Genesis 47
1 And Joseph comes and declares [it] to Pharaoh, and says, “My father, and my brothers, and their flock, and their herd, and all they have, have come from the land of Canaan, and behold, they [are] in the land of Goshen.”
Jozefi akendeki mpe alobaki na Faraon: — Tata na ngai elongo na bandeko na ngai bayei wuta na mokili ya Kanana na bameme, bantaba, bangombe mpe biloko na bango nyonso; bazali sik’oyo na Gosheni.
2 And out of his brothers he has taken five men, and sets them before Pharaoh;
Jozefi aponaki bandeko na ye mitano mpe alakisaki bango epai ya Faraon.
3 and Pharaoh says to his brothers, “What [are] your works?” And they say to Pharaoh, “Your servants [are] feeders of a flock, both we and our fathers”;
Faraon atunaki bandeko ya Jozefi: — Bosalaka mosala nini? Bazongiselaki Faraon: — Basali na yo bazali babateli bibwele ndenge kaka bakoko na biso bazalaki.
4 and they say to Pharaoh, “We have come to sojourn in the land, for there is no pasture for the flock which your servants have, for the famine in the land of Canaan [is] grievous; and now, please let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen.”
Balobaki lisusu na Faraon: — Toyei kovanda awa, pamba te nzala makasi ezali kati na mokili ya Kanana mpe matiti ezali lisusu te mpo na bibwele ya basali na yo; yango wana, tobondeli yo, pesa basali na yo nzela ya kovanda na Gosheni.
5 And Pharaoh speaks to Joseph, saying, “Your father and your brothers have come to you:
Faraon alobaki na Jozefi: — Tata na yo mpe bandeko na yo bayei epai na yo;
6 the land of Egypt is before you; cause your father and your brothers to dwell in the best of the land—they dwell in the land of Goshen, and if you have known, and there are among them men of ability, then you have set them [as] heads over the livestock I have.”
mokili ya Ejipito mpe ezali na maboko na yo. Vandisa tata na yo mpe bandeko na yo na eteni ya mabele oyo eleki kitoko; tika ete bavanda na Gosheni. Mpe soki oyebi kati na bango bato ya mayele, pesa bango mokumba ya kobatela bibwele na ngai.
7 And Joseph brings in his father Jacob, and causes him to stand before Pharaoh; and Jacob blesses Pharaoh.
Jozefi amemaki tata na ye mpo na kolakisa ye epai ya Faraon. Tango Jakobi asilisaki kopambola Faraon,
8 And Pharaoh says to Jacob, “How many [are] the days of the years of your life?”
Faraon atunaki Jakobi: — Ozali na mibu boni?
9 And Jacob says to Pharaoh, “The days of the years of my sojournings [are] one hundred and thirty years; few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not reached the days of the years of the life of my fathers, in the days of their sojournings.”
Jakobi azongiselaki Faraon: — Nazali na mibu nkama moko na tuku misato ya mbotama. Mikolo ya bomoi na ngai ezali moke mpe ya pasi, ekokokana te na mikolo ya bomoi ya bakoko na ngai.
10 And Jacob blesses Pharaoh, and goes out from before Pharaoh.
Jakobi apambolaki Faraon mpe alongwaki liboso na ye.
11 And Joseph settles his father and his brothers, and gives a possession to them in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh commanded;
Jozefi avandisaki tata na ye mpe bandeko na ye na Ejipito mpe apesaki bango eteni ya mabele oyo eleki kitoko kati na mokili, na mabele ya Ramisesi, ndenge kaka Faraon atindaki.
12 and Joseph nourishes his father, and his brothers, and all the house of his father [with] bread, according to the mouth of the infants.
Jozefi apesaki lisusu biloko ya kolia epai ya tata na ye, bandeko na ye mpe epai ya libota ya tata na ye mobimba kolanda motango ya bana na bango.
13 And there is no bread in all the land, for the famine [is] very grievous, and the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan are feeble because of the famine;
Biloko ya kolia ezalaki lisusu te kati na mokili mobimba mpe nzala makasi eyaki. Mokili ya Ejipito mpe oyo ya Kanana ekawukaki na nzala makasi.
14 and Joseph gathers all the silver that is found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, for the grain that they are buying, and Joseph brings the silver into the house of Pharaoh.
Jozefi azwaki mbongo nyonso oyo azalaki kobomba tango bato ya mokili ya Ejipito mpe ya Kanana bazalaki kosomba ble epai na ye, amemaki yango na ndako ya Faraon.
15 And the silver is consumed out of the land of Egypt and out of the land of Canaan, and all the Egyptians come to Joseph, saying, “Give bread to us—why do we die before you, though the money has ceased?”
Tango mbongo ya bato ya Ejipito mpe ya Kanana esilaki, bato nyonso ya Ejipito bayaki epai ya Jozefi mpe balobaki: — Pesa biso biloko ya kolia! Mpo na nini tokufa na nzala na miso na yo? Mpo ete mbongo na biso esili?
16 And Joseph says, “Give your livestock; and I give to you for your livestock, if the money has ceased.”
Jozefi azongisaki: — Soki bozali lisusu na mbongo te, bomemela ngai bibwele na bino. Bokopesa ngai bibwele na bino na esika ya mbongo.
17 And they bring in their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gives to them bread, for the horses, and for the livestock of the flock, and for the livestock of the herd, and for the donkeys; and he tends them with bread, for all their livestock, during that year.
Bamemaki epai ya Jozefi bampunda, bantaba mpe bangombe na bango; bongo Jozefi apesaki bango bilei na esika ya bampunda, ba-ane, bameme, bantaba mpe bangombe na bango. Na mibu nyonso wana oyo Jozefi azalaki kopesa bango bilei, bango bazalaki kopesa ye bibwele na bango.
