Genesis 9 (MKW)

1Nzambi sakumunaka Nowa na bana ya yandi. Yandi tubaka na bawu: «Beno butana, beno kuma mingi, mpe beno fulusa ntoto.And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

2Konso kibulu ya ntoto, konso ndeke ya dizulu, konso kima yina ke tambulaka na ntoto, bambisi nyonso ya mubu, yawu ke banda na kukimaka beno. Yawu ke banda na kutalaka beno boma. Yawu me pesama na maboko ya beno.The fear and dread of you will fall on every living creature on the earth, every bird of the air, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are delivered into your hand.

3Nyonso yina ke tambulaka mpe kele moyo, yawu ke vwanda madya ya beno, mutindu beno ke kudyaka ndunda. Mu me pesa beno yawu nyonso.Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things.

4Kasi beno fwana kudya ve musuni yina kele ntete na mwela ya yawu, yawu zola kutuba musuni yina ke ntete na menga ya yawu.But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.

5Mutindu mosi mpe menga ya beno, yina kele mwela ya beno, mu ke yufula yawu na konso kibulu, mu ke yufula yawu mpe na muntu. Mu ke yufula menga ya muntu na muntu yina ke kufwa mpangi ya yandi muntu.And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:

6«Muntu yina ke mwangisa menga ya muntu, ni muntu mpe ke mwangisa menga ya yandi. Samu ti Nzambi yidikaka muntu na kifwani ya yandi.Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.

7Na yina me tadila beno, beno butana, beno kuma mingi. Beno fulusa ntoto, mpe beno kuma mingi na ntoto.»But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.”

8Nzambi tubaka na Nowa na bana ya yandi:Then God said to Noah and his sons with him,

9«Munu, mu ke na kusala ngwisani ya munu na beno, na bayina nyonso ke butuka na manima ya beno,“Behold, I now establish My covenant with you and your descendants after you,

10na bima nyonso ya moyo yina kele kintwadi na beno: ya vwanda ndeke, ya vwanda kibulu ya bwala, ya vwanda konso kibulu ya mfinda, yina kele kintwadi na beno, na bayina nyonso yina me basika na nzaza, na konso kibulu ya ntoto.and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth—every living thing that came out of the ark.

11Mu ke sala ngwisani ya munu na beno: mu ke kufwa dyaka ve ata kima ya moyo na maza ya mingi. Bamvula ya nene yina lenda dyamisa ntoto ke noka dyaka ve.»And I establish My covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.”

12Nzambi tubaka dyaka: «Yayi ni kidimbu yina mu me tula na kati-kati ya munu na beno, mpe na konso kima ya moyo yina kele kintwadi na beno, na bambandu nyonso yina ke kwiza. Kidimbu yina ke bambula moyo na ngwisani ya munu na beno.And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between Me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come:

13Mu me tula mukyama ya munu na matuti. Yawu ke kuma kidimbu ya ngwisani na kati ya munu na ntoto.I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.

14Ntangu mu ke basisa matuti na dizulu, mukyama ke talana na dituti,Whenever I form clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds,

15mu ke bambuka moyo na ngwisani ya munu na beno, mpe na konso kima ya moyo. Mpe maza ke fuluka dyaka ve samu na kufwa bantu nyonso.I will remember My covenant between Me and you and every living creature of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.

16Mukyama ke vwanda na dituti, mpe mu ke tala yawu samu na kubambuka moyo na ngwisani ya mankululu na munu Nzambi na konso kima ya moyo yina kele na ntoto.»And whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of every kind that is on the earth.”

17Nzambi tubaka na Nowa: «Yayi ni kidimbu ya ngwisani yina mu me sala na kati ya munu na bayina nyonso kele na ntoto.»So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between Me and every creature on the earth.”

18Bana ya Nowa yina basikaka na nzaza vwandaka: Seme, Ame na Yafete. Seme vwandaka tata ya Kaana.The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan.

19Ni na bana tatu yayi ya Nowa katukaka bantu yina mwanganaka na yinza.These three were the sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was populated.

20Nowa, yina vwanda kisadi-bilanga, bandaka na kusala bilanga ya bayinti ya vinu.Now Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard.

21Kilumbu mosi, Nowa kunwaka vinu. Yandi kolaka mpe bikanaka kipene na kati ya yinzo ya yandi ya lele.But when he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.

22Ame, tata ya Kaana talaka kimpene ya tata ya yandi, mpe yandi kwendaka zabisa yawu na bampangi ya yandi zole, yina vwandaka na ngaanda.And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers outside.

23Na yina, Seme na Yafete bakaka kiyunga. Bawu tulaka yawu na zulu ya magembo ya bawu, mpe bawu bandaka na kutambula na kwendaka vutuka manima. Bawu kwendaka fuka kimpene ya tata ya bawu. Mutindu bizizi ya bawu vwandaka tala kisika ya nkaka, bawu talaka ve kimpene ya tata ya bawu.Then Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.

24Ntangu ngolo ya malafu manisaka yandi, Nowa kuwaka mambu yina mwana-nsuka ya yandi salaka.When Noah awoke from his drunkenness and learned what his youngest son had done to him,

25Nowa tubaka: «Mu me siinga Kaana! Bika ti yandi kuvwanda muntu ya mansukina na mindongo ya bampangi ya yandi!»he said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”

26Nowa tubaka dyaka: «Nkembo na Yave, Nzambi ya Seme! Bika ti Kaana kuvwanda mundongo ya Seme!He also declared: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the servant of Shem.

27Bika ti Nzambi kupesa Yafete ntoto ya nene. Bika ti Yafete kuzinga na kati ya bayinzo ya lele ya Seme, mpe Kaana kuvwanda mundongo ya Yafete!»May God expand the territory of Japheth; may he dwell in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant.”

28Na manima ya ntangu yina maza kwizaka fulusa yinza, Nowa zingaka dyaka bamvula bankama tatu na makumi tanu (350).After the flood, Noah lived 350 years.

29Nowa zingaka bamvula bankama yivwa na makumi tanu (950), mpe yandi kufwaka.So Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.

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