Kobima 2
1 Mobali moko ya libota ya Levi abalaki mwasi kati na libota ya Levi.
And there goes a man of the house of Levi, and he takes the daughter of Levi,
2 Mwana mwasi yango azwaki zemi mpe abotaki mwana mobali. Wana amonaki ete mwana yango azali kitoko, abombaki ye basanza misato.
and the woman conceives, and bears a son, and she sees him, that he [is] beautiful, and she hides him [for] three months,
3 Lokola amonaki ete akokoka lisusu te kobomba ye, azwaki kitunga moko basala na poso ya nzete oyo babengaka papirisi, apakolaki yango gudron mpe potopoto ya mwindo; bongo atiaki mwana kati na yango. Sima, atiaki kitunga yango kati na matiti ya ebale Nili, pembeni ya mokili.
and she has not been able to hide him anymore, and she takes an ark of rushes for him, and covers it with bitumen and with pitch, and puts the boy in it, and puts [it] in the weeds by the edge of the River;
4 Ndeko mwasi ya mwana yango atelemaki mosika mpo na kotala likambo oyo ekokaki kokomela ye.
and his sister stations herself far off, to know what is done to him.
5 Tango mwana mwasi ya Faraon akendeki kosukola na ebale Nili, wana basi basali na ye bazalaki kotambola pembeni ya ebale Nili, amonaki kitunga kati na matiti ya ebale; mpe atindaki mwasi mosali na ye kozwa yango.
And a daughter of Pharaoh comes down to bathe at the River, and her girls are walking by the side of the River, and she sees the ark in the midst of the weeds, and sends her handmaid, and she takes it,
6 Afungolaki yango mpe amonaki kati na yango mwana moko ya mobali azali kolela. Ayokelaki ye mawa mpe alobaki: « Oyo azali solo mwana ya Ba-Ebre. »
and opens, and sees him—the boy, and behold, a child weeping! And she has pity on him and says, “This is [one] of the Hebrews’ children.”
7 Boye, ndeko na ye ya mwasi alobaki na mwana mwasi ya Faraon: — Boni, nakoki kokende kolukela yo kati na basi ya Ba-Ebre mwasi oyo akoki komelisa mwana oyo mabele mpo na yo?
And his sister says to the daughter of Pharaoh, “Do I go? When I have called a suckling woman of the Hebrews for you, then she suckles the boy for you”;
8 Mwana mwasi ya Faraon azongiselaki ye: — Iyo, kende! Elenge mwasi akendeki mpe azwaki mama ya mwana mobali yango.
and the daughter of Pharaoh says to her, “Go”; and the virgin goes, and calls the mother of the boy,
9 Mwana mwasi ya Faraon alobaki na mama yango: « Kamata mwana oyo, melisa ye mabele mpo na ngai, mpe nakofuta yo. » Bongo mama yango azwaki mwana mpe akomaki komelisa ye mabele.
and the daughter of Pharaoh says to her, “Take this boy away, and suckle him for me, and I give your hire”; and the woman takes the boy, and suckles him.
10 Tango mwana akolaki, amemaki ye epai ya mwana mwasi ya Faraon oyo akomisaki ye mwana na ye ya mobali. Apesaki ye kombo « Moyize, » pamba te alobaki: « Nazwaki ye na mayi. »
And the boy grows, and she brings him to the daughter of Pharaoh, and he is to her for a son, and she calls his name Moses, and says, “Because I have drawn him from the water.”
11 Mokolo moko, wana Moyize akomaki mokolo, akendeki na esika oyo bandeko na ye bazalaki mpe amonaki bango kosala misala makasi oyo bapesaki bango mpo na konyokola bango. Amonaki moto moko ya Ejipito kobeta moko kati na bato na ye Ba-Ebre.
And it comes to pass, in those days, that Moses is grown, and he goes out to his brothers, and looks on their burdens, and sees a man, an Egyptian, striking a man, a Hebrew, [one] of his brothers,
12 Atalaki ngambo na ngambo mpe amonaki moto te; bongo abomaki moto ya Ejipito mpe akundaki ye na zelo.
and he turns here and there, and sees that there is no man, and strikes the Egyptian, and hides him in the sand.
