Ebandeli 17
1 Tango Abrami akokisaki mibu tuku libwa na libwa ya mbotama, Yawe abimelaki ye mpe alobaki na ye: « Nazali Nzambe-Na-Nguya-Nyonso. Tambola liboso na Ngai mpe zala moto azanga pamela.
And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said to him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be you perfect.
2 Nakosala boyokani kati na Ngai mpe yo, mpe nakokomisa bakitani na yo ebele penza. »
And I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.
3 Abrami afukamaki elongi kino na mabele, mpe Nzambe alobaki na ye lisusu:
And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,
4 « Mpo na Ngai, tala boyokani oyo nazali kosala elongo na yo: ‹ Okozala tata ya bikolo ebele.
As for me, behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations.
5 Bakobenga yo lisusu Abrami te; kombo na yo ekokoma Abrayami, pamba te nakokomisa yo tata ya bikolo ebele.
Neither shall your name any more be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made you.
6 Nakopesa yo mabota ebele, nakobimisa bikolo mpe bakonzi na nzela na yo.
And I will make you exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come out of you.
7 Nakobatela boyokani na Ngai lokola boyokani ya libela na libela kati na Ngai mpe yo, mpe elongo na bakitani na yo sima na yo, mpo na milongo oyo ekoya na sima, mpo ete nazala Nzambe na yo mpe Nzambe ya bakitani na yo sima na yo.
And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your seed after you in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you, and to your seed after you.
8 Nakopesa lokola libula ya seko na seko, epai na yo mpe epai ya bakitani na yo sima na yo, mokili nyonso ya Kanana epai wapi ozali mopaya. Nakozala Nzambe ya bakitani na yo. › »
And I will give to you, and to your seed after you, the land wherein you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
9 Nzambe alobaki lisusu na Abrayami: « Kasi mpo na yo, osengeli kobatela boyokani na Ngai, yo elongo na bakitani na yo sima na yo mpo na milongo oyo ekoya sima.
And God said to Abraham, You shall keep my covenant therefore, you, and your seed after you in their generations.
10 Tala boyokani na Ngai elongo na yo mpe bakitani na yo sima na yo, boyokani oyo osengeli kobatela: Mwana mobali nyonso kati na bino asengeli kokatama ngenga.
This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your seed after you; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.
11 Kokatama ngenga ekozala elembo ya boyokani kati na bino mpe Ngai.
And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant between me and you.
12 Mpo na milongo nyonso oyo ekoya, mwana mobali nyonso kati na bino, oyo akokisi mikolo mwambe asengeli kokatama ngenga: ezala mwana mobali oyo abotami kati na ndako na yo to mwana mobali oyo osombi na mosolo na yo epai ya mopaya, mwana mobali oyo azali mokitani na yo te, ye mpe asengeli kokatama ngenga.
And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of your seed.
13 Mowumbu nyonso oyo abotami kati na ndako na yo to oyo osombi na mosolo na yo asengeli kokatama ngenga. Boyokani na Ngai ekozala kati na banzoto na bino lokola boyokani ya libela na libela.
He that is born in your house, and he that is bought with your money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.
14 Mwana mobali nyonso oyo akokatama ngenga te, bakolongola ye kati na bato na ye, mpo ete abebisi boyokani na Ngai. »
And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.
15 Nzambe alobaki lisusu na Abrayami: « Mpo na Sarayi, mwasi na yo, okobenga ye lisusu te Sarayi, kasi okokoma kobenga ye Sara.
And God said to Abraham, As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.
16 Nakopambola ye mpe nakopesa yo penza mwana mobali na nzela na ye; nakopambola ye mpo ete akoma mama ya bikolo. Bakonzi ya bikolo bakobima na nzela na ye. »
And I will bless her, and give you a son also of her: yes, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.
17 Abrayami afukamaki elongi kino na mabele, asekaki mpe amilobelaki: « Eh! Mobali oyo azali na mibu nkama moko ya mbotama akoki lisusu kobota mwana! Bongo Sara, mwasi oyo azali na mibu tuku libwa ya mbotama, akoki penza kokumba zemi! »
Then Abraham fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born to him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
18 Boye Abrayami alobaki na Nzambe: — Tika ete Isimaeli awumela na se ya lipamboli na Yo!
And Abraham said to God, O that Ishmael might live before you!
19 Nzambe alobaki: — Te! Mwasi na yo, Sara, akobotela yo mwana mobali, mpe okobenga ye « Izaki. » Nakobatela boyokani na Ngai lokola boyokani ya libela elongo na ye mpe bakitani na ye sima na ye.
And God said, Sarah your wife shall bear you a son indeed; and you shall call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
20 Kasi mpo na Isimaeli, nayoki yo. Solo, nakopambola ye, nakopesa ye mabota ebele mpe nakokomisa bakitani na ye ebele. Akozala tata ya bakambi zomi na mibale, mpe nakokomisa ye tata ya ekolo monene.
And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
21 Kasi na oyo etali boyokani na Ngai, nakosala yango elongo na Izaki, mwana mobali oyo Sara akobotela yo na eleko oyo, na mobu oyo ezali koya.
But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear to you at this set time in the next year.
22 Tango Nzambe asilisaki kosolola na Abrayami, akendeki.
And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
23 Kaka na mokolo wana, Abrayami azwaki mwana na ye ya mobali, Isimaeli, mpe bawumbu nyonso, ezala ba-oyo babotamaki na ndako na ye to ba-oyo asombaki na mosolo, akatisaki bango nyonso ngenga ndenge kaka Nzambe alobaki na ye.
And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said to him.
24 Abrayami azalaki na mibu tuku libwa na libwa ya mbotama tango akatamaki ngenga;
And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
25 mpe Isimaeli, mwana na ye ya mobali, azalaki na mibu zomi na misato tango akatamaki ngenga.
And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
26 Abrayami mpe mwana na ye ya mobali, Isimaeli, bakatamaki ngenga mokolo moko.
In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.
27 Mibali nyonso kati na ndako ya Abrayami, ezala ba-oyo babotamaki na ndako na ye to ba-oyo asombaki na mokili ya bapaya, bakatamaki ngenga elongo na ye.
And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.
