Bilombe 17
1 Kati na etuka ya bangomba ya Efrayimi, ezalaki na mobali moko; kombo na ye ezalaki « Mika. »
And there was a man of mount Ephraim, and his name was Michaias.
2 Alobaki na mama na ye: — Shekeli ya palata nkoto moko na nkama moko oyo bayibaki yo, oyo na tina na yango olakelaki mabe na miso na ngai, ezali na maboko na ngai; ngai nde nazwaki yango. Mama na ye alobaki na ye: — Mwana na ngai, tika ete Yawe apambola yo!
And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred pieces of silver which you took of yourself, and [about which] you cursed me, and spoke in my ears, behold, the silver [is] with me; I took it: and his mother said, Blessed [be] my son of the Lord.
3 Azongiselaki mama na ye mbongo ya bibende ya palata, nkoto moko na nkama moko. Mama na ye alobaki: — Na maboko na ngai moko, nabonzi mbongo yango epai na Yawe mpo na mwana na ngai, mpo na kosala ekeko mpe nzambe ya ekeko ya palata oyo banyangwisa. Nakozongisela yo yango.
And he restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother; and his mother said, I had wholly consecrated the money to the Lord out of my hand for my son, to make a graven and a molten [image], and now I will restore it to you.
4 Tango Mika azwaki mbongo yango, azongisaki yango lisusu epai ya mama na ye; mpe mama na ye alongolaki mbongo ya bibende ya palata, nkama mibale oyo apesaki epai ya monyangwisi bibende na moto. Moto yango asalaki na yango ekeko mpe nzambe ya ekeko ya palata oyo banyangwisa. Mpe batiaki yango kati na ndako ya Mika.
But he returned the silver to his mother, and his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave them to a silversmith, and he made it a graven and a molten image; and it was in the house of Michaias.
5 Nzokande, Mika azalaki na esika na ye ya bule epai wapi azalaki kosambela. Asalisaki efode mpe banzambe mosusu ya bikeko; bongo abulisaki lokola nganga-nzambe na ye, moko kati na bana na ye ya mibali.
And the house of Michaias [was] to him the house of God, and he made an ephod and theraphin, and he consecrated one of his sons, and he became to him a priest.
6 Na mikolo wana, bana ya Isalaele bazalaki na mokonzi te; moto na moto azalaki kosala nyonso oyo ezali malamu na miso na ye.
And in those days there was no king in Israel; every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
7 Nzokande, ezalaki na elenge mobali moko ya Molevi, azalaki kovanda na Beteleemi ya Yuda, na ekolo Yuda.
And there was a young man in Bethleem of the tribe of Juda, and he [was] a Levite, and he was sojourning there.
8 Alongwaki na engumba Beteleemi ya Yuda mpe akendeki koluka esika mosusu ya kovanda. Na mobembo na ye, akomaki na etuka ya bangomba ya Efrayimi, na ndako ya Mika.
And the man departed from Bethleem the city of Juda to sojourn in whatever place he might find; and he came as far as mount Ephraim, and to the house of Michaias to accomplish his journey.
9 Mika atunaki ye: — Owuti wapi? Azongisaki: — Nazali moto ya libota ya Levi, nawuti na Beteleemi ya Yuda mpe nazali koluka esika ya kovanda.
And Michaias said to him, Whence come you? and he said to him, I am a Levite of Bethleem Juda, and I go to sojourn in any place I may find.
10 Mika alobaki na ye: — Vanda elongo na ngai. Okozala tata mpe nganga na ngai; nakopesa yo na mobu moko mbongo ya bibende ya palata, zomi, bilamba ya kolata mpe biloko ya kolia. Molevi akomaki kosala epai ya Mika.
And Michaias said to him, Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest; and I will give you ten pieces of silver by the year, and a change of raiment, and your living.
11 Boye, Molevi yango andimaki kovanda elongo na Mika. Mika akomisaki Molevi lokola moko kati na bana na ye.
And the Levite went and began to dwell with the man; and the young man was to him as one of his sons.
12 Mika abulisaki Molevi yango lokola nganga-nzambe na ye mpe akomaki kovanda elongo na ye.
And Michaias consecrated the Levite, and he became to him a priest, and he was in the house of Michaias.
13 Mika alobaki: « Sik’oyo nayebi ete Yawe akosalela ngai bolamu lokola moto ya libota ya Levi akomi nganga-nzambe na ngai. »
And Michaias said, Now I know that the Lord will do me good, because a Levite has become my priest.
