1 Petelo 4
1 Lokola Klisto amonaki pasi kati na nzoto na Ye, bino mpe bosengeli kotambola na makanisi ya ndenge wana; pamba te Ye oyo amonaki pasi kati na nzoto na Ye asilisaki nguya ya lisumu,
Christ, then, having suffered for us in the flesh, do you also warm yourselves with the same mind: for he who has suffered in the flesh, has ceased from sin;
2 mpo ete botambola te kolanda baposa mabe ya nzoto, kasi kolanda mokano ya Nzambe, na mikolo oyo botikali na yango ya kobika awa na mokili.
so that he no longer lives his remaining time in the flesh, to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
3 Solo, na kala, bolekisaki tango mingi na kosala makambo oyo Bapagano basalaka: kindumba, baposa mabe ya nzoto, milangwa, lokoso ya kolia mpe ya komela, mpe kosambela bikeko ya nkele.
For the time which has passed of life, is sufficient to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, having walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excesses in wine, revelings, carousals, and abominable idolatries.
4 Kasi sik’oyo, Bapagano bazali kokamwa ete bozali kosangana lisusu te elongo na bango kati na bomoi wana ya kindumba makasi; yango wana bakomi kobebisa lokumu na bino na nzela ya matongi.
On which account they wonder that you do not run with them, into the same sink of debauchery, reviling you, --
5 Kasi bakosamba liboso ya Nzambe oyo akosambisa penza bato ya bomoi mpe bakufi.
who shall give account to him who is prepared to judge the living and the dead.
6 Yango wana mpe kutu Yesu ateyaki Sango Malamu ata epai ya bato oyo bazali sik’oyo ya kokufa mpo ete basambisama kolanda mibeko ya bato na oyo etali nzoto mpe babika bomoi kolanda mokano ya Nzambe na oyo etali Molimo.
For, to this end of the gospel was preached to the dead, that they might, indeed, be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.
7 Suka ya makambo nyonso ekomi pene; yango wana, botambola na bwanya mpe na mayele mpo ete bokoka kosambela.
Now the end of all things has approached; be, therefore, sober, and watch to prayer.
8 Liboso na nyonso, bolinganaka makasi, pamba te bolingo ezipaka masumu ebele.
And above all things, have fervent love to one another; for love will cover a multitude of sins.
9 Boyambanaka malamu lokola nde boyambi bapaya kati na bandako na bino, bosalaka bongo na koyimayima te.
Be hospitable to one another, without murmurings.
10 Kati na bino, moto nyonso azwaki likabo kowuta na Nzambe; boye, mpo na bolamu ya baninga, tika ete asalela yango lokola mobateli malamu ya lolenge nyonso ya ngolu ya Nzambe.
Let every one, according as he has received a gift, minister it to the others, as good stewards of the manifold favor of God.
11 Tika ete moto oyo azali na likabo ya koloba asakola Liloba na Nzambe; tika ete moto oyo azali na likabo ya kosunga bato asala yango na makasi oyo Nzambe apesi ye mpo ete, kati na makambo nyonso, Nzambe azwa lokumu na nzela ya Yesu-Klisto. Tika ete nkembo mpe nguya ezonga epai na Ye mpo na libela na libela! Amen! (aiōn g165)
If any one speak, let him speak as the oracles of God: if any one minister, let him do it as from the strength which God supplies; that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen. (aiōn g165)
12 Balingami, bokamwa te bapasi oyo bozali komona, lokola nde likambo ya kokamwa ekomeli bino.
Beloved, wonder not at the fiery trial among you, which is come upon you for a trial, as if some strange thing happened to you;
13 Bosepela nde, pamba te bozali kosangana na bapasi ya Klisto mpo ete botonda mpe na esengo tango akomonisa nkembo na Ye.
but, seeing you partake of the sufferings of Christ, rejoice: that, also, at the revelation of his glory you may rejoice, with exceeding great joy.
14 Soki bafingi bino likolo ya Kombo ya Klisto, bozali bato ya esengo, pamba te Molimo ya nkembo, Molimo ya Nzambe, azali likolo na bino.
If you be reproached for the name of Christ, you are happy; because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.
15 Tika ete moko te kati na bino amona pasi mpo ete azali mobomi to moyibi, moto mabe to moto oyo akotaka makambo ya bato mosusu;
By them, indeed, he is evil spoken of, but by you he is glorified. Wherefore, let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or a malefactor, or as a meddling person.
16 nzokande soki azali komona pasi mpo ete azali Moklisto, wana tika ete ayokela yango soni ata moke te, kasi akumisa nde Nzambe mpo na Kombo yango.
However, if any one suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him even glorify God on that account.
17 Pamba te tokomi na tango oyo kosambisama ezali kobanda epai ya bato ya Nzambe. Bongo soki ebandi epai na biso, ekosuka ndenge nini epai ya bato oyo batosaka te Sango Malamu ya Nzambe?
Indeed, the time is come that punishment must begin at the house of God; and if it begin first at us, what the end of them who do not obey the gospel of God?
18 Pamba te Makomi elobi: « Soki ezali na pasi makasi nde moto ya sembo abikisami, ekozala boni mpo na moto mabe mpe mosumuki? »
And, if the righteous with difficulty escape, where will the ungodly and the sinner appear!
19 Boye tika ete bato oyo bazali komona pasi mpo ete batosaka mokano ya Nzambe bamipesa mobimba na Mokeli na bango oyo azali sembo, mpe tika ete basalaka bolamu.
Wherefore, then, let those who suffer by the will of God, commit their own lives to him in well doing, as a faithful Creator.
