Exodus 15 (MKW)

1Moyize na bana ya Isayeli yimbilaka Yave mukunga. Mu ke yimbila samu na Yave. Yandi me lakisa bunene ya yandi. Bampunda mpe bayina ke nataka yawu, yandi me losa bawu na mubu.Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted. The horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.

2Ngolo ya munu ni Yave, ni yandi mu ke yimbidila. Yandi me vuukisa munu. Yandi kele Nzambi ya munu, mu ke kembila yandi. Yandi kele Nzambi ya tata ya munu, mu ke zangula yandi.The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my father’s God, and I will exalt Him.

3Yave kele muntu ya bamvita, Yave ni nkumbu ya yandi.The LORD is a warrior, the LORD is His name.

4Bapusu-pusu ya mvita ya Falawo, binwani ya yandi nyonso, yandi me losa bawu na mubu. Binwani ya yandi ya ngolo, yandi me dyamisa bawu na mubu, na Mubu ya Batwandu.Pharaoh’s chariots and army He has cast into the sea; the finest of his officers are drowned in the Red Sea.

5Maza ya nene me fuka bawu. Bawu me dyama mutindu matadi. Bawu me kulumuka tii na yisi.The depths have covered them; they sank there like a stone.

6Yave, diboko ya nge ya lubakala kele ya lulendo. Yave, diboko ya nge ya lubakala me nika mbeni.Your right hand, O LORD, is majestic in power; Your right hand, O LORD, has shattered the enemy.

7Na bunene ya nge ya kulutila nge ke nungaka mitantu ya nge. Nge ke fungulaka tiya ya nkele ya nge, yawu ke nyengisaka bawu mutindu nyanga.You overthrew Your adversaries by Your great majesty. You unleashed Your burning wrath; it consumed them like stubble.

8Na ngolo ya mupepe ya nge, maza me vukana kisika mosi. Bimpo ya maza me kuma mutindu bibaka. Maza me kuba na kati-kati ya mubu.At the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up; like a wall the currents stood firm; the depths congealed in the heart of the sea.

9Mbeni tubaka: «Mu ke landa bawu, mu ke kuzwa bawu, mu ke kuzwa kimvwama ya bawu mu ke fuluka na yawu. Mu ke baka mbele ya mvita, mu ke bwila bawu.»The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’

10Nge fulaka mupepe ya nge, mubu fukaka bawu. Bawu dyamaka mutindu kisengo, mutindu kokote na kati ya maza ya nene.But You blew with Your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.

11Nani na kati ya binzambi-nzambi kele mutindu nge, Yave? Nani kele ya kulezima na bulongo mutindu nge? Nge yina kele ya nsisi, nge yina me lunga na kuzwa masiika, nge yina ke salaka mambu ya ngitukulu?Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?

12Nge me lambula diboko ya nge ya lubakala, ntoto me mina mitantu ya beto.You stretched out Your right hand, and the earth swallowed them up.

13Na kukwikama nyonso, nge me twadisa bantu, bantu yina nge me kuula. Na lulendo ya nge, nge me twadisa bawu, tii na kisika ya nge ya longo.With loving devotion You will lead the people You have redeemed; with Your strength You will guide them to Your holy dwelling.

14Bantu ya bayinsi ya nkaka me kuwa. Bawu me kuwa nsangu ya dyambu yayi, bawu me tekita. Boma ya kulutila simbaka bantu yina ke zingaka na Filiseti.The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia.

15Bamfumu ya Edome me kufwa na boma. Binwani ya Mowabe me kufwa na kutekita. Ba-Kaanani ke dyaka ve na ngolo.Then the chiefs of Edom will be dismayed; trembling will seize the leaders of Moab; those who dwell in Canaan will melt away,

16Boma mpe nsisi me kuzwa bawu. Yave, na mantwala ya lulendo ya diboko ya nge, bawu me kuma mababa mutindu matadi, tii na ntangu yina bantu ya nge me manisa na kuluta, bayina me kuma bantu ya nge.and terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of Your arm they will be as still as a stone until Your people pass by, O LORD, until the people You have bought pass by.

