Genesis 30 (MKW)

1Ntangu Lasele talaka ti yandi vwandaka buta ve, yandi kumaka na kimbanda na mpangi ya yandi Leya. Na yina, yandi tubaka na Yakobi: «Pesa munu bana, kana ve mu ke kufwa.»When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.

2Yakobi dasukilaka Lasele mpe yandi tubaka: «Ni munu Nzambi yina me yimina nge mabuta?»Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld children from you?”

3Lasele tubaka dyaka: «Tala, kisadi ya munu Bila yandi yayi. Kwenda vukisa mfulu na yandi, samu ti yandi butila munu bana. Na mutindu yina, munu mpe mu ke vwanda na bana.»Then she said, “Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Sleep with her, that she may bear children for me, so that through her I too can build a family.”

4Lasele pesaka kisadi ya yandi ya kento Bila, na sika ya Yakobi. Yakobi vukisaka mfulu na Bila.So Rachel gave Jacob her servant Bilhah as a wife, and he slept with her,

5Bila kuzwaka kivumu mpe yandi butilaka Yakobi mwana ya bakala.and Bilhah conceived and bore him a son.

6Na yina, Lasele tubaka: «Nzambi me baka nzengolo ya mbote samu na munu. Yandi me kuwa lusambulu ya munu, mpe yandi me pesa munu mwana ya bakala.» Ni yawu yina, Lasele pesaka mwana nkumbu Dane.Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me; He has heard my plea and given me a son.” So she named him Dan.

7Bila, kisadi ya kento ya Lasele kuzwaka dyaka kivumu, mpe yandi butilaka Yakobi mwana ya zole ya bakala.And Rachel’s servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.

8Lasele tubaka: «Mu me nwana mvita ya ngolo na mpangi ya munu na lulendo ya Nzambi mpe mu me nunga.» Lasele pesaka mwana yina nkumbu Nafetali.Then Rachel said, “In my great struggles, I have wrestled with my sister and won.” So she named him Naphtali.

9Ntangu Leya talaka ti yandi vwandaka buta dyaka ve, yandi bakaka kisadi ya yandi ya kento Zilepa, yandi pesaka Zilepa na sika ya Yakobi, samu ti yandi kuvwanda kento ya yandi.When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.

10Zilepa, kisadi ya Leya, butaka na Yakobi mwana ya bakala.And Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son.

11Leya tubaka: «Yayi kele bweso!» Mpe yandi pesaka mwana nkumbu Ngade.Then Leah said, “How fortunate!” So she named him Gad.

12Zilepa, kisadi ya Leya, butaka dyaka na Yakobi mwana ya zole ya bakala.When Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son,

13Leya tubaka: «Kyese mingi samu na munu! Bakento nyonso ke tuba ti mu kele kento ya kyese.» Mpe Leya pesaka mwana nkumbu Asele.Leah said, “How happy I am! For the women call me happy.” So she named him Asher.

14Kilumbu mosi, na ntangu yina ba ke lokotaka bambuma ya faline, Lubene kwendaka na bilanga mpe yandi kuzwaka bambuma yina ba ke bokilaka mandalangone. Yandi nataka yawu na sika ya mama ya yandi, Leya. Lasele tubaka na Leya: «Pesa munu mwa ndambu ya mandalangone ya mwana ya nge.»Now during the wheat harvest, Reuben went out and found some mandrakes in the field. When he brought them to his mother, Rachel begged Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

15Leya vutulaka: «Nge bakaka bakala ya munu, ya me lunga ve? Nge zola kubaka mpe mandalangone ya mwana ya munu?» Na yina, Lasele tubaka: «Pesa munu mwa ndambu ya bamandalangone ya mwana ya nge, mpe Yakobi ke lala na nge na mpimpa ya bubu yayi.»But Leah replied, “Is it not enough that you have taken away my husband? Now you want to take my son’s mandrakes as well?” “Very well,” said Rachel, “he may sleep with you tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”

16Na nkokila, ntangu Yakobi katukaka na bilanga, Leya kwendaka bwabana yandi. Mpe Leya tubaka na Yakobi: «Bubu yayi nge ke lala na munu, samu ti mu me pesa bamandalangone ya mwana ya munu samu na kuzwa nge. Na mpimpa yina, Yakobi lalaka na Leya.»When Jacob came in from the field that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must come with me, for I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So he slept with her that night.

