< Bilombe 3 >
1 Tala bikolo oyo Yawe atikaki mpo na komeka bana ya Isalaele oyo bazalaki na tango ya bitumba ya Kanana.
These are the nations which the Lord left, that by them he might instruct Israel, and all that had not known the wars of the Chanaanites:
2 Asalaki bango bongo, kaka mpo ete milongo ya sika ya bana ya Isalaele oyo bazalaki te na tango ya bitumba, bayeba nini yango bitumba.
That afterwards their children might learn to fight with their enemies, and to be trained up to war:
3 Yawe atikaki kati na mokili yango bakonzi mitano ya bato ya Filisitia, bato nyonso ya Kanana, bato nyonso ya Sidoni mpe bato nyonso ya Evi, oyo bazalaki kovanda na bangomba ya Libani, wuta na ngomba ya Bala-Erimoni kino na Lebo-Amati.
The five princes of the Philistines, and all the Chanaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hevites that dwelt in mount Libanus, from mount Baal Hermon to the entering into Emath.
4 Bikolo wana etikalaki mpo na komeka bana ya Isalaele mpe kotala soki bakotosa mitindo oyo Yawe apesaki bakoko na bango na nzela ya Moyize.
And he left them, that he might try Israel by them, whether they would hear the commandments of the Lord, which he had commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses, or not.
5 Bana ya Isalaele bavandaki kati na bato ya Kanana, ya Iti, ya Amori, ya Perizi, ya Evi mpe ya Yebusi;
So the children of Israel dwelt in the midst of the Chanaanite, and the Hethite, and the Amorrhite, and the Pherezite, and the Hevite, and the Jebusite:
6 babalaki bana basi na bango mpe babalisaki bana na bango ya basi epai ya bana na bango ya mibali, mpe basalelaki banzambe na bango.
And they took their daughters to wives, and they gave their own daughters to their sons, and they served their gods.
7 Bana ya Isalaele basalaki makambo mabe na miso ya Yawe; babosanaki Yawe, Nzambe na bango, mpe basalelaki banzambe Bala mpe Ashera.
And they did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they forgot their God, and served Baalim and Astaroth.
8 Yawe asilikelaki bana ya Isalaele, mpe akabaki bango na maboko ya Kushani-Rishetayimi, mokonzi ya Arami. Bana ya Isalaele basalaki mibu mwambe na se ya bokonzi na ye.
And the Lord being angry with Israel, delivered them into the hands of Chusan Rasathaim king of Mesopotamia, and they served him eight years.
9 Bana ya Isalaele bagangaki epai ya Yawe, mpe Yawe abimiselaki bango mokangoli: Otinieli, mwana mobali ya Kenazi, leki ya Kalebi. Mpe Otinieli abikisaki bana ya Isalaele.
And they cried to the Lord, who raised them up a saviour, and delivered them, to wit, Othoniel the son of Cenez, the younger brother of Caleb:
10 Molimo na Yawe ayaki likolo na ye mpe akomaki elombe kati na bana ya Isalaele; bongo akendeki kobunda bitumba. Yawe akabaki Kushani-Rishetayimi, mokonzi ya Arami, na maboko ya Otinieli; mpe Otinieli alongaki ye.
And the spirit of the Lord was in him, and he judged Israel. And he went out to fight, and the Lord delivered into his hands Chusan Rasathaim king of Syria, and he overthrew him.
11 Sima na yango, mokili ekomaki na kimia mibu tuku minei kino tango Otinieli, mwana mobali ya Kenazi, akufaki.
And the land rested forty years, and Othoniel the son of Cenez died.
12 Bana ya Isalaele basalaki lisusu mabe na miso ya Yawe. Likolo ya mabe yango, Yawe apesaki Egiloni, mokonzi ya Moabi, bokonzi na likolo ya bana ya Isalaele.
And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord: who strengthened against them Eglon king of Moab: because they did evil in his sight.
13 Egiloni asanganaki na bato ya Amoni mpe ya Amaleki, bayaki mpe babundisaki bana ya Isalaele, bongo babotolaki engumba ya nzete ya Mbila.
And he joined to him the children of Ammon, and Amalec: and he went and overthrew Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.
14 Bana ya Isalaele bazalaki na se ya bokonzi ya Egiloni, mokonzi ya Moabi, mibu zomi na mwambe.
And the children of Israel served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years:
15 Bana ya Isalaele bagangaki lisusu epai na Yawe, mpe Yawe apesaki bango mokangoli moko na kombo Ewudi, mwana mobali ya Gera, ya libota ya Benjame. Ewudi azalaki kosalela loboko ya mwasi. Bana ya Isalaele batindaki ye epai ya Egiloni, mokonzi ya Moabi, mpo na kopesa ye mpako.
And afterwards they cried to the Lord, who raised them up a saviour called Aod, the son of Gera, the son of Jemini, who used the left hand as well as the right. And the children of Israel sent presents to Eglon king of Moab by him.
16 Ewudi amisalelaki mopanga ya minu mibale, ya ndambo ya metele na molayi. Akangaki yango na loketo na ye, na ngambo ya loboko ya mobali, mpe abombaki yango na se ya bilamba na ye.
