1 Bakolinto 10
1 Bandeko, nalingi boyeba malamu likambo oyo: Bakoko na biso bazalaki bango nyonso na se ya lipata, bakatisaki bango nyonso ebale monene,
And, my Brethren, I would have you know, that our fathers were all of them under the cloud, and they all passed through the sea;
2 babatisamaki bango nyonso mpo na Moyize kati na lipata mpe kati na ebale monene,
and they were all baptized by Moses, in the cloud and in the sea;
3 baliaki bango nyonso bilei ya molimo ya ndenge moko,
and they all ate the same spiritual food;
4 mpe bamelaki bango nyonso mayi ya molimo ya ndenge moko; pamba te bazalaki komela na libanga ya molimo, oyo ezalaki kotambola elongo na bango; mpe libanga yango ezalaki Klisto.
and they all drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that attended them, and that rock was the Messiah.
5 Nzokande, Nzambe asepelaki te na mingi kati na bango; solo, babomaki bango kati na esobe.
But with a multitude of them, God was not pleased; for they fell in the wilderness.
6 Ezali bandakisa mpo na biso, mpo ete tolula makambo mabe te ndenge bango balulaki.
Now these things were an example for us, that we should not hanker after evil things as they hankered.
7 Bozala basambeli ya banzambe ya bikeko te, ndenge bamosusu kati na bango bazalaki, kolanda ndenge ekomama: « Bato bavandaki mpo na kolia mpe mpo na komela, mpe batelemaki mpo na kosakana. »
Neither should we serve idols, as some of them served; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to sport.
8 Tosengeli te kosala pite, ndenge bamosusu kati na bango basalaki; mpe, na mokolo moko, bato nkoto tuku mibale na misato bakufaki.
Neither let us commit whoredom, as some of them committed; and there fell in one day twenty and three thousand.
9 Tosengeli mpe te komeka Klisto, ndenge bamosusu kati na bango basalaki; mpe banyoka ebomaki bango mpo ete eswaki bango.
Neither let us tempt the Messiah, as some of them tempted; and serpents destroyed them.
10 Boyimaka-yimaka te ndenge bamosusu kati na bango bayimaki-yimaki, mpe anjelu mobebisi abomaki bango.
Neither murmur ye, as some of them murmured; and they perished by the destroyer.
11 Makambo wana nyonso ekweyelaki bango mpo ete ezala ndakisa mpo na biso, mpe ekomamaki mpo na kokebisa biso oyo tokomi na tango ya suka. (aiōn g165)
All these things which befell them, were for an example to us; and they are written for our instruction, on whom the end of the world hath come. (aiōn g165)
12 Yango wana, tika ete moto oyo azali kokanisa ete azali ya kotelema asala keba ete akweya te!
Wherefore, let him who thinketh he standeth, beware lest he fall.
13 Komekama oyo ekomelaki bino ekomelaka bato nyonso; mpe Nzambe azali Moyengebene; akotika te ete bomekama koleka makasi na bino. Kasi na tango ya komekama, akobongisela bino nzela ya kobima na komekama yango, mpe akopesa bino makasi ya kotelemela yango.
No trial cometh on you, but what pertaineth to men: and God is faithful, who will not permit you to be tried beyond your ability, but will make an issue to your trial, that ye may be able to sustain it.
14 Yango wana, balingami na ngai, bokima kosambela banzambe ya bikeko.
Wherefore, my Beloved, flee from idolatry.
15 Nazali koloba na bino lokola na bato ya mayele; botala bino moko soki makambo oyo nazali koloba ezali malamu to mabe.
I speak as to the wise; judge ye what I say.
16 Boni, kopo ya elambo oyo, mpo na yango, tozongisaka matondi epai ya Nzambe, ekomisaka biso te moko na makila ya Klisto? Lipa oyo tokataka ekomisaka biso te moko na nzoto ya Klisto?
The cup of thanksgiving which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of the Messiah? And the bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of the Messiah?
17 Lokola lipa ezali kaka moko, biso nyonso tozali kosala nzoto kaka moko atako tozali ebele, pamba te biso nyonso tokabolaka lipa yango kaka moko.
As therefore that bread is one, so we are all one body; for we all take to ourselves from that one bread.
