Exodus 22ExodusSlavery and Moses' callKituba Bible

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1. 1MKWBakala mosi ya kifumba ya Levi kwelaka ndumba mosi ya kifumba yina.BSBBSB: Now a man of the house of Levi married a Levite woman,
2. 2MKWNdumba yango kuzwaka kivumu mpe butaka mwana ya bakala. Mutindu yandi talaka ti mwana vwandaka kitoko, yandi bumbaka yandi bangonda tatu.BSBBSB: and she conceived and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him for three months.
3. 3MKWMutindu yandi talaka ti yandi lendaka tatamana ve na kubumba mwana yina, yandi bakaka kitunga yina ba yidikilaka na batwandu. Yandi lengaka yawu guludon na kole. Yandi tulaka mwana na kati ya yawu, mpe yandi tulaka kitunga yango na kati-kati ya matiti, na kumu ya nzadi ya Nile.BSBBSB: But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the basket and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.
4. 4MKWKibusi ya mwana yina telamaka mwa ntama samu na kutala yinki ke kumina mwana.BSBBSB: And his sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.
5. 5MKWMwana ya Falawo ya kento kulumukaka na kwenda yobila na nzadi ya Nile. Bisadi ya yandi vwandaka kwenda tambula na kumu ya nzadi. Na ntangu yina, mwana ya Falawo talaka kitunga na kati-kati ya matiti, mpe yandi tumisaka mosi na bisadi ya yandi na kwenda baka yawu.BSBBSB: Soon the daughter of Pharaoh went down to bathe in the Nile, and her attendants were walking along the riverbank. And when she saw the basket among the reeds, she sent her maidservant to retrieve it.
6. 6MKWYandi fungulaka yawu mpe yandi talaka mwana. Ya vwandaka mwa mwana ya bakala. Mwana yango vwandaka dila. Mwana ya Falawo talaka mwana kyadi mpe yandi tubaka: «Ya kele mwana ya ba-Ebeleyo!»BSBBSB: When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the little boy was crying. So she had compassion on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrew children.”
7. 7MKWNa yina, kibusi ya mwana belamaka na kwiza tuba na mwana ya Falawo mutindu yayi: «Nge zola ti mu kwenda sosila nge, na kati ya bakento ya ba-Ebeleyo, kento yina ke keba mwana yayi mpe ke pesila nge yandi mabene?»BSBBSB: Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call one of the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?”
8. 8MKWMwana ya Falawo vutulaka: «Ee! Kwenda.» Na yina, ndumba kwendaka bokila mama ya mwana.BSBBSB: “Go ahead,” Pharaoh’s daughter told her. And the girl went and called the boy’s mother.
9. 9MKWMwana ya Falawo tubaka na kento yina: «Nata mwana yayi, kulisa munu yandi, mpe mu ke futa nge.» Kento yina bakaka mwana mpe kwendaka kulisa mwana.BSBBSB: Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child and nurse him for me, and I will pay your wages.” So the woman took the boy and nursed him.
10. 10MKWNtangu mwana kulaka, kento yina nataka mwana na sika ya mwana ya Falawo. Mwana ya Falawo bakilaka mwana yina mutindu mwana ya yandi. Mwana ya Falawo pesaka mwana nkumbu Moyize, samu ti yandi tubaka: «Mu basisaka yandi na maza.»BSBBSB: When the child had grown older, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses and explained, “I drew him out of the water.”
11. 11MKWNa manima ya bamvula, Moyize kulaka. Kilumbu mosi yandi kwendaka na sika ya bampangi ya yandi ba-Ebeleyo, mpe yandi talaka bisalu ya ngolo yina ba vwandaka sadisa bawu. Kuna, yandi talaka bakala mosi ya mu-Ngipiti, yina vwandaka bula bakala mosi ya mu-Ebeleyo, mosi na bampangi ya yandi ya ba-Ebeleyo.BSBBSB: One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his own people and observed their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people.
12. 12MKWMoyize talaka na lweka mosi mpe na lweka ya nkaka. Mutindu yandi talaka ti muntu vwandaka ve, yandi kufwaka mu-Ngipiti yina, mpe yandi bumbaka yandi na yisi ya ntoto.BSBBSB: After looking this way and that and seeing no one, he struck down the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand.
