1 Bakolinto 6
1 Soki ndeko moko kati na bino azwi ndeko mosusu likambo, mpo na nini akendaka kofunda yango epai ya Bapagano, na esika ete akende kofunda epai ya basantu?
Dare any one of you, having a matter against another, prosecute his suit before the unjust, and not before the saints?
2 Boyebi te ete basantu bakosambisa mokili? Bongo soki bosengeli kosambisa mokili, bozangi penza makoki ya kokata mwa makambo ya mike-mike?
Do ye not then know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world is judged by you, are ye unworthy of [the] smallest judgments?
3 Boyebi te ete tokosambisa ba-anjelu? Bongo mpo na nini te makambo ya bomoi oyo?
Do ye not know that we shall judge angels? and not then matters of this life?
4 Tango bobendanaka na tina na makambo ya bomoi oyo, bozwaka lokola basambisi, bato oyo bazali na tina te na miso ya Lingomba!
If then ye have judgments as to things of this life, set those [to judge] who are little esteemed in the assembly.
5 Nazali koloba yango mpo na koyokisa bino soni! Boni, ezali ata na moto moko te ya bwanya kati na bino, oyo akoki kokata makambo kati na bandeko na ye?
I speak to you [to put you] to shame. Thus there is not a wise person among you, not even one, who shall be able to decide between his brethren!
6 Kasi mpo na nini ndeko moko akende kofunda ndeko mosusu, mpe asala yango liboso ya Bapagano?
But brother prosecutes his suit with brother, and that before unbelievers.
7 Solo, awa bozali kofundana bino na bino, boyeba ete bosili komikweyisa. Mpo na nini bondimaka te ete basala bino mabe? Mpo na nini bondimaka te ete bakosa bino?
Already indeed then it is altogether a fault in you that ye have suits between yourselves. Why do ye not rather suffer wrong? why are ye not rather defrauded?
8 Nzokande, bino, bokosaka mpe bosalaka mabe; mpe bosalaka yango epai ya bandeko na bino.
But ye do wrong, and defraud, and this [your] brethren.
9 Boyebi te ete bato mabe bakokota te na Bokonzi ya Nzambe? Bomikosa te: bato na pite, basambeli bikeko, bato na bikobo, bato oyo balula makambo ya soni, mibali oyo basangisaka nzoto na mibali,
Do ye not know that unrighteous [persons] shall not inherit [the] kingdom of God? Do not err: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor those who make women of themselves, nor who abuse themselves with men,
10 miyibi, bato ya lokoso ya mbongo, balangwi masanga, bato oyo bakoselaka baninga makambo mpo na kobebisa lokumu na bango, ba-oyo babotolaka biloko ya bato, bakokota te na Bokonzi ya Nzambe.
nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor abusive persons, nor [the] rapacious, shall inherit [the] kingdom of God.
11 Mpe bozalaki ndenge wana, bato mosusu kati na bino. Kasi basukolaki bino, babulisaki bino mpe bakomisaki bino bato ya sembo, na Kombo ya Nkolo Yesu-Klisto mpe na nzela ya Molimo ya Nzambe na biso.
And these things were some of you; but ye have been washed, but ye have been sanctified, but ye have been justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
12 Bolobaka: « Nazali na ndingisa ya kosala nyonso, » kasi nyonso ezali na litomba te; « nazali na ndingisa ya kosala nyonso, » kasi nakomitika te na se ya bokonzi ya eloko songolo;
All things are lawful to me, but all things do not profit; all things are lawful to me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
13 « bilei esalema mpo na libumu, mpe libumu esalema mpo na bilei, » nzokande ezali na mokolo oyo Nzambe akoboma nyonso mibale. Nzoto esalema te mpo na pite, nzoto ezali nde mpo na Nkolo, mpe Nkolo azali mpo na nzoto.
Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats; but God will bring to nothing both it and them: but the body [is] not for fornication, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
14 Solo, lokola Nzambe asekwisaki Nkolo kati na bakufi, akosekwisa mpe biso, na nguya na Ye.
And God has both raised up the Lord, and will raise us up from among [the dead] by his power.
15 Boyebi te ete banzoto na bino ezali biteni ya nzoto ya Klisto? Boni, nakoki kozwa biteni ya nzoto ya Klisto mpo na kokomisa yango biteni ya nzoto ya mwasi ya ndumba? Ata moke te!
Do ye not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then, taking the members of the Christ, make [them] members of a harlot? Far be the thought.
16 Boyebi te ete moto oyo asangani na mwasi ya ndumba akomi elongo na ye nzoto moko? Pamba te elobama: « Bango mibale bakokoma nzoto moko. »
Do ye not know that he [that is] joined to the harlot is one body? for the two, he says, shall be one flesh.
17 Kasi moto oyo asangani na Nkolo azali moko na Ye kati na Molimo.
But he that [is] joined to the Lord is one Spirit.
18 Yango wana, bokima pite. Masumu nyonso mosusu oyo moto akoki kosala ezali na libanda ya nzoto na ye, kasi ye oyo amipesi na kindumba asali masumu mpo na libebi ya nzoto na ye moko.
Flee fornication. Every sin which a man may practise is without the body, but he that commits fornication sins against his own body.
19 Boyebi te ete nzoto na bino ezali Tempelo ya Molimo Mosantu oyo azali kati na bino, oyo bozwaki kowuta na Nzambe? Mpe boyebi te ete bozali ya bino moko te?
Do ye not know that your body is [the] temple of the Holy Spirit which [is] in you, which ye have of God; and ye are not your own?
20 Bosikolamaki na motuya makasi penza. Boye, bopesa Nzambe nkembo kati na banzoto na bino.
for ye have been bought with a price: glorify now then God in your body.
