Matayo 5
1 Tango Yesu amonaki ebele yango ya bato, amataki likolo ya ngomba mpe avandaki. Bayekoli na Ye bapusanaki pene na Ye,
And having seen the multitudes, he went up to the mount, and he having sat down, his disciples came to him,
2 mpe akomaki kopesa bango malakisi. Alobaki:
and having opened his mouth, he was teaching them, saying:
3 « Esengo na babola na molimo, pamba te Bokonzi ya Likolo ezali mpo na bango!
'Happy the poor in spirit — because theirs is the reign of the heavens.
4 Esengo na bato oyo bazali kolela, pamba te bakobondisama!
'Happy the mourning — because they shall be comforted.
5 Esengo na bato na komikitisa, pamba te bakozwa mokili lokola libula!
'Happy the meek — because they shall inherit the land.
6 Esengo na bato oyo bazali na nzala mpe na posa ya bosembo, pamba te bakotondisama!
'Happy those hungering and thirsting for righteousness — because they shall be filled.
7 Esengo na bato oyo bayokelaka bato mosusu mawa, pamba te bakoyokela bango mpe mawa!
'Happy the kind — because they shall find kindness.
8 Esengo na bato oyo bazali na mitema peto, pamba te bakomona Nzambe!
'Happy the clean in heart — because they shall see God.
9 Esengo na bato oyo bayeisaka kimia, pamba te bakobengama bana na Nzambe!
'Happy the peacemakers — because they shall be called Sons of God.
10 Esengo na bato oyo bazali konyokolama likolo ya bosembo, pamba te Bokonzi ya Likolo ezali mpo na bango!
'Happy those persecuted for righteousness' sake — because theirs is the reign of the heavens.
11 Esengo na bino tango bazali kofinga bino, tango bazali konyokola bino, mpe tango bazali kokosela bino makambo ya lolenge nyonso likolo na Ngai!
'Happy are ye whenever they may reproach you, and may persecute, and may say any evil thing against you falsely for my sake —
12 Bosepela mpe bozala na esengo, pamba te lifuti na bino ezali monene kati na Likolo; pamba te ezalaki mpe kaka ndenge wana nde banyokolaki basakoli oyo bazalaki liboso na bino.
rejoice ye and be glad, because your reward [is] great in the heavens, for thus did they persecute the prophets who were before you.
13 Bozali mungwa ya mokili. Kasi soki mungwa ebungisi elengi na yango, ndenge nini bakokoka lisusu kozongisa elengi na yango? Ezali lisusu na tina moko te; etikali kaka eloko ya kobwaka mpe ya konyata.
'Ye are the salt of the land, but if the salt may lose savour, in what shall it be salted? for nothing is it good henceforth, except to be cast without, and to be trodden down by men.
14 Bozali pole ya mokili. Engumba oyo batongi na likolo ya ngomba ekoki kobombama te.
'Ye are the light of the world, a city set upon a mount is not able to be hid;
15 Moto moko te apelisaka mwinda mpo na kotia yango na se ya katini; nzokande, atiaka yango na likolo ya etelemiselo ya minda mpo ete engengisa bato nyonso oyo bazali kati na ndako.
nor do they light a lamp, and put it under the measure, but on the lamp-stand, and it shineth to all those in the house;
16 Yango wana, tika ete pole na bino engenga liboso ya bato, mpo ete bamona misala malamu na bino mpe bakumisa Tata na bino oyo azali kati na Likolo.
so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father who [is] in the heavens.
17 Bokanisa te ete Ngai nayaki mpo na kolongola Mobeko to basakoli; solo, nayaki te mpo na kolongola, kasi nayaki nde mpo na kokokisa.
'Do not suppose that I came to throw down the law or the prophets — I did not come to throw down, but to fulfil;
18 Pamba te, nazali koloba na bino penza ya solo: liboso ete Likolo mpe mabele elimwa, nkoma moko te oyo eleki moke to litono oyo ezalaka na likolo ya i ekotikala kolongwa kati na Mobeko, kino makambo nyonso ekokisama.
for, verily I say to you, till that the heaven and the earth may pass away, one iota or one tittle may not pass away from the law, till that all may come to pass.
19 Yango wana, moto nyonso oyo akobuka moko kati na mibeko oyo, ezala oyo eleki moke kati na yango, mpe akoteya bato mosusu kosala bongo, bakozwa ye lokola moto pamba kati na Bokonzi ya Likolo. Kasi moto oyo akotosa mpe akoteya mibeko oyo epai na bato mosusu akozala moto monene kati na Bokonzi ya Likolo.
