Esidrasi 8
1 Tala bakambi ya mabota, kolanda ndenge babotamela, oyo bazongaki elongo na ngai, wuta na Babiloni, na tango Aritakizerisesi azalaki mokonzi:
Now these are the heads of families who were listed of those who went up with me from Babylon, when Artaxerxes was king.
2 Kati na bakitani ya Pineasi: Gerishomi. Kati na bakitani ya Itamari: Daniele. Kati na bakitani ya Davidi: Atushi.
Of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom; of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel; of the sons of David, Hattush;
3 Kati na bakitani ya Shekania, ya Pareoshi: Zakari elongo na bato na ye oyo batangaki, nkama moko na tuku mitano.
Of the sons of Shecaniah; of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah; and with him were listed a hundred and fifty males.
4 Kati na bakitani ya Paati-Moabi: Eliowenayi, mwana mobali ya Zerakia, elongo na bato na ye nkama mibale.
Of the sons of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai, the son of Zerahiah; and with him two hundred males.
5 Kati na bakitani ya Zatu: Shekania, mwana mobali ya Yaazieli, elongo na bato na ye nkama misato.
Of the sons of Shecaniah, the son of Jahaziel; and with him three hundred males.
6 Kati na bakitani ya Adini: Ebedi, mwana mobali ya Jonatan, elongo na bato na ye tuku mitano.
And of the sons of Adin, Ebed, the son of Jonathan; and with him fifty males.
7 Kati na bakitani ya Elami: Ezayi, mwana mobali ya Atalia elongo na bato na ye tuku sambo.
And of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah; the son of Athaliah; and with him seventy males.
8 Kati na bakitani ya Shefatia: Zebadia, mwana mobali ya Mikaeli, elongo na bato na ye tuku mwambe.
And of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah, the son of Michael; and with him eighty males.
9 Kati na bakitani ya Joabi: Abidiasi, mwana mobali ya Yeyeli, elongo na bato na ye nkama mibale na zomi na mwambe.
Of the sons of Joab, Obadiah, the son of Jehiel; and with him two hundred and eighteen males.
10 Kati na bakitani ya Bani: Shelomiti, mwana mobali ya Yosifia, elongo na bato na ye nkama moko na tuku motoba.
And of the sons of Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah; and with him a hundred and sixty males.
11 Kati na bakitani ya Bebayi: Zakari, mwana mobali ya Bebayi, elongo na bato na ye tuku mibale na mwambe.
And of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah, the son of Bebai; and with him twenty-eight males.
12 Kati na bakitani ya Azigadi: Yoanani, mwana mobali ya Akatani, elongo na bato na ye nkama moko na zomi.
And of the sons of Azgad, Johanan, the son of Hakkatan; and with him a hundred and ten males.
13 Kati na bakitani ya Adonikami: bana ya suka oyo bakombo na bango ezalaki Elifeleti, Yeyeli mpe Shemaya, elongo na bato na bango tuku motoba.
And of the sons of Adonikam, the last, whose names were Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah; and with them sixty males.
14 Kati na bakitani ya Bigivayi: Utayi mpe Zabudi elongo na bato na bango tuku sambo.
And of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud; and with them seventy males.
15 Nasangisaki bango pene ya ebale oyo ezalaki kotiola na ngambo ya Akava, mpe tovandaki kuna mikolo misato. Tango natalaki malamu bato mpe Banganga-Nzambe, namonaki ata Molevi moko te kuna.
And I made them come together by the river flowing to Ahava; and we were there in tents for three days: and after viewing the people and the priests I saw that no sons of Levi were there.
16 Boye nabengisaki Eliezeri, Arieli, Shemaya, Elinatani, Yaribi, Elinatani, Natan, Zakari mpe Meshulami oyo bazalaki bakambi; Yoyaribi mpe Elinatani oyo bazalaki bato ya mayele.
Then I sent for Eliezer and Ariel and Shemaiah and Elnathan Jarib and Elnathan and Nathan and Zechariah and Meshullam, all responsible men; and for Joiarib and Elnathan, who were wise men.
