Levitike 25
1 Yawe alobaki na Moyize na ngomba Sinai:
And Yahweh spake unto Moses in Mount Sinai, saying—
2 « Yebisa bana ya Isalaele mpe loba na bango: ‹ Tango bokokota na mokili oyo nakopesa bino; ezala mabele esengeli kopema, yango ekozala Saba mpo na Yawe.
Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou shalt say unto them: —When ye enter into the land which, I, am giving you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto Yahweh.
3 Mibu motoba, bokolona bilanga na bino mpe mibu motoba, bokobongisa bilanga na bino ya vino mpe bokobuka bambuma na yango.
Six years, shalt thou sow thy field, and, six years, shalt thou prune thy vineyard, —and gather the increase thereof;
4 Kasi na mobu ya sambo, mabele esengeli kozala na bopemi, ekozala mobu ya Saba mpo na Yawe. Bokolona bilanga na bino te mpe bokobongisa bilanga na bino ya vino te, mabele esengeli kozala na Saba mpo na Yawe.
but, in the seventh year—a sabbath of sacred rest, shall there be unto the land, a sabbath unto Yahweh: thy field, shalt thou not sow, and, thy vineyard, shalt thou not prune;
5 Bokoki kobuka te bambuma oyo ebotaki yango moko na mbala eleki to kobuka bambuma ya vino na elanga oyo babongisa te; ekozala mobu ya bopemi mpo na mabele.
that which groweth of itself of thy harvest, shalt thou not reap; and the grapes of thine unpruned vines, shalt thou not cut off: a year of sacred rest, shall there be to the land.
6 Nzokande, biloko oyo mabele ekobota na mobu ya Saba, ekozala bilei na bino: yo, mowumbu na yo ya mobali, mwasi mowumbu na yo, mwana mosala na yo mpe mopaya oyo azali kovanda kati na yo
So shall the sabbath of the land be unto you for food: unto thee, and unto thy servant and unto thy handmaid, —and unto thy hireling, and unto thy settlers that are sojourning with thee;
7 elongo na banyama ya mboka mpe ya zamba oyo bazali kati na mokili na bino. Bosengeli kolia biloko nyonso oyo mabele ekobota.
and unto thy tame-beasts, and unto the wild-beasts that are in thy land, shall belong all the increase thereof for food.
8 Bokotanga mibu sambo ya Saba, mbala sambo, na mibu sambo; mpe mibu sambo ya Saba ekosala mibu tuku minei na libwa.
And thou shalt count to thee seven weeks of years, seven years, seven times, —so shall the days of the seven weeks of years become to thee forty-nine years.
9 Bongo na sima, na mokolo ya zomi, na sanza ya sambo, na mokolo ya bolimbisi masumu, bokobeta kelelo na bisika nyonso kati na mokili na bino mobimba.
Then shalt thou cause a signal-horn to pass through in the seventh month, on the tenth of the month: on the Day of Propitiation, shall ye cause a horn to pass throughout all your land.
10 Bokobulisa mobu ya tuku mitano mpe bokosakola, kati na mokili mobimba, kokangolama ya bavandi na yango nyonso. Ekozala mpo na bino mobu ya kosepela kokangolama na bino; moto moko na moko kati na bino akozonga na mabele na ye, na libota na ye.
So shall ye hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim freedom throughout the land to all the dwellers thereof, —a jubilee, shall it be unto you, and ye shall return, every man unto his possession, and every man unto his family, shall ye return.
11 Mobu ya tuku mitano ekozala mobu ya kosepela kokangolama na bino: bokolona te, bokobuka te biloko oyo bilanga ekobota yango moko, mpe bokobuka te bambuma ya vino ya elanga oyo babongisa te.
A jubilee, shall that fiftieth year be unto you, —ye shall not sow, neither shall ye reap the self-grown corn thereof, nor cut off the grapes of the unpruned vines thereof.
12 Pamba te ezali mobu ya kosepela kokangolama na bino, mpe esengeli kozala bule mpo na bino. Bokolia kaka bambuma ya bilanga.
For, a jubilee, it is, holy, shall it be unto you, —out of the field, shall ye eat her increase.
13 Na mobu yango ya kosepela kokangolama na bino, moto nyonso kati na bino akozonga na mabele na ye.
In this same jubilee year, shall ye return every man unto his possession.
14 Soki bozali koteka mabele epai ya ndeko na bino to soki bozali kosomba eloko songolo epai na ye, wana bozali bana mboka moko, tika ete moko te kati na bino akosa ndeko na ye.
