Exodus 4
1 Moses answered, "But, look, they will not believe me, nor listen to my voice; for they will say, 'God has not appeared to you.'"
Moyize azongisaki: — Bongo soki bandimi ngai te, bayoki ngai te? Solo, bakoloba kaka: « Yawe amonanaki na yo te. »
2 Jehovah said to him, "What is that in your hand?" He said, "A staff."
Yawe atunaki ye: — Ozali na nini na loboko na yo? Moyize azongisaki: — Nazali na lingenda.
3 He said, "Throw it on the ground." He threw it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses ran away from it.
Yawe alobaki: — Bwaka yango na mabele. Moyize abwakaki lingenda yango na mabele mpe ebongwanaki nyoka. Bongo Moyize akimaki mosika na yango.
4 Jehovah said to Moses, "Put forth your hand, and take it by the tail." He put forth his hand, and laid hold of it, and it became a staff 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 "That they may believe that Jehovah, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to 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 Jehovah said furthermore to him, "Now put your hand inside your cloak." He put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out, look, his hand was leprous, 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 He said, "Put your hand inside your cloak again." He put his hand inside his cloak again, and when he took it out of his cloak, look, it had turned again as 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 "It will happen, if they will neither believe you nor listen to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.
Yawe alobaki na ye: — Soki bandimi yo te to soki babeti tembe mpo na elembo ya liboso, bakondima na elembo ya mibale.
9 It will happen, if they will not believe even these two signs, neither listen to your voice, that you shall take of the water of the river, and pour it on the dry land. The water which 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 Moses said to Jehovah, "Please, Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before now, nor since you have spoken to your servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow 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 Jehovah said to him, "Who made man's mouth? Or who makes the mute, the deaf, the seeing, or the blind? Is it not I, God?
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 Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall speak."
Sik’oyo kende, Ngai moko nakosunga yo mpo ete oloba malamu, mpe nakoteya yo makambo oyo osengeli koloba.
13 He said, "Oh, Lord, please send someone else."
Kasi Moyize azongisaki: — Te Nkolo! Nabondeli Yo! Tinda moto mosusu oyo olingi mpo na kosala yango.
14 The anger of Jehovah was kindled against Moses, and he said, "What about Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well. Also, look, he comes forth to meet you. 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 You shall speak to him, and put the words in his mouth. I will be with your mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall 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 He will be your spokesman to the people; and it will happen, that he will be to you 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 You shall take this staff in your hand, with which you shall do the signs."
Kasi zwa lingenda oyo ezali na maboko na yo mpo ete osala bilembo ya kokamwa na nzela na yango.
18 Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, "Please let me go and return to my brothers who are in Egypt, and see whether they are still alive." 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 Jehovah said to Moses in Midian, "Go, return into Egypt; for all the men who sought your life are dead."
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 Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them on a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt. Moses took God's staff 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 Jehovah said to Moses, "When you go back into Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in your hand, but I will harden his heart 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 You shall tell Pharaoh, 'Thus says Jehovah, Israel is my son, my firstborn,
Okoloba na Faraon: « Tala liloba oyo Yawe alobi: ‹ Isalaele azali mwana na Ngai ya liboso ya mobali.
23 and I have said to you, "Let my son go, that he may serve me;" and you have refused to let him go. Look, I will kill your son, your firstborn.'"
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 It happened on the way at a lodging place, that Jehovah met him and wanted to kill him.
Nzokande na nzela, na esika oyo balekisaki butu, Yawe akutanaki na Moyize mpe alukaki koboma ye.
25 Then Zipporah took a flint, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet; and she said, "Surely you are a bridegroom 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 alone. Then she said, "You are a bridegroom 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 Jehovah said to Aaron, "Go into the wilderness to meet Moses." He went, and met him on God's mountain, and kissed him.
Yawe alobaki na Aron: — Kende kokutana na Moyize na esobe. Aron akendeki, akutanaki na Moyize na ngomba ya Nzambe mpe apesaki ye beze.
28 Moses told Aaron all the words of Jehovah with which he had sent him, and all the signs with which he had instructed him.
Moyize ayebisaki Aron makambo nyonso oyo Yawe atindaki ye koloba mpe bikamwa nyonso oyo atindaki ye kosala.
29 Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel.
Bongo Moyize mpe Aron bakendeki kosangisa bakambi nyonso ya Isalaele.
30 Aaron spoke all the words which God had spoken to Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.
Aron ayebisaki bango maloba nyonso oyo Yawe alobaki na Moyize. Asalaki bikamwa liboso ya bato.
31 The people believed, and when they heard that God had visited the children of Israel, and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshiped.
Bato bandimaki. Bongo tango bayokaki ete Yawe akanisaki bana ya Isalaele mpe amonaki pasi na bango, bafukamaki mpe bagumbamelaki Yawe.