17 Natindaki bango epai ya Ido, mokambi ya mboka Kasifia; nayebisaki bango makambo oyo basengeli koloba na Ido mpe bandeko na ye ya mosala, basali ya Tempelo, oyo bazalaki kovanda na Kasifia, mpo ete bamemela biso basali mpo na Ndako ya Nzambe na biso.
And I sent them to Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and gave them orders what to say to Iddo and his brothers the Nethinim at the place Casiphia, so that they might come back to us with men to do the work of the house of our God.
18 Lokola loboko ya ngolu ya Nzambe na biso ezalaki likolo na biso, bamemelaki biso Sherebia, moto ya mayele, kati na bakitani ya Maali, mwana mobali ya Levi, mwana mobali ya Isalaele, elongo na bana na ye ya mibali mpe bandeko na ye ya mibali, bango nyonso zomi na mwambe,
And by the help of our God they got for us Ish-sechel, one of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah with his sons and brothers, eighteen;
19 elongo na Ashabia mpe Ezayi, bakitani ya Merari, elongo na bandeko na ye ya mibali mpe bana na bango ya mibali. Bango nyonso bazalaki tuku mibale.
And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brothers and their sons, twenty;
20 Bamemaki lisusu basali ya Tempelo, nkama mibale na tuku mibale, bakitani ya bato oyo Davidi mpe lisanga ya bakalaka na ye batiaki mpo na kosunga Balevi. Batangaki bango nyonso na bakombo na bango.
And of the Nethinim, to whom David and the captains had given the work of helping the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinim, all of them specially named.
21 Kuna, pene ya ebale Akava, napesaki mitindo ya kokila bilei mpo na komikitisa liboso ya Nzambe na biso mpe kosenga Ye mobembo malamu mpo na biso, mpo na bana na biso mpe mpo na biloko na biso nyonso.
Then I gave orders for a time of going without food, there by the river Ahava, so that we might make ourselves low before our God in prayer, requesting from him a straight way for us and for our little ones and for all our substance.
22 Nayokaki soni mpo na kosenga epai ya mokonzi basoda mpe basoda oyo batambolaka likolo ya bampunda, mpo na kobatela biso na nzela liboso ya banguna na biso; pamba te tolobaki na mokonzi: « Loboko ya ngolu ya Nzambe na biso ezali likolo ya moto nyonso oyo alukaka Ye, kasi kanda makasi na Ye ekitelaka bato nyonso oyo basundolaka Ye. »
For I would not, for shame, make request to the king for a band of armed men and horsemen to give us help against those who might make attacks on us on the way: for we had said to the king, The hand of our God is on his servants for good, but his power and his wrath are against all those who are turned away from him.
23 Boye, tokilaki bilei mpe tosengaki ngolu yango epai ya Nzambe na biso, mpe Ye ayanolaki libondeli na biso.
So we went without food, requesting our God for this: and his ear was open to our prayer.
24 Bongo na sima, natiaki kati na bakonzi ya Banganga-Nzambe bakonzi zomi na mibale: Sherebia, Ashabia elongo na bandeko na bango zomi.
So I put on one side twelve of the chiefs of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers with them,
25 Namekaki liboso na bango makabo ya palata, ya wolo mpe bisalelo nyonso oyo mokonzi, bapesi toli na ye, bakalaka na ye mpe Isalaele mobimba bapesaki mpo na Ndako ya Nzambe na biso.
And gave to them by weight the silver and the gold and the vessels, all the offering for the house of our God which the king and his wise men and his captains and all Israel there present had given:
26 Napesaki bango kilo nkoto tuku mibale ya palata, kilo nkoto misato ya bisalelo basala na palata, kilo nkoto misato ya wolo,
Measuring into their hands six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels, a hundred talents' weight, and a hundred talents of gold,
27 bakopo ya wolo tuku mibale oyo ezali na motuya ya mbongo ya bibende ya wolo nkoto moko mpe biloko mibale ya kitoko basala na bronze oyo engalaka lokola wolo.
