Genesis 37
1 And Jacob dwells in the land of his father’s sojournings—in the land of Canaan.
Jakobi avandaki na mokili ya Kanana epai wapi tata na ye azalaki kovanda.
2 These [are] the generations of Jacob: Joseph, a son of seventeen years, has been enjoying himself with his brothers among the flock (and he [is] a youth), with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives, and Joseph brings in an account of their evil to their father.
Tala molongo ya libota ya Jakobi. Elenge mobali Jozefi azalaki na mibu zomi na sambo ya mbotama mpe azalaki kobatela bibwele. Azalaki kosala mosala yango elongo na bandeko na ye ya mibali, bana ya Bila mpe ya Zilipa, basi ya tata na ye. Jozefi azalaki koyebisa tata na bango makambo mabe ya bandeko na ye.
3 And Israel has loved Joseph more than any of his sons, for he [is] a son of his old age, and has made for him a long coat;
Isalaele azalaki kolinga Jozefi mingi koleka bana na ye nyonso, pamba te abotaki ye na kimobange. Asalelaki ye elamba ya kitoko mpe ya talo.
4 and his brothers see that their father has loved him more than any of his brothers, and they hate him, and have not been able to speak [to] him peaceably.
Tango bandeko na ye ya mibali bamonaki ete tata na bango azali kolinga ye koleka bango nyonso, bayinaki ye mpe bakokaki lisusu te koloba na ye na motema malamu.
5 And Joseph dreams a dream, and declares to his brothers, and they add still more to hate him.
Jozefi alotaki ndoto mpe tango ayebisaki yango epai ya bandeko na ye ya mibali, bayinaki ye lisusu makasi.
6 And he says to them, “Please hear this dream which I have dreamed:
Alobaki na bango: — Boyoka ndoto oyo nalotaki:
7 that, behold, we are binding bundles in the midst of the field, and behold, my bundle has arisen, and has also stood up, and behold, your bundles are all around, and they bow themselves to my bundle.”
« Tozalaki kokanga maboke ya ble kati na bilanga. Mbala moko, liboke na ngai elamuki mpe etelemi ngwi; bongo maboke na bino, oyo ezalaki zingazinga ya liboke na ngai, egumbamaki liboso ya liboke na ngai. »
8 And his brothers say to him, “Do you certainly reign over us? Do you certainly rule over us?” And they add still more to hate him, for his dreams, and for his words.
Bandeko na ye ya mibali balobaki na ye: — Okanisi ete okokoma mokonzi na biso mpe okokonza biso? Bongo bayinaki ye lisusu koleka likolo ya ndoto na ye mpe likolo ya makambo oyo alobaki.
9 And he dreams yet another dream, and recounts it to his brothers, and says, “Behold, I have dreamed a dream again, and behold, the sun and the moon, and eleven stars, are bowing themselves to me.”
Alotaki lisusu ndoto mosusu mpe ayebisaki yango epai ya bandeko na ye ya mibali. Alobaki: — Boyoka, naloti lisusu ndoto mosusu: « Namonaki moyi, sanza mpe minzoto zomi na moko kogumbama liboso na ngai. »
10 And he recounts to his father, and to his brothers; and his father pushes against him, and says to him, “What [is] this dream which you have dreamed? Do we certainly come, I, and your mother, and your brothers—to bow ourselves to you, to the earth?”
Tango ayebisaki tata na ye ndenge ayebisaki bandeko na ye ya mibali, tata na ye agangelaki ye mpe alobaki: — Ndoto nini wana yo osili kolota? Okanisi ete ngai, mama na yo mpe bandeko na yo ya mibali, tokoya mpe tokogumbama na mabele liboso na yo?
11 And his brothers are zealous against him, and his father has watched the matter.
Bandeko na ye ya mibali bakomaki na motema likunya epai na ye, kasi tata na ye abombaki kaka likambo yango na motema.