13 Mokolo oyo elandaki, Moyize abimaki mpe amonaki Ba-Ebre mibale bazali kobunda. Atunaki na moto oyo asalaki mabe: — Mpo na nini ozali kobeta moninga na yo?
And he goes out on the second day, and behold, two men, Hebrews, are striving, and he says to the wrongdoer, “Why do you strike your neighbor?”
14 Moto wana azongisaki: — Boni, nani akomisi yo mokonzi mpe mosambisi kati na biso? Olingi koboma ngai ndenge obomaki moto ya Ejipito? Moyize abangaki mpe amilobelaki: « Solo, likambo oyo nasalaki, esili koyeba. »
And he says, “Who set you for a head and judge over us? Are you saying [it] to slay me as you have slain the Egyptian?” And Moses fears and says, “Surely the thing has been known.”
15 Tango Faraon ayokaki likambo yango, alukaki nzela ya koboma Moyize; kasi Moyize akimaki liboso ya Faraon mpe akendeki kovanda na mokili ya Madiani.
And Pharaoh hears of this thing, and seeks to slay Moses, and Moses flees from the face of Pharaoh, and dwells in the land of Midian, and dwells by the well.
16 Moyize avandaki pembeni ya libulu ya mayi. Nzokande, Nganga-Nzambe ya Madiani azalaki na bana basi sambo. Bayaki kotoka mayi mpe batondisaki bimelelo mpo ete bamelisa bibwele ya tata na bango.
And to a priest of Midian [are] seven daughters, and they come and draw, and fill the troughs to water the flock of their father,
17 Kasi babateli bibwele bayaki mpe babenganaki bango. Moyize atelemaki, akotelaki bango mpe amelisaki bibwele na bango mayi.
and the shepherds come and drive them away, and Moses arises, and saves them, and waters their flock.
18 Tango bana basi bazongaki epai ya tata na bango Reweli, atunaki bango: — Mpo na nini lelo bozongi noki?
And they come to their father Reuel, and he says, “Why have you hurried to come in today?”
19 Bango bazongisaki: — Moto moko ya Ejipito abundelaki biso liboso ya babateli bibwele, atokelaki biso mayi mpe amelisaki bibwele.
And they say, “A man, an Egyptian, has delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and has also diligently drawn for us, and waters the flock”;
20 Reweli atunaki bana na ye ya basi: — Moto yango ya Ejipito azali wapi? Mpo na nini botiki ye kuna? Bobenga ye mpo ete aya kolia.
and he says to his daughters, “And where [is] he? Why [is] this [that] you left the man? Call for him, and he eats bread.”
21 Moyize andimaki kovanda elongo na Reweli; bongo Reweli apesaki Sefora, mwana na ye ya mwasi, mpo ete azala mwasi ya Moyize.
And Moses is willing to dwell with the man, and he gives his daughter Zipporah to Moses,
22 Sefora abotaki mwana mobali mpe Moyize apesaki ye kombo « Gerishomi, » pamba te alobaki: « Nazali mopaya na mboka mopaya. »
and she bears a son, and he calls his name Gershom, for he said, “I have been a sojourner in a strange land.”
23 Sima na tango molayi, mokonzi ya Ejipito akufaki. Bato ya Isalaele bazalaki kolela mpe koganga na se ya pasi ya bowumbu. Bongo koganga na bango ekomaki kino epai ya Nzambe.
And it comes to pass during these many days, that the king of Egypt dies, and the sons of Israel sigh because of the service, and cry, and their cry goes up to God, because of the service;
24 Nzambe ayokaki koganga na bango mpe akanisaki boyokani na Ye oyo asalaki elongo na Abrayami, Izaki mpe Jakobi.
and God hears their groaning, and God remembers His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob;
25 Nzambe atalaki bana ya Isalaele mpe asosolaki pasi na bango.
and God sees the sons of Israel, and God knows.
