Ebandeli 41
1 Sima na mibu mibale, Faraon alotaki ndoto: atelemaki pembeni ya ebale Nili,
After two years Pharao had a dream. He thought he stood by the river,
2 amonaki bangombe sambo ya basi, ya kitoko mpe ya mafuta. Bangombe yango ebimaki wuta na ebale mpe ezalaki kolia matiti pembeni ya ebale Nili.
Out of which came up seven kine, very beautiful and fat: and they fed in marshy places.
3 Sima na yango, bangombe mosusu sambo ya basi, ya mabe mpe ekonda, ebimaki wuta na ebale, etelemaki pembeni ya bangombe ya basi oyo ezalaki pembeni ya ebale Nili.
Other seven also came up out of the river, ill favoured, and leanfleshed: and they fed on the very bank of the river, in green places:
4 Bangombe sambo ya basi ya mabe mpe ekonda eliaki bangombe sambo ya kitoko mpe ya mafuta. Kaka na tango yango, Faraon alamukaki.
And they devoured them, whose bodies were very beautiful and well conditioned. So Pharao awoke.
5 Alalaki lisusu mpe alotaki ndoto ya mibale: nzete moko ya ble ebimisaki mito sambo ya ble, ya minene mpe ya kitoko.
He slept again, and dreamed another dream: Seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk full and fair:
6 Mito mosusu sambo ya ble, ekonda mpe ezika na mopepe ya este, ebimaki sima na oyo ya minene.
Then seven other ears sprung up thin and blasted,
7 Mito sambo oyo ekonda eliaki mito sambo oyo ya minene mpe etonda. Kaka na tango yango, Faraon alamukaki, asosolaki ete ezali ndoto.
And devoured all the beauty of the former. Pharao awaked after his rest:
8 Na tongo, lokola molimo na ye etungisamaki, abengaki bato nyonso ya soloka mpe ya bwanya ya Ejipito. Faraon ayebisaki bango ndoto na ye, kasi ata moto moko te akokaki kolimbolela ye yango.
And when morning was come, being struck with fear, he sent to all the interpreters of Egypt, and to all the wise men: and they being called for, he told them his dream, and there was not any one that could interpret it.
9 Kalaka oyo azalaki kotala makambo oyo etali masanga ya mokonzi alobaki na Faraon: « Na mokolo ya lelo, nalingi kokanisa mbeba na ngai.
Then at length the chief butler remembering, said: I confess my sin:
10 Mokolo moko, Faraon asilikelaki basali na ye mpe atiaki ngai na boloko elongo na kalaka oyo azalaki kotala makambo oyo etali mapa ya mokonzi kati na ndako ya mokonzi ya bakengeli ya mokonzi.
The king being angry with his servants, commanded me and the chief baker to be cast into the prison of the captain of the soldiers:
11 Biso mibale tolotaki bandoto na butu moko: ndoto na ndoto ezalaki na ndimbola na yango.
Where in one night both of us dreamed a dream foreboding things to come.
12 Kuna, tozalaki na elenge mobali moko, azali Mo-Ebre mpe mosali ya mokonzi ya bakengeli ya mokonzi. Toyebisaki ye bandoto na biso mpe alimbolaki yango mpo na biso, apesaki moto na moto ndimbola ya ndoto na ye.
There was there a young man a Hebrew, servant to the same captain of the soldiers: to whom we told our dreams,
13 Makambo nyonso esalemaki ndenge kaka alimbolelaki biso yango. Ngai nazongelaki misala na ngai; mpe moninga mosusu, badiembikaki ye. »
And we heard what afterwards the event of the thing proved to be so. For I was restored to my office: and he was hanged upon a gibbet.
14 Faraon abengaki Jozefi, mpe babimisaki ye na lombangu na boloko. Bakataki ye suki, alataki bilamba mosusu mpe ayaki liboso ya Faraon.
Forthwith at the king’s command, Joseph was brought out of the prison, and they shaved him, and changing his apparel, brought him in to him.
15 Faraon alobaki na Jozefi: — Nalotaki ndoto mpe ata moto moko te alongi kolimbola yango; kasi nayoki sango na tina na yo ete soki oyoki ndoto, okolimbola yango.
