Joshua 4
1 And it came to pass, when all the nation were clean passed over the Jordan, that the LORD spoke unto Joshua, saying:
Tango ekolo mobimba esilisaki kokatisa Yordani, Yawe alobaki na Jozue:
2 'Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,
« Pona mibali zomi na mibale kati na bato, mobali moko mpo na libota moko.
3 and command ye them, saying: Take you hence out of the midst of the Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood, twelve stones made ready, and carry them over with you, and lay them down in the lodging-place, where ye shall lodge this night.'
Pesa bango mitindo oyo: ‹ Bozwa kati na mayi ya Yordani, na esika oyo Banganga-Nzambe bapikamaki, mabanga zomi na mibale, bomema yango elongo na bino mpe botia yango na esika oyo bokolekisa butu ya lelo. › »
4 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man;
Boye, Jozue abengaki mibali zomi na mibale oyo aponaki kati na bana ya Isalaele, mobali moko mpo na libota moko.
5 and Joshua said unto them: 'Pass on before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of the Jordan, and take you up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel;
Jozue alobaki na bango: « Boleka liboso ya Sanduku ya Yawe, Nzambe na bino, kino na kati-kati ya Yordani. Moko na moko kati na bino amema libanga na lipeka na ye kolanda motango ya mabota ya Isalaele
6 that this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask in time to come, saying: What mean ye by these stones?
mpo ete ezala lokola elembo kati na bino. Sima na tango, soki bana na bino batuni bino: ‹ Mabanga oyo elakisi nini? ›
7 then ye shall say unto them: Because the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off; and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.'
Bokoyebisa bango ete mayi ya Yordani ekatanaki na biteni mibale liboso ya Sanduku ya Boyokani ya Yawe. Tango ekatisaki Yordani, mayi na yango mpe ekatanaki. Mabanga oyo ezali lokola ekaniseli ya seko na seko mpo na bana ya Isalaele. »
8 And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of the Jordan, as the LORD spoke unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel; and they carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.
Boye, bana ya Isalaele basalaki ndenge Jozue atindaki bango. Bazwaki kati na Yordani, mabanga zomi na mibale kolanda motango ya mabota ya Isalaele, ndenge Yawe alobaki na Jozue. Bamemaki yango kino na molako na bango, epai wapi batiaki yango.
9 Joshua also set up twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests that bore the ark of the covenant stood; and they are there unto this day.
Jozue atelemisaki mabanga zomi na mibale mosusu na kati-kati ya Yordani, na esika oyo Banganga-Nzambe oyo bamemaki Sanduku ya Boyokani bapikamaki, mpe etikala wana kino na mokolo ya lelo.
10 And the priests that bore the ark stood in the midst of the Jordan, until every thing was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua; and the people hastened and passed over.
Nzokande, Banganga-Nzambe oyo bamemaki Sanduku bawumelaki na kati-kati ya Yordani kino tango bato bakokisaki makambo nyonso oyo Yawe atindaki Jozue, ndenge kaka Moyize ayebisaki ye. Ezalaki na lombangu nde bato bakatisaki Yordani.
11 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of the LORD passed on, and the priests, before the people.
Tango bango nyonso basilisaki kokatisa, Sanduku ya Yawe elongo na Banganga-Nzambe balekaki lisusu liboso ya bato.
12 And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, passed on armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spoke unto them;
Bato ya libota ya Ribeni, ya Gadi, mpe ya ndambo ya libota ya Manase bakatisaki, balataki bibundeli mpe batambolaki liboso ya bana ya Isalaele, ndenge Moyize atindaki bango.
13 about forty thousand ready armed for war passed on in the presence of the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.
Bazalaki bato pene nkoto tuku minei, bato ya bitumba, oyo bakamataki bibundeli mpo na kobunda; balekaki liboso ya Yawe na nzela ya bitando ya Jeriko mpo na kobunda.
14 On that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.
Na mokolo wana, Yawe atombolaki Jozue na miso ya bana nyonso ya Isalaele; mpe bapesaki ye lokumu mikolo nyonso ya bomoi na ye, ndenge kaka bapesaki Moyize lokumu.
15 And the LORD spoke unto Joshua, saying:
Yawe alobaki na Jozue:
16 'Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of the Jordan.'
« Pesa Banganga-Nzambe oyo bamemi Sanduku ya Litatoli mitindo ete babima wuta na kati-kati ya ebale Yordani. »
17 Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying: 'Come ye up out of the Jordan.'
Jozue apesaki mitindo epai ya Banganga-Nzambe: « Bobima wuta na kati-kati ya ebale Yordani. »
18 And it came to pass, as the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD came up out of the midst of the Jordan, as soon as the soles of the priests' feet were drawn up unto the dry ground, that the waters of the Jordan returned unto their place, and went over all its banks, as aforetime.
Boye Banganga-Nzambe oyo bamemaki Sanduku ya Boyokani ya Yawe babimaki wuta na ebale. Tango kaka batiaki matambe na bango na mokili, mayi ya Yordani ezongaki na esika na yango, etondaki makasi mpe ekomaki kotiola ndenge ezalaki momesano na yango.
19 And the people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, on the east border of Jericho.
Na mokolo ya zomi ya sanza ya liboso, bato bakendeki wuta na Yordani mpe batongaki molako na bango na Giligali, na mondelo ya este ya Jeriko.
20 And those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, did Joshua set up in Gilgal.
Jozue atelemisaki, na Giligali, mabanga zomi na mibale oyo babimisaki na Yordani.
21 And he spoke unto the children of Israel, saying: 'When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying: What mean these stones?
Alobaki na bana ya Isalaele: « Tango bakitani na bino bakotuna batata na bango: ‹ Mabanga oyo elakisi nini? ›
22 then ye shall let your children know, saying: Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.
Boyebisa bango: ‹ Bato ya Isalaele bakatisaki Yordani na mabele ya kokawuka. ›
23 For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red Sea, which He dried up from before us, until we were passed over,
Pamba te Yawe, Nzambe na bino, akawusaki liboso mayi ya Yordani kino tango bosilisaki kokatisa. Yawe asalaki na Yordani makambo oyo asalaki na ebale monene ya Barozo tango akawusaki yango liboso na biso, kino tango tosilisaki kokatisa yango.
24 that all the peoples of the earth may know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty; that ye may fear the LORD your God for ever.'
Asalaki bongo mpo ete bato nyonso ya mokili bayeba ete loboko ya Yawe ezalaka na nguya, mpe mpo ete bobangaka Yawe, Nzambe na bino, tango nyonso. »
