Levitike 16
1 Yawe alobaki na Moyize, sima na kufa ya bana mibali mibale ya Aron, oyo bakufaki tango bapusanaki liboso ya Yawe.
After the two sons of Aaron died because they burned incense to Yahweh [in a manner that was contrary to what Yahweh commanded], Yahweh spoke to Moses/me.
2 Yawe alobaki na Moyize: « Loba na Aron, ndeko na yo ya mobali, ete akotaka tango nyonso te na Esika ya bule, na sima ya rido, liboso ya esika ya bolimbisi masumu, likolo ya Sanduku mpo ete akufa te; pamba te namimonisaka na nzela ya lipata likolo ya esika ya bolimbisi masumu.
He said to him/me, “Warn your [older] brother Aaron that he must not enter the Very Holy Place inside the curtain that is in the Sacred Tent whenever he wants to, because the cover of the sacred chest is there. That is the place where the priest (makes atonement for/requests me to forgive) sins. I am present in the cloud that is over the cover of the sacred chest. If Aaron goes in that room when it is not the proper time, he will die!
3 Tala ndenge Aron akobanda kokota na Esika ya bule: akomema ngombe moko ya mobali lokola mbeka ya masumu mpe meme moko ya mobali lokola mbeka ya kotumba.
“When Aaron enters the Sacred Tent area, he must bring a bull that [will be killed] to become an offering/sacrifice for sins, and a ram [to be killed] to be an offering that will be completely burned [on the altar].
4 Akolata na nzoto na ye: nzambala ya bule basala na lino mpe bakaputula ya lino; akomikanga mokaba ya lino mpe kitendi ya lino na moto na ye. Lokola bilamba oyo ezali ya bule, asengeli komisukola nzoto na ye na mayi liboso ya kolata yango.
Then he must bathe his whole body, and put on the linen underwear/undershorts and the linen gown. He must tie the linen sash/waistbands around his waist and wrap the turban around his head. Those are his sacred garments.
5 Aron akozwa kati na lisanga ya bana ya Isalaele: bantaba mibale ya mibali lokola mbeka ya masumu mpe meme moko ya mobali lokola mbeka ya kotumba.
The Israeli people must then bring to him two male goats [to be killed] as an offering/sacrifice for sin, and a ram to be [killed and] burned completely [on the altar].
6 Aron akobonza mpo na ye moko, ngombe ya mobali lokola mbeka ya masumu mpe akosala mosala ya bolimbisi masumu mpo na ye moko mpe mpo na ndako na ye.
“Aaron must offer the bull [to me] to be a sacrifice in order that (I will forgive his sins and the sins of his family/his sins and the sins of his family will be forgiven).
7 Akozwa bantaba ya mibali nyonso mibale mpe akotia yango liboso ya Yawe, na ekotelo ya Ndako ya kapo ya Bokutani.
Then he must bring the two male goats to me at the entrance to the Sacred Tent.
8 Aron akobeta zeke mpo na bantaba ya mibali nyonso mibale: moko mpo na Yawe, mpe mosusu, mpo na Azazeli.
He must (cast lots/throw down stones that have been marked) to determine which goat will be [sacrificed] to me, and which will be the goat that will be set free.
9 Bongo Aron akomema ntaba oyo zeke ekolakisa ete ezali mpo na Yawe, mpe akobonza yango lokola mbeka mpo na masumu.
Aaron must bring to me the goat that was chosen to be sacrificed. It will be an offering for the people’s sins.
10 Kasi ntaba ya mobali oyo zeke ekolakisa ete ezali mpo na Azazeli, akomema yango ya bomoi liboso ya Yawe mpo ete basala na yango mosala ya bolimbisi masumu, bongo bakotinda yango na esobe mpo na Azazeli.
Aaron must also bring to me the other goat, but it is not to be killed. It will be freed while it is still alive. As a result of Aaron sending it into the desert, the people’s sins will be forgiven.
11 Aron akobonza, mpo na ye moko, ngombe ya mobali lokola mbeka mpo na masumu mpe akosala mosala ya bolimbisi masumu na ye moko mpe ya ndako na ye. Sima na ye kokata kingo ya ngombe ya mobali oyo abonzi mpo na ye moko lokola mbeka ya masumu,
“Then Aaron must bring the young bull to me, to be an offering/sacrifice for himself and for his family. He must slaughter that bull to be an offering for their sins, [and he must drain the blood into a basin].
12 akotondisa mbabola ya kotumba malasi na makala ya moto oyo ewuti na etumbelo liboso ya Yawe mpe akotondisa maboko na ye mibale na malasi ya putulu, bongo akomema yango na sima ya rido.
Then he must take some burning coals from the [bronze] altar and put them in the incense burner. Then he must fill his hands with fragrant finely-ground incense. Then he must take the incense and the incense burner inside the curtain into the Very Holy Place [of the Sacred Tent].
