Misala ya Bantoma 7
1 Bongo, mokonzi ya Banganga-Nzambe atunaki ye: — Boni, makambo oyo bafundeli yo ezali ya solo?
And the high priest asked him: Are these things so?
2 Etieni azongisaki: — Batata mpe bandeko, boyoka ngai! Nzambe ya nkembo abimelaki koko na biso Abrayami tango azalaki na Mezopotami, liboso ete akende kovanda na Sharani.
And he said: Men, brethren, and our fathers, hear ye. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was between the rivers, before he came to reside in Charran;
3 Boye, Nzambe alobaki na ye: « Longwa na mokili na yo mpe na libota na yo, mpe kende na mokili oyo nakolakisa yo! »
and he said to him: Depart from thy country, and from thy kindred, and go to a land which I will show to thee.
4 Boye, alongwaki na mokili ya Chalide mpe akendeki kovanda na mokili ya Sharani. Sima na kufa ya tata na ye, Nzambe atindaki ye na mokili oyo, mokili oyo bino bozali kovanda sik’oyo.
And then Abraham departed from the land of the Chaldeans, and came and dwelt in Charran. And from there, after his father had died, God removed him to this land, in which ye this day dwell.
5 Apesaki ye mabele moko te awa, ezala ata mwa eteni. Kasi Nzambe apesaki ye elaka, ye elongo na bakitani na ye sima na ye, ete bakozwa mokili lokola libula, atako, na tango wana, Abrayami azalaki nanu na mwana te.
And he did not give him an inheritance in it, not even a foot-track: but he promised that he would give it him, as an inheritance to him and to his seed, when as yet he had no son.
6 Tala makambo oyo Nzambe alobaki: « Bakitani na ye bakozala bapaya kati na mokili ya bapaya; bakokomisa bango bawumbu mpe bakonyokola bango mibu nkama minei. »
And God conversed with him, and said to him: Thy seed will be a sojourner in a foreign land; and they will reduce it to servitude, and will treat it ill, during four hundred years.
7 Kasi Nzambe alobaki lisusu: « Nakopesa etumbu na ekolo oyo ekokomisa bango bawumbu. Mpe na sima, bakobima longwa na mokili yango mpe bakosambela Ngai na esika oyo. »
And the nation, to whom they perform bondservice, I will judge saith God. And afterwards, they will go out, and will worship me in this land.
8 Bongo Nzambe asalaki boyokani elongo na Abrayami, mpe elembo ya boyokani yango ezalaki: kokatama ngenga. Abrayami abotaki Izaki mpe akataki ye ngenga na mokolo ya mwambe ya mbotama na ye; Izaki abotaki Jakobi mpe akataki ye ngenga, bongo Jakobi mpe abotaki bakoko na biso zomi na mibale mpe akataki bango ngenga.
And he gave them the covenant of circumcision. And then he begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day. And Isaac begat Jacob: and Jacob begat our twelve fathers.
9 Lokola bakoko na biso bayokelaki Jozefi likunya, batekaki ye mpo ete azala mowumbu na Ejipito. Kasi Nzambe azalaki na ye elongo
And those our fathers envied Joseph, and sold him into Egypt: but God was with him,
10 mpe akangolaki ye na minyoko na ye nyonso; Apesaki ye bwanya mpe asalelaki ye ngolu na miso ya Faraon, mokonzi ya Ejipito, oyo akomisaki ye moyangeli ya Ejipito mpe ya ndako na ye mobimba.
and delivered: him from all his afflictions; and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he made him chief over Egypt, and over all his house.
11 Nzokande, nzala moko ya makasi ekotaki na Ejipito mobimba mpe na Kanana, ememaki pasi penza, bongo bakoko na biso bazalaki lisusu na eloko ya kolia te.
And there was a famine and great distress in all Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, and our fathers lacked food.
12 Tango Jakobi ayokaki ete ble ezali na Ejipito, atindaki bakoko na biso mbala ya liboso.
And when Jacob heard that there was bread-stuff in Egypt, he sent our fathers a first time.
13 Na mbala ya mibale, Jozefi amilakisaki epai ya bandeko na ye, bongo Faraon ayaki koyeba libota ya Jozefi.
And when they went the second time, Joseph made himself known to his brethren; and the kindred of Joseph was known to Pharaoh.
14 Bongo, Jozefi atindaki ete bakende kozwa tata na ye Jakobi elongo na bandeko na ye nyonso. Bango nyonso bazalaki bato tuku sambo na mitano.