17Nzambi kuwaka lusambulu ya Leya. Yandi kuzwaka kivumu mpe yandi butaka mwana ya tanu ya bakala na Yakobi.And God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore a fifth son to Jacob.

18Leya tubaka: «Nzambi me pesa munu difuta, samu ti mu pesaka bakala ya munu na sika ya kisadi ya munu ya kento.» Leya pesaka mwana nkumbu Isakale.Then Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my maidservant to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.

19Leya kuzwaka dyaka kivumu mpe yandi butaka mwana ya bakala na Yakobi.Again Leah conceived and bore a sixth son to Jacob.

20Leya tubaka: «Nzambi me pesa munu dikabu ya kitoko. Na mbala yayi, bakala ya munu ke zitisa munu, samu ti mu me buta na yandi bana sambanu ya babakala.» Na yina, yandi pesaka mwana nkumbu Zabulone.“God has given me a good gift,” she said. “This time my husband will honor me, because I have borne him six sons.” And she named him Zebulun.

21Na manima, Leya butaka mwana ya kento mpe yandi pesaka yandi nkumbu Dina.After that, Leah gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.

22Nzambi bambukilaka Lasele moyo, yandi kuwaka lusambulu ya Lasele mpe yandi fungulaka yandi mabuta.Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,

23Lasele kuzwaka kivumu mpe yandi butaka mwana ya bakala. Yandi tubaka: «Nzambi me kuula munu na dyambu yina vwandaka talisa munu nsoni.»and she conceived and gave birth to a son. “God has taken away my shame,” she said.

24Lasele pesaka mwana nkumbu Yosefi. Samu ti yandi tubaka: «Bika ti Yave kubwela munu mwana ya nkaka ya bakala.»She named him Joseph, and said, “May the LORD add to me another son.”

25Ntangu Lasele butaka Yosefi, Yakobi tubaka na Labane: «Bika munu, mu vutuka na yinsi ya munu.Now after Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me on my way so I can return to my homeland.

26Pesa munu bakento mpe bana ya munu samu ti mu kwenda ya munu. Ni samu na bawu mu sadilaka nge. Nge mosi, nge me zaba mbote kisalu yina mu sadilaka nge.»Give me my wives and children for whom I have served you, that I may go on my way. You know how hard I have worked for you.”

27Labane vutulaka na Yakobi: «Kana nge tala yawu mbote, kukwenda ntete ve. Banzambi ya munu me zabisa munu ti, Yave me sakumuna munu samu na nge.»But Laban replied, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me because of you.”

28Labane tubaka dyaka: «Zabisa munu yikwa mu ke futa nge, mpe mu ke futa nge.»And he added, “Name your wages, and I will pay them.”

29Yakobi vutulaka: «Nge mosi, nge zaba wapi mutindu mu me sadila nge. Nge me zaba mpe wapi mutindu me kuma bibulu ya nge samu na munu.Then Jacob answered, “You know how I have served you and how your livestock have thrived under my care.

30Ntete mu kuma na sika ya nge, bimvwama ya nge vwandaka ndambu. Kasi, yawu me kuma mingi samu na munu. Yave me sakumuna nge kubanda kilumbu yina mu tulaka makulu ya munu na yinzo ya nge. Kasi, wapi ntangu mu ke banda na kusala samu na dikanda ya munu mosi?»Indeed, you had very little before my arrival, but now your wealth has increased many times over. The LORD has blessed you wherever I set foot. But now, when may I also provide for my own household?”

31Labane tubaka: «Wapi difuta mu ke pesa nge?» Yakobi vutulaka: «Nge ke pesa munu kima ve. Kasi, kana nge ndima mambu yina mu ke zabisa nge, mu ke vutukila na kudikila mpe kukeba mameme na bankombo ya nge.»“What can I give you?” Laban asked. “You do not need to give me anything,” Jacob replied. “If you do this one thing for me, I will keep on shepherding and keeping your flocks.

32Bubu yayi mu ke luta na kati-kati ya bibulu ya nge nyonso, mu ke katula konso dimeme ya ndombe, yina kele na matodi-matodi mpe yina kele na banzila-nzila. Mu ke katula mpe konso nkombo ya nkento yina kele na matodi-matodi mpe yina kele na banzila-nzila. Ni yawu ke vwanda difuta ya munu.Let me go through all your flocks today and remove from them every speckled or spotted sheep, every dark-colored lamb, and every spotted or speckled goat. These will be my wages.

