1 Timote 6
1 Bato nyonso oyo bazali bawumbu basengeli kotala bankolo na bango lokola bato oyo babongi na limemia makasi, mpo ete Kombo ya Nzambe mpe malakisi na biso efingama te.
Let all who are under the yoke of slavery hold their own masters to be deserving of honour, so that the name of God and the Christian teaching may not be spoken against.
2 Bawumbu oyo bankolo na bango bazali bandimi basengeli te kozanga kotosa bankolo na bango, atako bazali bandeko mpe balingami na bango kati na Klisto; nzokande, basengeli kutu kosalela bankolo na bango malamu koleka, pamba te bankolo, oyo bazali kozwa bolamu kowuta na mosala ya bawumbu, bazali motuya epai na bango bawumbu lokola bandeko balingami. Yango nde malakisi oyo osengeli kopesa mpe kosenga na bato ete batosa yango.
And those who have believing masters should not be wanting in respect towards them because they are their brethren, but should serve them all the more willingly because those who profit by the faithful service rendered are believers and are friends.
3 Soki moto apesi malakisi mosusu mpe aboyi kokangama na maloba ya solo ya Yesu-Klisto, Nkolo na biso, elongo na malakisi oyo ekoki na botosi kati na makambo ya Nzambe,
So teach and exhort. If any one is a teacher of any other kind of doctrine, and refuses assent to wholesome instructions--those of our Lord Jesus Christ--and the teaching that harmonizes with true godliness,
4 azali moto na lolendo, ayebi eloko te, azali kobela bokono ya kotia tembe mpe ya koswana na tina na maloba oyo ebotaka zuwa, koswana, kofingana, kokaniselana mabe
he is puffed up with pride and has no true knowledge, but is crazy over discussions and controversies about words which give rise to envy, quarrelling, revilings, ill-natured suspicions,
5 mpe tembe oyo esilaka te kati na bato oyo mayele na bango ebeba, oyo bayebaka lisusu solo te mpe bakanisaka ete kozala sembo epai na Nzambe ezali nzela ya kozwa bomengo.
and persistent wranglings on the part of people whose intellects are disordered and they themselves blinded to all knowledge of the truth; who imagine that godliness means gain.
6 Solo, kozala sembo epai na Nzambe ezali nzela monene ya kozwa bomengo soki kaka oyebi kosepela na oyo ozali na yango.
And godliness is gain, when associated with contentment;
7 Pamba te, toyaki maboko pamba kati na mokili, mpe tokozonga maboko pamba.
for we brought nothing into the world, nor can we carry anything out of it;
8 Mpe lokola tokozalaka na bilei mpe na bilamba, tokosepelaka na yango.
and if we have food and clothing, with these we will be satisfied.
9 Bato oyo balingaka kokoma na bomengo bakweyaka kati na komekama mpe bakangamaka na mitambo ya baposa mingi ya bozoba mpe ya mabe, oyo ememaka bango na libebi mpe na kufa.
But people who are determined to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many unwise and pernicious ways which sink mankind in destruction and ruin.
10 Pamba te lokoso ya mbongo ezali mosisa ya mabe nyonso. Mpo na lokoso ya mbongo, bato mingi babungisaki kondima na bango mpe bamipesaki minyoko ebele.
For from love of money all sorts of evils arise; and some have so hankered after money as to be led astray from the faith and be pierced through with countless sorrows.
11 Kasi yo, moto na Nzambe, kima makambo nyonso wana; luka nde bosembo, botosi kati na makambo ya Nzambe, kondima, bolingo, molende mpe boboto.
But you, O man of God, must flee from these things; and strive for uprightness, godliness, good faith, love, fortitude, and a forgiving temper.
12 Bunda etumba ya malamu ya kondima, zwa bomoi ya seko, pamba te Nzambe abengaki yo mpo oyeba yango tango otatolaki malamu kondima na yo liboso ya batatoli ebele. (aiōnios g166)
Exert all your strength in the honourable struggle for the faith; lay hold of the Life of the Ages, to which you were called, when you made your noble profession of faith before many witnesses. (aiōnios g166)
13 Tala makambo oyo nazali kotinda yo, liboso ya Nzambe oyo apesaka bomoi epai na bikelamu nyonso, mpe liboso ya Yesu-Klisto oyo atatolaki malamu bosolo liboso ya Ponse Pilato:
I charge you--as in the presence of God who gives life to all creatures, and of Christ Jesus who at the bar of Pontius Pilate made a noble profession of faith--
14 Batela mobeko oyo, kokakola yango ata moke te, mpe sala ete bamona yo na pamela ata moko te, kino Yesu-Klisto, Nkolo na biso, akoya
that you keep God's commandments stainlessly and without reproach till the Appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ.
15 na tango oyo ekatama na Ye oyo azali Nkolo-Na-Esengo, Nkolo se moko na nguya nyonso, Mokonzi ya bakonzi, Nkolo ya bankolo,
For, as its appointed time, this will be brought about by the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords,
16 Ye oyo azali se moko oyo akufaka te, avandaka kati na pole oyo moto ata moko te akoki kopusana pene na yango, Ye oyo moto ata moko te atikala komona, mpe oyo moto moko te akoki komona. Tika ete lokumu mpe nguya ezala ya Ye mpo na libela! Amen! (aiōnios g166)
who alone possesses immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, and whom no man has seen or can see. To Him be eternal honour and power! Amen. (aiōnios g166)
17 Pesa mitindo epai ya bazwi kati na mokili oyo ete bazala na lolendo te mpe batia elikya te na bomengo, pamba te bomengo ekoki kosila; kasi tika ete batia elikya na bango kati na Nzambe oyo apesaka biso biloko nyonso, na bofuluki, mpo ete tosepela na yango. (aiōn g165)
Impress on those who are rich in the present age that they must not be haughty nor set their hopes on riches--that unstable foundation--but on God who provides us richly with all things for our enjoyment. (aiōn g165)
18 Pesa bango mitindo ete basalaka bolamu, batonda na misala malamu, bazala na motema ya kokaba mpe bakabelaka bato.
They must be beneficent, rich in noble deeds, open-handed and liberal;
19 Ezali na nzela wana nde bakomibombela bomengo lokola moboko ya makasi mpo na mikolo oyo ezali koya, mpo ete bakoka kozwa bomoi ya solo.
storing up for themselves that which shall be a solid foundation for the future, that they may lay hold of the Life which is life indeed.
20 Timote, batela malamu nyonso oyo Nzambe apesa yo. Kima bilobaloba ya bato oyo bafingaka Nzambe, mpe makanisi ya oyo babengaka « Boyebi » na kozanga koyeba, pamba te etongaka kondima te.
O Timothy, guard the truths entrusted to you, shunning irreligious and frivolous talk, and controversy with what is falsely called 'knowledge';
21 Bato mingi babungisaki kondima na bango mpo ete bakangamaki na boyebi yango. Tika ete ngolu ezala elongo na bino nyonso!
of which some have spoken boastfully in connexion with the true faith, and have erred. Grace be with you all.
