Philippians 3
1 MOREOVER, brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not irksome, but is safe for you.
Mpo na kosukisa, bandeko na ngai, bosepelaka kati na Nkolo! Ezali likambo ya pasi te mpo na ngai kokomela bino lisusu makambo oyo nakomelaki bino liboso, mpe yango ezali mpo na bolamu na bino.
2 Beware of dogs, beware of the malicious labourers, beware of the concision.
Bosala keba na bambwa, na bato mabe mpe na bato oyo batindikaka bino na kokatisa ngenga!
3 For we are the circumcision, who serve God in spirit, and glory in Christ Jesus, and put no confidence in the flesh.
Biso nde tozali bato oyo bakatisa ngenga na solo, pamba te tosambelaka Nzambe na nzela ya Molimo na Ye, tomikumisaka kati na Yesu-Klisto mpe totiaka elikya na biso na nzoto te,
4 Though I too might have confidence in the flesh; if any other man thinks that he may have confidence in the flesh, I may claim more:
atako ngai mpe nakoki na ngai kotia elikya na nzoto. Soki moto moko akanisi ete akoki kotia elikya na nzoto, asengeli koyeba ete ngai nakoki kutu kotia elikya yango koleka ye;
5 circumcised the eighth day, of the race of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews;
pamba te bakatisaki ngai ngenga na mokolo ya mwambe, nazali penza moto ya Isalaele kati na libota ya Benjame, mpe nazali Mo-Ebre oyo abotama na baboti oyo bazali mpe Ba-Ebre. Mpo na oyo etali Mibeko, nazalaki Mofarizeo;
6 respecting the law, a Pharisee; with regard to zeal, persecuting the church; as touching the righteousness which is by the law, blameless.
mpo na oyo etali molende, nanyokolaki Lingomba; mpo na oyo etali bosembo oyo bato balukaka na nzela ya Mibeko, nazalaki moto azanga pamela.
7 But what things were gain to me, these have I counted loss for Christ.
Kasi makambo oyo nazalaki komona ete ezali na tina mpo na ngai, nakomi sik’oyo komona yango pamba mpo na Klisto.
8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the transcendently excellent knowledge of Jesus Christ my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but as offals of ordure, that I may gain Christ,
Kaka yango te, nazali kutu komona makambo nyonso lokola eloko pamba likolo ya bolamu oyo eleki monene: koyeba Yesu-Klisto, Nkolo na ngai. Ezali mpo na Ye nde ngai nandimaki kobungisa makambo wana nyonso mpe nazali komona yango lokola bisanza, mpo ete nakoka kozwa Klisto
9 and be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is by the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
mpe bakuta ngai kati na Ye. Nakomi moto ya sembo mpo ete nandimeli Klisto: Nzambe akomisi ngai moto ya sembo na nzela ya kondima. Ezali lisusu te na nzela ya kotosa Mibeko ndenge nazalaki kokanisa kala.
10 that I may know him, and the virtue of his resurrection, and communion with his sufferings, being conformed to his death;
Posa monene ya motema na ngai ezali: koyeba Klisto, koyeba nguya ya lisekwa na Ye, kosangana na pasi na Ye, kokokana na Ye kati na kufa na Ye
11 if haply I may attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
na elikya ete ngai mpe nakosekwa kati na bakufi.
12 Not that I have already attained, or am now perfect: but I pursue, that I may overtake that for which also by his apprehension of me I am destined by Christ Jesus.
Nalingi koloba te ete nasili kozwa biloko oyo nyonso to mpe nasili kokoma moto ya kokoka, kasi nazali nde kopota mbangu mpo na kozwa yango, pamba te Yesu-Klisto asila mpe kozwa ngai.
13 Brethren, I count not myself to have overtaken it; but this one object I pursue, forgetting the things which are behind, and reaching out to those which are before,
Bandeko, nazali kokanisa te ete nasili kozwa yango; kasi nasalaka likambo moko: nabosanaka makambo nyonso oyo esili koleka, mpe namipesaka mpo na makambo oyo ezali liboso.
14 I press towards the mark for the prize of the divine calling from on high in Christ Jesus.
Boye nazali kopota mbangu kino nakoma na suka mpo na kozwa mbano oyo Nzambe abenga ngai mpo na yango wuta na Likolo kati na Yesu-Klisto.
15 Let as many of us therefore as are perfect, be thus minded: and if ye entertain any other sentiment, God also will unveil this unto you.
Biso nyonso oyo tokola na Molimo, tosengeli kokanisa ndenge wana. Mpe soki ezali na likambo oyo na tina na yango bozali kokanisa ndenge mosusu, Nzambe akososolisa bino.
16 Nevertheless, so far as we have advanced, be it our care to walk by the same rule, to mind the same thing.
Nzokande, na esika oyo tosili kokoma, totambola nzela moko.
17 Be ye imitators, brethren, of me, and eye attentively those who walk so as ye have us for an example.
Bandeko, bino nyonso bolanda ndakisa na ngai mpe bomekola ezaleli ya bato oyo bazali kotambola lokola biso.
18 For many walk, whom I have often mentioned to you, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
Pamba te ndenge nazalaki koyebisa bino yango mbala na mbala mpe, sik’oyo, nazali lisusu koyebisa bino yango na kolela, bato mingi bazali kotambola lokola banguna ya ekulusu ya Klisto.
19 whose end is perdition, whose God is their belly, and their glory in their shame, whose minds are occupied with earthly things.
Suka na bango ezali libebi; pamba te nzambe na bango ezali libumu na bango, lokumu na bango ezali kati na makambo oyo eyokisaka bango soni, mpe makanisi na bango elukaka kaka biloko ya mokili.
20 But our conversation is in heaven as its citizens, from whence also we are expecting the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ,
Kasi biso, mboka na biso ezali kati na Likolo, mpe tozali kozela na posa makasi Mobikisi na biso, Nkolo Yesu-Klisto, oyo akowuta na Likolo.
21 who shall transform our body of humiliation, that it may be conformed to his body of glory, according to the effectual working of him who is able to subdue even all things to himself.
Ye nde akobongola nzoto na biso ya putulu mpo na kokomisa yango nzoto ya nkembo, na nzela ya nguya na Ye ya kotia biloko nyonso na se ya bokonzi na Ye.
