Deteronomi 21

1 Soki kati na mokili oyo Yawe, Nzambe na bino, akopesa bino mpo na kozwa, bakuti moto akufa alali na elanga, bongo moto oyo abomaki ye ayebani te,

And if one be found slain with the sword in the land, which the Lord thy God gives thee to inherit, having fallen in the field, and they do not know who has smitten [him];

2 bampaka mpe basambisi na bino basengeli kobima mpo na komeka molayi, kobanda na esika oyo ebembe ezali kino na bingumba ya zingazinga,

thine elders and thy judges shall come forth, and shall measure the distances of the cities round about the slain man:

3 mpo na koyeba engumba oyo eleki pene. Bongo bampaka ya engumba yango bakozwa mwana ngombe ya mwasi oyo nanu basaleli mosala te mpe nanu bakangi ekangiseli na kingo te;

and it shall be that the city which is nearest to the slain man the elders of that city shall take a heifer of the herd, which has not laboured, and which has not borne a yoke.

4 bakomema mwana ngombe yango ya mwasi na lubwaku oyo, kati na yango, basala nanu mosala ya bilanga te mpe balona nanu ata eloko moko te, na esika oyo mayi ezali kotiola. Ezali kuna nde bampaka bakobuka yango kingo.

And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer into a rough valley, which has not been tilled and is not sown, and they shall slay the heifer in the valley.

5 Banganga-Nzambe, bana mibali ya Levi, bakopusana; pamba te ezali bango nde Yawe, Nzambe na bino, apona mpo na kosala mosala na Ye, mpo na kopambola bato na Kombo na Yawe mpe mpo na kokata makambo tango nyonso kowelana mpe kozokisana ezali.

And the priests the Levites shall come, because the Lord God has chosen them to stand by him, and to bless in his name, and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be [decided].

6 Bongo bampaka ya engumba yango bakosukola maboko na bango na likolo ya mwana ngombe ya mwasi oyo bakobuka kingo na lubwaku

And all the elders of that city who draw nigh to the slain man shall wash their hands over the head of the heifer which was slain in the valley;

7 mpe bakoloba: « Maboko na biso esopaki makila oyo te, mpe miso na biso emonaki te tango likambo yango esalemaki.

and they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, and our eyes have not seen [it].

8 Eh Yawe, ndima kolimbisa masumu ya Isalaele, bato na Yo, oyo osikolaki. Kotangela bango ngambo te ya makila ya moto oyo ayebi likambo te. » Boye, Yawe akolimbisa bango mpo na makila oyo etangaki.

Be merciful to thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, O Lord, that innocent blood may not be charged on thy people Israel: and the blood shall be atoned for to them.

9 Na nzela wana nde bokolongola, kati na bino, ngambo ya kosopa makila ya moto oyo ayebi likambo te wana bokosala likambo ya bosembo na miso ya Yawe.

And thou shalt take away innocent blood from among you, if thou shouldest do that which is good and pleasing before the Lord thy God.

10 Tango bokokende kobundisa banguna na bino, bongo Yawe, Nzambe na bino, akabi bango na maboko na bino mpe bokangi ndambo ya bato;

And if when thou goest out to war against thine enemies, the Lord thy God should deliver them into thine hands, and thou shouldest take their spoil,

11 soki bomoni mwasi ya kitoko kati na bango mpe moko kati na bino asepeli na ye, akoki solo kobala ye.

and shouldest see among the spoil a woman beautiful in countenance, and shouldest desire her, and take her to thyself for a wife,

12 Boye mobali oyo asepeli kobala mwasi yango akokotisa ye kati na ndako na ye, mpe mwasi yango akomikokola suki ya moto na ye, akomikata manzaka na ye;

and shouldest bring her within thine house: then shalt thou shave her head, and pare her nails;

13 akotia pembeni bilamba oyo alataki tango bakangaki ye mpe akovanda na ndako ya mobali yango. Sima na ye kolela tata mpe mama na ye sanza mobimba, mobali yango akosangisa na ye nzoto mpe akokoma mobali na ye; bongo ye akokoma mwasi ya mobali yango.

and shalt take away her garments of captivity from off her, and she shall abide in thine house, and shall bewail her father and mother the days of a month; and afterwards thou shalt go in to her and dwell with her, and she shall be thy wife.

