Ebandeli 11
1 Na tango wana, bato ya mokili mobimba bazalaki koloba monoko moko mpe bazalaki na elobeli moko.
And the earth was of one tongue, and of the same speech.
2 Tango bato bazalaki kotambola mpo na kokende na ngambo ya weste, bamonaki etando moko ya monene na mokili ya Shineari mpe bavandaki kuna.
And when they removed from the east, they found a plain in the land of Sennaar, and dwelt in it.
3 Balobanaki bango na bango: « Tosala babiliki mpe totumba yango na moto. » Boye, basalelaki babiliki lokola mabanga mpe potopoto ya mwindo mpo na kotongela.
And each one said to his neighbour: Come, let us make brick, and bake them with fire. And they had brick instead of stones, and slime instead of mortar.
4 Balobaki: « Tokende, totonga engumba mpo na biso mpe ndako molayi oyo songe na yango ekokoma kino na lola, mpo ete kombo na biso ekende sango mpe topanzana te na mokili mobimba. »
And they said: Come, let us make a city and a tower, the top whereof may reach to heaven: and let us make our name famous before we be scattered abroad into all lands.
5 Kasi Yawe akitaki mpo na kotala engumba mpe ndako molayi oyo bato babandaki kotonga.
And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of Adam were building.
6 Yawe alobaki: « Lokola bato oyo nyonso balongi kokoma ekolo moko mpe koloba monoko moko, bongo bakomi kino kosala mosala monene oyo, eloko moko te ekopekisa bango sik’oyo kokokisa mabongisi nyonso oyo bakokana kosala!
And he said: Behold, it is one people, and all have one tongue: and they have begun to do this, neither will they leave off from their designs, till they accomplish them in deed.
7 Boye, tokita mpe totia mobulu kati na maloba na bango mpo ete bango na bango bayokana lisusu te. »
Come ye, therefore, let us go down, and there confound their tongue, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
8 Wuta na Babeli, Yawe apanzaki bango na mokili mobimba mpe batikaki kotonga engumba.
And so the Lord scattered them from that place into all lands, and they ceased to build the city.
9 Yango wana, babengaka yango Babeli, pamba te kuna nde Yawe atiaki mobulu kati na maloba ya bato ya mokili mobimba, mpe wuta kuna, Yawe apanzaki bato na mokili mobimba.
And therefore the name thereof was called Babel, because there the language of the whole earth was confounded: and from thence the Lord scattered them abroad upon the face of all countries.
10 Tala libota ya Semi: Mibu mibale sima na mpela, wana Semi azalaki nanu na mibu nkama moko ya mbotama, akomaki tata ya Aripakishadi.
These are the generations of Sem: Sem was a hundred years old when he begot Arphaxad, two years after the flood.
11 Sima na mbotama ya Aripakishadi, Semi awumelaki na bomoi mibu nkama mitano mpe abotaki bana mosusu ya mibali mpe ya basi.
And Sem lived after he begot Arphaxad, five hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
12 Tango Aripakishadi akokisaki mibu tuku misato na mitano ya mbotama, abotaki mwana mobali na kombo « Shela. »
And Arphaxad lived thirty-five years, and begot Sale.
13 Sima na mbotama ya Shela, Aripakishadi awumelaki na bomoi mibu nkama minei na misato mpe abotaki bana mosusu ya mibali mpe ya basi.
And Arphaxad lived after he begot Sale, three hundred and three years; and begot sons and daughters.
14 Tango Shela akokisaki mibu tuku misato ya mbotama, abotaki Eberi.
Sale also lived thirty years, and begot Heber.
15 Mpe sima na mbotama ya Eberi, Shela awumelaki lisusu na bomoi mibu nkama minei na misato mpe abotaki bana mosusu ya mibali mpe ya basi.
And Sale lived after he begot Heber, four hundred and three years; and begot sons and daughters.
16 Tango Eberi akokisaki mibu tuku misato na minei ya mbotama, abotaki Pelegi.
And Heber lived thirty-four years, and begot Phaleg.
