1 Bakolinto 15
1 Bandeko na ngai, nalingi sik’oyo kozongisa lisusu na makanisi na bino, Sango Malamu oyo nateyaki bino, oyo boyambaki, oyo bomipesi na yango,
NOW I make known unto you, brethren, the gospel which I have preached unto you, and which ye have received, in which also ye have stood fast;
2 mpe oyo na nzela na yango bosili kobika, soki kaka bosimbi makasi Liloba oyo nateyaki bino; pamba te soki ezali bongo te, wana bondimelaki na bino kaka pamba.
by which also ye are saved; if ye cleave to that word I have preached to you, except haply ye have believed in vain.
3 Liboso na nyonso, nateyaki bino mateya oyo ngai moko nazwaki: Klisto akufaki mpo na masumu na biso, kolanda Makomi;
For I delivered to you among the first things that which I also had received, that Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures;
4 bakundaki Ye, mpe asekwaki na mokolo ya misato, ndenge Makomi elobaki yango liboso.
and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
5 Amonanaki epai ya Petelo; sima, epai ya bantoma zomi na mibale.
and that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:
6 Sima na yango, amonanaki epai ya bandeko koleka nkama mitano na mbala moko; mpe mingi kati na bango bazali nanu na bomoi kino na tango oyo, kasi bamosusu basila kokufa.
afterwards he appeared before five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater number remain alive unto this hour, but some also are gone to rest.
7 Bongo amonanaki epai ya Jake, mpe epai ya bantoma nyonso.
Afterwards he was seen of James; then of all the apostles.
8 Sima na bango nyonso, amonanaki mpe epai na ngai, lokola epai ya mwana matsombe,
And last of all he was seen also by me, who am but as an abortion.
9 pamba te nazali moke penza kati na bantoma; mpe nakoki kutu te kobengama ntoma, mpo ete nanyokolaki Lingomba ya Nzambe.
For I am the least of the apostles, who am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
10 Kasi na ngolu ya Nzambe, nazali oyo nazali lelo; mpe ngolu na Ye epai na ngai ezali ya pamba te. Kutu, nasalaki mosala mingi koleka bango nyonso; nzokande, ezali ngai te, kasi ezali nde ngolu ya Nzambe, oyo ezali elongo na ngai.
But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was given to me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
11 Na mokuse, ezala ngai to bango, biso nyonso toteyaka kaka Sango Malamu oyo, mpe ezali Sango Malamu yango nde bondimaki.
Therefore whether I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.
12 Nzokande, soki toteyaka ete Klisto asekwaki kati na bakufi, ndenge nini bato mosusu kati na bino balobaka ete bakufi bakosekwa te?
But if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you, that there is no resurrection of the dead?
13 Soki bakufi bakosekwa te, wana Klisto mpe asekwaki te.
But if there is no resurrection of the dead, neither is Christ risen:
14 Mpe soki Klisto asekwaki te, wana mateya na biso ezali na tina te, mpe kondima na bino ezali pamba.
and if Christ be not risen, vain indeed is our preaching, and vain also your faith.
15 Mpe lisusu, soki ezali penza ya solo ete bakufi bakosekwa te, wana tozali batatoli ya lokuta na tina na Nzambe, pamba te totatoli lokuta na tina na Nzambe ete asekwisaki Klisto kati na bakufi. Nzokande soki ezali penza bongo ete bakufi bakosekwa te, wana Nzambe asekwisaki Yesu te.
Yea, and we also are found false witnesses for God; because we have testified on the behalf of God, that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if indeed the dead are not raised.
16 Solo, soki bakufi bakosekwa te, wana Klisto mpe asekwaki te;
For if the dead are not raised, neither is Christ risen:
17 mpe soki Klisto asekwaki te, wana kondima na bino ezali na tina te, bozali nanu kati na masumu na bino,
and if Christ be not risen, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.
18 mpe bato oyo bakufi kati na Klisto babungi mpo na libela.
Then also they who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
19 Soki totiaka elikya na Klisto kaka mpo na bomoi oyo, tozali penza bato na mawa koleka bato nyonso.
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are more miserable than all other men.
20 Kasi, solo, Klisto asekwaki kati na bakufi: azali Mosekwi ya liboso kati na bakufi.
But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first-fruit of those who have fallen asleep.
