Ebandeli 12
1 Yawe alobaki na Abrami: « Bima wuta na mokili na yo, wuta na libota na yo mpe wuta na ndako ya tata na yo, mpo na lobiko na yo, mpe kende na mokili oyo nakolakisa yo.
And Jehovah had said to Abram, Go out of thy land, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, to the land that I will shew thee.
2 Nakokomisa yo ekolo monene mpe nakopambola yo; nakokomisa kombo na yo monene, mpe okozala etima ya mapamboli.
And I will make of thee a great nation, and bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing.
3 Nakopambola bato oyo bakopambola yo, mpe nakolakela mabe moto oyo akolakela yo mabe; mpe bato ya bituka nyonso ya mabele bakomipambola mpo na yo. »
And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee; and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
4 Abrami akendeki ndenge Yawe alobaki na ye; mpe Loti akendeki na ye elongo. Abrami azalaki na mibu tuku sambo na mitano tango abimaki na engumba Arani.
And Abram departed as Jehovah had said to him. And Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed out of Haran.
5 Abrami azwaki mwasi na ye Sarayi; Loti, mwana ya ndeko na ye; bomengo nyonso oyo akomaki na yango mpe bato oyo azwaki na Arani. Babimaki wuta na Arani mpo na kokende na Kanana mpe bakomaki kuna.
And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions that they had acquired, and the souls that they had obtained in Haran, and they went out to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
6 Abrami atambolaki kati na mokili yango kino na esika oyo babengaka Sishemi, na nzete monene ya More. Na tango wana, bato ya Kanana bazalaki kovanda na mokili yango.
And Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
7 Yawe amimonisaki epai ya Abrami mpe alobaki: « Nakopesa mokili oyo epai ya bakitani na yo. » Boye Abrami atongaki na esika yango etumbelo mpo na Yawe oyo amimonisaki epai na ye.
And Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land. And there he built an altar to Jehovah who had appeared to him.
8 Longwa wana, akendeki na bangomba ya este ya Beteli. Atongaki ndako na ye ya kapo kati ya Beteli mpe Ayi, na esika oyo atongaki etumbelo mpo na Yawe mpe abelelaki Kombo ya Yawe. Beteli ezalaki na ngambo ya weste mpe Ayi, na ngambo ya este.
And he removed thence towards the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, [having] Bethel toward the west, and Ai toward the east; and there he built an altar to Jehovah, and called on the name of Jehovah.
9 Sima, Abrami alongwaki wana mpe akendeki malembe-malembe kino na Negevi.
And Abram moved onward, going on still toward the south.
10 Nzala makasi ekotaki na mokili; bongo Abrami akendeki kovanda na Ejipito mpo na tango moke, pamba te nzala makasi ekotaki na mokili.
And there was a famine in the land. And Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was grievous in the land.
11 Tango akomaki pene ya kokota na Ejipito, alobaki na mwasi na ye Sarayi: « Nayebi ete ozali mwasi kitoko penza.
And it came to pass when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a woman fair to look upon.
12 Tango bato ya Ejipito bakomona yo, bakoloba: ‹ Azali mwasi na ye. › Boye, bakoboma ngai mpe bakotika yo na bomoi.
And it will come to pass when the Egyptians see thee, that they will say, She is his wife; and they will slay me, and save thee alive.
13 Kasi yo, loba na bango ete ozali ndeko na ngai ya mwasi. Na bongo, bakosalela ngai bolamu mpo na yo, mpe bomoi na ngai ekobika mpo na yo. »
Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister, that it may be well with me on thy account, and my soul may live because of thee.
14 Tango Abrami akomaki na Ejipito, bato ya Ejipito bamonaki ete Sarayi azalaki mwasi kitoko penza.
And it came to pass when Abram came into Egypt, that the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.
15 Wana bakonzi ya basali ya Faraon bamonaki ye, bakumisaki ye liboso ya Faraon mpe bamemaki ye na ndako ya Faraon mpo ete akoma mwasi na ye.
And the princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.
16 Basalelaki Abrami bolamu likolo ya Sarayi, mpe Abrami azwaki bameme, bantaba mpe bangombe, ba-ane, basali ya basi mpe ya mibali, bana ya ba-ane mpe bashamo.
And he treated Abram well on her account; and he had sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and bondmen, and bondwomen, and she-asses, and camels.
17 Kasi Yawe apesaki etumbu makasi epai ya Faraon mpe ndako na ye mpo na Sarayi, mwasi ya Abrami.
And Jehovah plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.
18 Boye, Faraon abengisaki Abrami mpe alobaki na ye: « Likambo nini osali ngai? Mpo na nini oyebisaki ngai te ete azali mwasi na yo?
And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this thou hast done to me? Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?
19 Mpo na nini olobaki: ‹ Azali ndeko na ngai ya mwasi? › Mpo na yango, nakomisaki ye mwasi na ngai. Sik’oyo tala mwasi na yo, kamata ye mpe kende! »
Why didst thou say, She is my sister, so that I took her as my wife. And now, behold, there is thy wife: take [her], and go away.
20 Boye, Faraon apesaki mitindo epai ya bato na ye na tina na Abrami ete babengana ye elongo na mwasi na ye mpe biloko nyonso oyo azalaki na yango.
And Pharaoh commanded [his] men concerning him, and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.
