Genesis 19 (MKW)

1Na nkokila, bambazi zole kumaka na Sodome. Loti vwandaka ya kuvwanda na mwelo ya mbanza. Ntangu Loti talaka bawu, yandi telamaka na kwenda bwabana bawu mpe yandi fukamaka kizizi na ntoto.Now the two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them, bowed facedown,

2Loti tubaka: «Mulemvo ya beno bamfumu ya munu, beno kwiza na yinzo ya kisadi ya beno, beno sukula makulu, beno lutisa mpimpa kuna, mpe mbasi na suka-suka, beno ke landa nzila ya beno.» Bawu vutulaka: «Ve, beto ke lala ya beto na ngaanda, na kisika yina bantu ke yonzamaka.»and said, “My lords, please turn aside into the house of your servant; wash your feet and spend the night. Then you can rise early and go on your way.” “No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.”

3Kasi Loti bondilaka bawu mingi, mpe bawu kwendaka na yinzo ya yandi. Yandi salaka mukembo, yandi lambaka madya na mampa yina vwandaka ve na levule. Yandi pesaka bawu yawu mpe bawu kudyaka.But Lot insisted so strongly that they followed him into his house. He prepared a feast for them and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

4Ntete bawu lala, bantu ya Sodome zungaka yinzo ya Loti, kubanda na bantwenya tii na biboba. Bantu nyonso vwandaka kuna.Before they had gone to bed, all the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, surrounded the house.

5Bawu bokilaka Loti mpe bawu yufulaka yandi: «Wapi bantu yina me kwiza na sika ya nge na mpimpa yayi? Basisa bawu awa, samu ti beto vukisa mfulu na bawu.»They called out to Lot, saying, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Send them out to us so we can have relations with them!”

6Loti basikaka na ngaanda mpe yandi kangaka mwelo ya yinzo ya yandi.Lot went outside to meet them, shutting the door behind him.

7Yandi tubaka na bawu: «Mulemvo ya beno bampangi ya munu. Beno sala ve yimbi.“Please, my brothers,” he pleaded, “don’t do such a wicked thing!

8Beno tala, mu ke na bandumba zole yina me zaba ntete ve babakala. Mu ke natina beno bawu, mpe beno ke sala bawu mambu nyonso yina beno zola. Kasi beno sala ve yimbi na bantu yayi, samu ti bawu kele banzenza yina mu me yamba na yinzo ya munu.»Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them to you, and you can do to them as you please. But do not do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.”

9Bawu tubaka na Loti: «Katuka kuna! Nge ke nzenza mpe nge zola kufundisa beto? Beto ke talisa nge mpasi ya kulutila na bawu.» Bawu nungunaka Loti na ngolo, mpe bawu belamaka na mwelo samu na kumwangisa yawu.“Get out of the way!” they replied. And they declared, “This one came here as a foreigner, and he is already acting like a judge! Now we will treat you worse than them.” And they pressed in on Lot and moved in to break down the door.

10Kasi bantu zole yina lambulaka maboko samu na kubenda Loti na kati ya yinzo, mpe bawu kangaka mwelo ya yinzo.But the men inside reached out, pulled Lot into the house with them, and shut the door.

11Mpe bawu salaka ti meso ya bantu nyonso yina vwandaka na mwelo ya yinzo kufwa, kubanda na bantwenya tii na bantu ya kukula. Bawu vwandaka lenda dyaka ve na kutala mwelo ya yinzo.And they struck the men at the entrance, young and old, with blindness, so that they wearied themselves trying to find the door.

12Babakala zole yina yufulaka Loti: «Ba nani dyaka kele bantu ya dikanda ya nge awa? Ya vwanda babokilo, ya vwanda bana ya bakento mpe ya babakala. Nyonso yina kele ya nge, nge fwana basisa yawu na mbanza yayi.Then the two men said to Lot, “Do you have anyone else here—a son-in-law, your sons or daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you? Get them out of here,

13Beto ke mwangisa mbanza yayi, samu ti kuyawula yina ba ke na kuyawula samu na yawu me lutila nene na meso ya Yave. Ni yawu yina, Yave me tumisa beto samu na kwiza mwangisa yawu.»because we are about to destroy this place. For the outcry to the LORD against its people is so great that He has sent us to destroy it.”

