Deteronomi 31
1 Moyize akobaki koloba maloba oyo epai ya bana nyonso ya Isalaele:
And Moses went, and spoke all these words to all Israel,
2 « Nakokisi sik’oyo mibu nkama moko na tuku mibale ya mbotama mpe nazali lisusu na makasi te ya kokamba bino. Yawe alobaki na ngai: ‹ Okokatisa Yordani te oyo ozali komona. ›
And he said to them: I am this day a hundred and twenty years old, I can no longer go out and come in, especially as the Lord also hath said to me: O Thou shalt not pass over this Jordan.
3 Yawe, Nzambe na bino, akotambola Ye moko liboso na bino, akobebisa bikolo oyo ezali liboso na bino mpo ete bokamata mokili na bango; Jozue nde akotambola liboso na bino ndenge Yawe alobaki.
The Lord thy God then will pass over before thee: he will destroy all these nations in thy sight, and thou shalt possess them: and this Josue shall go over before thee, as the Lord hath spoken.
4 Yawe akobebisa bango ndenge kaka asalaki Sikoni mpe Ogi, bakonzi ya bato ya Amori, oyo abebisaki elongo na bamboka na bango.
And the Lord shall do to them as he did to Sehon and Og the kings of the Amorrhites, and to their land, and shall destroy them.
5 Yawe akokaba bango na maboko na bino mpe bokosala bango makambo nyonso oyo natindaki bino.
Therefore when the Lord shall have delivered these also to you, you shall do in like manner to them as I have commanded you,
6 Boyika mpiko mpe bozala na molende, bobanga bango te mpe bozala na somo te liboso na bango; pamba te Yawe, Nzambe na bino, azali elongo na bino, akotika bino te mpe akobwaka bino te. »
Do manfully and be of good heart: fear not, nor be ye dismayed at their sight: for the Lord thy God he himself is thy leader, and will not leave thee nor forsake thee.
7 Bongo Moyize abengisaki Jozue mpe alobaki na ye na miso ya bana nyonso ya Isalaele: « Yika mpiko mpe zala na molende, pamba te okokende elongo na bato oyo kino na mokili oyo Yawe alakaki kopesa epai ya bakoko na bango na nzela ya ndayi, mpe okokabola yango mpo na bango lokola libula na bango.
And Moses called Josue, and said to him before all Israel: Take courage, and be valiant: for thou shalt bring this people into the land which the Lord swore he would give to their fathers, and thou shalt divide it by lot.
8 Ye moko Yawe akotambola liboso na yo mpe akozala elongo na yo. Kobanga te mpe yika mpiko. »
And the Lord who is your leader, he himself will be with thee: he will not leave thee, nor forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.
9 Boye Moyize akomaki mibeko oyo mpe apesaki yango epai ya Banganga-Nzambe, bana mibali ya Levi, oyo bazalaki komema Sanduku ya Boyokani ya Yawe, mpe epai ya bampaka nyonso ya Isalaele.
And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it to the priests the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to all the ancients of Israel.
10 Moyize atindaki bango: « Na suka ya mibu sambo nyonso, na mobu ya kotika baniongo, na tango ya feti ya Bandako ya kapo,
And he commanded them, saying: After seven years, in the year of remission, in the feast of tabernacles,
11 tango bana nyonso ya Isalaele bakopusana liboso ya Yawe, Nzambe na bino, na esika oyo akopona, bokotanga mibeko oyo liboso na bango mpo ete matoyi na bango ekoka koyoka.
When all Israel come together, to appear in the sight of the Lord thy God in the place which the Lord shall choose, thou shalt read the words of this law before all Israel, in their hearing,
12 Bosangisa bato: mibali, basi, bana mpe bapaya oyo bazali kati na bingumba na bino mpo ete bakoka koyoka mpe koyekola kotosa Yawe, Nzambe na bino, mpe kosalela malamu maloba nyonso ya mibeko oyo.
And the people being all assembled together, both men and women, children and strangers, that are within thy gates: that hearing they may learn, and fear the Lord your God, and keep, and fulfill all the words of this law:
13 Bana na bango oyo bayebi mibeko oyo te basengeli koyoka yango malamu mpe koyekola kotosa Yawe, Nzambe na bino, tango nyonso oyo bokovanda kati na mokili oyo bokozwa sima na kokatisa Yordani. »
That their children also, who now are ignorant, may hear, and fear the Lord their God, all the days that they lire in the land whither you are going over the Jordan to possess it.
14 Yawe alobaki na Moyize: « Tala sik’oyo, mokolo ya kufa na yo ekomi pene. Benga Jozue, mpe bokota na Ndako ya kapo ya Bokutani epai wapi nakopesa ye mitindo na Ngai. » Boye Moyize mpe Jozue bakendeki mpe bakotaki na Ndako ya kapo ya Bokutani.
And the Lord said to Moses: Behold the days of thy death are nigh: call Josue, and stand ye in the tabernacle of the testimony, that I may give him a charge. So Moses and Josue went and stood in the tabernacle of the testimony:
15 Yawe amimonisaki epai na bango lokola likonzi ya lipata kati na Ndako ya kapo ya Bokutani; mpe likonzi yango ya lipata etelemaki na ekuke ya Ndako ya kapo ya Bokutani.
And the Lord appeared there in the pillar of a cloud, which stood in the entry of the tabernacle.
16 Yawe alobaki na Moyize: « Ozali kokende kopema elongo na bakoko na yo; mpe, kala mingi te, bato oyo bakopengwa mpo na kosalela banzambe ya bapaya kati na mokili oyo bozali kokota, bakobosana Ngai mpe bakobuka boyokani na Ngai, oyo nasalaki elongo na bango.
