1 Samuele 15
1 Samuele alobaki na Saulo: « Yawe atindaki ngai kopakola yo mafuta mpo ete okoma mokonzi ya bato na Ye, Isalaele. Boye, yoka sik’oyo makambo oyo ewuti epai na Yawe.
And Samuel said to Saul, The Lord sent me to anoint thee king over Israel: and now hear the voice of the Lord.
2 Tala makambo oyo Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, alobi: ‹ Nakopesa bato ya Amaleki etumbu mpo na makambo oyo basalaki Isalaele tango bawutaki na Ejipito: bakangelaki Isalaele nzela.
Thus said the Lord of hosts, Now will I take vengeance for what Amalec did to Israel, when he met him in the way as he came up out of Egypt.
3 Kende sik’oyo, bundisa bato ya Amaleki mpe bebisa penza biloko na bango nyonso. Kobatela bango te; boma mibali mpe basi, bana mpe babebe, bangombe, bantaba mpe bameme, bashamo mpe ba-ane. › »
And now go, and thou shalt smite Amalec and Hierim and all that belongs to him, and thou shalt not save anything of him alive, but thou shalt utterly destroy him: and thou shalt devote him and all his to [destruction], and thou shalt spare nothing belonging to him; and thou shalt slay both man and woman, and infant and suckling, and calf and sheep, and camel and ass.
4 Boye Saulo abengisaki basoda, mpe atangaki bango na Telayimi: basoda oyo babundaka na makolo, nkoto nkama mibale; mpe basoda oyo bawutaki na Yuda, nkoto zomi.
And Saul summoned the people, and he numbered them in Galgala, four hundred thousand regular troops, and Juda thirty thousand regular troops.
5 Saulo akendeki kino na engumba ya Amaleki mpe atiaki basoda na bisika ya kobombama, na lubwaku.
And Saul came to the cities of Amalec, and laid wait in the valley.
6 Bongo Saulo alobaki na bato ya Keni: « Bokende na bino, bolongwa na milongo ya bato ya Amaleki mpo ete nabebisa bino te elongo na bango, pamba te bosalelaki bato nyonso ya Isalaele bolamu tango babimaki na Ejipito. » Boye bato ya Keni balongwaki na milongo ya bato ya Amaleki.
And Saul said to the Kinite, Go, and depart out of the midst of the Amalekites, lest I put thee with them; for thou dealedst mercifully with the children of Israel when they went up out of Egypt. So the Kinite departed from the midst of Amalec.
7 Saulo abundisaki bato ya Amaleki nzela mobimba, longwa na Avila kino na Shuri, na ngambo ya este ya Ejipito.
And Saul smote Amalec from Evilat to Sur fronting Egypt.
8 Akangaki ya bomoi Agagi, mokonzi ya bato ya Amaleki, mpe abebisaki bato nyonso na mopanga.
And he took Agag the king of Amalec alive, and he slew all the people and Hierim with the edge of the sword.
9 Kasi Saulo mpe basoda babatelaki Agagi elongo na bibwele oyo elekaki kitoko kati na bameme, bantaba mpe bangombe, bibwele oyo eleki minene, bana meme oyo ya minene mpe nyonso oyo ezalaki malamu. Baboyaki kobebisa yango; babebisaki kaka oyo ezalaki ya mabe mpe ya kokonda.
And Saul and all the people saved Agag alive, and the best of the flocks, and of the herds, and of the fruits, of the vineyards, and of all the good things; and they would not destroy them: but every worthless and refuse thing they destroyed.
10 Yawe alobaki na Samuele:
And the word of the Lord came to Samuel, saying,
11 — Nabongoli makanisi na Ngai na ndenge nakomisaki Saulo mokonzi, pamba te apesi Ngai mokongo mpe aboyi kotosa mitindo na Ngai. Samuele asilikaki mpe abelelaki Yawe butu mobimba.
I have repented that I have made Saul to be king: for he has turned back from following me, and has not kept my word. And Samuel was grieved, and cried to the Lord all night.
