Bilombe 11
1 Jefite, moto ya Galadi, azalaki elombe ya bitumba. Azalaki mwana mobali oyo Galadi abotaki na mwasi ya makangu.
Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead brings forth Jephthah.
2 Nzokande mwasi ya Galadi abotelaki ye mpe bana mibali. Mpe tango bakolaki, babenganaki Jefite; balobaki na ye: « Ozali na libula te kati na ndako ya tata na biso, pamba te ozali mwana ya makangu. »
And Gilead's wife bare him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, You shall not inherit in our father's house; for you are the son of a strange woman.
3 Boye, Jefite akimaki mosika ya bandeko na ye ya mibali mpe akomaki kovanda kati na etuka ya Tobi. Bato ya mobulu basanganaki na ye mpe bazalaki kotambola elongo na ye.
Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him.
4 Sima na mwa tango, bato ya Amoni babundisaki Isalaele.
And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel.
5 Wana bato ya Amoni bazalaki kobundisa bana ya Isalaele, bampaka ya Galadi bakendeki koluka Jefite, kati na Tobi.
And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob:
6 Balobaki na Jefite: — Yaka, mpe zala mokambi na biso mpo ete tobundisa bato ya Amoni.
And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.
7 Jefite azongiselaki bampaka ya Galadi: — Boni, ezali bino te bato oyo boyinaki ngai mpe bobenganaki ngai wuta na ndako ya tata na ngai? Mpo na nini bozali koya sik’oyo epai na ngai, awa bokomi na pasi?
And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not all of you hate me, and expel me out of my father's house? and why are all of you come unto me now when all of you are in distress?
8 Bampaka ya Galadi balobaki lisusu na Jefite: — Soki tozongi sik’oyo epai na yo, ezali mpo ete oya elongo na biso, obundisa bato ya Amoni mpe okoma mokonzi na biso, mokonzi ya bavandi nyonso ya Galadi.
And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we return to you now, that you may go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
9 Jefite azongiselaki bampaka ya Galadi: — Soki bozongisi ngai mpo na kobundisa bato ya Amoni, bongo Yawe akabi bango na maboko na ngai, boni, nakozala solo mokonzi na bino?
And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If all of you bring me home again to fight against the children of Ammon, and the LORD deliver them before me, shall I be your head?
10 Bampaka ya Galadi bazongiselaki Jefite: — Tika ete Yawe azala Motatoli kati na biso! Tika ete apesa biso etumbu soki tosali te ndenge olobi.
And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The LORD be witness between us, if we do not so according to your words.
11 Boye Jefite akendeki nzela moko na bampaka ya Galadi, mpe bato ya Galadi bakomisaki ye mokambi mpe mokonzi ya mampinga. Mpe Jefite azongelaki koloba maloba na ye nyonso liboso ya Yawe, kati na Mitsipa.
Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the LORD in Mizpeh.
12 Bongo Jefite atindaki bantoma epai ya mokonzi ya bato ya Amoni mpo na koloba na ye: — Ozwi biso na likambo nini mpo ete oya kobundisa mboka na biso?
And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What have you to do with me, that you are come against me to fight in my land?
13 Mokonzi ya bato ya Amoni azongiselaki bantoma ya Jefite: — Ezali mpo ete Isalaele abotolaki mokili na ngai tango abimaki na Ejipito; babotolaki mokili yango longwa na lubwaku ya Arinoni, mayi moke ya Yaboki kino na lubwaku ya Yordani. Sik’oyo, zongisela ngai yango na kimia.
And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again peaceably.
14 Jefite atindaki lisusu bantoma epai ya mokonzi ya bato ya Amoni mpo na koloba na ye:
And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon:
15 — Tala maloba oyo Jefite alobi: « Bana ya Isalaele bazwaki mokili ya Moabi te to mokili ya bato ya Amoni te.
And said unto him, Thus says Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon:
16 Kasi tango bana ya Isalaele babimaki na Ejipito, batambolaki na esobe kino na ebale monene ya Barozo, mpe bakomaki na Kadeshi.
But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh;
17 Batindaki bantoma epai ya mokonzi ya Edomi, mpo na koloba na ye: ‹ Pesa biso nzela ya koleka na mokili na yo. › Kasi mokonzi ya Edomi aboyaki koyoka. Bana ya Isalaele batindaki lisusu bantoma epai ya mokonzi ya Moabi, kasi ye mpe aboyaki. Boye, bana ya Isalaele bawumelaki na Kadeshi.
Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray you, pass through your land: but the king of Edom would not hearken thereto. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab: but he would not consent: and Israel abode in Kadesh.
18 Na sima, batambolaki na esobe mpe babalukaki na sima ya mokili ya Edomi mpe ya Moabi, balekaki na ngambo ya este ya mokili ya Moabi mpe batongaki milako na bango kuna, na ngambo mosusu ya lubwaku ya Arinoni. Kasi bakotaki te na mokili ya Moabi.
Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab.
19 Bongo bana ya Isalaele batindaki bantoma epai ya Sikoni, mokonzi ya bato ya Amori, oyo azalaki kovanda na Eshiboni mpo na koloba na ye: ‹ Tika biso toleka na mokili na yo mpo ete tokende na esika na biso. ›
And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray you, through your land into my place.
20 Kasi Sikoni andimaki te bana ya Isalaele mpo ete baleka na mokili na ye. Boye asangisaki bato na ye nyonso; batongaki milako, na Yakatsi, mpe babundisaki Isalaele.
