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 the Lord said to Abram, Go forth out of your land and out of your kindred, and out of the house of your father, and come into the land which I will show you.
2 Nakokomisa yo ekolo monene mpe nakopambola yo; nakokomisa kombo na yo monene, mpe okozala etima ya mapamboli.
And I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you and magnify your name, and you shall be blessed.
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 those that bless you, and curse those that curse you, and in you shall all the tribes 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 went as the Lord spoke to him, and Lot departed with him, and Abram was seventy-five years old, when he went out of Charrhan.
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 Sara his wife, and Lot the son of his brother, and all their possessions, as many as they had got, and every soul which they had got in Charrhan, and they went forth to go into the land of Chanaan.
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 traversed the land lengthwise as far as the place Sychem, to the high oak, and the Chananites then inhabited 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 the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him, I will give this land to your seed. And Abram built an altar there to the Lord who 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 departed thence to the mountain eastward of Baethel, and there he pitched his tent in Baethel near the sea, and Aggai toward the east, and there he built an altar to the Lord, and called on the name of the Lord.
9 Sima, Abrami alongwaki wana mpe akendeki malembe-malembe kino na Negevi.
And Abram departed and went and encamped in the wilderness.
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, because the famine prevailed 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 Abram drew near to enter into Egypt, Abram said to Sara his wife, I know that you are a fair woman.
12 Tango bato ya Ejipito bakomona yo, bakoloba: ‹ Azali mwasi na ye. › Boye, bakoboma ngai mpe bakotika yo na bomoi.
It shall come to pass then that when the Egyptians shall see you, they shall say, This is his wife, and they shall kill me, but they shall save you 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, therefore, I am his sister, that it may be well with me on account of you, and my soul shall live because of you.
14 Tango Abrami akomaki na Ejipito, bato ya Ejipito bamonaki ete Sarayi azalaki mwasi kitoko penza.
And it came to pass when Abram entered into Egypt—the Egyptians having seen his wife that she was very beautiful—
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.
that the princes of Pharao saw her, and praised her to Pharao and brought her into the house of Pharao.
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 they treated Abram well on her account, and he had sheep, and calves, and asses, and menservants, and women-servants, and mules, and camels.
17 Kasi Yawe apesaki etumbu makasi epai ya Faraon mpe ndako na ye mpo na Sarayi, mwasi ya Abrami.
And God afflicted Pharao with great and severe afflictions, and his house, because of Sara, 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 Pharao having called Abram, said, What is this you have done to me, that you did not tell me that she was your 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! »
Therefore did you say, She is my sister? and I took her for a wife to myself; and now, behold, your wife is before you, take her and go quickly 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 Pharao gave charge to men concerning Abram, to join in sending him forward, and his wife, and all that he had.
