Ebandeli 42
1 Tango Jakobi ayokaki ete ble ezali na Ejipito, alobaki na bana na ye ya mibali: « Mpo na nini bozali kotalana bino na bino?
And Jacob sees that there is grain in Egypt, and Jacob says to his sons, “Why do you look at each other?”
2 Nayoki ete ble ezali na Ejipito. Bokende kuna mpe bosomba ndambo mpo na biso mpo ete towumela na bomoi mpe tokufa te na nzala. »
He also says, “Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt, go down there, and buy for us from there, and we live and do not die”;
3 Bandeko mibali zomi ya Jozefi bakendeki na Ejipito mpo na kosomba ble.
and the ten brothers of Joseph go down to buy grain in Egypt,
4 Kasi Jakobi atikaki te Benjame, ndeko ya Jozefi ya mobali, ete akende elongo na bango, pamba te azalaki kobanga ete likama ekweyela ye.
and Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob has not sent with his brothers, for he said, “Lest harm meet him.”
5 Kati na bato oyo bakendeki kosomba ble na Ejipito, bana mibali ya Isalaele mpe bazalaki; pamba te nzala makasi ekotaki mpe na mokili ya Kanana.
And the sons of Israel come to buy in the midst of those coming, for the famine has been in the land of Canaan,
6 Jozefi azalaki moyangeli ya mokili. Ye nde azalaki koteka ble epai ya bato na ye nyonso. Bongo tango bandeko ya Jozefi bakomaki, bagumbamaki liboso na ye mpe bakitisaki mito na se.
and Joseph is the ruler over the land, he who is selling to all the people of the land, and Joseph’s brothers come and bow themselves to him—face to the earth.
7 Tango kaka Jozefi amonaki bango, asosolaki mbala moko ete bazali bandeko na ye. Kasi asalaki lokola nde azali mopaya liboso na bango mpe azalaki na maloba makasi epai na bango. Atunaki bango: — Bowuti wapi? Bazongisaki: — Towuti na mokili ya Kanana; toyei nde kosomba biloko ya kolia.
And Joseph sees his brothers, and discerns them, and makes himself strange to them, and speaks sharp things with them, and says to them, “From where have you come?” And they say, “From the land of Canaan—to buy food.”
8 Atako Jozefi asosolaki ete bazali bandeko na ye, kasi bango basosolaki ye te.
And Joseph discerns his brothers, but they have not discerned him,
9 Bongo Jozefi akanisaki ndoto oyo alotaki na tina na bango mpe alobaki na bango: — Bino bozali penza banongi! Boyei nde kotala bisika nini mokili na biso ebatelami malamu te!
and Joseph remembers the dreams which he dreamed of them and says to them, “You [are] spies; you have come to see the nakedness of the land.”
10 Bazongisaki: — Te nkolo na ngai, basali na yo bayei nde kosomba biloko ya kolia.
And they say to him, “No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food;
11 Tozali biso nyonso bana ya moto moko. Basali na yo bazali bato ya sembo, kasi bazali banongi te.
we [are] all of us sons of one man, we [are] right men; your servants have not been spies”;
12 Alobaki na bango: — Te! Boyei na mokili na biso mpo na kotala bisika oyo ebatelami malamu te!
and he says to them, “No, but you have come to see the nakedness of the land”;
13 Kasi bango bazongisaki: — Basali na yo bazalaki bandeko mibali zomi na mibale; tozali bana ya moto moko oyo azali kovanda na mokili ya Kanana. Mwana ya suka azali sik’oyo elongo na tata na biso, mpe mosusu azalaka lisusu te.
and they say, “Your servants [are] twelve brothers; we [are] sons of one man in the land of Canaan, and behold, the young one [is] with our father today, and one is not.”
14 Kasi Jozefi alobaki na bango: — Ezali ndenge kaka nalobaki na bino: bozali banongi.
And Joseph says to them, “This [is] that which I have spoken to you, saying, You [are] spies,
15 Tala ndenge nakomeka bino: Na kombo ya Faraon, bokolongwa na esika oyo te soki leki na bino ya suka akomi awa te!
by this you are proved: [as] Pharaoh lives, if you go out from this—except by your young brother coming here;
16 Botinda moko kati na bino ete akende kozwa ndeko na bino ya mobali; mpe bino oyo bokotikala, bokozala na boloko mpo na komeka maloba na bino mpe kotala soki bolobi solo. Soki te, na kombo ya Faraon, bozali banongi!
send one of you, and let him bring your brother, and you, remain bound, and let your words be proved, whether truth be with you: and if not, [as] Pharaoh lives, surely you [are] spies”;
17 Atiaki bango nyonso na boloko mikolo misato.
and he gathers them into confinement [for] three days.
18 Na mokolo ya misato, Jozefi ayebisaki bango: — Nazali moto oyo abangaka Nzambe. Bosala oyo nazali koloba mpe bokozala na bomoi.
And Joseph says to them on the third day, “Do this and live; I fear God!
19 Soki bozali bato ya sembo, tika ete moko kati na bino atikala awa kati na boloko; bongo bino bamosusu bokende, bomema ble oyo esengeli mpo na mabota na bino, oyo ezali na nzala makasi.
If you [are] right men, let one of your brothers be bound in the house of your confinement, and you, go, carry in grain [for] the famine of your houses,
20 Kasi bomemela ngai leki na bino ya suka. Yango ekolakisa ete bolobaki solo mpe bokokufa te. Basalaki bongo.
and you bring your young brother to me, and your words are established, and you do not die”; and they do so.
21 Balobanaki bango na bango: — Solo, tozwi etumbu mpo na makambo oyo tosalaki ndeko na biso; pamba te tomonaki pasi na ye tango azalaki kobondela biso, kasi toyokaki ye te. Yango wana pasi oyo ekomeli biso.
