Kobima 12
1 Yawe alobaki na Moyize mpe Aron kati na Ejipito:
Yahweh said to Aaron and Moses/me there in Egypt,
2 « Sanza oyo ekozala mpo na bino sanza ya liboso ya mobu.
“[From now on], this month [will be] the first month of the year for you.
3 Boloba boye na lisanga mobimba ya Isalaele: Na mokolo ya zomi na sanza oyo, libota moko na moko to ndako moko na moko esengeli kozala na mwana meme to na mwana ntaba.
Tell all the Israeli people that in each family, the man who heads the family must select a lamb or a young goat for his household.
4 Kasi soki bato ya ndako bazali ebele te mpo na kolia mwana meme ya mobimba, bakolia yango elongo na bato ya ndako oyo ezali pene na ndako na bango kolanda motango ya bato. Bakopona mwana meme kolanda oyo moko na moko akoki kolia.
If there are not enough people in his family to eat a whole [cooked] lamb, then his family and the family that lives next door may share one animal. Decide how many lambs you need according to the number of people in each family, and according to how much each person can eat.
5 Mwana meme to mwana ntaba oyo bakopona esengeli kozala ya mobali, ya mobu moko mpe ezanga mbeba.
The lambs or goats that you choose must be males, one-year-old, and they must not have any defects.
6 Bokobatela yango kino na mokolo ya zomi na minei ya sanza yango. Na mokolo yango, bato nyonso ya lisanga ya Isalaele bakokata yango kingo na pokwa.
You must take [special] care of these animals until the 14th day of the month. On that day, all the Israeli people must slaughter the lambs [or goats] in the evening.
7 Bakozwa makila na yango mpe bakopakola yango na libaya ya likolo mpe na mabaya mibale ya mipanzi oyo esimbaka ekuke ya bandako epai wapi bakolia nyama yango.
Then they must take some of the blood [from the lambs or goats], and they must smear it on the doorposts and the (lintels/horizontal beams above the doorways) of the houses in which they will eat the meat.
8 Na butu ya mokolo yango, bakotumba mosuni na yango na moto mpe bakolia yango elongo na mapa ezanga levire mpe matiti ya bololo.
They must roast the animals immediately and eat the meat that night. They must eat it with bread that is baked without yeast and with bitter herbs.
9 Bakolia te mosuni oyo ebela malamu te to oyo batokisa, kasi bakolia kaka mosuni oyo batumba na moto elongo na makolo, moto mpe biloko ya kati.
You must not eat any of the meat raw, and you must not boil the meat. You must roast it [whole], without cutting off the head or the legs or removing the internal parts.
10 Bokotika ata ndambo te kino na tongo. Kasi soki ndambo ekomi na tongo, botumba yango na moto.
You must eat all the meat that evening; do not let any of the meat remain [to be eaten] the next morning. If any of the meat is left until the next morning, you must [completely] burn it.
11 Tala ndenge nini bokolia yango: bokolata mokaba na loketo, basandale na makolo, mpe bokosimba lingenda na loboko. Bokolia yango na lombangu. Ezali feti ya Pasika mpo na Yawe.
When you eat it, you must be dressed ready to travel, and you must eat it quickly. You must have your sandals on your feet and your walking stick in your hands. It will be a festival [called] Passover to [honor] me, Yahweh.
12 Kaka na butu yango, nakoleka na Ejipito; nakoboma bana nyonso ya liboso kati na Ejipito kobanda na bato kino na banyama; mpe nakosambisa banzambe nyonso ya Ejipito na nzela ya bitumbu. Nazali Yawe.
On that night I will go through all the country of Egypt, and I will kill all the oldest males in Egypt, both humans and animals. [By doing this] I will show that all the gods in Egypt are worthless. [I can do this], because I am Yahweh, [the all-powerful God].
13 Na bandako epai wapi bokozala, makila ekozala elembo mpo na bino; bongo tango Ngai nakomona makila yango, nakoleka bino. Boye etumbu moko te ya kufa ekokweya kati na bino tango nakopesa etumbu na mokili ya Ejipito.
The blood [that you smear on the doorways will be a mark to indicate] the houses in which you [Israelis] live. When I see the blood, I will [ignore and] pass by those houses, and I will not harm you [Israelis who live there], when I punish the Egyptians.
14 Mokolo yango ekozala mokolo ya ekaniseli mpo na bino. Bileko na bileko, bokobanda kosala feti na mokolo yango mpo na lokumu ya Yawe; yango ekozala mpo na bino mobeko ya libela na libela mpo na bakitani oyo bakoya sima na bino.
