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.
One day the people complained to Yahweh about their troubles. When Yahweh heard what they were saying, he became angry. So he sent a fire which burned among the people at the edge of their camp.
2 Bato bagangaki epai ya Moyize; ye abondelaki Yawe, mpe moto ekufaki.
Then the people cried out to Moses/me, and he/I prayed to Yahweh. Then the fire stopped burning.
3 Boye, bakomaki kobenga esika yango « Tabeera, » pamba te moto ya Yawe ezikisaki bato ya Isalaele.
So they called that place Taberah, [which means ‘burning’], because the fire from Yahweh had burned among 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?
Then some troublemakers from other people-groups [who were traveling] with the Israelis began to want better food. And [when they started complaining] the Israeli people also started to complain.
5 Tokanisi lisusu bambisi, bandunda ya ndenge na ndenge, pasiteki, bandembi, matungulu, ayi oyo tozalaki kolia ya ofele na Ejipito.
They said, “We wish we had some meat!
6 Kasi sik’oyo, banzoto na biso ebebi penza, tozali lisusu te kolia biloko wana nyonso! Tokomi kaka komona mana oyo! »
We remember the fish that we ate while we were in Egypt, fish that was given to us without (cost/asking us to pay for it). And we had all the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic [that we wanted]. But now we do not have any desire to eat, because all we have to eat is this manna!”
7 Mana ezalaki lokola mbuma ya koriande mpe ezalaki komonana pembe lokola mayi ya nzete oyo babengaka bedeliumi.
The manna resembled small white seeds.
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.
[Each morning] the people would go out and gather some [from the surface of the ground]. Then they made flour by grinding it or pounding it with stones. Then they [added water and] boiled it in a pot, or they made flat cakes with it [and baked them]. The cakes tasted like bread that was baked with [olive] oil.
9 Na butu, tango mamwe ezalaki kokita, mana mpe ezalaki kokweya nzela moko na yango.
Each night the manna came down on their ground where their tents were, like dew [from the sky].
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.
Moses/I heard all the Israeli people complaining as they were standing in the entrances of their tents. Yahweh became very angry, and Moses/I was also very perturbed.
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?
He/I [went into the Sacred Tent and] asked Yahweh, “Why have you caused me, your servant, to experience this trouble [RHQ]? Act mercifully to me! What wrong have I done, with the result that you have appointed me to take care of all of these people [RHQ]?
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?
(I am not their father./Am I their father?) [RHQ] Why have you told me to take care of them like a woman carries around her baby and (nurses it/gives it her milk) [MET, RHQ]? How can I take them to the land that you promised to give to our ancestors [RHQ]?
13 Ngai nakozwa misuni ya kolia wapi mpo na bato oyo nyonso oyo bazali kokoba kolelalela epai na ngai: « Pesa biso misuni ya kolia! »
Where can I get meat to feed all these people? They keep complaining to me, saying, ‘Give us some meat to eat!’
14 Ngai moko nakokoka te komema bato oyo nyonso; mokumba oyo eleki monene mpo na ngai.
I cannot carry all these people’s burdens by myself! [They are like a heavy load [MET], and] I cannot carry this very heavy load any more.
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.
If you intend to act like this toward me, kill me now. If you are really concerned about me, be kind to me and [kill me to] end my misery [of trying to take care of them]!”
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.
Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Summon 70 men whom you know are leaders among the Israeli people. Tell them to stand with you in front of the Sacred Tent.
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.
I will come down and talk with you there. Then I will take some of [the power of] my Spirit that you have, and I will put [that power] on them also. They will help you to take care of some of the things that the people are concerned about, in order that you will not need to do it 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.
“Furthermore, say to the people, ‘Make yourselves acceptable to me, and tomorrow you will have meat to eat. You were complaining, and Yahweh heard you when you were saying, “We want some meat to eat. We had better food in Egypt!” Now Yahweh will give you some meat, and you will eat it.
19 Bokolia yango te kaka mokolo moko to mikolo mibale to mitano to zomi to mpe tuku mibale.
You will eat meat not only for one or two days, nor only for five or ten or 20 days.
