Exodus 14
1 The Lord told Moses,
Yawe alobaki na Moyize:
2 “Tell the Israelites to turn back and set up camp near Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. You are to camp beside the sea, opposite Baal-zephon.
« Loba na bana ya Isalaele ete bazonga mpe batonga molako pembeni ya Pi-Ayiroti, kati ya Migidoli mpe ebale monene. Batonga yango etalana na Bala-Tsefoni pembeni ya ebale monene.
3 Pharaoh will conclude about the Israelites: ‘They're wandering about the country in confusion—the desert has blocked them from leaving.’
Faraon akokanisa ete bana ya Isalaele babungi na mokili, esobe ekangi bango.
4 I will give Pharaoh a stubborn attitude so that he will chase after them to get them back. But I will gain respect through what happens to Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord.” So the Israelites did as they were instructed.
Nakokomisa motema ya Faraon libanga, mpe ye akolanda bango; kasi nakomonisa nkembo na Ngai, nakotelemela Faraon mpe mampinga na ye; bongo bato ya Ejipito bakoyeba ete Ngai nazali Yawe. » Bana ya Isalaele basalaki bongo.
5 When the king of Egypt found out that the Israelites had left in a hurry, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about what had happened and said, “What have we done? We have let all these Israelite slaves go!”
Tango bayebisaki mokonzi ya Ejipito ete bana ya Isalaele bakimi, Faraon mpe bakalaka na ye babongolaki makanisi na bango mpo na bana ya Isalaele mpe balobaki: « Likambo nini oyo tosali? Totiki Isalaele kokende mpe tozangeli bato oyo bakoki kosalela biso! »
6 So Pharaoh had his chariot made ready and set out with his army.
Boye Faraon azwaki shar oyo ezalaki ya kobombama mpe azwaki mampinga na ye elongo na ye.
7 He took 600 of his best chariots along with all the other chariots of Egypt, each with their officer-in-charge.
Akamataki bashar nkama motoba oyo eleki malamu elongo na bashar nyonso ya Ejipito; shar moko na moko ezalaki na basoda misato.
8 The Lord gave Pharaoh, king of Egypt, a stubborn attitude so he chased after the Israelites, who were leaving with their fists raised in triumph.
Yawe akomisaki motema ya Faraon, mokonzi ya Ejipito, libanga mpo ete alanda bana ya Isalaele oyo bazalaki kotambola na bonsomi nyonso.
9 The Egyptians set out in pursuit—all Pharaoh's horses and chariots, horsemen and soldiers. They caught up with the Israelites while they were camped beside the sea near Pi-hahiroth, opposite Baal-zephon.
Bato ya Ejipito, bampunda nyonso ya Faraon mpe shar mosusu ya Faraon elongo na bato oyo batambolisaka yango mpe mampinga mosusu ya Faraon balandaki bana ya Isalaele mpe bazwaki bango tango batongaki molako na bango pembeni ya Pi-Ayiroti oyo etalana na Bala-Tsefoni.
10 The Israelites looked back and saw Pharaoh and the Egyptian army approaching. They were absolutely terrified and cried out to the Lord for help.
Lokola Faraon apusanaki, bana ya Isalaele batombolaki miso na bango mpe bamonaki ete bato ya Ejipito bazali kolanda bango na sima. Bana ya Isalaele babangaki makasi mpe bagangaki epai na Yawe.
11 They complained to Moses, “Were there no graves in Egypt that you had to bring us out here in the desert to die? What have you done to us by making us leave Egypt?
Balobaki na Moyize: — Boni, ezali mpo ete malita ezali te na Ejipito, yango wana omemi biso mpo ete tokufa na esobe? Osali biso nini awa obimisi biso na Ejipito?
12 Didn't we tell you back in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone so that we can go on being slaves to the Egyptians’? It would have been better for us to be Egyptian slaves than to die here in the desert!”
Toyebisaki yo te tango tozalaki na Ejipito: « Tika biso kimia, tika biso tosalela bato ya Ejipito? » Pamba te elekaki malamu mpo na biso kosalela bato ya Ejipito na esika ya kokufa na esobe.
13 But Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand where you are and you will see how the Lord will save you today. The Egyptians you see right now, you will never see again!
Moyize azongiselaki bango: — Bobanga te, boyika mpiko! Bokomona kokangolama oyo Yawe akomemela bino lelo; bato ya Ejipito oyo bozali komona lelo, bokotikala komona bango lisusu te.
14 The Lord is going to fight for you—you don't need to do anything.”
Yawe akobunda mpo na bino, mpe bino bovanda kimia.
15 The Lord told Moses, “Why are you crying out to me for help? Tell the Israelites to move forward.
Yawe alobaki na Moyize: — Mpo na nini ozali koganga boye epai na Ngai? Loba na bana ya Isalaele ete batambola.
16 You are to pick up your walking stick and hold it out in your hand over the sea. Divide it so the Israelites can walk through the sea on dry ground.
Kasi yo, tombola lingenda na yo, sembola loboko na yo likolo ya ebale monene mpe kabola mayi mpo ete bana ya Isalaele bakoka kokatisa ebale monene lokola na mabele ya kokawuka.
17 I will give Egyptians a stubborn, hard-hearted attitude so that they will chase in after them. Then I will gain respect through what happens to Pharaoh and all his army, chariots, and horsemen.