[Each year], you must celebrate this festival on this day, to remember [what I], Yahweh, [have done for you]. In all the generations to come, [each year] you must celebrate [this festival]. [It must continue] forever.
15 Mikolo sambo, bokolia mapa ezanga levire. Na mokolo ya liboso, bokolongola levire na bandako na bino; pamba te moto nyonso oyo akolia eloko oyo ezali na levire, kobanda na mokolo ya liboso kino na mokolo ya sambo, bakolongola ye kati na bato ya Isalaele.
For seven days you must eat bread that has no yeast in it. On the first day of that week you must get rid of all the yeast that is in your houses. During those seven days, if anyone eats bread that is baked with yeast in it, [you must consider] that person to be no longer an Israeli.
16 Bokozala na mayangani ya bule na mokolo ya liboso mpe na mokolo ya sambo. Bokosala mosala moko te na mikolo wana longola kaka mosala ya kolamba bilei oyo moto na moto akolia. Yango kaka nde bokosala.
On the first day [of that week], you must (have a holy meeting/gather together to [worship] me). You must do the same thing on the seventh day. People must not work on those two days. The only work they may do is to prepare food for you to eat.
17 Bokosala feti ya Mapa ezanga levire, pamba te ezalaki na mokolo yango nde nabimisaki mampinga na bino na Ejipito. Bokosala feti na mokolo yango lokola mobeko ya libela na libela mpo na bakitani oyo bakoya sima na bino.
[Every year] you must keep celebrating this festival of eating bread that has no yeast in it, because it will remind you that it was on this day that I brought all your tribal groups out of Egypt. So [every year], in all the generations to come, you must celebrate this day as a festival. It must continue forever.
18 Na sanza ya liboso, bokolia mapa ezanga levire kobanda na pokwa ya mokolo ya zomi na minei kino na pokwa ya mokolo ya tuku mibale na moko.
In the first month of the year, on the 14th day of that month, the only bread you may eat is bread that has no yeast in it. You must keep doing that each day until the 21st day of that month. For those seven days you must not have any yeast in your house. [During that time], if anyone, either an Israeli or a foreigner, eats bread made with yeast, you must consider that person no longer to be an Israeli.
19 Mikolo sambo, levire esengeli te komonana kati na bandako na bino; pamba te moto nyonso oyo akolia eloko oyo ezali na levire, esengeli balongola ye na lisanga ya Isalaele, azala mopaya to mwana mboka ya Isalaele.
20 Bokolia eloko moko te oyo ezali na levire. Na bisika nyonso oyo bokozala, bokolia kaka mapa ezanga levire. »
In your houses, do not eat anything that has yeast in it during those seven days.”
21 Moyize abengisaki bakambi nyonso ya Isalaele mpe alobaki na bango: « Bokende kozwa na libota moko na moko mwana meme to mwana ntaba mpe bokata yango kingo lokola mbeka ya Pasika.
Then Moses/I summoned all the leaders of the Israeli people. He/I said to them, “Each family should select a lamb and kill it, [in order that you may eat it to celebrate the festival that will be called] ‘Passover’.
22 Bokokamata etape ya nzete ya izope, bokozindisa yango na makila oyo ekozala kati na sani monene, bokopakola yango na libaya ya likolo mpe na mabaya mibale ya mipanzi oyo esimbaka ekuke. Moko te kati na bino abima libanda ya ekuke ya ndako na ye kino na tongo.
Let the lamb’s blood [drain into] a basin. Get a bunch/sprig of (hyssop/a very leafy plant) and dip it in the blood. Then smear some of the blood on the doorposts and the (lintels/beams above the doorways) [of your houses]. The people in each house must all stay inside the house until the next morning.
23 Wana Yawe akoleka na mokili mpo na koboma bato ya Ejipito mpe akomona makila na libaya ya likolo mpe na mabaya mibale ya mipanzi oyo esimbaka ekuke, akoleka ekuke yango mpe akopesa nzela te na mobomi ete akota na bandako na bino mpo na koboma.
When Yahweh goes throughout Egypt to kill the [oldest male in each] Egyptian family, he will see the blood on the (lintels/beams of your doorways), and he will [ignore and] pass by those houses. He will not allow the angel who causes people to die to enter your houses and kill [any of] your [oldest sons].
24 Bokotosa malako oyo lokola mobeko ya libela na libela mpo na bino mpe mpo na bakitani na bino.
You and your descendants must celebrate this festival forever.