And Joseph sent and brought is father Jacob, and all his family; and they were in number seventy and five souls.
15 Boye, Jakobi akendeki kovanda na Ejipito epai wapi ye elongo na bakoko na biso bakufaki.
And Jacob went down into Egypt; and he died there, he and our fathers.
16 Bamemaki banzoto na bango na engumba ya Sishemi mpe bakundaki yango kati na kunda oyo Abrayami asombaki na mbongo epai ya bana ya Amori, tata ya Sishemi.
And he was transported to Sychem, and was deposited in the sepulchre which Abraham bought with money of the sons of Emmor.
17 Wana tango oyo Nzambe alingaki kokokisa elaka oyo apesaki na Abrayami ekomaki pene, motango ya bato na biso, kati na Ejipito, ekomaki ebele penza,
And when the time arrived for that which God had promised to Abraham with an oath, the people had multiplied and become strong, in Egypt:
18 kino mokonzi mosusu, oyo ayebaki Jozefi te, azwaki bokonzi na Ejipito.
until there arose another king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.
19 Na mayele mabe, mokonzi yango anyokolaki bakoko na biso kino kotinda bango na makasi ete babwaka bana na bango oyo babotami sika mpo ete bakufa.
And he dealt craftily with our kindred, and ill-treated our fathers, and gave orders that their infants should be cast away, and should not live.
20 Ezalaki na tango wana nde Moyize abotamaki. Nzambe asalaki ye kitoko mingi. Babatelaki ye sanza misato na ndako ya tata na ye.
At that time was Moses born; and he was lovely to God: and he was nursed three months in his father's house.
21 Wana baboti na ye batiaki ye libanda, mwana mwasi ya Faraon azwaki ye mpe abokolaki ye lokola mwana na ye penza.
And when he was cast out, by his people, the daughter of Pharaoh found him, and brought him up for her own son.
22 Bayekolisaki Moyize na bwanya nyonso ya bato ya Ejipito, mpe akomaki moto na nguya na maloba mpe na misala.
And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians; and he was eminent in his words, and also in his deeds.
23 Tango Moyize akokisaki mibu tuku minei, azwaki mokano ya kokende kotala bandeko na ye, bana ya Isalaele.
And when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the children of Israel.
24 Awa amonaki moto moko ya Ejipito kobeta moto ya ekolo na ye, akotelaki moto ya Isalaele, azongisaki mabe na mabe epai ya moto ya Ejipito mpe abomaki ye.
And he saw one of the race of his kindred treated with violence; and he avenged him, and did him justice, and killed the Egyptian who had abused him.
25 Moyize akanisaki ete bandeko na ye bakososola ete Nzambe azali kosalela ye mpo na kopesa bango lobiko, kasi basosolaki yango te.
And he supposed that his brethren the sons of Israel would have understood, that by his hand God would give them deliverance; but they understood not.
26 Mokolo oyo elandaki, Moyize akutaki bana ya Isalaele mibale kobunda. Bongo amekaki kozongisa boyokani kati na bango; alobaki na bango: « Ah baninga na ngai, bozali bandeko; mpo na nini bozali kosalana mabe? »
And on another day, he appeared to them, as they were quarrelling one with another. And he exhorted them to become reconciled, saying: Men, ye are brethren; why do ye seek to harm each other?
27 Kasi moto oyo azalaki konyokola ndeko na ye atindikaki Moyize mpe alobaki: « Nani atie yo mokonzi mpe mosambisi kati na biso?
But he who did the wrong to his fellow, repulsed him from him, and said to him: Who constituted thee a ruler and a judge over us?
28 Olingi koboma ngai ndenge obomaki moto ya Ejipito lobi? »
Dost thou seek to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian yesterday?
29 Tango Moyize ayokaki bongo, akimaki na mokili ya Madiani epai wapi avandaki lokola mopaya mpe abotaki bana mibale ya mibali.
And Moses fled at that speech, and became a sojourner in the land of Midian. And he had two sons.
30 Sima na mibu tuku minei, anjelu moko abimelaki Moyize kati na esobe, pene ya ngomba Sinai, kati na ndemo ya moto oyo ezalaki komata longwa kati na mwa nzete oyo ezalaki kopela.
And when forty years had been passed by him there, the angel of the Lord appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai, in a fire that burned in a bush.
