2 Corinthians 8
1 And so we are making known to you, brothers, the grace of God that has been given in the churches of Macedonia.
Bandeko, tolingi koyebisa bino ndenge nini Nzambe atalisaki ngolu na Ye epai ya Mangomba ya Masedwane.
2 For within a great experience of tribulation, they have had an abundance of joy, and their profound poverty has only increased the richness of their simplicity.
Atako bazalaki na mikakatano ya ndenge na ndenge, kasi batondisamaki na esengo oyo eleka ndelo; mpe kati na bobola na bango ya makasi, bapesaki makabo mingi koleka.
3 And I bear witness to them, that they were willing to accept what was in accord with their ability, and even what was beyond their ability.
Nazali kotatola ete bapesaki kolanda makoki na bango, mpe bapesaki kutu koleka. Bapesaki yango na kotindika te
4 For they were begging us, with great exhortation, for the grace and the communication of the ministry that is with the saints.
mpe basengaki biso kutu na molende nyonso ete tosalela bango ngolu ya kosangana elongo na biso kati na mosala ya kosunga basantu.
5 And this is beyond what we had hoped, since they gave themselves, first of all to the Lord, and then also to us, through the will of God,
Basalaki koleka ndenge tokanisaki: bamipesaki liboso, bango moko, epai ya Nkolo, mpe sima, epai na biso, kolanda mokano ya Nzambe.
6 so much so that we petitioned Titus, that in the same manner as he had begun, he would also complete in you this same grace.
Boye, tosengaki na Tito ete akomisa kino na suka mosala yango ya kosunga, ndenge abandaki yango kati na bino.
7 But, just as in all things you abound in faith and in word and in knowledge and in all solicitude, and even more so in your charity toward us, so also may you abound in this grace.
Kasi mpo ete bozali kokoba kokende liboso kati na makambo nyonso lokola kondima, liloba, boyebi, molende kati na makambo nyonso, bolingo na biso mpo na bino, tomoni ete boluka mpe kokende liboso kati na mosala yango ya kosunga.
8 I am speaking, not commanding. But through the solicitude of others, I approve of the good character of your charity.
Nazali kopesa bino mitindo te, kasi nazali nde koluka komeka bosolo ya bolingo na bino na kokokanisa yango na molende ya bato mosusu.
9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, he became poor for your sakes, so that through his poverty, you might become rich.
Pamba te boyebi ndenge nini Yesu-Klisto, Nkolo na biso, atalisaki ngolu na Ye epai na biso: Ye oyo azalaki mozwi, amikomisaki mobola mpo na bolamu na bino, mpo ete bokoma bazwi na nzela ya bobola na Ye.
10 And about this, I give my counsel. For this is useful to those of you who, only a year earlier, had just begun to act, or even to be willing to act.
Boye, kati na likambo oyo etali kosunga, botala likanisi na ngai na tina na oyo eleki malamu mpo na bino: na mobu oyo esili koleka, bozalaki bato ya liboso, kaka mpo na kosunga te, kasi mpe mpo na kozwa mokano ya kosalaka bongo.
11 So, truly now, accomplish this in deed, so that, in the same manner as your willing mind is prompted, you may also act, out of that which you have.
Boye, bokokisa sik’oyo likambo yango kolanda makoki na bino; molende oyo bozalaki na yango mpo na kolinga kosunga, bomonisa yango mpe na kokokisaka likambo yango.
12 For when the will is prompted, it receives according to what that person has, not according to what that person does not have.
Pamba te soki mokano ya malamu ezali, Nzambe andimaka likabo oyo moto apesi na motema malamu kolanda oyo azali na yango, kasi kolanda te oyo azali na yango te.
13 And it is not that others should be relieved, while you are troubled, but that there should be an equality.
Posa na biso ezali te ya koluka ete bino bomona pasi mpo ete bato mosusu bazala na esengo, kasi ezali kaka ya koluka ete bokokana.
14 In this present time, let your abundance supply their need, so that their abundance may also supply your need, in order that there may be an equality, just as it was written:
Mpo na tango oyo, lokola bozali kati na bofuluki, bokoki kosunga bato na biloko oyo bazali na yango na bosenga. Mokolo mosusu, tango bango mpe bakozala kati na bofuluki, bakosunga bino na biloko oyo bokozala na yango na bosenga. Na ndenge wana nde bokokokana,
15 “He with more did not have too much; and he with less did not have too little.”
kolanda ndenge ekomama: « Moto oyo alokotaki ebele, alekelaki te; mpe oyo alokotaki moke, azangelaki te. »
16 But thanks be to God, who has granted to the heart of Titus, this same solicitude for you.
Tika ete Nzambe apesamela matondi mpo ete atie kati na motema ya Tito bolingo monene mpo na bino, ndenge tozali na yango mpo na bino!
17 For certainly, he accepted the exhortation. But since he was more solicitous, he went to you of his own free will.
Pamba te Tito ayambaki na esengo makasi likanisi oyo topesaki ye ya koya epai na bino; mpe ezali na mokano na ye moko nde ayei epai na bino.
18 And we have even sent with him a brother whose praise accompanies the Gospel throughout all the churches.
Elongo na ye, tozali kotinda ndeko oyo Mangomba nyonso ekumisaka mpo na Sango Malamu.
19 And not only that, but he was also chosen by the churches to be a companion for our sojourn in this grace, which is ministered by us with our determined will, to the glory of the Lord.
Lisusu, ezali Mangomba nde eponaki ye mpo ete azala moninga na biso ya mobembo kati na mosala oyo ya kosunga. Tozali kosala mosala yango mpo na lokumu ya Ye moko Nkolo, mpe mpo na kolakisa molende na biso ya kosunga bino.
20 So let us avoid this, lest anyone disparage us over the abundance that is ministered by us.
Tozali kosala nyonso oyo ekoki mpo ete batonga biso te mpo na lolenge na biso ya kosalela ebele yango ya makabo.
21 For we provide for what is good, not only in the sight of God, but also in the sight of men.
Pamba te totondi na posa makasi ya kozala na etamboli ezanga pamela, na miso ya Nkolo kaka te, kasi mpe na miso ya bato.
22 And we have also sent with them our brother, whom we have proven to be frequently solicitous in many matters. But now there is a greater solicitousness, which is greatly entrusted to you;
Elongo na bango, tozali kotinda ndeko na biso, oyo tondimaka mbala na mbala bolingo na ye. Mpe na mbala oyo, azali na yango lisusu koleka, pamba te azali penza kotiela bino motema.
23 and whether it concerns Titus, who is a companion to me and a helper to you, or whether it concerns our brothers, the Apostles of the churches, it is to the glory of Christ.
Tito azali molingami mpe moninga na ngai ya mosala kati na bino, kasi bandeko na biso bazali batindami ya Mangomba mpe nkembo ya Klisto.
24 Therefore, in the sight of the churches, show them the proof of your charity and of our glorying about you.
Yango wana, bolakisa bango elembo ya bolingo na bino mpo ete Mangomba nyonso endima mpe eyeba ete tomikumisaka na pamba te na tina na bino liboso na bango.
