Genesis 33 (LIN)

1Tango Jakobi atombolaki miso na ye, amonaki na mosika Ezawu koya elongo na bato nkama minei. Boye Jakobi akabolaki bana na ye : ndambo epai ya Lea, ndambo epai ya Rasheli mpe ndambo mosusu epai ya basali mibale ya basi.Now Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming toward him with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants.

2Atiaki basali ya basi elongo na bana na bango na liboso ; Lea mpe bana na ye na sima ; mpe Rasheli na Jozefi na suka.He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.

3Ye moko alekaki liboso na bango mpe afukamaki na mabele mbala sambo wana azalaki kopusana liboso ya ndeko na ye ya mobali.But Jacob himself went on ahead and bowed to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.

4Ezawu akimaki mbangu mpo na kokutana na ye ; ayambaki ye, amibwakaki na nzoto na ye mpo na koyamba ye mpe apesaki ye beze ; bongo bakomaki kolela.Esau, however, ran to him and embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him. And they both wept.

5Tango atombolaki miso na ye, amonaki na mosika basi mpe bana. Atunaki : — Banani wana bazali elongo na yo ? Jakobi azongisaki : — Ezali bana oyo Nzambe apesi, na bolingo na Ye, epai ya mosali na yo.When Esau looked up and saw the women and children, he asked, “Who are these with you?” Jacob answered, “These are the children God has graciously given your servant.”

6Boye, basali ya basi elongo na bana na bango bapusanaki mpe bafukamaki.Then the maidservants and their children approached and bowed down.

7Na sima, Lea elongo na bana na ye bayaki kofukama. Bongo na suka, Jozefi elongo na Rasheli bayaki mpe kofukama.Leah and her children also approached and bowed down, and then Joseph and Rachel approached and bowed down.

8Ezawu atunaki : — Ngulupa nyonso oyo nakutani na yango, tina na yango nini ? Jakobi azongisaki : — Ezali mpo ete nazwa ngolu na miso na yo, nkolo na ngai.“What do you mean by sending this whole company to meet me?” asked Esau. “To find favor in your sight, my lord,” Jacob answered.

9Kasi Ezawu azongisaki : — Ndeko na ngai, biloko nyonso oyo, nazali na yango ebele ; bomba biloko na yo mpo na yo moko.“I already have plenty, my brother,” Esau replied. “Keep what belongs to you.”

10Jakobi alobaki : — Nabondeli yo : soki nazwi ngolu na miso na yo, ndima kozwa biloko oyo lokola kado kowuta na maboko na ngai ; pamba te ndenge namoni yo, ezali lokola namoni Nzambe, mpo ete oyambi ngai na boboto.But Jacob insisted, “No, please! If I have found favor in your sight, then receive this gift from my hand. For indeed, I have seen your face, and it is like seeing the face of God, since you have received me favorably.

11Nabondeli yo penza, ndima makabo oyo namemeli yo ; pamba te Nzambe nde apesaki ngai yango na ngolu na Ye mpe nazali na nyonso. Lokola Jakobi azalaki kaka kotia molende, Ezawu andimaki kozwa yango.Please accept my gift that was brought to you, because God has been gracious to me and I have all I need.” So Jacob pressed him until he accepted.

12Ezawu alobaki : — Telema tokende, nakotambola na yo nzela moko.Then Esau said, “Let us be on our way, and I will go ahead of you.”

13Kasi Jakobi azongiselaki ye : — Oh nkolo na ngai ! Oyebi malamu ete bana bazwi nanu makasi te, mpe nazali lisusu na bameme, bangombe mpe bantaba ya basi oyo ezali nanu komelisa mabele. Soki tomeki kotambolisa yango mbangu makasi kaka na mokolo moko, bibwele nyonso ekokufa.But Jacob replied, “My lord knows that the children are frail, and I must care for sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard for even a day, all the animals will die.

14Boye, tika ete nkolo na ngai akende liboso, wana ngai nakotambola malembe-malembe na sima, kolanda etamboli ya bibwele oyo ezali liboso na ngai, mpe kolanda etamboli ya bana, kino nakokoma epai ya nkolo na ngai, na Seiri.Please let my lord go ahead of his servant. I will continue on slowly, at a comfortable pace for the livestock and children, until I come to my lord at Seir.”

15Ezawu alobaki : — Nabondeli yo, ndima ete natikela yo ndambo ya bato na ngai. Kasi Jakobi atunaki : — Mpo na nini kosala bongo ? Tika ete nazwa kaka ngolu na miso ya nkolo na ngai !“Let me leave some of my people with you,” Esau said. But Jacob replied, “Why do that? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.”

16Boye, kaka na mokolo wana, Ezawu azwaki nzela mpe azongaki na Seiri.So that day Esau started on his way back to Seir,

17Nzokande, Jakobi akendeki na Sukoti. Atongaki kuna ndako mpo na ye moko mpe mpo na bibwele na ye ; yango wana babengi esika yango Sukoti.but Jacob went on to Succoth, where he built a house for himself and shelters for his livestock; that is why the place was called Succoth.

18Longwa na mokili ya Padani-Arami, Jakobi akomaki na kimia na engumba Sishemi oyo ezali na mokili ya Kanana ; mpe atelemisaki ndako na ye ya kapo liboso ya engumba.After Jacob had come from Paddan-aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped just outside the city.

19Na motuya ya bibende ya palata nkama moko, asombaki na maboko ya bana mibali ya Amori, tata ya Sishemi, eteni ya mabele epai wapi atongaki ndako na ye ya kapo.And the plot of ground where he pitched his tent, he purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver.

20Atongaki kuna etumbelo moko oyo abengaki : « El, Nzambe ya Isalaele. »There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.

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