Galatians 2
1 After 14 years passed, I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas. I took Titus also.
Sima na mibu zomi na minei, nazongaki lisusu na Yelusalemi elongo na Barnabasi; namemaki mpe Tito.
2 But [I tell you that] I went up there because of what God revealed to me. [It was not because someone there asked me to come]. I told people what was the good message that I was preaching in regions where non-Jews live. But I talked privately to those whom your new teachers highly respect. I did that in order that what I was doing and what I had done [MET] might not become useless [MET] [as a result of people rejecting my message because they thought that I was teaching something that was not true].
Nakendeki kuna mpo na kotosa emoniseli oyo nazwaki. Natalisaki na bakambi Sango Malamu oyo nateyaka kati na Bapagano, na esika oyo tozalaki kaka biso moko mpo nalingaki ete mosala oyo nazalaki kosala mpe oyo nasilaki kosala ezwama na motuya.
3 But [even though the leaders of the believers usually insisted that when non-Jews trusted in Christ someone must circumcise them], they did not even insist that Titus be circumcised, even though he was a Greek man who was with me.
Nzokande, ezala Tito oyo azalaki elongo na ngai, batindaki ye kutu te na makasi ete akatisa ngenga, atako azalaki Mogreki.
4 [I talked to them privately] because some people [successfully] pretended that they were fellow believers and associated with the true believers. They did that in order that they might observe closely what we do because we are free [from having to obey all the Jewish laws and rituals] because of our close relationship with Christ Jesus [MET]. Those people wanted to make us [like] slaves [MET] [of those rituals by convincing us that we cannot trust Christ solely but that we must also obey all the Jewish rituals].
Esalemaki bongo likolo ya bandeko ya lokuta oyo basilaki kokota kati na biso na mayele mabe mpo na kolandela bonsomi oyo tozali na yango kati na Yesu-Klisto mpe mpo na koluka kokomisa biso bawumbu.
5 But not even briefly did we [(exc)] do what they wanted [about circumcision. We(exc) resisted them] in order that the truth of the message about Christ might continue to [benefit] you.
Kasi totikelaki bango ata tango te mpo ete bosolo ya Sango Malamu etikala mpo na bino.
6 The [leaders in Jerusalem], whom your new teachers respect, did not add anything to what I preach. [And I would add that] what status those leaders had did not influence me, because God does not favor certain/important persons [IDM] more than others.
Bato oyo bazalaki bakambi babakisaki ata eloko moko te na mateya na ngai; lokumu nyonso oyo bazalaki na yango ezalaki na motuya moko te epai na ngai, pamba te Nzambe aponaka bilongi te.
7 Instead of those leaders adding to the message that I tell people, they understood that I had been given the good message {God had given the good message to me} so that I might proclaim it to the non-Jews [MTY], just like [God] had given the good message to Peter so that he might tell it to those who are Jews [MTY].
Kutu, bamonaki penza ete Nzambe apesaki ngai mokumba ya koteya Sango Malamu epai ya bato oyo bakatama ngenga te, ndenge apesaki na Petelo mokumba ya koteya Sango Malamu epai ya Bayuda.
8 That is, just like [God] had empowered/authorized Peter in order that he might be an apostle [to bring God’s message] to the Jews [MTY], he also had empowered/authorized me in order that I might be an apostle to [bring his message to] the non-Jews.
Pamba te Nzambe oyo asalaki kati na Petelo mpo ete azala ntoma ya bato oyo bakatama ngenga asalaki mpe kati na ngai lokola mpo ete nazala ntoma ya Bapagano.
9 And [those leaders] knew that God had kindly given to me this special work. So James, Peter, and John, the ones whom your new teachers [respect because they are] leaders [MET] [of the believers], shook hands with us [IDM] [to show that they agreed that Barnabas and I are serving the Lord just like they are, and that we are preaching the same message that they are preaching]. They also agreed that we [(exc)] are the ones whom God was sending to [tell his message to] non-Jews, but that God is sending them to [tell his message to] Jews [MTY].
Boye Jake, Petelo mpe Yoane oyo bazalaki makonzi ya Lingomba bandimaki ngolu oyo Nzambe apesaki ngai. Yango wana basanganaki elongo na ngai mpe Barnabasi mpo na kolakisa ete tokomi moko; mpe toyokanaki ete biso tokende epai ya Bapagano, mpe bango bakende epai ya bato oyo bakatama ngenga.
10 They merely urged that we [(exc)] still remember to help the poor [fellow believers who live in Jerusalem]. That is exactly what I have been eager to do.
Basengaki na biso kaka ete tokoba kokanisa babola. Mpe nasalaki nyonso mpo na kokokisa mokumba yango.
11 But [later while I was at] Antioch [city], after Peter came there, I told him directly [SYN] that what he was doing was wrong.
Tango Petelo ayaki na Antioshe, natelemelaki ye makasi mpo ete azalaki kati na libunga.
12 [This is what happened]: [Peter went to Antioch and started eating regularly with non-Jewish believers there]. Later there were certain [Jewish believers who] came [to Antioch who claimed that] James, [the leader of the congregations in Jerusalem], had sent them. But when [those certain] men came, Peter gradually quit [eating] with the non-Jewish believers and would not associate with them. He was afraid that the Jewish [believers from Jerusalem would criticize him for associating with non-Jews].
Pamba te liboso ete bato oyo bawutaki epai ya Jake bakoma, Petelo azalaki kolia mesa moko elongo na Bapagano; kasi sima na bango kokoma, akomaki kobenda nzoto mpe akabwanaki na Bapagano yango mpo ete azalaki kobanga Bayuda.