14Loti basikaka samu na kwenda zonza na babokilo ya yandi, bayina zolaka kwela bana ya yandi ya bakento. Mpe yandi tubaka na bawu: «Beno basika mbangu na mbanza yayi, samu ti Yave ke mwangisa yawu.» Kasi bawu vwandaka banza ti yandi vwandaka sakana.So Lot went out and spoke to the sons-in-law who were pledged in marriage to his daughters. “Get up,” he said. “Get out of this place, for the LORD is about to destroy the city!” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.

15Na suka-suka, bambazi tubaka na Loti: «Telama, baka kento ya nge mpe bandumba zole ya nge yina kele awa. Beno basika na mbanza samu ti beno kufwa ve na kitumbu yina ke pesama na mbanza yayi.»At daybreak the angels hurried Lot along, saying, “Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city.”

16Loti vwandaka lutisa ntangu na kubasika. Na yina, bantu zole yina simbaka yandi na maboko, na kento ya yandi na bandumba zole ya yandi, samu ti Yave vwandaka tadila bawu kyadi. Na yina, ba kwendaka bika bawu na ngaanda ya mbanza.But when Lot hesitated, the men grabbed his hand and the hands of his wife and his two daughters. And they led them safely out of the city, because of the LORD’s compassion for them.

17Ntangu ba vwandaka basisa bawu na mbanza, ba tubaka na Loti: «Kima samu na kuvuukisa luzingu ya nge. Kutala ve na manima, kutelama ve na kizunga yayi ya Yolodani. Kima na zulu ya mongo samu ti nge kufwa ve.»As soon as the men had brought them out, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Do not look back, and do not stop anywhere on the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”

18Loti vutulaka: «Ve Mfumu, mulemvo ya nge!»But Lot replied, “No, my lords, please!

19Nge me sala kisadi ya nge mambu ya mbote. Nge me lakisa munu luzolo mingi, samu ti nge me vuukisa luzingu ya munu. Kasi mongo kele ntama mingi, mu ke lenda ve na kukuma kuna tekila mpasi kubwidila munu, mpe mu lenda kufwa.Your servant has indeed found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I cannot run to the mountains; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die.

20Tala mbanza yayi yina kele pene-pene awa, mu lenda kwenda bumbama kuna. Mbanza yango ke kaka ya fyoti. Mulemvo ya nge, bika ti mu kwenda kuna, samu ti mu vuukisa luzingu ya munu. Nge me tala ve ti mbanza yango kele ya fyoti?Look, there is a town nearby where I can flee, and it is a small place. Please let me flee there—is it not a small place? Then my life will be saved.”

21Mbazi tubaka na Loti: «Mu me fwila dyaka nge kyadi, mu ke mwangisa ve mbanza yina nge me tuba.“Very well,” he answered, “I will grant this request as well, and will not demolish the town you indicate.

22Kima mbangu mpe nge kwenda bumbama kuna. Samu ti, mu ke sala kima ve kana nge me kuma ntete kuna ve. Ni yawu yina, ba pesaka mbanza yina nkumbu Soyale.»Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.

23Ntangu Loti kumaka na Soyale, ntangu basikaka.And by the time the sun had risen over the land, Lot had reached Zoar.

24Mpe Yave nokisaka mvula ya sufe mpe ya tiya na mbanza Sodome mpe Ngomole. Tiya yina katukaka na zulu na sika ya Yave.Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.

25Yandi mwangisaka bambanza yina mpe kizunga nyonso. Yandi mwangisaka mpe bantu nyonso ya bambanza yina na bima nyonso yina ke menaka na ntoto.Thus He destroyed these cities and the entire plain, including all the inhabitants of the cities and everything that grew on the ground.