13 Akotia malasi na moto liboso ya Yawe mpo ete milinga na yango ezipa esika ya bolimbisi oyo ezali likolo ya Sanduku ya Boyokani mpo ete akufa te.
There he must put the incense on the burning coals, with the result that a cloud of burning incense will rise up over the lid of the sacred chest. If he obeys these instructions, he will not die [like Korah’s two sons did because of offering incense incorrectly] (OR, [because of being in God’s presence]).
14 Akozwa makila ya ngombe ya mobali mpe, na nzela ya mosapi na ye, akobwaka yango liboso ya esika ya bolimbisi masumu, na ngambo ya este. Boye, na nzela ya mosapi na ye, akobwaka makila mbala sambo liboso ya esika ya bolimbisi masumu.
Then he must dip his finger into [the basin] and sprinkle some blood on the lid of the sacred chest, and also sprinkle some blood seven times against the front of the chest.
15 Akokata kingo ya ntaba ya mobali ya mbeka mpo na masumu ya bato mpe akomema makila na yango na sima ya rido. Bongo akosala na makila yango ndenge asalaki na makila ya ngombe ya mobali: akobwaka liboso mpe likolo ya esika ya bolimbisi masumu.
[“Aaron must then go outside the Sacred Tent] and slaughter the goat to be an offering for the sins of the people. Then he must bring its blood into the Very Holy Place behind the curtain. There he must sprinkle [some of] that blood on the lid of the sacred chest and against the front of the chest, like he did with the bull’s blood.
16 Na nzela wana, akosala mosala ya bolimbisi masumu mpo na Esika ya bule likolo ya mbindo, botomboki mpe masumu ya bana ya Isalaele. Akosala mpe ndenge moko mpo na Ndako ya kapo ya Bokutani oyo ezali elongo na bango kati na mbindo na bango.
By doing that, he will purify the Very Holy Place. And he must sprinkle more of the blood on the Sacred Tent, because the tent is in the midst of the camp of the Israeli people who have become unacceptable to me [because of their sins].
17 Moto moko te akozala kati na Ndako ya kapo ya Bokutani tango Aron akokota kuna mpo na kosala mosala ya bolimbisi masumu kati na Esika ya bule kino tango akobima na libanda. Mpe akosala mosala ya bolimbisi masumu mpo na ye moko, mpo na ndako na ye mpe mpo na lisanga mobimba ya Isalaele.
When Aaron goes into the Very Holy Place [in the Sacred Tent] to purify it, no one else is permitted to enter [the other part of] the Sacred Tent. Only after Aaron has performed rituals to enable me to forgive him and his family, and all the Israeli people, is any priest permitted to enter the Sacred Tent.
18 Sima na yango, akobima mpo na kokende na etumbelo oyo ezali liboso ya Yawe mpe akosala mosala ya bolimbisi masumu mpo na etumbelo yango. Akozwa makila ya ngombe ya mobali mpe ya ntaba ya mobali mpe akotia yango na maseke ya etumbelo.
“Then Aaron must go outside the tent to purify my altar. He must do this by smearing some of the blood from the bull and some of the blood from the goat on each of the projections at the corners of the altar.
19 Mpe na nzela ya mosapi na ye, akobwaka makila mbala sambo na etumbelo. Ezali na nzela wana nde akopetola mpe akobulisa yango na mbindo ya bana ya Isalaele.
Then Aaron must dip his finger into the [basin of] blood and sprinkle some of the blood over the altar seven times. By doing that, he will cleanse it from being unholy [because of the sins] of the Israeli people, and it will become holy again.
20 Tango Aron akosilisa kosala mosala ya bolimbisi masumu mpo na Esika ya bule, mpo na Ndako ya kapo ya Bokutani mpe mpo na etumbelo, akomema ntaba ya mobali ya bomoi.
“When Aaron has finished purifying the Very Holy Place [inside the Sacred Tent] and all of the Sacred Tent and the altar, he must bring the goat that was chosen to be set free.
21 Aron akotia maboko na ye mibale na moto ya ntaba yango, akotubela mabe, botomboki mpe masumu nyonso ya bana ya Isalaele na moto ya ntaba yango. Na nzela wana akotia masumu nyonso na moto ya ntaba yango; sima akopona moto moko mpo na kobengana ntaba yango na esobe.
He must put both of his hands on the head of the goat and confess all the sins [DOU] of the Israeli people. By doing that, he will put [the guilt of] their sins on the head of the goat. Then he must give the goat to a man who is chosen, and that man will send the goat out into the desert.
22 Boye ntaba ekomema masumu na bango nyonso na esika oyo ezanga bato, mpe moto yango akotika ntaba kokende na esobe.
[It is as though] the goat will carry away into the desert [the guilt for] the sins of all the people.
