Deteronomi 5
1 Moyize abengisaki Isalaele mobimba mpe alobaki: « Oh Isalaele, yoka malamu bikateli mpe mibeko oyo nakoyebisa yo lelo. Yekola yango, batela yango mpe salela yango.
Moses/I summoned all the people of Israel and said to them, “You Israeli people, listen to all the rules and regulations that I am giving to you today. Learn them and be sure to obey them.
2 Yawe, Nzambe na biso, asalaki boyokani elongo na biso elongo na ngomba Orebi.
When we were at Sinai [Mountain], Yahweh our God made an agreement with us.
3 Yawe asalaki te boyokani oyo na bakoko na biso kasi asalaki yango nde na biso, biso nyonso oyo tozali na bomoi awa na mokolo ya lelo.
But this agreement was not only for our ancestors. He made it also for us who are alive now.
4 Yawe alobaki na bino kati na moto likolo ya ngomba ndenge moto alobanaka na moto miso na miso.
Yahweh spoke with us face-to-face on that mountain, from the middle of the fire.
5 Na tango wana, natelemaki kati ya Yawe mpe bino mpo na koyebisa bino maloba na Yawe, pamba te bozalaki kobanga moto mpe bomataki te likolo ya ngomba. Tala maloba oyo alobaki:
On that day, I stood between your ancestors and Yahweh to tell them what he said, because they were afraid of the fire, and they did not climb up the mountain. This is what Yahweh said:
6 ‹ Nazali Yawe, Nzambe na yo, oyo abimisaki yo wuta na mokili ya Ejipito epai wapi ozalaki na bowumbu.
‘I am Yahweh your God, the one you [worship]. I am the one who brought you out of the land of Egypt. I am the one who freed you from being slaves [there].
7 Okozalaka na banzambe mosusu te, bobele Ngai.
[You must worship only] me; you must not worship any other god.
8 Okomisalelaka te nzambe ya ekeko to bililingi ya biloko oyo ezali na likolo, na se to na mayi oyo ezali na se ya mabele.
You must not carve/make for yourselves any idol that represents anything in the sky or anything that is on the ground or anything that swims in the water.
9 Okogumbamelaka yango te mpe okosalelaka yango te, pamba te Ngai Yawe, Nzambe na yo, nazali Nzambe ya zuwa; napesaka bana etumbu mpo na masumu ya batata kino na molongo ya misato mpe ya minei ya bato oyo bayinaka Ngai.
You must not bow down to any idol and worship it, because I am Yahweh God, and I (am very jealous/want you to worship me only). I punish those who sin and hate me. I punish not only them, but I will punish (their descendants, down to the third and fourth generation/their children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren).
10 Kasi natalisaka bolingo na Ngai kino na molongo ya nkoto epai ya bato oyo balingaka Ngai mpe babatelaka mibeko na Ngai.
But I will steadfastly love (thousands of generations/all the descendants) of those who love me and obey my commandments (OR, I will love for thousands of generations).
11 Okotangaka te na pamba Kombo ya Yawe, Nzambe na yo, pamba te Yawe akopesa etumbu na moto nyonso oyo akotanga Kombo na Ye na pamba.
Do not use/speak my name carelessly (OR, for wrong/evil purposes), because I am Yahweh God, the one whom you [should worship], and I will certainly punish those who use/speak my name for wrong/evil purposes [LIT].
12 Kanisaka mokolo ya Saba mpe bulisaka yango, ndenge Yawe, Nzambe na yo, atindaki yo yango.
Do not forget that the seventh day [of every week] is mine. Dedicate those days to me just like I, Yahweh your God, am commanding you.
13 Okosalaka misala na yo nyonso mikolo motoba.
There are six days each week for you to do all your work,
14 Kasi mokolo ya sambo ezali mokolo ya Saba ya Yawe, Nzambe na yo. Na mokolo wana, okosalaka mosala ata moko te, ezala yo, mwana na yo ya mobali, mwana na yo ya mwasi, mowumbu na yo ya mobali, mwasi mowumbu na yo, ngombe na yo, ane na yo, ebwele moko kati na bibwele na yo to mopaya oyo azali kati na bingumba na yo, mpo ete mosali na yo ya mobali mpe mwasi mosali na yo ya mwasi bakoka kopema ndenge yo ozali kopema.
but the seventh day is a rest day, a day dedicated to me, Yahweh your God. On that day you must not do any work. You and your sons and daughters and your male and female slaves must not work. You must not even force your livestock to work, and you must not tell foreigners to work, those who are living in your country. You must allow your slaves to rest on that day just like you do.
15 Kanisa ete bozalaki bawumbu na Ejipito, mpe Yawe, Nzambe na bino, abimisaki bino kuna na loboko na Ye ya nguya mpe na loboko na Ye ya kosembolama. Yango wana, Yawe, Nzambe na yo, apesi yo mitindo ete otosa mokolo ya Saba.
Do not forget that you were slaves in Egypt, and that I, Yahweh your God, brought you out from there by my very great power. [DOU, MTY] That is the reason that I am commanding that [all of] you must rest on the seventh/Sabbath day [each week].
16 Okopesaka tata na yo mpe mama na yo lokumu, ndenge Yawe, Nzambe na yo, atindaki yo mpo ete ozala na bomoi ya molayi, mpe ozala moto ya esengo kati na mokili oyo Yawe, Nzambe na yo, azali kopesa yo.
Honor/Respect your fathers and your mothers, just like I, Yahweh your God, am commanding you, in order that you may live a long time in the land that I, Yahweh your God, will give you, and in order that things will go well for you there.