And he said to him: I have dreamed dreams, and there is no one that can expound them: Now I have heard that thou art very wise at interpreting them.
16 Jozefi azongiselaki Faraon: — Ngai nakolonga te kosala yango, kasi Nzambe akopesa na Faraon eyano oyo azali na yango posa.
Joseph answered: Without me, God shall give Pharao a prosperous answer.
17 Faraon alobaki na Jozefi: — Na ndoto na ngai, natelemaki pembeni ya ebale Nili.
So Pharao told what he had dreamed: Methought I stood upon the bank of the river,
18 Namonaki bangombe sambo ya basi, ya kitoko mpe ya mafuta. Bangombe yango ebimaki wuta na ebale mpe ezalaki kolia matiti pembeni ya ebale Nili.
And seven kine came up out of the river exceeding beautiful and full of flesh: and they grazed on green places in a marshy pasture.
19 Sima na yango, bangombe mosusu sambo ya basi ebimaki: ya mike, ya mabe penza mpe ekonda; nanu natikala komona te bangombe ya ndenge wana na mokili mobimba ya Ejipito.
And behold, there followed these, other seven kine, so very ill favoured and lean, that I never saw the like in the land of Egypt:
20 Ngombe ya basi ekonda mpe ya mabe eliaki bangombe sambo ya mafuta oyo ebimaki liboso.
And they devoured and consumed the former,
21 Bongo ekotaki na mabumu na yango kasi ezalaki komonana te ete bangombe ya mafuta ekoti na mabumu ya bangombe ekonda, mpe lolenge na yango ezalaki kaka mabe lokola ndenge ezalaki liboso. Kaka na tango yango, nalamukaki.
And yet gave no mark of their being full: but were as lean and ill favoured as before. I awoke, and then fell asleep again,
22 Na ndoto na ngai mosusu, namonaki mito sambo ya ble ya kitoko mpe ya mafuta kobima na nzete moko.
And dreamed a dream: Seven ears of corn grew upon one stalk, full and very fair.
23 Sima na yango, mito sambo mosusu ya ble ebimaki. Ezalaki ya kokawuka, ekonda mpe ezika na mopepe ya este.
Other seven also thin and blasted, sprung of the stock:
24 Mito sambo ya ble oyo ekonda emelaki mito sambo ya ble oyo ya malamu. Nayebisaki yango epai ya bato ya soloka kasi ata moto moko te akokaki kolimbolela ngai yango.
And they devoured the beauty of the former: I told this dream to the conjecturers, and there is no man that can expound it.
25 Jozefi alobaki na Faraon: — Ndoto ya Faraon ezali kaka ndoto moko mpe ezali kaka na ndimbola moko. Nzambe amonisaki Faraon makambo oyo Ye akosala.
Joseph answered: The king’s dream is one: God hath shewn to Pharao what he is about to do.
26 Bangombe sambo ya basi ya kitoko ezali mibu sambo, mpe mito sambo ya ble ezali mibu sambo: ezali kaka ndoto moko.
The seven beautiful kine, and the seven full ears, are seven years of plenty: and both contain the same meaning of the dream.
27 Bangombe sambo ya basi ekonda mpe ya mabe oyo ebimaki sima na oyo ya mafuta mpe ya kitoko, ezali mibu sambo; mpe mito sambo ya ble oyo ekonda mpe ezika na mopepe ya este ezali mibu sambo ya nzala makasi.
And the seven lean and thin kine that came up after them, and the seven thin ears that were blasted with the burning wind, are seven years of famine to come:
28 Tala maloba oyo nazalaki na yango mpo na koyebisa Faraon. Nzambe atalisi na Faraon makambo oyo Ye akosala.
Which shall be fulfilled in this order:
29 Mibu sambo ya bofuluki ekoya na mokili mobimba ya Ejipito.
Behold, there shall come seven years of great plenty in the whole land of Egypt:
30 Kasi mibu sambo ya nzala makasi ekolanda yango; boye bakobosana bofuluki nyonso ya mokili ya Ejipito mpo ete nzala makasi yango ekokawusa mokili.