23 Bongo Aron akokota na Ndako ya kapo ya Bokutani, akolongola bilamba ya lino oyo alataki tango akotaki na Esika ya bule mpe akotika yango kuna.
“When Aaron approaches the Sacred Tent, he must take off the linen clothes that he wore when he [previously] entered the Very Holy Place, and he must leave those clothes there.
24 Akosukola nzoto na ye na mayi na esika moko ya bule; mpe akolata bilamba na ye. Sima, akobima libanda mpe akobonza mbeka ya kotumba mpo na ye moko mpe mpo na bato. Na nzela wana nde akosala mosala ya bolimbisi masumu mpo na ye moko mpe mpo na bato.
Then he must bathe in a sacred place, put on his regular/ordinary clothes, and sacrifice the animals that will be burned completely on the altar for his own sins and for the sins of the Israeli people. By doing that he will enable me to forgive him and them.
25 Akotumba mafuta ya mbeka ya masumu na likolo ya etumbelo.
He must also burn on the altar all the fat of the bull and the goat that were sacrificed.
26 Moto oyo akobengana ntaba ya mobali mpo na Azazeli, asengeli kosukola nzoto na ye na mayi; mpe sima na yango, akozonga na molako.
“The man who was chosen to send the other goat into the desert and free it there must afterwards wash his clothes and bathe. Then he may return to the camp.
27 Bakomema libanda ya molako ngombe ya mobali mpe ntaba ya mobali ya mbeka ya masumu oyo bamemaki makila na yango na Esika ya bule mpo na kosala mosala ya bolimbisi masumu mpe bakotumba na moto poso na yango, misuni na yango mpe banyei na yango.
The carcasses of the bull and the goat that were slaughtered to be an offering/sacrifice for the people’s sins, whose blood was taken inside the Very Holy Place to enable Yahweh to forgive the Israeli people, must be carried outside the camp and burned. The hides/skins of the animals, the inner organs, and the dung must also be burned.
28 Moto oyo akotumba yango asengeli kosukola na mayi bilamba na ye mpe nzoto na ye, sima na yango nde akoki kozonga na molako.
The man who burns those things must then wash his clothes and bathe before he returns to the camp.
29 Tala malako oyo bosengeli kosalela mpo na libela: na mokolo ya zomi ya sanza ya sambo, ezala mwana mboka to mopaya oyo avandi kati na bino, bosengeli komikitisa mpe bokosala mosala ata moko te,
“On (October/the month after the dry season ends), on the day that I have appointed, you all must (fast/abstain from eating food) and not do any work. This is a rule/law that will never end. It must be obeyed by you people who have been Israelis all your lives, and also by foreigners who are living among you.
30 pamba te na mokolo wana nde bokosala mosala ya bolimbisi masumu mpo na bino mpe kopetolama bino. Boye bokopetolama na masumu na bino nyonso liboso ya Yawe.
On that day, Aaron will perform rituals to enable me to forgive you all, and then I will cleanse/free you all from [the guilt of] all your sins and you will become acceptable to me.
31 Ekozala mpo na bino mokolo ya Saba, mokolo ya bopemi, mpe bosengeli komikitisa. Ezali malako ya libela.
That will be a day for you to rest and not do any work, like the Sabbath days, and you must (fast/abstain from eating food) all that day. That is a permanent command/law for you all to obey.
32 Nganga-Nzambe oyo bakopakola mafuta mpe akobulisama mpo na kosala mosala ya bonganga-Nzambe na esika ya tata na ye, akosala mosala ya bolimbisi masumu. Akolata bilamba ya bule ya lino.
In future years, [after Aaron has died], this ritual/ceremony to enable me to forgive you all [DOU] will be performed by the Supreme Priest who is anointed [with olive oil] and appointed to serve instead of his ancestor Aaron. He must put on the sacred clothes made of linen
33 Akosala mosala ya bolimbisi masumu mpo na ndako ya bule, mpo na Ndako ya kapo ya Bokutani, mpo na etumbelo, mpo na Nganga-Nzambe mpe mpo na bato nyonso ya lisanga.
and offer sacrifices to purify the Very Holy Place, all of the Sacred Tent, the altar, the priests, and all the Israel people [like Aaron did].
34 Oyo nde ekozala mpo na bino malako ya libela: mbala moko na mobu, bokosala mosala ya bolimbisi masumu nyonso ya bana ya Isalaele. » Mpe basalaki ndenge kaka Yawe atindaki Moyize.
This will be a permanent command/law for you to obey once every year, to enable me to forgive you Israeli people for the sins that you have committed.” Moses/I obeyed all those instructions/commands that Yahweh had given to him/me.
