Ebandeli 22
1 Na sima na makambo wana, Nzambe amekaki Abrayami. Alobaki na ye: — Abrayami! Abrayami azongisaki: — Ngai oyo.
Several years later, God tested Abraham [to find out] whether Abraham [really trusted in him and would obey him]. He called out to Abraham, and Abraham replied, “I’m here.”
2 Nzambe alobaki na ye: — Zwa Izaki, mwana na yo ya mobali, mwana na yo se moko oyo olingaka; kende na mokili ya Morija, mpe kuna, okopesa Ngai ye lokola mbeka ya kotumba na likolo ya ngomba oyo nakolakisa yo.
God said, “Your son, Isaac, whom you love very much, is the only son [who is still here with you]. But take him and go together to the Moriah region. Offer him as a sacrifice like a burnt offering, on a hill that I will show you.”
3 Na tongo-tongo, Abrayami atelemaki mpe abongisaki ane na ye. Azwaki basali mibale kati na basali na ye, azwaki mpe Izaki, mwana na ye. Abukaki bakoni mpo na kotumba mbeka, atelemaki mpe akendeki na esika oyo Nzambe ayebisaki ye.
So Abraham got up early the next morning, put a saddle on his donkey, and took with him two of his servants along with his son, Isaac. He also chopped some wood to kindle a fire for a burnt offering. Then they started traveling to the place God told him about.
4 Na mokolo ya misato, Abrayami atombolaki miso na ye mpe amonaki esika yango na mosika.
On the third day of their travels, Abraham looked up and saw in the distance the place where God wanted him to go.
5 Bongo Abrayami ayebisaki basali na ye: « Botikala awa elongo na ane, wana ngai elongo na mwana tozali kokende kino kuna na likolo mpo na kogumbamela Nzambe; sima na yango, tokozongela bino. »
Abraham said to his servants, “You two stay here with the donkey while the boy and I go over there. We will worship God there, and then we will come back to you.”
6 Abrayami azwaki bakoni ya kotumbela mbeka mpe amemisaki yango Izaki, mwana na ye; mpe ye moko amemaki moto mpe mbeli, bongo bango mibale bakendeki nzela moko.
Then Abraham took the wood to kindle a fire for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, for him to carry. Abraham carried in his hand a [pan containing burning coals to start a] fire, and a knife, and the two of them walked along together.
7 Izaki atunaki Abrayami, tata na ye: — Tata na ngai! Abrayami azongisaki: — Ngai oyo! Izaki alobaki: — Tozali na moto mpe koni, kasi wapi mpate mpo na mbeka ya kotumba?
Then Isaac spoke to his father Abraham, saying, “My father!” Abraham replied, “Yes, my son, I’m here!” Isaac said, “Look, we have wood and [coals to light] a fire, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”
8 Abrayami azongisaki: — Mwana na ngai, Ye moko Nzambe akopesa mpate mpo na mbeka ya kotumba. Boye bango mibale bakendeki nzela moko.
Abraham replied, “My son, God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering.” So the two of them continued walking along together.
9 Tango bakomaki na esika oyo Nzambe alakisaki ye, Abrayami atongaki etumbelo na esika yango mpe abongisaki bakoni na likolo na yango. Akangaki Izaki, mwana na ye ya mobali, basinga mpe alalisaki ye na etumbelo likolo ya bakoni.
They arrived at the place God had told him about. There, Abraham built a stone altar and arranged the wood on top of it. Then he tied his son Isaac, and laid him on the altar on top of the wood.
10 Boye Abrayami azwaki mbeli mpe asembolaki loboko na ye mpo na koboma mwana na ye ya mobali.
Then Abraham took the knife and reached out to kill his son.
11 Kasi anjelu ya Yawe abengaki ye wuta na likolo: — Abrayami! Abrayami! Abrayami azongisaki: — Ngai oyo.
But an angel [who was really Yahweh] called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham! Abraham!” Abraham replied, “I’m here!”
