Exodus 10 (MKW)

1Yave tubaka na Moyize: «Kwenda na sika ya Falawo, ntinu ya Ngipiti, samu ti ni munu kangaka ntima ya yandi, yandi na bantu yina ke salaka na yandi. Kwenda samu na kulakisa bimangu ya munu na kati-kati ya bawu.Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials, that I may perform these miraculous signs of Mine among them,

2Ya kele mpe samu ti nge zabisa na bana ya nge mpe na batekolo ya nge mutindu mu me sakinina bantu ya Ngipiti, mpe mutindu mu me lakisa bimangu ya munu na kati-kati ya bawu. Na yina, beno ke bakula ti mu kele Yave.»and that you may tell your children and grandchildren how severely I dealt with the Egyptians when I performed miraculous signs among them, so that all of you may know that I am the LORD.”

3Moyize na Aloni kwendaka na sika ya Falawo, ntinu ya Ngipiti, mpe bawu tubaka na yandi: «Yave, Nzambi ya ba-Ebeleyo, me tuba mutindu yayi: “Tii wapi ntangu nge ke manga na kukuluka na mantwala ya munu? Bika ti bantu ya munu kukwenda, samu ti ba kwenda sadila munu.So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.

4Kana nge manga ti bantu ya munu kukwenda, mbasi mu ke fidisa makonko na yinsi ya nge.But if you refuse to let My people go, I will bring locusts into your territory tomorrow.

5Yawu ke fuluka na yinsi tii ntoto nyonso ya yinsi ke talana dyaka ve. Yawu ke kudya nyonso yina bikanaka, nyonso yina mvula ya matadi bikaka. Yawu ke manisa na kudya makasa ya bayinti nyonso ya beno yina ke na kumena na bilanga.They will cover the face of the land so that no one can see it. They will devour whatever is left after the hail and eat every tree that grows in your fields.

6Yawu ke fuluka na bayinzo ya nge. Yawu ke fuluka na bayinzo ya bantu nyonso yina ke salaka na nge. Yawu ke fuluka na bayinzo ya bantu nyonso ya Ngipiti. Batata ya nge na bankooko ya nge me talaka ntete ve dyambu ya mutindu yina, katuka ntangu yina ba kumaka na ntoto yayi tii na kilumbu ya bubu yayi.”» Moyize basikaka na yinzo ya Falawo, ntinu ya Ngipiti, mpe yandi vutukaka ya yandi.They will fill your houses and the houses of all your officials and every Egyptian—something neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen since the day they came into this land.’” Then Moses turned and left Pharaoh’s presence.

7Bantu yina ke salaka na Falawo tubaka na Falawo, ntinu ya Ngipiti: «Tii wapi ntangu muntu yayi ke vwanda mutambu samu na beto? Bika ti bantu ya yandi ba kwenda. Bika ti ba kwenda sadila Yave, Nzambi ya bawu. Nabunu nge zaba ti Ngipiti ke na kufwa?»Pharaoh’s officials asked him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the LORD their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt lies in ruins?”

8Na yina, ba tumisaka Moyize na Aloni na kuvutuka na sika ya Falawo, ntinu ya Ngipiti. Falawo tubaka na bawu: «Beno kwenda! Beno sadila Yave, Nzambi ya beno. Kasi ni banani ke kwenda?»So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. “Go, worship the LORD your God,” he said. “But who exactly will be going?”

9Moyize vutulaka: «Beto ke kwenda na bana ya beto, mpe na biboba ya beto. Beto ke kwenda na bana ya beto ya babakala mpe ya bakento, na Bibulu ya fyoti na ya nene, samu ti na beto, yawu kele mukembo samu na Yave.»“We will go with our young and old,” Moses replied. “We will go with our sons and daughters, and with our flocks and herds, for we must hold a feast to the LORD.”

10Kasi Falawo, ntinu ya Ngipiti tubaka na bawu: «Kana mu bika beno kwenda na bana ya beno, bika ti Yave kuvwanda na beno! Beno ke na kutala ve beno mosi ti beno ke na mabanza ya yimbi?Then Pharaoh told them, “May the LORD be with you if I ever let you go with your little ones. Clearly you are bent on evil.

11Yawu ke salama mutindu yina ve! Kaka ni babakala ke kwenda. Beno kwenda sadila Yave, samu ti ni mutindu yina beno ke na kusosa.» Na manima, ba bingisaka bawu na ntwala ya Falawo, ntinu ya Ngipiti.No, only the men may go and worship the LORD, since that is what you have been requesting.” And Moses and Aaron were driven from Pharaoh’s presence.

12Yave tubaka na Moyize: «Lambula diboko ya nge na yinsi ya Ngipiti samu na kubokila makonko: Yawu kuvwanda na zulu ya yinsi ya Ngipiti! Yawu kudya matiti nyonso ya yinsi. Yawu kudya nyonso yina mvula ya matadi bikaka.»Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt, so that the locusts may swarm over it and devour every plant in the land—everything that the hail has left behind.”

13Moyize lambulaka yinti ya yandi na yinsi ya Ngipiti, mpe Yave fidisaka kitembo ya esete na yinsi, na kilumbu yina nyonso mpe na mpimpa nyonso. Na suka kitembo ya esete vwandaka me nata makonko.So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and throughout that day and night the LORD sent an east wind across the land. By morning the east wind had brought the locusts.

