Levitike 20
1 Yawe alobaki na Moyize
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
2 ete apesa malako oyo epai ya bana ya Isalaele: « Soki moto moko ya Isalaele to mopaya oyo avandi kati na Isalaele abonzi moko kati na bana na ye lokola mbeka epai ya nzambe Moloki, esengeli baboma ye. Bato ya mokili bakobamba ye mabanga.
“Say to the people of Israel, 'Anyone among the people of Israel, or any foreigner who lives in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech, must certainly be put to death. The people in the land must stone him with stones.
3 Ngai nakotombokela moto yango mpe nakolongola ye kati na bato na ye, pamba te abonzaki mwana na ye lokola mbeka epai ya nzambe Moloki mpo na kokomisa mbindo Esika na Ngai ya bule mpe mpo na kobebisa bosantu ya Kombo na Ngai.
I also will set my face against that man and will cut him off from among his people because he has given his child to Molech, so as to defile my holy place and profane my holy name.
4 Mpe soki bato ya mokili bakangi miso na bango tango moto wana azali kobonza mwana na ye lokola mbeka epai ya nzambe Moloki mpe baboyi koboma ye,
If the people of the land close their eyes to that man when he gives any of his children to Molech, if they do not put him to death,
5 ngai nakotombokela moto yango mpe libota na ye, nakolongola bango na ekolo na bango, elongo na bato nyonso oyo balandaki ye mpo na kosalela nzambe Moloki.
then I myself will set my face against that man and his clan, and I will cut him off and everyone else who prostitutes himself in order to play the harlot with Molech.
6 Nakotombokela lisusu bato nyonso oyo balandaka moto oyo asololaka na bakufi mpe banganga-kisi mpo na kosalela banzambe ya bikeko. Nakolongola bango kati na bato na bango.
The person who turns to those who talk with the dead, or to those who talk with spirits so as to prostitute themselves with them, I will set my face against that person; I will cut him off from among his people.
7 Bomibulisa mpe bozala bule, pamba te nazali Yawe, Nzambe na bino.
Therefore consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am Yahweh your God.
8 Bobatela bikateli na Ngai mpe bosalela yango. Nazali Yawe oyo akomisi bino basantu.
You must keep my commands and carry them out. I am Yahweh who sets you apart as holy.
9 Moto nyonso oyo akolakela tata na ye to mama na ye mabe, esengeli baboma ye; pamba te alakeli tata na ye to mama na ye mabe: makila na ye ekotangama na moto na ye moko.
Everyone who curses his father or his mother must surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother, so he is guilty and deserves to die.
10 Soki mobali asali ekobo na mwasi ya mobali mosusu, mwasi ya moninga na ye; bango mibale, mwasi na mobali oyo basali ekobo, esengeli koboma bango.
The man who commits adultery with another man's wife, that is, anyone who commits adultery with his neighbor's wife—the adulterer and the adulteress must both certainly be put to death.
11 Soki mobali asangisi nzoto na mwasi ya tata na ye, asambwisi tata na ye; bango mibale, esengeli koboma bango: makila na bango ekotangama na mito na bango moko.
If a man lies with his father's wife, he uncovers his father's nakedness. Both the son and his father's wife must certainly be put to death. Their blood is upon them.
12 Soki mobali asangisi nzoto na mwasi ya mwana na ye ya mobali; bango mibale esengeli koboma bango, pamba te basali bosoto: makila na bango ekotangama na mito na bango moko.
If a man sleeps with his daughter-in-law, both of them must certainly be put to death. They have committed perversion. They are guilty and deserve to die.
13 Soki mobali asangisi nzoto na moninga na ye mobali ndenge basangisaka nzoto na mwasi, bango mibale basali likambo moko ya mbindo; boye esengeli koboma bango mpe makila na bango ekotangama na mito na bango moko.
If a man sleeps with another man, as with a woman, both of them have done something detestable. They must surely be put to death. They are guilty and deserve to die.
14 Soki mobali abali mwasi mpe mama ya mwasi, ezali likambo ya mabe koleka. Bango nyonso misato: mobali mpe basi nyonso mibale, esengeli kotumba bango na moto, mpo ete mabe moko te ezala kati na bino.
If a man marries a woman and also marries her mother, this is wickedness. They must be burned, both he and the women, so that there will be no wickedness among you.
15 Soki mobali asangisi nzoto na nyama, esengeli koboma ye elongo na nyama yango.
If a man sleeps with an animal, he must surely be put to death, and you must kill the animal.
16 Ndenge moko mpe soki mwasi asangisi nzoto na nyama, bakoboma ye elongo na nyama yango: makila na bango ekotangama na mito na bango moko.