25 Tango bokokota na mokili oyo Yawe akopesa bino ndenge alakaki, bosalela likambo oyo.
And when you arrive in the land that Yahweh will be giving to you as he promised, you must keep celebrating this ritual [every year].
26 Bongo tango bana na bino bakotuna bino: ‹ Molulu oyo elakisi nini mpo na bino? ›
When your children ask you, ‘What does this ritual mean?’,
27 Bokoloba na bango: ‹ Ezali mbeka ya feti ya Pasika mpo na Yawe oyo alekaki bandako ya bana ya Isalaele kati na Ejipito mpe abikisaki bandako na biso tango abomaki bato ya Ejipito. › » Na bongo, bana ya Isalaele bafukamaki mpe bagumbamelaki Yawe.
you must tell them, ‘This ritual is [to remember how our ancestors] sacrificed [lambs] on the night that Yahweh’s angel passed by the houses of the Israeli people [when they were] in Egypt. He killed the [oldest males/sons in all] the Egyptian houses, but he spared [the sons in] [MTY] our houses.’” After Moses/I told them this, they all bowed their heads and worshiped [Yahweh].
28 Bato ya Isalaele basalaki ndenge kaka Yawe atindaki Moyize mpe Aron.
Then the Israeli people did what Yahweh had told Aaron and Moses/me [to tell them to do].
29 Na kati-kati ya butu, Yawe abomaki bana mibali nyonso ya liboso kati na Ejipito kobanda na mwana mobali ya liboso ya Faraon oyo azalaki kokonza na kiti ya bokonzi kino na mwana mobali ya liboso ya mokangami oyo azalaki kati na boloko, mpe bana mibali ya liboso ya bibwele nyonso.
At midnight Yahweh killed all the oldest sons of the Egyptian people, all over Egypt. That included the king’s oldest son, the oldest sons of the prisoners in the dungeon/jail, and [the oldest sons of everyone else]. He also killed the oldest males of all the Egyptians’ livestock.
30 Na butu wana, Faraon elongo na bakalaka na ye nyonso mpe bato nyonso ya Ejipito batelemaki; mpe koganga makasi ezalaki na Ejipito, pamba te ezalaki na ndako moko te oyo ezangaki ebembe.
That night the king, all his officials, and [all the rest of] the Egyptian people awoke [and discovered what had happened]. They wailed loudly all over Egypt, because in every house, someone’s son had died.
31 Kaka na butu wana, Faraon abengisaki Moyize mpe Aron, alobaki na bango: « Botelema, bobima kati na bato na ngai, bino mpe bana ya Isalaele. Bokende kogumbamela Yawe ndenge bosengaki.
That night the king summoned Aaron and Moses/me and said, “You and all the [other] Israeli people, must leave my country [immediately]! Go and worship Yahweh, as you requested!
32 Bokamata bibwele na bino ndenge bolobaki: bangombe, bameme mpe bantaba; mpe bokende. Boye, bopambola mpe ngai. »
Take your flocks [of sheep and goats] and herds [of cattle], and leave! And ask Yahweh to bless me, also!”
33 Bato ya Ejipito batindikaki bana ya Isalaele ete babima noki na mokili na bango. Bazalaki koloba: « Bokende na bino, noki te biso tokokufa. »
Then the Israeli people did as Moses/I had told them. They [went to] their Egyptian [neighbors] and asked them for silver and gold jewelry and clothing.
34 Boye bato bazwaki potopoto na bango ya farine liboso ete batia yango levire, bazingaki na banzambala na bango banzungu oyo basalelaka potopoto mpe batiaki yango na mapeka na bango.
Yahweh caused the Egyptian people to greatly respect the [Israeli] people, so they gave them what they asked for. In that way, they carried away the wealth of the Egyptian people.
35 Bato ya Isalaele basalaki ndenge Moyize alobaki na bango mpe basengaki epai ya bato ya Ejipito biloko ya palata, ya wolo mpe bilamba.
The Egyptians urged the [Israeli] people to leave their country quickly. They said, “[If you do not do that], we will all die!”
36 Bongo Yawe asalaki ete bana ya Isalaele bazwa ngolu na miso ya bato ya Ejipito oyo bapesaki bango biloko oyo basengaki. Na ndenge wana nde basilisaki biloko ya bato ya Ejipito.
So the [Israeli] people [prepared to leave at once]. They took the bowls in which they mixed the dough to make bread, and the dough that was in the bowls without any yeast in it, and they wrapped the bowls in their cloaks. They put the bowls on their shoulders [and left].
