Jozue 4
1 Tango ekolo mobimba esilisaki kokatisa Yordani, Yawe alobaki na Jozue:
And when they were passed over, the Lord said to Josue:
2 « Pona mibali zomi na mibale kati na bato, mobali moko mpo na libota moko.
Choose twelve men, one of every tribe:
3 Pesa bango mitindo oyo: ‹ Bozwa kati na mayi ya Yordani, na esika oyo Banganga-Nzambe bapikamaki, mabanga zomi na mibale, bomema yango elongo na bino mpe botia yango na esika oyo bokolekisa butu ya lelo. › »
And command them to take out of the midst of the Jordan, where the feet of the priests stood, twelve very hard stones, which you shall set in the place of the camp, where you shall pitch your tents this night.
4 Boye, Jozue abengaki mibali zomi na mibale oyo aponaki kati na bana ya Isalaele, mobali moko mpo na libota moko.
And Josue called twelve men, whom he had chosen out of the children of Israel, one out of every tribe,
5 Jozue alobaki na bango: « Boleka liboso ya Sanduku ya Yawe, Nzambe na bino, kino na kati-kati ya Yordani. Moko na moko kati na bino amema libanga na lipeka na ye kolanda motango ya mabota ya Isalaele
And he said to them: Go before the ark of the Lord your God to the midst of the Jordan, and carry from thence every man a stone on your shoulders, according to the number of the children of Israel,
6 mpo ete ezala lokola elembo kati na bino. Sima na tango, soki bana na bino batuni bino: ‹ Mabanga oyo elakisi nini? ›
That it may be a sign among you and when your children shall ask you tomorrow, saying: What mean these stones?
7 Bokoyebisa bango ete mayi ya Yordani ekatanaki na biteni mibale liboso ya Sanduku ya Boyokani ya Yawe. Tango ekatisaki Yordani, mayi na yango mpe ekatanaki. Mabanga oyo ezali lokola ekaniseli ya seko na seko mpo na bana ya Isalaele. »
You shall answer them: The waters of the Jordan ran off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, when it passed over the same: therefore were these atones set for a monument of the children of Israel for ever.
8 Boye, bana ya Isalaele basalaki ndenge Jozue atindaki bango. Bazwaki kati na Yordani, mabanga zomi na mibale kolanda motango ya mabota ya Isalaele, ndenge Yawe alobaki na Jozue. Bamemaki yango kino na molako na bango, epai wapi batiaki yango.
The children of Israel therefore did as Josue commanded them, carrying out of the channel of the Jordan twelve stones, as the Lord had commanded him, according to the number of the children of Israel, unto the place wherein they camped, and there they set them.
9 Jozue atelemisaki mabanga zomi na mibale mosusu na kati-kati ya Yordani, na esika oyo Banganga-Nzambe oyo bamemaki Sanduku ya Boyokani bapikamaki, mpe etikala wana kino na mokolo ya lelo.
And Josue put other twelve stones in the midst of the channel of the Jordan, where the priests stood that carried the ark of the covenant: and they are there until this present day.
10 Nzokande, Banganga-Nzambe oyo bamemaki Sanduku bawumelaki na kati-kati ya Yordani kino tango bato bakokisaki makambo nyonso oyo Yawe atindaki Jozue, ndenge kaka Moyize ayebisaki ye. Ezalaki na lombangu nde bato bakatisaki Yordani.
Now the priests that carried the ark, stood in the midst of the Jordan till all things were accomplished which the Lord had commanded Josue to speak to the people, and Moses had said to him. And the people made haste and passed over.
11 Tango bango nyonso basilisaki kokatisa, Sanduku ya Yawe elongo na Banganga-Nzambe balekaki lisusu liboso ya bato.
And when they had all passed over, the ark also of the Lord passed over, and the priests went before the people.
12 Bato ya libota ya Ribeni, ya Gadi, mpe ya ndambo ya libota ya Manase bakatisaki, balataki bibundeli mpe batambolaki liboso ya bana ya Isalaele, ndenge Moyize atindaki bango.
The children of Ruben also and Gad, and half the tribe of Manasses, went armed before the children of Israel as Moses had commanded them.
13 Bazalaki bato pene nkoto tuku minei, bato ya bitumba, oyo bakamataki bibundeli mpo na kobunda; balekaki liboso ya Yawe na nzela ya bitando ya Jeriko mpo na kobunda.
And forty thousand fighting men by their troops, and bands, marched through the plains and fields of the city of Jericho.
14 Na mokolo wana, Yawe atombolaki Jozue na miso ya bana nyonso ya Isalaele; mpe bapesaki ye lokumu mikolo nyonso ya bomoi na ye, ndenge kaka bapesaki Moyize lokumu.
In that day the Lord magnified Josue in the sight of all Israel, that they should fear him, as they had feared Moses, while he lived.
15 Yawe alobaki na Jozue:
And he said to him:
16 « Pesa Banganga-Nzambe oyo bamemi Sanduku ya Litatoli mitindo ete babima wuta na kati-kati ya ebale Yordani. »
Command the priests, that carry the ark of the covenant, to come up out of the Jordan.
17 Jozue apesaki mitindo epai ya Banganga-Nzambe: « Bobima wuta na kati-kati ya ebale Yordani. »
And he commanded them, saying: Come ye up out of the Jordan.
18 Boye Banganga-Nzambe oyo bamemaki Sanduku ya Boyokani ya Yawe babimaki wuta na ebale. Tango kaka batiaki matambe na bango na mokili, mayi ya Yordani ezongaki na esika na yango, etondaki makasi mpe ekomaki kotiola ndenge ezalaki momesano na yango.
And when they that carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, were come up, and began to tread on the dry ground, the waters returned into the channel, and ran as they were wont before.
19 Na mokolo ya zomi ya sanza ya liboso, bato bakendeki wuta na Yordani mpe batongaki molako na bango na Giligali, na mondelo ya este ya Jeriko.
And the people came up out of the Jordan, the tenth day of the first month, and camped in Galgal, over against the east side of the city of Jericho.
20 Jozue atelemisaki, na Giligali, mabanga zomi na mibale oyo babimisaki na Yordani.
And the twelve stones which they had taken out of the channel of the Jordan, Josue pitched in Galgal,
21 Alobaki na bana ya Isalaele: « Tango bakitani na bino bakotuna batata na bango: ‹ Mabanga oyo elakisi nini? ›
And said to the children of Israel: When your children shall ask their fathers, tomorrow, and shall say to them: What mean these stones?
22 Boyebisa bango: ‹ Bato ya Isalaele bakatisaki Yordani na mabele ya kokawuka. ›
You shall teach them and say: Israel passed over this Jordan through the dry channel.
23 Pamba te Yawe, Nzambe na bino, akawusaki liboso mayi ya Yordani kino tango bosilisaki kokatisa. Yawe asalaki na Yordani makambo oyo asalaki na ebale monene ya Barozo tango akawusaki yango liboso na biso, kino tango tosilisaki kokatisa yango.
The Lord your God drying up the waters thereof in your sight, until you passed over: As he had done before in the Red Sea, which he dried up till we passed through:
24 Asalaki bongo mpo ete bato nyonso ya mokili bayeba ete loboko ya Yawe ezalaka na nguya, mpe mpo ete bobangaka Yawe, Nzambe na bino, tango nyonso. »
That all the people of the earth may learn the most mighty hand of the Lord, that you also may fear the Lord your God for ever.