And when ye sell anything to thy neighbour, or buy aught at thy neighbour’s hand, do not overreach one another.
15 Okosomba epai ya ndeko na yo ya mboka, na motuya ya mbongo oyo bakokata kolanda motango ya mibu oyo eleki wuta mobu ya suka oyo bosepelaki kokangolama na bino; mpe akotekela yo na motuya ya mbongo oyo ekokatama kolanda motango ya mibu oyo ekotikala, mibu ya kobuka bambuma, kino bokoma na mobu oyo ekolanda, mobu ya kosepela kokangolama na bino.
By the number of years after the jubilee, shalt thou buy of thy neighbour, —by the number of the years of increase, shall he sell unto thee;
16 Soki mibu etikali ebele, bosengeli komatisa motuya; mpe soki mibu ezali moke, bosengeli kokitisa motuya, pamba te ezali motango ya mibu ya kobuka bambuma nde etekamaka: yango nde bakotekela yo.
according to the multitude of the years, shalt thou increase the price thereof, and, according to the fewness of the years, shalt thou diminish the price thereof, —because the sum of the increase, it is that he selleth thee.
17 Tika ete moko te akosa moninga, kasi banga Nzambe na yo; Ngai nazali Yawe, Nzambe na bino.
So then ye shall not overreach one another; but thou shalt stand in awe of thy God, —for, I—Yahweh, am your God.
18 Bosalela bikateli na Ngai mpe botosa mibeko na Ngai, bongo bokowumela na kimia kati na mokili;
Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and my regulations, shall ye observe and do them, —so shall ye dwell upon the land with confidence;
19 mpe mabele ekobota mbuma na yango, bokolia mpe bokotonda mpe bokovanda na kimia.
and the land shall yield her fruit; and ye shall eat to the full, —and shall dwell with confidence thereupon.
20 Bokoki kotuna: ‘Tokolia nini na mobu ya sambo soki toloni te mpe tobuki te bambuma na biso?’
And since ye may say, What shall we eat in the seventh year? Lo! we are not to sow, neither are we to gather our increase!
21 Nakotindela bino mapamboli mingi na mobu ya motoba mpo ete mabele ekoka kobota bambuma mingi oyo bokoki kolia mibu misato.
Therefore will I command my blessing upon you, in the sixth year, —and it shall make the increase of three years;
22 Wana bokolona na mobu ya mwambe, bokolia nanu bambuma ya kala mpe bokokoba kolia yango kino bokobuka bambuma ya mobu ya libwa.
and ye shall sow, the eighth year, and eat of old store, —until the ninth year until the coming in of the increase thereof, shall ye eat old store.
23 Bokoki te koteka mabele mpo na libela, pamba te mabele ezali ya Ngai, mpe bino bozali bapaya mpe baleki nzela.
The land moreover shall not be sold beyond recovery, for, mine, is the land, —for, sojourners and settlers, ye are with me.
24 Kati na mokili oyo bokozwa lokola libula, bosengeli kondima ete moto asikola mabele na ye.
And, in all the land of your possession, a right of redemption, shall ye give to the land.
25 Soki mwana mboka moko kati na bino akomi mobola mpe ateki mabele na ye, moto moko ya libota na ye ya pembeni akoki koya kosikola oyo mwana mboka wana atekaki.
When thy brother waxeth poor, and so selleth aught of his possession, then may his kinsman that is near unto him come in, and redeem that which was sold by his brother.
26 Soki moto wana azali na ndeko te oyo akoki kosikola yango mpo na ye; mpe ye moko akomi na bozwi bongo azwi makoki ya kosikola yango;
And, when, any man, hath no kinsman, —but his own hand getteth enough, so that he findeth what is needed to redeem it,
27 asengeli kotanga motango ya mibu wuta atekaki mabele na ye mpe akozongisa motuya ya mibu oyo etikali epai ya moto oyo asombaki yango. Boye, akoki kozongela mabele na ye.
then shall he reckon the years since he sold it, and restore the overplus to the man to whom he sold it, —and shall return to his possession.
28 Soki azwaki te makoki ya kosikola yango, mabele oyo atekaki ekotikala na maboko ya moto oyo asombaki yango kino na mobu ya kosepela kokangolama na ye. Ekozala na mobu yango nde mabele na ye ekozongela ye mpe akokoma lisusu nkolo na yango.
But, if his hand have not found enough to get it back unto him, then shall that which he sold remain in the hand of him that bought it, until the year of the jubilee, —and shall go out in the jubilee, and he shall return unto his possession.