And the Lord said to Moses: Behold thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, and this people rising up will go a fornicating after strange gods in the land, to which it goeth in to dwell: there will they forsake me, and will make void the covenant, which I have made with them,
17 Na mokolo wana, nakosilikela bango mpe nakobosana bango. Boye, nakobombela bango elongi na Ngai, mpe bakobebisama. Bokono ebele mpe pasi mingi ekokomela bango. Mpe na mokolo wana, bakomituna: ‹ Ezali te mpo ete Nzambe na biso azali lisusu elongo na biso te nde bokono oyo ekomeli biso te? ›
And my wrath shall be kindled against them in that day: and I will forsake them, and will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured: all evils and afflictions shall find them, so that they shall say in that day: In truth it is because God is not with me, that these evils have found me.
18 Solo, na mokolo wana, nakobombela bango elongi na Ngai mpo na mabe nyonso oyo basalaki, wana bakendeki epai ya banzambe mosusu.
But I will hide, and cover my face in that day, for all the evils which they have done, because they have followed strange gods.
19 Sik’oyo, koma nzembo oyo mpe lakisa yango yo moko epai ya bana ya Isalaele, mpe sala ete bayemba yango mpo ete ezala litatoli mpo na Ngai, liboso na bango.
Now therefore write you this canticle, and teach the children of Israel: that they may know it by heart, and sing it by mouth, and this song may be unto me for a testimony among the children of Israel.
20 Pamba te nakokotisa bango na mokili oyo ezali kobimisa miliki mpe mafuta ya nzoyi, mokili oyo nalakaki kopesa epai ya bakoko na bango na nzela ya ndayi: bakolia, bakotonda mpe bakoya minene; bongo bakokende epai ya banzambe mosusu mpe bakosambela yango, bakobwaka Ngai mpe bakobuka boyokani na Ngai.
For I will bring them into the land, for which I swore to their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey. And when they have eaten, and are full and fat, they will turn away after strange gods, and will serve them: and will despise me, and make void my covenant.
21 Tango bokono ebele mpe pasi mingi ekokomela bango, nzembo oyo ekotatola mpo na kofunda bango, pamba te bakitani na bango bakobosana yango te. Nayebi makambo oyo bazali kokana kosala atako nakotisi bango nanu te kati na mokili oyo nalakaki kopesa bango na nzela ya ndayi. »
And after many evils and afflictions shall have come upon them, this canticle shall answer them for a testimony, which no oblivion shall take away out of the mouth of their seed. For I know their thoughts, and what they are about to do this day, before that I bring them into the land which I have promised them.
22 Boye, Moyize akomaki nzembo yango kaka na mokolo wana mpe alakisaki yango bana ya Isalaele.
Moses therefore wrote the canticle and taught it to the children of Israel.
23 Yawe apesaki mitindo oyo epai ya Jozue, mwana mobali ya Nuni: « Yika mpiko mpe zala na molende, pamba te okokotisa bana ya Isalaele kati na mokili oyo nalakaki kopesa bango na nzela ya ndayi, mpe Ngai moko nakozala elongo na yo. »
And the Lord commanded Josue the son of Nun, and said: Take courage, and be valiant: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I have promised, and I will be with thee.
24 Moyize asilisaki kokoma kati na buku maloba nyonso ya mobeko oyo.
Therefore after Moses had wrote the words of this law in a volume, and finished it:
25 Bongo Moyize apesaki mitindo oyo epai ya Balevi oyo bazalaki komema Sanduku ya Boyokani ya Yawe:
He commanded the Levites, who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord. saying:
26 « Bokamata buku oyo ya Mobeko mpe botia yango pembeni ya Sanduku ya Boyokani ya Yawe, Nzambe na bino; ekozala kuna lokola litatoli mpo na bino.
Take this book, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God: that it may be there for a testimony against thee.
27 Pamba te nayebi ndenge nini bozali batomboki mpe mito makasi. Soki, wana nazali nanu na bomoi kati na bino, bozali batomboki liboso ya Yawe, ekozala boni sima na kufa na ngai?
For I know thy obstinacy, and thy most stiff neck, While I am yet living, and going in with you, you have always been rebellious against the Lord: how much more when I shall be dead?
28 Bosangisa liboso na ngai bakambi nyonso ya mabota na bino mpe bakalaka na bino, mpo ete naloba maloba oyo na matoyi na bango mpe nazwa likolo mpe se lokola batatoli mpo na kofunda bango.
Gather unto me all the ancients of your tribes, and your doctors, and I will speak these words in their hearing, and will call heaven and earth to witness against them.
29 Pamba te nayebi solo ete sima na kufa na ngai, bokomibebisa mpe bokopengwa mosika na nzela oyo natindaki bino. Na mikolo oyo ezali koya, bokono ekokweyela bino, pamba te bokosala mabe na miso ya Yawe mpe bokotumbola kanda na Ye na nzela ya misala ya maboko na bino. »
For I know that, after my death, you will do wickedly, and will quickly turn aside from the way that I have commanded you: and evils shall come upon you in the latter times, when you shall do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him by the works of your hands.
30 Moyize alobaki maloba ya nzembo yango, banda na ebandeli kino na suka, wana lisanga mobimba ya bana ya Isalaele ezalaki koyoka:
Moses therefore spoke, in the hearing of the whole assembly of Israel, the words of this canticle, and finished it even to the end,
