< 1 Kings 18 >

1 And the days are many, and the word of YHWH has been to Elijah in the third year, saying, “Go, appear to Ahab, and I give rain on the face of the ground”;
Sima na tango molayi, na mobu ya misato, Yawe alobaki na Eliya: « Kende komimonisa epai ya Akabi, mpe Ngai nakonokisa mvula na mokili oyo. »
2 and Elijah goes to appear to Ahab. And the famine is severe in Samaria,
Eliya akendeki komimonisa epai ya Akabi. Wana nzala ezalaki makasi na Samari,
3 and Ahab calls to Obadiah, who [is] over the house—and Obadiah has been fearing YHWH greatly,
Akabi abengisaki Abidiasi, mobateli bikolo ya ndako na ye. Nzokande Abidiasi azalaki kotosa Yawe mingi.
4 and it comes to pass, in Jezebel’s cutting off the prophets of YHWH, that Obadiah takes one hundred prophets, and hides them, fifty men in a cave, and has sustained them with bread and water—
Wana Jezabeli azalaki koboma basakoli ya Yawe, Abidiasi azwaki basakoli nkama moko mpe abombaki bango kati na madusu mibale ya mabanga: basakoli tuku mitano na lidusu moko na moko, mpe azalaki kopesa bango bilei mpe mayi.
5 and Ahab says to Obadiah, “Go through the land, to all fountains of waters, and to all the brooks, perhaps we find hay, and keep alive horse and mule, and do not cut off any of the livestock.”
Akabi apesaki mitindo na Abidiasi: « Tambola kati na mokili mobimba, na bitima nyonso ya mayi mpe na miluka nyonso; tango mosusu tokoki kozwa matiti ya mobesu mpe tokobatela bomoi ya bampunda mpe ya bamile mpo ete toboma lisusu te ndambo ya bibwele na biso. »
6 And they apportion the land to themselves, to pass over into it; Ahab has gone in one way by himself, and Obadiah has gone in another way by himself;
Bakabolaki mokili mpo na kotambola kati na yango, Akabi akendeki ye moko na ngambo moko, Abidiasi mpe akendeki ye moko na ngambo mosusu.
7 and Obadiah [is] in the way, and behold, Elijah [is there] to meet him; and he discerns him, and falls on his face and says, “Are you he—my lord Elijah?”
Wana Abidiasi azalaki kokende, Eliya akutanaki na ye. Abidiasi asosolaki ete ezali ye, afukamaki elongi kino na se mpe alobaki: — Boni, ezali penza yo, Eliya, nkolo na ngai?
8 And he says to him, “I [am]; go, say to your lord, Behold, Elijah.”
Eliya azongisaki: — Iyo, ezali ngai. Kende koyebisa mokonzi na yo ete Eliya azali awa.
9 And he says, “What have I sinned, that you are giving your servant into the hand of Ahab—to put me to death?
Abidiasi atunaki: — Likambo nini ya mabe ngai nasali mpo ete okaba mosali na yo epai ya Akabi mpo ete baboma ngai?
10 Your God YHWH lives, if there is a nation and kingdom to where my lord has not sent to seek [for] you; and they said, He is not, then he caused the kingdom and the nation to swear, that it does not find you;
Solo, na Kombo na Yawe, Nzambe na yo, ezali na ekolo moko te to mokili moko te epai wapi nkolo na ngai azangi kotinda bato koluka yo. Mpe soki ekolo moko to mokili elobi ete ozalaki kuna te, Akabi azalaki kolapisa bango ndayi ete bamoni yo te.
11 and now, you are saying, Go, say to your lord, Behold, Elijah;
Kasi sik’oyo otindi ngai ete nakende epai ya mokonzi na ngai koyebisa ye ete Eliya azali awa.
12 and it has been, I go from you, and the Spirit of YHWH lifts you up to where I do not know, and I have come to declare to Ahab, and he does not find you, and he has slain me; and your servant is fearing YHWH from my youth.
Nayebi te esika nini Molimo na Yawe akoki komema yo tango nakotika yo. Soki namemi sango epai ya Akabi, kasi ye amoni yo te, akoboma ngai. Nzokande ngai, mosali na yo, natosaka Yawe wuta bolenge na ngai.
