Exodus 17
1 And so, the entire multitude of the sons of Israel, having set out from the desert of Sin in stages, according to the word of the Lord, made camp at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.
Lisanga mobimba ya bana ya Isalaele elongwaki na esobe ya Tsini mpe ezalaki kotambola kolanda ndenge Yawe azalaki kotinda. Batongaki molako na bango na Refidimi, kasi mayi ya komela ezalaki te mpo na bato.
2 And arguing against Moses, they said, “Give us water, so that we may drink.” And Moses answered them: “Why argue against me? For what reason do you tempt the Lord?”
Bato ya Isalaele baswanisaki Moyize, balobaki na ye: — Pesa biso mayi ya komela! Moyize azongiselaki bango: — Mpo na nini bozali koswanisa ngai? Mpo na nini bolingi komeka Yawe?
3 And so the people were thirsty in that place, due to the scarcity of water, and they murmured against Moses, saying: “Why did you cause us to go out of Egypt, so as to kill us and our children, as well as our cattle, with thirst?”
Lokola posa ya mayi elekaki makasi, bato bayimaki-yimaki epai ya Moyize mpe balobaki: — Mpo na nini obimisaki biso na Ejipito? Ezali mpo ete obomisa biso, bana na biso mpe bibwele na biso na posa ya mayi?
4 Then Moses cried out to the Lord, saying: “What shall I do with this people? A little while more and they will stone me.”
Moyize abelelaki Yawe: — Nasala nini mpo na bato oyo? Etikali kaka moke ete babamba ngai mabanga!
5 And the Lord said to Moses: “Go before the people, and take with you some of the elders of Israel. And take in your hand the staff, with which you struck the river, and advance.
Yawe azongiselaki Moyize: — Leka liboso ya bato, kamata ndambo ya bakambi ya Isalaele. Zwa na loboko na yo, lingenda oyo obetaki na ebale Nili, mpe kende.
6 Lo, I will stand in that place before you, on the rock of Horeb. And you shall strike the rock, and water will go forth from it, so that the people may drink.” Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
Ngai nakotelema kuna, liboso na yo, na likolo ya libanga oyo ezali na ngomba Orebi. Okobeta libanga yango, mpe yango ekobimisa mayi, bongo bato bakomela. Moyize asalaki bongo na miso ya bakambi ya Isalaele.
7 And he called the name of that place ‘Temptation,’ because of the arguing of the sons of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying: “Is the Lord with us, or not?”
Abengaki esika yango Masa mpe Meriba, pamba te bana ya Isalaele baswanisaki ye mpe bamekaki Yawe tango balobaki: « Boni, Yawe yango azali kati na biso to te? »
8 And Amalek came and fought against Israel at Rephidim.
Bato ya Amaleki bayaki mpe babundisaki bana ya Isalaele na Refidimi.
9 And Moses said to Joshua: “Choose men. And when you go out, fight against Amalek. Tomorrow, I will stand at the top of the hill, holding the staff of God in my hand.”
Moyize alobaki na Jozue: — Ponela biso bilombe ya bitumba kati na bato; mpe lobi; wana yo okende kobundisa bato ya Amaleki, ngai nakotelema na likolo ya ngomba moke elongo na lingenda ya Nzambe na loboko na ngai.
10 Joshua did as Moses had spoken, and he fought against Amalek. But Moses and Aaron and Hur ascended to the top of the hill.
Jozue asalaki ndenge Moyize atindaki ye mpe abundisaki bato ya Amaleki; wana Moyize, Aron mpe Wuri bamataki likolo ya ngomba.
11 And when Moses lifted up his hands, Israel prevailed. But when he released them a little while, Amalek overcame.
Tango nyonso Moyize abandaki kotombola maboko na ye mpo na kobondela, bana ya Isalaele bazalaki kolonga; kasi tango nyonso azalaki kokitisa maboko na ye, bato ya Amaleki bazalaki kolonga.
12 Then the hands of Moses became heavy. And so, taking a stone, they placed it beneath him, and he sat on it. Then Aaron and Hur sustained his hands from both sides. And it happened that his hands did not tire until the setting of the sun.
Tango maboko ya Moyize elembaki, Aron mpe Wuri bakamataki libanga mpe batielaki ye yango mpo ete avandela yango; mpe Moyize avandelaki yango. Aron mpe Uri batombolaki maboko na ye, moko na ngambo moko, mpe mosusu na ngambo mosusu. Boye maboko na ye etikalaki ya kosembolama kino na pokwa.
13 And Joshua put to flight Amalek and his people by the edge of the sword.
Mpe Jozue alongaki basoda ya bato ya Amaleki na mopanga.
14 Then the Lord said to Moses: “Write this, as a memorial in a book, and deliver it to the ears of Joshua. For I will wipe away the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”
Yawe alobaki na Moyize: — Koma yango na buku lokola ekaniseli, mpe loba na Jozue ete nakosilisa bato ya Amaleki na mokili; bakotikala kokanisa bango lisusu te.
15 And Moses built an altar. And he called its name, ‘The Lord, my Exaltation.’ For he said:
Moyize atongaki etumbelo mpe abengaki yango « Nkolo azali bendele na ngai ya lokumu. »
16 “The hand of the throne of the Lord, and the war of the Lord, will be against Amalek from generation to generation.”
Moyize alobaki: « Lokola esali ete babundisi Kiti ya Bokonzi ya Yawe, Yawe akobundisa bato ya Amaleki tango nyonso. »