Bongo Ngai, nakoyeisa motema ya bato ya Ejipito libanga mpo ete balanda bino mpe nakomonisa nkembo na Ngai na kotelemela Faraon mpe mampinga na ye nyonso elongo na bashar na ye mpe bato na ye oyo batambolisaka bampunda.
18 The Egyptians will know that I am the Lord when I gain respect through Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen.”
Bongo bato ya Ejipito bakoyeba ete nazali Yawe tango nakomonisa nkembo na Ngai na kotelemela Faraon, bashar na ye mpe bato na ye oyo batambolisaka bampunda.
19 The angel of God, who had been leading the Israelites, moved behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from in front of them and stood behind them,
Anjelu na Nzambe oyo azalaki kotambola liboso ya mampinga ya Isalaele azongaki sima na bango, mpe likonzi ya lipata elongwaki liboso na bango mpo ete etelema sima na bango.
20 so that it was positioned between the Egyptian and Israelite camps. Though the cloud was in darkness on one side, but it lit up the night on the other. No one from either camp went near the other during the night.
Likonzi ya lipata etelemaki kati ya mampinga ya bato ya Ejipito mpe ya bana ya Isalaele. Likonzi ya lipata epesaki molili na ngambo moko mpe engengisaki ngambo mosusu; yango wana butu mobimba, bato ya Ejipito bakokaki kopusana te pembeni ya bana ya Isalaele.
21 Then Moses held out his hand over the sea, and all through the night the Lord forced the sea back with a strong east wind, and turned the bottom of the sea into dry land. So the water was divided,
Moyize asembolaki loboko na ye likolo ya ebale monene; bongo na butu mobimba, Yawe atindaki na ebale monene mopepe makasi ya este oyo ekabolaki mayi ya ebale monene.
22 and the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water to their right and left.
Bato ya Isalaele batambolaki na ebale monene lokola na mabele ya kokawuka. Mayi etelemaki lokola mir na ngambo ya loboko na bango ya mobali mpe na ngambo ya loboko na bango ya mwasi.
23 The Egyptians chased after them—all Pharaoh's horses, chariots, and horsemen. They followed the Israelites into the sea.
Bato ya Ejipito balandaki bango mpe bango nyonso bakotaki kati na ebale monene: bampunda nyonso ya Faraon, bashar na ye mpe batambolisi ya bampunda.
24 But at the end of the night the Lord looked down on the Egyptian army from the pillar of fire and cloud, and he threw them into a panic.
Liboso ete tongo etana, Yawe atelemaki na likolo ya likonzi ya moto mpe ya lipata, atalaki mampinga ya bato ya Ejipito mpe akotisaki mobulu kati na yango.
25 He made their chariot wheels get stuck so it was hard for them to drive. The Egyptians shouted out, “Retreat! We must run from the Israelites because the Lord is fighting for them against us!”
Alongolaki bapine na bashar na bango mpo ete bamona pasi mpo na kokumba. Boye bato ya Ejipito balobaki: — Tokima mosika ya bana ya Isalaele, pamba te Yawe azali kobundela bango liboso na biso.
26 Then the Lord told Moses, “Hold out your hand over the sea, so that the water will pour back over the Egyptians and their chariots and horsemen.”
Yawe alobaki na Moyize: — Sembola loboko na yo likolo ya ebale monene mpo ete mayi ezonga mpe ekweyela bato ya Ejipito, bashar na bango mpe batambolisi ya bampunda.
27 So Moses held out his hand over the sea, and at dawn the sea returned to normal. As the Egyptians retreated, the Lord swept them into the sea.
Moyize asembolaki loboko na ye likolo ya ebale monene, mpe liboso ete tongo etana, ebale monene ezongaki na esika na yango mpe bato ya Ejipito oyo balukaki kokima, bakutanaki na mayi liboso na bango. Boye Yawe azindisaki bango kati na ebale monene.
28 The water poured back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the whole of Pharaoh's army that had chased after the Israelites into the sea. Not a single one of them survived.
Mayi ezongaki mpe ezipaki bashar elongo na batambolisi ya bampunda mpe mampinga ya Faraon oyo elandaki bana ya Isalaele kati na ebale monene. Moko te kati na bango abikaki.
29 But the Israelites had walked through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water to their right and left.
Kasi bana ya Isalaele batambolaki na ebale monene lokola na mabele ya kokawuka. Mayi etelemaki lokola mir na ngambo ya loboko na bango ya mobali mpe na ngambo ya loboko na bango ya mwasi.
30 The Lord saved the Israelites from the threat of the Egyptians—the Israelites saw the Egyptians lying dead on the shore.
Na mokolo wana, Yawe abikisaki bana ya Isalaele liboso ya bato ya Ejipito mpe bana ya Isalaele bamonaki bibembe ya bato ya Ejipito etandami na libongo ya ebale monene.
31 When the Israelites saw the great power that the Lord had used against the Egyptians, they were in awe of the Lord, and they trusted in him and in his servant Moses.
Tango bana ya Isalaele bamonaki nguya monene oyo Yawe atalisaki liboso ya bato ya Ejipito, babangaki Yawe mpe batiaki elikya na bango kati na Ye mpe kati na mosali na Ye Moyize.
