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Genesis 28
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Genesis
Isaac and Jacob
Kituba Bible
Jacob
, person
Isaac
, person
Esau
, person
Paddan-aram
, place
Abraham
, person
Canaan
, place
Laban
, person
Bethuel
, person
7 more
Kituba Bible
Berean Standard Bible
1
MKW
Isaaki bokilaka Yakobi, yandi sakumunaka yandi mpe pesaka yandi ntumunu yayi: «Nge ke kwela ve kento na kati ya bandumba ya yinsi ya Kaana.
BSB
BSB:
So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. “Do not take a wife from the Canaanite women,” he commanded.
2
MKW
Baka nzila, kwenda na Mezopotami na sika ya Betwele, tata ya mama ya nge. Kuna, nge ke kwela kento na kati ya bandumba ya Labane, nkazi ya mama ya nge.
BSB
BSB:
“Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel, and take a wife from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.
3
MKW
Bika ti Nzambi-Mpungu kusakumuna nge, nge buta bana mingi mpe nge kuma nkooko ya makanda mingi.
BSB
BSB:
May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.
4
MKW
Bika ti yandi kupesa lusakumunu ya Abalayami, na nge mpe na bana ya nge, samu ti yinsi yina Nzambi pesaka na Abalayami, yinsi yina nge ke na kuzinga na bunzenza, yawu kukuma ya nge.»
BSB
BSB:
And may He give the blessing of Abraham to you and your descendants, so that you may possess the land where you dwell as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.”
5
MKW
Isaaki fidisaka Yakobi na yinsi ya Mezopotami na sika ya Labane, mwana ya Betwele, mu-Alame. Labane vwandaka nkazi ya Lebeka, Lebeka mama ya Yakobi na Esawu.
BSB
BSB:
So Isaac sent Jacob to Paddan-aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, who was the mother of Jacob and Esau.
6
MKW
Esawu talaka ti Isaaki sakumunaka Yakobi mpe yandi fidisaka yandi na Mezopotami samu na kwenda kuzwa kento kuna. Mpe ti, na kusakumuna Yakobi, yandi pesaka Yakobi ntumunu yayi: «Nge ke kwela ve kento na kati ya bandumba ya yinsi ya Kaana.»
BSB
BSB:
Now Esau learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan-aram to take a wife there, commanding him, “Do not marry a Canaanite woman,”
7
MKW
Yandi talaka mpe ti Yakobi tumamaka na tata mpe mama ya yandi, mpe yandi kwendaka na Mezopotami.
BSB
BSB:
and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother and gone to Paddan-aram.
8
MKW
Na yina, Esawu bakulaka ti tata ya yandi Isaaki ke zolaka ve bandumba ya yinsi ya Kaana.
BSB
BSB:
And seeing that his father Isaac disapproved of the Canaanite women,
9
MKW
Mpe Esawu kwendaka na sika ya Isemayele, mwana ya Abalayami. Kuna, Esawu kwelaka dyaka kento ya nkaka, nkumbu ya yandi Mayalate. Mayalate vwandaka mwana ya Isemayele mpe kibusi ya Nebayote.
BSB
BSB:
Esau went to Ishmael and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Abraham’s son Ishmael, in addition to the wives he already had.
10
MKW
Yakobi katukaka na Beele-Seba samu na kukwenda na Alane.
BSB
BSB:
Meanwhile Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran.
11
MKW
Yandi kumaka na kisika mosi, mpe yandi lutisaka mpimpa kuna, samu ti bwisi vwandaka me yila yimeni. Yandi bakaka ditadi mosi na kati ya matadi yina vwandaka kuna, yandi tentikaka yintu ya yandi na zulu ya yawu mpe yandi lalaka pongi.
BSB
BSB:
On reaching a certain place, he spent the night there because the sun had set. And taking one of the stones from that place, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep.
12
MKW
Yandi lotaka ndosi yayi: Yandi talaka kikada yina vwandaka ya kutelama kubanda na ntoto tii na zulu. Bambazi ya Nzambi vwanda yuluka mpe kulumuka na yawu.
BSB
BSB:
And Jacob had a dream about a ladder that rested on the earth with its top reaching up to heaven, and God’s angels were going up and down the ladder.
13
MKW
Yandi talaka Yave vwandaka ya kutelama na mantwala ya yandi. Mpe Yave tubaka na yandi: «Mu kele Yave, Nzambi ya nkooko ya nge Abalayami mpe Nzambi ya Isaaki. Ntoto yayi, kisika nge kele ya kulala, mu ke pesa yawu na nge mpe na bana ya nge.
BSB
BSB:
And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie.
14
MKW
Bana ya nge ke kuma mingi mutindu fundu-fundu ya ntoto. Beno ke mwangana na node, na sude, na wesete mpe na esete. Na nge, mpe na bana ya nge, makanda nyonso ya ntoto ke kuzwa lusakumunu.
BSB
BSB:
Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.
15
MKW
Mu kele na nge, mpe mu ke bumba nge bisika nyonso yina nge ke kwenda. Mu ke vutula nge na ntoto yayi mpe mu ke bika nge ve. Mu ke lungisa mambu nyonso yayi mu ke na kuzabisa nge.»
BSB
BSB:
Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”
16
MKW
Ntangu Yakobi vumbukaka na pongi, yandi tubaka: «Ya tsyelika, Yave kele na kisika yayi, kasi munu, mu vwandaka zaba ve!»
BSB
BSB:
When Jacob woke up, he said, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was unaware of it.”
17
MKW
Yandi kumaka na boma mpe tubaka: «Kisika yayi kele kisika ya nsisi. Kisika yayi kele kaka Yinzo ya Nzambi, mwelo ya mazulu!»
BSB
BSB:
And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven!”
18
MKW
Na suka-suka, Yakobi vumbukaka. Yandi bakaka ditadi yina yandi tentikaka yintu ya yandi. Yandi tedimisaka yawu samu ti yawu kukuma ditadi ya kubyekwa. Yandi bulumunaka yawu mafuta.
BSB
BSB:
Early the next morning, Jacob took the stone that he had placed under his head, and he set it up as a pillar. He poured oil on top of it,
19
MKW
Ni yawu yina, yandi pesaka kisika yina nkumbu Betele. Nkumbu ya mbanza yina vwandaka ntete Luze.
BSB
BSB:
and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.
20
MKW
Yakobi salaka nsilulu yayi: «Kana Nzambi kele na munu, mpe kana yandi keba munu na nzila yayi mu ke na kukwenda, kana yandi pesa munu madya ya kudya na binkuti ya kulwata,
BSB
BSB:
Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey, and if He will provide me with food to eat and clothes to wear,
21
MKW
kana mu vutuka na yinzo ya tata ya munu na kizunu nyonso, Yave ke kuma Nzambi ya munu.
BSB
BSB:
so that I may return safely to my father’s house, then the LORD will be my God.
22
MKW
Ditadi yayi mu me telemisa mpe mu me byeka, ke kuma Yinzo ya Nzambi. Mpe mu ke pesa nge dime ya bima nyonso yina nge ke pesa munu.»
BSB
BSB:
And this stone I have set up as a pillar will be God’s house, and of all that You give me I will surely give You a tenth.”
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Kituba Bible. Copyright © 2025 Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc.. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). Text from eBible.org; verses renumbered to the KJV scheme where they differ, otherwise unchanged.
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