Ebandeli 35
1 Nzambe alobaki na Jakobi: « Kende na Beteli, vanda kuna mpe tonga kuna etumbelo mpo na Nzambe oyo abimelaki yo tango ozalaki kokima ndeko na yo Ezawu. »
And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, who appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
2 Jakobi alobaki na bato ya libota na ye mpe na bato nyonso oyo bazalaki na ye elongo: « Bolongola banzambe ya bapaya oyo ezali kati na bino, bomipetola mpe bolata bilamba mosusu.
Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and purify yourselves, and change your garments:
3 Tokomata na Beteli epai wapi nakotonga etumbelo mpo na Nzambe oyo ayanolaki ngai na mokolo oyo nazalaki na pasi mpe azalaki elongo na ngai bisika nyonso oyo nazalaki kokende. »
and let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.
4 Bapesaki Jakobi banzambe nyonso ya bapaya, oyo bazalaki na yango mpe biloko na bango ya matoyi. Boye Jakobi akundaki yango na se ya nzete ya terebente oyo ezalaki pene ya Sishemi.
And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.
5 Sima, bakendeki. Kanda na Nzambe ekweyelaki bingumba nyonso ya zingazinga na bango, mpe moko te alandaki bana mibali ya Jakobi.
And they journeyed: and a great terror was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.
6 Jakobi mpe bato nyonso oyo bazalaki elongo na ye bakomaki na Luze, oyo ezali Beteli, kati na mokili ya Kanana.
So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan (the same is Beth-el), he and all the people that were with him.
7 Kuna nde atongaki etumbelo mpe abengaki esika yango « Eli Beteli, » pamba te ezalaki kuna nde Nzambe amimonisaki epai na ye tango azalaki kokima ndeko na ye.
And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el: because there God was revealed unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
8 Ezalaki wana nde Debora, mama mobokoli ya Rebeka, akufaki. Bakundaki ye pembeni ya Beteli, na se ya nzete oyo, wuta na tango wana, bakomaki kobenga « Aloni-Bakuti. »
And Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was buried below Beth-el under the oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bacuth.
9 Nzambe abimelaki lisusu Jakobi tango azongaki wuta na Padani-Arami mpe apambolaki ye.
And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him.
10 Nzambe alobaki na ye: « Kombo na yo ezali Jakobi; kasi okobengama lisusu Jakobi te, kombo na yo ekomi Isalaele. » Yango wana Nzambe apesaki ye kombo « Isalaele. »
And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.
11 Nzambe alobaki na ye lisusu: « Nazali Nzambe-Na-Nguya-Nyonso. Bota bana mpe bokoma ebele; bokoma ekolo moko mpe bikolo ebele ekobima na nzela na yo, bakonzi bakobima kati na yo.
And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
12 Mokili oyo napesaki na Abrayami mpe na Izaki, napesi yango mpe na yo. Nakopesa yango lisusu na bakitani na yo. »
and the land which I gave unto Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.
13 Sima, Nzambe atikaki ye na esika oyo asololaki na ye.
And God went up from him in the place where he spake with him.
14 Jakobi atelemisaki libanga ya elembo na esika oyo Nzambe asololaki na ye; asopaki likolo ya libanga yango likabo ya masanga mpe mafuta.
And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he spake with him, a pillar of stone: and he poured out a drink offering thereon, and poured oil thereon.
15 Jakobi apesaki esika oyo Nzambe asololaki na ye kombo « Beteli. »
And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth-el.
16 Jakobi mpe libota na ye balongwaki na Beteli. Wana bazalaki nanu mwa mosika na Efrata, Rasheli abotaki, kasi na pasi makasi.
And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was still some way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.
17 Lokola azalaki na pasi makasi ya kobota, mwasi mobotisi ayebisaki ye: « Kobanga te! Pamba te ozali na mwana mobali mosusu. »
And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; for now thou shalt have another son.
18 Lokola azalaki kobundana mpo na kokufa, liboso ya kokata motema, apesaki mwana na ye ya mobali kombo Beni-Oni. Kasi tata na ye apesaki ye kombo Benjame.
And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing (for she died), that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin.
19 Rasheli akufaki mpe bakundaki ye na nzela ya Efrata, elingi koloba Beteleemi.
And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath (the same is Beth-lehem).
20 Jakobi atelemisaki libanga ya elembo likolo ya kunda ya Rasheli; mpe kino lelo oyo, libanga wana ya elembo elakisaka kunda ya Rasheli.
And Jacob set up a pillar upon her grave: the same is the Pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day.
21 Sima, Isalaele alongwaki mpe akendeki kotonga ndako na ye ya kapo mosika ya Migidali-Ederi.
And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Eder.
22 Wana Isalaele azalaki kowumela na mokili wana, Ribeni ayaki kuna mpe asangisaki nzoto na Bila, makangu ya tata na ye; mpe Isalaele ayokaki yango. Jakobi azalaki na bana mibali zomi na mibale:
And it came to pass, while Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine: and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
23 Bana mibali ya Lea: Ribeni, mwana mobali ya liboso ya Jakobi; Simeoni, Levi, Yuda, Isakari mpe Zabuloni.
the sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
24 Bana mibali ya Rasheli: Jozefi mpe Benjame.
the sons of Rachel; Joseph and Benjamin:
25 Bana mibali ya Bila, mwasi mosali ya Rasheli: Dani mpe Nefitali.
and the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid; Dan and Naphtali:
26 Bana mibali ya Zilipa, mwasi mosali ya Lea: Gadi mpe Aseri. Bango nde bana mibali ya Jakobi oyo babotelaki ye na Padani-Arami.
and the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid; Gad and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Paddan-aram.
27 Jakobi azongaki epai ya Izaki, tata na ye, na Mamire, pene ya Kiriati-Ariba oyo ebengami Ebron, epai wapi Abrayami mpe Izaki bazalaki kovanda.
And Jacob came unto Isaac his father to Mamre, to Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.
28 Izaki awumelaki na bomoi mibu nkama moko na tuku mwambe.
And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.
29 Sima, Izaki akataki motema mpe akufaki; awumelaki na bomoi mibu ebele, akomaki mobange mpe alandaki bakoko na ye. Bana na ye ya mibali, Ezawu mpe Jakobi, bakundaki ye.
And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, old and full of days: and Esau and Jacob his sons buried him.
