Ebandeli 46
1 Isalaele akendeki na nyonso oyo azalaki na yango. Tango akomaki na Beri-Sheba, abonzaki mbeka epai ya Nzambe ya Izaki, tata na ye.
Israel [God prevails] traveled with all that he had, and came to Be'er-Sheva [Well of Seven, Well of an Oath], and offered sacrifices to the God of his father, Isaac [Laughter].
2 Na butu, Nzambe alobaki na Isalaele na nzela ya emoniseli: — Jakobi! Jakobi! Jakobi azongisaki: — Ngai oyo.
God spoke to Israel [God prevails] in the visions of the night, and said, “Jacob [Supplanter], Jacob [Supplanter]!” He said, “Here I am.”
3 Nzambe alobaki: — Nazali Nzambe, Nzambe ya tata na yo. Kobanga te kokende na Ejipito, pamba te nakokomisa yo ekolo monene kuna.
He said, “I am God, the God of your father. Don’t be afraid to go down into Egypt [Abode of slavery], for there I will make of you a great nation.
4 Ngai moko nakokende elongo na yo na Ejipito; mpe ya solo, nakozongisa yo lisusu. Loboko ya Jozefi ekozipa miso na yo.
I will go down with you into Egypt [Abode of slavery]. I will also surely bring you up again. Joseph [May he add] will close your eyes.”
5 Bongo Jakobi alongwaki na Beri-Sheba. Bana mibali ya Isalaele bamatisaki na bashario oyo Faraon atindaki mpo na komema ye: tata na bango Jakobi, bana na bango mpe basi na bango.
Jacob [Supplanter] rose up from Be'er-Sheva [Well of Seven, Well of an Oath], and the sons of Israel [God prevails] carried Jacob [Supplanter], their father, their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
6 Bamemaki lisusu bibwele na bango mpe biloko nyonso oyo bazalaki na yango na mokili ya Kanana; mpe Jakobi elongo na bakitani na ye nyonso bakendeki na Ejipito.
They took their livestock, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan [Humbled], and came into Egypt [Abode of slavery]— Jacob, and all his offspring with him,
7 Azwaki elongo na ye mpo na kokende na Ejipito: bana na ye ya mibali, bakoko na ye ya mibali mpe bana na ye ya basi elongo na bakoko na ye ya basi: bakitani na ye nyonso.
his sons, and his sons’ sons with him, his daughters, and his sons’ daughters, and he brought all his offspring with him into Egypt [Abode of slavery].
8 Tala bakombo ya bana mibali ya Isalaele, oyo bakendeki na Ejipito: Ribeni, mwana liboso ya Jakobi.
These are the names of the children of Israel [God prevails], who came into Egypt [Abode of slavery], Jacob [Supplanter] and his sons: Reuben [See, a son!], Jacob [Supplanter]’s firstborn.
9 Bana mibali ya Ribeni: Enoki, Palu, Etsironi mpe Karimi.
The sons of Reuben [See, a son!]: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
10 Bana mibali ya Simeoni: Yemuweli, Yamini, Owadi, Yakini, Tsoari mpe Saulo, mwana mobali oyo babotelaki ye na mwasi ya mokili ya Kanana.
The sons of Simeon [Hearing]: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul [Asked for] the son of a Canaanite [Descendant of Humbled] woman.
11 Bana mibali ya Levi: Gerishoni, Keati mpe Merari.
The sons of Levi [United with]: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
12 Bana mibali ya Yuda: Eri, Onani, Shela, Peretisi mpe Zera. Kasi Eri mpe Onani bakufaki na mokili ya Kanana. Bana mibali ya Peretsi: Etsironi mpe Amuli.
The sons of Judah [Praised]: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan [Humbled]. The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
13 Bana mibali ya Isakari: Tola, Puwa, Yashubi mpe Shimironi.
The sons of Issachar [Hire, Reward]: Tola, Puvah, Job [Persecuted], and Shimron.
14 Bana mibali ya Zabuloni: Seredi, Eloni mpe Yaleyeli.
The sons of Zebulun [Living together]: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.
15 Bango nde bazalaki bana mibali oyo Lea abotelaki Jakobi kati na Padani-Arami; bakisa Dina, mwana mwasi. Bana na ye nyonso ya basi mpe ya mibali bazalaki tuku misato na misato.
These are the sons of Leah [Weary], whom she bore to Jacob [Supplanter] in Paddan Aram [Elevated], with his daughter Dinah. All the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty-three.
16 Bana mibali ya Gadi: Tsefoni, Agi, Shuni, Etsiboni, Eri, Arodi mpe Areeli.
The sons of Gad [Good fortune]: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.
17 Bana mibali ya Aseri: Yimina, Yishiva, Yishivi, Beria mpe ndeko na bango ya mwasi Sera. Bana mibali ya Beria: Eberi mpe Malikieli.
The sons of Asher [Happy]: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and Serah their sister. The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.
18 Bango nde bazalaki bana mibali oyo Zilipa abotelaki Jakobi; Zilipa azalaki mwasi mosali oyo Labani apesaki epai ya Lea, mwana na ye ya mwasi. Bana na ye nyonso ya basi mpe ya mibali bazalaki zomi na motoba.