12 Anjelu alobaki: — Kosembola loboko na yo te likolo ya mwana, kosala ye mabe te. Nasosoli sik’oyo ete otosaka Nzambe, pamba te oboyi te kopesa Ngai mwana na yo ya mobali, mwana na yo se moko.
The angel said, “Do not harm the boy or do anything to injure him, because now I know that you respect and obey God. I know that because you have not refused to sacrifice your son, the only son [who is still with you].”
13 Abrayami atombolaki miso na ye mpe amonaki meme ya mobali oyo maseke na yango ezalaki ya kokangama na nzete ya moke. Azwaki yango mpe apesaki yango mbeka ya kotumba na esika ya mwana na ye ya mobali.
Then Abraham looked up and saw that a ram was nearby, whose horns had been caught in a (thicket/clump of bushes). So Abraham went over and grabbed the ram [and killed it], and sacrificed it on the altar as a burnt offering, instead of his son.
14 Abrayami abengaki esika yango « Nkolo akopesa. » Yango wana balobaka kino lelo: « Na likolo ya ngomba ya Yawe, ekopesama. »
Abraham named that place ‘Yahweh will provide’. And to the present day, people say, “On Yahweh’s mountain, he will provide.”
15 Anjelu ya Yawe abengaki Abrayami na mbala ya mibale wuta na likolo
The angel [who was really Yahweh] called out to Abraham from heaven a second time.
16 mpe alobaki: « Nakati seleka na Kombo na Ngai, elobi Yawe, ete lokola osali likambo ya boye, lokola oboyi te kopesa Ngai mwana na yo ya mobali, mwana na yo se moko,
He said, “I, Yahweh your Lord, am telling you that you did what I told you, and you have not refused to sacrifice your only son [that is with you]. So I say, ‘I solemnly swear, with myself as my witness,
17 nakopambola yo solo mpe nakokomisa bakitani na yo ebele lokola minzoto ya likolo, mpe ebele lokola zelo ya ebale. Bakitani na yo bakokamata bingumba ya banguna na bango.
that some day your descendants will be as numerous as the stars in the sky and the grains of sand on the seashore. And your descendants will defeat their enemies and capture their cities [SYN].’
18 Bato ya bikolo nyonso ya mabele bakomipambola mpo na bakitani na yo, pamba te otosi Ngai. »
You obeyed me, so by means of your descendants the people of all the nations on the earth will be blessed.”
19 Abrayami azongaki epai ya basali na ye mpe bakendeki elongo na Beri-Sheba epai wapi akobaki kovanda.
Then Abraham and Isaac returned to where his servants were waiting, and they went back home together to Beersheba, and Abraham stayed there.
20 Sima na makambo wana, bayebisaki Abrayami ete Milika mpe abotelaki Naori, ndeko ya Abrayami, bana:
After these things happened, someone told Abraham, “Your brother Nahor’s wife, Milcah, has also given birth to children. She has eight sons.”
21 Mwana na ye ya liboso, Utsi; Buzi, ndeko na ye mobali; Kemweli, tata ya Arami;
The oldest son was Uz. The next was Buz. After him was Kemuel, the father of Aram.
22 Kesedi, Azo, Pilidashi, Yidilafi mpe Betweli.
After Kemuel was Kesad, then Hazo, then Pildash, then Jidlaph, then Bethuel,
23 Betweli azalaki tata ya Rebeka. Milika abotelaki Naori, ndeko mobali ya Abrayami, bana mibali mwambe.
who was the father of Rebekah, [who later became Isaac’s wife]. Those were the eight sons of Milcah, wife of Abraham’s brother, Nahor.
24 Makangu ya Naori, oyo kombo na ye ezalaki Reuma, ye mpe abotelaki Naori bana: Teba, Gami, Taashi mpe Maaka.
Nahor also had a (concubine/female slave whom he took as a wife), whose name was Beumah. She gave birth to four sons: Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
