Ebandeli 33
1 Tango Jakobi atombolaki miso na ye, amonaki na mosika Ezawu koya elongo na bato nkama minei. Boye Jakobi akabolaki bana na ye: ndambo epai ya Lea, ndambo epai ya Rasheli mpe ndambo mosusu epai ya basali mibale ya basi.
Then Jacob, lifting up his eyes, saw Esau arriving, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the sons of Leah and Rachel, and of both the handmaids.
2 Atiaki basali ya basi elongo na bana na bango na liboso; Lea mpe bana na ye na sima; mpe Rasheli na Jozefi na suka.
And he placed the two handmaids and their children at the beginning. Truly, Leah and her sons were in the second place. Then Rachel and Joseph were last.
3 Ye moko alekaki liboso na bango mpe afukamaki na mabele mbala sambo wana azalaki kopusana liboso ya ndeko na ye ya mobali.
And advancing, he reverenced prostrate on the ground seven times, until his brother approached.
4 Ezawu akimaki mbangu mpo na kokutana na ye; ayambaki ye, amibwakaki na nzoto na ye mpo na koyamba ye mpe apesaki ye beze; bongo bakomaki kolela.
And so Esau ran to meet his brother, and he embraced him. And drawing him by his neck and kissing him, he wept.
5 Tango atombolaki miso na ye, amonaki na mosika basi mpe bana. Atunaki: — Banani wana bazali elongo na yo? Jakobi azongisaki: — Ezali bana oyo Nzambe apesi, na bolingo na Ye, epai ya mosali na yo.
And lifting up his eyes, he saw the women and their little ones, and he said: “What do these want for themselves?” and “Are they related to you?” He responded, “These are the little ones that God has given as a gift to me, your servant.”
6 Boye, basali ya basi elongo na bana na bango bapusanaki mpe bafukamaki.
Then the handmaids and their sons approached and bowed down.
7 Na sima, Lea elongo na bana na ye bayaki kofukama. Bongo na suka, Jozefi elongo na Rasheli bayaki mpe kofukama.
Likewise Leah, with her sons, came near. And when they had reverenced similarly, last of all, Joseph and Rachel reverenced.
8 Ezawu atunaki: — Ngulupa nyonso oyo nakutani na yango, tina na yango nini? Jakobi azongisaki: — Ezali mpo ete nazwa ngolu na miso na yo, nkolo na ngai.
And Esau said, “What are these companies that I have been meeting?” He responded, “So may I find favor before my lord.”
9 Kasi Ezawu azongisaki: — Ndeko na ngai, biloko nyonso oyo, nazali na yango ebele; bomba biloko na yo mpo na yo moko.
But he said, “I have plenty, my brother; let these be for yourself.”
10 Jakobi alobaki: — Nabondeli yo: soki nazwi ngolu na miso na yo, ndima kozwa biloko oyo lokola kado kowuta na maboko na ngai; pamba te ndenge namoni yo, ezali lokola namoni Nzambe, mpo ete oyambi ngai na boboto.
And Jacob said: “I beg you, let it not be so. But if I have found favor in your eyes, receive a small present from my hands. For I have looked upon your face as I would look upon the countenance of God. Be gracious to me,
11 Nabondeli yo penza, ndima makabo oyo namemeli yo; pamba te Nzambe nde apesaki ngai yango na ngolu na Ye mpe nazali na nyonso. Lokola Jakobi azalaki kaka kotia molende, Ezawu andimaki kozwa yango.
and take the blessing which I have brought to you, and which God, who bestows all things, has given as a gift to me.” Accepting it reluctantly, at the insistence of his brother,
12 Ezawu alobaki: — Telema tokende, nakotambola na yo nzela moko.
he said, “Let us go on together, and I will accompany you on your journey.”
13 Kasi Jakobi azongiselaki ye: — Oh nkolo na ngai! Oyebi malamu ete bana bazwi nanu makasi te, mpe nazali lisusu na bameme, bangombe mpe bantaba ya basi oyo ezali nanu komelisa mabele. Soki tomeki kotambolisa yango mbangu makasi kaka na mokolo moko, bibwele nyonso ekokufa.
And Jacob said: “My lord, you know that I have with me tender little ones, and sheep, and cows with young. If I cause these to labor too much in walking, all the flocks will die in one day.
14 Boye, tika ete nkolo na ngai akende liboso, wana ngai nakotambola malembe-malembe na sima, kolanda etamboli ya bibwele oyo ezali liboso na ngai, mpe kolanda etamboli ya bana, kino nakokoma epai ya nkolo na ngai, na Seiri.
May it please my lord to go before his servant. And I will follow gradually in his steps, as much as I see my little ones to be able, until I arrive to my lord in Seir.”
15 Ezawu alobaki: — Nabondeli yo, ndima ete natikela yo ndambo ya bato na ngai. Kasi Jakobi atunaki: — Mpo na nini kosala bongo? Tika ete nazwa kaka ngolu na miso ya nkolo na ngai!
Esau responded, “I beg you, that at least some of the people who are with me may remain to accompany you on the way.” But he said, “There is no need. I have need of one thing only: to find favor in your sight, my lord.”
16 Boye, kaka na mokolo wana, Ezawu azwaki nzela mpe azongaki na Seiri.
And so Esau returned that day, by the way that he had arrived, to Seir.
17 Nzokande, Jakobi akendeki na Sukoti. Atongaki kuna ndako mpo na ye moko mpe mpo na bibwele na ye; yango wana babengi esika yango Sukoti.
And Jacob went to Succoth, where, having built a house and pitched tents, he called the name of that place Succoth, that is, ‘Tents.’
18 Longwa na mokili ya Padani-Arami, Jakobi akomaki na kimia na engumba Sishemi oyo ezali na mokili ya Kanana; mpe atelemisaki ndako na ye ya kapo liboso ya engumba.
And he crossed over to Salem, a city of the Shechemites, which is in the land of Canaan, after he returned from Mesopotamia of Syria. And he lived near the town.
19 Na motuya ya bibende ya palata nkama moko, asombaki na maboko ya bana mibali ya Amori, tata ya Sishemi, eteni ya mabele epai wapi atongaki ndako na ye ya kapo.
And he bought the part of the field in which he had pitched his tents from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for one hundred lambs.
20 Atongaki kuna etumbelo moko oyo abengaki: « El, Nzambe ya Isalaele. »
And erecting an altar there, he invoked upon it the most strong God of Israel.
