Levitike 22
1 Yawe alobaki na Moyize:
Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
2 « Talisa Aron mpe bana na ye ya mibali ndenge nini basengeli kozala mosika ya makabo oyo bana ya Isalaele babonzelaka Ngai, mpo ete babebisa te bosantu ya Kombo na Ngai ya bule; Ngai nazali Yawe.
“Tell Aaron and his sons to greatly respect the sacred offerings that the Israeli people bring to me; by doing that you will respect me [MTY], Yahweh.
3 Loba na bango: ‹ Mpo na milongo oyo ekoya na sima mpe kati na bakitani na bino, soki moko azali mbindo mpe apusani pembeni ya makabo ya bule oyo bana ya Isalaele babonzeli Ngai Yawe, esengeli balongola moto wana na miso na Ngai. Nazali Yawe.
“Tell them that for all future time, if any of their descendants comes near to the sacred offerings that the Israeli people dedicate to me while he is unfit to work for me, that person will no longer be allowed to work for me. I, Yahweh, [am commanding this].
4 Soki moko ya bakitani ya Aron azali na bokono na poso ya nzoto lokola maba, bokono ya kobima tofina to makila na nzoto ya mibali, akoki te kolia likabo ya bule kino tango akokoma peto. Ndenge moko mpe, akozala mbindo soki asimbi eloko oyo ekomi mbindo mpo ete etuti ebembe to mobali oyo abimisi mayi ya mibali;
“If any descendant of Aaron has a contagious skin disease or a discharge from his sexual organs, he is not allowed to eat any of the sacred offerings until he is cured. He will also be unfit for his work if he touches anything which has become unacceptable to me because it has touched a corpse, or if he touches anyone who as an emission of semen,
5 soki asimbi nyama oyo etambolaka na libumu mpe ekomisaka mbindo to soki asimbi moto nyonso oyo akoki kokomisa ye mbindo ata na nzela ya ndenge nini.
or if he touches anything that crawls on the ground, or if he touches any person who causes him to be unfit for his work.
6 Moto oyo akosimba eloko ya ndenge wana akozala mbindo kino na pokwa. Akoki kolia likabo ya bule te kino tango akosukola na mayi.
Any priest who touches such things must bathe, and he must not touch anyone else until that evening.
7 Akokoma peto tango moyi ekolala mpe sima na yango nde akoki kolia makabo ya bule, pamba te ezali bilei na ye.
After the sun sets, he will be permitted to eat some of the sacred offerings that are for him to eat.
8 Akoki te kolia nyama oyo ekufi yango moko to oyo nyama ya zamba ebomi, noki te akokoma mbindo na nzela na yango. Nazali Yawe.
He must not eat anything that is found dead or that has been killed by wild animals, because if he did that, he would be unfit to work for me. I, Yahweh [am commanding those things].
9 Banganga-Nzambe bakotosa malako na Ngai tango nyonso mpo ete bamema ngambo te mpe bakufa te, noki te bakokufa solo. Ngai nazali Yawe oyo abulisaki bango mpe akomisaka bango basantu mpo na mosala na Ngai.
“The priests must obey my commandments in order that they will not become guilty and die as a result of (despising/not obeying) them.
10 Moto moko te oyo azali na libota ya Banganga-Nzambe te akoki kolia makabo ya bule: ezala mopaya oyo Nganga-Nzambe abengi to mosali oyo Nganga-Nzambe azwi na mosala.
“Anyone who is not a member of a priest’s family is not permitted to eat any of a sacred offering, and no one who is visiting the priest or whom the priest has hired is permitted to eat it.
11 Kasi soki Nganga-Nzambe asombi mowumbu na mbongo na ye to soki mowumbu abotami na ndako na ye, mowumbu wana akolia makabo ya bule.
But if a priest buys a slave, or if a slave is born in his house, that slave is permitted to eat such food.
12 Soki mwana mwasi ya Nganga-Nzambe abali mobali oyo azali Nganga-Nzambe te, akolia te makabo ya bule.
If a priest’s daughter marries a man who is not a priest, she no longer is permitted to eat the sacred food.
13 Kasi soki mwana mwasi ya Nganga-Nzambe akufisi mobali to akabwani na mobali, bongo amiboteli mwana te mpe azongi kovanda na ndako ya tata na ye lokola tango azalaki elenge, akoki kolia biloko ya ndenge moko na tata na ye; kasi moto oyo azali Nganga-Nzambe te akolia yango te.
But if a priest’s daughter who has no children becomes a widow or becomes divorced, if she returns to her father’s house to live there like she did when she was young, she may eat the same food that her father eats. But no other person is permitted to eat any of it.
14 Soki moto alie likabo ya bule na kozanga koyeba, asengeli kozongisa epai ya Nganga-Nzambe motuya ya likabo yango mpe akobakisa eteni moko kati na mitano ya motuya na yango.
“If anyone who is not permitted to eat a sacred offering eats it without realizing that it is sacred, he must pay the priest for the offering, and pay him an extra one-fifth of its value.
15 Banganga-Nzambe basengeli te kobebisa lokumu ya makabo ya bule oyo bana ya Isalaele babonzeli Yawe.
When the priests bring offerings to me, the sacred offerings that the Israeli people bring to them, they must not treat those offerings as though they are not sacred
16 Soki, wana bazali mbindo, balie yango, bakomemisa bana ya Isalaele ngambo oyo ekosala ete bapesa likabo mpo na kozongisa boyokani, pamba te ezali Ngai Yawe nde nabulisaka bango mpo na mosala na Ngai. › »
by allowing those who are not priests to eat any of those offerings. If they did that, they would become guilty and must make a payment. I am Yahweh, the one who causes those offerings to be sacred.”