26Kasi kento ya Loti talaka na manima, mpe yandi kumaka kiteki ya mungwa.But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

27Na suka-suka, Abalayami kwendaka na kisika yina yandi vwandaka solola na Yave.Early the next morning, Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the LORD.

28Yandi talaka na lweka ya Sodome mpe Ngomole mpe na kizunga nyonso ya Yolodani. Yandi talaka mulinga yina vwandaka basika kuna, mutindu mulinga ya tiya ya kulutila.He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of the plain, and he saw the smoke rising from the land like smoke from a furnace.

29Ntangu Nzambi mwangisaka bambanza ya kizunga yina, yandi bambukaka moyo na Abalayami. Yandi vuukisaka Loti ntangu yandi mwangisaka bambanza yina, kisika vwandaka zinga Loti.So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham, and He brought Lot out of the catastrophe that destroyed the cities where he had lived.

30Loti katukaka na mbanza Soyale. Yandi yulukaka mongo samu na kwenda zinga kuna na bana ya yandi zole ya bakento, samu ti yandi vwandaka na boma ya kuzinga na Soyale. Ni yawu yina, yandi kwendaka zinga na kati ya ntadi ya nene na bana ya yandi zole ya bakento.Lot and his two daughters left Zoar and settled in the mountains—for he was afraid to stay in Zoar—where they lived in a cave.

31Kilumbu mosi, mwana ya kuluntu tubaka na leki ya yandi: «Tata ya beto me kuma kiboba mpe ata muntu lenda kwela beto na yinsi yayi, mutindu ya ke salamaka bisika nyonso.One day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to sleep with us, as is the custom over all the earth.

32Kwiza beto nwikisa tata ya beto vinu. Na manima, beto vukisa mfulu na yandi, samu ti beto pesa tata ya beto bana.»Come, let us get our father drunk with wine so we can sleep with him and preserve his line.”

33Na mpimpa ya kilumbu yina, bawu nwikisa tata ya bawu vinu, mpe mwana ya kuluntu kwendaka vukisa mfulu na tata ya yandi. Mutindu tata vwandaka na yisi ya malafu, yandi zabaka ata fyoti ve ntangu mwana kwizaka lala na yandi, mpe ntangu mwana kwendaka.So that night they got their father drunk with wine, and the firstborn went in and slept with her father; he was not aware when she lay down or when she got up.

34Kilumbu yina landaka, yaya tubaka na leki ya yandi: «Mazono mu vukisaka mfulu na tata ya beto. Mpimpa yayi mpe, beto nwikisa dyaka yandi vinu. Kwenda vukisa mfulu na yandi, samu ti beto pesa tata ya beto bana.»The next day the older daughter said to the younger, “Look, I slept with my father last night. Let us get him drunk with wine again tonight so you can go in and sleep with him and we can preserve our father’s line.”

35Na mpimpa yina, ba nwikisaka dyaka tata ya bawu vinu. Leki kwendaka vukisa mfulu na tata ya yandi, Tata zabaka ata fyoti ve ntangu mwana kwizaka lala na yandi, mpe ntangu mwana kwendaka.So again that night they got their father drunk with wine, and the younger daughter went in and slept with him; he was not aware when she lay down or when she got up.

36Na yina, bana zole ya Loti ya bakento kuzwaka bivumu ya tata ya bawu.Thus both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father.

37Yaya butaka mwana ya bakala. Yandi pesaka yandi nkumbu Mowabe. Ni Mowabe kele nkooko ya ba-Mowabe tii bubu yayi.The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites of today.

38Leki mpe butaka mwana ya bakala. Yandi pesaka yandi nkumbu Bene-Ami. Ni Bene-Ami kele nkooko ya ba-Amone tii bubu yayi.The younger daughter also gave birth to a son, and she named him Ben-ammi. He is the father of the Ammonites of today.

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