Mitango 1

1 Kati na esobe ya Sinai, Yawe asololaki na Moyize kati na Ndako ya kapo ya Bokutani; ezalaki na mokolo ya liboso ya sanza ya mibale, na mobu ya mibale, sima na bango kobima na mokili ya Ejipito. Alobaki na ye:

In April of the year after the Israeli people left Egypt, Yahweh spoke to Moses/me while he/I was in the Sacred Tent, in the Sinai Desert. Yahweh said to him/me,

2 « Tanga motango ya lisanga mobimba ya bana ya Isalaele kolanda mabota na bango mpe bituka na bango; mpe koma bakombo ya mibali nyonso, moto moko na moko.

“I want you and Aaron to determine how many Israeli men are able to fight in battles. Write down the names of all the men who are at least 20 years old, and write down the names of their clans and families.

3 Yo mpe Aron, bokotanga motango ya mibali oyo bazali na mibu tuku mibale mpe koleka, ba-oyo nyonso bazali na makoki ya kosala mosala ya soda kati na Isalaele; bokotanga bango kolanda milongo na bango ya mampinga.

4 Kati na libota moko na moko, ekozala na mobali moko mpo na kosunga bino: asengeli kozala mokambi ya etuka na ye.

[I have chosen] one man from each of the tribes to help you to do this. Each one will be a leader of his clan.

5 Tala bakombo ya mibali oyo bakosunga bino: mpo na libota ya Ribeni: Elitsuri, mwana mobali ya Shedewuri;

Their names are: Elizur, the son of Shedeur, from the tribe of Reuben; Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai, from the tribe of Simeon; Nahshon, the son of Amminadab, from the tribe of Judah; Nethanel, the son of Zuar, from the tribe of Issachar; Eliab, the son of Helon, from the tribe of Zebulun; Elishama, the son of Ammihud, from the tribe of Joseph’s son Ephraim; Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur, from the tribe of Joseph’s son Manasseh; Abidan, the son of Gideoni, from the tribe of Benjamin; Ahiezer, the son of Ammishaddai, from the tribe of Dan; Pagiel, the son of Ocran, from the tribe of Asher; Eliasaph, the son of Deuel, from the tribe of Gad; Ahira, the son of Enan, from the tribe of Naphtali.”

6 mpo na libota ya Simeoni: Shelumieli, mwana mobali ya Tsurishadayi;

7 mpo na libota ya Yuda: Nashoni, mwana mobali ya Aminadabi;

8 mpo na libota ya Isakari: Netaneeli, mwana mobali ya Tsuwari;

9 mpo na libota ya Zabuloni: Eliabi, mwana mobali ya Eloni;

10 mpo na bana mibali ya Jozefi: mpo na libota ya Efrayimi: Elishama, mwana mobali ya Amiwudi; mpo na libota ya Manase: Gamilieli, mwana mobali ya Pedakitsuri;

11 mpo na libota ya Benjame: Abidani, mwana mobali ya Gideoni;

12 mpo na libota ya Dani: Akiezeri, mwana mobali ya Amishadayi;

13 mpo na libota ya Aseri: Pagieli, mwana mobali ya Okirani;

14 mpo na libota ya Gadi: Eliazafi, mwana mobali ya Deweli;

15 mpo na libota ya Nefitali: Akira, mwana mobali ya Enani. »

16 Ezali bango nde baponamaki kati na lisanga: bazalaki bakambi ya mabota na bango, bakambi ya mampinga ya Isalaele.

Those were the men whom Yahweh chose from the people. They were leaders of their tribes. They were the chief men of the clans of the Israeli people.

17 Moyize mpe Aron bakamataki bato oyo baponamaki na bakombo mpo ete basala na bango elongo.

Aaron and Moses/I summoned all these leaders,

18 Basangisaki lisanga mobimba na mokolo ya liboso, na sanza ya mibale; boye bana ya Isalaele batalisaki bokoko na bango kolanda mabota na bango mpe bituka na bango. Bakomaki bakombo ya mibali nyonso oyo bazalaki na mibu tuku mibale mpe koleka, mobali moko na moko na kombo na ye,

and they gathered all of the people together on that same day. They listed/wrote down the names of all the men who were at least 20 years old, and with their names they wrote the names of their clans and their family groups

19 ndenge Yawe atindaki Moyize oyo atangaki motango na bango na esobe ya Sinai.

just as Moses/I had commanded. They wrote the names while (the Israelis/we) were there in the Sinai Desert.

