Levitike 26
1 Bokosalaka te banzambe ya bikeko to kotelemisa ekeko to likonzi ya bule mpe bokotiaka te kati na mokili na bino ata libanga moko oyo batia bililingi mpo ete bofukamela yango; pamba te nazali Yawe, Nzambe na bino.
[Yahweh also said this to Moses/me on Sinai Mountain]: “Do not make idols or set up statues of false gods or sacred stones [to worship other gods]. And do not put on your property a stone that has been shaped [to resemble a false god] and bow down to [worship] it. [You must worship only] me, Yahweh, your God.
2 Bokobatelaka mikolo na Ngai ya Saba mpe bokotosaka Esika na Ngai ya bule. Nazali Yawe.
“Honor the Sabbath days and revere my Sacred Tent, because I, Yahweh, [live there].
3 Soki botosi mibeko na Ngai, soki botosi mitindo na Ngai mpe bosaleli yango,
“If you carefully obey all my commands [DOU],
4 nakonokisela bino mvula na tango na yango; mabele mpe banzete ya zamba ekobota bambuma na yango.
I will send rain for you at the proper/right times, in order that crops will grow on your land and there will be plenty of fruit on your trees.
5 Mosala ya kobeta ble ekowumela kino na tango ya kobuka, mpe tango ya kobuka ekowumela kino na tango ya kolona; bokolia na kotonda mpe bokovanda na kimia kati na mokili na bino.
You will continue [harvesting and] threshing [grain] until it is time to harvest grapes, and you will continue to harvest grapes until it is time to start planting [things in the following year]. And you will have all the food that you want to eat, and you will live safely in your land.
6 Nakotia kimia kati na mokili, bokolala pongi, mpe moto moko te akotungisa bino; nakolongola banyama oyo ebomaka kati na mokili mpe bitumba ekozala lisusu te kati na mokili na bino.
“[If you obey all my laws], there will be peace in your country, and when you lie down [to sleep], nothing will cause you to be afraid. I will get rid of the dangerous animals in your country, and there will no wars [MTY] in your country.
7 Bokobengana banguna liboso na bino mpe bakokufa na mopanga liboso na bino.
You will pursue your enemies and kill them with your swords:
8 Bato mitano kati na bino bakolanda bato nkama moko, bato nkama moko kati na bino bakolanda bato nkoto zomi; mpe banguna na bino bakokufa liboso na bino na mopanga.
Five of you will pursue 100 of them, and 100 of you will pursue 1,000 of them and kill them with your swords.
9 Nakosalela bino ngolu, nakopesa bino mabota nakokomisa bino ebele mpe nakobatela boyokani na Ngai elongo na bino.
“[If you obey all my laws], I will bless you and cause you to have many children [DOU]. And I will do what I said that I would do in the agreement that I made with you.
10 Bambuma ya bilanga na bino ekozala penza ebele mpe ekosala ete bokolia tango molayi bambuma oyo bokozala na yango kati na bibombelo; kino bokokaba mosusu mpo ete bokotisa bambuma ya sika.
When you are still eating food from the harvest from the previous year, it will be necessary for you to throw away some of it to make space for the new harvest.
11 Nakotia Ndako na Ngai kati na bino mpe nakotombokela bino te.
I will live among you in my Sacred Tent, and I will never reject you.
12 Nakotambola kati na bino mpo ete nazala Nzambe na bino mpe bino bozala bato na Ngai.
I will walk among you and continue to be your God, and you will continue to be my people.
13 Nazali Yawe, Nzambe na bino, oyo abimisaki bino na Ejipito mpo ete bozala lisusu bawumbu kuna te; nakataki basinga ya bikangiseli na bino mpe nabimisaki bino lokola balongi.
I am Yahweh your God, the one who brought you out of Egypt in order that you would no longer be slaves of the people of Egypt. [When you were there, you were treated as though you were animals that worked for the people of Egypt, but] [MET] I broke the bars of the (yokes/frames that were put around your necks) and enabled you to walk with your heads up.”
14 Soki boboyi kotosa mpe kosalela mibeko wana nyonso,
“But if you will not heed me and obey all these commands,
15 soki bobwaki bikateli na Ngai, mpe soki molimo na bino etombokeli malako na Ngai kino koboya kosalela mibeko na Ngai nyonso mpe kokata boyokani na Ngai,
and if you reject [DOU] my decrees and laws, and do not do [DOU] what I commanded you to do in the agreement that I made with you,
16 tala ndenge nakosala bino: nakokotisa kati na bino mobulu, libebi, bokono oyo ekoboma bino miso mpe ekobebisa bomoi na bino; bokolona milona na bino na pamba mpe banguna na bino bakolia yango.
these are the things that I will do to you: I will suddenly cause there to be disasters that will ruin you. You will have diseases that cannot be cured, and fevers that will cause you to become blind and will slowly kill you. It will be useless for you to plant seeds, because your enemies will eat the crops that grow.
