Ebandeli 6
1 Tango bato babandaki kokoma ebele na mokili mpe babotaki bana basi,
And it cometh to pass that mankind have begun to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters have been born to them,
2 milimo emonaki ete bana basi ya bato bazali kitoko; boye ekomisaki ba-oyo eponaki basi na yango.
and sons of God see the daughters of men that they [are] fair, and they take to themselves women of all whom they have chosen.
3 Yango wana, Yawe alobaki: « Pema na Ngai ekowumela libela te kati na moto, pamba te abengami na kokufa; mibu ya bomoi na ye ekozala kaka nkama moko na tuku mibale. »
And Jehovah saith, 'My Spirit doth not strive in man — to the age; in their erring they [are] flesh:' and his days have been an hundred and twenty years.
4 Na tango wana, ezalaki na bingambe kati na mokili; mpe lisusu, milimo esangisaki nzoto na bana basi ya bato, bongo bana basi babotelaki yango bana. Bana yango bazalaki bilombe na tango ya kala, bato oyo bakenda sango.
The fallen ones were in the earth in those days, and even afterwards when sons of God come in unto daughters of men, and they have borne to them — they [are] the heroes, who, from of old, [are] the men of name.
5 Yawe amonaki ndenge nini mabe ya moto ekomaki mingi kati na mokili, mpe tango nyonso, makanisi ya motema ya moto ezalaki kaka mabe.
And Jehovah seeth that abundant [is] the wickedness of man in the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart only evil all the day;
6 Boye Yawe ayokaki mawa na ndenge akelaki moto kati na mokili mpe abongolaki makanisi na Ye.
and Jehovah repenteth that He hath made man in the earth, and He grieveth Himself — unto His heart.
7 Boye Yawe alobaki: « Nakosilisa koboma kati na mokili bato oyo nakelaki; solo, nakosilisa koboma bato kino na bibwele, na bandeke ya likolo mpe na bikelamu oyo etambolaka na libumu kati na mokili, pamba te nabongoli makanisi na Ngai na ndenge nakelaki bango. »
And Jehovah saith, 'I wipe away man whom I have prepared from off the face of the ground, from man unto beast, unto creeping thing, and unto fowl of the heavens, for I have repented that I have made them.'
8 Kasi Noa azwaki ngolu na miso ya Yawe.
And Noah found grace in the eyes of Jehovah.
9 Tala lisolo ya libota ya Noa. Noa azalaki moto ya sembo mpe azanga pamela kati na bato ya tango na ye; azalaki kosala mokano ya Nzambe.
These [are] births of Noah: Noah [is] a righteous man; perfect he hath been among his generations; with God hath Noah walked habitually.
10 Noa azalaki na bana mibali misato: Semi, Cham mpe Jafeti.
And Noah begetteth three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11 Mokili ebebaki na miso ya Nzambe mpe etondaki na makambo ya mobulu.
And the earth is corrupt before God, and the earth is filled [with] violence.
12 Nzambe amonaki ndenge mokili ebebaki, pamba te bato nyonso ya mokili babebisaki banzela na bango.
And God seeth the earth, and lo, it hath been corrupted, for all flesh hath corrupted its way on the earth.
13 Boye, Nzambe alobaki na Noa: « Nazwi mokano ya koboma bikelamu nyonso ya bomoi, pamba te mokili etondi na mabe likolo na bango. Solo, nakobebisa bango elongo na mokili.
And God said to Noah, 'An end of all flesh hath come before Me, for the earth hath been full of violence from their presence; and lo, I am destroying them with the earth.
14 Sala masuwa ya mabaya ya goferi mpo na lobiko na yo; kabola yango na bashambre. Okopakola gudron na kati mpe na libanda na yango.
'Make for thyself an ark of gopher-wood; rooms dost thou make with the ark, and thou hast covered it within and without with cypress;
15 Tala ndenge okotonga yango: molayi na yango ekozala na bametele pene nkama moko na tuku mitano, bametele pene tuku mibale na mitano na mokuse mpe bametele pene zomi na mitano na bosanda.
and this [is] that which thou dost with it: three hundred cubits [is] the length of the ark, fifty cubits its breadth, and thirty cubits its height;
16 Okotia likolo na yango lidusu ya basantimetele pene tuku mitano, okotia ekuke na mopanzi na yango; mpe na kati, okosala etaje ya liboso, ya mibale mpe ya misato.
a window dost thou make for the ark, and unto a cubit thou dost restrain it from above; and the opening of the ark thou dost put in its side, — lower, second, and third [stories] dost thou make it.
17 Nakotinda mpela na mokili mpo na koboma nyonso oyo ezali na bomoi na se na moyi: ekelamu nyonso ya bomoi oyo ezali na mabele ekokufa.
'And I, lo, I am bringing in the deluge of waters on the earth to destroy all flesh, in which [is] a living spirit, from under the heavens; all that [is] in the earth doth expire.
18 Kasi nasali boyokani elongo na yo, yango wana okokota na masuwa: yo, bana na yo ya mibali, mwasi na yo mpe basi ya bana na yo.
'And I have established My covenant with thee, and thou hast come in unto the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy son's wives with thee;
19 Okokotisa mpe kati na masuwa, mibale-mibale, bikelamu nyonso ya bomoi, mwasi mpe mobali, mpo ete obatela yango na bomoi elongo na yo.
and of all that liveth, of all flesh, two of every [sort] thou dost bring in unto the ark, to keep alive with thee; male and female are they.
20 Bikelamu mibale ya lolenge moko na moko ya bandeke, ya bibwele mpe ya bikelamu nyonso oyo etambolaka na libumu; nyonso ekoya epai na yo mpo ete obatela yango na bomoi.
Of the fowl after its kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every [sort] they come in unto thee, to keep alive.
21 Okozwa biloko ya kolia ya lolenge na lolenge mpe okobomba yango mpo ete ezala bilei na yo elongo na yango. »
'And thou, take to thyself of all food that is eaten; and thou hast gathered unto thyself, and it hath been to thee and to them for food.'
22 Noa asalaki makambo nyonso ndenge kaka Nzambe atindaki ye.
And Noah doth according to all that God hath commanded him; so hath he done.
The World is Destroyed by Water
