Levitike 12
1 Yawe ayebisaki Moyize:
Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
2 « Loba na bana ya Isalaele: ‹ Soki mwasi aboti mwana mobali, akozala mbindo mikolo sambo lokola tango amonaka makila na ye ya sanza.
“Tell this to the Israeli people: ‘If a woman gives birth to a son, she must be avoided for seven days, like she must be avoided when she is menstruating each month.
3 Bongo na mokolo ya mwambe, basengeli kokata mwana ngenga.
The baby son must be circumcised on the eighth day after he is born.
4 Sima, akolekisa lisusu mikolo tuku misato na misato mpo ete apetolama na makila na ye oyo ebimaki tango abotaki. Akosimba eloko moko te ya bule mpe akokende te na Esika ya bule kino mikolo ya kopetolama na ye ekokoka.
Then the woman must wait 33 days to be purified from her bleeding [during childbirth]. She must not touch anything that is sacred or enter the Sacred Tent area until that time is ended.
5 Soki mwasi aboti mwana mwasi, akozala mbindo baposo mibale lokola tango amonaka makila na ye ya sanza. Bongo akolekisa mikolo tuku motoba na motoba mpo ete apetolama na makila na ye oyo ebimaki tango abotaki.
If a woman gives birth to a daughter, she must be avoided for two weeks, like she must be avoided when she is menstruating each month. Then she must wait 66 days to be purified from the bleeding that occurred [when her baby was born].
6 Soki mikolo ya kopetolama na ye ekoki, ezala abotaki mwana mobali to mwana mwasi, akomema epai ya Nganga-Nzambe, na ekotelo ya Ndako ya kapo ya Bokutani, mwana meme ya mobu moko lokola mbeka ya kotumba mpe ebenga moko ya mboka to ebenga moko ya zamba lokola mbeka mpo na masumu.
‘Then that time for her to be purified is ended, that woman must bring to the priest at the entrance of the Sacred Tent a one-year-old lamb to be completely burned [on the altar], and a dove or a young pigeon [to be sacrificed] to enable her to become acceptable to Yahweh again.
7 Nganga-Nzambe akobonza bambeka yango liboso ya Yawe mpe sima, akosala mosala ya bolimbisi masumu ya mwasi. Soki kaka asilisi kosala yango nde mwasi akokoma peto. Wana nde mobeko mpo na mwasi oyo aboti mwana mobali to mwana mwasi.
The priest will offer them to Yahweh in order that she may be forgiven for any sins she has committed. Then she will be purified from her loss of blood [when the baby was born]. ‘Those are the regulations for women who give birth to a son or daughter.
8 Soki azangi makoki ya kozwa mwana meme, akoki komema bana mibale ya ebenga ya mboka to bibenga mibale ya zamba: moko mpo na mbeka ya kotumba, mpe mosusu, mpo na mbeka mpo na masumu. Sima na Nganga-Nzambe kosala mosala ya bolimbisi masumu, mwasi akokoma peto. › »
If a woman who gives birth to a child cannot afford a lamb, she must bring two doves or two young pigeons. One will be burned completely [on the altar], and one will be an offering to enable her to become acceptable to God again. By doing that, the priest will cause that she will be forgiven for any sins she has committed, and she no longer will need to be avoided.’”
