Mitango 11
1 Mokolo moko, bana ya Isalaele bakomaki kolelalela na tina na pasi na bango. Boye, kolelalela yango ekomaki kino na matoyi ya Yawe. Tango ayokaki yango, kanda na Ye emataki makasi mpe moto kowuta epai na Yawe epelaki kati na bango mpe etumbaki ndambo ya bato kati na molako.
Meanwhile, there arose a murmur among the people against the Lord, as if they were grief-stricken because of their labors. And when the Lord had heard it, he was angry. And when the fire of the Lord was enflamed against them, it devoured those who were at the extreme end of the camp.
2 Bato bagangaki epai ya Moyize; ye abondelaki Yawe, mpe moto ekufaki.
And when the people had cried out to Moses, Moses prayed to the Lord, and the fire was consumed.
3 Boye, bakomaki kobenga esika yango « Tabeera, » pamba te moto ya Yawe ezikisaki bato ya Isalaele.
And he called the name of that place, ‘The Burning,’ because the fire of the Lord had burned against them.
4 Mokolo moko, bato ya bikolo mosusu oyo bazalaki elongo na bana ya Isalaele bakomaki na posa makasi ya kolia misuni. Bongo bana ya Isalaele bakomaki lisusu kolelalela mpe koloba: « Ah, nani penza akoki kopesa biso misuni ya kolia?
So then, the mix of common people, who had ascended with them, were enflamed with desire, and sitting and weeping, with the sons of Israel joining them, they said, “Who will give us flesh to eat?
5 Tokanisi lisusu bambisi, bandunda ya ndenge na ndenge, pasiteki, bandembi, matungulu, ayi oyo tozalaki kolia ya ofele na Ejipito.
We remember the fish that we ate freely in Egypt; we call to mind the cucumbers, and melons, and leeks, and onions, and garlic.
6 Kasi sik’oyo, banzoto na biso ebebi penza, tozali lisusu te kolia biloko wana nyonso! Tokomi kaka komona mana oyo! »
Our life is dry; our eyes look out to see nothing but manna.”
7 Mana ezalaki lokola mbuma ya koriande mpe ezalaki komonana pembe lokola mayi ya nzete oyo babengaka bedeliumi.
Now the manna was like coriander seed, but with the color of bdellium.
8 Bato bazalaki kopanzana bipai na bipai mpo na kolokota yango, mpe na sima, bazalaki konika yango na libanga to mpe kotuta yango na liboka, bongo nde bakokaki kolamba yango na banzungu to kosalela yango mikate. Mikate na yango ezalaki na elengi lokola bagato oyo basala na mafuta ya sika.
And the people wandered about, gathering it, and they crushed it with a millstone, or ground it with a mortar; then they boiled it in a pot, and made biscuits out of it, with a taste like bread made with oil.
9 Na butu, tango mamwe ezalaki kokita, mana mpe ezalaki kokweya nzela moko na yango.
And when the dew descended in the night over the camp, the manna descended together with it.
10 Moyize ayokaki ndenge libota moko na moko ezalaki kolelalela na ekotelo ya ndako na bango ya kapo. Yawe asilikaki makasi; mpe Moyize ayokaki pasi mingi na motema.
And so, Moses heard the people weeping by their families, each one at the door of his tent. And the fury of the Lord was greatly enflamed. And to Moses also the matter seemed intolerable.
11 Moyize alobaki na Yawe: — Mpo na nini komonisa mosali na Yo pasi ya boye? Mabe nini ngai nasali penza mpo ete osundolela ngai mokumba ya bato oyo?
And so he said to the Lord: “Why have you afflicted your servant? Why do I not find favor before you? And why have you imposed the weight of this entire people upon me?
12 Boni, ngai moto namemaki mokumba ya bato oyo nyonso to nabotaki bango? Mpo na nini oloba na ngai ete namema bango na maboko lokola bana mike, na mokili oyo olakaki na ndayi epai ya bakoko na bango?
Could I have conceived this entire multitude, or have given birth to them, so that you might say to me: Carry them in your bosom, as a nursemaid usually carries a little infant, and bring them into the land, about which you have sworn to their fathers?