17 Nakotombokela bino, mpe bokokweya liboso ya banguna na bino; ba-oyo bayinaka bino bakokonza bino mpe bokokima ata soki moto moko te azali kolanda bino.
I will reject/abandon you [IDM], with the result that you will be defeated by your enemies. Then those who hate you will rule you, and [you will be so terrified that] you will run away even when no one is pursuing you.
18 Soki atako bongo boyoki kaka te, nakopesa bino bitumbu mbala sambo mpo na masumu na bino.
“If you still will not heed me after all those things happen to you, I will continue to punish you again and again for the sins that you have committed.
19 Nakosilisa makasi na bino, nakokomisa lola makasi lokola ebende mpo na bino, mpe mabele na bino lokola bronze.
I will cause you to no longer be stubborn and proud; I will cause [no rain to fall; it will be as though] [MET] the sky is made of iron; and the ground will be [as hard as] brass [MET].
20 Makasi na bino ekosila na pamba, mpo ete mabele na bino ekobota te mpe banzete ekobota te bambuma na yango.
You will uselessly work very hard [to plant seeds], because crops will not grow in the hard soil in your fields, and fruit will not grow on your trees.
21 Soki botelemeli Ngai mpe boboyi koyoka Ngai, nakopesa bino bitumbu mbala sambo mpo na masumu na bino.
“If you continue to oppose me and refuse to heed me, I will cause you to experience disasters again and again, like you deserve to experience because of your sins.
22 Nakotinda kati na mokili na bino banyama ya zamba oyo ekoboma bana na bino, ekolia bibwele na bino mpe ekosilisa koboma bino kino banzela na bino ezanga bato.
I will send wild animals to attack you, and they will kill your little children and destroy your cattle. There will be very few of you who will remain alive, with the result that there will be very few [HYP] people walking on the roads in your country.
23 Soki bitumbu yango ekoki kaka te mpo na kozongisa bino na nzela, nzokande bokobi kaka koboya kotosa Ngai,
“When you experience those things that I do to punish you, if you still do not pay attention to me, and if you continue to oppose me,
24 Ngai mpe nakotelemela bino mpe nakopesa bino bitumbu mbala sambo mpo na masumu na bino.
I myself will oppose you, and I will punish you for your sins again and again.
25 Nakopesa nzela na mopanga mpo ete eboma bino mpo na kozongisa mabe na mabe likolo ya boyokani oyo bino bobebisi. Tango bokosangana kati na bingumba na bino, nakotindela bino bokono oyo ebomaka, mpe nakokaba bino na maboko ya monguna.
I will send [foreign] [MTY] to punish you for not doing the things that I commanded you to do in the agreement that I made with you. If you [try to escape from your enemies by] shutting yourselves in your cities [that have walls around them], I will cause you to experience plagues, and I will allow your enemies to capture [IDM] you.
26 Tango nakopimela bino bilei, basi zomi bakotumba mapa na fulu moko mpe bakobanda kopesa bino mapa yango na kilo: bokolia kasi bokotonda te.
When I cut off your food supply, there will be very little flour with which to make bread. As a result, ten women will be able to bake all their bread in [only] one oven. [When the bread is baked], each woman will divide it [among the members of her family, but there will be very little for each one], and when they have eaten all of it, they will still be hungry.
27 Soki, atako bongo, boyoki kaka te mpe bokobi kaka kotelemela Ngai,
“After all those things happen, if you still do not heed me, if you still oppose me,
28 Ngai mpe nakotelemela bino lisusu na kanda makasi mpe nakopesa bino bitumbu mbala sambo mpo na masumu na bino.
I will be very angry with you, and I will oppose you, and I myself will punish you for your sins again and again.
29 Bokolia bana na bino ya mibali mpe ya basi.
[You will be extremely hungry, with the result that] you will [kill] your sons and daughters and eat their flesh.
30 Nakokweyisa bisambelo na bino ya likolo ya bangomba, nakokweyisa bitumbelo na bino ya malasi, nakotia bibembe na bino likolo ya bibembe ya banzambe na bino ya bikeko mpe nakotombokela bino.
I will cause the shrines [where you worship idols] on hilltops to be destroyed. I will smash the altars where you burn incense [to worship your gods], and I will cause your corpses to be piled on the lifeless statues of your gods. And I will detest you.
31 Nakokomisa bingumba na bino bisobe, nakobebisa bisika na bino ya bule mpe nakosepela te lisusu na solo kitoko ya malasi na bino.
I will cause your cities to become heaps of ruins, and I will cause the buildings that are dedicated to the worship of your gods to be smashed. And I will not be pleased at all with the aroma of your offerings [that are burned on the altar].
32 Ngai moko nakokotisa mobulu kati na mokili, mpe ezala banguna na bino oyo bakoya kovanda kati na yango bakokamwa.
I will completely ruin your country, with the result that even your enemies who capture it will be shocked/appalled [when they see it].
