Ebandeli 11
1 Na tango wana, bato ya mokili mobimba bazalaki koloba monoko moko mpe bazalaki na elobeli moko.
And the whole earth was of one language, and of one kind of words.
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 it came to pass, as they journeyed toward the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there.
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 they said to one another, Go to, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly. And thus the brick served them for stone, and slime served them for 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, Go to, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower, the top of which may reach unto heaven; and let us make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
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 man 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 the Lord said, Behold, it is one people, and they have all one language, and this is the first thing they undertake to do; and now shall they not be restrained in all which they have imagined to do?
7 Boye, tokita mpe totia mobulu kati na maloba na bango mpo ete bango na bango bayokana lisusu te. »
Go to, let us go down, and confound there their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
8 Wuta na Babeli, Yawe apanzaki bango na mokili mobimba mpe batikaki kotonga engumba.
So the Lord scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth; and they left off 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.
Therefore is the name of it called Babel, because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth; and from there did the Lord scatter them abroad over the face of all the earth.
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 Shem: Shem, when a hundred years old, begat Arpachshad, 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 Shem lived after he had begotten Arpachshad five hundred years; and begat sons and daughters.
12 Tango Aripakishadi akokisaki mibu tuku misato na mitano ya mbotama, abotaki mwana mobali na kombo « Shela. »
And Arpachshad lived five and thirty years, and begat Shelach.
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 Arpachshad lived after he had begotten Shelach four hundred and three years; and begat sons and daughters.
14 Tango Shela akokisaki mibu tuku misato ya mbotama, abotaki Eberi.
And Shelach lived thirty years, and begat Eber.
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 Shelach lived after he had begotten Eber four hundred and three years; and begat sons and daughters.
16 Tango Eberi akokisaki mibu tuku misato na minei ya mbotama, abotaki Pelegi.
And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg.
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 Eber lived after he had begotten Peleg four hundred and thirty years; and begat sons and daughters.
18 Tango Pelegi akokisaki mibu tuku misato ya mbotama, abotaki Rewu.
And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat 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 Peleg lived after he had begotten Reu two hundred and nine years; and begat sons and daughters.
20 Tango Rewu akokisaki mibu tuku misato na mibale ya mbotama, abotaki Serugi.
And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug.
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 had begotten Serug two hundred and seven years; and begat sons and daughters.
22 Tango Serugi akokisaki mibu tuku misato ya mbotama, abotaki Naori.
And Serug lived thirty years, and begat 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 Serug lived after he had begotten Nachor two hundred years; and begat sons and daughters.
24 Tango Naori akokisaki mibu tuku mibale na libwa ya mbotama, abotaki Tera.
And Nachor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terach.
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 had begotten Terach a hundred and nineteen years; and begat sons and daughters.
26 Tango Tera akokisaki mibu tuku sambo ya mbotama, abotaki Abrami, Naori mpe Arani.
And Terach lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nachor, and Haran.
27 Tala libota ya Tera: Tera abotaki Abrami, Naori mpe Arani. Arani nde azalaki tata ya Loti.
Now these are the generations of Terach: Terach begat Abram, Nachor, and Haran; and Haran begat 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 Haran died before his father Terach 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 took themselves wives; the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nachor's wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Yiscah.
30 Sarayi azalaki ekomba: azalaki na mwana te.
But Sarai was barren; she had no child.
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 Terach took Abram his son, and Lot, the son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, the wife of his son Abram; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Charan, and dwelt there.
32 Tera awumelaki na bomoi mibu nkama mibale na mitano, sima akufaki na engumba Arani.
And the days of Terach were two hundred and five years; and Terach died in Charan.
