Exodus 16 (MKW)

1Mukangu nyonso ya bana ya Isayeli bikaka Elime. Bawu kwendaka na yinsi ya kuyuma yina ba ke bokilaka Sine. Sine kele na kati-kati ya Elime na Sinayi. Ya vwandaka na kilumbu ya kumi na tanu, na ngonda ya zole katuka kilumbu yina bawu basikaka na yinsi ya Ngipiti.On the fifteenth day of the second month after they had left the land of Egypt, the whole congregation of Israel set out from Elim and came to the Desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai.

2Kuna na yinsi ya kuyuma, mukangu nyonso ya bana ya Isayeli bandaka na kuvungutila Moyize na Aloni.And there in the desert the whole congregation of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron.

3Bana ya Isayeli zonzaka na bawu: «Samu na yinki Yave kufwaka kwandi beto ve na yinsi ya Ngipiti! Kuna beto vwandaka vukana pene-pene ya banzungu ya ngombe mpe beto vwandaka yukuta na kudya mampa! Beno me basisa beto na kunata beto na yinsi ya kuyuma, samu na kufwa mukangu nyonso yayi na nsatu!»“If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!”

4Yave tubaka na Moyize: «Katuka na zulu, mu ke nokisa mvula ya mampa samu na beno. Konso kilumbu bantu ke banda na kwendaka lokota mampa yina me lunga na kudya na kilumbu. Ni mutindu yina mu ke meka bawu. Mu ke tala kana bawu ke tumama na misiku ya munu to bawu ke tumama ve?Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test whether or not they will follow My instructions.

5Na kilumbu ya sambanu, ntangu ba ke lamba yina ba me lokota na kilumbu yina, yawu ke vwanda kikunku ya kulutila bambala zole na yina ba ke lokotaka konso kilumbu.»Then on the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring in, it will be twice as much as they gather on the other days.”

6Na yina, Moyize na Aloni tubaka na bana nyonso ya Isayeli: «Na nkokila yayi, beno ke zaba ti ni Yave me basisa beno na yinsi ya Ngipiti.So Moses and Aaron said to all the Israelites, “This evening you will know that it was the LORD who brought you out of the land of Egypt,

7Mbasi na suka, beno ke tala nkembo ya Yave. Yandi me kuwa kuvunguta yina beno ke na kuvungutila Yave, samu ti beto, beto kele banani, samu ti beno vungutila beto?»and in the morning you will see the LORD’s glory, because He has heard your grumbling against Him. For who are we, that you should grumble against us?”

8Moyize tubaka: «Yave ke pesa beno mbisi ya kudya na nkokila. Yandi ke pesa beno mpe mampa ya kudya mpe ya kuyukuta na suka. Samu ti Yave me kuwa kuvunguta yina beno ke na kuvungutila yandi. Beto, beto kele banani, samu ti beno kuvungutila beto? Ya tsyelika, ni beto ve beno ke na kuvungutila, kasi ni Yave beno ke na kuvungutila.»And Moses added, “The LORD will give you meat to eat this evening and bread to fill you in the morning, for He has heard your grumbling against Him. Who are we? Your grumblings are not against us but against the LORD.”

9Moyize tubaka na Aloni: «Zonza na mukangu nyonso ya bana ya Isayeli: “Beno belama na mantwala ya Yave. Samu ti yandi me kuwa kuvunguta ya beno.”»Then Moses said to Aaron, “Tell the whole congregation of Israel, ‘Come before the LORD, for He has heard your grumbling.’”

10Ntangu Aloni vwandaka zonza na mukangu nyonso ya bana ya Isayeli, bawu balukaka na kutala na lweka ya yinsi ya kuyuma. Na mpamukunu, nkembo ya Yave talanaka na kati ya dituti.And as Aaron was speaking to the whole congregation of Israel, they looked toward the desert, and there in a cloud the glory of the LORD appeared.

