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.
And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.
2 Na butu, Nzambe alobaki na Isalaele na nzela ya emoniseli: — Jakobi! Jakobi! Jakobi azongisaki: — Ngai oyo.
And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.
3 Nzambe alobaki: — Nazali Nzambe, Nzambe ya tata na yo. Kobanga te kokende na Ejipito, pamba te nakokomisa yo ekolo monene kuna.
And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee 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 thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine 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.
And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and 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.
And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed 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 all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.
8 Tala bakombo ya bana mibali ya Isalaele, oyo bakendeki na Ejipito: Ribeni, mwana liboso ya Jakobi.
And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.
9 Bana mibali ya Ribeni: Enoki, Palu, Etsironi mpe Karimi.
And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Pallu, and 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.
And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.
11 Bana mibali ya Levi: Gerishoni, Keati mpe Merari.
And the sons of Levi; 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.
And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Perez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
13 Bana mibali ya Isakari: Tola, Puwa, Yashubi mpe Shimironi.
And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Puvah, and Iob, and Shimron.
14 Bana mibali ya Zabuloni: Seredi, Eloni mpe Yaleyeli.
And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and 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, which she bare unto Jacob in Paddan-aram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.
16 Bana mibali ya Gadi: Tsefoni, Agi, Shuni, Etsiboni, Eri, Arodi mpe Areeli.
And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and 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.
And the sons of Asher; Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and 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, which Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.
19 Bana mibali ya Rasheli, mwasi ya Jakobi: Jozefi mpe Benjame.
The sons of Rachel Jacob’s wife; Joseph and Benjamin.
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.
And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On bare unto him.
21 Bana mibali ya Benjame: Bela, Bekeri, Ashibeli, Gera, Namani, Eyi, Roshi, Mupimi, Upime mpe Aridi.
And the sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and 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, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.
23 Mwana mobali ya Dani: Ushimi.
And the sons of Dan; Hushim.
24 Bana mibali ya Nefitali: Yatseyeli, Guni, Yetseri mpe Shilemi.
And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and 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, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob: 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 that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob’s sons’ wives, all the souls were threescore and 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.
and the sons of Joseph, which were born to him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.
28 Liboso ete Jakobi akutana na Jozefi, atindaki Yuda epai ya Jozefi mpo na kobongisa bokutani na bango na Gosheni. Tango bakomaki na Gosheni,
And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to shew the way before him unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.
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.
And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen; and he presented himself unto 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!
And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, that thou art yet 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.
And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father’s house, I will go up, and tell Pharaoh, and will say unto him, My brethren, and my father’s house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;
32 Bazali babateli bibwele, babokolaka bibwele. Bamemi bameme, bantaba, bangombe na bango mpe biloko nyonso oyo bazalaki na yango. »
and the men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of cattle; 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? »
And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall 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 ye shall say, Thy servants have been keepers of cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
