Genesis 47
1 Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of 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 from among his brethren he took five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh.
Jozefi aponaki bandeko na ye mitano mpe alakisaki bango epai ya Faraon.
3 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, 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 said unto Pharaoh, To sojourn in the land are we come; for there is no pasture for thy servants’ flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy 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 spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:
Faraon alobaki na Jozefi: — Tata na yo mpe bandeko na yo bayei epai na yo;
6 the land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and thy brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any able men among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.
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 brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
Jozefi amemaki tata na ye mpo na kolakisa ye epai ya Faraon. Tango Jakobi asilisaki kopambola Faraon,
8 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How many are the days of the years of thy life?
Faraon atunaki Jakobi: — Ozali na mibu boni?
9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
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 blessed Pharaoh, and went out from the presence of Pharaoh.
Jakobi apambolaki Faraon mpe alongwaki liboso na ye.
11 And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had 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 nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread, according to their families.
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 was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan fainted by reason 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 gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s house.
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 when the money was all spent in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for [our] money faileth.
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 said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail.
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 brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses, and for the flocks, and for the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread in exchange for all their cattle for 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 when that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide from my lord, how that our money is all spent; and the herds of cattle are my lord’s; there is nought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:
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 wherefore should we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, and that the land be 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 So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine was sore upon them: and the land became 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 And as for the people, he removed them to the cities from one end of the border of Egypt even to the other end thereof.
Jozefi akomisaki bavandi ya bingumba nyonso ya Ejipito bawumbu ya Faraon.
22 Only the land of the priests bought he not: for the priests had a portion from Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them; wherefore they sold not their land.
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 Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.
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 shall come to pass at the ingatherings, that ye shall give a fifth unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.
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 said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.
Bazongisaki: — Obikisi bomoi na biso! Lokola tozwi ngolu na miso na yo nkolo na biso, tokozala bawumbu ya Faraon.
26 And Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth; only the land of the priests alone became not 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 dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; and they gat them possessions therein, and were fruitful, and multiplied exceedingly.
Boye bana ya Isalaele bavandaki na Ejipito, na Gosheni. Kuna bakomaki na bozwi ebele, babotaki bana mpe bakomaki ebele.
28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were an hundred forty and 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 time drew near that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, 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 but when I sleep with my fathers, thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.
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 said, Swear unto me: and he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed’s head.
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.
