Levitike 27
1 Yawe alobaki na Moyize:
Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
2 « Yebisa bana ya Isalaele mpe loba na bango: ‹ Soki moko kati na bino alapi ndayi ya kopesa moto lokola likabo epai na Yawe, asengeli kopesa motuya oyo ekokani na lolenge ya moto na moto.
“Tell the Israeli people [that this is what I am saying to them]: If anyone solemnly promises to dedicate another person to [work solely] for me, the person who is dedicated to me is allowed to be free from having to do that by someone paying [to the priest] a fixed amount of money. The money that is given must be calculated by comparing it with the official pieces of silver in the Sacred Tent.
3 Tala motuya ya kopesa kolanda ndenge batangaka mbongo ya bibende kati na Mongombo: mpo na moto oyo mibu na ye ya mbotama ezali kati na mibu tuku mibale mpe tuku motoba, bagrame nkama motoba ya palata mpo na mobali;
[These are the amounts that must be paid]: 50 pieces of silver for men who are between 20 and 60 years old,
4 bagrame nkama misato na tuku motoba ya palata mpo na mwasi;
30 pieces of silver for adult women [who are between 20 and 60 years old],
5 mpo na moto oyo mibu na ye ya mbotama ezali kati na mibu mitano mpe tuku mibale, bagrame nkama mibale na tuku minei ya palata mpo na mobali, mpe bagrame nkama moko na tuku mibale ya palata mpo na mwasi;
20 pieces of silver for young men who are between five and 20 years old, ten pieces of silver for young women who are between five and 20 years old,
6 mpo na moto oyo mikolo ya mbotama na ye ya mbotama ezali kati na sanza moko mpe mibu mitano, bagrame tuku motoba ya palata mpo na mobali, mpe bagrame tuku misato na motoba ya palata mpo na mwasi;
five pieces of silver for boys who are between one month and five years old, three pieces of silver for girls who are between one month and five years old,
7 mpo na moto oyo mibu na ye ya mbotama ezali kobanda na tuku motoba mpe komata, bagrame nkama moko na tuku mwambe ya palata mpo na mobali, mpe bagrame nkama moko na tuku mibale ya palata mpo na mwasi.
15 pieces of silver for men who are more than 60 years old, ten pieces of silver for women who are more than 60 years old.
8 Soki moto oyo alapi ndayi azali mobola to azali na makoki te ya kopesa motuya oyo ekatama, akomema epai ya Nganga-Nzambe moto oyo ye alapelaki ndayi ya kopesa lokola likabo. Boye Nganga-Nzambe akokata motuya ya kopesa kolanda makoki ya moto oyo alapi ndayi.
‘If anyone who has made such a solemn promise is very poor and unable to pay, to free that person from doing what he had promised, he must take that person to the priest. The priest will set the price [for freeing him] to be what the person who made that solemn promise is able to pay.
9 Soki moko kati na bino alapi ndayi ya kopesa lokola likabo epai na Yawe nyama oyo esengeli, nyama yango ekokoma bule;
‘If someone solemnly promises to give an animal that is acceptable to be an offering to me, that animal becomes sacred [and belongs to me].
10 asengeli te kobongola to kopesa nyama mosusu na esika ya nyama ya liboso, noki te banyama nyonso mibale ekokoma bule.
The person who promised to give it must not give another animal instead of the one that he promised; he must not substitute a bad animal for a good one or even a better one than the one offered. If he would substitute one animal for the other, both animals would belong to me.
11 Soki nyama oyo alapelaki ndayi ezali mbindo, nyama oyo esengeli te kopesama lokola likabo epai na Yawe, bakomema nyama yango liboso ya Nganga-Nzambe
If the animal that he wishes to dedicate to me is a kind that is unacceptable to be an offering to me, he must take that animal to the priest.
12 oyo akotala soki nyama yango ezali malamu to mabe. Motuya nyonso oyo Nganga-nzambe akokata, ekotikala bongo.
