1 Corinthians 4
1 Let a man so reckon us as officers of Christ, and stewards 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 to the rest, it is required in the stewards that one may be found faithful,
Nzokande, eloko oyo basengaka epai ya bakambi, ezali ete bazala sembo.
3 and to me it is for a very little thing that by you I may be judged, or by man’s Day, but I do not even judge myself,
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 have been conscious of nothing for myself, but I have not been declared right in this—and He who is discerning 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 so, then, judge nothing before the time, until the LORD may come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of the darkness, and will reveal the counsels of the hearts, and then the praise will come to each from 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 And these things, brothers, I transferred to myself and to Apollos because of you, that in us you may learn not to think above that which has been written, that you may not be puffed up one for one against the other,
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 makes you to differ? And what do you have, that you did not receive? And if you also received, why do you glory as not having received?
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 Already you are having been filled, already you were rich, apart from us you reigned, and I also wish you reigned, that we also may reign together 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 think that God set forth us the apostles last—as appointed to death, because we became a spectacle to the world, and messengers, and 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] fools because of Christ, and you wise in Christ; we [are] ailing, and you strong; you glorious, and we dishonored;
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 to the present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are battered, and wander,
Kino sik’oyo, tozali konyokwama na nzala, na posa ya mayi, tozangi bilamba, tozali kobetama, tozali koyengayenga,
12 and labor, working with [our] own hands; being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;
mpe tozali kosala mosala makasi na maboko na biso. Tango bafingaka biso, topambolaka; tango banyokolaka biso, toyikelaka yango kaka mpiko;
13 being spoken evil of, we plead; we became as filth of the world—of all things an outcast—until now.
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 Not [as] putting you to shame do I write these things, but I admonish as my beloved children,
Nazali kokoma makambo oyo mpo na koyokisa bino soni te, kasi mpo na kokebisa bino lokola bana na ngai ya bolingo.
15 for if a myriad of child-conductors you may have in Christ, yet not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus, through the good news, I begot you;
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 I call on you, therefore, become followers of me;
Boye, nabondeli bino: bolanda ndakisa na ngai.
17 because of this I sent to you Timotheus, who is my child, beloved and faithful in the LORD, who will remind you of my ways in Christ, according as everywhere in every assembly I teach.
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 And some were puffed up as if I were not coming to you;
Bato mosusu kati na bino bakomi na lofundu, bakanisaka ete nakoya lisusu te epai na bino.
19 but I will come quickly to you, if the LORD may will, and I will not know the word of those puffed up, 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 not in word is the Kingdom of God, but in power.
Pamba te Bokonzi ya Nzambe ezali likambo ya maloba te, kasi likambo ya nguya.
21 What do you wish? Will I come to you with a rod, or in love, also with a spirit of meekness?
Bolingi nini? Naya epai na bino na fimbu to na bolingo mpe na molimo ya boboto?
