Exodus 4
1 And Moses, answering, said, It is certain that they will not have faith in me or give ear to my voice; for they will say, You have not seen the Lord.
Moyize azongisaki: — Bongo soki bandimi ngai te, bayoki ngai te? Solo, bakoloba kaka: « Yawe amonanaki na yo te. »
2 And the Lord said to him, What is that in your hand? And he said, A rod.
Yawe atunaki ye: — Ozali na nini na loboko na yo? Moyize azongisaki: — Nazali na lingenda.
3 And he said, Put it down on the earth. And he put it down on the earth and it became a snake; and Moses went running from it.
Yawe alobaki: — Bwaka yango na mabele. Moyize abwakaki lingenda yango na mabele mpe ebongwanaki nyoka. Bongo Moyize akimaki mosika na yango.
4 And the Lord said to Moses, Put out your hand and take it by the tail: (and he put out his hand and took a grip of it and it became a rod in his hand: )
Kasi Yawe alobaki na ye: — Sembola loboko na yo mpe kanga nyoka yango na mokila! Moyize asembolaki loboko mpe akangaki nyoka; mpe nyoka yango ebongwanaki lisusu lingenda na loboko na ye.
5 So that they may be certain that the Lord, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has been seen by you.
Yawe alobaki na ye: — Esalemi bongo mpo ete bandima solo ete Yawe, Nzambe ya bakoko na bango, Nzambe ya Abrayami, ya Izaki mpe ya Jakobi, amonanaki na yo.
6 Then the Lord said to him again, Put your hand inside your clothing. And he put his hand inside his robe: and when he took it out it was like the hand of a leper, as white as snow.
Sima, Yawe alobaki na ye lisusu: — Tia loboko na yo na tolo na yo. Moyize atiaki loboko na ye na tolo na ye; mpe tango alongolaki yango, loboko yango ezwaki bokono ya maba; ekomaki pembe lokola mvula ya pembe.
7 And he said, Put your hand inside your robe again. (And he put his hand into his robe again, and when he took it out he saw that it had become like his other flesh.)
Yawe alobaki na ye: — Sik’oyo, zongisa loboko na yo na tolo na yo. Moyize azongisaki loboko na ye na tolo na ye. Mpe tango alongolaki yango, loboko yango ekomaki lisusu malamu lokola biteni mosusu ya nzoto na ye.
8 And if they do not have faith in you or give ear to the voice of the first sign, they will have faith in the second sign.
Yawe alobaki na ye: — Soki bandimi yo te to soki babeti tembe mpo na elembo ya liboso, bakondima na elembo ya mibale.
9 And if they have no faith even in these two signs and will not give ear to your voice, then you are to take the water of the Nile and put it on the dry land: and the water you take out of the river will become blood on the dry land.
Kasi soki na bilembo oyo mibale, bandimi kaka te to bayoki te, wana okotoka mayi na ebale Nili, okosopa yango na esobe. Mayi oyo okozwa na ebale Nili ekokoma makila tango okosopa yango na mabele.
10 And Moses said to the Lord, O Lord, I am not a man of words; I have never been so, and am not now, even after what you have said to your servant: for talking is hard for me, and I am slow of tongue.
Moyize alobaki na Yawe: — Ah, Nkolo, nakokaka koloba malamu te! Yango ezali likambo ya lobi oyo eleki te to ya wuta tango obandi koloba na mosali na Yo te, pamba te nazali na monoko mpe na lolemo kilo.
11 And the Lord said to him, Who has made man's mouth? who takes away a man's voice or hearing, or makes him seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?
Yawe alobaki na ye: — Nani apesaka monoko epai ya moto? Nani akomisaka moto baba to mokufi matoyi? Nani akomisaka moto, moto oyo amonaka to mokufi miso? Boni, ezali Ngai Yawe te?
12 So go now, and I will be with your mouth, teaching you what to say.
Sik’oyo kende, Ngai moko nakosunga yo mpo ete oloba malamu, mpe nakoteya yo makambo oyo osengeli koloba.
13 And he said, O Lord, send, if you will, by the hand of anyone whom it seems good to you to send.
Kasi Moyize azongisaki: — Te Nkolo! Nabondeli Yo! Tinda moto mosusu oyo olingi mpo na kosala yango.
14 And the Lord was angry with Moses, and said, Is there not Aaron, your brother, the Levite? To my knowledge he is good at talking. And now he is coming out to you: and when he sees you he will be glad in his heart.
Boye Yawe asilikelaki Moyize mpe alobaki na ye: — Boni, Aron, moto ya libota ya Levi, azali ndeko na yo te? Nayebi ete alobaka malamu mpe ye wana azali koya kokutana na yo; mpe motema na ye ekosepela tango akomona yo.
15 Let him give ear to your voice, and you will put my words in his mouth; and I will be with your mouth and with his, teaching you what you have to do.
