Mitango 35
1 Yawe alobaki na Moyize kati na etando ya Moabi, pembeni ya Yordani oyo etalani na Jeriko:
Again the LORD spoke to Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho:
2 « Pesa mitindo na bana ya Isalaele ete bapesa na Balevi, wuta na libula oyo bakozwa, bingumba ya kovanda elongo na mabele oyo ezali zingazinga na yango.
“Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around the cities.
3 Bingumba ekozala mpo na kovanda, mpe mabele ya zingazinga mpo na bibwele na bango, bisalelo na bango mpe banyama na bango nyonso.
The cities will be for them to live in, and the pasturelands will be for their herds, their flocks, and all their other livestock.
4 Mabele ya zingazinga ya bingumba oyo bokopesa na Balevi ekozala etando ya bametele pene nkama mitano kobanda na mir ya engumba.
The pasturelands around the cities you are to give the Levites will extend a thousand cubits from the wall on every side.
5 Na libanda ya engumba, bokozwa etando ya bametele pene nkoto moko na ngambo ya este, nkoto moko na ngambo ya weste, nkoto moko na ngambo ya nor mpe nkoto moko na ngambo ya sude; mpe engumba ekozala na kati-kati. Yango nde ekozala mabele na bango ya zingazinga.
You are also to measure two thousand cubits outside the city on the east, two thousand on the south, two thousand on the west, and two thousand on the north, with the city in the center. These areas will serve as larger pasturelands for the cities.
6 Bokobongisa mpo na Balevi bingumba motoba ya kokimela mpo ete moto oyo abomi moninga na nko te akoka kokima kuna; bokobakisa bingumba mosusu tuku minei na mibale.
Six of the cities you give the Levites are to be appointed as cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. In addition to these, give the Levites forty-two other cities.
7 Na nyonso, bokopesa na Balevi bingumba tuku minei na mwambe, moko na moko elongo na mabele na yango ya zingazinga.
The total number of cities you give the Levites will be forty-eight, with their corresponding pasturelands.
8 Mpo na bingumba oyo bokopesa na Balevi wuta na libula ya mabele ya bana ya Isalaele, bosengeli kozwa yango kolanda bozwi ya libota moko na moko: libota oyo ezali na bingumba ebele ekopesa mpe bingumba ebele; libota oyo ezali na bingumba moke ekopesa mpe bingumba moke. »
The cities that you apportion from the territory of the Israelites should be given to the Levites in proportion to the inheritance of each tribe: more from a larger tribe and less from a smaller one.”
9 Yawe alobaki na Moyize:
Then the LORD said to Moses,
10 « Loba na bana ya Isalaele: ‹ Tango bokokatisa Yordani mpo na kokota na Kanana,
“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
11 bokopona bingumba ya kokimela mpo ete moto oyo akoboma moto na nko te akoka kokima kuna.
designate cities to serve as your cities of refuge, so that a person who kills someone unintentionally may flee there.
12 Bingumba yango ekozala ekimelo mpo na bino liboso ya mobukanisi makila; na bongo mobomi akokufa te soki asambi nanu te na miso ya lisanga.
You are to have these cities as a refuge from the avenger, so that the manslayer will not die until he stands trial before the assembly.
13 Kati na bingumba oyo bokopesa, bingumba motoba ekozala ekimelo mpo na bino:
The cities you select will be your six cities of refuge.
14 misato na ngambo ya Yordani, mpe misato kati na Kanana. Ekozala bingumba ya kokimela.
Select three cities across the Jordan and three in the land of Canaan as cities of refuge.
15 Bingumba nyonso motoba ekozala ekimelo mpo na bana ya Isalaele mpe mpo na bapaya oyo bakozala kati na bino. Boye moto nyonso oyo akoboma moto na nko te akoki kokima kuna.
These six cities will serve as a refuge for the Israelites and for the foreigner or stranger among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there.
16 Soki abeti moninga na ye libende, mpe moninga yango akufi, moto wana azali mobomi; basengeli koboma ye.
If, however, anyone strikes a person with an iron object and kills him, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.
17 Soki abeti moninga na ye libanga, mpe moninga yango akufi, moto wana azali mobomi; basengeli koboma ye.
Or if anyone has in his hand a stone of deadly size, and he strikes and kills another, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.
