Genesis 9 (LIN)

1Nzambe apambolaki Noa mpe bana na ye ya mibali. Alobaki na bango : « Bobota bana, bokoma ebele mpe botondisa mokili.And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

2Banyama nyonso ya mokili, bandeke nyonso ya likolo mpe bikelamu oyo etambolaka na mokili elongo na mbisi ya ebale, ekobanga bino makasi ; nyonso epesami na maboko na bino.The fear and dread of you will fall on every living creature on the earth, every bird of the air, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are delivered into your hand.

3Bikelamu nyonso oyo ezali na bomoi mpe oyo etambolaka, ekozala bilei na bino. Ndenge kaka napesaki bino matiti, sik’oyo napesi bino biloko nyonso.Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things.

4Kasi bokolia te mosuni oyo ezali na makila, pamba te makila ezali bomoi.But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.

5Bongo lokola makila na bino ezali bomoi na bino, nakosambisa oyo nyonso akotangisa yango, ezala nyama to moto. Nakosambisa moto nyonso mpo na bomoi ya moninga na ye.And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:

6Yango wana, soki moto asopi makila ya moto, bakosopa mpe makila na ye epai ya moto, pamba te Nzambe asalaki moto na elilingi na Ye.Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.

7Kasi bino, bobota bana, bokoma ebele mpe botondisa mokili. »But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.”

8Boye, Nzambe alobaki na Noa mpe na bana na ye ya mibali :Then God said to Noah and his sons with him,

9« Nasali sik’oyo boyokani elongo na yo mpe na bakitani na yo sima na yo,“Behold, I now establish My covenant with you and your descendants after you,

10na bikelamu nyonso ya bomoi oyo ezali elongo na yo : bandeke, bibwele mpe banyama ya zamba, banyama nyonso oyo ebimaki na masuwa elongo na yo, bikelamu nyonso ya bomoi oyo ezali na mokili.and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth—every living thing that came out of the ark.

11Nasali boyokani elongo na yo : bikelamu nyonso oyo ezali na bomoi ekobebisama te na mayi ya mpela. Mpe mpela ekozala lisusu te mpo na kobebisa mokili. »And I establish My covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.”

12Nzambe alobaki lisusu : « Tala elembo ya boyokani oyo natie kati na Ngai mpe bino, mpe bikelamu nyonso ya bomoi oyo ezali na bino elongo. Ezali boyokani mpo na milongo nyonso oyo ekoya :And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between Me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come:

13natie monama na Ngai na mapata, mpe yango ekozala elembo ya boyokani kati na Ngai mpe mokili.I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.

14Tango nyonso nakosangisa mapata na likolo ya mokili mpe monama ekobima na mapata,Whenever I form clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds,

15nakokanisa boyokani na Ngai elongo na bino mpe na bikelamu ya lolenge nyonso oyo ezali na bomoi. Mpe mayi ekokoma lisusu mpela te mpo na kobebisa nyonso oyo ezali na bomoi.I will remember My covenant between Me and you and every living creature of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.

16Tango nyonso monama ekobima na mapata, nakomona yango mpe nakokanisa boyokani ya seko kati na Nzambe mpe bikelamu nyonso ya bomoi oyo ezali na mokili. »And whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of every kind that is on the earth.”

17Nzambe alobaki lisusu na Noa : « Yango nde ezali elembo ya boyokani oyo natie kati na Ngai mpe bikelamu nyonso ya bomoi oyo ezali kati na mokili. »So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between Me and every creature on the earth.”

18Tala bana mibali ya Noa oyo babimaki na masuwa : Semi, Cham mpe Jafeti. Cham azalaki tata ya Kanana.The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan.

19Bango misato bazalaki bana ya Noa mpe na nzela na bango nde mokili etondaki lisusu na bato.These three were the sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was populated.

20Noa azalaki mosali bilanga mpe alonaki elanga ya vino.Now Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard.

21Tango amelaki masanga ya vino oyo ewutaki na elanga na ye, alangwaki mpe atikalaki bolumbu kati na ndako na ye ya kapo.But when he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.

22Cham, tata ya Kanana, amonaki bolumbu ya tata na ye mpe ayebisaki bandeko na ye ya mibali oyo bazalaki na libanda.And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers outside.

23Kasi Semi mpe Jafeti bazwaki elamba mpe batiaki yango na mapeka na bango. Bazongaki sima-sima mpe bazipaki bolumbu ya tata na bango. Lokola bilongi na bango etalaki na ngambo mosusu, bamonaki bolumbu ya tata na bango te.Then Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.

24Tango milangwa ya Noa esilaki, ayokaki likambo oyo mwana na ye ya suka asalaki.When Noah awoke from his drunkenness and learned what his youngest son had done to him,

25Alobaki : « Tika ete Kanana alakelama mabe, azala mowumbu ya suka ya bandeko na ye ! »he said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”

26Alobaki lisusu : « Tika ete Yawe, Nzambe ya Semi, apambolama ! Tika ete Kanana azala mowumbu ya Semi !He also declared: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the servant of Shem.

27Tika ete Nzambe ayeisa monene mabele ya Jafeti ! Tika ete Jafeti avanda na bandako ya kapo ya Semi, mpe Kanana azala mowumbu na ye ! »May God expand the territory of Japheth; may he dwell in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant.”

28Sima na mpela, Noa awumelaki na bomoi mibu nkama misato na tuku mitano.After the flood, Noah lived 350 years.

29Mibu nyonso ya bomoi ya Noa ezalaki nkama libwa na tuku mitano, sima akufaki.So Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.

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