20 Mpo na bakitani ya Ribeni, mwana mobali ya liboso ya Isalaele: bakomaki bakombo ya bato nyonso oyo bazalaki na mibu tuku mibale mpe koleka, oyo bazalaki na makoki ya kosala mosala ya soda, moto na moto kolanda libota na ye mpe etuka na ye.

This is a list of the number of men who were at least 20 years old and able to fight in battles, and the names of their tribes: There were 46,500 men from the tribe of Reuben (who was Jacob’s oldest son); there were 59,300 men from the tribe of Simeon; there were 45,560 men from the tribe of Gad; there were 74,600 men from the tribe of Judah; there were 54,400 men from the tribe of Issachar; there were 57,400 men from the tribe of Zebulun; there were 40,500 men from the tribe of Ephraim; there were 32,200 men from the tribe of Manasseh; there were 35,400 men from the tribe of Benjamin; there were 62,700 men from the tribe of Dan; there were 41,500 men from the tribe of Asher; there were 53,400 men from the tribe of Naphtali.

21 Motango na bango nyonso oyo batangamaki kati na libota ya Ribeni ezalaki nkoto tuku minei na motoba na nkama mitano.

22 Mpo na bakitani ya Simeoni: bakomaki bakombo ya bato nyonso oyo bazalaki na mibu tuku mibale mpe koleka, oyo bazalaki na makoki ya kosala mosala ya soda, moto na moto kolanda libota na ye mpe etuka na ye.

23 Motango na bango nyonso oyo batangamaki kati na libota ya Simeoni ezalaki nkoto tuku mitano na libwa na nkama misato.

24 Mpo na bakitani ya Gadi: bakomaki bakombo ya bato nyonso oyo bazalaki na mibu tuku mibale mpe koleka, oyo bazalaki na makoki ya kosala mosala ya soda, moto na moto kolanda libota na ye mpe etuka na ye.

25 Motango na bango nyonso oyo batangamaki kati na libota ya Gadi ezalaki nkoto tuku minei na mitano na nkama motoba.

26 Mpo na bakitani ya Yuda: bakomaki bakombo ya bato nyonso oyo bazalaki na mibu ya mbotama kobanda tuku mibale mpe koleka, oyo bazalaki na makoki ya kosala mosala ya soda, moto na moto kolanda libota na ye mpe etuka na ye.

27 Motango na bango nyonso oyo batangamaki kati na libota ya Yuda ezalaki nkoto tuku sambo na minei na nkama motoba.

28 Mpo na bakitani ya Isakari: bakomaki bakombo ya bato nyonso oyo bazalaki na mibu tuku mibale mpe koleka, oyo bazalaki na makoki ya kosala mosala ya soda, moto na moto kolanda libota na ye mpe etuka na ye.

29 Motango na bango nyonso oyo batangamaki kati na libota ya Isakari ezalaki nkoto tuku mitano na minei na nkama minei.

30 Mpo na bakitani ya Zabuloni: bakomaki bakombo ya bato nyonso oyo bazalaki na mibu tuku mibale mpe koleka, oyo bazalaki na makoki ya kosala mosala ya soda, moto na moto kolanda libota na ye mpe etuka na ye.

31 Motango na bango nyonso oyo batangamaki kati na libota ya Zabuloni ezalaki nkoto tuku mitano na sambo na nkama minei.

32 Mpo na bana mibali ya Jozefi: Mpo na bakitani ya Efrayimi: bakomaki bakombo ya bato nyonso oyo bazalaki na mibu tuku mibale mpe koleka, oyo bazalaki na makoki ya kosala mosala ya soda, moto na moto kolanda libota na ye mpe etuka na ye.

33 Motango na bango nyonso oyo batangamaki kati na libota ya Efrayimi ezalaki nkoto tuku minei na nkama mitano.

34 Mpo na bakitani ya Manase: bakomaki bakombo ya bato nyonso oyo bazalaki na mibu tuku mibale mpe koleka, oyo bazalaki na makoki ya kosala mosala ya soda, moto na moto kolanda libota na ye mpe etuka na ye.

35 Motango na bango nyonso oyo batangamaki kati na libota ya Manase ezalaki nkoto tuku misato na mibale na nkama mibale.

36 Mpo na bakitani ya Benjame: bakomaki bakombo ya bato nyonso oyo bazalaki na mibu tuku mibale mpe koleka, oyo bazalaki na makoki ya kosala mosala ya soda, moto na moto kolanda libota na ye mpe etuka na ye.

37 Motango na bango nyonso oyo batangamaki kati na libota ya Benjame ezalaki nkoto tuku misato na mitano na nkama minei.

38 Mpo na bakitani ya Dani: bakomaki bakombo ya bato nyonso oyo bazalaki na mibu tuku mibale mpe koleka, oyo bazalaki na makoki ya kosala mosala ya soda, moto na moto kolanda libota na ye mpe etuka na ye.