33Na bilumbu yina ke kwiza, nge ke kwiza tala munu samu na kuzaba kana mu me sadila ludedomo na difuta yina mu me kuzwa. Kana nge kwiza tala mameme ya ndombe yina kele ve na matodi-matodi mpe yina kele ve na banzila-nzila na sika ya munu, zaba ti mu me laba yawu. Kana nge tala mpe bankombo ya nkento yina kele ve na matodi-matodi mpe yina kele ve na banzila-nzila, zaba ti mu me laba yawu.So my honesty will testify for me when you come to check on my wages in the future. If I have any goats that are not speckled or spotted, or any lambs that are not dark-colored, they will be considered stolen.”

34Labane tubaka: «Mambu ve! Beto ke sala mutindu nge me tuba.»“Agreed,” said Laban. “Let it be as you have said.”

35Kaka na kilumbu yina, Labane katulaka bankombo ya mbakala yina vwandaka na matodi-matodi mpe yina vwandaka na banzila-nzila. Yandi katulaka mpe bankombo ya nkento ya matodi-matodi mpe yina vwandaka na banzila-nzila ya mpembe. Yandi katulaka mpe mameme nyonso ya ndombe mpe yandi pesaka yawu na bana ya yandi.That very day Laban removed all the streaked or spotted male goats and every speckled or spotted female goat—every one that had any white on it—and every dark-colored lamb, and he placed them under the care of his sons.

36Na manima, Labane bikaka Yakobi, yandi kwendaka ntama na kisika yina ba lenda sala bilumbu tatu na kukuma. Yakobi vwandaka dikila bibulu ya Labane yina bikanaka.Then he put a three-day journey between himself and Jacob, while Jacob was shepherding the rest of Laban’s flocks.

37Yakobi zengaka bintala ya maza ya mu-pepeli, ya mu-amande na ya pelatane. Yandi yubulaka ndambu ya bampusu ya yawu, samu ti yawu kuvwanda na banzila-nzila ya mpembe.Jacob, however, took fresh branches of poplar, almond, and plane trees, and peeled the bark, exposing the white inner wood of the branches.

38Yandi bakaka bintala yina yandi yubulaka bampusu. Yandi tulaka yawu na mantwala ya bibulu, na kati ya bima yina ba vwandaka tudila bibulu maza ya kunwa. Samu ti bibulu vwandaka sala makwela ya bawu na ntangu ya kwiza kunwa maza.Then he set the peeled branches in the watering troughs in front of the flocks coming in to drink. So when the flocks were in heat and came to drink,

39Bibulu vwandaka sala makwela ya bawu na mantwala ya bintala yina. Mpe bawu vwandaka buta bana yina vwandaka na banzila-nzila mpe ya matodi-matodi ya fyoti na ya nene.they mated in front of the branches. And they bore young that were streaked or speckled or spotted.

40Yakobi katulaka mameme. Yandi talisaka yawu na lweka ya bibulu yina vwandaka na banzila-nzila mpe bibulu nyonso yina vwandaka ya ndombe na kati ya bibulu ya Labane. Na kusala mutindu yina, Yakobi kumaka na bibulu ya yandi mosi. Yandi vukisaka dyaka yawu ve na bibulu ya Labane.Jacob set apart the young, but made the rest face the streaked dark-colored sheep in Laban’s flocks. Then he set his own stock apart and did not put them with Laban’s animals.

41Konso ntangu yina bibulu ya nene vwandaka sala makwela ya bawu, Yakobi vwandaka tula bintala na mantwala ya bawu, na kati ya bima yina ba vwandaka tudila bawu maza. Mpe bawu vwandaka sala makwela ya bawu na mantwala ya bintala yina.Whenever the stronger females of the flock were in heat, Jacob would place the branches in the troughs, in full view of the animals, so that they would breed in front of the branches.

42Kasi samu na bibulu yina vwandaka ya kukonda, Yakobi vwandaka tula ve bintala. Na yina, bibulu ya kukonda vwandaka ya Labane, mpe bibulu ya nene vwandaka ya Yakobi.But if the animals were weak, he did not set out the branches. So the weaker animals went to Laban and the stronger ones to Jacob.

43Yakobi kumaka na bimvwama mingi ya kulutila. Yandi kumaka na mameme mpe bankombo mingi. Yandi kumaka mpe na bisadi ya bakento na ya babakala, basamo mpe bambuluku.Thus Jacob became exceedingly prosperous. He owned large flocks, maidservants and menservants, and camels and donkeys.

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