And they say to one another, “Truly we [are] guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the distress of his soul, in his making supplication to us, and we did not listen: therefore this distress has come on us.”
22 Ribeni alobaki na bango: — Nayebisaki bino ete bosala mwana wana mabe te? Kasi boyokelaki ngai te. Sik’oyo tosengeli kofuta makila na ye!
And Reuben answers them, saying, “Did I not speak to you, saying, Do not sin against the boy? And you did not listen; and his blood also, behold, it is required.”
23 Bayebaki te ete Jozefi akokaki kososola maloba na bango, mpo ete azalaki kosalela molimboli mpo na kosolola na bango.
And they have not known that Joseph understands, for the interpreter [is] between them;
24 Jozefi apesaki mokongo, apusanaki mosika mpe abandaki kolela. Bongo azongelaki bango mpe asololaki lisusu na bango. Azwaki Simeoni kati na bango mpe akangaki ye na miso na bango.
and he turns around from them, and weeps, and turns back to them, and speaks to them, and takes Simeon from them, and binds him before their eyes.
25 Jozefi apesaki mitindo ete batondisa ble na basaki na bango, bazongisa mbongo ya moto na moto na saki na ye mpe bapesa bango bilei mpo na nzela. Esalemelaki bango bongo.
And Joseph commands, and they fill their vessels [with] grain, also to put back the money of each of them into his sack, and to give to them provision for the way; and one does to them so.
26 Batiaki ble na bango likolo ya ba-ane na bango mpe bakendeki.
And they lift up their grain on their donkeys, and go from there,
27 Na esika oyo batelamaki mpo na kolekisa butu, moko na bango afungolaki saki na ye mpo na koleisa ane na ye mpe amonaki mbongo na ye na moto ya saki na ye.
and the one opens his sack to give provender to his donkey at a lodging-place, and he sees his money, and behold, it [is] in the mouth of his bag,
28 Ayebisaki bandeko na ye: — Bazongiseli ngai mbongo na ngai, tala yango oyo na saki na ngai! Mitema na bango ebetaki mpe babandaki kolenga, balobanaki bango na bango: — Likambo nini oyo Nzambe asali biso!
and he says to his brothers, “My money has been put back, and also, behold, in my bag”: and their heart goes out, and they tremble, to one another saying, “What [is] this God has done to us!”
29 Tango bakomaki epai ya tata na bango Jakobi na mokili ya Kanana, bayebisaki ye makambo nyonso oyo ekomelaki bango. Balobaki:
And they come to their father Jacob, to the land of Canaan, and they declare to him all the things meeting them, saying,
30 — Moto oyo azali mokonzi ya mokili alobelaki biso na maloba makasi. Azwaki biso lokola banongi.
“The man, the lord of the land, has spoken with us sharp things, and makes us as spies of the land;
31 Kasi tolobaki na ye: « Tozali bato ya sembo, tozali banongi te.
and we say to him, We [are] right men, we have not been spies,
32 Tozalaki bandeko mibali zomi na mibale, bana ya tata moko. Moko azalaka lisusu te mpe oyo ya suka azali sik’oyo elongo na tata na biso, na mokili ya Kanana. »
we [are] twelve brothers, sons of our father, one is not, and the young one [is] today with our father in the land of Canaan.
33 Na boye, moto oyo azali mokonzi ya mokili azongiselaki biso: « Tala lolenge nakoyeba ete bozali bato ya sembo: ‹ Botikela ngai awa ndeko moko kati na bino. Bozwa biloko ya kolia oyo esengeli mpo na mabota na bino oyo ezali na nzala makasi mpe bokende.
And the man, the lord of the land, says to us, By this I know that you [are] right men—leave one of your brothers with me, and take [for] the famine of your houses and go,
34 Boyela ngai leki na bino ya suka. Na bongo, nakoyeba ete bozali banongi te, kasi bato ya sembo; mpe ngai nakozongisela bino ndeko na bino, sima nakotika bino mpo ete bokoka kosala mombongo na mokili. › »
and bring your young brother to me, and I know that you [are] not spies, but you [are] right men; I give your brother to you, and you trade with the land.”
35 Tango bafungolaki basaki na bango, moko na moko amonaki mbongo na ye na saki. Bango na tata na bango bamonaki mbongo mpe bango nyonso babangaki.
And it comes to pass, they are emptying their sacks, and behold, the bundle of each man’s silver [is] in his sack, and they see their bundles of silver, they and their father, and are afraid;
36 Tata na bango Jakobi alobaki na bango: — Bozangisi ngai bana na ngai mibale ya mibali: Jozefi azali lisusu te, Simeoni mpe azali lisusu te. Mpe sik’oyo bolingi kozwa lisusu Benjame! Makambo oyo nyonso ezali kokweyela kaka ngai!
and their father Jacob says to them, “You have bereaved me; Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and Benjamin you take—all these [things] have been against me.”
37 Ribeni alobaki na tata na ye: — Pesa ngai Benjame, mpe nakomemela yo ye. Soki namemeli yo ye te, boma bana na ngai mibale ya mibali.
And Reuben speaks to his father, saying, “You put to death my two sons, if I do not bring him to you; give him into my hand, and I bring him back to you”;
38 Jakobi azongisaki: — Te! Mwana na ngai akokende elongo na bino te. Ndeko na ye ya mobali akufa; natikala kaka na ye. Soki likama ekweyeli ye na mobembo oyo bozali kokende, wana bokoboma ngai na pasi, na kimobange na ngai! (Sheol h7585)
and he says, “My son does not go down with you, for his brother [is] dead, and he by himself is left; when harm has met him in the way in which you go, then you have brought down my grey hairs in sorrow to Sheol.” (Sheol h7585)