18 Bokanisa nanu Isalaele! Boni, bato oyo baliaka banyama oyo epesami lokola mbeka bazalaka moko te na etumbelo?
Behold the Israel who are in the flesh; are not they who eat the victims, participators of the altar?
19 Nalingi koloba nini? Nalingi koloba ete misuni ya banyama oyo ebonzami lokola mbeka epai ya banzambe mosusu, mpe yango moko nzambe ya ekeko, ezali na tina?
What then do I say? That an idol is any thing? Or, that an idol's sacrifice is any thing? No.
20 Te! Kasi lokola babonzaka bambeka na bango epai ya milimo mabe mpe epai ya oyo ezali Nzambe te, naboyi ete bozala moko na milimo mabe.
But that what the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God. And I would not, that ye should be associates of demons.
21 Bokoki te komela oyo ezali kati na kopo ya Nkolo mpe komela lisusu oyo ezali kati na kopo ya milimo mabe; bokoki te kolia na mesa ya Nkolo mpe kolia lisusu na mesa ya milimo mabe.
Ye cannot drink the cup of our Lord, and the cup of demons; and ye cannot be partakers at the table of our Lord, and at the table of demons.
22 Boni, tolingi nde kotumbola zuwa ya Nkolo? Boni, tozali makasi koleka Ye?
Or, would we sedulously provoke our Lord's jealousy? Are we stronger than he?
23 Bolobaka: « Nazali na ndingisa ya kosala nyonso, » nzokande nyonso ezali na litomba te; « Nazali na ndingisa ya kosala nyonso, » nzokande nyonso elendisaka te.
Every thing is in my power; but every thing is not profitable. Every thing is in my power; but every thing doth not edify.
24 Tika ete moto moko te aluka bolamu na ye moko kaka, kasi aluka mpe bolamu ya moto mosusu!
Let no one seek his own things, but also the things of his fellow-man.
25 Boliaka nyonso oyo etekamaka na zando, na komipesa mituna te na tina na yango, noki te bobebisa mitema na bino.
Whatever is sold in the flesh-market, eat ye, without an inquiry on account of conscience:
26 Pamba te mabele mpe nyonso oyo ezali kati na yango ezali ya Nkolo.
for the earth is the Lord's, in its fullness.
27 Soki moto oyo azali mondimi te abengisi yo, mpe ondimi kokende epai na ye, lia nyonso oyo bakopesa yo, na komipesa mituna te, noki te obebisa motema na yo.
And if one of the Gentiles invite you, and ye are disposed to go, eat ye whatever is set before you, without an inquiry on account of conscience.
28 Kasi soki moto moko alobi na yo: « Mosuni oyo ebonzamaki lokola mbeka epai ya nzambe ya ekeko, » kolia yango te, likolo ya moto oyo akebisi yo mpe mpo ete obebisa te motema na yo.
But if any one shall say to you, This pertaineth to a sacrifice; eat not, for the sake of him who told you, and for conscience's sake.
29 Awa, nazali koloba te na tina na motema na yo, kasi na tina na motema ya moto yango, pamba te mpo na nini motema ya moto mosusu elandela bonsomi na ngai?
The conscience I speak of, is not your own, but his who told you. But why is my liberty judged of, by the conscience of others?
30 Soki naliaka na kozongisa matondi epai ya Nzambe, mpo na nini kopamela ngai na tina na oyo, ngai, nazongiselaka matondi epai ya Nzambe?
If I by grace partake, why am I reproached for that, for which I give thanks?
31 Boye, ezala kolia to komela, nyonso oyo bokoki kozala kosala, bosalaka nyonso mpo na lokumu ya Nzambe.
If therefore ye eat, or if ye drink, or if ye do any thing, do all things for the glory of God.
32 Bozalaka libaku te, ezala mpo na Bayuda, mpo na Bagreki to mpo na Lingomba ya Nzambe.
Be ye without offence to the Jews, and to the Gentiles, and to the church of God:
33 Yango wana, ngai, kati na makambo nyonso, nasalaka makasi mpo na kosepelisa bato nyonso; nalukaka litomba na ngai moko te, kasi nalukaka bolamu ya bato ebele, mpo ete babika.
even as I also, in every thing, please every man; and do not seek what is profitable to me, but what is profitable to many; that they may live.
