Ebandeli 41
1 Sima na mibu mibale, Faraon alotaki ndoto: atelemaki pembeni ya ebale Nili,
Two complete years later, the king of Egypt had a dream. In the dream, he was standing alongside the Nile [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.
Suddenly seven healthy fat cows come up out of the river. They started eating the grass that was on the riverbank.
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.
Soon seven other cows, unhealthy-looking and thin, came up behind them from the Nile [River]. They stood alongside the fat cows that were on the riverbank.
4 Bangombe sambo ya basi ya mabe mpe ekonda eliaki bangombe sambo ya kitoko mpe ya mafuta. Kaka na tango yango, Faraon alamukaki.
Then the unhealthy thin cows ate the seven healthy fat cows. And then the king woke up.
5 Alalaki lisusu mpe alotaki ndoto ya mibale: nzete moko ya ble ebimisaki mito sambo ya ble, ya minene mpe ya kitoko.
The king went to sleep again, and he had another dream. This time he saw seven heads of grain that were full of kernels of grain and ripe, and all growing on one stalk.
6 Mito mosusu sambo ya ble, ekonda mpe ezika na mopepe ya este, ebimaki sima na oyo ya minene.
After that, the king saw that seven other heads of grain sprouted on that (OR, on another) stalk. They were thin and had been dried up by the hot east wind.
7 Mito sambo oyo ekonda eliaki mito sambo oyo ya minene mpe etonda. Kaka na tango yango, Faraon alamukaki, asosolaki ete ezali ndoto.
Then the thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven ripe full heads. Then the king woke up. He realized that he had been dreaming.
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.
But the next morning he was worried about the meaning of the dream. So he summoned all the magicians and wise men who lived in Egypt. He told them what he had dreamed, but none of them could tell him the meaning of the two dreams.
9 Kalaka oyo azalaki kotala makambo oyo etali masanga ya mokonzi alobaki na Faraon: « Na mokolo ya lelo, nalingi kokanisa mbeba na ngai.
Then the chief drink-server said to the king, “Now I remember something that I should have told you! I made a mistake by forgetting to tell it to you.
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.
One time you were angry with two of us. So you put me and the chief baker in the prison in the house of the captain of the palace guards.
11 Biso mibale tolotaki bandoto na butu moko: ndoto na ndoto ezalaki na ndimbola na yango.
While we were there, one night each of us had a dream, and the dreams had different meanings.
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 a young Hebrew man there with us. He was a servant of the captain of the palace guards. We told him what we had dreamed, and he told us what our dreams meant. He told each of us the meaning of our dreams.
13 Makambo nyonso esalemaki ndenge kaka alimbolelaki biso yango. Ngai nazongelaki misala na ngai; mpe moninga mosusu, badiembikaki ye. »
And what happened was exactly the same as the meanings that he told us: You said I could have my previous job again, but the other man was killed by being hanged. [The Hebrew man’s name was Joseph].”
14 Faraon abengaki Jozefi, mpe babimisaki ye na lombangu na boloko. Bakataki ye suki, alataki bilamba mosusu mpe ayaki liboso ya Faraon.
When the king heard that, he told some servants to bring Joseph to him, and they quickly brought Joseph out of the prison. Joseph shaved and put on better clothes, and then he went and stood in front of the king.
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.
The king said to Joseph, “I had two dreams, and no one can tell me what they mean. But someone told me that when you hear someone tell about a dream he has had, you can tell that person what the dream means.”
16 Jozefi azongiselaki Faraon: — Ngai nakolonga te kosala yango, kasi Nzambe akopesa na Faraon eyano oyo azali na yango posa.
But Joseph replied to the king, “No, I cannot do that. It is God who knows the meaning of dreams, but he will enable me to tell you their meaning, and they will mean something good.”
17 Faraon alobaki na Jozefi: — Na ndoto na ngai, natelemaki pembeni ya ebale Nili.
The king said to Joseph, “In my first dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile [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.
Suddenly seven healthy fat cows came up out of the river, and they started eating the grass that was on the riverbank.
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.
Soon seven other cows, ugly and thin ones, came up behind them from the river. I never saw such ugly cows in all the land of Egypt!
20 Ngombe ya basi ekonda mpe ya mabe eliaki bangombe sambo ya mafuta oyo ebimaki liboso.
The thin ugly cows ate the seven fat cows that came up first.
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.
But afterwards, no one would have known that the thin cows ate them, because they were just as ugly as they were before. Then I woke up.
22 Na ndoto na ngai mosusu, namonaki mito sambo ya ble ya kitoko mpe ya mafuta kobima na nzete moko.
Then I had another dream. I saw seven heads of grain. They were full of kernels of grain and ripe, and they were all growing on one stalk.
23 Sima na yango, mito sambo mosusu ya ble ebimaki. Ezalaki ya kokawuka, ekonda mpe ezika na mopepe ya este.
Then [to my surprise] I saw seven other heads of grain that sprouted. They were thin and had been dried up by the hot east wind.
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.
The thin heads of grain swallowed the seven good heads. I told these dreams to the magicians, but none of them could explain to me what they meant.”
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.
Then Joseph said to the king, “Both your dreams have the same meaning. God is revealing to you in your dreams 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 healthy cows represent seven years. The seven good heads of grain also represent seven years. The two dreams both have the same meaning.
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.
The seven thin ugly cows that came up behind them and the seven worthless heads of grain that were dried up by the hot east wind each represent seven years (of famine/when food will be very scarce).
28 Tala maloba oyo nazalaki na yango mpo na koyebisa Faraon. Nzambe atalisi na Faraon makambo oyo Ye akosala.
It will happen just as I have told you, because God has revealed to you what he is about to do.