After which shall follow other seven years of so great scarcity, that all the abundance before shall be forgotten: for the famine shall consume all the land,
31 Bakokanisa lisusu te bofuluki nyonso ya mokili likolo ya nzala makasi oyo ekolanda, pamba te nzala ekozala makasi penza.
And the greatness of the scarcity shall destroy the greatness of the plenty.
32 Soki Faraon alotaki ndoto yango na lolenge mibale, elingi koloba ete Nzambe asilaki kozwa mokano na likambo yango mpe akokokisa yango na lombangu.
And for that thou didst see the second time a dream pertaining to the same thing: it is a token of the certainty, and that the word of God cometh to pass, and is fulfilled speedily.
33 Tika sik’oyo Faraon aluka moto moko ya mayele mpe ya bwanya, atia ye na moto ya mokili ya Ejipito.
Now therefore let the king provide a wise and industrious man, and make him ruler over the land of Egypt:
34 Tika ete Faraon asala bongo; tika ete apona basali na mokili, ba-oyo bakokongola eteni ya mitano ya bambuma ya Ejipito na tango ya mibu sambo ya bofuluki.
That he may appoint overseers over all the countries: and gather into barns the fifth part of the fruits, during the seven fruitful years,
35 Boye, na se ya bokonzi ya Faraon, bakobanda kosangisa biloko nyonso ya kolia oyo mibu ya malamu ekobimisa, bakobomba ble na bingumba mpe bakobatela yango lokola biloko ya kolia mpo na bingumba.
That shall now presently ensue: and let all the corn be laid up under Pharao’s hands and be reserved in the cities.
36 Bakobatela biloko yango mpo na mokili, mpo na mibu sambo ya nzala makasi oyo ekozala na mokili ya Ejipito; na bongo nzala makasi ekobebisa mokili te.
And let it be in readiness, against the famine of seven years to come, which shall oppress Egypt, and the land shall not be consumed with scarcity.
37 Likambo yango esepelisaki Faraon mpe basali na ye nyonso.
The counsel pleased Pharao and all his servants.
38 Faraon atunaki bango: — Tokoki komona moto lokola oyo, moto oyo Molimo na Nzambe avandi kati na ye?
And he said to them: Can we find such another man, that is full of the spirit of God?
39 Faraon alobaki na Jozefi: — Lokola Nzambe ayebisi yo makambo oyo nyonso, ezali na moto moko te oyo azali na mayele mpe na bwanya lokola yo.
He said therefore to Joseph: Seeing God hath shewn thee all that thou hast said, can I find one wiser and one like unto thee?
40 Okozala mokonzi ya ndako na ngai mpe bato na ngai nyonso bakobanda kotosa mitindo na yo. Kaka kiti ya bokonzi nde ekosala ete ngai nazala na likolo na yo.
Thou shalt be over my house, and at the commandment of thy mouth all the people shall obey: only in the kingly throne will I be above thee.
41 Faraon alobaki na Jozefi: — Natie yo mokonzi ya mokili mobimba ya Ejipito.
And again Pharao said to Joseph: Behold, I have appointed thee over the whole land of Egypt.
42 Faraon alongolaki lopete na ye na mosapi na ye mpe atiaki yango na mosapi ya Jozefi. Alatisaki ye bilamba ya lino ya kitoko mpe atiaki ye singa ya wolo na kingo.
And he took his ring from his own hand, and gave it into his hand: and he put upon him a robe of silk, and put a chain of gold about his neck.
43 Amatisaki ye na shareti na ye ya mibale mpe bato bazalaki koganga: « Bofukama! » Boye, atiaki Jozefi mokonzi ya mokili mobimba ya Ejipito.
And he made him go up into his second chariot, the crier proclaiming that all should bow their knee before him, and that they should know he was made governor over the whole land of Egypt.
44 Faraon alobaki lisusu na Jozefi: — Nazali Faraon. Kasi awa na Ejipito, moto moko te akotombola loboko to lokolo soki kaka na mitindo na yo te.
And the king said to Joseph: I am Pharao; without thy commandment no man shall move hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.
