Genesis 13
1 So Abram went up out of Egypt into the Negev—he and his wife and all his possessions—and Lot was with him.
Boye Abrami alongwaki na Ejipito mpe akendeki na Negevi elongo na mwasi na ye mpe biloko nyonso oyo azalaki na yango; Loti mpe akendeki na ye elongo.
2 And Abram had become extremely wealthy in livestock and silver and gold.
Abrami akomaki na bozwi mingi: bibwele, palata mpe wolo.
3 From the Negev he journeyed from place to place toward Bethel, until he came to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had formerly been pitched,
Longwa na Negevi, akendeki malembe-malembe kino na Beteli, na esika oyo ezalaki kati ya Beteli mpe Ayi, epai wapi ndako na ye ya kapo ezalaki
4 to the site where he had built the altar. And there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
mpe atongaki etumbelo ya liboso. Ezalaki na esika yango nde Abrami abelelaki Kombo ya Yawe.
5 Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.
Loti, oyo azalaki kotambola elongo na Abrami, azalaki mpe na bameme, bantaba, bangombe mpe basali.
6 But the land was unable to support both of them while they stayed together, for they had so many possessions that they were unable to coexist.
Boye etuka ekomaki moke mpo na bango mibale, pamba te bomengo na bango ezalaki ebele penza, mpe bakokaki lisusu te kovanda esika moko;
7 And there was discord between the herdsmen of Abram and the herdsmen of Lot. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were also living in the land.
mpe koswana ekotaki kati na babateli bibwele ya Abrami mpe babateli bibwele ya Loti. Nzokande, na tango wana, bato ya Kanana mpe ya Perizi bazalaki kovanda kati na mokili yango.
8 So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no contention between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen. After all, we are brothers.
Abrami alobaki na Loti: « Tika ete koswana ezala te kati na ngai mpe yo to kati na babateli bibwele na yo mpe babateli bibwele na ngai, pamba te tozali bandeko.
9 Is not the whole land before you? Now separate yourself from me. If you go to the left, I will go to the right; if you go to the right, I will go to the left.”
Mokili mobimba ezali liboso na yo. Ezali malamu tokabwana: soki yo okeyi na ngambo ya loboko ya mwasi, ngai nakokende na ngambo ya loboko ya mobali; soki okeyi na ngambo ya loboko ya mobali, ngai nakokende na ngambo ya loboko ya mwasi. »
10 And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
Boye Loti atalaki mpe amonaki etando nyonso ya Yordani oyo ezalaki na mabele kitoko mpe ekenda kino na Tsoari. Liboso ete Yawe abebisa Sodome mpe Gomore, ezalaki lokola elanga ya Yawe, lokola mokili ya Ejipito.
11 So Lot chose the whole plain of the Jordan for himself and set out toward the east. And Abram and Lot parted company.
Loti aponaki etando ya Yordani mpe akendeki na ngambo ya este. Ezalaki ndenge wana nde bakabwanaki.
12 Abram lived in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
Abrami avandaki na mokili ya Kanana, mpe Loti avandaki kati na bingumba ya etando mpe atelemisaki bandako na ye ya kapo pene ya Sodome.
13 But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.
Bato ya Sodome bazalaki penza bato mabe mpe bato ya masumu na miso ya Yawe.
14 After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, “Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the north and south and east and west,
Sima na bokabwani ya Abrami na Loti, Yawe alobaki na Abrami: « Na esika oyo ozali, tombola miso na yo mpe tala na ngambo ya nor, ya sude, ya este mpe ya weste.
15 for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.
Mokili nyonso oyo ozali komona, nakopesa yango epai na yo mpe na bakitani na yo mpo na libela.
16 I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.
Nakokomisa bakitani na yo ebele lokola putulu ya mabele; bongo soki moto akoki kotanga putulu, akokoka mpe kotanga bakitani na yo.
17 Get up and walk around the land, through its length and breadth, for I will give it to you.”
Telema, tambola kati na mokili na bangambo nyonso, pamba te nakopesa yango epai na yo. »
18 So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the Oaks of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.
Abrami alongolaki bandako na ye ya kapo mpe akendeki kovanda na Ebron, pene ya banzete minene ya Mamire epai wapi atongaki etumbelo mpo na Yawe.