29 Mibu sambo ya bofuluki ekoya na mokili mobimba ya Ejipito.
There will be seven years in which there will be plenty of food throughout the 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.
but after that there will be seven years (of famine/when food will be very scarce). Then people will forget all the years when there was plenty of food, because the famine that will come afterward will ruin the country.
31 Bakokanisa lisusu te bofuluki nyonso ya mokili likolo ya nzala makasi oyo ekolanda, pamba te nzala ekozala makasi penza.
The people will forget how plentiful food was previously, because the famine will be very terrible.
32 Soki Faraon alotaki ndoto yango na lolenge mibale, elingi koloba ete Nzambe asilaki kozwa mokano na likambo yango mpe akokokisa yango na lombangu.
The reason God gave to you two dreams is that he [wants you to know] that this will happen, and he will cause it to happen very soon.
33 Tika sik’oyo Faraon aluka moto moko ya mayele mpe ya bwanya, atia ye na moto ya mokili ya Ejipito.
“Now I suggest that you should choose a man who is wise and can make good decisions. I suggest that you appoint him to direct the affairs of the whole country.
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.
You should also appoint supervisors over the country, in order that they can arrange to collect one-fifth of all the grain that is harvested during the seven years when food is plentiful.
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.
They should collect this amount of grain during those seven years that are coming, when there will be plenty of food. You should supervise them as they store it 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.
This grain should be stored so that it can be eaten during the seven years when there will be a famine here in Egypt, so that the people in this country will not die from hunger.”
37 Likambo yango esepelisaki Faraon mpe basali na ye nyonso.
The king and his officials thought that this would be a good plan.
38 Faraon atunaki bango: — Tokoki komona moto lokola oyo, moto oyo Molimo na Nzambe avandi kati na ye?
So the king said to them, “(Can we find any other man like Joseph, a man to whom God has given his Spirit?/It is not likely that we will find another man like this man, one to whom God has given his Spirit!)” [RHQ]
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.
Then the king said to Joseph, “Because God has revealed all this to you, it seems to me that there is no one who is as wise as you and who can decide wisely about things.
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.
So I will put you in charge of everything in my palace. All the people here in Egypt must obey what you command. Only because I am king [MTY] will I have more authority than you.”
41 Faraon alobaki na Jozefi: — Natie yo mokonzi ya mokili mobimba ya Ejipito.
Then the king said to Joseph, “I am now putting you in charge of the whole country 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.
The king took from his finger the ring that had his seal on it, and he put it on Joseph’s finger. He put robes made of fine linen on him, and he put a gold chain around 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.
Then he arranged for Joseph to ride around in the chariot [that showed that he was] the second-most important man in the country. When Joseph rode in the chariot, men shouted to the people who were on the road in front of him, “Get off the road!” So the king put Joseph in charge of everything in the country.
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.
The king said to Joseph, “I am the king, but no one in the whole land of Egypt will do anything [IDM] if you do not permit them to do it.”
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.
The king gave Joseph a new name, Zaphenath-Paneah. He also gave him Asenath to be his wife. She was the daughter of Potiphera, who was a priest in a temple in On [city]. Then Joseph became known (OR, traveled) through all 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.
Joseph was 30 years old when he started to work for the king of Egypt. To do his work, he left the king’s palace and traveled throughout Egypt.
47 Na mibu sambo ya bofuluki, mabele ebotaki mingi.
During the next seven years, the land produced abundant crops, so there was plenty of food.
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.
As Joseph supervised them, his helpers collected one-fifth of all the grain that was produced during those years, and stored it in the cities. In each city, he had his helpers store up the grain that was grown in the fields that surrounded that 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.
Joseph had them store up a huge amount of grain. It looked as plentiful as the sand on the seashore. There was so much grain that after a while they stopped keeping records of how much grain was stored, because there was more grain than they could measure.
50 Liboso ete mibu ya nzala makasi eya, Asinati, mwana mwasi ya Poti-Fera, nganga-nzambe ya Oni, abotelaki Jozefi bana mibali mibale.
Before the seven years of famine started, Joseph’s wife Asenath gave birth to two sons.
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. »
Joseph named the first one Manasseh, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘forget]’, because, he said, “God has caused me to forget all my troubles and all my father’s family.”
52 Apesaki mwana na ye ya mibale kombo « Efrayimi, » pamba te amilobelaki: « Nzambe apesi ngai mabota na mokili epai wapi namonaki pasi. »
He named his second son Ephraim, [which means ‘to have children]’, because, he said, “God has given me children here in this land where I have suffered.”
53 Mibu sambo ya bofuluki oyo ezalaki na Ejipito ekomaki na suka,
Finally the seven years in which there was plenty of food ended.
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.
Then the seven years of famine started, just as Joseph had predicted. There was also a famine in all the other nearby lands, but although the crops did not grow, there was food everywhere in Egypt, because of the grain they had stored up in the cities.
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. »
When all the people of [MTY] Egypt had eaten all of their own food and were still hungry, they begged the king for food. So the king told all the people of Egypt, “Go to Joseph, and do what he tells you to do.”
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.
When the famine was very bad throughout the whole country, Joseph ordered his helpers to open the storehouses. Then they sold the grain in the storehouses to the people of Egypt, because the famine was very severe all over Egypt.
57 Mikili nyonso ezalaki koya na Ejipito mpo na kosomba ble epai ya Jozefi mpo ete nzala makasi ekotaki na mokili mobimba.
And people from many [HYP] nearby countries came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was very severe everywhere [HYP].