Okoloba na ye mpe okotia maloba na monoko na ye, bongo Ngai nakosunga bino mibale mpo ete bokoka koloba malamu, mpe nakoteya bino makambo oyo bosengeli kosala.
16 And he will do the talking for you to the people: he will be to you as a mouth and you will be to him as God.
Ye akoloba epai ya bato na esika na yo, akozala molobeli na yo; bongo yo okozala lokola nzambe na ye.
17 And take in your hand this rod with which you will do the signs.
Kasi zwa lingenda oyo ezali na maboko na yo mpo ete osala bilembo ya kokamwa na nzela na yango.
18 And Moses went back to Jethro, his father-in-law, and said to him, Let me go back now to my relations in Egypt and see if they are still living. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.
Moyize azongaki epai ya Jetro, tata-bokilo na ye, mpe alobaki na ye: — Nasengeli kokende epai ya bandeko na ngai, na Ejipito, mpo ete natala soki ndambo kati na bango bazali nanu na bomoi. Jetro ozongisaki: — Kende na kimia!
19 And the Lord said to Moses in Midian, Go back to Egypt, for all the men are dead who were attempting to take your life.
Yawe alobaki na Moyize tango azalaki nanu na mokili ya Madiani: — Telema mpe zonga na Ejipito, pamba te bato nyonso oyo balingaki koboma yo basili kokufa.
20 And Moses took his wife and his sons and put them on an ass and went back to the land of Egypt: and he took the rod of God in his hand.
Moyize azwaki mwasi na ye mpe bana na ye ya mibali, atiaki bango likolo ya ane mpe azongaki na Ejipito. Azwaki lisusu lingenda ya Nzambe na loboko na ye.
21 And the Lord said to Moses, When you go back to Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have given you power to do: but I will make his heart hard and he will not let the people go.
Yawe alobaki na Moyize: — Sik’oyo, lokola ozali kozonga na Ejipito, tala bikamwa nyonso oyo napesi yo nguya ya kosala; okosala yango liboso ya Faraon. Ngai nakokomisa motema na ye libanga mpo ete akoka kotika te bato na Ngai kokende.
22 And you are to say to Pharaoh, The Lord says, Israel is the first of my sons:
Okoloba na Faraon: « Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: ‹ Isalaele azali mwana na Ngai ya liboso ya mobali.
23 And I said to you, Let my son go, so that he may give me worship; and you did not let him go: so now I will put the first of your sons to death.
Mpe nalobi na yo: Tika mwana na Ngai ya mobali kokende mpo ete asalela Ngai. Soki kaka oboyi kotika ye, nakoboma mwana na yo ya liboso ya mobali. › »
24 Now on the journey, at the night's resting-place, the Lord came in his way and would have put him to death.
Nzokande na nzela, na esika oyo balekisaki butu, Yawe akutanaki na Moyize mpe alukaki koboma ye.
25 Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cutting off the skin of her son's private parts, and touching his feet with it, she said, Truly you are a husband of blood to me.
Kasi Sefora azwaki libanga ya songe, akataki ngenga ya mwana na ye ya mobali mpe atutisaki ngenga yango na makolo ya Moyize; alobaki: — Solo, ozali penza mpo na ngai mobali ya makila.
26 So he let him go. Then she said, You are a husband of blood because of the circumcision.
Bongo Yawe atikaki Moyize. Ezalaki na tango wana nde Sefora alobaki na Moyize likolo na likambo ya kokatama ngenga: — Mobali ya makila.
27 And the Lord said to Aaron, Go into the waste land and you will see Moses. So he went and came across Moses at the mountain of God, and gave him a kiss.
Yawe alobaki na Aron: — Kende kokutana na Moyize na esobe. Aron akendeki, akutanaki na Moyize na ngomba ya Nzambe mpe apesaki ye beze.
28 And Moses gave Aaron an account of all the words of the Lord which he had sent him to say, and of all the signs which he had given him orders to do.
Moyize ayebisaki Aron makambo nyonso oyo Yawe atindaki ye koloba mpe bikamwa nyonso oyo atindaki ye kosala.
29 Then Moses and Aaron went and got together all the chiefs of the children of Israel:
Bongo Moyize mpe Aron bakendeki kosangisa bakambi nyonso ya Isalaele.
30 And Aaron said to them all the words the Lord had said to Moses, and did the signs before all the people.
Aron ayebisaki bango maloba nyonso oyo Yawe alobaki na Moyize. Asalaki bikamwa liboso ya bato.
31 And the people had faith in them; and hearing that the Lord had taken up the cause of the children of Israel and had seen their troubles, with bent heads they gave him worship.
Bato bandimaki. Bongo tango bayokaki ete Yawe akanisaki bana ya Isalaele mpe amonaki pasi na bango, bafukamaki mpe bagumbamelaki Yawe.
