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 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 it came to pass, as they journeyed from 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 one to another, come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they 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, come, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach to heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we should 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 men 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, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be withheld from them, 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. »
Come, let us go down, and there confound 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 upon the face of all the earth: and they stopped building 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 there confounded the language of all the earth: and from there did the LORD scatter them abroad upon 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 was an hundred years old, and begat 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 Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad 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 Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:
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 begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
14 Tango Shela akokisaki mibu tuku misato ya mbotama, abotaki Eberi.
And Salah 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 Salah lived after he begat 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 begat 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 begat 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 begat 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 Nahor:
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 begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
24 Tango Naori akokisaki mibu tuku mibale na libwa ya mbotama, abotaki Tera.
And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
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 Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
26 Tango Tera akokisaki mibu tuku sambo ya mbotama, abotaki Abrami, Naori mpe Arani.
And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, 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 Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, 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 Terah 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 Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
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 Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran, and dwelt there.
32 Tera awumelaki na bomoi mibu nkama mibale na mitano, sima akufaki na engumba Arani.
And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