These are the sons of Zilpah [Frailty], whom Laban [White] gave to Leah [Weary], his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob [Supplanter], even sixteen souls.
19 Bana mibali ya Rasheli, mwasi ya Jakobi: Jozefi mpe Benjame.
The sons of Rachel [Ewe sheep], Jacob [Supplanter]’s wife: Joseph [May he add] and Benjamin [Son of right hand, Son of south].
20 Kati na mokili ya Ejipito, Asinati, mwana mwasi ya Poti-Fera, nganga-nzambe ya engumba Oni, abotelaki Jozefi bana mibali mibale: Manase mpe Efrayimi.
To Joseph [May he add] in the land of Egypt [Abode of slavery] were born Manasseh [Causing to forget] and Ephraim [Fruit], whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him.
21 Bana mibali ya Benjame: Bela, Bekeri, Ashibeli, Gera, Namani, Eyi, Roshi, Mupimi, Upime mpe Aridi.
The sons of Benjamin [Son of right hand, Son of south]: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
22 Bango nde bazalaki bana mibali oyo Rasheli abotelaki Jakobi: bango nyonso bazalaki zomi na minei.
These are the sons of Rachel [Ewe sheep], who were born to Jacob [Supplanter]: all the souls were fourteen.
23 Mwana mobali ya Dani: Ushimi.
The son of Dan [He judged]: Hushim.
24 Bana mibali ya Nefitali: Yatseyeli, Guni, Yetseri mpe Shilemi.
The sons of Naphtali [My wrestling]: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
25 Bango nde bazalaki bana mibali oyo Bila abotelaki Jakobi; bango nyonso bazalaki sambo. Bila azalaki mwasi mosali oyo Labani apesaki epai ya mwana na ye ya mwasi Rasheli.
These are the sons of Bilhah [Bashful], whom Laban [White] gave to Rachel [Ewe sheep], his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob [Supplanter]: all the souls were seven.
26 Bato nyonso oyo bakendeki na Ejipito elongo na Jakobi, oyo bazalaki penza bakitani na ye, longola basi ya bana na ye, bango nyonso bazalaki tuku motoba na motoba.
All the souls who came with Jacob [Supplanter] into Egypt [Abode of slavery], who were his direct offspring, besides Jacob [Supplanter]’s sons’ wives, all the souls were sixty-six.
27 Bana mibali ya Jozefi oyo babotamaki na Ejipito bazalaki mibale. Bato nyonso ya libota ya Jakobi oyo bakendeki na Ejipito bazalaki tuku sambo.
The sons of Joseph [May he add], who were born to him in Egypt [Abode of slavery], were two souls. All the souls of the house of Jacob [Supplanter], who came into Egypt [Abode of slavery], were seventy.
28 Liboso ete Jakobi akutana na Jozefi, atindaki Yuda epai ya Jozefi mpo na kobongisa bokutani na bango na Gosheni. Tango bakomaki na Gosheni,
He sent Judah [Praised] before him to Joseph [May he add], to show the way before him to Goshen [Drawing near], and they came into the land of Goshen [Drawing near].
29 Jozefi abongisaki Shario na ye mpe akendeki kokutana na Isalaele, tata na ye, na Gosheni. Tango kaka akomaki liboso na ye, ayambaki tata na ye mpe alelaki mingi.
Joseph [May he add] prepared his chariot, and went up to meet Israel [God prevails], his father, in Goshen [Drawing near]. He presented himself to him, and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
30 Isalaele alobaki na Jozefi: — Sik’oyo, nakoki na ngai kokufa mpo ete namoni yo penza na miso na ngai moko, mpe ozali nanu na bomoi!
Israel [God prevails] said to Joseph [May he add], “Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive.”
31 Jozefi alobaki na bandeko na ye mpe na libota ya tata na ye: — Nakokende koyebisa Faraon: « Bandeko na ngai mpe libota ya tata na ngai, ba-oyo bavandaka na mokili ya Kanana, bayei epai na ngai.
Joseph [May he add] said to his brothers, and to his father’s house, “I will go up, and speak with Pharaoh, and will tell him, ‘My brothers, and my father’s house, who were in the land of Canaan [Humbled], have come to me.
32 Bazali babateli bibwele, babokolaka bibwele. Bamemi bameme, bantaba, bangombe na bango mpe biloko nyonso oyo bazalaki na yango. »
These men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock, and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.’
33 Tango Faraon akobenga bino mpe akotuna bino: « Bosalaka mosala nini? »
It will happen, when Pharaoh summons you, and will say, ‘What is your occupation?’
34 Bokozongisa: « Basali na yo babokolaka bibwele wuta bomwana na biso kino sik’oyo ndenge bakoko na biso bazalaki kosala. » Soki kaka bolobi bongo, akopesa bino nzela ya kovanda na Gosheni, pamba te bato ya Ejipito balingaka te babateli nyonso ya bibwele.
that you shall say, ‘Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers:’ that you may dwell in the land of Goshen [Drawing near]; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians [people from Abode of slavery].”
