2 Corinthians 12
1 I suppose I have to boast, even though it doesn't really help. Let me go on to visions and revelations from the Lord.
Boni, nasengeli komikumisa? Te, ezali na tina te! Kasi tika nayebisa bino makambo oyo namonaki lokola na ndoto, mpe bimoniseli oyo Nkolo alakisaki ngai.
2 I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was taken up to the third heaven (whether physically in the body, or out of it, I don't know, but God knows).
Nayebi moto moko kati na Klisto, oyo, wuta mibu zomi na minei, amemamaki kino na likolo ya misato: nayebi te soki ezalaki kati na nzoto na ye to mpe kati na nzoto na ye te, kasi Nzambe ayebi.
3 I know that this man (whether taken up physically in the body, or apart from it, I don't know, but God knows),
Nzokande, ezala soki ezalaki kati na nzoto na ye to mpe kati na nzoto na ye te, Nzambe ayebi yango; kasi ngai nayebi kaka ete moto yango
4 how he was taken up into Paradise, and heard things too wonderful to be spoken, in words so sacred that no human being is allowed to say.
amemamaki na paradizo mpe ayokaki maloba oyo moto akoki kolimbola te, makambo oyo moto azali na ndingisa te ya koloba.
5 Something like that I'll boast about, but I won't boast about myself, except for my weaknesses.
Nakomikumisa solo na tina na moto ya ndenge wana, kasi na tina na ngai moko te, longola kaka na tina na bolembu na ngai.
6 I wouldn't be foolish if I wanted to boast, because I'd be telling the truth. But I won't boast, so that nobody will think more of me than what they see me doing or hear me saying.
Nzokande, soki nalingaki komikumisa, nalingaki kozala zoba te, pamba te nalingaki koloba kaka bosolo; kasi naboyi kosala yango, noki te bakopesa ngai lokumu koleka oyo bato bamonaka kati na ngai to koleka sango oyo bayokaka na tina na ngai.
7 Also, because these revelations were so amazingly great, and so that I wouldn't become proud, I was given a “thorn in my flesh”—a messenger from Satan to hurt me so that I wouldn't become proud.
Kutu, mpo ete namitondisa na lofundu te na tina na bimoniseli ya kokamwa oyo nazwaki, batiaki ngai nzube moko kati na nzoto, anjelu ya Satana mpo na konyokola ngai.
8 I pleaded with the Lord three times to get rid of this problem.
Mpo na yango, nabondelaki Nkolo mbala misato mpo ete nzube yango elongwa na nzoto na ngai.
9 But he told me, “My grace is all you will need, for my power is effective in weakness.” That's why I happily boast about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may reside in me.
Kasi azongiselaki ngai: « Ngolu na Ngai ekoki mpo na yo, pamba te nguya na Ngai ekokisamaka kati na bolembu. » Mpo na yango, nakomikumisa na esengo nyonso mpo na bolembu na ngai, mpo ete nguya ya Klisto ezala kati na ngai.
10 So I appreciate weaknesses, insults, troubles, persecutions, and difficulties that I suffer for Christ's sake. For when I'm weak, then I'm strong!
Yango wana, na likambo oyo etali Klisto, ezala kati na bolembu, na kofingama, na kozanga, na minyoko to mpe na pasi oyo nakutanaka na yango, nasepelaka na ngai kaka; pamba te ezali na tango oyo nazalaka na bolembu nde natondaka na makasi.
11 I'm talking like a fool, but you made me do it! You should really have been speaking well of me, for in no way am I inferior to the super-apostles, even though I don't count for anything.
Tala, nazali koloba lokola moto ya liboma, pamba te bino nde botindiki ngai kosala bongo. Pamba te ata soki nazali moto pamba, kasi bantoma oyo bamimonaka minene baleki ngai ata na eloko moko te.
12 Yet the marks of an apostle were patiently demonstrated among you—signs, wonders, and powerful miracles.
Bilembo oyo elakisaka ete nazali ntoma emonisamaki kati na bino: molende, bilembo ya kokamwa mpe bikamwa.
13 In what way were you inferior to the other churches except I wasn't any burden to you? Please forgive me for doing you wrong!
Eloko nini penza bino bozwaki te koleka Mangomba mosusu, longola kaka kozanga komemisa bino mokumba na ngai? Boye, bolimbisa ngai mpo na mabe yango!
14 Now I'm preparing to visit you for the third time, and I won't be a burden to you. I don't want what you have, I want you yourselves! After all, children shouldn't save up for their parents, but parents should for their children.
Sik’oyo, nasali mabongisi ya koya kotala bino mpo na mbala ya misato; mpe nakomemisa bino mokumba na ngai te, pamba te nazali koluka biloko na bino te, kasi nazali nde koluka bino moko. Kobomba biloko mpo na baboti ezali likambo ya bana na bango te, kasi ezali baboti nde basengeli kobomba biloko mpo na bana na bango.
15 I will happily spend myself, and be spent, for you. If I love you so much more, will you love me even less?
Mpo na ngai, nakopesa biloko na ngai nyonso na esengo, mpe nakomipesa mobimba mpo na bino. Soki nalingi bino mingi; boni, bino bokoki kolinga ngai mingi te?
16 Well, even if that's so, I wasn't a burden to you. Maybe I was being devious, and tricked you with my cunning ways!
Atako nazalaki mokumba te epai na bino, kasi bato mosusu bazalaki koloba ete nazali moto ya mayele mabe, natielaki bino motambo.
17 But did I take advantage of you by anyone I've sent to you?
Boni, kati na bato oyo natindaki epai na bino, ezali na moko oyo natindaki mpo na kozwa bino biloko na mayele mabe?
18 I urged Titus to go and see you, and I sent another brother with him. Did Titus take advantage of you? No, we both have the same spirit and use the same methods.
Nasengaki na Tito ete aya epai na bino, mpe natindaki elongo na ye ndeko na biso. Boni, Tito azwaki biloko na bino na mayele mabe? Tozalaki na ye likanisi moko te? Tazalaki kosala na ye ndenge moko te?
19 Maybe you're thinking that all along we've been just trying to defend ourselves. No, we speak for Christ before God. Everything we do, friends, is for your benefit.
Bokanisi ete, wuta kala, biso tolukaka komilongisa liboso na bino? Te, balingami na ngai! Ezali liboso ya Nzambe, kati na Klisto, nde tolobaka mpe tosalaka makambo nyonso mpo na kokolisa kondima na bino.
20 I do worry when I visit that somehow I won't find you as I would want to, and that you won't find me as you would want to! I'm afraid that there will be arguments, jealousy, anger, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.
Pamba te nazali kobanga ete nakuta bino te na lolenge oyo ngai nazali kolinga ete bozala, tango nakoya epai na bino, mpe ete bino bomona ngai te na lolenge oyo bozali kolinga ete nazala. Nazali kobanga kokuta kati na bino koswana, zuwa, kanda, kowelana, kofingana, kotongana, lofundu mpe mobulu.
21 I'm afraid that when I visit, my God will humble me in your presence, and that I will be weeping over many of those who have sinned previously, and who still have not repented of impurity, sexual immorality, and indecent acts that they committed.
Solo, nazali kobanga lisusu ete, tango nakoya lisusu epai na bino, Nzambe ayokisa ngai soni liboso na bino, mpe ete nalela mpo na bato ebele oyo basalaki masumu liboso kasi babongwani te na misala na bango ya mbindo, na kindumba mpe na ekobo oyo basalaka.