13 Has it not been declared to my lord that which I have done in Jezebel’s slaying the prophets of YHWH, that I hide one hundred men of the prophets of YHWH, fifty by fifty in a cave, and sustained them with bread and water?
Nkolo na ngai, oyokaki te makambo oyo nasalaki tango Jezabeli azalaki koboma basakoli ya Yawe? Nabombaki basakoli ya Yawe nkama moko kati na madusu mibale ya mabanga: tuku mitano na lidusu moko na moko mpe napesaki bango bilei mpe mayi ya komela.
14 And now you are saying, Go, say to my lord, Behold, Elijah—and he has slain me!”
Sik’oyo olobi na ngai ete nakende koyebisa mokonzi na ngai ete Eliya azali awa? Akoboma ngai!
15 And Elijah says, “YHWH of Hosts lives, before whom I have stood, surely I appear to him today.”
Eliya alobaki: — Solo, na Kombo na Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, Nzambe oyo ngai nazali kosalela, lelo nakomimonisa epai ya Akabi.
16 Obadiah goes to meet Ahab, and declares [it] to him, and Ahab goes to meet Elijah.
Boye Abidiasi akendeki kokutana na Akabi mpe apesaki ye sango; mpe Akabi akendeki kokutana na Eliya.
17 [And it] comes to pass at Ahab’s seeing Elijah that Ahab says to him, “Are you he—the troubler of Israel?”
Tango Akabi amonaki Eliya alobaki na ye: — Yo nde moto ozali kotia mobulu kati na Isalaele?
18 And he says, “I have not troubled Israel, but you and the house of your father, in your forsaking the commands of YHWH, and you go after the Ba‘alim;
Eliya azongisaki: — Natie mobulu te kati na Isalaele. Kasi ezali nde yo mpe libota ya tata na yo bato bozali kosala mobulu, pamba te botosaki te mibeko ya Yawe mpe bolandi banzambe Bala.
19 and now, send, gather all Israel to me, to the Mount of Carmel, and the four hundred and fifty prophets of Ba‘al, and the four hundred prophets of Asherah who are eating at the table of Jezebel.”
Sik’oyo bengisa bato ya Isalaele nyonso ete tokutana na ngomba Karimeli elongo na basakoli ya Bala nkama minei na tuku mitano mpe basakoli ya Ashera nkama minei oyo baliaka na mesa ya Jezabeli.
20 And Ahab sends among all the sons of Israel, and gathers the prophets to the Mount of Carmel;
Boye Akabi atindaki sango epai ya bato nyonso ya Isalaele mpe asangisaki basakoli na ngomba Karimeli.
21 and Elijah comes near to all the people and says, “Until when are you leaping on the two branches? If YHWH [is] God, go after Him; and if Ba‘al, go after him”; and the people have not answered him a word.
Eliya apusanaki pene na bato mpe alobaki: — Kino tango nini bokotambola lokolo moko na zamba mpe lokolo mosusu na nzela? Soki Yawe azali Nzambe, tika ete bolanda Ye! Kasi soki mpe Bala, bolanda ye. Bato bazongisaki ata eloko moko te.
22 And Elijah says to the people, “I have been left, by myself, a prophet of YHWH; and the prophets of Ba‘al [are] four hundred and fifty men;
Boye Eliya alobaki na bango: — Natikali kaka ngai moko mosakoli kati na basakoli na Yawe. Kasi Bala azali na basakoli tuku minei na mitano.
23 and let them give two bullocks to us, and they choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and place [it] on the wood, and place no fire; and I prepare the other bullock, and have put [it] on the wood, and I do not place fire—
Bobongisela biso bangombe mibale ya mibali. Tika ete basakoli ya Bala bapona bango moko ngombe moko, bakata-kata yango na biteni mpe batia yango likolo ya bakoni, kasi bapelisa moto te. Ngai mpe nakobongisa ngombe mosusu, nakotia yango likolo ya bakoni, kasi na kopelisa moto te.
24 and you have called in the name of your god, and I call in the Name of YHWH, and it has been, the god who answers by fire—He [is] the God.” And all the people answer and say, “The word [is] good.”
Boye bokobelela kombo ya nzambe na bino, bongo ngai mpe nakobelela Kombo ya Yawe. Nzambe oyo akoyanola na nzela ya moto, Ye nde Nzambe ya solo. Boye bato nyonso bazongisaki: — Makambo oyo olobi ezali malamu.
