2 Bakonzi 5

1 Namani, mokonzi ya basoda ya mokonzi ya Siri, azalaki moto monene mpe moto ya lokumu mingi na miso ya nkolo na ye, pamba te, na nzela na ye, Yawe apesaki bato ya Siri elonga. Azalaki soda ya mpiko, kasi azalaki na bokono ya maba.

Now Naaman, captain of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance to Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper.

2 Nzokande, tango mampinga ya bato ya Siri babimaki na bitumba, bakangaki na bowumbu elenge mwasi moko ya Isalaele. Boye akomaki kosalela mwasi ya Namani.

And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman’s wife.

3 Elenge mwasi yango alobaki na nkolo na ye ya mwasi: — Ah, soki kaka nkolo na ngai, Namani, akokaki komona mosakoli oyo azali kati na Samari! Akoki penza kobikisa ye na bokono na ye ya maba.

And she said to her mistress, I would that my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would cure him of his leprosy.

4 Namani akendeki epai ya nkolo na ye mpe abetelaki ye lisolo ya makambo oyo elenge mwasi ya Isalaele alobaki.

And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel.

5 Mokonzi ya Siri alobaki na ye: — Malamu! Nakotinda mokanda epai ya mokonzi ya Isalaele. Boye Namani akendeki mpe amemaki bakilo ya palata, nkama misato na tuku mitano; bakilo ya wolo, tuku sambo, mpe bilamba zomi ya talo.

And the king of Syria said, Go, now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment.

6 Apesaki epai ya mokonzi ya Isalaele mokanda oyo elobaki: « Na nzela ya mokanda oyo, natindeli yo mosali na ngai, Namani, mpo ete obikisa ye na bokono na ye ya maba. »

And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now when this letter hath come to thee, behold, with it I have sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest cure him of his leprosy.

7 Tango kaka mokonzi ya Isalaele atangaki mokanda, apasolaki bilamba na ye mpe alobaki: « Boni, ngai nazali Nzambe? Boni, nazali na makoki ya koboma to ya kozongisa na bomoi? Mpo na nini moto oyo atindeli ngai moto ete nabikisa ye na bokono na ye ya maba? Botala ndenge nini azali kolukela ngai makambo! »

And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he tore his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send to me to cure a man of his leprosy? therefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.

8 Tango Elize, moto na Nzambe, ayokaki ete mokonzi ya Isalaele apasolaki bilamba na ye, atindelaki ye liloba oyo: « Mpo na nini opasoli bilamba na yo? Tika ete moto wana aya epai na ngai, mpe akoyeba ete ezali na mosakoli moko kati na Isalaele! »

And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Why hast thou torn thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.

9 Boye Namani akendeki elongo na bampunda na ye mpe shar na ye, mpe atelemaki na ekotelo ya ndako ya Elize.

So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.

10 Elize atindaki moto moko mpo na koyebisa Namani: — Kende kosukola mbala sambo na ebale Yordani; bongo nzoto na yo ekobongwana, mpe okokoma peto.

And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.

11 Kasi Namani asilikaki, azongaki mpe alobaki: — Nakanisaki ete akoya penza epai na ngai, akobelela Yawe, Nzambe na ye, akotia loboko na ye na esika oyo bokono ezali, mpe akobikisa ngai na bokono na ngai ya maba!

But Naaman was furious, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and cure the leprosy.

12 Boni, bibale Abana mpe Paripari kati na Damasi ezali motuya te koleka miluka nyonso ya Isalaele? Nakokaki te kosukola na bibale wana mpe kokoma peto? Boye, abalukaki mpe akendeki na kanda.

Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.

13 Kasi basali na ye bapusanaki mpe balobaki na ye: — Nkolo, soki mosakoli ayebisaki yo ete osala likambo moko ya monene, boni, olingaki kosala yango te? Bongo mpo na nini te koleka, tango azali koloba na yo: « Sukola, mpe okokoma peto! »

And his servants came near, and spoke to him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?

14 Boye Namani akitaki mpe amizindisaki mbala sambo na ebale Yordani, ndenge moto na Nzambe ayebisaki ye; mpe nzoto na ye ebongwanaki mpe ekomaki peto lokola nzoto ya elenge mobali.

