< Joshua 7 >

1 And the sons of Israel commit a trespass in the devoted thing, and Achan, son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, taketh of the devoted thing, and the anger of Jehovah burneth against the sons of Israel.
Bato ya Isalaele babebisaki ekila ya Yawe. Akana, mwana mobali ya Karimi, mwana mobali ya Zabidi, mwana mobali ya Zera, moto ya libota ya Yuda, akamataki biloko oyo Yawe apekisaki. Bongo, kanda ya Yawe epelaki likolo ya bana ya Isalaele.
2 And Joshua sendeth men from Jericho to Ai, which [is] near Beth-Aven, on the east of Bethel, and speaketh unto them, saying, 'Go up and spy the land;' and the men go up and spy Ai,
Wuta na Jeriko, Jozue atindaki bato kokende na engumba Ayi oyo ezalaki pene ya Beti-Aveni, na ngambo ya este ya Beteli. Alobaki na bango: « Bokende kononga mokili wana. » Bato yango bakendeki mpe banongaki Ayi.
3 and they turn back unto Joshua, and say unto him, 'Let not all the people go up; let about two thousand men, or about three thousand men, go up, and they smite Ai; cause not all the people to labour thither; for they [are] few.'
Tango bazongaki epai ya Jozue, balobaki na ye: « Ezali penza na tina te ete bato nyonso bakende kobundisa Ayi. Tinda kaka bato nkoto mibale to nkoto misato mpo na kobotola yango. Komonisa bato nyonso pasi te, pamba te engumba yango ezali kaka na bato moke. »
4 And there go up of the people thither about three thousand men, and they flee before the men of Ai,
Boye, bato pene nkoto misato bakendeki, kasi bakimaki liboso ya bato ya Ayi.
5 and the men of Ai smite of them about thirty and six men, and pursue them before the gate unto Shebarim, and they smite them in Morad; and the heart of the people is melted, and becometh water.
Bato ya Ayi babomaki bato pene tuku misato na motoba na molongo ya Isalaele. Balandaki bango kino koleka ekuke ya engumba Shebarimi mpe babomaki bango na kokita ya ngomba. Mpo na yango, mitema ya bana ya Isalaele elembaki mpe bakomaki lokola mayi oyo ezali kotiola.
6 And Joshua rendeth his garments, and falleth on his face to the earth before the ark of Jehovah till the evening, he and the elders of Israel, and they cause dust to go up on their head.
Jozue apasolaki bilamba na ye mpe amibwakaki elongi kino na mabele liboso ya Sanduku ya Yawe kino na pokwa. Bakambi ya Isalaele mpe basalaki kaka ndenge moko, bamisopelaki putulu na mito na bango.
7 And Joshua saith, 'Ah, Lord Jehovah, why hast Thou at all caused this people to pass over the Jordan, to give us into the hand of the Amorite to destroy us? — and oh that we had been willing — and we dwell beyond the Jordan!
Jozue alobaki: — Ah Nkolo Yawe, mpo na nini otikaki ete bato oyo bakatisa Yordani? Boni, ezalaki mpo ete okaba biso na maboko ya bato ya Amori ete baboma biso? Elekaki malamu ete totikala na biso na ngambo mosusu ya ebale!
8 Oh, Lord, what do I say, after that Israel hath turned the neck before its enemies?
Oh Nkolo, sik’oyo naloba nini, awa Isalaele akimi liboso ya banguna na ye?
9 and the Canaanite and all the inhabitants of the land do hear, and have come round against us, and cut off our name out of the earth; and what dost Thou do for Thy great name?'
Bato ya Kanana mpe bato mosusu ya mokili bakoyoka sango yango, bakobalukela biso mpe bakolongola kombo na biso na mokili. Boye, okosala nini mpo na monene ya Kombo na Yo?
10 And Jehovah saith unto Joshua, 'Rise for thee, why [is] this? — thou [art] falling on thy face?
Yawe alobaki na Jozue: — Telema! Mpo na nini omibwaki elongi kino na mabele?
11 Israel hath sinned, and also they have transgressed My covenant which I commanded them, and also taken of the devoted thing, and also stolen, and also deceived, and also put [it] among their vessels,
Isalaele asali lisumu. Babebisi boyokani na Ngai oyo natindaki bango ete babatela. Bakamati ndambo ya biloko oyo ekabami mpo na kobebisama, bayibi yango mpe babombi yango kati na biloko na bango.
12 and the sons of Israel have not been able to stand before their enemies; the neck they turn before their enemies, for they have become a devoted thing; I add not to be with you — if ye destroy not the devoted thing out of your midst.
Yango wana, bana ya Isalaele bakolonga kotelema te liboso ya banguna na bango, bakozonga sima mpe bakokima liboso ya banguna na bango, pamba te babebisi ekila. Nakozala elongo na bino te soki bolongoli te mabe oyo ezali kati na bino.
13 'Rise, sanctify the people, and thou hast said, Sanctify yourselves for to-morrow; for thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, A devoted thing [is] in thy midst, O Israel, thou art not able to stand before thine enemies till your turning aside of the devoted thing out of your midst;
Telema, bulisa bato. Loba na bango: « Bomibulisa mpo na lobi, pamba te Yawe, Nzambe ya Isalaele, alobi boye: ‹ Mabe ezali kati na yo Isalaele, okolonga kobundisa banguna na yo te kino tango okolongola yango. ›
14 and ye have been brought near in the morning by your tribes, and it hath been, the tribe which Jehovah doth capture doth draw near by families, and the family which Jehovah doth capture doth draw near by households, and the household which Jehovah doth capture doth draw near by men;
Lobi na tongo, bokopusana pene na Ngai, libota na libota. Libota oyo Yawe akopona ekopusana, etuka na etuka; etuka oyo Yawe akopona ekopusana, ndako na ndako; mpe ndako oyo Yawe akopona ekopusana, moto na moto.