25 And Elijah says to the prophets of Ba‘al, “Choose one bullock for yourselves, and prepare [it] first, for you [are] the multitude, and call in the name of your god, and place no fire.”
Eliya alobaki na basakoli ya Bala: — Bopona ngombe moko kati na bangombe ya mibali; bino bozala bato ya liboso ya kobongisa yango, pamba te bozali ebele. Bobelela kombo ya nzambe na bino, kasi bopelisa moto te.
26 And they take the bullock that [one] gave to them, and prepare [it], and call in the name of Ba‘al from the morning even until the noon, saying, “O Ba‘al, answer us!” And there is no voice, and there is none answering; and they leap on the altar that one had made.
Boye, bazwaki ngombe ya mobali oyo bapesaki bango mpe babongisaki yango. Babelelaki kombo ya Bala kobanda na tongo kino na midi, bagangaki: « Bala, yanola biso! » Kasi eyano ezalaki te mpe nzambe moko te ayanolaki bango. Bakomaki kobina zingazinga ya etumbelo oyo batongaki.
27 And it comes to pass, at noon, that Elijah mocks at them and says, “Call with a loud voice, for he [is] a god, for he is meditating, or pursuing, or on a journey; it may be he is asleep, and awakes.”
Na midi, Eliya akomaki kotiola bango, alobaki: « Boganga lisusu makasi, pamba te azali nzambe; tango mosusu azali kokanisa makambo ebele to akangami na misala mosusu to azali na mobembo; to mpe azali kolala, boye esengeli bino kolamusa ye. »
28 And they call with a loud voice, and cut themselves, according to their ordinance, with swords and with spears, until a flowing of blood [is] on them;
Boye bagangaki lisusu makasi mpe bamizokisaki na mipanga na makonga, ndenge ezalaki momesano na bango kino makila kotanga.
29 and it comes to pass, at the passing by of the noon, that they feign themselves prophets until the going up of the present, and there is no voice, and there is none answering, and there is none attending.
Wana ngonga ya midi elekaki, bakobaki kotuntuka kino na tango ya mbeka ya pokwa, kasi eyano ezalaki kaka te, nzambe moko te ayanolaki bango mpe ata elembo moko te ezalaki.
30 And Elijah says to all the people, “Come near to me”; and all the people come near to him, and he repairs the altar of YHWH that is broken down;
Eliya alobaki na bato nyonso: — Bopusana pene na ngai! Bato nyonso bapusanaki pene na ye mpe Eliya abongisaki etumbelo ya Yawe oyo ebukanaki.
31 and Elijah takes twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of YHWH was, saying, “Israel is your name”;
Eliya akamataki mabanga zomi na mibale kolanda motango ya mabota ya bana mibali ya Jakobi oyo Yawe alobaki na ye: « Kombo na yo ekozala Isalaele. »
32 and he builds an altar with the stones, in the Name of YHWH, and makes a trench, as about the space of two measures of seed, around the altar.
Na mabanga yango, atongaki etumbelo mpo na Yawe; atimolaki libulu ya mayi oyo ekokaki kokota balitele pene tuku misato zingazinga ya etumbelo.
33 And he arranges the wood, and cuts the bullock in pieces, and places [it] on the wood, and says, “Fill four pitchers of water, and pour [them] on the burnt-offering, and on the wood”;
Abongisaki bakoni, akataki ngombe na biteni mpe atiaki yango likolo ya bakoni.
34 and he says, “Do [it] a second time”; and they do [it] a second time; and he says, “Do [it] a third time”; and they do [it] a third time;
Alobaki na bango: — Botondisa mayi kati na bambeki minei ya minene mpe bosopa yango na likolo ya mbeka mpe na likolo ya bakoni. Basalaki bongo. Alobaki na bango lisusu: — Botondisa mayi kati na bambeki minei ya minene mpe bosopa yango na likolo ya mbeka mpe na likolo ya bakoni. Basalaki lisusu bongo. Apesaki bango mitindo: — Bosala bongo mpo na mbala ya misato! Basalaki bongo mpo na mbala ya misato.
35 and the water goes around the altar, and he has also filled the trench with water.
