Ebandeli 9
1 Nzambe apambolaki Noa mpe bana na ye ya mibali. Alobaki na bango: « Bobota bana, bokoma ebele mpe botondisa mokili.
And God blessed Noe and his sons, and said to them, Increase and multiply, and fill the earth and have dominion over it.
2 Banyama nyonso ya mokili, bandeke nyonso ya likolo mpe bikelamu oyo etambolaka na mokili elongo na mbisi ya ebale, ekobanga bino makasi; nyonso epesami na maboko na bino.
And the dread and the fear of you shall be upon all the wild beasts of the earth, on all the birds of the sky, and on all things moving upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea, I have placed them under your power.
3 Bikelamu nyonso oyo ezali na bomoi mpe oyo etambolaka, ekozala bilei na bino. Ndenge kaka napesaki bino matiti, sik’oyo napesi bino biloko nyonso.
And every reptile which is living shall be to you for meat, I have given all things to you as the green herbs.
4 Kasi bokolia te mosuni oyo ezali na makila, pamba te makila ezali bomoi.
But flesh with blood of life you shall not eat.
5 Bongo lokola makila na bino ezali bomoi na bino, nakosambisa oyo nyonso akotangisa yango, ezala nyama to moto. Nakosambisa moto nyonso mpo na bomoi ya moninga na ye.
For your blood of your lives will I require at the hand of all wild beasts, and I will require the life of man at the hand of [his] brother man.
6 Yango wana, soki moto asopi makila ya moto, bakosopa mpe makila na ye epai ya moto, pamba te Nzambe asalaki moto na elilingi na Ye.
He that sheds man's blood, instead of that blood shall his own be shed, for in the image of God I made man.
7 Kasi bino, bobota bana, bokoma ebele mpe botondisa mokili. »
But do you increase and multiply, and fill the earth, and have dominion over it.
8 Boye, Nzambe alobaki na Noa mpe na bana na ye ya mibali:
And God spoke to Noe, and to his sons with him, saying,
9 « Nasali sik’oyo boyokani elongo na yo mpe na bakitani na yo sima na yo,
And behold I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you,
10 na bikelamu nyonso ya bomoi oyo ezali elongo na yo: bandeke, bibwele mpe banyama ya zamba, banyama nyonso oyo ebimaki na masuwa elongo na yo, bikelamu nyonso ya bomoi oyo ezali na mokili.
and with every living creature with you, of birds and of beasts, and with all the wild beasts of the earth, as many as are with you, of all that come out of the ark.
11 Nasali boyokani elongo na yo: bikelamu nyonso oyo ezali na bomoi ekobebisama te na mayi ya mpela. Mpe mpela ekozala lisusu te mpo na kobebisa mokili. »
And I will establish my covenant with you and all flesh shall not any more die by the water of the flood, and there shall no more be a flood of water to destroy all the earth.
12 Nzambe alobaki lisusu: « Tala elembo ya boyokani oyo natie kati na Ngai mpe bino, mpe bikelamu nyonso ya bomoi oyo ezali na bino elongo. Ezali boyokani mpo na milongo nyonso oyo ekoya:
And the Lord God said to Noe, This [is] the sign of the covenant which I set between me and you, and between every living creature which is with you for perpetual generations.
13 natie monama na Ngai na mapata, mpe yango ekozala elembo ya boyokani kati na Ngai mpe mokili.
I set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of covenant between me and the earth.
14 Tango nyonso nakosangisa mapata na likolo ya mokili mpe monama ekobima na mapata,
And it shall be when I gather clouds upon the earth, that my bow shall be seen in the cloud.
15 nakokanisa boyokani na Ngai elongo na bino mpe na bikelamu ya lolenge nyonso oyo ezali na bomoi. Mpe mayi ekokoma lisusu mpela te mpo na kobebisa nyonso oyo ezali na bomoi.
And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you, and between every living soul in all flesh, and there shall no longer be water for a deluge, so as to blot out all flesh.
16 Tango nyonso monama ekobima na mapata, nakomona yango mpe nakokanisa boyokani ya seko kati na Nzambe mpe bikelamu nyonso ya bomoi oyo ezali na mokili. »
And my bow shall be in the cloud, and I will look to remember the everlasting covenant between me and the earth, and between [every] living soul in all flesh, which is upon the earth.
17 Nzambe alobaki lisusu na Noa: « Yango nde ezali elembo ya boyokani oyo natie kati na Ngai mpe bikelamu nyonso ya bomoi oyo ezali kati na mokili. »
And God said to Noe, This [is] the sign of the covenant, which I have made between me and all flesh, which is upon the earth.
18 Tala bana mibali ya Noa oyo babimaki na masuwa: Semi, Cham mpe Jafeti. Cham azalaki tata ya Kanana.
Now the sons of Noe which came out of the ark, were Sem, Cham, Japheth. And Cham was father of Chanaan.
19 Bango misato bazalaki bana ya Noa mpe na nzela na bango nde mokili etondaki lisusu na bato.
These three are the sons of Noe, of these were men scattered over all the earth.
20 Noa azalaki mosali bilanga mpe alonaki elanga ya vino.
And Noe began to be a husbandman, and he planted a vineyard.
21 Tango amelaki masanga ya vino oyo ewutaki na elanga na ye, alangwaki mpe atikalaki bolumbu kati na ndako na ye ya kapo.
And he drank of the wine, and was drunk, and was naked in his house.
22 Cham, tata ya Kanana, amonaki bolumbu ya tata na ye mpe ayebisaki bandeko na ye ya mibali oyo bazalaki na libanda.
And Cham the father of Chanaan saw the nakedness of his father, and he went out and told his two brothers without.
23 Kasi Semi mpe Jafeti bazwaki elamba mpe batiaki yango na mapeka na bango. Bazongaki sima-sima mpe bazipaki bolumbu ya tata na bango. Lokola bilongi na bango etalaki na ngambo mosusu, bamonaki bolumbu ya tata na bango te.
And Sem and Japheth having taken a garment, put it on both their backs and went backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their face [was] backward, and they saw not the nakedness of their father.
24 Tango milangwa ya Noa esilaki, ayokaki likambo oyo mwana na ye ya suka asalaki.
And Noe recovered from the wine, and knew all that his younger son had done to him.
25 Alobaki: « Tika ete Kanana alakelama mabe, azala mowumbu ya suka ya bandeko na ye! »
And he said, Cursed be the servant Chanaan, a slave shall he be to his brethren.
26 Alobaki lisusu: « Tika ete Yawe, Nzambe ya Semi, apambolama! Tika ete Kanana azala mowumbu ya Semi!
And he said, Blessed [be] the Lord God of Sem, and Chanaan shall be his bond-servant.
27 Tika ete Nzambe ayeisa monene mabele ya Jafeti! Tika ete Jafeti avanda na bandako ya kapo ya Semi, mpe Kanana azala mowumbu na ye! »
May God make room for Japheth, and let him dwell in the habitations of Sem, and let Chanaan be his servant.
28 Sima na mpela, Noa awumelaki na bomoi mibu nkama misato na tuku mitano.
And Noe lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
29 Mibu nyonso ya bomoi ya Noa ezalaki nkama libwa na tuku mitano, sima akufaki.
And all the days of Noe were nine hundred and fifty years, and he died.