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? › »
[You will eat meat every day] for one month, and then you will loathe/despise it, and it will cause you to want to vomit. [This will happen] because you have rejected Yahweh who is here among you, and you have wailed in his presence, saying [“We would have had better food to eat] if we had not left Egypt [RHQ].”’”
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! »
But Moses/I replied to Yahweh, “There are 600,000 men [plus women and children] here with me, so ([why] do you say ‘I will give them plenty of meat every day for a month!’?/it does not seem right for you to say ‘I will give them plenty of meat every day for a month!’) [RHQ]
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?
Even if we killed all the sheep and cattle, that would not [RHQ] be enough [to provide meat for all of them] Even if we caught all the fish in the sea [and gave it to them], that would not be enough [RHQ]!”
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.
But Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Do you think that I [SYN] have no power? You will now see if I can do what I say I will do.”
24 Boye, Moyize abimaki mpe ayebisaki bato maloba oyo Yawe ayebisaki ye. Asangisaki bakambi tuku sambo mpe atelemisaki bango zingazinga ya Ndako ya kapo.
So Moses/I went out [from the Sacred Tent] and told the people what Yahweh had said. Then he/I gathered together the 70 leaders and told them to stand around the Sacred Tent.
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.
Then Yahweh came down in the cloud [that was above the tent] and spoke to Moses/me. He took some of [the power of] the Spirit that he had given to Moses/me and gave it to the 70 leaders. By means of the power of the Spirit within them, they (prophesied/spoke messages that Yahweh gave them), but they did that only once.
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.
Two of the leaders whom Moses/I appointed, Eldad and Medad, were not there when the rest of them gathered together. They had not left [their tents] to go and stand around the Sacred Tent. But Yahweh’s Spirit came on them also, and they started to (prophesy/speak messages from Yahweh).
27 Elenge mobali moko apotaki mbangu mpe akendeki koyebisa Moyize: — Elidadi mpe Medadi bazali kosakola kati na molako!
So a young man ran and told Moses/me, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in all their tents!”
28 Jozue, mwana mobali ya Nuni, oyo azalaki mosungi ya Moyize wuta bolenge na ye alobaki: — Moyize, nkolo na ngai, pekisa bango!
Joshua, who had helped Moses/me since he was a young man, said, “Sir, tell them to stop doing that!”
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 Moses/I replied, “(Are you worried that they might injure my reputation/Do you think that I want to be the only one who prophesies) [RHQ]? I wish that all Yahweh’s people could (prophesy/speak messages from Yahweh). I wish that Yahweh would give the power of his Spirit to all of them!”
30 Bongo, Moyize mpe bakambi nyonso ya Isalaele bazongaki na molako.
Then Moses/I and all the leaders went back to their/our tents.
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 Yahweh sent a strong wind from the sea. It blew quail into the area all around the camp for miles in every direction, [and caused the quail to fall onto the ground]. They were piled up on the ground about (3 feet/1 meter) high!
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.
So the people went out and gathered up the quail all that day, and all that night, and all of the following day. [It seemed as though] everyone gathered at least 50 bushels! They spread the quail out on the ground all around the camp, [so that the quail would dry out].
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.
[Then they cooked them and started to eat them]. But while they were still eating the meat [MTY], Yahweh [showed that he] was very angry with them. He struck them with a severe plague/sickness, [and many people died].
34 Yango wana, bakomaki kobenga esika yango « Kibiroti-Atava, » pamba te ezalaki na esika wana nde bakundaki bato ya lokoso.
The people who died and were buried were the ones who had said they wanted to eat meat [like they had formerly eaten in Egypt]. So they called that place Kibroth-Hattaavah, [which means ‘graves of those who craved’].
35 Longwa na Kibiroti-Atava, bana ya Isalaele basalaki mobembo kino na Atseroti mpe bavandaki kuna.
From there, the Israelis continued walking [east] until they arrived at Hazeroth [town], where they stopped and stayed [for a long time].
