Kobima 5
1 Sima na yango, Moyize mpe Aron bakendeki epai ya Faraon mpe balobaki: — Tala makambo oyo Yawe, Nzambe ya Isalaele, alobi: « Tika bato na Ngai kokende kosala feti na esobe mpo na lokumu na Ngai. »
Then Aaron and Moses/I went to the king and [one of them/us] said, “Yahweh God, whom [we] Israeli people [worship], says this [to you]: ‘Let my people go to the desert, in order that they may have a feast to [honor] me!’”
2 Faraon azongisaki: — Ye Yawe nde nani mpo ete ngai natosa ye mpe natika Isalaele kokende? Nayebi ye te mpe nakotika te ete Isalaele akende.
But the king said, “Who is Yahweh? Why should I pay attention to what he says and let the Israeli [people] [MTY] go? I do not know Yahweh! And furthermore, I will not let the Israeli [people] go!”
3 Balobaki: — Nzambe ya Ba-Ebre akutanaki na biso. Sik’oyo, tika biso totambola mikolo misato kati na esobe mpo ete tokobonzela Yawe, Nzambe na biso, mbeka; noki te akoboma biso na bokono to na mopanga.
They/we replied, “Yahweh God, the one we Hebrews [worship], has (revealed himself/appeared) to us [and told us what to tell you]. So we ask you to [please] let us go on a three day journey into the desert. We must offer sacrifices to Yahweh God [there]. [If we do] not do that, he will cause us to die [IDM] from diseases or from attacks [by our enemies] [MTY].”
4 Kasi mokonzi ya Ejipito alobaki: — Moyize mpe Aron, mpo na nini bozali kopekisa bato kosala misala na bango? Bozonga na mosala na bino!
But the king of Egypt said to them/us, “Moses and Aaron, (stop trying to keep the Israeli people from working/why are you preventing the Israeli people from working?) [RHQ] [Tell those slaves] to return to work!”
5 Faraon abakisaki lisusu: — Botala! Bato oyo bakomi ebele kati na mokili, bongo bino bozali kopekisa bango kosala mosala!
The king also said, “Listen [to me! You] people [who now live] in this land are now [more] numerous, and you want them [to stop working and] rest!”
6 Kaka na mokolo wana, Faraon apesaki mitindo oyo epai ya bakambi oyo balandelaka misala makasi ya bawumbu mpe na bakapita ya bana ya Isalaele:
That same day the king commanded the Egyptian slave bosses and the [Israeli] men supervising the slaves,
7 — Bokopesa lisusu matiti te epai ya bato oyo mpo na kosala babiliki ndenge bozalaki kopesa bango liboso; botika bango moko bakende kolokota matiti na bango.
“Do not continue to give the [Israeli] people straw for making bricks, as you have done previously. Make them go [into the fields] and gather straw for themselves.
8 Kasi botinda bango kosala kaka motango ya babiliki oyo basalaka wuta kala, bokitisa motango na yango te. Bazali bagoyigoyi, yango wana bazali koganga: « Tika biso tokende kobonzela Nzambe na biso mbeka! »
But require them to make the same number of bricks that they did before. Do not decrease the number at all. They (are lazy/do not have enough work to do). That is the reason they are asking me to let them go [into the desert] to offer sacrifices to their god.
9 Bokomisa makasi misala na bango mpo ete bakoma na mosala ebele mpe batia matoyi te na makambo ya lokuta.
Force the men to work harder, so that they will not [have time] to listen to lies [from their leaders]!”
10 Bongo bakambi oyo balandelaka misala makasi ya bawumbu mpe bakapita ya bana ya Isalaele babimaki mpe balobaki na bato: — Tala makambo oyo Faraon alobi: « Nakopesa bino lisusu matiti te.
So the slave bosses and supervisors of the slaves went to where the [Israeli] people were and said to them, “The king has said that he will no longer give you any straw.
11 Bokende kozwa matiti bino moko na esika oyo bokoki komona yango! Kasi motango ya babiliki oyo bakatela bino ekokita ata moke te. »
[So] you yourselves must go and get straw wherever you can find it. But you must still keep working to make the same number of bricks as before.” [LIT]
12 Boye bana ya Isalaele bapanzanaki na Ejipito mobimba mpo na kolokota matiti ya kotumba na yango babiliki.
So the Israeli people went all over Egypt to find straw.