'Whoever therefore may loose one of these commands — the least — and may teach men so, least he shall be called in the reign of the heavens, but whoever may do and may teach [them], he shall be called great in the reign of the heavens.
20 Pamba te, nazali koloba na bino solo ete soki bosembo na bino liboso ya Mobeko eleki te bosembo ya balakisi ya Mobeko mpe ya Bafarizeo, bokokota te na Bokonzi ya Likolo.
'For I say to you, that if your righteousness may not abound above that of the scribes and Pharisees, ye may not enter to the reign of the heavens.
21 Boyokaki ete baloba na bakoko na biso: ‹ Okobomaka te. Moto nyonso oyo akoboma moninga na ye asengeli na kosambisama liboso ya basambisi. ›
'Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not kill, and whoever may kill shall be in danger of the judgment;
22 Kasi Ngai, nalobi na bino: Moto nyonso oyo akokangela ndeko na ye kanda akosamba na esambiselo liboso ya basambisi; moto oyo akofinga ndeko na ye: ‹ zoba, › akosamba liboso ya Likita-Monene; mpe oyo akoloba na ndeko na ye: ‹ moto ya liboma, › akobwakama kati na moto ya lifelo. (Geenna g1067)
but I — I say to you, that every one who is angry at his brother without cause, shall be in danger of the judgment, and whoever may say to his brother, Empty fellow! shall be in danger of the sanhedrim, and whoever may say, Rebel! shall be in danger of the gehenna of the fire. (Geenna g1067)
23 Soki ozali kokende kopesa makabo na yo liboso ya etumbelo, mpe ososoli ete ndeko na yo azwa yo na likambo,
'If, therefore, thou mayest bring thy gift to the altar, and there mayest remember that thy brother hath anything against thee,
24 tika makabo na yo liboso ya etumbelo mpe kende nanu koyokana na ndeko na yo wana; sima na yango nde okoya kopesa makabo na yo.
leave there thy gift before the altar, and go — first be reconciled to thy brother, and then having come bring thy gift.
25 Soki moto azwi yo na likambo, yokana na ye noki, wana bozali nanu na nzela; soki te, akofunda yo epai ya mosambisi, mosambisi akokaba yo na maboko ya bakengeli, mpe bakengeli bakobwaka yo na boloko.
'Be agreeing with thy opponent quickly, while thou art in the way with him, that the opponent may not deliver thee to the judge, and the judge may deliver thee to the officer, and to prison thou mayest be cast,
26 Nazali koloba na yo penza ya solo: okobima na boloko soki kaka ofuti niongo na yo nyonso.
verily I say to thee, thou mayest not come forth thence till that thou mayest pay the last farthing.
27 Boyokaki ete baloba: ‹ Okosalaka ekobo te. ›
'Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not commit adultery;
28 Kasi Ngai, nalobi na bino: Mobali nyonso oyo atali mwasi na makanisi ya kolula ye, asili kosala na ye ekobo kati na motema na ye.
but I — I say to you, that every one who is looking on a woman to desire her, did already commit adultery with her in his heart.
29 Yango wana, soki liso na yo ya ngambo ya mobali ekweyisaka yo na masumu, longola yango mpe bwaka yango mosika na yo; pamba te eleki malamu mpo na yo kobungisa eteni moko ya nzoto, na esika ete nzoto na yo mobimba ebwakama na lifelo. (Geenna g1067)
'But, if thy right eye doth cause thee to stumble, pluck it out and cast from thee, for it is good to thee that one of thy members may perish, and not thy whole body be cast to gehenna. (Geenna g1067)
30 Soki mpe loboko na yo ya ngambo ya mobali ekweyisaka yo na masumu, kata yango mpe bwaka yango mosika na yo; pamba te eleki malamu mpo na yo kobungisa eteni moko ya nzoto, na esika ete nzoto na yo mobimba ekende na lifelo. (Geenna g1067)
'And, if thy right hand doth cause thee to stumble, cut it off, and cast from thee, for it is good to thee that one of thy members may perish, and not thy whole body be cast to gehenna. (Geenna g1067)
31 Boyokaki lisusu ete baloba: ‹ Soki mobali akabwani na mwasi na ye, asengeli kopesa ye mokanda ya koboma libala. ›
'And it was said, That whoever may put away his wife, let him give to her a writing of divorce;
32 Kasi Ngai, nazali koloba na bino: Mobali nyonso oyo alongoli mwasi na ye na libala, longola kaka soki mwasi yango akweyaki na ekobo, afungoleli ye nzela ya kosala kindumba; mpe mobali oyo abali mwasi oyo balongola na libala asali mpe ekobo.
but I — I say to you, that whoever may put away his wife, save for the matter of whoredom, doth make her to commit adultery; and whoever may marry her who hath been put away doth commit adultery.