13 Also, the other Jewish [believers who were in Antioch] [SYN] acted (insincerely/in a way that they knew was not right) along with [Peter]. The result was that they convinced even Barnabas to [stop associating with the non-Jewish believers]!
Bayuda mosusu basanganaki na ye kati na lokuta na ye kino Barnabasi mpe akotaki na lokuta na bango.
14 But when I realized that they were not acting according to the truth of the message about Christ, [when] all [the fellow believers there] were present, I told Peter [the following]: “Although you [(sg)] are a Jew, [you often conduct yourself] like non-Jews [do by disregarding Jewish laws about food. When you are among non-Jews], you [(sg)] do not customarily conduct yourself at all like Jews [do]. So, (now it is wrong that you [(sg)] are causing non-Jews [to think that they must obey all] the Jewish rituals and customs!/why are you [(sg)] causing non-Jews [to think that they must obey all] the Jewish rituals and customs?) [RHQ]”
Kasi tango ngai namonaki ete bazali kotambola te na bomoi ya sembo kolanda bosolo ya Sango Malamu, nalobaki na Petelo na miso ya bango nyonso: « Ozali Moyuda, kasi ozali kobika bomoi na yo lokola Mopagano! Ndenge nini ozali kosenga na makasi ete Bapagano batambola lokola Bayuda?
15 Some of us [believers] were born as Jews. We [(exc)] were not born as non-Jews. [We Jews have always considered non-Jews to be] ‘sinners’ [because they do not obey the Jewish rituals and laws].
Biso tobotama Bayuda, tozali Bapagano te oyo bazali basumuki.
16 But we [(exc)] now know that it is not because some person obeys the laws [that God gave to Moses] that [God] erases the record of that person’s sins. [God erases the record of a person’s sins only if that person trusts in what Jesus Christ has done]. Even we [(exc)] Jews trusted Christ Jesus. We [(exc)] did that in order that [God] would erase the record of our sins because of our trusting Christ, and not because of our obeying the laws [that God gave to Moses. God has said that] he will [never] erase the record of people’s sins just because of their obeying those laws.
Toyebi ete moto akoki kokoma sembo te na nzela ya kotosa maloba ya Mobeko, kasi kaka na nzela ya kondima kati na Yesu-Klisto. Yango wana biso mpe tondimelaki Yesu-Klisto mpo ete tokoma sembo na nzela ya kondima kati na Klisto, kasi na nzela te ya kotosa maloba ya Mobeko, pamba te moto moko te akoki kokoma sembo na nzela ya kotosa maloba ya mibeko.
17 Furthermore, because we [(exc) Jews] desired that [God] would erase the record of our sins because of our relationship with Christ, [it means that] we realized that we ourselves were sinners [like non-Jews, whom we called] sinners, [because we(exc) also were not obeying the Jewish rituals and laws]. [But] ([we(inc) certainly cannot conclude] that it is Christ who causes us to sin./[should we conclude] that it is Christ who causes us to sin?) [RHQ] [No, Christ] certainly does not [cause anyone to sin].
Kasi soki, wana tozali koluka kokoma sembo kati na Klisto, emonani lisusu ete biso moko Bayuda tozali mpe basumuki lokola Bapagano, boni, elingi koloba ete Klisto azali kotombola masumu? Ata moke te!
18 So if I should again believe [that God would erase the record of my sins because of my obeying the laws that he gave to Moses] [MET], [I would be like a man who] rebuilds an old building that he tore down. It would [soon] be clear that I am one who disobeys those same laws [that God gave to Moses].
Soki ngai natomboli lisusu biloko oyo nasilaki kobebisa, wana nazali penza mobuki mibeko.
19 When [I realized that I could not earn God’s favor] by [obeying] the laws [that he gave to Moses, I decided not] to [respond to what those laws demanded] [MET], [just like] a dead person [does not respond to anything]. Now I live to [honor/serve] God.
Pamba te, na nzela ya Mobeko, ngai nasilaki kokufa na oyo etali Mobeko mpo ete nakoka kobika bomoi na ngai mpo na Nzambe. Nabakamaki na ekulusu elongo na Klisto;
20 [It is as though] I was with Christ when he was crucified {died on the cross} [MET] (OR, [It is as though] my [old way of life ended when] Christ died on the cross.) No longer am I [directing the way I behave as I did before I believed in Christ]. Now Christ [is directing how] I [behave. And whatever I do] now while I live, I do it trusting in God’s Son. He is the one who loved me and offered himself [as a sacrifice] for me.
boye ezali lisusu ngai te moto nazali kobika, kasi ezali Klisto nde azali kobika kati na ngai. Bomoi oyo nazali kobika sik’oyo kati na nzoto na ngai lokola moto, nazali kobika yango na nzela ya kondima kati na Mwana na Nzambe, oyo alingaki ngai mpe amikabaki mpo na ngai.
21 I am not rejecting [as useless] what God [did for me] ([kindly/that I did not deserve]), [as my opponents are doing. I fully accept that God saved me by acting kindly towards me]. If it is because people [obey the] laws [that God gave to Moses] that God erases the record of their sins, then Christ died (for nothing/needlessly).
Nazali kolongola te ngolu ya Nzambe, pamba te soki ezali na nzela ya kotosa Mobeko nde bato bakomaka sembo, wana Klisto akufaki mpo na pamba. »