14 Soki mobali asepeli lisusu na mwasi yango te, akotika ye kokende na esika nyonso oyo alingi; akoki te koteka ye to kokomisa ye lokola mowumbu, pamba te asambwisaki ye.

And it shall be if thou do not delight in her, thou shalt send her out free; and she shall not by any means be sold for money, thou shalt not treat her contemptuously, because thou hast humbled her.

15 Soki mobali azali na basi mibale, bongo alingaka moko koleka mosusu, mpe bango mibale baboteli ye bana, kasi mwana ya liboso azali mwana mobali ya mwasi oyo ye alingaka mingi te;

And if a man have two wives, the one loved and the other hated, and both the loved and the hated should have born him [children], and the son of the hated should be first-born;

16 tango akokabola bozwi na ye lokola libula epai ya bana na ye ya mibali; akoki te kokomisa mwana ya liboso, mwana mobali ya mwasi oyo ye alingaka koleka na esika ya mwana mobali ya mwasi oyo ye alingaka mingi te.

then it shall be that whensoever he shall divide by inheritance his goods to his sons, he shall not be able to give the right of the first-born to the son of the loved one, having overlooked the son of the hated, which is the first-born.

17 Kasi akozwa mwana mobali ya mwasi oyo ye alingaka mingi te lokola mwana ya liboso mpe akopesa ye biteni mibale ya biloko nyonso oyo azali na yango. Mwana mobali wana azali elembo ya liboso ya bokasi ya tata na ye, boye asengeli kozwa makoki nyonso oyo ebongi na mwana ya liboso.

But he shall acknowledge the first-born of the hated one to give to him double of all things which shall be found by him, because he is the first of his children, and to him belongs the birthright.

18 Soki moto azali na mwana oyo azali moto makasi mpe motomboki, oyo atosaka te ezala tata to mpe mama na ye, mpe ayokelaka bango te ata soki bapesi ye etumbu,

And if any man has a disobedient and contentious son, who hearkens not to the voice of his father and the voice of his mother, and they should correct him, and he should not hearken to them;

19 tata mpe mama na ye bakokanga ye mpe bakomema ye epai ya bampaka na ekuke ya engumba na bango.

then shall his father and his mother take hold of him, and bring him forth to the elders of his city, and to the gate of the place:

20 Bakoloba na bampaka ya engumba: « Mwana na biso oyo azali moto makasi mpe motomboki, atosaka biso te, azali lokoso mpe molangwi masanga. »

and they shall say to the men of their city, This our son is disobedient and contentious, he hearkens not to our voice, he is a reveler and a drunkard.

21 Boye bato nyonso ya engumba na ye bakobamba ye mabanga kino akokufa. Na nzela wana nde bokolongola mabe kati na bino. Tango bana nyonso ya Isalaele bakoyoka yango, bakobanga.

And the men of his city shall stone him with stones, and he shall die; and thou shalt remove the evil one from yourselves, and the rest shall hear and fear.

22 Soki moto asali mabe oyo esengi ete bapesa ye etumbu ya kufa, bongo badiembiki nzoto na ye na nzete,

And if there be sin in any one, [and] the judgment of death [be upon him], and he be put to death, and ye hang him on a tree:

23 ebembe na ye ekowumela te butu mobimba na nzete wana; bosengeli kokunda yango kaka na mokolo wana, pamba te moto nyonso oyo badiembiki na nzete azali na se ya bilakeli mabe ya Nzambe. Bosengeli te kokomisa mbindo mokili oyo Yawe, Nzambe na bino, apesi bino lokola libula.

his body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but ye shall by all means bury it in that day; for every one that is hanged on a tree is cursed of God; and ye shall by no means defile the land which the Lord thy God gives thee for an inheritance.