Bilombe 7
1 Na tongo-tongo, Yerubali, elingi koloba Jedeon, abimaki elongo na bato nyonso oyo balandaki ye mpe batongaki molako na bango pembeni ya etima ya mayi ya Arodi. Nzokande molako ya bato ya Madiani ezalaki na ngambo ya nor ya molako ya bana ya Isalaele, na lubwaku, pembeni ya ngomba moke ya More.
Then Yerubba'al, who is Gid'on, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and encamped beside the spring of Charod; and the camp of the Midianites was on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
2 Yawe alobaki na Jedeon: « Bato oyo ozali na bango baleki ebele mpo na ngai kokaba bato ya Madiani na maboko na bango, noki te Isalaele akozwa lolendo na koloba: ‹ Loboko na ngai moko nde ebikisi ngai. ›
And the Lord said unto Gid'on, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand: lest Israel should vaunt themselves against me, saying, my own hand hath saved me.
3 Yango wana, loba na bato oyo: ‹ Tika ete moto nyonso oyo azali kolenga na kobanga azala mosika ya ngomba Galadi mpe azonga epai na ye. › » Boye, bato nkoto tuku mibale na mibale bazongaki epai na bango mpe nkoto zomi batikalaki.
Now therefore, do proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gil'ad. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and ten thousand remained.
4 Kasi Yawe alobaki na Jedeon: « Bato bazali kaka ebele. Kitisa bango nyonso na mayi, mpe kuna, nakomeka bango mpo na yo. Soki nalobi: ‹ Oyo akoki kokende na yo, ye nde asengeli kokende na yo. › Kasi soki nalobi: ‹ Oyo akoki te kokende na yo, ye asengeli te kokende na yo. › »
And the Lord said unto Gid'on, The people are yet too many; let them go down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I will say unto thee, This one shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee: and of whomsoever I will say unto thee, This one shall not go with thee, the same shall not go.
5 Boye, Jedeon akitisaki bato na mayi. Kuna, Yawe alobaki na ye: « Kabola bango: tia na ngambo moko, bato oyo bakomela mayi na nzela ya lolemo lokola mbwa; mpe tia na ngambo mosusu, bato oyo bakofukama, mpo na komela mayi. »
So he caused the people to go down unto the water: and the Lord said unto Gid'on, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as the dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that bendeth down upon his knees to drink.
6 Bato nkama misato bazwaki mayi na maboko na bango mpo na komema yango na minoko na bango mpe komela yango na nzela ya lolemo; bato nyonso oyo batikali bafukamaki mpo na komela mayi.
And the number of those that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men; but all the rest of the people bent down upon their knees to drink water.
7 Yawe alobaki na Jedeon: « Nakobikisa bino na nzela ya bato nkama misato oyo bamelaki mayi na nzela ya lolemo lokola mbwa, mpe nakokaba bato ya Madiani na maboko na yo. Tika ete bato nyonso oyo batikali bazonga, moto na moto na esika na ye. »
And the Lord said unto Gid'on, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thy hand; and let all the other people go every man unto his place.
8 Boye mibali yango nkama misato bazwaki biloko ya kolia mpe bakelelo ya bato mosusu. Mpe Jedeon azongisaki na bandako na bango, bana ya Isalaele oyo batikalaki. Nzokande, molako ya bato ya Madiani ezalaki na lubwaku, na se ya molako ya bana ya Isalaele.
And they took the provision of the people in their hand, and their cornets; and all the rest of Israel he dismissed, every man unto his tent; but those three hundred men he retained: and the camp of Midian was beneath him in the valley.
9 Na butu wana, Yawe alobaki na Jedeon: « Telema, kita mpo na kobundisa molako ya bato ya Madiani, pamba te napesi yango na maboko na yo.
And it came to pass, during the same night, that the Lord said unto him, Arise, get thee down into the camp; for I have delivered it into thy hand.
10 Soki ozali kobanga kobunda, kita elongo na Pura, mosali na yo ya mobali,
And if thou fear to go down, then go thou down with Purah thy servant to the camp.
11 mpe yoka maloba oyo bazali koloba. Boye okozwa makasi ya kobundisa bango. » Jedeon akitaki elongo na Pura, mosali na ye ya mobali, kino na liboso ya molako ya bitumba.
And thou shalt hear what they will say; and after that shall thy hands be strengthened, and thou wilt go down unto the camp. And he went down with Purah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that were in the camp.
12 Bato ya Madiani, ya Amaleki mpe ya ngambo ya este bazalaki ya kopanzana kati na lubwaku, ebele lokola mabanki. Bashamo na bango ezalaki ebele koleka zelo ya ebale.
And the Midianites and the 'Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like the locusts for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand which is by the seaside for multitude.
13 Jedeon akomaki na molako ya banguna na bango na tango kaka mobali moko ya Madiani azalaki kobeta lisolo ya ndoto na ye epai ya moninga na ye: — Tala ndoto naloti: Namonaki lipa moko basala na bambuma ya orje ezali kobaluka kati na molako na biso mobimba, bongo lipa yango eyaki kotuta ndako ya kapo na makasi koleka. Ndako ya kapo ekweyaki mpe ebalukaki.