Mayi esopanaki zingazinga ya etumbelo mpe etondisaki libulu.
36 And it comes to pass, at the going up of the [evening] present, that Elijah the prophet comes near and says, “YHWH, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known today that You [are] God in Israel, and that I, Your servant, have done the whole of these things by Your word;
Na ngonga oyo batumbaka mbeka ya pokwa, mosakoli Eliya apusanaki mpe asambelaki: — Oh Yawe, Nzambe ya Abrayami, ya Izaki mpe ya Isalaele! Tika bato bayeba lelo ete Yo nde ozali Nzambe ya Isalaele, mpe ngai nazali mosali na Yo; mpe nasali makambo oyo nyonso na etinda na Yo.
37 answer me, O YHWH, answer me, and this people [then] knows that You [are] YHWH God; and You have turned their heart backward.”
Yanola ngai, oh Yawe, yanola ngai, mpo ete bato oyo bayeba solo ete Yo, Yawe, nde ozali Nzambe; na bongo okozongisa mitema ya bato oyo epai na Yo.
38 And a fire falls [from] YHWH, and consumes the burnt-offering, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and it has licked up the water that [is] in the trench.
Bongo moto ya Yawe ekweyaki, ezikisaki mbeka, bakoni, mabanga mpe ekawusaki mayi nyonso kati na libulu.
39 And all the people see, and fall on their faces, and say, “YHWH, He [is] the God! YHWH, He [is] the God!”
Tango bato nyonso bamonaki bongo, bakweyaki bilongi na se mpe bagangaki: — Solo, Yawe nde azali Nzambe; Yawe nde azali Nzambe!
40 And Elijah says to them, “Catch the prophets of Ba‘al; do not let a man escape from them”; and they catch them, and Elijah brings them down to the Brook of Kishon, and slaughters them there.
Eliya apesaki bango mitindo: — Bokanga basakoli ya Bala, botika ata moto moko te kokima. Bakangaki bango, mpe Eliya amemaki bango na lubwaku ya Kishoni mpo na kokata bango bakingo kuna.
41 And Elijah says to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, because of the sound of the noise of the shower.”
Eliya alobaki na Akabi: — Kende, lia mpe mela, pamba te nazali koyoka makelele ya mvula makasi.
42 And Ahab goes up to eat, and to drink, and Elijah has gone up to the top of Carmel, and he stretches himself out on the earth, and he places his face between his knees,
Boye, Akabi akendeki kolia mpe komela. Kasi Eliya amataki kino na songe ya ngomba Karimeli, afukamaki elongi kino na se, na kati-kati ya mabolongo.
43 and says to his young man, “Now go up, look attentively [toward] the way of the sea”; and he goes up and looks attentively, and says, “There is nothing”; and he says, “Turn back,” seven times.
Alobaki na mosali na ye: — Kende kotala na nzela ya ebale monene. Mosali na ye akendeki kotala, alobaki: — Eloko moko te ezali kuna. Eliya atindaki ye mbala sambo na maloba oyo: « Kende kotala lisusu! »
44 And it comes to pass, at the seventh, that he says, “Behold, a little thickness as the palm of a man is coming up out of the sea.” And he says, “Go up, say to Ahab, Bind and go down, and the shower does not restrain you.”
Na mbala ya sambo, mosali na ye alobaki: — Tala, lipata moko ya moke lokola loboko ya moto ezali kobima wuta na ebale monene. Boye Eliya alobaki: — Kende koyebisa Akabi: « Bongisa shar na yo noki mpe zonga na ndako na yo, noki te mvula ekokanga yo na nzela. »
45 And it comes to pass, in the meantime, that the heavens have become black—thick clouds and wind—and the shower is great; and Ahab rides, and goes to Jezreel,
Na tango wana kaka, likolo eyindaki makasi na mapata ya mvula, mopepe eyaki, mpe mvula makasi enokaki. Akabi amataki na shar na ye mpe akendeki na Jizireyeli.
46 and the hand of YHWH has been on Elijah, and he girds up his loins, and runs before Ahab, until your entering Jezreel.
Lokola nguya na Yawe ezalaki likolo ya Eliya oyo alataki mokaba na loketo na ye, akimaki mbangu liboso ya Akabi kino na ekuke ya Jizireyeli.

< 1 Kings 18 >