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Genesis 18
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Genesis
Abraham
Kituba Bible
Abraham
, person
Sarah
, person
Sodom
, place
Gomorrah
, place
Mamre
, place
Kituba Bible
Berean Standard Bible
1
MKW
Kilumbu mosi, na ntangu ya midi, Yave talanaka na Abalayami pene-pene ya bayinti ya nene ya Mamele. Abalayami vwandaka ya kuvwanda na mwelo ya yinzo ya yandi ya lele.
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Then the LORD appeared to Abraham by the Oaks of Mamre in the heat of the day, while he was sitting at the entrance of his tent.
2
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Mbala mosi, yandi talaka bantu tatu ya kutelama na mwa mantwala. Na nswalu-nswalu, yandi kwendaka yamba bawu. Yandi fukamaka kizizi na ntoto.
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And Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.
3
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Mpe yandi zonzaka na mosi na bawu: «Mulemvo ya nge mfumu, sadila munu lemvo na kundima kukota na yinzo ya munu.
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“My lord,” said Abraham, “if I have found favor in your sight, please do not pass your servant by.
4
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Ba ke natina beno mwa maza ya kusukudila makulu. Mpe beno pema ya beno na yisi ya yinti yayi.
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Let a little water be brought, that you may wash your feet and rest yourselves under the tree.
5
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Mu ke natina beno mwa kima ya kudya, samu na kubwela ngolo na nzutu, tekila beno tatamana na kulanda nzila ya beno. Na yina, kulutila ya beno pene-pene ya yinzo ya munu kisyelo ya beno, kuvwanda ve ya mpamba.» Bantu yango vutulaka: «Mambu ve. Sala mutindu nge me zonza.»
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And I will bring a bit of bread so that you may refresh yourselves. This is why you have passed your servant’s way. After that, you may continue on your way.” “Yes,” they replied, “you may do as you have said.”
6
MKW
Abalayami kwendaka nswalu na yinzo na kuzabisa na Saala mutindu yayi: «Baka mbangu Baseya tatu ya faline ya kitoko, nge yidika kiputi samu ti nge sala mampa.»
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So Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, “Quick! Prepare three seahs of fine flour, knead it, and bake some bread.”
7
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Na manima, Abalayami kwendaka mbangu na kisika yina vwandaka bibulu ya yandi, samu na kubaka mwana ya ngombe ya mbote, mpe ya mafuta. Yandi pesaka yawu na kisadi ya yandi, samu na kulamba yawu nswalu-nswalu.
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Meanwhile, Abraham ran to the herd, selected a tender and choice calf, and gave it to a servant, who hurried to prepare it.
8
MKW
Ntangu mbisi kuyaka, Abalayami bakaka yawu, na folomaze mpe miliki ya kilo, yandi kwendaka tudila bawu yawu. Ba bandaka na kudya, mpe Abalayami telamaka pene-pene ya bawu na yisi ya yinti.
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Then Abraham brought curds and milk and the calf that had been prepared, and he set them before the men and stood by them under the tree as they ate.
9
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Bawu yufulaka yandi: «Wapi kento ya nge Saala?» Abalayami vutulaka: «Yandi kele na kati ya yinzo.»
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“Where is your wife Sarah?” they asked. “There, in the tent,” he replied.
10
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Mosi na bawu tubaka dyaka: «Na mvula yina ke kwiza, mu ke vutuka awa kaka na ngonda yayi, mpe Saala ke buta mwana ya bakala.» Saala yango vwandaka na manima ya Abalayami, na mwelo ya yinzo, mpe yandi vwandaka kuwa.
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Then the LORD said, “I will surely return to you at this time next year, and your wife Sarah will have a son!” Now Sarah was behind him, listening at the entrance to the tent.
11
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Abalayami na Saala vwandaka me nuna mingi, bawu kumaka biboba. Na bamvula yina kumaka na Saala, yandi lendaka buta dyaka ve.
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And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.
12
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Saala sekaka na yisi ya ntima. Yandi tubaka: «Munu, mu me nuna mutindu yayi, mu ke lenda dyaka kuyangalala na bakala? Awa mfumu ya munu mpe me kuma kiboba!»
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So she laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?”
13
MKW
Yave tubaka na Abalayami: «Yinki Saala ke na kuseka? Wapi mutindu yandi lenda tuba ti: “Munu, mu me nuna mutindu yayi, mu lenda kubuta mwana”?
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And the LORD asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Can I really bear a child when I am old?’
14
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Nge ke na kubanza ti ya ke na dyambu yina Yave lenda kulembana? Ntangu mu ke vutuka awa, na mvula yina ke kwiza, kaka na ngonda yayi, Saala ke buta mwana ya bakala.»
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Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you—in about a year—and Sarah will have a son.”
15
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Saala kumaka na boma, yandi tubaka: «Ve! Mu me seka ve.» Kasi Yave tubaka: «Ve! Nge me seka.»
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But Sarah was afraid, so she denied it and said, “I did not laugh.” “No,” replied the LORD, “but you did laugh.”
16
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Na manima, bantu yango telamaka, bawu bakaka nzila ya kukwenda na Sodome. Abalayami kwendaka fidisa bawu.