And twenty gold basins, of a thousand darics, and two vessels of the best bright brass, equal in value to gold.
28 Nalobaki na bango: « Bino elongo na biloko oyo, bobulisami mpo na Yawe. Palata mpe wolo oyo ezali makabo oyo bato bakati bango moko kopesa wuta na mokano ya mitema na bango, epai na Yawe, Nzambe ya tata na bino.
And I said to them, You are holy to the Lord and the vessels are holy: and the silver and the gold are an offering freely given to the Lord, the God of your fathers.
29 Bosenzela mpe bobatela yango malamu kino tango bokomeka kilo na yango liboso ya bakonzi ya Banganga-Nzambe, ya Balevi mpe ya bakambi ya mabota ya Isalaele, kati na bashambre ya Tempelo ya Yawe, na Yelusalemi. »
Take care of them and keep them, till you put them on the scales before the chiefs of the priests and the Levites and the chiefs of the families of Israel, in Jerusalem, in the rooms of the house of the Lord.
30 Banganga-Nzambe mpe Balevi bayambaki palata, wolo mpe bisalelo ya bule oyo bamekaki kilo na yango, mpo na komema yango na Ndako ya Nzambe na biso, na Yelusalemi.
So the priests and the Levites took the weight of silver and gold and the vessels, to take them to Jerusalem into the house of our God.
31 Na mokolo ya zomi na mibale ya sanza ya liboso, tolongwaki na ebale Akava mpo na kokende na Yelusalemi. Loboko ya Nzambe na biso ezalaki likolo na biso, mpe abatelaki biso na nzela liboso ya banguna mpe ya bato ya mobulu.
Then we went away from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem; and the hand of our God was on us, and he gave us salvation from our haters and those who were waiting to make an attack on us by the way.
32 Tokomaki na Yelusalemi mpe topemaki kuna mikolo misato.
And we came to Jerusalem and were there for three days.
33 Na mokolo ya minei, tomekaki kilo ya palata, ya wolo mpe bisalelo ya bule kati na Ndako ya Nzambe na biso, liboso ya kopesa yango na maboko ya Nganga-Nzambe Meremoti, mwana mobali ya Uri; azalaki elongo na Eleazari, mwana mobali ya Pineasi, mpe Balevi Yozabadi, mwana mobali ya Jozue, mpe Noadia, mwana mobali ya Binuwi.
And on the fourth day, the silver and the gold and the vessels were measured out by weight in the house of our God into the hands of Meremoth, the son of Uriah, the priest; and with him was Eleazar, the son of Phinehas; and with them were Jozabad, the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah, the son of Binnui, the Levites;
34 Batangaki mpe bamekaki kilo ya biloko nyonso; mpe bakomaki yango na buku kaka na tango wana.
All was handed over by number and by weight: and the weight was put on record at that time.
35 Bato oyo bakendeki na bowumbu bazongaki wuta na bowumbu mpe babonzaki mpo na Isalaele mobimba lokola mbeka ya kotumba epai ya Nzambe ya Isalaele: bangombe ya mibali zomi na mibale, bameme ya mibali tuku libwa na motoba, bana meme tuku sambo na sambo, mpe bantaba zomi na mibale lokola mbeka ya masumu. Babonzaki nyonso lokola mbeka ya kotumba mpo na Yawe.
And those who had been prisoners, who had come back from a strange land, made burned offerings to the God of Israel, twelve oxen for all Israel, ninety-six male sheep, seventy-seven lambs, twelve he-goats for a sin-offering: all this was a burned offering to the Lord.
36 Batindaki lisusu sango ya mitindo ya mokonzi epai ya bayangeli oyo mokonzi atiaki na bituka mpe epai ya bayangeli ya etuka ya ngambo ya weste ya ebale Efrate, oyo basungaki bato mpe Tempelo ya Nzambe.
And they gave the king's orders to the king's captains and the rulers across the river, and they gave the people and the house of God the help which was needed.