33 Boyokaki lisusu ete baloba na bakoko na biso: ‹ Okolapa ndayi ya lokuta te, kasi kokisa bilaka oyo opesaki na nzela ya ndayi liboso ya Nkolo. ›
'Again, ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not swear falsely, but thou shalt pay to the Lord thine oaths;
34 Kasi Ngai, nazali koloba na bino: bolapaka ndayi te, ezala na kombo ya Likolo, pamba te Likolo ezali Kiti ya Bokonzi ya Nzambe,
but I — I say to you, not to swear at all; neither by the heaven, because it is the throne of God,
35 to na kombo ya mokili, pamba te mokili ezali enyatelo makolo ya Nzambe; to mpe na kombo ya Yelusalemi, pamba te Yelusalemi ezali engumba ya Mokonzi Monene.
nor by the earth, because it is His footstool, nor by Jerusalem, because it is a city of a great king,
36 Bosalelaka mpe te mito na bino mpo na kolapa ndayi, pamba te bokoki te kokomisa moko kati na suki ya mito na bino pembe to mwindo.
nor by thy head mayest thou swear, because thou art not able one hair to make white or black;
37 Kasi bolobaka kaka ‹ iyo › soki ezali iyo, mpe ‹ te › soki ezali bongo, pamba te maloba nyonso oyo ebakisamaka likolo ewutaka na Mokosi.
but let your word be, Yes, Yes, No, No, and that which is more than these is of the evil.
38 Boyokaki ete baloba: ‹ Liso mpo na liso, linu mpo na linu. ›
'Ye heard that it was said: Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth;
39 Kasi Ngai, nazali koloba na bino: Botelemelaka te moto mabe; kutu soki abeti yo mbata na litama ya ngambo ya loboko ya mobali, pesa ye mpe litama ya ngambo ya loboko ya mwasi.
but I — I say to you, not to resist the evil, but whoever shall slap thee on thy right cheek, turn to him also the other;
40 Soki moto alingi kofunda yo mpo na kozwa elamba na yo, pesa ye mpe kazaka na yo.
and whoever is willing to take thee to law, and thy coat to take — suffer to him also the cloak.
41 Soki moto atindi yo na makasi ete otambola kilometele moko, yo, tambola bakilometele mibale elongo na ye.
'And whoever shall impress thee one mile, go with him two,
42 Pesa na moto oyo asengi yo, mpe koboya te kodefisa na moto oyo alingi kodefa epai na yo.
to him who is asking of thee be giving, and him who is willing to borrow from thee thou mayest not turn away.
43 Boyokaki ete baloba: ‹ Linga moninga na yo mpe yina monguna na yo. ›
'Ye heard that it was said: Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and shalt hate thine enemy;
44 Kasi Ngai, nazali koloba na bino: Bolingaka banguna na bino mpe bosambelaka mpo na bato oyo banyokolaka bino.
but I — I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those cursing you, do good to those hating you, and pray for those accusing you falsely, and persecuting you,
45 Na ndenge wana nde bokozala bana ya Tata na bino, oyo azali kati na Likolo, pamba te abimisaka moyi mpo na bato malamu mpe mpo na bato mabe, mpe anokisaka mvula mpo na bato ya sembo mpe mpo na bato oyo bazali sembo te.
that ye may be sons of your Father in the heavens, because His sun He doth cause to rise on evil and good, and He doth send rain on righteous and unrighteous.
46 Soki bolingaka kaka bato oyo balingaka bino, lifuti nini bokozwa? Boni, bafutisi mpako basalaka mpe bongo te?
'For, if ye may love those loving you, what reward have ye? do not also the tax-gatherers the same?
47 Soki bopesaka mbote kaka na bandeko mibali na bino, likambo nini ya kokamwa oyo bosalaka? Boni, bapagano basalaka mpe bongo te?
and if ye may salute your brethren only, what do ye abundant? do not also the tax-gatherers so?
48 Bozala bato ya kokoka ndenge Tata na bino ya Likolo azali ya kokoka.
ye shall therefore be perfect, as your Father who [is] in the heavens is perfect.