21 Solo, lokola kufa eyaki na nzela ya moto moko, lisekwa mpe eyaki na nzela ya moto moko;
For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
22 ndenge bato nyonso bakufaka kati na Adamu, ndenge wana mpe bato nyonso bakozwa bomoi kati na Klisto;
For as in Adam all are dead, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.
23 kasi moto na moto na tango na ye: Klisto akosekwa moto ya liboso; sima, tango akoya, bato oyo bazali ya Klisto bakosekwa.
But every one in his own rank: Christ the first-fruit; afterwards those that are Christ’s at his appearing.
24 Sima na yango nde suka ekoya, tango Klisto akozongisa bokonzi na maboko ya Ye oyo azali Nzambe mpe Tata, sima na Ye kobebisa lokumu nyonso, bokonzi nyonso mpe nguya nyonso.
Then cometh the end, when he shall deliver up the kingdom to God, and the Father; when he shall have destroyed every dominion and every authority and power.
25 Pamba te Klisto asengeli kokonza kino Nzambe akotia banguna na Ye nyonso na se ya matambe na Ye.
For he must reign, until he hath put all enemies under his feet.
26 Kufa nde ezali monguna ya suka, oyo ekobebisama.
The last enemy shall be destroyed, death.
27 Pamba te atiaki biloko nyonso na se ya matambe na Ye. Kasi wana alobi: « Nyonso ezali na se ya bokonzi na Ye, » etalisami polele ete esengeli te kotanga Nzambe oyo atiaki nyonso na se ya bokonzi na Ye.
For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith, that all things are put under him, it is evident that there is an exception of him, who subjected all things to him.
28 Mpe sima na Nzambe kotia nyonso na se ya bokonzi na Ye, Ye moko Mwana akomitia na se ya bokonzi ya Nzambe oyo atiaki nyonso na se ya bokonzi na Ye, mpo ete Nzambe azala nyonso kati na bato nyonso.
But when he shall have put all things under him, then also the Son himself shall be subjected to him who put all things under him, that God may be all in all.
29 Soki lisekwa ezali te, bato oyo bazwaka libatisi mpo na bakufi bakosala nini? Soki bakufi bakosekwa te, mpo na nini bato bazwaki libatisi mpo na bango?
Else what will they do who are baptised? for the dead, if wholly dead they rise no more. Why are they then baptised for the dead?
30 Bongo biso, mpo na nini tokutanaka na makama tango nyonso?
and why do we also expose ourselves to danger every hour?
31 Bandeko na ngai, mokolo na mokolo, nandimaka kokufa, wana namikumisaka na tina na bino kati na Yesu-Klisto, Nkolo na biso.
I solemnly declare by all the joy over you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
32 Soki ezali kaka mpo na makambo ya bomoto nde nabundisaki banyama ya zamba kati na Efeso, litomba nini nazwaki? Soki bakufi bakosekwa te, « wana tika ete tolia mpe tomela, pamba te, lobi, tokokufa! »
If after the manner of men I have fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, of what advantage would it be to me, if the dead did not rise again? shall we eat and drink; because to-morrow we die?
33 Bomikosa te: « Baninga mabe babebisaka bizaleli ya malamu! »
Be not deceived: evil conversations corrupt good manners.
34 Bozongela makanisi ya malamu na ndenge ekoki mpe botika kosala masumu, pamba te bato mosusu kati na bino bayebi Nzambe te; nazali koloba yango mpo na koyokisa bino soni.
Awake as the righteous, and sin not; for some have an ignorance of God: I speak this to your shame.
35 Kasi bato mosusu bakoki kotuna: « Bakufi bakosekwa ndenge nini? Bakozonga na bomoi na nzoto nini? »
But will any man say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?
36 Bozangi nde mayele! Nkona oyo oloni ekoki te kozongela bomoi soki ekufi te.
Thou fool! what thou sowest is not quickened except it die:
37 Mpe nkona oyo oloni ezali te nzoto oyo nzete ekozala na yango tango ekobima; kasi ezali mbuma ya pamba, tango mosusu mbuma ya ble to mbuma mosusu.
and that which thou sowest, thou sowest not the body which shall be afterwards, but the bare grain, perhaps of wheat, or of some of the other seeds:
38 Kasi ezali Nzambe nde apesaka yango nzoto oyo Ye moko abongisa, mpe apesaka nkona moko na moko nzoto na yango.
but God giveth it a body as he pleaseth, and to each of the seeds its peculiar body.
