Bilombe 17
1 Kati na etuka ya bangomba ya Efrayimi, ezalaki na mobali moko; kombo na ye ezalaki « Mika. »
And there is a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, and his name [is] Micah,
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 says to his mother, “The eleven hundred pieces of silver which have been taken of yours, and [of which] you have sworn, and also spoken in my ears; behold, the silver [is] with me, I have taken it”; and his mother says, “Blessed [is] my son of YHWH.”
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 gives back the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother, and his mother says, “I had certainly sanctified the silver to YHWH, from my hand, for my son, to make a carved image, and a molten image; and now, I give it back 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.
And he gives back the money to his mother, and his mother takes two hundred pieces of silver, and gives them to a refiner, and he makes them a carved image, and a molten image, and it is in the house of Micah.
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.
As for the man Micah, he has a house of gods, and he makes an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrates the hand of one of his sons, and he is for a priest to him;
6 Na mikolo wana, bana ya Isalaele bazalaki na mokonzi te; moto na moto azalaki kosala nyonso oyo ezali malamu na miso na ye.
in those days there is no king in Israel, each does that which is 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 is a young man of Beth-Lehem-Judah, of the family of Judah, and he [is] a Levite, and he [is] a sojourner 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 goes out of the city, out of Beth-Lehem-Judah, to sojourn where he finds, and comes to the hill-country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, to work his way.
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 Micah says to him, “Where do you come from?” And he says to him, “I [am] a Levite of Beth-Lehem-Judah, and I am going to sojourn where I 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 Micah says to him, “Dwell with me, and be for a father and for a priest to me, and I give ten pieces of silver to you for the days, and a suit of garments, and your sustenance”; and the Levite goes [in].
11 Boye, Molevi yango andimaki kovanda elongo na Mika. Mika akomisaki Molevi lokola moko kati na bana na ye.
And the Levite is willing to dwell with the man, and the young man is to him as one of his sons.
12 Mika abulisaki Molevi yango lokola nganga-nzambe na ye mpe akomaki kovanda elongo na ye.
And Micah consecrates the hand of the Levite, and the young man is for a priest to him, and he is in the house of Micah,
13 Mika alobaki: « Sik’oyo nayebi ete Yawe akosalela ngai bolamu lokola moto ya libota ya Levi akomi nganga-nzambe na ngai. »
and Micah says, “Now I have known that YHWH does good to me, for the Levite has been for a priest to me.”