12 Na tongo-tongo, Samuele atelemaki mpo na kokende kokutana na Saulo. Kasi bayebisaki ye: « Saulo akei na Karimeli, atongi kuna ekeko mpo na ye moko, bongo alongwe kuna mpe akei kino na Giligali. »
And Samuel rose early and went to meet Israel in the morning, and it was told Saul, saying, Samuel has come to Carmel, and he has raised up help for himself: and he turned his chariot, and came down to Galgala to Saul; and, behold, he was offering up a whole-burnt-offering to the Lord, the chief of the spoils which he brought out of Amalec.
13 Samuele akendeki epai ya Saulo, mpe Saulo alobaki na ye: — Tika ete Yawe apambola yo! Natosaki mitindo ya Yawe.
And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said to him, Blessed [art] thou of the Lord: I have performed all that the Lord said.
14 Kasi Samuele alobaki: — Makelele oyo nazali koyoka ezali te koganga ya bameme mpe ya bangombe?
And Samuel said, What then [is] the bleating of this flock in my ears, and the sound of the oxen which I hear?
15 Saulo azongisaki: — Basoda babotolaki yango na maboko ya bato ya Amaleki; babatelaki kati na bibwele bameme mpe bangombe oyo elekaki kitoko mpo ete babonza yango lokola mbeka epai na Yawe, Nzambe na biso; kasi nyonso wana mosusu, tobebisaki yango penza.
And Saul said, I have brought them out of Amalec, that which the people preserved, even the best of the sheep, and of the cattle, that it might be sacrificed to the Lord thy God, and the rest have I utterly destroyed.
16 Samuele alobaki na Saulo: — Kata! Tika ete nayebisa yo makambo oyo Yawe alobaki na ngai na butu oyo ewuti koleka. Saulo alobaki na ye: — Yebisa ngai yango!
And Samuel said to Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the Lord has said to me this night: and he said to him, Say on.
17 Samuele alobaki: — Atako ozalaki komimona moto pamba na miso na yo moko, kasi boni, okomaki te mokonzi ya bikolo ya Isalaele? Yawe apakolaki yo mafuta mpo ete ozala mokonzi ya Isalaele.
And Samuel said to Saul, Art thou not little in his eyes, [though] a leader of one of the tribes of Israel? and [yet] the Lord anointed thee to be king over Israel.
18 Yawe apesaki yo etinda mpe alobaki: « Kende mpe bebisa penza bato oyo ya masumu, bato ya Amaleki; bundisa bango kino okosilisa koboma bango. »
And the Lord sent thee on a journey, and said to thee, Go, and utterly destroy: thou shalt slay the sinners against me, [even] the Amalekites; and thou shalt war against them until thou have consumed them.
19 Mpo na nini otosaki Yawe te? Mpo na nini owelaki kozwa bomengo ya bitumba, mpe osalaki mabe na miso ya Yawe?
And why didst not thou hearken to the voice of the Lord, but didst haste to fasten upon the spoils, and didst that which was evil in the sight of the Lord?
20 Saulo azongiselaki Samuele: — Ngai natosaki Yawe, nakokisaki etinda oyo apesaki ngai: Nabebisaki penza bato ya Amaleki, namemaki kutu Agagi, mokonzi na bango.
And Saul said to Samuel, Because I listened to the voice of the people: yet I went the way by which the Lord sent me, and I brought Agag the king of Amalec, and I destroyed Amalec.
21 Kasi basoda bazwaki kati na bomengo ya bitumba bameme mpe bangombe oyo elekaki malamu kati na oyo Nzambe asengaki ete ebebisama, mpo ete babonza yango lokola mbeka epai na Yawe, Nzambe na yo, na Giligali.
But the people took of the spoils the best flocks and herds [out] of that which was destroyed, to sacrifice before the Lord our God in Galgal.
22 Samuele alobaki: — Boni, Yawe asepelaka mingi na bambeka ya kotumba mpe na makabo koleka kotosa mongongo na Ye? Te! Botosi eleki mbeka; koyoka eleki mafuta ya meme ya mobali.
And Samuel said, Does the Lord take pleasure in whole-burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in hearing the words of the Lord? behold, obedience [is] better than a good sacrifice, and hearkening than the fat of rams.