17 Mpe sima na mbotama ya Pelegi, Eberi awumelaki lisusu na bomoi mibu nkama minei na tuku misato mpe abotaki bana mosusu ya mibali mpe ya basi.
And Heber lived after he begot Phaleg, four hundred and thirty years: and begot sons and daughters.
18 Tango Pelegi akokisaki mibu tuku misato ya mbotama, abotaki Rewu.
Phaleg also lived thirty years, and begot Reu.
19 Mpe sima na mbotama ya Rewu, Pelegi awumelaki lisusu na bomoi mibu nkama mibale na libwa mpe abotaki bana mosusu ya mibali mpe ya basi.
And Phaleg lived after he begot Reu, two hundred and nine years, and begot sons and daughters.
20 Tango Rewu akokisaki mibu tuku misato na mibale ya mbotama, abotaki Serugi.
And Reu lived thirty-two years, and begot Sarug.
21 Sima na mbotama ya Serugi, Rewu awumelaki lisusu na bomoi mibu nkama mibale na sambo mpe abotaki bana mosusu ya mibali mpe ya basi.
And Reu lived after he begot Sarug, two hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters.
22 Tango Serugi akokisaki mibu tuku misato ya mbotama, abotaki Naori.
And Sarug lived thirty years, and begot Nachor.
23 Sima na mbotama ya Naori, Serugi awumelaki lisusu na bomoi mibu nkama mibale mpe abotaki bana mosusu ya mibali mpe ya basi.
And Sarug lived after he begot Nachor, two hundred years: and begot sons and daughters.
24 Tango Naori akokisaki mibu tuku mibale na libwa ya mbotama, abotaki Tera.
And Nachor lived nine and twenty years, and begot Thare.
25 Mpe sima na mbotama ya Tera, Naori awumelaki lisusu na bomoi mibu nkama moko na zomi na libwa mpe abotaki bana mosusu ya mibali mpe ya basi.
And Nachor lived after he begot Thare, a hundred and nineteen years: and begot sons and daughters.
26 Tango Tera akokisaki mibu tuku sambo ya mbotama, abotaki Abrami, Naori mpe Arani.
And Thare lived seventy years, and begot Abram, and Nachor, and Aran.
27 Tala libota ya Tera: Tera abotaki Abrami, Naori mpe Arani. Arani nde azalaki tata ya Loti.
And these are the generations of Thare: Thare begot Abram, Nachor, and Aran. And Aran begot Lot.
28 Wana tata na ye, Tera, azalaki nanu na bomoi, Arani akufaki kati na Uri, mokili ya bato ya Chalide, mokili epai wapi abotamaki.
And Aran died before Thare his father, in the land of his nativity in Ur of the Chaldees.
29 Kombo ya mwasi ya Abrami ezalaki « Sarayi, » mpe kombo ya mwasi ya Naori ezalaki « Milika. » Milika azalaki mwana mwasi ya Arani; mpe Arani azalaki na mwana mwasi mosusu: kombo na ye ezalaki « Yisika. »
And Abram and Nachor married wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai: and the name of Nachor’s wife, Melcha, the daughter of Aran, father of Melcha, and father of Jescha.
30 Sarayi azalaki ekomba: azalaki na mwana te.
And Sarai was barren, and had no children.
31 Tera azwaki Abrami, mwana na ye ya mobali; Loti, koko na ye mpe mwana mobali ya Arani; mpe Sarayi, bokilo na ye mpe mwasi ya mwana na ye Abrami, babimaki na Uri ya bato ya Chalide mpo na kokende na Kanana. Kasi tango bakomaki na engumba Arani, bavandaki kuna.
And Thare took Abram, his son, and Lot the son of Aran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, the wife of Abram his son, and brought them out of Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Chanaan: and they came as far as Haran, and dwelt there.
32 Tera awumelaki na bomoi mibu nkama mibale na mitano, sima akufaki na engumba Arani.
And the days of Thare were two hundred and five years, and he died in Haran.
