1 Bakolinto 3
1 Bandeko, nakokaki te koloba na bino lokola na bato oyo batambolisamaka na Molimo, kasi lokola na bato oyo batambolisamaka kolanda baposa ya nzoto, lokola na bana mike kati na Klisto.
Brothers, I couldn’t speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshly, as to babies in Christ.
2 Napesaki bino miliki, kasi bilei ya makasi te, pamba te bolingaki te kokoka kolia yango. Ezala sik’oyo, bokokoka na bino mpe kaka te kolia yango,
I fed you with milk, not with solid food, for you weren’t yet ready. Indeed, you aren’t ready even now,
3 pamba te bozali nanu kotambolisama kolanda baposa ya nzoto. Lokola likunya mpe koswana ezali kati na bino, boni, bozali te kotambolisama kolanda baposa ya nzoto? Bozali kaka kosala lokola moto nyonso te?
for you are still fleshly. For insofar as there is jealousy, strife, and factions amongst you, aren’t you fleshly, and don’t you walk in the ways of men?
4 Tango moko azali koloba: « Ngai nazali moto ya Polo, » mpe mosusu: « Ngai nazali moto ya Apolosi, » boni, bozali kaka kosala lokola moto nyonso te?
For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” aren’t you fleshly?
5 Boni, Apolosi azali nani? Polo mpe azali nani? Bazali kaka basali oyo, na nzela na bango, bondimelaki Nzambe, kolanda mosala oyo Nkolo apesaki na moko na moko kati na bango.
Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but servants through whom you believed, and each as the Lord gave to him?
6 Ngai nalonaki, Apolosi asopaki mayi, kasi Nzambe azalaki kokolisa.
I planted. Apollos watered. But God gave the increase.
7 Ezala moto oyo alonaki to moto oyo asopaki mayi, moko te azali na tina; ezali kaka Nzambe oyo akolisaka nde azali na tina.
So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.
8 Moto oyo aloni mpe moto oyo asopi mayi bazali kaka ndenge moko, mpe moko na moko akozwa lifuti na ye moko kolanda mosala na ye.
Now he who plants and he who waters are the same, but each will receive his own reward according to his own labour.
9 Pamba te biso, tozali basali elongo na Nzambe; mpe bino, bozali elanga ya Nzambe, Ndako ya Nzambe.
For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s farming, God’s building.
10 Kolanda ngolu oyo Nzambe apesaki ngai, natongaki moboko lokola mobongisi ya mayele, mpe moto mosusu azali kotonga na likolo na yango. Boye tika ete moko na moko asala keba na lolenge na ye ya kotonga na likolo ya moboko.
According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another builds on it. But let each man be careful how he builds on it.
11 Pamba te moko te akoki kotonga moboko mosusu, longola kaka oyo esili kotongama, oyo ezali Yesu-Klisto.
For no one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Jesus Christ.
12 Nzokande, soki moto asaleli wolo to palata to mabanga ya talo to mabaya to makasa to mpe matiti mpo na kotonga na likolo ya moboko yango,
But if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or straw,
13 mokolo ya kosambisama ekomonisa mosala na ye polele; pamba te ekozala mokolo ya moto, mpe moto ekomeka mosala ya moto na moto.
each man’s work will be revealed. For the Day will declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will test what sort of work each man’s work is.
14 Soki mosala ya moto oyo atongaki na likolo ya moboko eziki te, motongi yango akozwa lifuti.
If any man’s work remains which he built on it, he will receive a reward.
15 Kasi soki eziki, motongi akozwa eloko te. Ye moko kaka nde akobika, kasi ekozala lokola moto oyo asili kobika na likama ya moto.
If any man’s work is burnt, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, but as through fire.
16 Boni, boyebi te ete bozali Tempelo ya Nzambe, mpe ete Molimo ya Nzambe avandaka kati na bino?
Don’t you know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you?
17 Soki moto abebisi Tempelo ya Nzambe, Nzambe mpe akoboma ye; pamba te Tempelo ya Nzambe ezali bule, bongo bino bozali nde Tempelo yango.
If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, which you are.
18 Bomikosa te: soki moto moko kati na bino akanisi ete azali na bwanya kati na mokili oyo, tika ete akoma lokola zoba mpo ete akoma penza moto ya bwanya. (aiōn g165)
Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks that he is wise amongst you in this world, let him become a fool that he may become wise. (aiōn g165)
19 Pamba te bwanya ya mokili ezali bozoba na miso ya Nzambe. Kolanda ndenge ekomama: « Akangaka bato ya bwanya kati na mitambo ya mayele mabe na bango; »
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, “He has taken the wise in their craftiness.”
20 mpe lisusu: « Nkolo ayebi ete makanisi ya bato ya bwanya ezali na tina te, »
And again, “The Lord knows the reasoning of the wise, that it is worthless.”
21 yango wana tika ete moko te aluka lokumu kati na bato, pamba te nyonso ezali ya bino:
Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours,
22 ezala Polo, Apolosi, Petelo, mokili, bomoi, kufa, tango oyo tozali sik’oyo to tango oyo ezali koya. Nyonso ezali ya bino;
whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come. All are yours,
23 kasi bino, bozali bato ya Klisto, mpe Klisto azali ya Nzambe.
and you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.