33 Nakopanza bino kati na bikolo ya bapaya mpe nakobengana bino na mopanga; mokili na bino ekozanga bato mpe bingumba na bino ekokawuka.
I will enable [your enemies to kill you with] their swords, and I will cause the rest of you to be scattered among other nations. Your country will be ruined and your cities will become ruins.
34 Boye, mokili na bino ekosepela Saba na yango mibu nyonso oyo ekozanga bato mpe oyo bokokima epai ya banguna na bino; ekozwa bopemi mpe ekosepela Saba na yango.
After that happens, as long as you are living in your enemies’ countries, your land will be allowed to rest, like you should have allowed it to rest every seven years.
35 Na tango nyonso oyo ekozanga bato, ekozwa bopemi oyo ezalaki na yango na tango ya Saba na bino tango bozalaki kovanda kati na yango.
All the time that your land is desolate, it will be able to rest, like you did not enable it to rest during all the years that you lived there.
36 Bongo na mikili ya banguna na bino, bato oyo bakotikala na bomoi kati na bino, nakolembisa bango nzoto: bakokima ata makelele ya lokasa oyo mopepe eningisi, bakokima lokola nde bazali kokima liboso ya mopanga mpe bakobambana na mabele ata soki moto moko te azali kolanda bango.
“As for you people who will remain alive in the countries to which your enemies [will have taken you], I will cause you to become so afraid that when you hear the sound of leaves being blown by the wind, you will run away. You will run like [SIM] you are running from [a man carrying] a sword, and you will fall down, even though no one is pursuing you.
37 Bakokweya moko likolo ya moninga lokola nde bazali kokima mopanga ata soki moto moko te azali kolanda bango. Bokolonga te liboso ya banguna na bino.
You will stumble over each other. So you will not be able to stand and fight your enemies.
38 Bokokufa kati na bikolo ya bapaya mpe mokili ya banguna na bino ekolia bino.
Many of you will die in the countries that belong to your enemies [DOU].
39 Kati na mikili ya banguna na bino, bato oyo bakotikala na bomoi kati na bino bakokufa kuna mpo na masumu na bango moko mpe mpo na masumu ya batata na bango.
And those of you who remain alive will slowly die and rot in the countries of your enemies because of your sins and because of the sins of your ancestors.
40 Nzokande, soki bakotubela masumu na bango mpe masumu ya batata na bango, misala na bango ya mabe mpe botomboki na bango liboso na Ngai,
“But your descendants must confess their sins and the sins that their ancestors committed. Their ancestors acted unfaithfully toward me and were hostile to me, with the result that I forced them to go to the countries that belonged to their enemies. But when your descendants humble themselves [SYN] and stop being very stubborn [IDM] and accept being punished for their sins,
41 oyo mpo na yango, Ngai natelemelaki bango mpe namemaki bango na mokili ya banguna na bango, wana mitema na bango oyo ekatama ngenga te ekomikitisa mpe bakozwa lifuti ya mabunga na bango,
42 nakokanisa boyokani na Ngai, oyo nasalaki elongo na Jakobi, na Izaki mpe na Abrayami; mpe nakokanisa mokili.
I will remember the agreement that I made with [your ancestors] Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, and [what I promised them about] this land.
43 Boye, wana bakotika mokili mpe wana mokili yango ekosepela Saba na yango, na mikolo nyonso oyo yango ekozala ezanga bato, na tango yango, bakozwa lifuti ya mabe na bango mpo ete batosaki mibeko na Ngai te mpe batombokelaki bikateli na Ngai.
But [before that happens], you will be forced to leave your land, with the result that the land will be able to rest while it is desolate and while the people are being punished for rejecting my laws and hating my decrees [DOU].
44 Nzokande, ezala tango bakozala kati na mokili ya banguna na bango, nakosundola bango te, nakotombokela bango te kino kobebisa bango mpe kokata boyokani na Ngai elongo na bango; pamba te Ngai nazali Yawe, Nzambe na bango.
But when that happens, I will still not reject them or hate them and destroy them completely. I will not cancel the agreement that I made with them; for I am still Yahweh their God.
45 Nakokanisa boyokani oyo nasalaki elongo na batata na bango, oyo Ngai nabimisaki na Ejipito, na miso ya bikolo mosusu, mpo ete nazala Nzambe na bango. Nazali Yawe. › »
I will (remember/never forget) the agreement that I made with your ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt, in order that the people of all nations will know that I, Yahweh, [will continue to] be your God.”
46 Oyo nde bikateli, mitindo mpe mibeko oyo Yawe atiaki kati ya Ye mpe bana ya Isalaele, na ngomba Sinai, na nzela ya Moyize.
Those are the decrees, the laws, and the regulations [DOU] that Yahweh established on Sinai Mountain between himself and the Israeli people by [giving them to] Moses/me [to tell to them].