If a woman approaches any animal to sleep with it, you must kill the woman and the animal. They must certainly be put to death. They are guilty and deserve to die.
17 Soki mobali abali mwasi oyo azali ndeko na ye mpo ete abotami na mama mosusu to tata mosusu, bongo asangisi na ye nzoto, ezali likambo ya soni. Bakolongola bango na miso ya bato na bango. Lokola mobali asambwisi ndeko na ye ya mwasi, akomema ngambo.
If a man sleeps with his sister, a daughter of his father or a daughter of his mother, and he uncovers her nakedness, and she sees his nakedness, it is a shameful thing. They must be cut off from the presence of their people, because he has slept with his sister. He must carry his guilt.
18 Soki mobali asangisi nzoto na mwasi oyo azali komona makila na ye ya sanza; bango mibale, esengeli kobengana bango kati na bato na bango, mpo te basangisaki nzoto na tango mwasi azalaki komona makila na ye ya sanza.
If a man sleeps with a woman during her menstrual period and has slept with her, he has uncovered the flow of her blood, the source of her blood. Both the man and woman must be cut off from among their people.
19 Okosangisa nzoto te na ndeko mwasi ya tata to ya mama na yo, pamba te ekosambwisa bondeko. Soki moto asali yango, bango mibale bakomema ngambo mpo na mabe na bango.
You must not sleep with your mother's sister, or with your father's sister, because you would disgrace your close relative. You must carry your own guilt.
20 Soki mobali moko asangisi nzoto na mwasi ya ndeko ya tata na ye to mwasi ya ndeko ya mama na ye, asambwisi ndeko ya tata na ye to ya mama na ye; bango mibale bakomema ngambo mpo na mabe na bango mpe bakokufa bazanga bana.
If a man sleeps with his aunt, he has dishonored his uncle. They will bear responsibility for their sin, and they will die without children.
21 Soki mobali asangisi nzoto na mwasi ya ndeko na ye ya mobali, ezali likambo ya mbindo; asambwisi ndeko na ye ya mobali; bakokufa bazanga bana.
If a man marries his brother's wife while his brother is still living, that is disgraceful. He has dishonored his brother, and I will take away from their children any property they may have inherited from their parents.
22 Bobatela mpe botosa bikateli mpe mibeko na Ngai nyonso; bosalela yango mpo ete mokili epai wapi nakomema bino mpo na kovanda esanza bino te.
You must therefore keep all my statutes and all my decrees; you must obey them so that the land into which I am bringing you to live will not vomit you up.
23 Bolanda te bizaleli ya bikolo oyo nakobengana liboso na bino, pamba te basalaki makambo wana nyonso mpe nayinaki bango.
You must not walk in the customs of the nations that I will drive out before you, for they have done all these things, and I detest them.
24 Boye nayebisaki bino: ‹ Bino nde bato bokozwa mokili na bango, mokili oyo ebimisaka miliki mpe mafuta ya nzoyi; napesi bino yango lokola libula. › Nazali Yawe, Nzambe na bino, oyo alongolaki bino kati na bikolo mpe atiaki bino pembeni.
I said to you, “You will inherit their land; I will give it to you to possess, a land flowing with milk and honey. I am Yahweh your God, who has separated you from the other peoples.
25 Yango wana bosengeli kosala bokeseni kati na nyama oyo ezali mbindo mpe oyo ezangi mbindo, kati na ndeke oyo ezali mbindo mpe oyo ezali peto. Bosengeli te komikomisa mbindo na nzela ya nyama, ya ndeke to ya nyama nyonso oyo etambolaka na libumu, oyo natiaki pembeni mpo ete bino mpe bomona yango lokola mbindo.
You must therefore distinguish between the clean animals and the unclean, and between the unclean birds and the clean. You must not defile yourselves with unclean animals or birds or with any creature that crawls along the ground, which I have separated as unclean from you.
26 Bozala bule, bato oyo babulisami mpo na Ngai; pamba te Ngai Yawe, nazali Bule; nalongolaki bino kati na bikolo mosusu, natiaki bino pembeni, mpo ete bozala bato na Ngai moko.
You must be holy, for I, Yahweh, am holy, and I have separated you from the other peoples, for you belong to me.
27 Mobali to mwasi oyo asololaka na bakufi to oyo azali nganga-kisi kati na bino, esengeli baboma ye: bakobamba bango mabanga mpe makila na bango ekotangama na mito na bango moko. »
A man or a woman who talks with the dead or who talks with spirits must certainly be put to death. The people must stone them with stones. They are guilty and deserve to die.'”