The priest will then decide what its value is, according to the animal’s good and bad points. Whatever value the priests sets will be the value of the animal, [and that is the price that the priest must pay for the animal].
13 Soki mokolo nyama alingi kosikola yango, asengeli kobakisa eteni moko kati na biteni mitano ya motuya na yango.
If the man who gave the animal later decides that he wants to buy it back, he must pay [to the priest] that price plus an additional 20 percent.
14 Soki moto abulisi ndako na ye lokola eloko oyo ebulisami mpo na Yawe, Nganga-Nzambe akokata motuya na yango kolanda ndenge ndako yango ezali malamu to mabe. Motuya nyonso oyo Nganga-Nzambe akokata, ekotikala bongo.
‘[Similarly], if someone dedicates his house to be a sacred gift to belong to me, the priest will decide how much it is worth, which will depend on whether the house is in good condition. Whatever the priest says that it is worth, that will be its value [and that is the price that the priest must pay for it].
15 Soki moto oyo abulisi ndako na ye lokola likabo epai na Yawe alingi kosikola yango, asengeli kobakisa eteni moko kati na biteni mitano ya motuya na yango; mpe ndako yango ekokoma lisusu ya ye.
If the man who dedicated his house to me later wants to buy it back, he must pay that price plus an additional 20 percent, and then the house will belong to him again.
16 Soki moto abulisi mpo na Yawe eteni ya mabele kati na mabele na ye, bakokata motuya ya eteni ya mabele yango kolanda milona oyo bakoki kolona kuna: bagrame nkama motoba ya palata mpo na bakilo nkama minei ya bambuma ya orje.
‘If someone dedicates to me some of the property that belongs to him and his family, its value will be determined by the number of bushels of seed that will be needed to plant seeds on that land: Its value will be ten pieces of silver for each bushel of seed.
17 Soki abulisi elanga na ye, na mobu ya kosepela kokangolama, motuya oyo bakata ekotikala bongo.
If he dedicates the land during the Year of Celebration, its full value will be that amount.
18 Kasi soki abulisi elanga na ye epai na Yawe sima na mobu ya kosepela kokangolama, Nganga-Nzambe akokata motuya na yango kolanda motango ya mibu oyo etikali kino na mobu oyo ekolanda, mobu ya kosepela kokangolama. Boye bakokitisa motuya oyo ekatama.
But if he dedicates the field after the Year of Celebration, the priest will count the number of years until the next Year of Celebration, and if there are not many years that remain, the price will be much lower [than the full price].
19 Soki moto oyo abulisi elanga alingi kosikola yango, akobakisa eteni moko kati na biteni mitano ya motuya oyo ekatama; boye elanga yango ekokoma lisusu ya ye.
If the person who dedicated the field later wants to buy it back, he must pay [to the priest] the price that the priest says it is worth, plus an added one-fifth, and then the field will belong to that man again.
20 Kasi soki asikoli yango te, bongo bateki yango epai ya moto mosusu, akoki lisusu kosikola yango te.
However, if he does not buy it back, or if it has been sold (OR, the priest has sold it) to someone else, that person will never be permitted to buy it back again.
21 Soki elanga esikolami na mobu ya kosepela kokangolama, ekokoma bule lokola elanga oyo babulisi mpo na Yawe: ekozala mabele ya Banganga-Nzambe.
In the Year of Celebration, it will become sacred again, and it will be given to the priest.
22 Soki moto abulisi epai na Yawe elanga oyo asombaki, nzokande ezali mabele ya libota na bango te,
‘If someone dedicates to me some land that he has bought, land which is not part of the land that his family has always owned,
23 Nganga-Nzambe akokata motuya na yango kolanda mibu oyo etikali kino na mobu ya kosepela kokangolama; kaka na mokolo oyo Nganga-Nzambe akokata motuya na yango nde moto yango akopesa motuya na yango lokola eloko ya bule epai na Yawe.
the priest will count the number of years until the next Year of Celebration to determine how much it is worth, and the man must pay that amount to the priest on that day, [and then that land will belong to that man again].