And he made himself a two-edged sword, with a haft in the midst of the length of the palm of the hand, and was girded therewith under his garment on the right thigh.
17 Apesaki mpako epai ya Egiloni, mokonzi ya Moabi, oyo azalaki moto ya nzoto minene.
And he presented the gifts to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was exceeding fat.
18 Tango Ewudi asilisaki kopesa mpako, azongisaki bato nyonso oyo bamemaki yango.
And when he had presented the gifts unto him, he followed his companions that came along with him.
19 Kasi tango akomaki na esika ya banzambe ya bikeko oyo basala na mabanga, pembeni ya Giligali, azongaki epai ya mokonzi mpe alobaki na ye: — Mokonzi, nazali na sango ya sekele mpo na yo. Mokonzi azongisaki: — Kimia! Mpe bato nyonso oyo bazalaki pembeni na ye babimaki libanda.
Then returning from Galgal, where the idols were, be said to the king: I have a secret message to thee, O king. And he commanded silence: and all being gone out that were about him,
20 Bongo Ewudi apusanaki pene ya mokonzi Egiloni oyo azalaki ya kovanda na shambre ya likolo ya ndako na ye ya kopema. Alobaki na ye: — Nazali na liloba ya koyebisa yo kowuta na Nzambe.
Aod went in to him: now he was sitting in a summer parlour alone, and he said: I have a word from God to thee. And he forthwith rose up from his throne,
21 Ewudi asembolaki loboko na ye ya mwasi, akamataki mopanga oyo abombaki na loketo na ye, na ngambo ya loboko ya mobali, mpe atubaki yango na libumu ya mokonzi.
And Aod put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly,
22 Boye, ezala esimbelo ya mopanga, nyonso ekotaki, mpe mafuta ezipaki mopanga; pamba te Ewudi atikaki mopanga yango kati na libumu ya mokonzi.
With such force that the haft went in after the blade into the wound, and was closed up with the abundance of fat. So that he did not draw out the dagger, but left it in his body as he had struck it in. And forthwith by the secret parts of nature the excrements of the belly came out.
23 Ewudi abimaki na sima ya ndako, akangaki bikuke ya shambre ya likolo sima na ye mpe atiaki yango bibende.
But Aod carefully shutting the doors of the parlour and locking them,
24 Tango akendeki, basali ya mokonzi bayaki na esika yango mpe bamonaki ete bikuke ya shambre ya likolo ya kokangama. Balobaki: — Tango mosusu mokonzi azali na zongo inene oyo ezali kati na shambre, na kati ya ndako.
Went out by a postern door. And the king’s servants going in, saw the doors of the parlour shut, and they said: Perhaps he is easing nature in his summer parlour.
25 Basali bazelaki mingi, kino ekomaki kosala bango soni. Lokola mokonzi azalaki kaka kofungola te bikuke ya shambre ya likolo, bazwaki fungola mpe bafungolaki bango moko. Mpe tala, bamonaki nkolo na bango azali ya kokufa, alala na se.
And waiting a long time till they were ashamed, and seeing that no man opened the door, they took a key: and opening, they found their lord lying dead on the ground.
26 Wana balekisaki bongo ngonga, Ewudi abimaki; alekaki na esika oyo ezalaki na banzambe oyo basala na mabanga mpe akimaki na Seira.
But Aod, while they were in confusion, escaped, and passed by the place of the idols, from whence he had returned. And he came to Seirath:
27 Tango akomaki kuna, abetaki kelelo na mokili ya bangomba ya Efrayimi, mpe bana ya Isalaele bakitaki elongo na ye, longwa na likolo na ngomba, mpe amitiaki na liboso mpo na kotambolisa bango.
And forthwith he sounded the trumpet in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel went down with him, he himself going in the front.
28 Alobaki na bango: — Bolanda ngai, pamba te Yawe akabi Moabi, monguna na bino, na maboko na bino. Balandaki ye mpe babotolaki bato ya Moabi bisika oyo bakatisaka Yordani na makolo. Bapesaki lisusu ata na moto moko te nzela ya kokatisa mayi.
And he said to them: Follow me: for the Lord hath delivered our enemies the Moabites into our hands. And they went down after him, and seized upon the fords of the Jordan, which are in the way to Moab: and they suffered no man to pass over.
29 Na mokolo wana, babomaki bato ya Moabi pene nkoto zomi; bango nyonso bazalaki bambinga mpe bato ya makasi, ata moto moko te abikaki.
But they slew of the Moabites at that time, about ten thousand, all strong and Valiant men: none of them could escape.
30 Na mokolo wana, bana ya Isalaele balembisaki bato ya Moabi, mpe mokili ezalaki na kimia mibu tuku mwambe.
And Moab was humbled that day under the hand of Israel: and the land rested eighty years.
31 Sima na Ewudi, Shamagari, mwana mobali ya Anati, ayaki mpe abomaki bato ya Filisitia nkama motoba na nzela ya nzete ya moke oyo batambolisaka na yango bangombe. Ye mpe abikisaki Isalaele.
After him was Samgar the son of Anath, who slew of the Philistines six hundred men with a ploughshare: and he also defended Israel.