11Yave zonzaka na Moyize:Then the LORD said to Moses,

12«Mu me kuwa kuvunguta yina bana ya Isayeli ke na kuvungutila munu. Tuba na bawu: “Na nkokila yayi beno ke kudya mbisi. Mbasi na suka, beno ke yukuta na kudya mampa. Beno ke zaba ti mu kele Yave, Nzambi ya beno.”»“I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God.’”

13Kaka na nkokila yina, bandeke kwizaka kuna. Yawu fulusaka kisika nyonso yina bantu ya Isayeli yidikaka kivwandulu ya bawu. Na suka mpe, kinoko vwandaka na balweka nyonso ya kivwandu yina.That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp.

14Ntangu kinoko yina katukaka, na ntoto ya yinsi ya kuyuma talanaka bima mosi yina vwandaka mutindu mwa bambuma ya fyoti-fyoti mutindu maza ya mpembe.When the layer of dew had evaporated, there were thin flakes on the desert floor, as fine as frost on the ground.

15Bana ya Isayeli talaka yawu mpe bawu yufulaka bawu na bawu: «Yayi kele yinki?» Bawu yufulaka mutindu yina samu ti bawu vwandaka zaba ve yinki ya vwandaka. Moyize tubaka na bawu: «Ya kele mampa yina Yave me pesa beno na kudya.When the Israelites saw it, they asked one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. So Moses told them, “It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat.

16Beno tala yinki Yave me tumisa: “Konso muntu kulokota yina yandi lenda kudya. Ya ke vwanda Womele mosi na muntu mosi. Konso muntu ke baka yina me fwanana, samu na lutangu ya bantu nyonso yina kele na yinzo ya yandi.”»This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Each one is to gather as much as he needs. You may take an omer for each person in your tent.’”

17Bana ya Isayeli salaka mutindu yina. Ba ya nkaka lokotaka mingi, ba ya nkaka lokotaka ndambu.So the Israelites did this. Some gathered more, and some less.

18Ntangu ba tezaka bikunku na Womele, ba talaka ti bayina vwandaka na mingi bakaka ve ya kulutila mpe bayina bakaka ndambu vwandaka kondwa kima ve. Konso muntu bakaka yina lungaka na kudya.When they measured it by the omer, he who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no shortfall. Each one gathered as much as he needed to eat.

19Moyize zabisaka bawu: «Mane yayi, ata muntu ke bumba yawu tii na suka.»Then Moses said to them, “No one may keep any of it until morning.”

20Bantu ya nkaka wilaka ve Moyize. Bawu bumbaka yawu tii na suka. Mpe yawu butaka bantunga, yawu bandaka na kubasika nsunga. Na yina, Moyize dasukilaka bawu.But they did not listen to Moses; some people left part of it until morning, and it became infested with maggots and began to smell. So Moses was angry with them.

21Konso suka bawu vwandaka lokota yawu. Konso muntu vwandaka lokota yina yandi lendaka kudya na kilumbu. Kasi ntangu ntangu vwandaka kuma ngolo, yawu vwandaka sulumuka.Every morning each one gathered as much as was needed, and when the sun grew hot, it melted away.

22Na kilumbu ya sambanu, bawu lokotaka keba ve Bawomele zole na muntu, kikunku ya kulutila bambala zole na kikunku yina ba ke lokotaka konso kilumbu. Bamfumu nyonso ya mukangu kwendaka zabisa yawu na sika ya Moyize.On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much food—two omers per person—and all the leaders of the congregation came and reported this to Moses.

23Yandi zabisaka bawu: «Ni mutindu yina Yave tumisaka na kusala. Mbasi ke vwanda saba, kilumbu yina kele ya kubyekwa samu na Yave. Beno lamba yina beno ke lamba. Beno tokisa yina beno ke tokisa. Ya nkaka yina ke bikana, beno bumba yawu tii mbasi na suka.»He told them, “This is what the LORD has said: ‘Tomorrow is to be a day of complete rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD. So bake what you want to bake, and boil what you want to boil. Then set aside whatever remains and keep it until morning.’”