13 Ngai nakozwa misuni ya kolia wapi mpo na bato oyo nyonso oyo bazali kokoba kolelalela epai na ngai: « Pesa biso misuni ya kolia! »
From where would I obtain the flesh to give to so great a multitude? They weep against me, saying, ‘Give us flesh, so that we may eat.’
14 Ngai moko nakokoka te komema bato oyo nyonso; mokumba oyo eleki monene mpo na ngai.
I alone am unable to sustain this entire people, because it is too heavy for me.
15 Soki ezali kaka boye nde ozali kosala ngai, eleki malamu ete oboma ngai kaka sik’oyo. Soki nazwi ngolu na miso na Yo, kotika te ete namona kobebisama na ngai.
But if it seems to you otherwise, I beg you to put me to death, and so may I find grace in your eyes, lest I be afflicted with such evils.”
16 Yawe alobaki na Moyize: — Kati na bakambi ya Isalaele, sangisela Ngai mibali tuku sambo, ba-oyo oyebi ete bazali bakambi mpe bakalaka kati na bato. Tika ete baya na Ndako ya kapo ya Bokutani mpe batelema wana elongo na yo.
And the Lord said to Moses: “Gather to me seventy men from the elders of Israel, whom you know to be elders, as well as teachers, of the people. And you shall lead them to the door of the tabernacle of the covenant, and you shall cause them to stand there with you,
17 Nakokita mpe nakosolola na yo kuna. Nakokamata Molimo oyo ezali epai na yo mpe nakotia yango epai na bango. Bongo, bakosunga yo mpo na komema mokumba ya bato oyo mpo ete omema yango lisusu yo moko te.
so that I may descend and speak to you. And I will take from your spirit, and I will deliver it to them, so that, with you, they may sustain the burden of the people, and so that you will not be weighed down alone.
18 Loba na bato: « Bomibongisa mpe bomibulisa mpo na lobi, pamba te bokolia misuni. Yawe ayokaki tango bozalaki kolelalela: ‹ Ah, nani penza akoki kopesa biso misuni ya kolia? Biso oyo tozalaki na biso malamu na Ejipito! › Sik’oyo Yawe akopesa bino misuni mpe bokolia yango.
You shall also say to the people: Be sanctified. Tomorrow you will eat flesh. For I have heard you say: ‘Who will give us flesh to eat? It was well with us in Egypt.’ So then, may the Lord give you flesh. And you will eat,
19 Bokolia yango te kaka mokolo moko to mikolo mibale to mitano to zomi to mpe tuku mibale.
not for one day, nor for two, nor for five, nor for ten, nor even for twenty,
20 Kasi bokolia yango sanza mobimba kino ekobima bino na zolo mpe bokoyoka yango nkele, pamba te bobwakaki Yawe oyo azali kati na bino, bolelaki-lelaki liboso na Ye mpe bolobaki: ‹ Mpo na nini tobimaki na Ejipito? › »
but for up to a month of days, until it exits from your nostrils, and until it turns into nausea for you, because you have slipped away from the Lord, who is in your midst, and because you have wept before him, saying: ‘Why did we go forth out of Egypt?’”
21 Moyize alobaki lisusu: — Bato nkoto nkama motoba bazali kotambola sima na ngai, mpe Yo ozali koloba: « Nakopesa bango misuni ya kolia mpo na sanza mobimba! »
And Moses said: “There are six hundred thousand footmen of this people, and yet you say, ‘I will give them flesh to eat for a whole month.’
22 Ekokoka penza ata soki babomi bibwele nyonso oyo bazali na yango, ezala ngombe to bantaba? Ekokoka penza ata soki balobi mbisi nyonso ya ebale monene?
Could a multitude of sheep and oxen be slain, so that there would be enough food? Or will the fishes of the sea be gathered together, in order to satisfy them?”
23 Yawe alobaki na Moyize: — Boni, loboko na Yawe ezali solo mokuse? Okomona sik’oyo soki maloba oyo nalobi ekokokisama to ekokokisama te mpo na yo.
And the Lord answered him: “Can the hand of the Lord be ineffective? Soon now, you shall see whether my word will be fulfilled in this work.”