17 Yawe alobaki na Moyize:
Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
18 « Yebisa Aron, bana na ye ya mibali mpe bana nyonso ya Isalaele: ‹ Soki moto ya Isalaele to mopaya oyo azali kovanda kati na Isalaele alingi kobonza mbeka ya kotumba epai na Yawe mpo na kokokisa ndayi to likabo oyo apesi kolanda mokano ya motema na ye moko,
“Speak to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israeli people and tell them that I command this: ‘If any of you Israelis or foreigners who live in Israel brings to me an animal that will be completely burned [on the altar], either as a result of a solemn promise that you made to me or to be an offering that is given voluntarily,
19 asengeli kobonza nyama ya mobali oyo ezangi mbeba kati na bangombe, bameme to bantaba mpo ete Nzambe andima yango.
it must be an animal that has no defects, in order that it will be accepted by me.
20 Asengeli te kobonza nyama oyo ezali na mbeba, pamba te ekondimama te.
Do not bring any animals that have defects, because I will not accept them as an offering from you.
21 Ndenge moko mpe, soki moto alingi kobonza epai na Yawe mbeka ya boyokani oyo azwi kati na bangombe, bameme to bantaba, mpo na kokokisa ndayi to likabo oyo apesi kolanda mokano ya motema na ye moko, nyama yango esengeli kozala ezanga mbeba.
[Similarly], when someone brings from his cattle or sheep or goats an offering to maintain fellowship with me, either to fulfill a promise that he made to me or to be a voluntary offering, in order that I will accept it, it must have no defects [DOU] or blemishes.
22 Bokobonza te epai na Yawe nyama oyo ekufa liso to ezoka, oyo ezali kotambola tengu-tengu to oyo ezali na bokono na poso ya nzoto, oyo ezali na makwanza to na mapalata; bokoki te kotia nyama ya boye na likolo ya etumbelo lokola likabo bazikisa na moto mpo na Yawe.
Do not offer to me animals that are blind or injured or maimed/crippled, or any animal that has warts or a festering sore [DOU].
23 Nzokande bokoki mpe te kobonza mpo na Yawe lokola likabo oyo bopesi kolanda mokano ya mitema na bino moko, ngombe ya mobali to meme oyo ezali na makolo to maboko ekokana te. Mbeka ya boye ekoki kondimama te mpo na kokokisa ndayi.
You may present to me to be a voluntary offering an ox or a sheep that is injured or stunted, but it will not be accepted to fulfill a promise made to me.
24 Bokobonza kaka epai na Yawe, nyama oyo mapumbu na yango bafina penza to banika, balongola to bakata; bokoki kosala bongo te kati na mboka na bino moko.
You must not offer to me animals whose testicles are bruised or crushed or torn or cut. You must not injure the testicles of any animal in your land,
25 Bokoki kondima nyama ya lolenge oyo te na maboko ya bapaya mpo na kobonza yango epai na Yawe lokola bilei ya Nzambe na bino. Ekoki kondimama te, pamba te ezali na mbeba. › »
and you must not accept such animals that are sold/given to you by a foreigner. You must not offer them to me as a sacrifice for me. Such animals will not be accepted by me, because they are deformed or have defects.’”
26 Yawe alobaki na Moyize:
Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
27 « Soki mwana ngombe, mwana meme to mwana ntaba ebotami, ekosala mikolo sambo epai ya mama na yango, bongo na mokolo ya mwambe, ekondimama lokola likabo bazikisa na moto mpo na Yawe.
“When a calf or lamb or goat is born, it must remain with its mother for seven days. After that, it will be acceptable as an offering to me that will be burned.
28 Bokoki te kokata kingo ya ngombe ya mwasi to ya meme ya mwasi mokolo moko na mwana na yango.
Do not slaughter a cow or a sheep and its baby on the same day.
29 Tango bokobonza mbeka ya kozongisa matondi epai na Yawe, bobonza yango na lolenge oyo ekosala ete Nzambe andima bino.
“Then you sacrifice an animal to thank [me for what I have done], sacrifice it in a way that is acceptable to me.
30 Esengeli bolia yango kaka mokolo wana. Bokotika eloko moko te kino na tongo. Nazali Yawe.
The meat must be eaten on that day; do not leave any of it until the next morning. I, Yahweh, [am the one who am commanding this].
31 Bobatela mitindo na Ngai mpe bosalela yango. Nazali Yawe.
“Obey all my commands [DOU]. I, Yahweh, [am commanding them];
32 Bokobebisa te lokumu ya Kombo na Ngai ya bule, mpo ete bana ya Isalaele bayeba solo ete Ngai nazali Mosantu. Ezali Ngai Yawe nde nabulisaki bino.
do not dishonor me [MTY] [by disobeying them]. You Israeli people must acknowledge that I, Yahweh, am holy, and I am the one who causes you to be holy.
33 Nabimisaki bino na mokili ya Ejipito mpo ete nazala Nzambe na bino. Nazali Yawe. »
And I am the one who brought you out of Egypt in order to show that that I, Yahweh, am [and will always be] your God.”
