Kobima 11
1 Yawe alobaki na Moyize: « Nakoyeisa lisusu etumbu moko na bomoi ya Faraon mpe ya Ejipito. Sima na yango, Faraon akotika bino ete bokende; kutu, akobengana bino libela.
Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “I will cause one more disaster to strike the king of Egypt and all his people [MTY]. After that, he will let you leave. In fact, he will expel you all.
2 Loba na bato ete basenga biloko ya palata mpe ya wolo: mobali nyonso asenga yango epai ya moninga na ye mobali mpe mwasi nyonso, epai ya moninga na ye mwasi. »
So now speak to all the [Israeli] people. Tell them to ask all their [Egyptian] neighbors, both men and women, to give them some silver and gold jewelry.”
3 Yawe asalaki ete bana ya Isalaele bazwa ngolu na miso ya bato ya Ejipito. Mpe Moyize ye moko azalaki moto monene kati na Ejipito, na miso ya basali ya Faraon mpe ya bato nyonso.
Yahweh made the Egyptians highly respect the Israeli people. In particular, the Egyptian officials and all [the rest of] the people considered Moses/me to be a very great man.
4 Moyize alobaki na Faraon: « Tala makambo oyo Yawe alobi: ‹ Na kati-kati ya butu, nakotambola kati na mokili mobimba ya Ejipito.
Then Moses/I [went to the king and] said, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘About midnight [tonight] I will go throughout Egypt,
5 Mwana mobali nyonso ya liboso kati na Ejipito akokufa, kobanda na mwana mobali ya liboso ya Faraon oyo avandi na kiti ya bokonzi kino na mwana mobali ya liboso ya mwasi mowumbu oyo azali konika ble mpe bana mibali nyonso ya liboso ya bibwele.
and I will cause all the firstborn/oldest [sons] to die. That will include your oldest son, the oldest sons of the slave women who grind grain, [and the oldest sons of everyone else]. I will also kill the oldest males of the Egyptians’ livestock.
6 Bongo koganga makasi ekozala na mokili mobimba ya Ejipito, koganga oyo ezala nanu te mpe ekotikala kozala te.
When that happens, people all over Egypt will wail loudly. They have never wailed like that before, and they will never wail like that again.
7 Kasi kati na bana nyonso ya Isalaele, ezala mbwa ekoganga te liboso ya moto to ya nyama. › Na bongo, bokoyeba ete Yawe asali bokeseni kati na bato ya Ejipito mpe ya Isalaele.
But among the Israeli people [it will be so quiet that] not even a dog will bark! Then you will know for sure that I, Yahweh, distinguish [how I act toward] the Egyptians and [how I act toward] the Israeli people.
8 Boye, bakalaka na yo nyonso oyo bazali zingazinga na yo bakoya epai na ngai, bakofukama liboso na ngai mpe bakoloba: ‹ Kende, yo mpe bato nyonso oyo bazali kotambola sima na yo. › Mpe sima na yango, nakobima. » Bongo Moyize abimaki na ndako ya Faraon na kanda makasi.
Then all these officials of yours will come and bow down before me and will say, “Please get out [of Egypt], you and all the Israeli people!”’ After that, I will leave Egypt!” [After Moses/I said that], he/I very angrily left the king.
9 Yawe alobaki na Moyize: « Faraon akoboya koyokela bino mpo ete bikamwa na Ngai ekoka komonana ebele kati na Ejipito. »
Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “The king will not pay any attention to what you say. The result will be that I will perform more plagues in the land of Egypt.”
10 Boye Moyize mpe Aron basalaki bikamwa wana nyonso liboso ya Faraon. Kasi Yawe akomisaki motema ya Faraon makasi mpe Faraon aboyaki kaka kotika bana ya Isalaele kobima na mokili na ye.
Aaron and Moses/I performed all these miracles in front of the king, but Yahweh made the king stubborn, and he did not let the Israeli people leave his country.