18 And that year is finished, and they come to him on the second year, and say to him, “We do not hide from my lord, that since the money has been finished, and possession of the livestock [is] to my lord, there has not been left before my lord except our bodies, and our ground;
Tango mibu wana esilaki, bayaki lisusu epai na ye na mibu oyo elandaki. Balobaki: — Tokoki kobombela nkolo na biso te ete mbongo na biso esili mpe bibwele na biso ekomi ya yo. Totikali lisusu na eloko moko te longola kaka banzoto na biso mpe mabele na biso.
19 why do we die before your eyes, both we and our ground? Buy us and our ground for bread, and we and our ground are servants to Pharaoh; and give seed, and we live, and do not die, and the ground is not desolate.”
Mpo na nini, biso elongo na mabele na biso, tokufa na miso na yo? Somba biso kaka elongo na mabele na biso na motuya ya biloko ya kolia; mpe biso elongo na mabele na biso, tokokoma bawumbu ya Faraon. Toboyi na biso kokufa na nzala, pesa biso milona ya kolona mpo ete tobika mpe mabele na biso ekoma esobe te.
20 And Joseph buys all the ground of Egypt for Pharaoh, for the Egyptians have each sold his field, for the famine has been severe on them, and the land becomes Pharaoh’s;
Jozefi asombaki mabele nyonso ya Ejipito mpo na Faraon, pamba te bato nyonso ya Ejipito batekaki bilanga na bango mpo ete nzala elekaki makasi. Boye mabele ekomaki ya Faraon.
21 as for the people, he has removed them to cities from the [one] end of the border of Egypt even to its [other] end.
Jozefi akomisaki bavandi ya bingumba nyonso ya Ejipito bawumbu ya Faraon.
22 Only the ground of the priests he has not bought, for the priests have a portion from Pharaoh, and they have eaten their portion which Pharaoh has given to them, therefore they have not sold their ground.
Kasi asombaki mabele ya banganga-nzambe te, pamba te bazalaki kozwa tango nyonso biloko ebele kolanda mobeko ya Faraon ete bazwaka biloko ya kolia. Yango wana, banganga-nzambe batekaki mabele na bango te.
23 And Joseph says to the people, “Behold, I have bought you today and your ground for Pharaoh; behold, seed for you, and you have sown the ground,
Jozefi alobaki na bato: — Nasombi bino lelo mpo na Faraon, bino mpe mabele na bino. Tala milona mpo na bino mpo ete bokoka kolona mabele.
24 and it has come to pass in the increases, that you have given a fifth to Pharaoh, and four of the parts are for yourselves, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for those who [are] in your houses, and for food for your infants.”
Kasi tango bokobuka mbuma, bokopesa eteni ya mitano epai ya Faraon. Biteni minei oyo mosusu, bokobomba yango lokola milona mpo na bilanga mpe lokola biloko ya kolia mpo na bino moko, mpo na mabota na bino mpe mpo na bana na bino.
25 And they say, “You have revived us; we find grace in the eyes of my lord, and have been servants to Pharaoh”;
Bazongisaki: — Obikisi bomoi na biso! Lokola tozwi ngolu na miso na yo nkolo na biso, tokozala bawumbu ya Faraon.
26 and Joseph sets it for a statute to this day, concerning the ground of Egypt, [that] Pharaoh has a fifth; only the ground of the priests alone has not become Pharaoh’s.
Bongo Jozefi akomisaki yango mobeko kino lelo kati na mabele ya Ejipito: eteni ya mitano ya bambuma nyonso oyo ekowuta na mabele ezali mpo na Faraon. Kasi mabele ya Banganga-Nzambe ekomaki ya Faraon te.
27 And Israel dwells in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen, and they have possession in it, and are fruitful, and multiply exceedingly;
Boye bana ya Isalaele bavandaki na Ejipito, na Gosheni. Kuna bakomaki na bozwi ebele, babotaki bana mpe bakomaki ebele.
28 and Jacob lives in the land of Egypt seventeen years, and the days of Jacob, the years of his life, are one hundred and forty-seven years.
Jakobi awumelaki mibu zomi na sambo na Ejipito. Mpe mibu ya bomoi na ye ezalaki nkama moko na tuku minei na sambo.
29 And the days of Israel are near to die, and he calls for his son, for Joseph, and says to him, “Now if I have found grace in your eyes, please put your hand under my thigh, and you have done kindness and truth with me; please do not bury me in Egypt,
Tango mokolo ya kufa ya Isalaele ekomaki pene, abengaki Jozefi, mwana na ye ya mobali, mpe alobaki na ye: — Soki nazwi ngolu na miso na yo, tia loboko na yo na se ya mopende na ngai; laka ngai ete okotalisa ngai bolamu mpe boyengebene, mpe okokunda ngai na Ejipito te.
30 and I have lain with my fathers, and you have carried me out of Egypt, and buried me in their burying-place.” And he says, “I do according to your word”;
Kasi tango nakolala elongo na bakoko na ngai, okobimisa ngai na Ejipito mpe okokunda ngai na esika oyo bakunda bango. Jozefi azongisaki: — Nakosala ndenge olobi.
31 and he says, “Swear to me”; and he swears to him, and Israel bows himself on the head of the bed.
Bongo Jakobi alobaki lisusu: — Lapa ndayi mpo na kolakisa ete okosala ndenge olobi. Boye, Jozefi alapaki ndayi na miso na ye; mpe Isalaele agumbamaki na koyekama na moto ya mbeto na ye.