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When the men got up to leave, they looked out over Sodom, and Abraham walked along with them to see them off.
17
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Yave vwandaka me kanisa mutindu yayi: «Mu ke bumba Abalayami mambu yina mu ke na kusala?
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And the LORD said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?
18
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Ve. Abalayami fwana kuvwanda tata ya dikanda ya nene mpe ya ngolo. Mpe samu na yandi, mu ke sakumuna makanda nyonso ya ntoto.
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Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and through him all the nations of the earth will be blessed.
19
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Mu soolaka Abalayami samu ti yandi kutumisa bana ya yandi mpe bayina ke butuka na manima, na kulanda nzila ya Yave. Bawu ke sadila ludedomo na mambu ya kusungama. Ni kuna mpe, munu Yave, mu ke sadila yandi mambu yina mu sadilaka yandi nsilulu.»
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For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”
20
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Na yina, Yave tubaka na Abalayami: «Kuyawula yina ba ke na kuyawula samu na Sodome na Ngomole me lutila, masumu ya bawu kele ya nene mingi.
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Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,
21
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Ni yawu yina, mu fwana kukulumuka kuna, samu na kwenda tala munu mosi, kana mambu yina ba ke na kuyawula samu na bawu kele ya tsyelika.»
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I will go down to see if their actions fully justify the outcry that has reached Me. If not, I will find out.”
22
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Bantu zole na kati ya bawu kwendaka na Sodome. Abalayami bikanaka kuna na ntadisi ya Yave.
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And the two men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the LORD.
23
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Abalayami belamaka mpe tubaka: «Mfumu, ya tsyelika nge ke kufwa kwandi muntu ya kudedama kintwadi na muntu ya yimbi?
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Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked?
24
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Kana bantu makumi tanu ya kudedama ke zingaka na mbanza yina, ya tsyelika nge ke mwangisa kwandi mbanza yango? Nge lenda lemvokila yawu ve, samu na makumi tanu ya bantu yina kele ya kudedama?
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What if there are fifty righteous ones in the city? Will You really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous ones who are there?
25
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Ve! Nge lenda kusala mutindu yina ve. Muntu ya kudedama kufwa mutindu mosi na muntu ya yimbi? Zuzi ya yinza nyonso lenda kusala ve lufundusu na ludedomo nyonso?»
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Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”
26
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Yave vutulaka: «Kana mu tala bantu makumi tanu ya kudedama na Sodome, mu ke lemvokila mbanza nyonso samu na bantu yina.»
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So the LORD replied, “If I find fifty righteous ones within the city of Sodom, on their account I will spare the whole place.”
27
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Abalayami tubaka dyaka: «Mfumu, mulemvo ya nge, mu zola kuzonza na nge, munu yina kele kaka ntoto, mpe bombi ya mpamba.
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Then Abraham answered, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord—though I am but dust and ashes—
28
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Kana bantu tanu me kondwa na kati ya makumi tanu yina, nge ke mwangisa kwandi mbanza nyonso samu na bantu tanu?» Mfumu vutulaka: «Ve, mu ke mwangisa ve mbanza yina, kana mu me tala bantu makumi yiya na tanu ya kudedama.»
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suppose the fifty righteous ones lack five. Will You destroy the whole city for the lack of five?” He replied, “If I find forty-five there, I will not destroy it.”
29
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Abalayami tubaka dyaka: «Kana bantu kaka makumi yiya kele ya kudedama kuna.» Mfumu tubaka: «Ve, samu na makumi yiya ya bantu, mu ke mwangisa ve mbanza.»
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Once again Abraham spoke to the LORD, “Suppose forty are found there?” He answered, “On account of the forty, I will not do it.”
30
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Abalayami tubaka dyaka: «Mulemvo ya nge Mfumu, kudasuka ve kana mu tubaka dyaka. Ya lenda vwanda ti, kaka makumi tatu ya bantu ya kudedama kele kuna.» Mfumu tubaka: «Kana mu tala bantu makumi tatu ya kudedama kuna, mu ke sala kima ve.»
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Then Abraham said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak further. Suppose thirty are found there?” He replied, “If I find thirty there, I will not do it.”
31
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Abalayami tubaka: «Mulemvo ya nge Mfumu, bika ti mu tuba dyaka. Kana ba kele kaka makumi zole.» Mfumu vutulaka: «Mu ke mwangisa ve mbanza samu na makumi zole ya bantu yina.»
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And Abraham said, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord, suppose twenty are found there?” He answered, “On account of the twenty, I will not destroy it.”
32
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Abalayami tubaka: «Mulemvo ya nge Mfumu, kudasuka ve. Mu ke zonza ya mbala ya nsuka. Kana ba kele kaka kumi.» Mfumu vutulaka: «Mu ke mwangisa ve mbanza samu na kumi ya bantu.»
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Finally, Abraham said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak once more. Suppose ten are found there?” And He answered, “On account of the ten, I will not destroy it.”
33
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Na manima ya kusolola na Abalayami, Yave kwendaka, mpe Abalayami vutukaka ya yandi na yinzo.
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When the LORD had finished speaking with Abraham, He departed, and Abraham returned home.
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