John 20
1 Early on Sunday morning, while it was still dark, Mary, the woman from Magdala [village], went to the [burial] cave [with some other women]. They saw that the stone had been removed {that someone had removed the stone} from the [entrance to the] cave.
Na tongo-tongo ya mokolo ya liboso ya poso, wana molili ezalaki nanu, Mari, moto ya mboka Magidala, akendeki na kunda mpe amonaki ete libanga esilaki kolongolama na ekotelo ya kunda.
2 So Mary ran to where Simon Peter and I [were staying in Jerusalem]. She said to us, “They have taken the Lord’s [body] out of the burial cave, and we do not know where they have put it!”
Apotaki mbangu mpo na kokende kokutana na Simona Petelo mpe moyekoli mosusu, ye oyo Yesu azalaki kolinga; alobaki na bango: — Balongoli Nkolo wuta na kunda, mpe toyebi te soki batie Ye wapi!
3 So Peter and I started going to the cave.
Petelo elongo na moyekoli wana bakendeki na kunda.
4 We were both running, but I ran faster than Peter and got there first.
Bango mibale bazalaki kopota mbangu nzela moko; kasi lokola moyekoli wana azalaki mbangu koleka Petelo, akomaki moto ya liboso na kunda.
5 I stooped down [at the entrance] and looked inside. I saw the strips of linen cloth lying there [where his body had been laid], but I did not go inside.
Agunzamaki mpo na kotala mpe amonaki, na mabele, maputa oyo bakundaki na yango Yesu; kasi akotaki te.
6 Then Simon Peter, who was running behind me, arrived. He went inside the cave. He, too, saw the strips of linen cloth lying there.
Simona Petelo oyo azalaki kolanda ye akomaki mpe akotaki kati na kunda, amonaki maputa oyo ezalaki na mabele
7 He also [saw the] cloth that they had [wrapped] around Jesus’ head. It had been folded and put {Someone had folded it and put it} aside, separate from the linen strips.
mpe elamba oyo balingaki na moto ya Yesu; elamba ezalaki esika moko te na maputa oyo balingaki na yango nzoto ya Yesu, kasi ezalaki ya kolingama na esika na yango moko.
8 Then I also went inside. I saw [those things] and I believed [that Jesus had truly become alive again].
Bongo moyekoli oyo akomaki moto ya liboso kuna na kunda, ye mpe akotaki kati na kunda; amonaki mpe andimaki.
9 Before this happened, we did not understand from [what the prophets had written in] the Scriptures, that he had to become alive again after he died.
Kasi kino na tango wana, basosolaki nanu te ete Yesu asengelaki kosekwa kati na bakufi, kolanda ndenge Makomi ezali koloba.
10 Then [we two] disciples went back to where we were staying. [In the meantime], Mary [returned to the cave].
Sima na yango, bayekoli nyonso mibale bazongaki na esika oyo bazalaki kovanda.
11 As she stood outside the cave crying, she stooped down to look inside the cave.
Nzokande, Mari atelemaki na libanda, pene ya kunda, mpe azalaki kolela. Mpe wana azalaki kolela, agunzamaki mpo na kotala kati na kunda;
12 She saw two angels in very white [clothing], sitting at the place where Jesus’ body had been laid. One was where his head had been, and the other was where his feet had been.
amonaki ba-anjelu mibale balata bilamba ya pembe mpe bavanda na esika oyo nzoto ya Yesu ezalaki: moko na ngambo ya moto, mpe mosusu, na ngambo ya makolo.
13 They said to her, “Woman, why are you crying?” She said to them, “They have taken away [the body of] my Lord, and I do not know where they have put it!”
Ba-anjelu batunaki ye: — Mwasi, mpo na nini ozali kolela? Azongisaki: — Nazali kolela mpo ete balongoli Nkolo na ngai mpe nayebi te soki batie Ye wapi?
14 After she said that, she turned around and saw Jesus standing [there], but she did not know that it was Jesus.
Tango alobaki bongo, abalukaki mpe amonaki Yesu atelemi wana, kasi ayebaki te ete ezali Yesu.
15 He said to her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who are you looking for?” Thinking that he was the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have taken his [body] away, tell me where you have put it. Then I will get it [and bury it properly].”
Yesu atunaki ye: — Mwasi, mpo na nini ozali kolela? Ozali koluka nani? Mari akanisaki ete azali mosali elanga; alobaki na ye: — Tata, soki yo nde moto olongolaki Ye, yebisa ngai esika nini otie Ye mpo ete nakende kokamata Ye.
16 Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She turned toward him [again and recognized him]. Then she exclaimed in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” which means ‘Teacher’.
Yesu alobaki na ye: — Mari! Mari abalukaki mpe alobaki na lokota ya Ebre: — Rabuni!
17 Jesus said to her, “Stop clinging to me, because I have not yet returned to my Father. Go to my disciples and tell them, ‘I am about to return to my Father and your Father, to the one who is my God and your God’.”