39 Motango na bango nyonso oyo batangamaki kati na libota ya Dani ezalaki nkoto tuku motoba na mibale na nkama sambo.

40 Mpo na bakitani ya Aseri: bakomaki bakombo ya bato nyonso oyo bazalaki na mibu tuku mibale mpe koleka, oyo bazalaki na makoki ya kosala mosala ya soda, moto na moto kolanda libota na ye mpe etuka na ye.

41 Motango na bango nyonso oyo batangamaki kati na libota ya Aseri ezalaki nkoto tuku minei na moko na nkama mitano.

42 Mpo na bakitani ya Nefitali: bakomaki bakombo ya bato nyonso oyo bazalaki na mibu tuku mibale mpe koleka, oyo bazalaki na makoki ya kosala mosala ya soda, moto na moto kolanda libota na ye mpe etuka na ye.

43 Motango na bango nyonso oyo batangamaki kati na libota ya Nefitali ezalaki nkoto tuku mitano na misato na nkama minei.

44 Bango nde bato oyo Moyize mpe Aron elongo na bakambi zomi na mibale ya Isalaele, oyo moko na moko azalaki kotalisa libota na ye, batangaki.

That was the number of men from each tribe that Aaron and Moses/I and the twelve leaders of the tribes of Israel listed, along with the names of their clans.

45 Bongo bato nyonso ya Isalaele oyo batangamaki kolanda mabota na bango mpo ete bazalaki na mibu tuku mibale mpe koleka, mpe bazalaki na makoki ya kosala mosala ya soda,

46 bazalaki bango nyonso nkoto nkama motoba na misato na nkama mitano na tuku mitano.

The total was 603,550 men.

47 Nzokande batangaki te nzela moko na mabota mosusu motango ya bato ya libota ya Levi.

But this number did not include the names of the men of the tribe of Levi,

48 Yawe alobaki na Moyize:

because Yahweh had said to Moses/me,

49 « Kotanga te motango ya bato ya libota ya Levi, kokotisa bango te na molongo ya bato mosusu ya Isalaele.

“When you (count/write the names of) the men of the tribes of Israel, do not count the men in the tribe of Levi.

50 Okopesa na bato ya libota ya Levi mokumba ya Mongombo ya Litatoli mpe ya bisalelo na yango nyonso elongo na biloko nyonso oyo ezalaka kati na Mongombo. Bango bakozwa mokumba ya komemaka yango elongo na bisalelo na yango mpe bakovanda zingazinga na yango.

Appoint the male descendants of Levi to take care of the Sacred Tent and the chest inside it that contains [the tablets on which are written] the Ten Commandments. They must also take care of the other things that are inside the tent. [When you travel], they are the ones who must carry the tent and all the things that are inside it, and they must take care of it and set up their tents around it.

51 Tango nyonso Mongombo ekolongwa na esika moko mpo na kokende na esika mosusu, Balevi nde bakolongola yango; mpe tango ekotelema, bango mpe kaka nde bakotelemisa yango. Moto mosusu oyo akopusana pembeni na yango asengeli kokufa.

Whenever it is time for all of you to move [to another location], the descendants of Levi are the ones who must dismantle the tent. And when it is time to stop traveling, they are the ones who must set up the Sacred Tent again. Any other person who goes near the Sacred Tent [to do this work] must be executed.

52 Bana ya Isalaele bakotelemisa bandako na bango ya kapo kolanda milongo na bango ya mampinga, mpe moto na moto akozala kati na molako na ye, na se ya bendele na ye.

The people of each Israeli tribe must set up their tents in their own area, and they must set up a flag/banner that represents their tribe.

53 Kasi bato ya libota ya Levi bakotelemisa bandako na bango ya kapo zingazinga ya Mongombo ya Litatoli mpo ete kanda makasi ya Yawe ekoka kokweya likolo ya lisanga ya bana ya Isalaele te. Bato ya libota ya Levi nde bakosala mosala ya kobatela Mongombo ya Litatoli. »

But the male descendants of Levi must set up their tents around the Sacred Tent, in order to protect the other Israeli people from being punished [MTY] by Yahweh [for coming close to the Sacred Tent]. The descendants of Levi are the ones who must stand around the Sacred Tent to guard it.”

54 Bana ya Isalaele basalaki makambo oyo nyonso, ndenge kaka Yawe atindaki na nzela ya Moyize.

So the Israeli people did everything just like Yahweh had commanded Moses/me.