1 Corinthians 4
1 Let a man so thinke of vs, as of the ministers of Christ, and disposers of the secrets of God:
Boye, tika ete bato bazwa biso lokola basali ya Klisto mpe lokola bakambi oyo bazwi mokumba ya koyebisa mabombami ya Nzambe.
2 And as for the rest, it is required of the disposers, that euery man be found faithfull.
Nzokande, eloko oyo basengaka epai ya bakambi, ezali ete bazala sembo.
3 As touching me, I passe very litle to be iudged of you, or of mans iudgement: no, I iudge not mine owne selfe.
Mpo na ngai, nazali komisambisa na likambo moko te. Yango wana, ezala kosambisa na bino to kosambisa ya esambiselo ya bato, elobelaka ngai eloko moko te.
4 For I know nothing by my selfe, yet am I not thereby iustified: but he that iudgeth me, is the Lord.
Motema na ngai ezali kosambisa ngai ata na likambo moko te; nzokande, yango te nde ezali kolongisa ngai. Oyo asambisaka ngai, ezali nde Nkolo.
5 Therefore iudge nothing before the time, vntill the Lord come, who will lighten things that are hid in darkenesse, and make the counsels of the hearts manifest: and then shall euery man haue praise of God.
Yango wana, bosambisaka te liboso ya tango oyo ekatama; bozela kino tango Nkolo akoya. Akobimisa na pole makambo oyo ebombama kati na molili, mpe akomonisa na miso ya bato makanisi ya mitema ya bato. Na tango wana, moto na moto akozwa lokumu na ye kowuta na Nzambe.
6 Nowe these things, brethren, I haue figuratiuely applied vnto mine owne selfe and Apollos, for your sakes, that ye might learne by vs, that no man presume aboue that which is written, that one swell not against another for any mans cause.
Bandeko, nayebisi bino makambo oyo etali ngai moko mpe oyo etali Apolosi, mpo na bolamu na bino, mpo ete, na ndakisa na biso, boyekola likambo oyo: Bolekaka mondelo te ya makambo oyo ekomama; mpe mpo ete moko te kati na bino atonda na lolendo na kolanda moko mpe koyina mosusu.
7 For who separateth thee? and what hast thou, that thou hast not receiued? if thou hast receiued it, why reioycest thou, as though thou haddest not receiued it?
Boni, nani azali kokesenisa yo na bato mosusu? Eloko nini ozali na yango, oyo bapesa yo te? Mpe lokola bapesa yo yango, mpo na nini komikumisa lokola nde bapesaki yo yango te?
8 Nowe ye are full: nowe ye are made rich: ye reigne as kings without vs, and would to God ye did reigne, that we also might reigne with you.
Bosili kotondisama na nyonso oyo bozalaka na makanisi ya kozwa! Bosili penza kokoma bato ya bomengo! Bobandi kokonza; bobandi kokonza elongo na biso te! Nalingaka ete bobanda penza kokonza, mpo ete biso mpe tokonza elongo na bino!
9 For I thinke that God hath set forth vs the last Apostles, as men appointed to death: for we are made a gasing stocke vnto the worlde, and to the Angels, and to men.
Pamba te nakanisi ete, biso bantoma, Nzambe atia biso na suka ya molongo lokola bato oyo bakatela bango etumbu ya kufa na libanda ya masano. Mpo na mokili mobimba, mpo na ba-anjelu mpe mpo na bato, Nzambe akomisa biso lokola lisano ya kotala.
10 We are fooles for Christes sake, and ye are wise in Christ: we are weake, and ye are strong: ye are honourable, and we are despised.
Biso, likolo ya Klisto, tozali bazoba; kasi bino, kati na Klisto, bozali bato ya mayele! Biso, tozali bato na bolembu; kasi bino, bozali bato makasi! Bino, bozali kozwa lokumu; kasi biso, tozali kotiolama!
11 Vnto this houre we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and haue no certaine dwelling place,
Kino sik’oyo, tozali konyokwama na nzala, na posa ya mayi, tozangi bilamba, tozali kobetama, tozali koyengayenga,
12 And labour, working with our owne handes: we are reuiled, and yet we blesse: we are persecuted, and suffer it.
mpe tozali kosala mosala makasi na maboko na biso. Tango bafingaka biso, topambolaka; tango banyokolaka biso, toyikelaka yango kaka mpiko;
13 We are euill spoken of, and we pray: we are made as the filth of the world, the offskowring of all things, vnto this time.
tango bakoselaka biso makambo mpo na kobebisa lokumu na biso, tozongisaka kaka na maloba ya boboto. Mpe kino sik’oyo, tokomi lokola bosoto ya mokili, mpe lokola lisapo ya bato.
14 I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloued children I admonish you.
Nazali kokoma makambo oyo mpo na koyokisa bino soni te, kasi mpo na kokebisa bino lokola bana na ngai ya bolingo.
15 For though ye haue tenne thousand instructours in Christ, yet haue ye not many fathers: for in Christ Iesus I haue begotten you through the Gospel.
Pamba te, ata soki bozalaki na balakisi nkoto zomi kati na Klisto, kasi bozali na batata ebele te. Ngai nde nazali tata na bino kati na Yesu-Klisto, na nzela ya Sango Malamu.
16 Wherefore, I pray you, be ye folowers of me.
Boye, nabondeli bino: bolanda ndakisa na ngai.
17 For this cause haue I sent vnto you Timotheus, which is my beloued sonne, and faithfull in the Lord, which shall put you in remembrance of my wayes in Christ as I teache euery where in euery Church.
Ezali na tina wana nde natindeli bino Timote, mwana na ngai ya bolingo, oyo azali sembo kati na Nkolo; akolobela bino lisusu banzela na ngai mpo na bomoi kati na Yesu-Klisto, ndenge kaka nateyaka yango bisika nyonso kati na Mangomba nyonso.
18 Some are puffed vp as though I woulde not come vnto you.
Bato mosusu kati na bino bakomi na lofundu, bakanisaka ete nakoya lisusu te epai na bino.
19 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will knowe, not the wordes of them which are puffed vp, but the power.
Kasi, soki Nkolo alingi, nakoya epai na bino kala mingi te; mpe nakoyeba kaka te ndenge nini bato yango ya lofundu balobaka, kasi mpe nguya nini bazali na yango.
20 For the kingdome of God is not in worde, but in power.
Pamba te Bokonzi ya Nzambe ezali likambo ya maloba te, kasi likambo ya nguya.
21 What will ye? shall I come vnto you with a rod, or in loue, and in ye spirite of meekenes?
Bolingi nini? Naya epai na bino na fimbu to na bolingo mpe na molimo ya boboto?
