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Genesis 12
12
Genesis
Abraham
Kituba Bible
Abram
, person
Pharaoh
, person
Egypt
, place
Sarai
, person
Lot
, person
Haran
, place
Canaan
, place
Bethel
, place
4 more
Kituba Bible
Berean Standard Bible
1
MKW
Yave tubaka na Abalami: «Katuka na yinsi ya nge, bika dikanda ya nge mpe yinzo ya tata ya nge. Kwenda na yinsi yina mu ke lakisa nge.
BSB
BSB:
Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you.
2
MKW
Mu ke sala ti dikanda ya nge kuvwanda nene, mu ke sakumuna nge, mpe mu ke sala ti nkumbu ya nge kuvwanda nsangu. Bantu ke kuzwa lusakumunu na nkumbu ya nge.
BSB
BSB:
I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
3
MKW
Mu ke sakumuna bayina ke sakumuna nge, mpe mu ke siinga muntu yina ke siinga nge. Na nge, makanda nyonso ya ntoto ke kuzwa lusakumunu.»
BSB
BSB:
I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”
4
MKW
Mutindu Yave zabisaka yandi, Abayami kwendaka na Loti, mwana yina bikaka leki ya yandi Alane. Abalami vwandaka na bamvula makumi na tanu, ntangu yandi bikaka mbanza Alane.
BSB
BSB:
So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.
5
MKW
Abalami kwendaka kintwadi na kento ya yandi Salayi, na Loti, na yinsi ya Kaana. Bawu nataka bimvwama ya bawu nyonso, na bisadi ya bawu yina ba sumbaka na mbanza Alane. Bawu kwendaka kuma na Kaana.
BSB
BSB:
And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions and people they had acquired in Haran, and set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,
6
MKW
Abalami tambulaka yinsi nyonso tii na kisika yina vwandaka yinti ya telembente, kisika yina vwandaka yinti yina ba ke bokilaka Mole, na mbanza Siseme. Na ntangu yina, ni ba-Kaanani vwandaka zinga na yinsi ya Kaana.
BSB
BSB:
Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the Oak of Moreh at Shechem. And at that time the Canaanites were in the land.
7
MKW
Yave talanaka na Abalami mpe tubaka na yandi: «Mu ke pesa yinsi yayi na bana ya nge, mpe na bayina nyonso ke butuka na manima ya bawu.» Abalami yidikaka kiyokolo ya minkayulu, samu na Yave yina monikinaka yandi.
BSB
BSB:
Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
8
MKW
Na manima, Abalami katukaka na kisika yina, mpe yandi kwendaka na mongo yina kele na esete ya Betele. Yandi tungaka difokola na kati-kati ya mbanza ya Ayi na mbanza Betele, Ayi na esete, Betele na wesete. Kuna, yandi yidikaka kiyokolo ya minkayulu samu na Yave. Mpe yandi sambilaka Yave.
BSB
BSB:
From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.
9
MKW
Na manima, Abalami tatamanaka na kwenda kisika na kisika, na lweka ya Nengeve.
BSB
BSB:
And Abram journeyed on toward the Negev.
10
MKW
Nsatu kotaka na yinsi. Ni yawu yina, Abalami kwendaka vwanda na Ngipiti, samu ti nsatu vwandaka ngolo mingi na yinsi.
BSB
BSB:
Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.
11
MKW
Ntangu bawu kumaka pene-pene ya Ngipiti, Abalami tubaka mutindu yayi na kento ya yandi Salayi: «Tala, mu zaba ti nge ke kento mosi ya kitoko.
BSB
BSB:
As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman,
12
MKW
Ntangu bantu ya Ngipiti ke tala nge, bawu ke tuba ti yayi ni kento ya yandi. Na yina, bawu ke kufwa munu, mpe bawu ke bika nge.
BSB
BSB:
and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live.
13
MKW
Ya kele mbote ti nge tuba na bawu ti nge ke kibusi ya munu, samu ti ba sadila munu mambu ya mbote samu na nge. Na yina, bawu ke bika na kufwa munu samu na nge.»
BSB
BSB:
Please say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake, and on account of you my life will be spared.”
14
MKW
Ntangu Abalami kumaka na Ngipiti, bantu ya Ngipiti talaka ti kento ya yandi vwandaka kitoko mingi.
BSB
BSB:
So when Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.
15
MKW
Bamfumu yina ke salaka na Falawo talaka kento yango, mpe bawu kwendaka zonzila kitoko ya kento yina na sika ya Falawo. Na yina, ba bakaka kento ya Abalami, ba nataka yandi na yinzo ya Falawo, ntinu ya Ngipiti.
BSB
BSB:
When Pharaoh’s officials saw Sarai, they commended her to him, and she was taken into the palace of Pharaoh.
16
MKW
Mpe ba sadilaka Abalami mambu ya mbote samu na Salayi. Ba pesaka Abalami bangombe, mameme, bankombo, basamo, bambuluku ya nkento na ya mbakala. Ba pesaka yandi mpe bisadi ya bakento na ya babakala.
BSB
BSB:
He treated Abram well on her account, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels.
17
MKW
Kasi Yave pesaka bimbevo ya nene na Falawo mpe na bantu ya yinzo ya yandi samu na Salayi, kento ya Abalami.
BSB
BSB:
The LORD, however, afflicted Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Abram’s wife Sarai.
18
MKW
Na yina, Falawo bokilaka Abalami mpe yandi tubaka: «Wapi mambu nge me sala munu? Samu na yinki nge zabisaka munu ve ti Salayi ke kento ya nge?
BSB
BSB:
So Pharaoh summoned Abram and asked, “What have you done to me? Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife?
19
MKW
Samu na yinki nge tubaka na munu ti yandi ke kibusi ya nge? Mu bakaka yandi mutindu kento ya munu. Kento ya nge yandi yayi. Baka yandi mpe beno kwenda!»
BSB
BSB:
Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her as my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go!”
20
MKW
Mpe Falawo tumisaka bantu ya yandi na kubasisa Abalami na Ngipiti, yandi na kento ya yandi, mpe bima nyonso yina vwandaka ya yandi.
BSB
BSB:
Then Pharaoh gave his men orders concerning Abram, and they sent him away with his wife and all his possessions.
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