45 Faraon apesaki Jozefi kombo « Tsafinati-Paenea, » mpe apesaki ye Asinati, mwana mwasi ya Poti-Fera, nganga-nzambe ya Oni, mpo ete azala mwasi na ye. Jozefi atambolaki na mokili ya Ejipito.
And he turned his name, and called him in the Egyptian tongue, The saviour of the world. And he gave him to wife Aseneth the daughter of Putiphare priest of Heliopolis. Then Joseph went out to the land of Egypt:
46 Azalaki na mibu tuku misato ya mbotama tango akotaki na mosala ya Faraon, mokonzi ya Ejipito. Jozefi alongwaki na miso ya Faraon mpe atambolaki na mokili mobimba ya Ejipito.
(Now he was thirty years old when he stood before king Pharao) and he went round all the countries of Egypt.
47 Na mibu sambo ya bofuluki, mabele ebotaki mingi.
And the fruitfulness of the seven years came: and the corn being bound up into sheaves was gathered together into the barns of Egypt.
48 Jozefi asangisaki biloko nyonso ya kolia oyo ebotaki na mibu yango sambo ya bofuluki kati na Ejipito mpe abombaki yango kati na engumba. Na engumba moko na moko, atiaki biloko ya kolia oyo ewutaki na bilanga oyo ezalaki zingazinga na yango.
And all the abundance of grain was laid up in every city.
49 Jozefi abombaki ble ebele lokola zelo ya ebale monene, ezalaki mingi koleka; yango wana bakataki kotanga, pamba te bakokaki kotanga yango lisusu te.
And there was so great abundance of wheat, that it was equal to the sand of the sea, and the plenty exceeded measure.
50 Liboso ete mibu ya nzala makasi eya, Asinati, mwana mwasi ya Poti-Fera, nganga-nzambe ya Oni, abotelaki Jozefi bana mibali mibale.
And before the famine came, Joseph had two sons born: whom Aseneth the daughter of Putiphare priest of Heliopolis bore unto him.
51 Jozefi apesaki mwana na ye ya liboso kombo « Manase, » pamba te amilobelaki: « Nzambe asali ete nabosana pasi na ngai nyonso mpe bokabwani na ngai na libota mobimba ya tata na ngai. »
And he called the name of the firstborn Manasses, saying: God hath made me to forget all my labours, and my father’s house.
52 Apesaki mwana na ye ya mibale kombo « Efrayimi, » pamba te amilobelaki: « Nzambe apesi ngai mabota na mokili epai wapi namonaki pasi. »
And he named the second Ephraim, saying: God hath made me to grow in the land of my poverty.
53 Mibu sambo ya bofuluki oyo ezalaki na Ejipito ekomaki na suka,
Now when the seven years of the plenty that had been in Egypt were past:
54 mpe mibu sambo ya nzala makasi ebandaki, ndenge kaka Jozefi alobaki. Nzala makasi ekotaki na mikili nyonso, kasi na mokili mobimba ya Ejipito biloko ya kolia ezangaki te.
The seven years of scarcity, which Joseph had foretold, began to come: and the famine prevailed in the whole world, but there was bread in all the land of Egypt.
55 Tango bato nyonso ya Ejipito bakomaki na nzala makasi, bagangaki epai ya Faraon mpo na koluka biloko ya kolia. Bongo Faraon alobaki na bato nyonso ya Ejipito: « Bokende epai ya Jozefi mpe bosala makambo oyo akoyebisa bino. »
And when there also they began to be famished, the people cried to Pharao for food. And he said to them: Go to Joseph: and do all that he shall say to you.
56 Tango nzala ekotaki na mokili mobimba ya Ejipito, Jozefi afungolaki ndako oyo batiaki biloko mpe atekaki ble epai ya bato ya Ejipito; kasi nzala makasi ekobaki kaka.
And the famine increased daily in all the land: and Joseph opened all the barns, and sold to the Egyptians: for the famine had oppressed them also.
57 Mikili nyonso ezalaki koya na Ejipito mpo na kosomba ble epai ya Jozefi mpo ete nzala makasi ekotaki na mokili mobimba.
And all provinces came into Egypt, to buy food, and to seek some relief of their want.