24 Boye, Moyize abimaki mpe ayebisaki bato maloba oyo Yawe ayebisaki ye. Asangisaki bakambi tuku sambo mpe atelemisaki bango zingazinga ya Ndako ya kapo.
And so, Moses went and explained the words of the Lord to the people. Gathering together seventy men from the elders of Israel, he caused them to stand around the tabernacle.
25 Yawe akitaki na nzela ya lipata mpe asololaki na ye; akamataki nguya ya Molimo, oyo ezalaki epai na Ye, mpe atiaki yango epai ya bakambi tuku sambo. Tango kaka Molimo akitelaki bango, bakomaki kosakola, kasi bakobaki te.
And the Lord descended in a cloud, and he spoke to him, taking from the Spirit which was in Moses, and giving to the seventy men. And when the Spirit had rested in them, they prophesied; nor did they cease afterwards.
26 Nzokande, bato mibale oyo bakombo na bango ezalaki Elidadi mpe Medadi batikalaki kati na molako. Bango mpe bazalaki na molongo ya bampaka, kasi bakendeki te na Ndako ya kapo. Molimo akitelaki bango mpe bakomaki kosakola kati na molako.
Now there had remained in the camp two of the men, of whom one was called Eldad, and the other Medad, upon whom the Spirit rested; for they also had been enrolled, but they did not go forth to the tabernacle.
27 Elenge mobali moko apotaki mbangu mpe akendeki koyebisa Moyize: — Elidadi mpe Medadi bazali kosakola kati na molako!
And when they were prophesying in the camp, a boy ran and reported to Moses, saying: “Eldad and Medad prophesy in the camp.”
28 Jozue, mwana mobali ya Nuni, oyo azalaki mosungi ya Moyize wuta bolenge na ye alobaki: — Moyize, nkolo na ngai, pekisa bango!
Promptly, Joshua the son of Nun, the minister of Moses and chosen from many, said: “My lord Moses, prohibit them.”
29 Kasi Moyize azongisaki: — Boni, okosalela ngai zuwa na likambo nini? Nakosepela kutu ete bato nyonso bakoma basakoli mpe Yawe akitisa Molimo na Ye epai na bango!
But he said, “Why are you jealous on my behalf? Who decides that any of the people may prophesy and that God may give to them his Spirit?”
30 Bongo, Moyize mpe bakambi nyonso ya Isalaele bazongaki na molako.
And Moses returned, with those greater by birth of Israel, into the camp.
31 Boye, Yawe atindaki mopepe moko oyo ememaki bankanga wuta na ebale monene mpe ebwakaki yango na molako mpe na zingazinga na yango. Etando oyo bankanga ekweyaki ezalaki molayi ya mobembo ya mokolo moko na makolo, mpe ezipaki mabele na bosanda ya metele moko.
Then a wind, going out from the Lord and moving forcefully across the sea, brought quails and cast them into the camp, across a distance of one day’s journey, in every part of the camp all around, and they flew in the air two cubits high above the ground.
32 Bato babimaki mpo na kolokota bankanga mokolo mobimba, butu na yango mpe mokolo oyo elandaki. Moto moko te atikalaki kozwa na se ya bakilo nkoto moko; mpe batandaki yango na zingazinga ya molako.
Therefore, the people, rising up, gathered quails all that day and night, and the next day; he who did least well gathered ten homers. And they dried them throughout the camp.
33 Kasi, wana misuni ezalaki nanu kati na minoko na bango mpe basilisaki nanu kotafuna yango te, kanda ya Yawe epelaki mpo na bango mpe apesaki bango etumbu ya makasi.
The flesh was still between their teeth, neither had this kind of food ceased, and behold, the fury of the Lord was provoked against the people, and he struck them with an exceedingly great scourge.
34 Yango wana, bakomaki kobenga esika yango « Kibiroti-Atava, » pamba te ezalaki na esika wana nde bakundaki bato ya lokoso.
And that place was called, ‘The Graves of Lust.’ For there, they buried the people who had desired.
35 Longwa na Kibiroti-Atava, bana ya Isalaele basalaki mobembo kino na Atseroti mpe bavandaki kuna.
Then, departing from the Graves of Lust, they arrived in Hazeroth, and they stayed there.