29 Soki moto ateki ndako kati na engumba oyo bazingela na bamir, azali na makoki ya kosikola yango kaka mpo na mobu moko wuta mokolo oyo atekaki yango. Ezali kaka na tango wana nde akoki kosikola yango.
And, when, any man, selleth a dwelling-house in a walled city, then shall his right of redemption remain until the completion of a year after he sold it, —for, [a year of] days, shall his right of redemption remain.
30 Soki asikoli yango te liboso ete mobu mobimba eleka, ndako oyo ezali kati na engumba oyo bazingela na bamir ekotikala libela mpo na moto oyo asombaki yango mpe mpo na bakitani na ye; bakoki te kozongisa yango na mobu ya kosepela kokangolama.
But, if it be not redeemed before the end of a full year, then shall the house that is in the city that hath walls be confirmed, beyond recovery, to him who bought it, unto his generations, —it shall not go out in the jubilee.
31 Kasi bandako oyo ezali kati na bamboka oyo bazingela te na bamir pembeni-pembeni, ekozala lokola bilanga ya mboka. Bakoki kosikola yango, mpe ekozonga epai na nkolo na yango na mobu ya kosepela kokangolama.
But as for the houses of villages which have no wall round about them, with the fields of land, shall it be reckoned, —a right of redemption, shall belong to it, and, in the jubilee, shall it go out.
32 Balevi bazali tango nyonso na makoki ya kosikola bandako na bango, oyo ezali kati na bingumba ya Balevi.
And as for the cities of the Levites, the houses of the cities of their possession, an age-abiding right of redemption, shall pertain unto the Levites.
33 Soki Molevi ateki ndako na ye kati na bingumba ya Balevi, moto oyo asombi yango akozongisela ye yango na mobu ya kosepela kokangolama; pamba te bandako oyo ezali kati na bingumba ya Balevi ezali libula na bango ya libela kati na bana ya Isalaele.
And, if one of the Levites should not redeem, then shall the sale of the house and the city of his possession go out in the jubilee; for, the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession, in the midst of the sons of Israel.
34 Kasi bilanga oyo ezali zingazinga ya bingumba ya Balevi, bakoki koteka yango te: ezali libula na bango mpo na libela.
But the field of the pasture-land of their cities, shall not be sold, —for an age-abiding possession, it is unto them.
35 Soki moto oyo azali pembeni na yo akomi mobola mpe azali lisusu te na makoki ya komisunga; okosunga ye, azala mopaya to moleki nzela; mpo ete azala malamu pembeni na yo.
And, when thy brother waxeth poor, and his hand becometh feeble with thee, then shalt thou strengthen him, as a sojourner and a settler, so shall he live with thee.
36 Okoki te kozwa mileki na maboko na ye; kasi banga Nzambe na yo, mpo ete mwana mboka na yo akoka kozala malamu pembeni na yo.
Do not accept from him interest or profit, but stand thou in awe of thy God, —so shall thy brother live with thee.
37 Soki odefisi ye mbongo, okosenga mileki te na oyo odefisi ye; mpe soki odefisi ye bilei, okosenga te koleka oyo opesi.
Thy silver, shalt thou not give him on interest, —neither, for profit, shalt thou give him thy food.
38 Ngai nazali Yawe, Nzambe na yo, oyo abimisaki yo na Ejipito; mpo na kopesa yo mokili ya Kanana, mpe na kozala Nzambe na yo.
I—Yahweh, am your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, —to give unto you the land of Canaan, to become your God,
39 Soki ndeko na yo, mwana mboka, akomi mobola mpe amiteki epai na yo, kopesa ye te misala na makasi lokola mowumbu.
And when thy brother waxeth poor with thee, and so selleth himself unto thee, thou shalt not bind him with the bondage of a bondman:
40 Okozwa ye lokola moto na yo ya mosala to lokola moleki nzela oyo azali kati na bino; akosalela yo kino na mobu ya kosepela kokangolama;
as a hired servant, as a settler, shall he remain with thee, —until the year of the jubilee, shall he serve with thee:
41 mpe na sima, akozwa bonsomi elongo na bana na ye, akozonga na etuka na ye mpe akozongela mabele ya batata na ye.
then shall he go forth from thee, he and his sons with him, —and shall return unto his family, and unto the possession of his fathers, shall he return.