15 and it hath been, he who is captured with the devoted thing is burnt with fire, he and all that he hath, because he hath transgressed the covenant of Jehovah, and because he hath done folly in Israel.'
Moto nyonso oyo mabe ekomonana kati na ye asengeli kokufa na moto, ye elongo na nyonso ya ye, pamba te abebisi boyokani ya Yawe mpe asali likambo ya soni kati na Isalaele. »
16 And Joshua riseth early in the morning, and bringeth Israel near by its tribes, and the tribe of Judah is captured;
Mokolo oyo elandaki, Jozue alamukaki na tongo-tongo penza, mpe abengisaki Isalaele, libota na libota. Mpe ezali libota ya Yuda nde eponamaki.
17 and he bringeth near the family of Judah, and he captureth the family of the Zarhite; and he bringeth near the family of the Zarhite by men, and Zabdi is captured;
Tango abengisaki etuka na etuka ya libota ya Yuda, etuka ya Zera nde eponamaki. Tango abengisaki ndako na ndako kati na etuka ya Zera, ndako ya Zabidi nde eponamaki.
18 and he bringeth near his household by men, and Achan — son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah — is captured.
Sima, tango abengisaki moto na moto kati na ndako ya Zabidi, Akana, mwana mobali ya Karimi, mwana mobali ya Zabidi, mwana mobali ya Zera, moto ya libota ya Yuda, nde aponamaki.
19 And Joshua saith unto Achan, 'My son, put, I pray thee, honour on Jehovah, God of Israel, and give to Him thanks, and declare, I pray thee, to me, what thou hast done — hide not from me.'
Jozue alobaki na Akana: — Mwana na ngai, pesa nkembo epai na Yawe, Nzambe ya Isalaele, mpe pesa Ye penza lokumu. Yebisa ngai likambo oyo osalaki, kobombela ngai eloko moko te.
20 And Achan answereth Joshua, and saith, 'Truly I have sinned against Jehovah, God of Israel, and thus and thus I have done;
Akana azongiselaki Jozue: — Solo, nasali lisumu liboso ya Yawe, Nzambe ya Isalaele. Tala likambo oyo nasalaki:
21 and I see among the spoil a goodly robe of Shinar, and two hundred shekels of silver, and one wedge of gold, whose weight [is] fifty shekels, and I desire them, and take them; and lo, they [are] hid in the earth, in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.'
Namonaki, kati na bomengo ya bitumba, kazaka moko ya kitoko ya mboka Mezopotami, mbongo ya bibende ya palata, nkama mibale mpe ndambo ya kilo ya wolo; nalulaki yango mpe nazwaki yango. Nakundaki yango na kati-kati ya ndako na ngai ya kapo, mpe palata ezali na se na yango.
22 And Joshua sendeth messengers, and they run unto the tent, and lo, it is hidden in his tent, and the silver under it;
Jozue atindaki bato, mpe bakendeki mbangu kati na ndako ya kapo ya Akana mpe bakutaki penza kazaka bakunda na se ya ndako ya kapo, elongo na palata, na se na yango.
23 and they take them out of the midst of the tent, and bring them in unto Joshua, and unto all the sons of Israel, and pour them out before Jehovah.
Babimisaki biloko yango wuta na ndako na ye ya kapo, bamemaki yango liboso ya Jozue mpe ya bana nyonso ya Isalaele; mpe sima, basopaki yango liboso ya Yawe.
24 And Joshua taketh Achan son of Zerah, and the silver, and the robe, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his ox, and his ass, and his flock, and his tent, and all that he hath, and all Israel with him, and they cause them to go up the valley of Achor.
Jozue elongo na bana nyonso ya Isalaele bakamataki Akana, mwana mobali ya Zera, elongo na palata, kazaka, liboke ya wolo, bana na ye ya mibali mpe ya basi, bangombe na ye, ba-ane na ye, bameme mpe bantaba na ye, ndako na ye ya kapo mpe biloko na ye nyonso; bamemaki bango na Lubwaku ya Akori.
25 And Joshua saith, 'What! thou hast troubled us! — Jehovah doth trouble thee this day;' and all Israel cast stones at him, and they burn them with fire, and they stone them with stones,
Jozue alobaki: « Mpo na nini omemeli biso pasi? Tika ete Yawe amonisa yo pasi lelo! » Bongo bato nyonso ya Isalaele babambaki ye mabanga mpe akufaki; babambaki lisusu mabanga na bato oyo batikalaki mpe bato yango bakufaki; mpe batumbaki bibembe na bango na moto.
26 and they raise up over him a great heap of stones unto this day, and Jehovah turneth back from the heat of His anger, therefore hath [one] called the name of that place 'Valley of Achor' till this day.
Babwakaki na likolo ya Akana liboke ya mabanga ebele oyo ezali kino na mokolo ya lelo, mpe kanda ya Yawe esilaki. Yango wana, kino na mokolo ya lelo, babengaka esika yango Lubwaku ya Akori.

< Joshua 7 >