Genesis 35 (LIN)

1Nzambe alobaki na Jakobi : « Kende na Beteli, vanda kuna mpe tonga kuna etumbelo mpo na Nzambe oyo abimelaki yo tango ozalaki kokima ndeko na yo Ezawu. »Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”

2Jakobi alobaki na bato ya libota na ye mpe na bato nyonso oyo bazalaki na ye elongo : « Bolongola banzambe ya bapaya oyo ezali kati na bino, bomipetola mpe bolata bilamba mosusu.So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your garments.

3Tokomata na Beteli epai wapi nakotonga etumbelo mpo na Nzambe oyo ayanolaki ngai na mokolo oyo nazalaki na pasi mpe azalaki elongo na ngai bisika nyonso oyo nazalaki kokende. »Then let us arise and go to Bethel. I will build an altar there to God, who answered me in my day of distress. He has been with me wherever I have gone.”

4Bapesaki Jakobi banzambe nyonso ya bapaya, oyo bazalaki na yango mpe biloko na bango ya matoyi. Boye Jakobi akundaki yango na se ya nzete ya terebente oyo ezalaki pene ya Sishemi.So they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and all their earrings, and Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem.

5Sima, bakendeki. Kanda na Nzambe ekweyelaki bingumba nyonso ya zingazinga na bango, mpe moko te alandaki bana mibali ya Jakobi.As they set out, a terror from God fell over the surrounding cities, so that they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.

6Jakobi mpe bato nyonso oyo bazalaki elongo na ye bakomaki na Luze, oyo ezali Beteli, kati na mokili ya Kanana.So Jacob and everyone with him arrived in Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.

7Kuna nde atongaki etumbelo mpe abengaki esika yango « Eli Beteli, » pamba te ezalaki kuna nde Nzambe amimonisaki epai na ye tango azalaki kokima ndeko na ye.There Jacob built an altar, and he called that place El-bethel, because it was there that God had revealed Himself to Jacob as he fled from his brother.

8Ezalaki wana nde Debora, mama mobokoli ya Rebeka, akufaki. Bakundaki ye pembeni ya Beteli, na se ya nzete oyo, wuta na tango wana, bakomaki kobenga « Aloni-Bakuti. »Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel. So Jacob named it Allon-bacuth.

9Nzambe abimelaki lisusu Jakobi tango azongaki wuta na Padani-Arami mpe apambolaki ye.After Jacob had returned from Paddan-aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him.

10Nzambe alobaki na ye : « Kombo na yo ezali Jakobi ; kasi okobengama lisusu Jakobi te, kombo na yo ekomi Isalaele. » Yango wana Nzambe apesaki ye kombo « Isalaele. »And God said to him, “Though your name is Jacob, you will no longer be called Jacob. Instead, your name will be Israel.” So God named him Israel.

11Nzambe alobaki na ye lisusu : « Nazali Nzambe-Na-Nguya-Nyonso. Bota bana mpe bokoma ebele ; bokoma ekolo moko mpe bikolo ebele ekobima na nzela na yo, bakonzi bakobima kati na yo.And God told him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you.

12Mokili oyo napesaki na Abrayami mpe na Izaki, napesi yango mpe na yo. Nakopesa yango lisusu na bakitani na yo. »The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.”

13Sima, Nzambe atikaki ye na esika oyo asololaki na ye.Then God went up from the place where He had spoken with him.

14Jakobi atelemisaki libanga ya elembo na esika oyo Nzambe asololaki na ye ; asopaki likolo ya libanga yango likabo ya masanga mpe mafuta.So Jacob set up a pillar in the place where God had spoken with him—a stone marker—and he poured out a drink offering on it and anointed it with oil.

15Jakobi apesaki esika oyo Nzambe asololaki na ye kombo « Beteli. »Jacob called the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.

16Jakobi mpe libota na ye balongwaki na Beteli. Wana bazalaki nanu mwa mosika na Efrata, Rasheli abotaki, kasi na pasi makasi.Later, they set out from Bethel, and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult.

17Lokola azalaki na pasi makasi ya kobota, mwasi mobotisi ayebisaki ye : « Kobanga te ! Pamba te ozali na mwana mobali mosusu. »During her severe labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you are having another son.”

18Lokola azalaki kobundana mpo na kokufa, liboso ya kokata motema, apesaki mwana na ye ya mobali kombo Beni-Oni. Kasi tata na ye apesaki ye kombo Benjame.And with her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin.

19Rasheli akufaki mpe bakundaki ye na nzela ya Efrata, elingi koloba Beteleemi.So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).

20Jakobi atelemisaki libanga ya elembo likolo ya kunda ya Rasheli ; mpe kino lelo oyo, libanga wana ya elembo elakisaka kunda ya Rasheli.Jacob set up a pillar on her grave; it marks Rachel’s tomb to this day.

21Sima, Isalaele alongwaki mpe akendeki kotonga ndako na ye ya kapo mosika ya Migidali-Ederi.Israel again set out and pitched his tent beyond the Tower of Eder.

22Wana Isalaele azalaki kowumela na mokili wana, Ribeni ayaki kuna mpe asangisaki nzoto na Bila, makangu ya tata na ye ; mpe Isalaele ayokaki yango. Jakobi azalaki na bana mibali zomi na mibale :While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:

23Bana mibali ya Lea : Ribeni, mwana mobali ya liboso ya Jakobi ; Simeoni, Levi, Yuda, Isakari mpe Zabuloni.The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

24Bana mibali ya Rasheli : Jozefi mpe Benjame.The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.

25Bana mibali ya Bila, mwasi mosali ya Rasheli : Dani mpe Nefitali.The sons of Rachel’s maidservant Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.

26Bana mibali ya Zilipa, mwasi mosali ya Lea : Gadi mpe Aseri. Bango nde bana mibali ya Jakobi oyo babotelaki ye na Padani-Arami.And the sons of Leah’s maidservant Zilpah were Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan-aram.

27Jakobi azongaki epai ya Izaki, tata na ye, na Mamire, pene ya Kiriati-Ariba oyo ebengami Ebron, epai wapi Abrayami mpe Izaki bazalaki kovanda.Jacob returned to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.

28Izaki awumelaki na bomoi mibu nkama moko na tuku mwambe.And Isaac lived 180 years.

29Sima, Izaki akataki motema mpe akufaki ; awumelaki na bomoi mibu ebele, akomaki mobange mpe alandaki bakoko na ye. Bana na ye ya mibali, Ezawu mpe Jakobi, bakundaki ye.Then he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

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