39 Bikelamu nyonso ya bomoi ezalaka na lolenge moko te ya nzoto: ezali na bokeseni kati na nzoto ya bato, ya banyama, ya bandeke mpe ya mbisi.
All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, and another flesh of cattle, and another of fishes, and another of birds.
40 Ezali mpe na banzoto ya Likolo mpe na banzoto ya se; mpe kongenga ya banzoto ya Likolo ekeseni na kongenga ya banzoto ya se:
Also there are celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and that of the terrestrial another.
41 moyi ezali na kongenga na yango, sanza ezali na kongenga na yango, minzoto mpe ezali na kongenga na yango; kutu monzoto moko ekeseni na monzoto mosusu na kongenga.
There is one glory of the sun; and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for star differeth from star in glory.
42 Boye, ezali mpe ndenge moko mpo na lisekwa ya bakufi: ekundami nzoto oyo epolaka, kasi ekosekwa nzoto oyo epolaka te;
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
43 ekundami nzoto ya soni, kasi ekosekwa nzoto ya lokumu; ekundami nzoto ya bolembu, kasi ekosekwa nzoto ya nguya;
it is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
44 ekundami nzoto ya bomoto, kasi ekosekwa nzoto ya molimo. Soki nzoto ya bomoto ezali, nzoto ya molimo mpe ezali.
it is sown an animal body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is an animal body, and there is a spiritual body.
45 Yango wana ekomama: « Moto ya liboso, Adamu, akomaki ekelamu na bomoi, azalaki na bomoi ya bomoto; » kasi Adamu ya suka akomaki Molimo oyo apesaka bomoi.
And so it is written, There was a first man Adam a living soul; a last Adam a quickening spirit.
46 Ezali te bomoi ya molimo nde eyaki liboso, ezali nde bomoi ya bomoto; bomoi ya molimo eyaki na sima.
But that which is spiritual was not first, but that which is animal; and afterward that which is spiritual.
47 Moto ya liboso asalemaki na putulu ya mabele, azali moto ya mabele; kasi moto ya mibale awutaka na Likolo.
The first man was of the earth, earthly; the second man was the Lord from heaven.
48 Ndenge moto ya mabele azali, ndenge wana mpe bato ya mabele bazali; mpe ndenge moto ya Lola azali, ndenge wana mpe bato ya Lola bazali.
As is the earthly, so are they also that are earthly: and as is the heavenly, such also are they that are heavenly.
49 Mpe lokola tolataki elilingi ya moto ya mabele, tokolata mpe elilingi ya moto ya Lola.
And as we have borne the image of the earthly, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
50 Bandeko na ngai, nazali koyebisa bino ete nzoto ya mosuni mpe makila ekoki te kokota na Bokonzi ya Nzambe, mpe oyo epolaka ekoki te kosangana na oyo epolaka te.
But this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God: neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
51 Boyoka, nazali kotalisa bino mabombami: Biso nyonso, tokokufa te; kasi biso nyonso, tokobongolama,
Behold, I shew you a mystery; we shall not indeed all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
52 na mbalakata, noki penza, tango kelelo ya suka ekobeta. Pamba te kelelo ekobeta, bakufi bakosekwa na nzoto oyo epolaka te; bongo biso, tokobongolama.
in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
53 Solo, oyo epolaka esengeli kolata kozanga kopola, mpe oyo ekufaka esengeli kolata kozanga kokufa.
For that which is corruptible must put on incorruption, and that which is mortal must put on immortality.
54 Tango oyo epolaka ekolata kozanga kopola, mpe oyo ekufaka ekolata kozanga kokufa, na tango wana nde Liloba oyo ya Makomi ekokokisama: « Elonga emeli kufa.
So when that which is corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and that which is mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying which is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? (Hadēs g86)
56 Nguya ya kufa ezali masumu, mpe nguya ya masumu ezali Mibeko.
The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
57 Kasi tika ete Nzambe apesamela matondi, pamba te apesaka biso elonga na nzela ya Nkolo na biso, Yesu-Klisto!
But thanks be to God, who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 Yango wana, bandeko balingami, botelema ngwi mpe bomitika te ete baningisa bino. Bokendaka tango nyonso liboso kati na mosala ya Nkolo, wana boyebi malamu ete mosala na bino kati na Nkolo ezali ya pamba te.
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
