1 Samuele 12
1 Samuele alobaki na bato nyonso ya Isalaele: — Napesi nyonso oyo bolobaki na ngai: natieli bino mokonzi.
Then Samuel said to all of Israel, “I have paid attention to everything you asked from me, and I have given you a king to rule over you.
2 Bozali sik’oyo na mokonzi lokola mokambi. Kasi ngai nakomi mobange, nasili na ngai konuna, mpe bana na ngai ya mibali bazali awa elongo na bino. Nazalaki mokambi na bino wuta bolenge na ngai kino na mokolo ya lelo.
Now your king is your leader. I am old and gray, and my sons are here with you. I have led you from the time I was a boy up to today.
3 Natelemi lelo liboso na bino. Bofunda ngai liboso ya Yawe mpe liboso ya mopakolami na Ye. Nazwaki ngombe ya nani? Nazwaki ane ya nani? Nanyokolaki nani, mpe namonisaki nani pasi? Nazwaki kanyaka na maboko ya nani mpo na kokanga miso na ngai? Soki nasalaki likambo moko kati na makambo oyo nyonso, nakozongisa yango.
I stand here before you. Bring any charges you have against me in the presence of the Lord and of his anointed one. Have I taken anyone's ox or donkey? Have I wronged anyone? Have I oppressed anyone? Have I accepted a bribe from anyone to turn a blind eye? Tell me, and I will repay you.”
4 Bato bazongiselaki ye: — Onyokolaki biso te mpe omonisaki biso pasi te; ozwaki ata eloko moko te na maboko ya moto.
“No, you have never cheated or oppressed us,” they replied, “and you have never taken anything from anyone.”
5 Samuele alobaki na bango: — Yawe azali Motatoli mpo na kotelemela bino, mpe mopakolami na Ye azali motatoli na mokolo ya lelo ete bomoni ata eloko moko te kati na maboko na ngai. Bato bazongisaki: — Azali penza Motatoli.
Samuel told them, “The Lord is a witness, and his anointed is a witness today, in this case involving you, that you have not found me guilty of anything.” “He is a witness,” they replied.
6 Bongo Samuele alobaki na bato: — Ezali Yawe nde aponaki Moyize mpe Aron, mpe Ye nde abimisaki bakoko na bino na Ejipito.
“The Lord is a witness, he who appointed Moses and Aaron,” Samuel went on. “He led your forefathers out of the land of Egypt.
7 Sik’oyo, botelema awa liboso na Ye, pamba te nalingi kosamba na bosolo elongo na bino, liboso ya Yawe, na tina na makambo nyonso ya bosembo oyo Yawe asalaki mpo na bino mpe mpo na bakoko na bino.
So stand here as I present to you in the presence of the Lord the evidence of all the good things the Lord has done for you and your forefathers.
8 Sima na Jakobi kokota na Ejipito, bakoko na bino bagangaki epai na Yawe mpo na kosenga lisungi. Mpe Yawe atindaki Moyize mpe Aron oyo babimisaki bango na Ejipito mpo na kovandisa bango na esika oyo.
After Jacob had gone to Egypt, your fathers cried out to the Lord for help, and he sent Moses and Aaron to lead your forefathers out of Egypt and settle them here.
9 Kasi babosanaki Yawe, Nzambe na bango. Yango wana Ye Yawe akabaki bango na maboko ya Sisera, mokonzi ya basoda ya Atsori; na maboko ya bato ya Filisitia mpe na maboko ya mokonzi ya Moabi oyo babundisaki bango.
But they forgot about the Lord their God, so he abandoned them to Sisera, the commander of the army of Hazor, to the Philistines, and to the king of Moab, who attacked them.
10 Bongo bagangaki lisusu epai na Yawe mpo na kosenga lisungi; balobaki: « Tosali masumu, pamba te tosundoli Yawe mpe tosaleli banzambe Bala mpe Asitarite. Kasi sik’oyo, kangola biso na maboko ya banguna na biso, mpe tokosalela Yo. »
They cried out to the Lord for help and said, ‘We have sinned, for we have rejected the Lord and worshiped the Baals and Ashtoreths. Please save us from the hands of our enemies, and we will worship you.’
11 Boye, Yawe atindaki Yerubali oyo babengi Jedeon, Bedani, Jefite mpe Samuele. Akangolaki bino na maboko ya banguna na bino, oyo bazingelaki bino na bangambo nyonso. Mpe bovandaki na kimia.
Then the Lord sent Gideon, Barak, Jephthah and Samuel, and he saved you from your enemies who surrounded you so you could live in safety.