Then he went down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.

15 Bongo Namani elongo na basali na ye nyonso bazongaki epai ya moto na Nzambe. Atelemaki liboso ya Elize mpe alobaki: — Nayebi sik’oyo ete ezali na Nzambe te kati na mokili mobimba longola kaka kati na Isalaele. Nabondeli yo, ndima kado kowuta na mosali na yo.

And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing from thy servant.

16 Mosakoli Elize azongisaki: — Na Kombo na Yawe oyo nasalelaka, nakondima eloko moko te. Namani atungisaki ye, kasi Elize aboyaki kaka.

But he said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.

17 Namani alobaki: — Lokola oboyi, pesa nzela ete napesa mosali na yo ndambo ya mabele oyo bamile mibale ekoki komema, pamba te mosali na yo akoki te kobonzela banzambe mosusu bambeka ya kotumba to bambeka ya boyokani, bobele Yawe.

And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules’ burden of earth? for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice to other gods, but to the LORD.

18 Kasi tika ete Yawe alimbisa mosali na yo mpo na likambo oyo: tango nkolo na ngai akotaka na ndako ya nzambe Rimoni mpo na kogumbama, nagumbamaka elongo na ye, pamba te alalelaka loboko na ngai. Tika ete Yawe alimbisa mosali na yo mpo na yango.

In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy servant in this thing.

19 Elize alobaki na ye: — Kende na kimia! Tango Namani akomaki mwa mosika,

And he said to him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way.

20 Geazi, mosali ya Elize, moto na Nzambe, amilobelaki: « Nkolo na ngai atiki penza na pamba Namani, moto oyo ya Arami, wana aboyi kozwa biloko oyo amemelaki ye. Na Kombo na Yawe, nakolanda ye mbangu mpe nakozwa ata eloko moko epai na ye. »

But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat from him.

21 Boye Geazi alandaki Namani mbangu. Tango Namani amonaki ye kopota mbangu na sima na ye, akitaki na shar na ye mpo na kokutana na ye mpe atunaki ye: — Boni, nyonso ezali malamu?

So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he came down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well?

22 Geazi azongisaki: — Iyo, nyonso ezali malamu. Nkolo na ngai atindi ngai koyebisa yo: « Bilenge bayekoli mibale kati na basakoli bayei epai na ngai wuta na etuka ya bangomba ya Efrayimi. Nabondeli yo, pesa bango bakilo ya palata, tuku misato na mitano, mpe bilamba mibale ya talo. »

And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there have come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.

23 Namani alobaki: — Kamata bakilo ya palata, tuku sambo. Atungisaki Geazi ete azwa yango. Boye, atiaki bakilo ya palata, tuku sambo kati na basaki mibale elongo na bilamba mibale ya talo. Namani apesaki yango epai ya basali na ye mibale oyo bamemaki yango liboso ya Geazi.

And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bore them before him.

24 Tango Geazi akomaki na ngomba, azwaki biloko na maboko ya basali ya Namani mpe atiaki yango kati na ndako. Azongisaki basali yango, mpe bakendeki.

And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed.

25 Boye, Geazi akotaki mpe atelemaki liboso ya nkolo na ye, Elize. Elize atunaki ye: — Geazi, okendeki wapi? Geazi azongisaki: — Mosali na yo akendeki epai moko te.

But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said to him, From where comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went nowhere.

26 Kasi Elize alobaki na ye: — Boni, molimo na ngai ezalaki elongo na yo te tango moto wana akitaki na shar na ye mpo na kokutana na yo? Ezali penza tango ya kozwa palata to ya kondima bilamba, bilanga ya nzete ya olive, ya vino, bameme, bangombe to basali ya mibali mpe basali ya basi?

And he said to him, Went not my heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and male and female servants?

27 Lokola osali bongo, bokono ya maba ya Namani ekokangama na yo mpe bakitani na yo mpo na libela. Bongo Geazi alongwaki na liboso ya Elize. Poso ya nzoto na ye ekomaki na maba, mpe akomaki pembe lokola mvula ya pembe.

The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave to thee, and to thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.