17Nge ke nata bawu, nge ke tula bawu na mongo, mongo yina kele mvwilu ya nge, kisika yina nge Yave nge kubikaka na kuzinga. Yinzo ya longo yina maboko ya nge, nge Mfumu, ke yidika.You will bring them in and plant them on the mountain of Your inheritance—the place, O LORD, You have prepared for Your dwelling, the sanctuary, O Lord, Your hands have established.

18Yave, nge ke yalaka seko, nge ke yalaka bantangu nyonso!The LORD will reign forever and ever!”

19Ntangu bampunda ya Falawo, ntinu ya Ngipiti, bapusu-pusu ya yandi ya mvita na bayina ke kwendaka na kati ya yawu, bawu kotaka na mubu, Yave vutulaka maza ya mubu na zulu ya bawu. Kasi bana ya Isayeli vwandaka me tambula na ntoto ya kuyuma na kati-kati ya mubu.For when Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and horsemen went into the sea, the LORD brought the waters of the sea back over them. But the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground.

20Mumbikudi Milyame, kibusi ya Aloni bakaka ngoma ya fyoti. Yandi vwandaka sika ngoma mpe vwandaka bina. Bakento nyonso salaka mutindu yandi.Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.

21Na kati ya mukunga, Milyame vutulaka na bawu mutindu yayi: Beno yimbila samu na Yave. Yandi me lakisa bunene ya yandi. Bampunda mpe bayina ke nataka yawu, yandi me losa bawu na mubu.And Miriam sang back to them: “Sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted; the horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.”

22Moyize twadisaka bantu ya Isayeli. Bawu katukaka na Mubu ya Batwandu mpe bawu bakaka nzila yina ke kwendaka na yinsi ya kuyuma yina ba ke bokilaka Sule. Bawu tambulaka bilumbu tatu na yinsi ya kuyuma ata kutala maza.Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the Desert of Shur. For three days they walked in the desert without finding water.

23Bawu kumaka na Mala, kisika mosi yina vwandaka na maza. Kasi bawu lendaka ve na kunwa maza yango, samu ti yawu vwandaka ndudi. Ni yawu yina, ba ke bokilaka yawu Mala. Yawu zola kutuba: «Ndudi.»And when they came to Marah, they could not drink the water there because it was bitter. (That is why it was named Marah.)

24Bantu ya Isayeli bandaka na kuvunguta. Bawu yufulaka Moyize: «Yinki kwandi beto ke kunwa?»So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?”

25Moyize sambilaka Yave mpe Yave lakisaka yandi yinti mosi. Moyize bakaka yinti yango, yandi losaka yawu na maza mpe maza kumaka ya mbote. Ni kuna Yave pesaka bawu bandongosolo mpe bansalulu ya misiku. Ni kuna mpe yandi mekaka bawu.And Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a log. And when he cast it into the waters, they were sweetened. There the LORD made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them,

26Yandi tubaka: «Kana beno tumama na ndinga ya Yave, Nzambi ya beno, kana beno sadila ludedomo na meso ya yandi, kana beno tula dikutu ya beno na kuwa misiku, kana beno zitisa bansalulu ya misiku ya yandi, mu ke fidisa beno ve ata kimbemvo mosi na bimbemvo yina mu fidisaka na bantu ya Ngipiti, samu ti ni munu Yave ke nyakisaka beno.»saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”

27Na manima, bantu ya Isayeli kumaka na kisika yina ba ke bokilaka Elime. Ya vwandaka kuna na bamwila kumi na zole mpe makumi nsambwadi ya maba. Ni kuna bantu ya Isayeli salaka kivwandu ya bawu, pene-pene ya maza.Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there by the waters.

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