13. 13MKWKilumbu yina landaka, Moyize basikaka dyaka. Yandi talaka babakala zole ya ba-Ebeleyo yina vwandaka swana. Moyize tubaka na muntu yina vwandaka ve na mpemba: «Samu na yinki nge ke na kubula mpangi ya nge?»BSBBSB: The next day Moses went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, “Why are you attacking your companion?”
14. 14MKWKasi muntu yina vutulaka: «Nani me tula nge mfumu mpe zuzi samu na kufundisa beto? Yinki, nge zola kufwa munu mutindu nge me kufwa mu-Ngipiti yina?» Moyize kumaka na boma. Yandi tubaka na yisi ya ntima: «Dyambu yayi me zabana!»BSBBSB: But the man replied, “Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you planning to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “This thing I have done has surely become known.”
15. 15MKWNtangu Falawo ntinu ya Ngipiti kuwaka mambu yina, yandi sosaka na kufwa Moyize. Kasi Moyize kimaka yinzo ya Falawo, mpe kwendaka na yinsi ya Midyane. Ntangu yandi kumaka kuna, yandi kwendaka vwanda pene-pene ya dibulu ya maza.BSBBSB: When Pharaoh heard about this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, where he sat down beside a well.
16. 16MKWNganga-Nzambi ya Midyane vwandaka na bana nsambwadi ya bakento. Bawu kwizaka teka maza na dibulu yina, mpe kufulusa bidikulu na maza ya kunwikisa bibulu ya tata ya bawu.BSBBSB: Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock.
17. 17MKWKasi mivungi ya bibulu kwizaka bingisa bana yina ya bakento. Ni kuna Moyize telamaka mpe nwaninaka bana yango, mpe yandi nwikisaka bibulu ya bawu maza.BSBBSB: And when some shepherds came along and drove them away, Moses rose up to help them and watered their flock.
18. 18MKWBawu vutukaka na sika ya tata ya bawu Lewele. Lewele tubaka na bawu: «Samu na yinki bubu yayi beno me vutuka mbangu?»BSBBSB: When the daughters returned to their father Reuel, he asked them, “Why have you returned so early today?”
19. 19MKWBawu vutulaka: «Bakala mosi ya mu-Ngipiti me kuula beto na maboko ya mivungi ya bibulu. Ni yandi me tekila beto maza, mpe yandi me nwikisa mpe bibulu ya beto maza.»BSBBSB: “An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds,” they replied. “He even drew water for us and watered the flock.”
20. 20MKWLewele tubaka na bana ya yandi: «Wapi kisika yandi kele? Samu na yinki beno me bika bakala yina kuna? Beno kwenda bokila munu yandi, yandi kwiza kudya.»BSBBSB: “So where is he?” their father asked. “Why did you leave the man behind? Invite him to have something to eat.”
21. 21MKWMoyize ndimaka na kuvwanda na yinzo ya Lewele. Mpe Lewele kwelisaka Moyize mwana ya yandi Sipola.BSBBSB: Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.
22. 22MKWSipola butaka mwana ya bakala. Moyize pesaka yandi nkumbu Ngelesome, yina zola kutuba «Nzenza», samu ti yandi tubaka: «Mu me kwiza zinga na yinsi ya bunzenza.»BSBBSB: And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”
23. 23MKWNa manima ya bamvula mingi, ntinu ya yinsi ya Ngipiti kwizaka kufwa. Bana ya Isayeli vwandaka yawula mpe kulooka na yisi ya bundongo. Kulooka ya bawu samu na nsatu ya lusalusu na bundongo ya bawu wakanaka tii na sika ya Nzambi.BSBBSB: After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.
24. 24MKWNzambi kuwaka bidilu ya bawu, mpe yandi bambukaka moyo na ngwisani ya yandi na Abalayami, na Isaaki, mpe na Yakobi.BSBBSB: So God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
25. 25MKWNzambi talaka bana ya Isayeli, mpe yandi talaka mbote-mbote dyambu ya bawu.BSBBSB: God saw the Israelites and took notice.