2 Bakolinto 12
1 Boni, nasengeli komikumisa? Te, ezali na tina te! Kasi tika nayebisa bino makambo oyo namonaki lokola na ndoto, mpe bimoniseli oyo Nkolo alakisaki ngai.
To boast, indeed, is not profitable to me; yet I will proceed to visions and revelations of the Lord.
2 Nayebi moto moko kati na Klisto, oyo, wuta mibu zomi na minei, amemamaki kino na likolo ya misato: nayebi te soki ezalaki kati na nzoto na ye to mpe kati na nzoto na ye te, kasi Nzambe ayebi.
I knew a man in Christ fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I do not know; God knows: ) such a one suddenly conveyed away to the third heaven.
3 Nzokande, ezala soki ezalaki kati na nzoto na ye to mpe kati na nzoto na ye te, Nzambe ayebi yango; kasi ngai nayebi kaka ete moto yango
Indeed, I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I do not know: )
4 amemamaki na paradizo mpe ayokaki maloba oyo moto akoki kolimbola te, makambo oyo moto azali na ndingisa te ya koloba.
that he was suddenly conveyed away into paradise, and heard unspeakable things, which are not lawful for man to utter.
5 Nakomikumisa solo na tina na moto ya ndenge wana, kasi na tina na ngai moko te, longola kaka na tina na bolembu na ngai.
Concerning such a one I will boast; but concerning myself I will not boast, except of my weaknesses.
6 Nzokande, soki nalingaki komikumisa, nalingaki kozala zoba te, pamba te nalingaki koloba kaka bosolo; kasi naboyi kosala yango, noki te bakopesa ngai lokumu koleka oyo bato bamonaka kati na ngai to koleka sango oyo bayokaka na tina na ngai.
Yet if I should incline to boast, I shall not be a fool; for I will speak the truth: but I forbear, lest any one should think concerning me, above what he sees me to be, or what he hears from me.
7 Kutu, mpo ete namitondisa na lofundu te na tina na bimoniseli ya kokamwa oyo nazwaki, batiaki ngai nzube moko kati na nzoto, anjelu ya Satana mpo na konyokola ngai.
Indeed, that I might not be exalted above measure by the transcendency of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
8 Mpo na yango, nabondelaki Nkolo mbala misato mpo ete nzube yango elongwa na nzoto na ngai.
Concerning this, I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
9 Kasi azongiselaki ngai: « Ngolu na Ngai ekoki mpo na yo, pamba te nguya na Ngai ekokisamaka kati na bolembu. » Mpo na yango, nakomikumisa na esengo nyonso mpo na bolembu na ngai, mpo ete nguya ya Klisto ezala kati na ngai.
But he said to me, My favor is sufficient for you, besides, my power is perfected in weakness: most gladly, therefore, I will boast rather of my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may dwell upon me.
10 Yango wana, na likambo oyo etali Klisto, ezala kati na bolembu, na kofingama, na kozanga, na minyoko to mpe na pasi oyo nakutanaka na yango, nasepelaka na ngai kaka; pamba te ezali na tango oyo nazalaka na bolembu nde natondaka na makasi.
Wherefore, I am well pleased with weaknesses, with insults, with necessities, with persecutions, with distresses, for Christ's sake; because when I am weak, then I am strong.
11 Tala, nazali koloba lokola moto ya liboma, pamba te bino nde botindiki ngai kosala bongo. Pamba te ata soki nazali moto pamba, kasi bantoma oyo bamimonaka minene baleki ngai ata na eloko moko te.
Have I become a fool--? You have constrained me to it; for I ought to have been commended by you, because I am in nothing behind the very greatest Apostles, though I am nothing.
12 Bilembo oyo elakisaka ete nazali ntoma emonisamaki kati na bino: molende, bilembo ya kokamwa mpe bikamwa.
Truly the signs of an Apostle were fully wrought among you with all patience, by signs and wonders, and powers.
13 Eloko nini penza bino bozwaki te koleka Mangomba mosusu, longola kaka kozanga komemisa bino mokumba na ngai? Boye, bolimbisa ngai mpo na mabe yango!
For what is the thing in which you were inferior to other congregations, unless that I myself have not been burdensome to you? Forgive me this injury.
14 Sik’oyo, nasali mabongisi ya koya kotala bino mpo na mbala ya misato; mpe nakomemisa bino mokumba na ngai te, pamba te nazali koluka biloko na bino te, kasi nazali nde koluka bino moko. Kobomba biloko mpo na baboti ezali likambo ya bana na bango te, kasi ezali baboti nde basengeli kobomba biloko mpo na bana na bango.
Behold, a third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be burdensome to you; because I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
15 Mpo na ngai, nakopesa biloko na ngai nyonso na esengo, mpe nakomipesa mobimba mpo na bino. Soki nalingi bino mingi; boni, bino bokoki kolinga ngai mingi te?
Yes, I most gladly will spend and be spent for the sake of your souls; even though the more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved.
16 Atako nazalaki mokumba te epai na bino, kasi bato mosusu bazalaki koloba ete nazali moto ya mayele mabe, natielaki bino motambo.
Be it so, then, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile!
17 Boni, kati na bato oyo natindaki epai na bino, ezali na moko oyo natindaki mpo na kozwa bino biloko na mayele mabe?
With respect to any one of them I sent to you, did I by him make gain of you?
18 Nasengaki na Tito ete aya epai na bino, mpe natindaki elongo na ye ndeko na biso. Boni, Tito azwaki biloko na bino na mayele mabe? Tozalaki na ye likanisi moko te? Tazalaki kosala na ye ndenge moko te?
I besought Titus to go to you; and with him I sent a brother: did Titus make any gain of you? Did we not walk in the same spirit? Did we not walk in the same steps?
19 Bokanisi ete, wuta kala, biso tolukaka komilongisa liboso na bino? Te, balingami na ngai! Ezali liboso ya Nzambe, kati na Klisto, nde tolobaka mpe tosalaka makambo nyonso mpo na kokolisa kondima na bino.
Again, do you think that we apologize to you? In the presence of God we speak in Christ, that all these things, beloved, are done for your edification.
20 Pamba te nazali kobanga ete nakuta bino te na lolenge oyo ngai nazali kolinga ete bozala, tango nakoya epai na bino, mpe ete bino bomona ngai te na lolenge oyo bozali kolinga ete nazala. Nazali kobanga kokuta kati na bino koswana, zuwa, kanda, kowelana, kofingana, kotongana, lofundu mpe mobulu.
Yet I am afraid, lest, perhaps, when I come, I shall not find you such as I wish: and that I shall be found by you, such as you do not wish: --lest, perhaps, there be among you strifes, emulations, wraths, brawlings, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults.
21 Solo, nazali kobanga lisusu ete, tango nakoya lisusu epai na bino, Nzambe ayokisa ngai soni liboso na bino, mpe ete nalela mpo na bato ebele oyo basalaki masumu liboso kasi babongwani te na misala na bango ya mbindo, na kindumba mpe na ekobo oyo basalaka.
And lest, when I come again, my God may humble me among you; and I shall bewail many, who have formerly sinned, and have not reformed from the uncleanness, and fornication, and lasciviousness, which they have committed.
