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 says to Saul, “YHWH sent me to anoint you for king over His people, over Israel; and now, listen to the voice of the words of YHWH.
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 YHWH of Hosts: I have looked after that which Amalek did to Israel, that which he laid for him in the way in his going 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. › »
Now go, and you have struck Amalek, and devoted all that he has, and you have no pity on him, and have put to death from man to woman, from infant to suckling, from ox to sheep, from camel to donkey.”
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 summons the people, and inspects them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand [are] men of Judah.
5 Saulo akendeki kino na engumba ya Amaleki mpe atiaki basoda na bisika ya kobombama, na lubwaku.
And Saul comes to a city of Amalek, and lays wait in a 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 says to the Kenite, “Go, turn aside, go down from the midst of Amalek, lest I consume you with it, and you did kindness with all the sons of Israel, in their going up out of Egypt”; and the Kenite turns aside from the midst of Amalek.
7 Saulo abundisaki bato ya Amaleki nzela mobimba, longwa na Avila kino na Shuri, na ngambo ya este ya Ejipito.
And Saul strikes Amalek from Havilah [to] your going to Shur, which [is] on the front of Egypt,
8 Akangaki ya bomoi Agagi, mokonzi ya bato ya Amaleki, mpe abebisaki bato nyonso na mopanga.
and he catches Agag king of Amalek alive, and he has devoted all the people by the mouth 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 has pity—also the people—on Agag, and on the best of the flock, and of the herd, and of the seconds, and on the lambs, and on all that [is] good, and have not been willing to devote them; and all the work, despised and wasted—it they devoted.
10 Yawe alobaki na Samuele:
And the word of YHWH is 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 regretted that I caused Saul to reign for king, for he has turned back from after Me, and he has not performed My words”; and it is displeasing to Samuel, and he cries to YHWH all the 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 rises early to meet Saul in the morning, and it is declared to Samuel, saying, “Saul has come to Carmel, and behold, he is setting up a monument to himself, and goes around, and passes over, and goes down to Gilgal.”
13 Samuele akendeki epai ya Saulo, mpe Saulo alobaki na ye: — Tika ete Yawe apambola yo! Natosaki mitindo ya Yawe.
And Samuel comes to Saul, and Saul says to him, “Blessed [are] you of YHWH; I have performed the word of YHWH.”
14 Kasi Samuele alobaki: — Makelele oyo nazali koyoka ezali te koganga ya bameme mpe ya bangombe?
And Samuel says, “And what [is] the noise of this flock in my ears—and the noise of the herd which I am hearing?”
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 says, “They have brought them from Amalek, because the people had pity on the best of the flock, and of the herd, in order to sacrifice to your God YHWH, and we have devoted the remnant.”
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 says to Saul, “Desist, and I declare to you that which YHWH has spoken to me tonight”; and he says to him, “Speak.”
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 says, “Are you not, if you [are] little in your own eyes, head of the tribes of Israel? And YHWH anoints you for 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 YHWH sends you in the way, and says, Go, and you have devoted the sinners, the Amalekite, and fought against them until they are consumed;
19 Mpo na nini otosaki Yawe te? Mpo na nini owelaki kozwa bomengo ya bitumba, mpe osalaki mabe na miso ya Yawe?
and why have you not listened to the voice of YHWH—and fly to the spoil, and do evil in the eyes of YHWH?”
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 says to Samuel, “Because—I have listened to the voice of YHWH, and I go in the way which YHWH has sent me, and bring in Agag king of Amalek, and I have devoted Amalek;
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.
and the people take of the spoil of the flock and herd, the first part of the devoted thing, for sacrifice to your God YHWH in Gilgal.”
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 says, “Has YHWH had delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices as [in] listening to the voice of YHWH? Behold, listening is better than sacrifice; to give attention than 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 rebellion [is as] a sin of divination, and stubbornness [is as] iniquity and teraphim; because you have rejected the word of YHWH, He also rejects you from [being] king.”
24 Bongo Saulo alobaki na Samuele: — Nasali lisumu, nabuki mobeko ya Yawe mpe malako na Ye. Nabangaki bato, yango wana natosaki bango.
And Saul says to Samuel, “I have sinned, for I passed over the command of YHWH, and your words; because I have feared the people, I also listen to their voice;
25 Sik’oyo nabondeli yo, limbisa masumu na ngai; mpe zonga elongo na ngai, mpo ete nakoka kogumbamela Yawe.
and now, please bear with my sin, and return with me, and I bow myself to YHWH.”
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 says to Saul, “I do not return with you; for you have rejected the word of YHWH, and YHWH rejects you 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 turns around to go, and he lays hold on the skirt of his upper robe—and it is torn!
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 says to him, “YHWH has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today, and given it to your neighbor who is better than you;
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 also, the Preeminence of Israel does not lie nor relent, for He [is] not a man that He should relent.”
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 he says, “I have sinned; now please honor me before [the] elderly of my people and before Israel, and return with me; and I have bowed myself to your God YHWH.”
31 Boye Samuele akendeki elongo na Saulo, mpe Saulo agumbamelaki Yawe.
And Samuel turns back after Saul, and Saul bows himself to YHWH;
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 says, “Bring Agag king of Amalek to me,” and Agag comes to him daintily, and Agag says, “Surely the bitterness of death has turned aside.”
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 says, “As your sword bereaved women—so is your mother bereaved above women”; and Samuel hews Agag in pieces before YHWH in Gilgal.
34 Bongo Samuele azongaki na Rama, mpe Saulo akendeki na ndako na ye, na Gibea ya Saulo.
And Samuel goes to Ramath, and Saul has gone to his house—to Gibeah of Saul.
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 has not added to see Saul until the day of his death, for Samuel mourned for Saul, and YHWH regretted that He had caused Saul to reign over Israel.