And when Gid'on was come, behold, a man was telling a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream, and, lo, a baked cake of barley bread was rolling round through the camp of Midian, and came unto the tent, and struck against it so that it fell, and it turned it bottom upward, and the tent thus tumbled down.
14 Moninga na ye azongisaki: — Oyo ekoki kozala eloko mosusu te! Ezali kaka mopanga ya Jedeon, mwana mobali ya Joasi, moto ya Isalaele. Solo, Nzambe akabi bato ya Madiani mpe molako mobimba na maboko na ye.
And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gid'on the son of Joash, a man of Israel; into whose hand God hath delivered Midian, and the whole camp.
15 Tango Jedeon ayokaki ndoto mpe ndimbola na yango, afukamelaki Nzambe mpe atondaki Ye. Azongaki na molako ya Isalaele mpe agangaki: « Botelema, Yawe akabi molako ya bato ya Madiani na maboko na biso. »
And it was, when Gid'on heard the narration of the dream, and its interpretation, that he prostrated himself, and returned unto the camp of Israel, and said, Arise; for the Lord hath delivered into your hand the camp of Midian.
16 Jedeon akabolaki basoda na ye nkama misato na biteni misato. Mpe apesaki na mobali moko na moko kelelo moko, mbeki moko oyo ezangi eloko na kati, singa ya mwinda mpe moto ya mbeki.
And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put cornets in the hand of all of them, with empty pitchers, and torches in the pitchers.
17 Na sima, apesaki bango mitindo oyo: « Bino nyonso, botala esika ngai nazali mpe bolanda ndenge ngai nakosala tango nakokoma pembeni ya molako ya banguna na biso.
And he said unto them, What you see me do, do ye likewise; and, behold, when I am come to the edge of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do.
18 Tango ngai mpe bato nyonso oyo bazali elongo na ngai tokobeta kelelo, bino nyonso, na zingazinga ya molako, bokobeta mpe bakelelo na bino mpe bokoganga: ‹ Mpo na Yawe mpe mpo na Jedeon. › »
When I blow the cornet, I and all that are with me, then shall ye blow the cornets also on every side of all the camp, and say, For the Lord, and for Gid'on.
19 Jedeon mpe mibali nkama moko oyo bazalaki na ye elongo, bakomaki pembeni ya molako, mwa tango moke liboso ete midi ya butu ekoka, wana bawutaki kotia bakengeli mosusu. Babetaki bakelelo mpe babukaki bambeki oyo ezalaki na maboko na bango.
And Gid'on, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the edge of the camp in the bcginning of the middle watch; when they had but newly set the sentinels: and they blew the cornets, and broke the pitchers that were in their hand.
20 Biteni nyonso misato ya basoda babetaki bakelelo mpe babukaki bambeki. Na loboko na bango ya mwasi, basimbaki minda, mpe, na loboko ya mobali, bakelelo mpo na kobeta. Mpe bazalaki koganga: « Mopanga mpo na Yawe mpe mpo na Jedeon. »
And the three companies blew the cornets, and broke the pitchers, and seized with their left hand the torches, and with their right hand the cornets to blow; and they cried, The sword for the Lord, and for Gid'on.
21 Wana soda moko na moko ya Isalaele atelemaki na esika na ye zingazinga ya molako, banguna kati na molako bapotaki mbangu, bagangaki mpe bakimaki.
And they remained standing every man in his place round about the camp; and all [in] the camp ran, and shouted, and fled.
22 Tango bakelelo nkama misato ebetaki lisusu, Yawe asalaki ete, kati na molako mobimba, moto na moto atuba moninga na ye mopanga; mpe bango nyonso bakimaki kino na Beti-Shita, na ngambo ya Tserera, mpe kino na ngambo ya Abele-Meola pembeni ya Tabati.
And as the three hundred cornets sounded, the Lord set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the camp; and [those in] the camp fled as far as Beth-hashittah to Zererah, up to the border of Abelmecholah, near Tabbath.
23 Bana ya Isalaele oyo bawutaki na Nefitali, na Aseri mpe na Manase basanganaki mpo na kobengana bato ya Madiani.
And the men of Israel were called together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Menasseh, and they pursued after the Midianites.
24 Jedeon atindaki bantoma kati na etuka ya bangomba ya Efrayimi mpo na koloba: « Bokita mpo na kokutana na bato ya Madiani; bokanga, liboso na bango, nzela ya mayi kino na Beti-Bara mpe na Yordani. » Bana nyonso ya libota ya Efrayimi bakitaki mpe bakangaki nzela ya mayi kino na Beti-Bara mpe na Yordani.
And Gid'on sent messengers throughout all the mountain of Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites, and seize from them the waters as far as Beth-barah and the Jordan. And all the men of Ephraim assembled themselves, and seized on the waters as far as Beth-barah and the Jordan.
25 Bakangaki bakonzi mibale ya bato ya Madiani: Orebi mpe Zeebi. Babomaki Orebi na libanga monene ya Orebi, mpe Zeebi na esika oyo bakamolaka vino ya Zeebi. Balandaki bato ya Madiani mpe bamemelaki Jedeon mito ya Orebi mpe ya Zeebi, kuna na ngambo ya Yordani.
And they captured two princes of the Midianites, 'Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew 'Oreb upon the rock 'Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued the Midianites; and the heads of 'Oreb and Zeeb they brought to Gid'on from the other side of the Jordan.
