Ebandeli 1
1 Na ebandeli, Nzambe akelaki Likolo mpe mokili.
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2 Mokili ezalaki na lolenge te mpe ezalaki pamba. Molili ezalaki na likolo ya mozindo; mpe Molimo ya Nzambe azalaki kopepa na likolo ya mayi.
And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
3 Mpe Nzambe alobaki: « Tika ete pole ezala! » Mpe pole ezalaki.
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
4 Nzambe amonaki ete pole ezali malamu, akabolaki pole na molili.
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
5 Nzambe abengaki pole « moyi, » mpe abengaki molili « butu. » Pokwa ezalaki mpe tongo ezalaki. Yango ezalaki mokolo moko.
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.
6 Bongo Nzambe alobaki: « Tika ete etando ezala kati na mayi mpo na kokabola yango! »
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
7 Nzambe akelaki etando; akabolaki mayi oyo ezalaki na se ya etando na mayi ya likolo. Yango esalemaki mpe bongo.
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
8 Nzambe abengaki etando « likolo. » Pokwa ezalaki, tongo mpe ezalaki. Yango ezalaki mokolo ya mibale.
And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.
9 Bongo Nzambe alobaki: « Tika ete mayi oyo ezali na se ya likolo esangana esika moko mpo ete mabele ya kokawuka ebima! » Yango esalemaki mpe bongo.
And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
10 Nzambe abengaki mabele ya kokawuka « mokili, » mpe abengaki mayi oyo esanganaki esika moko « ebale monene. » Nzambe amonaki ete ezali malamu.
And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
11 Nzambe alobaki: « Tika ete mokili ebimisa matiti, milona oyo ezali na nkona mpe banzete ya mbuma oyo ebotaka mbuma kolanda lolenge ya nzete moko na moko! » Yango esalemaki mpe bongo.
And God said, Let the earth put forth grass, herb yielding seed, [and] fruit tree bearing fruit after its kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth: and it was so.
12 Mabele ebimisaki matiti, milona oyo ebotaka nkona kolanda lolenge ya molona moko na moko mpe banzete oyo ebotaka mbuma kolanda lolenge ya nzete moko na moko. Nzambe amonaki ete ezali malamu.
And the earth brought forth grass, herb yielding seed after its kind, and tree bearing fruit, wherein is the seed thereof, after its kind: and God saw that it was good.
13 Pokwa ezalaki, tongo mpe ezalaki. Yango ezalaki mokolo ya misato.
And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.
14 Bongo Nzambe alobaki: « Tika ete biloko oyo ebimisaka pole ezala na etando ya likolo mpo na kokabola moyi wuta na butu, mpo na kozala bilembo oyo ekolakisa bileko, mikolo mpe mibu,
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years:
15 mpe mpo na kongengisa mokili! » Yango esalemaki mpe bongo.
and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
16 Nzambe akelaki biloko mibale ya minene oyo ebimisaka pole: oyo eleki monene, mpo na kongenga na moyi; mpe oyo ya moke, mpo na kongenga na butu. Mpe akelaki lisusu minzoto.
And God made the two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: [he made] the stars also.
17 Nzambe atiaki yango na etando ya likolo mpo ete engengisa mokili,
And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
18 engenga na moyi mpe na butu, mpe ekabola pole na molili. Nzambe amonaki ete ezali malamu.
and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
19 Pokwa ezalaki, tongo mpe ezalaki. Yango ezalaki mokolo ya minei.
And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.
20 Bongo Nzambe alobaki: « Tika ete bikelamu ya bomoi etonda kati na mayi, mpe bandeke epumbwa na mokili na etando ya likolo! »
And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and let fowl fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
21 Nzambe akelaki banyama minene ya mayi mpe bikelamu nyonso ya bomoi oyo etambolaka kati na mayi mpe etondi meke kati na mayi: ekelamu na ekelamu na lolenge na yango. Akelaki mpe bandeke nyonso ya mapapu: ndeke na ndeke na lolenge na yango. Nzambe amonaki ete ezali malamu.
And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kinds, and every winged fowl after its kind: and God saw that it was good.
22 Nzambe apambolaki yango mpe alobaki: « Bobotana, bokoma ebele, botondisa mayi ya bibale, mpe tika ete bandeke ekoma ebele kati na mokili. »
And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
23 Pokwa ezalaki, tongo mpe ezalaki. Yango ezalaki mokolo ya mitano.
And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
24 Bongo Nzambe alobaki: « Tika ete mokili ebimisa bikelamu ya bomoi kolanda lolenge na yango: bibwele, bikelamu oyo etambolaka na libumu, banyama ya mike-mike mpe banyama ya zamba! » Yango esalemaki mpe bongo.
And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after its kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after its kind: and it was so.
25 Nzambe akelaki banyama ya zamba kolanda lolenge na yango: bibwele mpe bikelamu nyonso ya mike-mike. Nzambe amonaki ete ezali malamu.
And God made the beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the ground after its kind: and God saw that it was good.
26 Bongo Nzambe alobaki: « Tika ete tosala bato na elilingi na biso, na lolenge oyo biso tozali, mpo ete bakonza bambisi ya ebale, bandeke ya likolo, bibwele kati na mokili mobimba, bikelamu nyonso oyo etambolaka na libumu mpe banyama ya mike-mike! »
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27 Nzambe akelaki bato na elilingi na Ye, akelaki bango na elilingi ya Nzambe; akelaki bango mobali mpe mwasi.
And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
28 Nzambe apambolaki bango mpe alobaki na bango: « Bobotana, bokoma ebele, botondisa mokili mpe bobongola yango. Bokonza bambisi ya bibale, bandeke ya likolo, bikelamu oyo etambolaka na libumu mpe banyama nyonso ya mike-mike. »
And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
29 Bongo Nzambe alobaki: « Tala, kati na mokili mobimba, napesi bino milona oyo ezali na nkona mpe banzete nyonso oyo ebotaka mbuma. Yango nde ekozala bilei na bino.
And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat:
30 Napesi matiti nyonso ya mobesu lokola bilei epai ya banyama nyonso ya mokili, epai ya bandeke nyonso ya likolo, epai ya bikelamu nyonso oyo etambolaka na libumu, mpe epai ya bikelamu nyonso oyo ezali na bomoi. » Yango esalemaki mpe bongo.
and to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, [I have given] every green herb for meat: and it was so.
31 Nzambe atalaki biloko nyonso oyo akelaki mpe amonaki ete ezali malamu koleka. Pokwa ezalaki, tongo mpe ezalaki. Yango ezalaki mokolo ya motoba.
And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