Yesu alobaki na ye: — Kosimba Ngai te, pamba te nanu namati te epai ya Tata na Ngai. Kende nde epai ya bandeko na Ngai mpe yebisa bango ete nakeyi epai ya Tata na Ngai, oyo azali mpe Tata na bino; epai ya Nzambe na Ngai, oyo azali mpe Nzambe na bino.
18 So Mary went to where [we] disciples were and told us that she had seen the Lord [alive again]. She also told us what Jesus said that she [should tell us].
Mari, moto ya mboka Magidala, akendeki koyebisa bayekoli ete awuti komona Nkolo; ayebisaki bango lisusu makambo oyo Nkolo alobaki na ye.
19 On that Sunday evening [we] disciples gathered together. The doors were locked {[We] locked the doors} because we were afraid that [the Jewish leaders] [SYN] [might arrest us. Suddenly] Jesus appeared [miraculously] and stood among us! He said to us, “May God give you [inner] peace!”
Na pokwa ya mokolo wana ya liboso ya poso, wana bayekoli basanganaki esika moko kati na ndako mpe bakangaki malamu bikuke mpo ete bazalaki kobanga bakonzi ya Bayuda, Yesu ayaki, atelemaki na kati-kati na bango mpe alobaki: — Tika ete kimia ezala na bino!
20 After he said that, he showed us [the wounds in] his hands and his side. We were very happy when we saw the Lord!
Wana azalaki koloba bongo, alakisaki bango maboko na Ye mpe mopanzi na Ye. Bayekoli batondaki na esengo tango bamonaki Nkolo.
21 Jesus said to us again, “May God give you peace! Just like [my] Father sent me, now I am sending you [to proclaim my message].”
Yesu alobaki na bango lisusu: — Tika ete kimia ezala na bino! Ndenge Tata atindaki Ngai, Ngai mpe nazali kotinda bino.
22 After saying that, he breathed on us and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit!
Sima na Yesu koloba makambo wana, afulaki bango mopepe mpe alobaki na bango: — Boyamba Molimo Mosantu!
23 If you forgive people for their having sinned, [God will already] have forgiven them. If you do not forgive them, [God] has not forgiven them.”
Bato oyo bokolimbisa masumu na bango, masumu na bango ekolimbisama; kasi ba-oyo bokolimbisa te, bakozwa mpe bolimbisi te.
24 One of us disciples, Thomas, the one whom we called The Twin, was not with us when Jesus appeared to us.
Toma, moko kati na bayekoli zomi na mibale, oyo babengaka Lipasa, azalaki te elongo na bayekoli tango Yesu ayaki.
25 When the rest of us told him that we had seen the Lord, he said to us, “If I do not see the marks of the nails in his hands and put my fingers in the place where the nails were, and put my hands into the place in his side [where the soldier thrust the spear], I will certainly not believe [that he was the one you saw]!”
Bayekoli mosusu balobaki na ye: — Towuti komona Nkolo! Kasi Toma azongiselaki bango: — Soki ngai namoni te bilembo ya basete na maboko na Ye, soki natie mosapi na ngai te kati na bisika oyo basete etobolaki Ye, mpe soki natie te loboko na ngai kati na mopanzi na Ye, nakotikala kondima te.
26 A week later we were in [the house] again. This time Thomas was with us. Although the doors had been locked {[we] had locked the doors}, Jesus [again] appeared [miraculously] and stood among us. He said, “May God give peace to you!”
Sima na mikolo mwambe, bayekoli ya Yesu basanganaki lisusu kati na ndako. Na mbala oyo, Toma mpe azalaki elongo na bango, mpe bikuke ezalaki ya kokangama. Yesu ayaki, atelemaki kati na bango mpe alobaki: — Tika ete kimia ezala na bino!
27 Then he [showed] Thomas [his hands] and said to him, “Put your finger here! Look at [the wounds in] my hands! Reach out your hand and put it in [the wound in] my side! Stop doubting [LIT/DOU]! Instead, believe [that I am alive again]!”
Bongo, alobaki na Toma: — Tia mosapi na yo awa, tala maboko na Ngai; sembola loboko na yo mpe tia yango na mopanzi na Ngai. Kozala te moto oyo azangi kondima, kasi moto na kondima!
28 Thomas answered him, “[You are truly] my Lord and my God!”
Toma azongiselaki Yesu: — Nkolo na ngai mpe Nzambe na ngai!
29 Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed [that about me]. But God [is truly] pleased with those who have believed [that about me], even though they have not seen me!”
Yesu alobaki na ye: — Ondimi mpo ete omoni Ngai! Esengo na bato oyo bamoni te, kasi bandimi!
30 [We] disciples saw Jesus perform many other miracles, but [I] have not written about them in this book.
Yesu asalaki lisusu, na miso ya bayekoli na Ye, bikamwa mosusu mingi oyo ekomami te kati na buku oyo.
31 But these [that I have written about, I] have written about them in order that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, (the Son of God/the man who is also God), and in order that you may have [eternal] life [by trusting] (in him/ in what he [has done for you]) [MTY].
Kasi mpo na oyo ekomami, ezali mpo ete bondima ete Yesu azali Klisto, Mwana na Nzambe; mpe mpo ete, na nzela ya kondima Ye, bozwa bomoi na Kombo na Ye.