14Makonko mwanganaka na yinsi nyonso ya Ngipiti, mpe yawu vwandaka na bisika nyonso. Makonko ya mingi-mingi ya mutindu yina vwandaka me talana ntete ve, mpe yawu ke talana dyaka ve.The locusts swarmed across the land and settled over the entire territory of Egypt. Never before had there been so many locusts, and never again will there be.

15Makonko fukaka yinsi nyonso, mpe ntoto kumaka ndombe. Makonko kudyaka matiti nyonso ya yinsi, mpe bambuma nyonso ya bayinti yina bikanaka na manima ya mvula ya matadi. Ata dikasa mosi ve bikanaka dyaka na bayinti, mpe na bilanga ya yinsi nyonso ya Ngipiti.They covered the face of all the land until it was black, and they consumed all the plants on the ground and all the fruit on the trees that the hail had left behind. Nothing green was left on any tree or plant in all the land of Egypt.

16Na yina, Falawo, ntinu ya Ngipiti, bokilaka Moyize na Aloni na nswalu nyonso. Yandi tubaka na bawu: «Mu me sala disumu na mantwala ya Yave, Nzambi ya beno, mpe na mantwala ya beno.Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you.

17Kasi beno lemvokila disumu ya munu mbala yayi dyaka. Beno sambila Yave, Nzambi ya beno, samu ti yandi katula kwandi munu kitembo yayi ya lufwa.»Now please forgive my sin once more and appeal to the LORD your God, that He may remove this death from me.”

18Moyize basikaka na yinzo ya Falawo, ntinu ya Ngipiti. Yandi sambilaka Yave.So Moses left Pharaoh’s presence and appealed to the LORD.

19Na yina, Yave telemisaka mupepe ya ngolo ya wesete. Mupepe yango nataka makonko, mpe losaka yawu na Mubu ya Batwandu. Ata dikonko mosi ve bikanaka na yinsi nyonso ya Ngipiti.And the LORD changed the wind to a very strong west wind that carried off the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not a single locust remained anywhere in Egypt.

20Kasi, Yave salaka ti Falawo, ntinu ya Ngipiti, kukanga dyaka ntima ya yandi. Falawo, ntinu ya Ngipiti, bikaka ve ti bana ya Isayeli kukwenda.But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go.

21Yave tubaka na Moyize: «Nanguna diboko ya nge na zulu. Bika ti kitombe kuvwanda na yinsi ya Ngipiti, kitombe mosi ya ngolo yina ba ke lenda ata fyoti ve na kutala kima!»Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that darkness may spread over the land of Egypt—a palpable darkness.”

22Moyize nangunaka diboko ya yandi na zulu, mpe kitombe mosi ya ngolo kotaka na yinsi nyonso ya Ngipiti, bilumbu tatu ya muvimba.So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and total darkness covered all the land of Egypt for three days.

23Na bilumbu tatu yina, muntu lendaka tala mpangi muntu ve. Konso muntu vwandaka kaka na kisika yina yandi vwandaka. Kasi bana nyonso ya Isayeli vwandaka na nsemo na bisika yina bawu vwandaka zinga.No one could see anyone else, and for three days no one left his place. Yet all the Israelites had light in their dwellings.

24Na yina, Falawo, ntinu ya Ngipiti, bokilaka Moyize mpe yandi tubaka na yandi: «Beno kwenda! Beno sadila Yave. Kaka bangombe ya beno, na mameme mpe bankombo ya beno fwana kubikana. Kasi bana ya beno lenda kwenda na beno.»Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, “Go, worship the LORD. Even your little ones may go with you; only your flocks and herds must stay behind.”

25Moyize vutulaka: «Kana ya kele mutindu yina, ni nge ke pesa beto minkayulu ya kupesa na Yave Nzambi ya beto, na minkayulu ya kuyokila yandi?But Moses replied, “You must also provide us with sacrifices and burnt offerings to present to the LORD our God.

26Mukangu nyonso ya beto ya bibulu ke kwenda na beto, mpe ata kibulu mosi ve ke bikana! Samu ti ni na kati ya yawu beto ke baka bibulu ya kupesa minkayulu na Yave, Nzambi ya beto. Tekila beto kuma kuna, beto mosi, beto me zaba ntete ve yinki na kati ya bibulu yina, beto ke pesa na Yave, samu na kusadila yandi.»Even our livestock must go with us; not a hoof will be left behind, for we will need some of them to worship the LORD our God, and we will not know how we are to worship the LORD until we arrive.”

27Kasi, Yave salaka ti Falawo, ntinu ya Ngipiti, kukanga ntima ya yandi. Falawo, ntinu ya Ngipiti, bikaka ve ti bawu kukwenda.But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he was unwilling to let them go.

28Falawo, ntinu ya Ngipiti, tubaka na Moyize: «Basika! Kumeka dyaka ve na kwiza talana na mantwala ya munu. Kilumbu yina nge ke kwiza talana dyaka na mantwala ya munu, nge ke kufwa!»“Depart from me!” Pharaoh said to Moses. “Make sure you never see my face again, for on the day you see my face, you will die.”

29Moyize vutulaka: «Kaka mutindu nge me tuba! Mu ke kwiza talana dyaka ve na mantwala ya nge!»“As you say,” Moses replied, “I will never see your face again.”

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