31 Tango Moyize amonaki yango, akamwaki makasi. Mpe awa azalaki kopusana mpo na kotala yango malamu, ayokaki mongongo ya Nkolo koloba:
And when Moses saw it, he admired the sight: and as he drew near to behold it, the Lord said to him, audibly:
32 « Nazali Nzambe ya bakoko na yo, Nzambe ya Abrayami, Nzambe ya Izaki, mpe Nzambe ya Jakobi. » Moyize alengaki na somo mpe akokaki kutu kotala te.
I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob. And Moses trembled, and dared not to gaze at the sight.
33 Bongo, Nkolo alobaki na ye: « Longola basandale na yo na makolo na yo, pamba te esika oyo otelemi ezali mabele ya bule.
And the Lord said to him: Loose thy shoes from thy feet; for the ground on which thou standest is holy.
34 Namoni minyoko ya bato na Ngai kati na Ejipito. Nayoki kolela na bango mpe nakiti mpo na kokangola bango. Mpe yaka sik’oyo, nakotinda yo ete ozonga na Ejipito. »
I have attentively seen the affliction of my people, who are in Egypt; and I have heard their groans, and have come down to deliver them. And now, come, I will send thee to Egypt.
35 Kaka Moyize oyo bandeko na ye baboyaki na koloba na ye: « Nani atie yo mokonzi mpe mosambisi, » ye nde Nzambe atindaki mpo ete azala mokonzi mpe mokangoli na bango, na lisungi ya anjelu oyo abimelaki ye na mwa nzete.
This Moses, whom they rejected, saying, Who constituted thee a ruler and judge over us? this same did God, by the hand of the angel that appeared to him in the bush, send to them to be their captain and deliverer.
36 Abimisaki bango na mokili ya Ejipito, na nzela ya bikamwa mpe ya bilembo minene oyo asalaki kuna, na ebale monene ya Motane mpe na esobe, mibu tuku minei.
He it was that brought them out, working signs and wonders and prodigies in the land of Egypt, and at the sea of rushes, and in the desert, forty years.
37 Ezalaki kaka Moyize wana oyo alobaki na bana ya Isalaele: « Nzambe akobimisela bino mosakoli moko lokola ngai, oyo akowuta kati na bandeko na bino. »
This Moses is the man who said to the children of Israel: A prophet, like me, will the Lord God raise up to you from among your brethren; to him give ear.
38 Azalaki kati na mayangani oyo bakoko na biso basanganaki na esobe; ye nde azalaki molobeli, kati na bakoko na biso mpe anjelu oyo asololaki na ye, na ngomba Sinai epai wapi azwaki Maloba ya bomoi mpo na kopesa biso.
He it was, who was in the congregation in the wilderness, with the angel that conversed with him and with our fathers at mount Sinai; and he it was, received the living words to give them to us.
39 Kasi bakoko na biso baboyaki kotosa ye; batombokelaki ye mpe bazwaki likanisi ya kozonga na Ejipito.
And our fathers would not hearken to him, but forsook him, and in their hearts returned again to Egypt;
40 Balobaki na Aron: « Salela biso banzambe oyo bakotambola liboso na biso. Pamba te toyebi te soki makambo nini ekomeli Moyize oyo abimisaki biso na mokili ya Ejipito! »
when they said to Aaron: Make us gods who may go before us; because, as for this Moses who brought us from the land of Egypt, we know not what hath become of him.
41 Ezalaki na mikolo wana nde basalaki nzambe ya ekeko, na lolenge ya mwana ngombe; babonzelaki nzambe yango ya ekeko mbeka mpe basalaki feti mpo na lokumu ya misala ya maboko na bango.
And he made them a calf in those days; and they offered sacrifices to idols, and were voluptuous with the work of their hands.
42 Kasi Nzambe apesaki bango mokongo mpe atikaki bango kosambela mampinga ya likolo, ndenge ekomama kati na buku ya basakoli: « Oh bato ya Isalaele, boni, bozalaki kobonzela Ngai mbeka mpe kopesa Ngai makabo na mibu tuku minei oyo bolekisaki na esobe?
And God turned away, and gave them up to worship the hosts of heaven: as it is written in the book of the prophets: Did ye, for forty years, in the wilderness, present to me a slain animal or a sacrifice, ye sons of Israel?
43 Bomemaki nde ndako ya kapo ya Moloki mpe monzoto ya nzambe na bino Rofa, banzambe ya bikeko oyo bosalaki mpo na kogumbamela! Yango wana, nakotinda bino na bowumbu, mosika koleka Babiloni! »
But ye bore the tabernacle of Malchum, and the star of the god Rephon, images which ye had made, that ye might bow down to them. I will transport you beyond Babylon.