24Bawu bumbaka yina bikanaka tii na suka mutindu moyize tumisaka. Na mbala yayi, yawu basisaka ve bantunga, mpe yawu basikaka ve nsunga ya yimbi.So they set it aside until morning as Moses had commanded, and it did not smell or contain any maggots.

25Moyize tubaka: «Beno kudya yawu bubu yayi, samu ti kilumbu ya bubu yayi kele Saba ya Yave. Bubu yayi beno ke tala ve yawu kuna na ngaanda ya kivwandu.“Eat it today,” Moses said, “because today is a Sabbath to the LORD. Today you will not find anything in the field.

26Beno ke lokota yawu na kati ya bilumbu sambanu, kasi kilumbu ya nsambwadi ya kele saba, kilumbu ya kupema. Mane ke vwanda ve.»For six days you may gather, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, it will not be there.”

27Na kilumbu yango ya nsambwadi, ya vwandaka na bantu ya nkaka na kati ya bantu ya Isayeli, bayina basikaka samu na kulokota mane, kasi bawu kuzwaka yawu ve.Yet on the seventh day some of the people went out to gather, but they did not find anything.

28Yave tubaka na Moyize: «Tii wapi ntangu beno ke manga na kutumama na bantumunu ya munu mpe na misiku ya munu?Then the LORD said to Moses, “How long will you refuse to keep My commandments and instructions?

29Beno fwana zaba ti Yave me pesa beno saba. Ni yawu yina, na kilumbu ya sambanu, yandi ke na kupesa beno madya ya bilumbu zole. Na yina, beno vwanda konso muntu na kisika ya yandi. Ata muntu kubasika ve na yinzo ya yandi na kilumbu ya nsambwadi.»Understand that the LORD has given you the Sabbath; that is why on the sixth day He will give you bread for two days. On the seventh day, everyone must stay where he is; no one may leave his place.”

30Na yina, bantu ya Isayeli pemaka na kilumbu ya nsambwadi.So the people rested on the seventh day.

31Bantu ya Isayeli pesaka madya yina nkumbu ya mane. Yawu vwandaka mutindu mbuma ya koleyande. Yawu vwandaka mpembe mpe kitoko na kudya mutindu bima yina ba me lamba na mafuta ya nyosi.Now the house of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey.

32Moyize tubaka: «beno tala yinki Yave me tumisa: “ba bumba Womele mosi ya mane samu na bambandu yina ke kwiza na manima ya beno. Bawu mpe, bawu ke tala mampa yina mu me pesa beno na kudya na yinsi ya kuyuma, na ntangu yina mu me basisa beno na yinsi ya Ngipiti.”»Moses said, “This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Keep an omer of manna for the generations to come, so that they may see the bread I fed you in the wilderness when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’”

33Moyize tubaka na Aloni: «Baka diyuki. Tula Womele mosi ya mane na kati, mpe tula yawu na mantwala ya Yave. Ba ke bumba yawu samu na bambandu yina ke kwiza na manima ya beto.»So Moses told Aaron, “Take a jar and fill it with an omer of manna. Then place it before the LORD to be preserved for the generations to come.”

34Mutindu Yave tumisaka yawu na Moyize, Aloni kwendaka tula diyuki yango na mantwala ya matadi ya ngwisani, samu na kubumba yawu.And Aaron placed it in front of the Testimony, to be preserved just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

35Bana ya Isayeli salaka bamvula makumi yiya na kudyaka mane tii na ntangu yina bawu kumaka na yinsi yina vwandaka zinga bantu. Bawu vwandaka kudya mane tii na ntangu yina bawu kumaka na ndilu ya yinsi ya Kaana.The Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a land where they could settle; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan.

36Womele kele kikunku mosi na kati ya bikunku kumi ya Efa.(Now an omer is a tenth of an ephah.)

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