17 Okobomaka te.
Do not murder anyone.
18 Okosalaka ekobo te.
Do not (commit adultery/have sex with anyone other than your spouse).
19 Okoyibaka te.
Do not steal anything.
20 Okolobaka te matatoli ya lokuta mpo na kokosela moninga na yo makambo.
Do not tell lies about anyone [when you are speaking in a court].
21 Okolulaka te mwasi ya moninga na yo; okolulaka te ndako ya moninga na yo, elanga na ye, mowumbu na ye ya mobali to mwasi mowumbu na ye, ngombe na ye, ane na ye to eloko nyonso oyo ezali ya moninga na yo. › »
Do not (covet/desire to have) someone else’s wife, someone else’s house, someone else’s fields, someone else’s male slave or female slave, someone else’s livestock, someone else’s donkeys, or anything else that another person owns.’
22 Oyo nde mibeko oyo Yawe alobaki na mongongo makasi kati na moto epai ya lisanga mobimba oyo ezalaki likolo ya ngomba kati na mapata mpe molili makasi; mpe abakisaki ata likambo moko te. Bongo akomaki yango na bitando mibale ya mabanga mpe apesaki ngai yango.
Those are the commandments that Yahweh spoke to your ancestors. When they were gathered there at [the bottom of] the mountain, he spoke with a very loud voice from the middle of the fire, and there were dark clouds surrounding the mountain. He spoke only those [ten] commandments, no more. Then he wrote them on two stone tablets and gave them to me.
23 Tango boyokaki mongongo kobima kati na molili, wana ngomba ezalaki kopela moto, bakambi nyonso ya mabota na bino mpe bampaka na bino bayaki epai na ngai.
After your ancestors heard [Yahweh’s] voice when he spoke to them out of the darkness, while there was a big fire burning on the mountain, their leaders and elders came to me,
24 Balobaki: « Yawe, Nzambe na biso, alakisi biso nkembo na Ye mpe lokumu na Ye; mpe toyoki mongongo na Ye wuta na moto. Lelo, tomoni ete moto akoki kozala na bomoi ata soki Nzambe asololi na ye.
and [one of] them said, ‘Listen to us! Yahweh our God showed us that he is very great and glorious when we heard him speak [MTY] from the fire. Today we have realized that it is possible for us humans to continue to live even though God has spoken to us.
25 Kasi sik’oyo mpo na nini tokufa kaka boye? Moto ya monene oyo ekoki kozikisa biso mpe koboma biso soki tokobi koyoka mongongo na Yawe, Nzambe na biso, kolobela biso.
But we are afraid that we will die [RHQ] if we hear Yahweh our God speak [MTY] to us again; his terrible fire will destroy/kill us.
26 Pamba te nani kati na mokili akoki koyoka mongongo ya Nzambe na bomoi koloba kati na moto ndenge biso toyokaki bongo atikala na bomoi?
(Who has/Certainly no human has) remained alive after hearing the all-powerful God speak [MTY] to them from a fire.
27 Pusana pembeni mpe yoka makambo nyonso oyo Yawe, Nzambe na biso, akoloba; bongo na sima, okoyebisa biso makambo nyonso oyo Yawe, Nzambe na biso, akoloba na yo; mpe biso tokoyoka mpe tokotosa yango. »
[So Moses], you go [up the mountain] and listen to everything that Yahweh our God will say. Then [come back and] tell us everything that he has said, and we will listen to what he has said and obey it.’
28 Yawe ayokaki bino tango boyebisaki ngai mpe alobaki na ngai: « Nayoki makambo oyo bato oyo balobi na yo. Nyonso oyo balobi ezali malamu.
Yahweh heard your leaders say that, so [when I went back up the mountain], Yahweh said to me, ‘I have heard what your leaders have said, and what they have said is right/correct.
29 Oh, soki mitema na bango ezalaki penza ya kobongama mpo na kobanga Ngai mpe kobatela mibeko na Ngai tango nyonso, mpo ete bakoka kozala tango nyonso malamu elongo na bana na bango!
I surely wish that they would always think like that and revere me and obey all my commandments, in order that things may go well for them and for their descendants forever.
30 Kende, yebisa bango: ‹ Bozonga na bandako na bino. ›
So go [down] and tell them to return to their tents.
31 Kasi yo, vanda awa elongo na Ngai mpo ete napesa yo mibeko nyonso, bikateli nyonso, mpe mitindo nyonso oyo okoteya bango mpo ete basalela yango kati na mokili oyo nakopesa bango lokola libula. »
But [then] you [come back up here and] stand near me, and I will give to you all the rules and regulations that I [want them to obey]. Then you can teach them to the people, in order that they will obey them when they are in the land that I am giving to them.’
32 Yango wana, bosala keba na oyo nyonso Yawe, Nzambe na bino, atindi bino; bobaluka te ezala na ngambo moko to na ngambo mosusu.
[So I went back down to the people, and I said to them], ‘Be sure that you do everything that Yahweh our God has commanded us to do. Do not disobey any of his laws.
33 Botambola na banzela nyonso oyo Yawe, Nzambe na bino, atindaki bino mpo ete bozala na bomoi, mpo ete bozala bato ya esengo, mpe mpo ete bobakisa mikolo ya bomoi na bino kati na mokili oyo bokokamata.
Conduct your lives as Yahweh our God has commanded us to do, in order that you may live a long time, and in order that things will go well for you [when you are living] in the land that you will occupy.’”
