Ebandeli 9
1 Nzambe apambolaki Noa mpe bana na ye ya mibali. Alobaki na bango: « Bobota bana, bokoma ebele mpe botondisa mokili.
God blessed Noah and his sons, and told them, “Reproduce, increase, and spread throughout the earth!
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.
All animals will be very afraid of you—this includes all the birds, all the creatures that run along the ground, and all the fish in the sea. You are in charge of them.
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.
Every living creature that moves will be food for you, as well as all the green plants.
4 Kasi bokolia te mosuni oyo ezali na makila, pamba te makila ezali bomoi.
But do not eat meat with the lifeblood still in it.
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.
If your blood is shed by any animal, I will call it to account; and if your blood is shed by any person, I will call that person to account.
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.
Whoever sheds the blood of a human being will have their blood shed by human beings. For God made human beings in his image.
7 Kasi bino, bobota bana, bokoma ebele mpe botondisa mokili. »
Reproduce, increase, and spread throughout the earth—have many descendants!”
8 Boye, Nzambe alobaki na Noa mpe na bana na ye ya mibali:
Then God told Noah and his sons who were there with him,
9 « Nasali sik’oyo boyokani elongo na yo mpe na bakitani na yo sima na yo,
“Listen, I'm making my agreement with you and your descendants,
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 all the animals around you—the birds, the livestock, and all the wild animals of the earth—every animal that accompanied you on 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. »
In my agreement I'm promising you that I won't ever again destroy all life by means of a flood—there won't be a destructive flood like this again.”
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:
Then God said, “I'm going to give you a sign to confirm the agreement I'm making between me and you and all living creatures, an agreement that will last for all generations.
13 natie monama na Ngai na mapata, mpe yango ekozala elembo ya boyokani kati na Ngai mpe mokili.
I've placed my rainbow in the clouds, and this will be the sign of my agreement with you and with all life on earth.
14 Tango nyonso nakosangisa mapata na likolo ya mokili mpe monama ekobima na mapata,
Whenever I make clouds form over the earth and the rainbow appears,
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.
it will remind me of my agreement between me and you and every kind of living creature that floodwaters won't ever again destroy all life.
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. »
I will see the rainbow in the clouds and it will remind me of the eternal agreement between God and every kind of living creature that lives on 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. »
Then God told Noah, “This is the sign of the agreement I'm making between me and every creature on earth.”
18 Tala bana mibali ya Noa oyo babimaki na masuwa: Semi, Cham mpe Jafeti. Cham azalaki tata ya Kanana.
Noah's sons who left the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham was the father of the Canaanites.)
19 Bango misato bazalaki bana ya Noa mpe na nzela na bango nde mokili etondaki lisusu na bato.
All the people who are spread over the world are descended from these three sons of Noah.
20 Noa azalaki mosali bilanga mpe alonaki elanga ya vino.
Noah started to cultivate the ground as a farmer, 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.
He drank some of the wine he'd produced, got drunk, and fell asleep in his tent, naked.
22 Cham, tata ya Kanana, amonaki bolumbu ya tata na ye mpe ayebisaki bandeko na ye ya mibali oyo bazalaki na libanda.
Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father's private parts and went and told his two brothers who were outside.
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.
Shem and Japheth picked up a cloak and, holding it over their shoulders, walked in backwards and covered up their father's privates. They made sure to look the other way so they wouldn't see their father's privates.
24 Tango milangwa ya Noa esilaki, ayokaki likambo oyo mwana na ye ya suka asalaki.
When Noah woke up from his drunken sleep, he discovered what his youngest son had done,
25 Alobaki: « Tika ete Kanana alakelama mabe, azala mowumbu ya suka ya bandeko na ye! »
and said, “May Canaan be cursed! He will be the lowest kind of slave and will serve his brothers!”
26 Alobaki lisusu: « Tika ete Yawe, Nzambe ya Semi, apambolama! Tika ete Kanana azala mowumbu ya Semi!
Then Noah continued, “May the Lord be blessed, the God of Shem, and may Canaan be his slave.
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 give Japtheth plenty of space to accommodate his many descendants, and may they live at peace among Shem's people, and may Canaan also be his slave.”
28 Sima na mpela, Noa awumelaki na bomoi mibu nkama misato na tuku mitano.
Noah lived for another 350 years after the flood.
29 Mibu nyonso ya bomoi ya Noa ezalaki nkama libwa na tuku mitano, sima akufaki.
Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.
