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 with the other, go to be judged before the unrighteous, 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?

have ye not known that the saints shall judge the world? and if by you the world is judged, are ye unworthy of the smaller judgments?

3 Boyebi te ete tokosambisa ba-anjelu? Bongo mpo na nini te makambo ya bomoi oyo?

have ye not known that we shall judge messengers? why not then the things of life?

4 Tango bobendanaka na tina na makambo ya bomoi oyo, bozwaka lokola basambisi, bato oyo bazali na tina te na miso ya Lingomba!

of the things of life, indeed, then, if ye may have judgment, those despised in the assembly — these cause ye to sit;

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?

unto your shame I speak: so there is not among you one wise man, not even one, who shall be able to discern in the midst of his brethren!

6 Kasi mpo na nini ndeko moko akende kofunda ndeko mosusu, mpe asala yango liboso ya Bapagano?

but brother with brother doth go to be judged, and this 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, there is altogether a fault among you, that ye have judgments with one another; wherefore do ye not rather suffer injustice? wherefore be ye not rather defrauded?

8 Nzokande, bino, bokosaka mpe bosalaka mabe; mpe bosalaka yango epai ya bandeko na bino.

but ye — ye do injustice, and ye defraud, and these — 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,

have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites,

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 revilers, nor extortioners, the reign of God shall inherit.

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 certain of you were these! but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were declared righteous, in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in 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 are not profitable; all things are lawful to me, but I — I will not be under authority by 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.

the meats [are] for the belly, and the belly for the meats. And God both this and these shall make useless; and the body [is] not for whoredom, 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 both the Lord did raise, and us will raise up through 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!

Have ye not known that your bodies are members of Christ? having taken, then, the members of the Christ, shall I make [them] members of an harlot? let it be not!

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. »

have ye not known that he who is joined to the harlot is one body? 'for they shall be — saith He — the two for one flesh.'

17 Kasi moto oyo asangani na Nkolo azali moko na Ye kati na Molimo.

And he who 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 the whoredom; every sin — whatever a man may commit — is without the body, and he who is committing whoredom, against his own body doth sin.

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?

Have ye not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own,

20 Bosikolamaki na motuya makasi penza. Boye, bopesa Nzambe nkembo kati na banzoto na bino.

for ye were bought with a price; glorify, then, God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.