12 Kasi tango bomonaki Naashi, mokonzi ya bato ya Amoni, koya kobundisa bino, bolobaki na ngai: « Te! Tozali na posa ya mokonzi mpo na kokamba biso. » Nzokande ezali Yawe, Nzambe na bino, nde azalaki mokonzi na bino.
But when you saw that Nahash, king of the Ammonites, was coming to attack you, you told me, ‘No, we want our own king,’ even though the Lord your God was your king.
13 Sik’oyo, botala mokonzi oyo boponaki, mokonzi oyo bosengaki. Ezali Yawe nde atie ye mokonzi mpo na kokamba bino.
So here's the king you have chosen, the one you asked for. Look—the Lord now gives him to you as your king!
14 Kobanda lelo, soki botosi Yawe, soki bosaleli Ye, soki bobateli mitindo na Ye, mpe soki bino elongo na mokonzi oyo azali kokamba bino bolandi Yawe, Nzambe na bino, makambo nyonso ekotambola malamu.
If you honor the Lord, worship him, do what he tells you, and don't rebel against the Lord's instructions, and if both you and your king follow the Lord your God, then good!
15 Kasi soki botosi Yawe te mpe bobateli te mibeko na Ye, loboko na Ye ekobalukela bino ndenge ebalukelaki bakoko na bino.
However, if you refuse to do what he tells you, and rebel against the Lord's instructions, then the Lord will be against you as he was against your forefathers.
16 Yango wana sik’oyo lisusu, bobongama mpo na kotala likambo monene oyo Yawe alingi kosala na miso na bino.
Now stand still and watch what the Lord is going to do, right before your very eyes.
17 Boni, mokolo ya lelo ezali te tango ya kobuka ble? Nakobelela Yawe mpo ete atinda kake mpe mvula, bongo bokomona mpe bokososola ndenge nini ezali monene, mabe oyo bosalaki na miso ya Yawe tango bosengaki mokonzi.
Isn't it the time of wheat harvest? Well, I will ask the Lord to send thunder and rain. Then you will realize how very evil you were in the Lord's sight when you demanded your own king.”
18 Bongo Samuele abelelaki Yawe, mpe, na mokolo wana kaka, Yawe atindaki kake mpe mvula. Boye bato nyonso babangaki makasi Yawe mpe Samuele.
Then Samuel prayed to the Lord, and that very day the Lord sent thunder and rain. Everyone was in absolute awe of the Lord and of Samuel.
19 Bato nyonso balobaki na Samuele: — Sambela Yawe, Nzambe na yo, mpo na basali na yo mpo ete tokufa te, pamba te tobakisaki lisusu na likolo ya masumu na biso, likambo ya mabe ya kosenga mokonzi mpo na biso.
“Please pray to the Lord your God for us your servants, so we will not die!” they begged Samuel. “For we have added to all our sins the evil of asking for our own king.”
20 Samuele azongiselaki bango: — Bobanga te! Solo, bosalaki mabe nyonso wana; nzokande bokoba te kozala mosika na Yawe, kasi bosalela Yawe na mitema na bino mobimba.
“Don't be afraid,” Samuel replied. “Even though you have indeed done all these evil things, don't give up following the Lord, but dedicate yourselves completely to worshiping him.
21 Bopengwa te na kolanda banzambe na bino ya bikeko, oyo ezanga na yango tina, oyo ekoki kosalela bino ata bolamu moko te, oyo ekoki te kobikisa bino, pamba te ezali banzambe ezanga tina.
Don't worship worthless idols that can't help you or save you, for they are nothing.
22 Mpo na lokumu ya Kombo monene na Ye, Yawe akobwaka bato na Ye te, pamba te asepelaki kokomisa bino bato na Ye moko.
The fact is because of the kind of person the Lord is, he won't give up on his people, because he was happy to claim you as his own.
23 Kasi mpo na ngai, ekozala penza likambo ya nkele soki nasali masumu liboso ya Yawe, soki natiki kobondela mpo na bino! Nakolakisa bino nzela oyo ezali malamu mpe alima.
As for me, how could I sin against the Lord by no longer praying for you. I will also continue to teach you the way of goodness and right.
24 Kasi, na ngambo na bino, botosa Yawe mpe bosalela Ye na bosembo mpe na mitema na bino mobimba; botala malamu makambo minene oyo asalelaki bino.
Make sure you honor God and worship him faithfully, with complete dedication. Think of all the tremendous things he has done for you.
25 Kasi soki bokobi kosala mabe, bino mpe mokonzi na bino bokobebisama.
But if you continue to do what is evil, you and your king will be wiped out.”
