2 Corinthians 6
1 Therefore, as God’s fellow workers, we also appeal to you not to receive his loving kindness in vain.
Lokola tozali basali elongo na Nzambe, tozali kolendisa bino ete bozwa ngolu ya Nzambe na pamba te;
2 For he says – “At the time for acceptance I listened to you, and on the day of deliverance I helped you.” Now is the time for acceptance! Now is the day of deliverance!
pamba te Nzambe alobi: « Na tango ya malamu, nayanolaki yo; mpe na mokolo ya lobiko, nasungaki yo. » Nzokande, tango ya malamu ezali nde sik’oyo; mokolo ya lobiko ezali nde lelo.
3 Never do we put an obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry.
Tobetisaka moto moko te mabaku, mpo ete mabe elobama te na tina na lotomo na biso.
4 No, we are trying to commend ourselves under all circumstances, as God’s assistants should – in many an hour of endurance, in troubles, in hardships, in difficulties,
Kasi tomikumisaka nde lokola basali ya Nzambe, kati na makambo nyonso: na koyika mpiko makasi kati na minyoko, kozanga mpe pasi na motema;
5 in floggings, in imprisonments, in riots, in toils, in sleepless nights, in hunger;
kati na kobetama, boloko mpe mobulu; kati na misala makasi, kozanga kolala mpe kokila bilei;
6 by purity, by knowledge, by patience, by kindliness, by holiness of spirit, by unfeigned love;
kati na bopeto, boyebi, kokanga motema mpe boboto; kati na Molimo Mosantu mpe bolingo ya solo;
7 by the message of truth, and by the power of God; by the weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left;
kati na Liloba ya bosolo mpe nguya ya Nzambe; kati na bibundeli ya bosembo mpo na kobundisa monguna mpe komibatela;
8 amid honour and disrepute, amid slander and praise; regarded as deceivers, yet proved to be true;
kati na lokumu mpe soni, kosakolama lokola bato malamu mpe lokola bato mabe. Mpe lisusu, kati na koyebana lokola bato oyo balobaka lokuta, nzokande tolobaka solo;
9 as unknown, yet well-known; as at death’s door, yet, see, we are living; as chastised, yet not killed;
koyebana lokola bato oyo bayebani te, nzokande toyebani makasi; koyebana lokola bakufi, nzokande tozali bato ya bomoi; koyebana lokola bato bakweyisama, nzokande baboma biso te;
10 as saddened, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet enriching many; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things!
koyebana lokola bato na mawa, nzokande tozalaka na esengo tango nyonso; koyebana lokola babola, nzokande tokomisaka bato ebele bazwi; koyebana lokola bato bakelela, nzokande tozali na nyonso.
11 We have been speaking freely to you, dear friends in Corinth; we have opened our heart;
Bandeko ya Kolinto, tolobi na bino na bosembo nyonso mpe na mitema ya kofungwama.
12 there is room there for you, yet there is not room, in your love, for us.
Tozali kobombela bino te bolingo na biso, kasi bino bozali kobombela biso oyo ya bino.
13 Can you not in return – I appeal to you as I should to children – open your hearts to us?
Nazali koloba na bino lokola na bana na ngai ya bolingo: Bosala lokola biso! Bino mpe bofungolela biso mitema na bino!
14 Do not enter into inconsistent relations with those who reject the faith. For what partnership can there be between righteousness and lawlessness? Or what has light to do with darkness?
Bosanganaka te na bato oyo bazangi kondima. Pamba te boyokani nini ezali kati na bosembo mpe mabe? Boni, pole ekoki solo kosangana na molili?
15 What harmony can there be between Christ and Belial? Or what can those who accept the faith have in common with those who reject it?
Klisto akoki solo koyokana na Satana? Eloko nini ekoki kosangisa mondimi elongo na moto oyo azangi kondima?
16 What agreement can there be between a temple of God and idols? And we are a temple of the living God. That is what God meant when he said – “I will live among them, and walk among them; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.
Boyokani nini ekoki kozala kati na Tempelo ya Nzambe mpe banzambe ya bikeko? Pamba te biso tozali Ndako ya Nzambe na bomoi, kolanda maloba na Ye moko: « Nakovanda kati na bango mpe nakotambola elongo na bango. Nakozala Nzambe na bango, mpe bango bakozala bato na ngai. »
17 Therefore ‘Come out from among the nations, and separate yourselves from them,’ says the Lord, ‘And touch nothing impure; and I will welcome you;
Yango wana, « Bobima kati na bango mpe bokabwana na bango, elobi Nkolo; bosimba eloko moko te ya mbindo, mpe ngai nakoyamba bino. »
18 and I will be a father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters,’ says the Lord, the Ruler of all.”
Mpe, « Nakozala Tata mpo na bino, mpe bino bokozala bana mibali mpe bana basi mpo na ngai, elobi Nkolo, Mokonzi ya mampinga. »