12 And his brothers go to feed the flock of their father in Shechem,
Bandeko mibali ya Jozefi bakendeki koleisa bibwele ya tata na bango pembeni ya Sishemi.
13 and Israel says to Joseph, “Are your brothers not feeding in Shechem? Come, and I send you to them”; and he says to him, “Here I [am]”;
Isalaele alobaki na Jozefi: — Oyebi ete bandeko na yo bazali koleisa bibwele pembeni ya Sishemi; yaka, pamba te nalingi kotinda yo epai na bango. Jozefi azongisaki: — Malamu!
14 and he says to him, “Now go see the peace of your brothers, and the peace of the flock, and bring me back word”; and he sends him from the Valley of Hebron, and he comes to Shechem.
Tata na ye alobaki na ye: — Kende mpe tala soki makambo nyonso ezali kotambola malamu mpo na bandeko na yo mpe mpo na bibwele, bongo omemela ngai sango. Boye, atindaki ye wuta na lubwaku ya Ebron. Wana Jozefi akomaki na Sishemi,
15 And a man finds him, and behold, he is wandering in the field, and the man asks him, saying, “What do you seek?”
moto moko amonaki ye tango azalaki koyengayenga na bilanga. Atunaki ye: — Ozali koluka nini?
16 And he says, “I am seeking my brothers, please declare to me where they are feeding.”
Jozefi azongisaki: — Nazali koluka bandeko na ngai. Okoki koyebisa ngai esika nini bazali koleisa bibwele na bango?
17 And the man says, “They have journeyed from this, for I have heard some saying, Let us go to Dothan,” and Joseph goes after his brothers, and finds them in Dothan.
Moto yango azongisaki: — Balongwaki awa mpe nayokaki bango koloba: « Tokende na Dotani. » Boye Jozefi alandaki bandeko na ye mpe amonaki bango pembeni ya Dotani.
18 And they see him from afar, even before he draws near to them, and they conspire against him to put him to death.
Tango bango bamonaki ye na mosika liboso ete akoma pene na bango, bayokanaki mpo ete baboma ye.
19 And they say to one another, “Behold, this man of the dreams comes;
Balobanaki bango na bango: — Tala moloti bandoto azali koya.
20 and now, come, and we slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and have said, An evil beast has devoured him; and we see what his dreams are.”
Sik’oyo, boya mpo ete toboma ye mpe tobwaka ye na moko kati na mabulu oyo. Tokoloba ete nyama mabe eliaki ye. Bongo tokotala oyo ekoya sima na bandoto na ye.
21 And Reuben hears, and delivers him out of their hand, and says, “Let us not strike the life”;
Tango Ribeni ayokaki bongo, alukaki nzela ya kokangola ye na maboko na bango. Alobaki: — Toboma ye te!
22 and Reuben says to them, “Shed no blood; cast him into this pit which [is] in the wilderness, and do not put forth a hand on him,” in order to deliver him out of their hand, to bring him back to his father.
Bosopa makila na ye te! Bobwaka ye kaka na libulu oyo ezali kati na esobe, kasi bosala ye mabe te. Ribeni alobaki bongo pamba te azalaki na makanisi ya kokangola ye na maboko na bango mpe kozongisa ye na maboko ya tata na ye.
23 And it comes to pass, when Joseph has come to his brothers, that they strip Joseph of his coat, the long coat which [is] on him,
Tango kaka Jozefi akomaki epai ya bandeko na ye ya mibali, balongolaki ye elamba na ye ya kitoko mpe ya talo oyo alataki.
24 and take him and cast him into the pit, and the pit [is] empty, there is no water in it.
Bakangaki ye mpe babwakaki ye na libulu. Libulu yango ezalaki na eloko te, ezalaki mpe na mayi te na kati.
25 And they sit down to eat bread, and they lift up their eyes, and look, and behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, and their camels carrying spices, and balm, and myrrh, going to take [them] down to Egypt.
