1 Corinthians 4
1 People ought to regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.
Boye, tika ete bato bazwa biso lokola basali ya Klisto mpe lokola bakambi oyo bazwi mokumba ya koyebisa mabombami ya Nzambe.
2 Now it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.
Nzokande, eloko oyo basengaka epai ya bakambi, ezali ete bazala sembo.
3 But for me it is a very small thing if I am judged by you, or by any human court. Indeed, 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 am conscious of nothing against myself, yet I am not thereby acquitted; but he who judges 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, do not judge anything before the appointed time. Wait until the Lord comes, who will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and reveal the intentions of the heart. At that time each person will receive his praise 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 Now, brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your sake, so that through us you may learn not to think beyond what is written, so that you may not be puffed up, with each one of you supporting one man against another.
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 regards yoʋ as superior? What do yoʋ have that yoʋ did not receive? And if yoʋ received it, why do yoʋ boast as though yoʋ did not receive 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 You are already full! You have already become rich! You have begun to reign without us! And how I wish that you really were reigning, so that we could reign 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 has put us apostles on display at the end of the procession, as sentenced to death, because we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels 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 for the sake of Christ, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are esteemed, but we are 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 hunger and thirst; we are poorly clothed and beaten down, with no home of our own.
Kino sik’oyo, tozali konyokwama na nzala, na posa ya mayi, tozangi bilamba, tozali kobetama, tozali koyengayenga,
12 We labor, working with our own hands. When we are reviled, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure;
mpe tozali kosala mosala makasi na maboko na biso. Tango bafingaka biso, topambolaka; tango banyokolaka biso, toyikelaka yango kaka mpiko;
13 when we are slandered, we encourage. We have become like the refuse of the world, the scum of all things, even to this present 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 am not writing this to shame you, but rather I am admonishing you 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 even if you had ten thousand guardians in Christ, you would not have many fathers. For in Christ Jesus I became a father to 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 Therefore I urge you to be imitators of me.
Boye, nabondeli bino: bolanda ndakisa na ngai.
17 That is why I have sent you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord. He will remind you of my ways in Christ, just as I teach them everywhere in every 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 But some of you have become puffed up, as though 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 to you soon, if the Lord wills, and I will find out not the talk of those who have become puffed up, but their 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 kingdom of God is demonstrated not by talk but by power.
Pamba te Bokonzi ya Nzambe ezali likambo ya maloba te, kasi likambo ya nguya.
21 What do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod, or with love and a spirit of gentleness?
Bolingi nini? Naya epai na bino na fimbu to na bolingo mpe na molimo ya boboto?