But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
21 Kasi Yawe, Nzambe ya Isalaele, akabaki Sikoni mpe bato na ye nyonso na maboko ya bana ya Isalaele, mpe balongaki bango. Boye bana ya Isalaele babotolaki mokili nyonso ya bato ya Amori oyo bazalaki kovanda na etando wana.
And the LORD God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they stroke them: so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.
22 Babotolaki etuka nyonso ya bato ya Amori, longwa na lubwaku ya Arinoni kino na mayi moke ya Yaboki, longwa na esobe kino na Yordani.
And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan.
23 Awa Yawe, Nzambe ya Isalaele, asili kobotola mokili ya bato ya Amori mpe apesi yango epai ya bana ya Isalaele, yo olingi sik’oyo kobotola bango yango?
So now the LORD God of Israel has dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and should you possess it?
24 Boni, okozwa te oyo Kemoshi, nzambe na yo, apesi yo? Biso tokozwa oyo Yawe, Nzambe na biso, apesi biso.
Will not you possess that which Chemosh your god gives you to possess? So whomsoever the LORD our God shall drive out from before us, them will we possess.
25 Boni, ozali malamu koleka Balaki, mwana mobali ya Tsipori, mokonzi ya Moabi? Boni, asila koswanisa to kobundisa bana ya Isalaele?
And now are you any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them,
26 Mibu nkama misato, bana ya Isalaele bavandaki na Eshiboni, na Aroeri, na bamboka na yango ya mike mpe na bingumba nyonso oyo ezali pembeni ya Arinoni. Mpo na nini bobotolaki yango te na tango wana?
While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that be along by the coasts of Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did all of you not recover them within that time?
27 Ngai nasali yo mabe te, kasi yo nde ozali kosala ngai mabe na kobundisa ngai. Tika ete Yawe, Mosambisi, akata lelo likambo kati na bana ya Isalaele mpe bato ya Amoni. »
Wherefore I have not sinned against you, but you do me wrong to war against me: the LORD the Judge be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.
28 Kasi mokonzi ya Amoni aboyaki koyoka maloba oyo Jefite atindelaki ye.
Nevertheless the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
29 Molimo na Yawe akitelaki Jefite. Jefite akatisaki Galadi mpe Manase, mpe alekaki na Mitsipe ya Galadi. Wuta na Mitsipe ya Galadi, akendeki kobundisa bato ya Amoni.
Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon.
30 Jefite alapaki ndayi epai na Yawe, alobaki: « Soki okabi bato ya Amoni na maboko na ngai,
And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If you shall without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,
31 nakobonzela Yo, Yawe, lokola mbeka ya kotumba, nyonso oyo ekobima na ekuke ya ndako na ngai mpo na koyamba ngai, tango nakozonga na elonga wuta na bato ya Amoni. »
Then it shall be, that whatsoever comes out of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD's, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.
32 Bongo Jefite akatisaki bandelo ya bato ya Amoni, mpe Yawe akabaki bango na maboko na ye.
So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and the LORD delivered them into his hands.
33 Abebisaki bingumba tuku mibale oyo ezali na kati-kati ya Aroeri mpe Miniti kino na Abele-Keramimi. Ezalaki kobebisama ya makasi mpo na bato ya Amoni oyo bakweyaki liboso ya bana ya Isalaele.
And he stroke them from Aroer, even till you come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.
34 Tango Jefite azongaki na ndako na ye, na Mitsipa, mwana na ye ya mwasi abimaki mpo na koyamba ye; azalaki kobina mpe kobeta mbonda ya moke. Azalaki mwana na ye kaka moko: azalaki na mwana mosusu te, ezala ya mwasi to ya mobali.
And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
35 Tango kaka Jefite amonaki ye, apasolaki bilamba na ye mpe agangaki: — Ah, mwana na ngai ya mwasi! Opesi ngai mawa mingi mpe otie ngai na mobulu, pamba te nalapaki ndayi epai na Yawe mpe nakoki lisusu kozonga sima te.
And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! you have brought me very low, and you are one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back.
36 Mwana na ye ya mwasi alobaki: — Tata na ngai, opesaki elaka epai na Yawe. Sala na ngai ndenge olakaki epai na Yawe, pamba te Yawe azongisi mabe na mabe epai ya banguna na yo, bato ya Amoni.
And she said unto him, My father, if you have opened your mouth unto the LORD, do to me according to that which has proceeded out of your mouth; forasmuch as the LORD has taken vengeance for you of your enemies, even of the children of Ammon.
37 Abakisaki: — Pesa ngai nzela ete likambo oyo moko esalema mpo na ngai: Tikela ngai basanza mibale mpo ete nakende koyengayenga mpe kolela, elongo na baninga na ngai, bozangi na ngai koyeba nzoto ya mobali.
And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and mourn for my virginity, I and my fellows.
38 Jefite alobaki na ye: — Okoki na yo kokende. Mpe atikaki ye kokende mpo na basanza mibale. Boye mwana mwasi akendeki na ngomba elongo na baninga na ye ya basi, mpe alelaki mpo ete ayebaki nanu nzoto ya mibali te.
And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.
39 Sima na basanza mibale, azongaki epai ya tata na ye, Jefite; mpe Jefite akokisaki epai ya mwana na ye ya mwasi, ndayi oyo alapaki. Nzokande, atikalaki kaka koyeba nzoto ya mobali te. Boye, ekoma momesano kati na Isalaele:
And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel,
40 mibu nyonso, bilenge basi ya Isalaele babimaka mikolo minei, mpo na kosala feti na tina na mwana mwasi ya Jefite, moto ya Galadi.
That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.
