Kobima 15
1 Moyize mpe bana ya Isalaele bayembaki loyembo oyo mpo na lokumu ya Yawe: Nakoyemba mpo na lokumu ya Yawe, mpo ete amonisi monene ya nkembo na Ye! Azindisi mpunda mpe motambolisi na yango kati na ebale monene.
Then Moses/I sang this song, and the Israeli people sang with him: “I will sing to Yahweh, because he has triumphed gloriously; He has thrown the horses and their riders into the sea!
2 Yawe azali makasi na ngai, azali solo loyembo na ngai, azali mobikisi na ngai, azali Nzambe na ngai, nakokumisa Ye; azali Nzambe ya tata na ngai, nakonetola Ye.
Yahweh is the one who makes me strong, and he is the one I sing about. He is the one who has saved me. He is (my God/God, the one I worship), and I will praise him. He is the one my father worshiped, and I will tell [others] how great he is.
3 Yawe azali elombe ya bitumba; Kombo na Ye ezali Yawe.
Yahweh is a warrior; Yahweh is his name.
4 Azindisi na ebale monene, bashar mpe mampinga ya Faraon; abwaki na ebale monene ya barozo, bakonzi mpe basoda oyo Faraon atielaka motema.
He has thrown the king’s chariots and his army into the sea; His best officers all drowned in the Red Sea (OR, Gulf of Suez).
5 Mozindo ya mayi ezipi bango, bakiti kino na se ya ebale monene lokola libanga.
The [water covered them like] a flood; they sank to the bottom like a stone.
6 Loboko na Yo ya mobali, oh Yawe, emonisi nguya na Yo; loboko na Yo ya mobali, oh Yawe, enyati monguna.
O Yahweh, your right arm has awesome power; with that power [MTY], O Yahweh, you have crushed/smashed the enemy into pieces.
7 Na monene ya nguya na Yo, obebisi batelemeli na Yo; na kanda na Yo, otombokeli bango, mpe baziki lokola matiti.
You have gloriously defeated your enemies. Because you were angry with them, you have [destroyed them] like a fire burns up straw [SIM].
8 Na pema ya zolo na Yo, mayi ekabwani, bambonge etelemi lokola mir, mpe mozindo ya mayi ekangami kati na ebale monene.
You blew on the sea, and the water piled up high; the water stood up like two walls. In the deepest part of the sea [the water] became thick/solid, [as though] it was frozen.
9 Monguna amilobelaki: « Nakolanda bango kino nakokanga bango, molimo na ngai ekotonda na biloko oyo nakobotola; nakobimisa mopanga na ngai, mpe loboko na ngai ekobebisa bango. »
[Our] enemies said, ‘We will pursue them and catch up to them. We will draw our swords and strike them. After we defeat them, we will divide up the spoils. We will take [from them] all we want.’
10 Kasi Yo, Yawe, ofuli mopepe na Yo, mpe ebale monene ezipi bango. Bazindi lokola mbodi kati na mayi makasi.
But you blew on them with your breath, and then the sea covered them. They sank like lead/rocks in the big waves.
11 Oh Yawe, nani kati na banzambe azali lokola Yo? Nani azali lokola Yo, kitoko makasi kati na bosantu, somo, mpe abongi na lokumu, mpe asalaka makambo ya kokamwa?
Yahweh, among their gods, there is no god like you [RHQ]! You are glorious, completely different from all that you made. (There is no god like you!/What god is like you?) [RHQ] There is no one who can perform all kinds of miracles [DOU] like you do [RHQ]!
12 Osembolaki loboko na Yo ya mobali, mpe mabele emeli bango.
When you stretched out your right hand, the earth swallowed up [our enemies]
13 Na bolingo na Yo, otambolisi bato oyo okangoli. Na makasi na Yo, omemi bango na Ndako na Yo ya bule.
You faithfully loved the people you rescued; with your power you are leading them to the land that you have set apart.
14 Bikolo eyoki sango na yango mpe ekomi kolenga, somo ekangaki bato ya Filisitia.
The people of [other] nations will hear [what you have done]; and they will tremble. The people in Philistia will be terrified.
15 Bakambi ya Edomi bakomi na somo, bankumu ya Moabi bakomi kolenga, bato ya Kanana balembi nzoto.
The chiefs in Edom will be dismayed. The leaders in Moab will be so afraid, they will shake. All those who live in Canaan will faint.