18 Soki abeti moninga na ye nzete, mpe moninga yango akufi, moto wana azali mobomi; basengeli koboma ye.
If anyone has in his hand a deadly object of wood, and he strikes and kills another, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.
19 Ezali mobukanisi makila nde akoboma mobomi: akoboma ye tango kaka akokutana na ye.
The avenger of blood is to put the murderer to death; when he finds him, he is to kill him.
20 Soki abambi moninga na ye eloko na nko mpe moninga yango akufi
Likewise, if anyone maliciously pushes another or intentionally throws an object at him and kills him,
21 to soki abeti moninga na ye likofi mpo ete alingaka ye te, mpe moninga yango akufi, moto wana azali mobomi; boye mobukanisi makila akoboma mobomi tango kaka akokutana na ye.
or if in hostility he strikes him with his hand and he dies, the one who struck him must surely be put to death; he is a murderer. When the avenger of blood finds the murderer, he is to kill him.
22 Kasi soki moto atindiki moninga na ye na nko te to na kokana te, soki abambi ye eloko na makanisi mabe te,
But if anyone pushes a person suddenly, without hostility, or throws an object at him unintentionally,
23 soki akweyiseli ye libanga na nko te mpe na kokana te, mpe moninga yango akufi,
or without looking drops a heavy stone that kills him, but he was not an enemy and did not intend to harm him,
24 lisanga ekokata makambo oyo kolanda mibeko kati ya mobomi mpe mobukanisi makila.
then the congregation must judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances.
25 Lisanga ekokangola mobomi na maboko ya mobukanisi makila mpe ekozongisa ye kati na engumba ya kokimela epai wapi akimaki. Mobomi akovanda kuna kino na kufa ya mokonzi ya Banganga-Nzambe oyo bapakolaki mafuta ya bule.
The assembly is to protect the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood. Then the assembly will return him to the city of refuge to which he fled, and he must live there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.
26 Nzokande soki mobomi alongwe na engumba ya kokimela epai wapi akimaki,
But if the manslayer ever goes outside the limits of the city of refuge to which he fled
27 mpe soki mobukanisi makila akutani na ye libanda ya engumba na ye ya kokimela mpe abomi ye, mobukanisi makila asali mabe te.
and the avenger of blood finds him outside of his city of refuge and kills him, then the avenger will not be guilty of bloodshed
28 Pamba te mobomi asengeli kovanda kati na engumba na ye ya kokimela kino na kufa ya mokonzi ya Banganga-Nzambe. Ezali kaka sima ya kufa na ye nde akoki kozonga na mabele na ye.
because the manslayer must remain in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. Only after the death of the high priest may he return to the land he owns.
29 Mitindo oyo ekozala mibeko mpo na bino mpe mpo na bakitani na bino nyonso, na bisika nyonso oyo bokovanda.
This will be a statutory ordinance for you for the generations to come, wherever you live.
30 Tango nyonso oyo moto akoboma moninga na ye, bakoboma mobomi soki kaka batatoli ebele bafundi, pamba te litatoli ya moto moko ekoki te mpo na kokatela moto etumbu ya kufa.
If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death on the testimony of the witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of a lone witness.
31 Bokondima kozwa eloko moko te mpo na kosikola bomoi ya mobomi oyo asengeli na kufa; basengeli kaka koboma ye.
You are not to accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who deserves to die; he must surely be put to death.
32 Bokondima mpe kozwa eloko moko te mpo na kopesa ye nzela ya kokima na engumba songolo ya kokimela to ya kozonga kovanda lisusu kati na mokili na ye liboso ya kufa ya mokonzi ya Banganga-Nzambe.
Nor should you accept a ransom for the person who flees to a city of refuge and allow him to return and live on his own land before the death of the high priest.
33 Bokokomisa mbindo te mokili epai wapi bozali. Solo, kosopa makila ekomisaka mokili mbindo; pamba te soki makila esopani na mokili, ezali kaka na nzela ya makila ya moto oyo asopi yango nde bakoki kokomisa lisusu mokili peto.
Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.
34 Bokokomisa mbindo te mokili epai wapi bokovanda, mokili epai wapi Ngai mpe nakovanda; pamba te nazali Yawe, navandaka kati na bana ya Isalaele. › »
Do not defile the land where you live and where I dwell. For I, the LORD, dwell among the Israelites.”
