Levitike 21
1 Yawe ayebisaki Moyize: « Loba na Banganga-Nzambe, bana mibali ya Aron: ‹ Nganga-Nzambe akoki te komikomisa mbindo na kosimba ebembe ya moto moko kati na libota na ye,
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron’s sons, the priests, and tell them that a priest is not to defile himself for a dead person among his people,
2 longola kaka soki ezali ebembe ya mama na ye, ya tata na ye, ya mwana na ye ya mobali to ya mwana na ye ya mwasi, ya ndeko na ye ya mobali.
except for his immediate family—his mother, father, son, daughter, or brother,
3 Mpo na ndeko na ye ya mwasi oyo ayebi nanu nzoto ya mibali te, oyo azali nanu na maboko na ye awa abali nanu te; Nganga-Nzambe akoki komikomisa mbindo.
or his unmarried sister who is near to him, since she has no husband.
4 Lokola azali mokambi kati na bato na ye, akoki te komikomisa mbindo; noki te akobebisa bosantu mpe lokumu na ye.
He is not to defile himself for those related to him by marriage, and so profane himself.
5 Banganga-Nzambe bakoki te komikokola suki ya moto, kokata mandefu na bapembeni to kokata nzoloko na banzoto na bango.
Priests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies.
6 Nzokande basengeli kozala bato bamibulisi mpo na mosala na Ngai Nzambe na bango. Boye, basengeli te kobebisa lokumu mpe bosantu ya Kombo ya Nzambe na bango; pamba te ezali bango nde babonzaka makabo bazikisa na moto mpo na Yawe, bilei ya Nzambe na bango. Mpo na yango, basengeli kozala bule mpo na Yawe.
They must be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. Because they present to the LORD the offerings made by fire, the food of their God, they must be holy.
7 Banganga-Nzambe basengeli te kobala basi oyo basalaka kindumba to ba-oyo babebisa lokumu na bango na nzela ya mibali mosusu to ba-oyo babengana bango na libala. Pamba te, Banganga-Nzambe bazali basantu oyo babulisami mpo na mosala na Ngai Nzambe na bango.
A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.
8 Bato nyonso ya Isalaele basengeli komona bango lokola basantu, pamba te babonzaka bilei ya Nzambe na bino. Bomona bango basantu mpo ete Ngai Yawe oyo naponi Isalaele mpe nakomisi bino basantu, nazali Mosantu.
You are to regard him as holy, since he presents the food of your God. He shall be holy to you, because I the LORD am holy—I who set you apart.
9 Mwana mwasi ya Nganga-Nzambe oyo abebisi lokumu na ye na kosala kindumba asambwisi nde tata na ye; boye esengeli kotumba ye ya bomoi na moto.
If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by prostituting herself, she profanes her father; she must be burned in the fire.
10 Mokonzi ya Banganga-Nzambe azali na bokonzi likolo ya Banganga-Nzambe mosusu; basopelaki ye mafuta ya epakolami na moto mpo na kobulisa ye, mpe asengeli kolata bilamba ya bonganga-Nzambe. Mpo na yango, asengeli te kopanza suki na ye ya moto to kopasola bilamba na ye na mokolo ya matanga.
The priest who is highest among his brothers, who has had the anointing oil poured on his head and has been ordained to wear the priestly garments, must not let his hair hang loose or tear his garments.
11 Akoki te kopusana pembeni ya ebembe mpe komikomisa mbindo mpo na kufa ya tata na ye to ya mama na ye.
He must not go near any dead body; he must not defile himself, even for his father or mother.
12 Azali na ndingisa te ya kotika Esika ya bule ya Nzambe na ye to kobebisa bosantu na yango, pamba te abulisamaki na nzela ya mafuta ya epakolami ya Nzambe na ye. Nazali Yawe.
He must not leave or desecrate the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him. I am the LORD.
13 Mokonzi ya Banganga-Nzambe asengeli kobala mwasi oyo ayebi nanu nzoto ya mibali te.
The woman he marries must be a virgin.
14 Akoki kobala te mwasi oyo akufisa mobali, mwasi oyo babengani na libala to mwasi oyo abebisa lokumu na ye na kosala kindumba; kasi akobala kaka, kati na bato na ye, mwasi oyo ayebi nanu nzoto ya mibali te.
He is not to marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one defiled by prostitution. He is to marry a virgin from his own people,
15 Na bongo, akobebisa te bosantu ya bakitani na ye kati na bato na ye; pamba te ezali Ngai Yawe nde nabulisi ye. › »
so that he does not defile his offspring among his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.”
16 Yawe ayebisaki Moyize:
Then the LORD said to Moses,
17 « Loba na Aron: ‹ Kati na bana na yo nyonso na milongo oyo ekoya, moto moko te oyo azali na mbeba na nzoto na ye, akoki kopusana mpo na kobonza bilei ya Nzambe na ye.
“Say to Aaron, ‘For the generations to come, none of your descendants who has a physical defect may approach to offer the food of his God.
18 Moto moko te oyo azali na mbeba na nzoto akoki kopusana pembeni ya etumbelo: mokufi miso, moto oyo atambolaka tengu-tengu; moto oyo abeba na elongi, na makolo mpe oyo maboko to makolo na ye ekokana te,
No man who has any defect may approach—no man who is blind, lame, disfigured, or deformed;
19 moto oyo abukana lokolo to loboko,
no man who has a broken foot or hand,
20 moto oyo azali na kunki na mokongo to oyo azali penza mokuse; moto oyo azali na liso ekufa, na makwanza, na mapalata to oyo baboma mokongo.
or who is a hunchback or dwarf, or who has an eye defect, a festering rash, scabs, or a crushed testicle.
21 Kati na bakitani ya Nganga-Nzambe Aron, moko te oyo azali na mbeba na nzoto akopusana pembeni ya etumbelo mpo na kobonza makabo bazikisa na moto mpo na Yawe. Lokola azali na mbeba na nzoto na ye, akoki te kopusana mpo na kobonza bilei ya Nzambe na ye.
No descendant of Aaron the priest who has a defect shall approach to present the offerings made by fire to the LORD. Since he has a defect, he is not to come near to offer the food of his God.
22 Akoki na ye kolia bilei nyonso oyo bakobonzela Ngai Nzambe na ye, bilei ya bule mpe bilei oyo eleki bule.
He may eat the most holy food of his God as well as the holy food,
23 Kasi mpo na mbeba ya nzoto na ye, akoki te kopusana pembeni ya rido ya Esika ya bule to ya etumbelo, mpo ete abebisa te bosantu ya Esika na Ngai ya bule, pamba te Ngai nazali Yawe, mpe ezali Ngai nde nabulisaki Banganga-Nzambe mpo na mosala na Ngai. › »
but because he has a defect, he must not go near the veil or approach the altar, so as not to desecrate My sanctuaries. For I am the LORD who sanctifies them.’”
24 Moyize alobaki makambo oyo epai ya Aron, epai ya bana na ye ya mibali, mpe epai ya bana nyonso ya Isalaele.
Moses told this to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites.