24 Na mobu ya kosepela kokangolama, elanga yango ekozonga na maboko ya moto oyo atekaki yango: mokolo mabele.
But in the Year of Celebration, the land will again be owned by the person from whom he bought it, the person whose family had always owned that land.
25 Mituya nyonso ekokatama ndenge batangaka mbongo ya bibende kati na Mongombo. Mbongo moko ya ebende esengeli kozala na bagrame zomi na mibale.
All the silver that is paid must be compared with the official pieces of silver in the Sacred Tent.
26 Moto moko te akoki kobulisa mwana liboso ya nyama na ye, pamba te mwana ya liboso ezali ya Yawe; ezala ya ngombe, ya meme to ya ntaba.
‘No one is permitted to dedicate to me the firstborn of any cow or sheep, because the firstborn already belongs to me [DOU].
27 Soki ezali mwana liboso ya nyama moko ya mbindo, mokolo nyama yango akoki kosikola yango na kobakisa eteni moko kati na biteni mitano ya motuya na yango; kasi soki asikoli yango te, bakoteka yango na motuya oyo ekatama.
If someone gives to me a kind of animal that is not acceptable to me, that person may later buy it back by paying what it is worth plus an additional 20 percent of its value. If he does not buy it back, it must be sold (OR, the priest must sell it) for its standard price.
28 Nyonso oyo moto akopesa epai na Yawe lokola likabo ekoki kotekama te to kosikolama; ezala moto, nyama to mabele, pamba te nyonso oyo epesami epai na Yawe ezali bule mpo na Yawe.
‘However, no slave or animal or family land that someone owns can be sold or bought back after it has been dedicated to me [and no price has been paid for it]. That kind of gift belongs to me permanently/forever.
29 Moto moko te oyo abongisami mpo na kobebisama akoki kosikolama, basengeli koboma ye.
‘No person who has [done something that I consider to be very wicked] is permitted to be freed [from being punished]; that person must surely be executed.
30 Eteni nyonso ya zomi ya biloko nyonso oyo ekowuta na mabele, ezala bambuma ya bilanga to bambuma ya banzete, ezali ya Yawe: ezali bule mpo na Yawe.
‘One tenth of all the crops and grain or fruit that is produced on anyone’s land is sacred and belongs to me.
31 Soki moto alingi kosikola eteni na ye ya zomi, asengeli kobakisa eteni moko kati na biteni mitano ya motuya na yango.
If anyone wants to buy back any of that tenth, he must pay [to the priest] what it is worth plus an additional 20 percent.
32 Eteni nyonso ya zomi; ezala ya ngombe, ya meme to ya ntaba, elingi koloba nyama nyonso ya zomi oyo ekoleka na se ya lingenda ya mobateli bibwele, ekozala bule mpo na Yawe;
One of every ten domestic animals belongs to me. When a shepherd counts his animals [MTY] [to decide which ones he will give to me], he must mark every tenth one as belonging to me.
33 ezala ya malamu to ya mabe, akoki te kopona nyama mosusu na esika ya nyama oyo ya zomi. Soki atie nyama moko na esika ya nyama mosusu, nyonso mibale ekokoma bule mpo na Yawe; mpe ekoki kosikolama te. › »
When he does that, he must not pick out the good ones for himself or leave the bad ones, or substitute bad ones for good ones. If he substitutes one animal for another, both animals will belong to me, and he will not be permitted to buy them back (OR, the shepherd cannot buy them back).’”
34 Oyo nde mitindo oyo Yawe apesaki Moyize, na ngomba Sinai, mpo na bana ya Isalaele.
Those are the commands that Yahweh gave to Moses/me on Sinai Mountain [to tell to the people].