23 Pamba te botomboki ekokani na lisumu ya kosambela banzambe ya bikeko. Lokola obwaki Liloba na Yawe, Ye mpe abwaki yo; ozali lisusu mokonzi te.
For sin is [as] divination; idols bring on pain and grief. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, the Lord also shall reject thee from being king over Israel.
24 Bongo Saulo alobaki na Samuele: — Nasali lisumu, nabuki mobeko ya Yawe mpe malako na Ye. Nabangaki bato, yango wana natosaki bango.
And Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned, in that I have transgressed the word of the Lord and thy direction; for I feared the people, and I hearkened to their voice.
25 Sik’oyo nabondeli yo, limbisa masumu na ngai; mpe zonga elongo na ngai, mpo ete nakoka kogumbamela Yawe.
And now remove, I pray thee, my sin, and turn back with me, and I will worship the Lord thy God.
26 Kasi Samuele alobaki na Saulo: — Nakozonga elongo na yo te; pamba te lokola obwakaki Liloba na Yawe, Yawe mpe abwaki yo mpe ozali lisusu mokonzi ya Isalaele te.
And Samuel said to Saul, I will not turn back with thee, for thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord will reject thee from being king over Israel.
27 Lokola Samuele abalukaki mpo na kokende, Saulo akangaki ye na songe ya kazaka na ye, mpe kazaka epasukaki.
And Samuel turned his face to depart, and Saul caught hold of the skirt of his garment, and tore it.
28 Bongo Samuele alobaki na ye: — Na mokolo ya lelo, Yawe abotoli yo bokonzi kati na Isalaele mpe apesi yango epai ya moko kati na baninga na yo, oyo azali malamu koleka yo.
And Samuel said to him, The Lord has rent thy kingdom from Israel out of thy hand this day, and will give it to thy neighbour who is better than thou.
29 Ye oyo azali nkembo ya Isalaele akosaka te mpe abongolaka makanisi na Ye te, pamba te azali moto te mpo ete abongola makanisi na Ye.
And Israel shall be divided to two: and [God] will not turn nor repent, for he is not as a man to repent.
30 Saulo alobaki: — Nasali lisumu. Kasi, sik’oyo, nabondeli yo: pesa ngai lokumu liboso ya bampaka ya bato na ngai mpe liboso ya Isalaele, zonga elongo na ngai mpo ete nakoka kogumbamela Yawe, Nzambe na yo.
And Saul said, I have sinned; yet honour me, I pray thee, before the elders of Israel, and before my people; and turn back with me, and I will worship the Lord thy God.
31 Boye Samuele akendeki elongo na Saulo, mpe Saulo agumbamelaki Yawe.
So Samuel turned back after Saul, and he worshipped the Lord.
32 Kasi Samuele alobaki na ye: « Memela ngai Agagi, mokonzi ya bato ya Amaleki. » Agagi ayaki na esengo, pamba te azalaki komilobela: « Solo, pasi ya kufa elongwe mpe ekeyi mosika na ngai. »
And Samuel said, Bring me Agag the king of Amalec: and Agag came to him trembling; and Agag said Is death thus bitter?
33 Kasi Samuele alobaki: « Ndenge mopanga na yo ezangisaki basi bana na bango, ndenge wana mpe mama na yo, kati na basi, akozanga mwana mobali. » Boye, Samuele abomaki Agagi liboso ya Yawe, na Giligali.
And Samuel said to Agag, As thy sword has bereaved women of their children, so shall thy mother be made childless among women: and Samuel slew Agag before the Lord in Galgal.
34 Bongo Samuele azongaki na Rama, mpe Saulo akendeki na ndako na ye, na Gibea ya Saulo.
And Samuel departed to Armathaim, and Saul went up to his house at Gabaa.
35 Kino na mokolo oyo Samuele akufaki, atikalaki komona lisusu Saulo te. Samuele asalaki matanga mpo na Saulo. Mpe Yawe ayokaki mawa na ndenge akomisaki Saulo mokonzi ya Isalaele.
And Samuel did not see Saul again till the day of his death, for Samuel mourned after Saul, and the Lord repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.