42 Pamba te, bana ya Isalaele bazali bawumbu na Ngai, oyo nabimisaki na Ejipito; bakoki te koteka bango lokola bawumbu.
For, my bondmen, they are, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt, —they shall not sell themselves with the sale of a bondman.
43 Kokonza bango te na makasi, kasi banga Nzambe na yo.
Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour, —so shalt thou stand in awe of thy God.
44 Okozwa bawumbu na yo ya mibali mpe basi bawumbu na yo kati na bikolo oyo ezingeli yo; okosomba bango kaka na bikolo yango.
And as for thy bondman and thy bond-maid which thou shalt have, of the nations that are round about you—from them, may ye buy bondman and bond-maid.
45 Okoki mpe kosomba bapaya oyo bazali kovanda kati na mokili na yo, mpe bato ya bituka na bango, oyo babotami kati na mokili na yo; boye bakokoma bawumbu na yo.
Moreover also, of the sons of the settlers who are sojourning with you—of them, may ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they have begotten in your land, —so shall they become yours, as a possession;
46 Okoki kotika bango epai ya bana na yo lokola libula mpo ete sima na yo bakoma bawumbu na bango mpo na libela; kasi kokonza te na makasi bandeko na yo, bana ya Isalaele.
and ye may take them as an inheritance for your sons after you to inherit as a possession, unto times age-abiding, of them, may ye take to be bondmen, —but, over your brethren the sons of Israel—a man over his brother, ye shall not rule, over him with rigour.
47 Soki mopaya to moleki nzela moko kati na mokili na yo akomi na bozwi mpe moko kati na bandeko na yo, mwana mboka, akomi mobola; bongo amiteki epai ya mopaya to moleki nzela yango to epai ya moto moko ya libota na ye;
And, when the hand of the sojourner and settler with thee getteth possessions, and thy brother with him, waxeth poor, —and so he selleth himself to the sojourner [who is] a settler with thee, or to one who hath taken root, of the family of the sojourner,
48 ndeko na yo, mwana mboka, akoki kosikolama sima na ye komiteka: moto moko kati na bandeko na ye akoki kosikola ye.
after that he hath sold himself, a right of redemption, pertaineth to him, —one of his brethren, may redeem him;
49 Soki ndeko azali te mpo na kosikola ye, tata kulutu to tata leki na ye to bana mibali ya tata kulutu to ya tata leki na ye to ndeko na ye mosusu ya libota ya botata akoki kosikola ye. Nzokande soki akomi na makoki, akoki mpe komisikola ye moko.
or, his uncle or his uncle’s son, may redeem him, or, a near flesh-relation of his, of his family, may redeem him, or, his own hand may have gotten enough, and, so he may redeem himself.
50 Boye, ye elongo na moto oyo asombaki ye, bakotanga mibu oyo eleki wuta na mobu oyo amitekaki kino na mobu ya kosepela kokangolama; bakokata motuya ya lisiko na ye kolanda motango ya mibu ndenge ezali lifuti ya moto ya mosala.
Then shall he reckon with him that bought him, from the year that he was sold to him, unto the year of the jubilee, —and the silver for which he was sold shall be by the number of years, according to the days of a hired servant, shall he be with him.
51 Soki etikali mibu ebele, asengeli kofuta mpo na kosikolama na ye, mbongo kolanda talo oyo basombaki ye.
If there is yet a multitude of years, according to them, shall he return, as his redemption price, of the silver of him that bought him.
52 Soki etikalaki mibu moke kino na mobu ya kosepela kokangolama, akotanga mibu yango mpe akofuta mpo na lisiko na ye kolanda motango ya mibu oyo etikali.
Or, if [there is] but a small remainder of years, until the year of the jubilee, then shall he reckon to himself, according to the years thereof, shall he return his price of redemption.
53 Na mibu nyonso oyo akosala epai ya mosombi na ye, bakozwa ye lokola moto ya mosala; okotika te ete mosombi na ye akonza ye na makasi.
As a servant hired year by year, shall he be with him, he shall not rule over him with rigour, before thine eyes.
54 Ata soki asikolami te na moko kati na banzela oyo, ye elongo na bana na ye basengeli kozwa bonsomi na mobu ya kosepela kokangolama.
But if he be not redeemed in any of these ways, then shall he go out in the jubilee year, he, and his sons with him.
55 Pamba te, bana ya Isalaele bazali bawumbu na Ngai, oyo nabimisaki na Ejipito. Nazali Yawe, Nzambe na bino.
For, unto me, are the sons of Israel, bondmen, my bondmen, they are, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt. I, Yahweh, am your God.