44 Bakoko na biso bazalaki na Ndako ya kapo ya Boyokani kati na esobe, batongaki yango ndenge Nzambe atindaki Moyize, kolanda ndakisa oyo amonaki.
Lo, the tabernacle of the testimony of our fathers, was in the wilderness; as he who talked with Moses, commanded to make it after the form which he showed him.
45 Sima na kozwa Ndako ya kapo yango, bakoko na biso na bokambami ya Jozue, bamemaki yango tango babotolaki mikili ya Bapagano, mikili oyo Nzambe abenganaki liboso na bango. Mpe Ndako ya kapo yango etikalaki kuna kino na tango ya Davidi;
And this same tabernacle, our fathers, with Joshua, actually brought into the land which God gave to them for an inheritance from those nations which he drove out before them; and it was borne about, until the days of David.
46 oyo azwaki ngolu na miso ya Nzambe mpe asengaki ete atongela Nzambe ya Jakobi ndako.
He found favor before God; and he requested, that he might find a residence for the God of Jacob.
47 Kasi Salomo nde moto atongelaki ye ndako.
But Solomon built the house.
48 Nzokande, Ye-Oyo-Aleki-Likolo avandaka te kati na bandako oyo bato batonga, ndenge kaka mosakoli aloba:
Yet the most High lodgeth not in a work of human hands; as saith the prophet:
49 « Likolo ezali Kiti na Ngai ya bokonzi, mpe mabele ezali enyatelo makolo na Ngai. Ndako ya ndenge nini penza bokoki kotongela Ngai, elobi Nkolo, to esika ya bopemi ya ndenge nini penza bokoki kobongisela Ngai?
Heaven is my throne, and earth the footstool under my feet. What is the house, ye will build for me? saith the Lord: or, what is the place of my repose?
50 Boni, ezali loboko na Ngai te nde esalaki biloko wana nyonso? »
Lo, hath not my hand made all these things?
51 Bato ya mito makasi, ya mitema mabanga mpe bakufa matoyi! Bozali ndenge moko kaka na bakoko na bino: botelemelaka tango nyonso Molimo Mosantu!
O ye stiff of neck, and uncircumcised in their heart, and in their hearing; ye do always set yourselves against the Holy Spirit; as your fathers, so also ye.
52 Boni, ezalaki solo ata na mosakoli moko oyo bakoko na bino bazangaki konyokola? Kutu, babomaki ezala basakoli oyo basakolaki koya ya Moyengebene, Ye oyo bosili sik’oyo koteka mpe koboma,
For, which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute and kill, even them, who foretold the coming of the Just One, whom ye delivered up and slew?
53 bino bato oyo bozwaki Mobeko ya Nzambe na nzela ya ba-anjelu, kasi botosaki yango te.
And ye have received the law by the ordination of angels, and have not kept it.
54 Tango bato ya Likita-Monene bayokaki bongo, batombokaki makasi mpe bakomaki kolia minu mpo na Etieni.
And when they heard these things, they were filled with rage in their souls; and they gnashed their teeth against him.
55 Kasi lokola Etieni atondisamaki na Molimo Mosantu, atalaki na Likolo, amonaki nkembo ya Nzambe mpe Yesu atelema na ngambo ya loboko ya mobali ya Nzambe.
And he, as he was full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, looked towards heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.
56 Alobaki: — Botala, namoni Likolo efungwami mpe Mwana na moto atelema na ngambo ya loboko ya mobali ya Nzambe!
And he said: Lo, I see heaven open, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
57 Bongo, bakangaki matoyi na bango, bagangaki makasi penza, mpe bango nyonso basangelaki ye,
And they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and all rushed upon him.
58 bamemaki ye libanda ya engumba mpe babambaki ye mabanga. Na tango wana, batatoli batikaki bilamba na bango epai ya elenge mobali moko na kombo Saulo.
And they seized him, and hurried him out of the city, and stoned him. And they who testified against him, laid their clothes at the feet of a certain young man who was called Saul.
59 Wana bazalaki kobamba ye mabanga, Etieni azalaki kosambela na koloba: — Nkolo Yesu, yamba molimo na ngai!
And they stoned Stephen, while he prayed and said: Our Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
60 Bongo, afukamaki mpe agangaki makasi: — Nkolo, kotangela bango lisumu oyo te! Tango kaka Etieni alobaki bongo, akufaki.
And when he had kneeled down, he cried with a loud voice, and said: Our Lord, establish not this sin against them. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