Wana bavandaki mpo na kolia, batombolaki miso mpe bamonaki bato ya libota ya Isimaeli elongo na bashamo na bango koya wuta na Galadi. Bashamo na bango ezalaki komema na Ejipito: biloko ya mike-mike ya solo kitoko oyo balambelaka, mafuta ya solo kitoko mpe mire.
26 And Judah says to his brothers, “What gain when we slay our brother, and have concealed his blood?
Boye Yuda alobaki na bandeko na ye ya mibali: « Litomba nini tokozwa soki tobomi ndeko na biso mpe tozipi makila na ye?
27 Come, and we sell him to the Ishmaelites, and our hands are not on him, for he [is] our brother—our flesh”; and his brothers listen.
Malamu toteka ye epai ya bato ya ekolo ya Isimaeli, kasi toboma ye te; pamba te azali kaka ndeko na biso mpe tozali na ye makila moko. » Boye bandeko na ye bandimaki.
28 And Midianite merchantmen pass by and they draw out and bring up Joseph out of the pit, and sell Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver, and they bring Joseph into Egypt.
Nzokande tango bato ya mombongo ya mokili ya Madiani balekaki wana, babimisaki Jozefi wuta na libulu mpe batekaki ye epai ya bato ya ekolo ya Isimaeli, na motuya ya mbongo ya bibende, tuku mibale; mpe bango bamemaki ye na Ejipito.
29 And Reuben returns to the pit, and behold, Joseph is not in the pit, and he tears his garments,
Tango Ribeni azongaki na libulu mpe amonaki ete Jozefi azali lisusu kuna te, apasolaki bilamba na ye,
30 and he returns to his brothers and says, “The boy is not, and I—to where am I going?”
azongaki epai ya bandeko na ye mpe alobaki: « Elenge mobali azali lisusu kuna te! Sik’oyo ngai, nakosuka wapi? »
31 And they take the coat of Joseph, and slaughter a kid of the goats, and dip the coat in the blood,
Boye babomaki ntaba, bazwaki elamba ya Jozefi mpe bazindisaki yango na makila ya ntaba.
32 and send the long coat, and they bring [it] to their father, and say, “We have found this; please discern whether it [is] your son’s coat or not.”
Sima, bazongisaki elamba yango ya kitoko mpe ya talo epai ya tata na bango. Balobaki: — Tala eloko oyo tomoni; tala yango malamu soki ezali penza elamba ya mwana na yo to te!
33 And he discerns it and says, “My son’s coat! An evil beast has devoured him; torn—Joseph is torn!”
Jakobi asosolaki ete ezali elamba ya Jozefi mpe agangaki: — Ezali elamba ya mwana na ngai! Nyama moko ya mabe elie ye! Solo, bakati-kati Jozefi na biteni!
34 And Jacob tears his raiment, and puts sackcloth on his loins, and becomes a mourner for his son many days,
Jakobi apasolaki bilamba na ye, alataki saki mpe asalaki matanga mpo na mwana na ye mikolo ebele.
35 and all his sons and all his daughters rise to comfort him, and he refuses to comfort himself, and says, “For I go down to my son mourning, to Sheol,” and his father weeps for him. (Sheol h7585)
Bana na ye nyonso ya mibali mpe ya basi bayaki kobondisa ye; kasi aboyaki kobondisama. Alobaki: « Te; nakozala na matanga kino nakolanda mwana na ngai na mboka ya bakufi epai wapi mwana na ngai azali. » Boye, tata na ye alelaki ye. (Sheol h7585)
36 And the Midianites have sold him to Egypt, to Potiphar, a eunuch of Pharaoh, head of the executioners.
Bato ya mokili ya Madiani batekaki Jozefi na Ejipito epai ya Potifari, kalaka ya lokumu ya Faraon mpe mokonzi ya bakengeli ya mokonzi.