37 Bato ya Isalaele balongwaki na Ramisesi mpe bakendeki na Sukoti; bazalaki mibali nkoto nkama motoba oyo bazalaki kotambola na makolo longola basi mpe bana.
The Israeli people traveled from Rameses [city] to Succoth [town]. There were about 600,000 men who went, in addition to the women and children.
38 Ezalaki lisusu na ebele ya bato oyo bakendeki na bango elongo; bamemaki lisusu bibwele: bameme, bantaba mpe bangombe.
Many other people who were not Israelis went along with them. There were also livestock, the flocks [of sheep and goats] and herds [of cattle].
39 Basalaki na farine oyo bamemaki wuta na Ejipito bagato ezanga levire, pamba te tango babenganaki bango, potopoto emivimbelaki te mpe bazangaki tango ya kobongisa biloko ya kolia mpo na bango moko.
On their way, they baked bread with the dough that they carried with them when they had been expelled from Egypt. The dough did not have yeast in it, because they were told to leave Egypt so quickly that they did not have enough time to get food ready to take with them, or enough time to mix yeast in the dough.
40 Mibu oyo bana ya Isalaele bavandaki na Ejipito ezalaki nkama minei na tuku misato.
The Israeli people had lived in Egypt 430 years.
41 Na suka ya mobu oyo ya nkama minei na tuku misato, mampinga nyonso ya Yawe batikaki Ejipito.
On the day that those 430 years ended, on that very day, all the tribes of Yahweh’s people left Egypt.
42 Lokola Yawe akengelaki butu wana mpo na kobimisa bana ya Isalaele na Ejipito, butu yango ekomi ya Yawe: ekobanda kozala butu ya kokengela mpo na bana ya Isalaele na milongo na bango nyonso oyo ekoya.
It was a night when Yahweh (protected/guarded over) them as he brought them out of Egypt. So this same night every year is a night that is dedicated to Yahweh, a night when the Israeli people in every generation [remember how] Yahweh protected our ancestors.
43 Yawe alobaki na Moyize mpe Aron: « Tala mibeko na tina na Pasika: ‹ Mopaya moko te akoki kolia yango.
Then Yahweh said this to Aaron and Moses/me: “These are my instructions about the Passover ritual: Do not let foreigners eat [the Passover meal]. But any male slaves that you have bought may eat it after you have circumcised them.
44 Kasi mowumbu nyonso oyo bakosomba, basengeli liboso kokata ye ngenga, sima nde akoki kolia Pasika.
45 Mopaya oyo akozala na bino mpo na tango moke mpe mosali oyo azwaka lifuti bakolia yango te.
Do not let people who are living among you temporarily, or servants whom you have hired, eat [the Passover meal].
46 Ekoliama kaka kati na ndako moko na moko, bakobimisa ata mosuni moko te na libanda ya ndako mpe bakobuka ata mokuwa na yango moko te.
Each family must eat the Passover meal inside their own house. Do not take any of the food outside the house. And do not break any of the bones of the lamb that is sacrificed.
47 Lisanga mobimba ya Isalaele ekosala feti ya Pasika.
All the Israeli people must celebrate this festival.
48 Soki mopaya oyo azali kati na bino alingi kosepela na feti ya Pasika ya Yawe, esengeli ete mibali nyonso oyo bazali kati na ndako na ye bakatama ngenga; bongo nde akozwa nzela ya kolia Pasika lokola mwana mboka ya Isalaele. Kasi mobali oyo akokatama ngenga te akoki kolia Pasika te.
When someone from another country comes to live with you and wants to celebrate the Passover Festival, circumcise all the males in his household. Then they may eat the Passover meal, and you should treat those people as though they were born as Israelis. But do not allow men who have not been circumcised to eat the Passover meal.
49 Mibeko ezali se ndenge moko mpo na mwana mboka ya Isalaele mpe mpo na mopaya oyo azali kati na bino. › »
These rules apply to people who were born as Israelis and to foreigners who come and live among you.”
50 Bato nyonso ya Isalaele basalaki ndenge kaka Yawe atindaki Moyize mpe Aron.
All the Israeli people obeyed Aaron and Moses/me and did what Yahweh had commanded.
51 Mpe na mokolo wana, Yawe abimisaki bana ya Isalaele na molongo, wuta na Ejipito, lokola mampinga ya basoda.
On that very day Yahweh brought all the tribes of the Israeli people out of Egypt.