13 Bakambi oyo balandelaka misala makasi ya bawumbu bazalaki kotindika bango na makasi mpe koloba: — Bokokisa motango ya babiliki oyo bakatela bino mpo na mokolo na mokolo lokola na tango oyo bazalaki kopesa bino matiti!
The slave bosses kept telling them insistently, “Finish the work you are required to do each day, [making the same amount of bricks] as you did [before, when we gave you] straw!”
14 Bakambi oyo Faraon aponaki mpo na kolandela misala makasi ya bawumbu babetaki bakapita ya bana ya Isalaele oyo bango batiaki mpe batunaki bango: — Mpo na nini lobi oyo eleki mpe lelo bokokisi te motango ya babiliki oyo bosalaka wuta kala?
[When they were not able to do that], the slave bosses had the [Israeli supervisors] beaten [with sticks], and they asked them, “Why have [all the men you are supervising] not been able to make [the same number] of bricks today/now as [they did] before [RHQ]?”
15 Bakengeli ya bana ya Isalaele bakendeki kolela epai ya Faraon: — Mpo na nini ozali kosala basali na yo boye?
Then the Israeli supervisors went to the king and complained, saying “[Your Majesty], why are you treating us this way?
16 Bazali kopesa lisusu te matiti epai ya basali na yo, nzokande bazali koloba na biso: « Bosala babiliki! » Sik’oyo tala, basali na yo bazali kobetama, kasi mbeba ezali epai ya bato na yo moko.
[Now] they are not giving us any straw [for making bricks], but they keep commanding us to make bricks. And now sometimes they beat us. But it is the fault of your own slave bosses [that we cannot make as many bricks as before]!”
17 Faraon alobaki: — Bagoyigoyi! Bozali penza bagoyigoyi! Yango wana bozali koloba: « Tika biso tokende kobonzela Yawe mbeka. »
But the king said, “You are lazy and do not [want to] work! That is why you keep saying, ‘Allow us to go [to the desert] and offer sacrifices to Yahweh.’
18 Sik’oyo, bozonga na mosala! Bakopesa bino lisusu matiti te, kasi bokosala kaka motango ya babiliki oyo bakatela bino.
So go and get back to work! [We] are not going to give you any straw, but you must keep making the same number of bricks!”
19 Bakengeli ya bana ya Isalaele bamonaki ete bakomi na pasi koleka tango bayebisaki bango: « Motango ya babiliki oyo bakatela bino mpo na mokolo na mokolo ekokita te. »
The Israeli supervisors realized that they were in a difficult situation, because they had been told, “We are not going to decrease the number of bricks [you must make] each day.”
20 Tango batikaki Faraon, batombokelaki Moyize mpe Aron oyo bazalaki kozela bango.
As they left the king’s [palace], they met Aaron and Moses/me, who were waiting for them [there].
21 Balobaki: — Tika ete Yawe atala bino mpe asambisa bino! Bokomisi biso eloko ya nkele liboso ya Faraon mpe ya basali na ye mpe botie mopanga na maboko na bango mpo ete baboma biso!
They said to Aaron and Moses/me, “Yahweh has seen [what] you two [have done] He will punish you [MTY], because you have caused the king and his officials to despise us! You have given them an excuse [MTY] to kill us!”
22 Boye Moyize abalukaki epai na Yawe mpe abondelaki: — Nkolo! Mpo na nini ozali komemela bato oyo pasi? Boni, ezali mpo na yango nde otindaki ngai?
Moses/I left them and prayed to Yahweh again, saying, “O Yahweh, why have you caused all these evil things to happen to your people [RHQ]? And why did you send me [here] [RHQ]?
23 Wuta tango nakendeki koloba na Faraon na Kombo na Yo, Faraon akomi konyokola bato oyo, bongo Yo ozali kosala ata eloko moke te mpo na kokangola bango!
Ever since I went to the king and told him what you told me to say [MTY], he has treated your people very cruelly, and you have not done anything to help/rescue them!”
