino.
21 be watchful because of his presence, and hearken to his voice, rebel not against him, for he beareth not with your transgression, for My name [is] in his heart;
Bosala keba na miso na ye mpe boyoka makambo oyo akoloba; botombokela ye te mpo ete akolimbisa botomboki na bino te, pamba te Kombo na Ngai ezali kati na ye.
22 for, if thou diligently hearken to his voice, and hast done all that which I speak, then I have been at enmity with thine enemies, and have distressed those distressing thee.
Kasi soki boyoki na bokebi makambo oyo akoyebisa bino mpe soki bosaleli nyonso oyo nalobi, nakozala monguna ya banguna na bino mpe nakotelemela bato oyo bakotelemela bino.
23 'For My messenger goeth before thee, and hath brought thee in unto the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, and I have cut them off.
Anjelu na Ngai akotambola liboso na bino mpe akokotisa bino na mokili ya bato ya Amori, ya bato ya Iti, ya bato ya Perizi, ya bato ya Kanana, ya bato ya Evi mpe ya bato ya Yebusi; bongo Ngai nakosilisa bango.
24 'Thou dost not bow thyself to their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their doings, but dost utterly devote them, and thoroughly break their standing pillars.
Bokogumbamela banzambe na bango te mpe bokosalela yango te to bokolanda te lolenge na bango ya kosalela. Bokokweyisa banzambe yango mpe bokobuka-buka bikeko na bango na biteni.
25 'And ye have served Jehovah your God, and He hath blessed thy bread and thy water, and I have turned aside sickness from thine heart;
Soki bokosalela Yawe, Nzambe na bino, akopambola mapa mpe mayi na bino, mpe akolongola bokono kati na bino.
26 there is not a miscarrying and barren one in thy land; the number of thy days I fulfil:
Na mboka na bino, ekozala na mwasi moko te oyo akosopa zemi to akozanga kobota. Nakobakisela bino mikolo ebele na bomoi na bino.
27 My terror I send before thee, and I have put to death all the people among whom thou comest, and I have given the neck of all thine enemies unto thee.
Nakotinda somo na Ngai liboso na bino mpe nakokotisa mobulu kati na bikolo nyonso oyo bokokota. Banguna na bino nyonso bakopesa bino mokongo mpe bakokima.
28 'And I have sent the hornet before thee, and it hath cast out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee;
Nakotinda banzoyi ya minene liboso na bino mpo na kobengana bato ya Evi, ya Kanana mpe ya Iti na liboso na bino.
29 I cast them not out from before thee in one year, lest the land be a desolation, and the beast of the field hath multiplied against thee;
Kasi nakobengana bango te na mbala moko mpo ete mboka ekoma te lokola ndako ezanga bato, mpe mpo ete banyama ya zamba ekoma mingi te mpo na kotungisa bino.
30 little [by] little I cast them out from before thee, till thou art fruitful, and hast inherited the land.
Nakobengana bango moke-moke liboso na bino kino bokokoma ebele mpo na kozwa mboka.
31 'And I have set thy border from the Red Sea, even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness unto the River: for I give into your hand the inhabitants of the land, and thou hast cast them out from before thee;
Nakotia bandelo na bino kobanda na ebale monene ya barozo kino na ebale monene ya bato ya Filisitia mpe kobanda na esobe ya Sinai kino na ebale Efrate; pamba te nakopesa bato ya mboka na maboko na bino, bongo bino bokobengana bango liboso na bino.
32 thou dost not make a covenant with them, and with their gods;
Bokosala boyokani te elongo na bango mpe elongo na banzambe na bango.
33 they do not dwell in thy land, lest they cause thee to sin against Me when thou servest their gods, when it becometh a snare to thee.'
Botika bango te ete bawumela na mokili na bino, noki te bakotinda bino kosala masumu liboso na Ngai mpe kosalela banzambe na bango; pamba te ekozala solo motambo mpo na bino. »