16 Kobanga mpe somo ekweyeli bango. Na nguya ya loboko na Yo, bakomi bababa lokola libanga kino bato na Yo, oh Yawe, balekaki, kino bato oyo osikolaki balekaki.
They will be terrified and fearful because of your great strength [MTY]. But they will be as silent as stones until your people march past them, the people you freed from being slaves in Egypt,
17 Okomema bango mpe okovandisa bango na ngomba na Yo, esika oyo obongisaki, oh Nkolo, mpo na kovanda, Esika ya bule, oh Yawe, esika oyo maboko na Yo esalaki.
to go to [Canaan land]. You will enable them to live [MET] on your hill, at the place that you, O Yahweh, have chosen to be your home, in the (holy place/temple) that you yourself will build.
18 Yawe akotikala mokonzi libela na libela!
O Yahweh, you will rule forever!
19 Tango bampunda ya Faraon, bashar na ye elongo na bato oyo batambolisaka yango bamikotisaki kati na ebale monene, Yawe azongisaki mayi ya ebale monene likolo na bango. Nzokande bana ya Isalaele bakatisaki ebale monene lokola na esobe.
The Israeli people walked through the middle of the sea on dry ground. But when the king’s horses and chariots and horsemen tried to go through the sea, Yahweh caused the water to come back and cover them.”
20 Miriami, mwasi mosakoli mpe ndeko mwasi ya Aron, azwaki mbunda moke na loboko na ye mpe basi nyonso balandaki ye; bazalaki kobeta bambunda mike mpe kobina.
Then Miriam, who was Aaron’s older sister and a (prophetess/woman who spoke messages that came directly from God), picked up her tambourine,
21 Miriami ayembaki elongo na bango: « Boyembela Yawe, pamba te amonisi monene ya nkembo na Ye; azindisi na ebale monene, mpunda mpe motambolisi na yango. »
and she sang this song to Yahweh: “Sing to Yahweh, because he has triumphed gloriously [over his enemies]. He has thrown the horses and their riders into the sea.”
22 Moyize atambolisaki bana ya Isalaele wuta na ebale monene ya barozo mpe amemaki bango na nzela oyo ekenda na esobe ya Shuri. Batambolaki mikolo misato kati na esobe mpe bamonaki mayi te.
Then Moses/I led the Israeli people away from the Red Sea (OR, Gulf of Suez). They/we went to the desert at Shur. They/We walked for three days, but they/we could not find any water.
23 Tango bakomaki na Mara epai wapi bamonaki mayi, bakokaki te komela mayi yango, pamba te ezalaki bololo. Yango wana babengaki esika yango Mara.
So they/we [went on and] came to a [place named] Marah. [There was] water [there, but] they/we could not drink it, because it was bitter. That is why they named the place Marah, [which is the Hebrew word that means ‘bitter’].
24 Boye bato bayimaki-yimaki na tina na Moyize mpe balobaki: « Tokomela nini? »
The people complained to Moses/me, saying, “What are we going to drink?”
25 Boye Moyize abelelaki Yawe, mpe Yawe alakisaki ye eteni ya nzete. Moyize abwakaki yango na mayi, mpe mayi ekomaki elengi mpo na komela. Ezalaki kuna nde Yawe apesaki bango bikateli, mibeko mpe amekaki bango.
So Moses/I prayed earnestly to Yahweh. Then Yahweh showed him/me a tree. So he/I cut off [one of the branches] and threw it into the water, and the water became good to drink. There at Marah, Yahweh gave them various laws to direct their lives. He also tested them there, to determine if they would obey him,
26 Alobaki: « Soki boyoki na bokebi mongongo na Yawe, Nzambe na bino, mpe bosali oyo ezali sembo na miso na Ye, soki bosali keba na malako na Ye mpe bobateli bikateli na Ye nyonso, nakotindela bino ata bokono moko te oyo natindelaki bato ya Ejipito; pamba te nazali Yawe oyo abikisaka bino na bokono. »
by saying, “I am Yahweh, your God. If you will carefully obey me when I speak [to you], and do those things that I know are right, and pay close attention to all the things that I command you, I will keep you from being afflicted by all the diseases that I brought on the Egyptians. Do not forget that I am the one who heals you.”
27 Bongo bana ya Isalaele bakomaki na Elimi epai wapi bitima zomi na mibale mpe banzete ya mbila tuku sambo ezalaki. Ezalaki kuna nde batongaki molako na bango, pene ya mayi.
[After they/we left Marah], they/we came to a [place named] Elim. There were twelve springs of water and 70 palm trees there. So they/we camped there.
