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.
Surely it is not beneficial for me to boast, yet I will go on to visions and revelations from 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 know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. (Whether it was in the body or out of the body I do not know; God knows.)
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
And I know that this man (whether in the body or out of the body I do not know; God knows)
4 amemamaki na paradizo mpe ayokaki maloba oyo moto akoki kolimbola te, makambo oyo moto azali na ndingisa te ya koloba.
was caught up to Paradise and heard words too sacred to be spoken, which man is not permitted 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.
I will boast on behalf of that man, but on my own behalf I will not boast, except about 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.
But even if I wanted to boast, I would not be a fool, for I would be speaking the truth. Nevertheless, I refrain so that no one will think more of me than what he sees in me or 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.
And to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations I received, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me so that I would not become conceited.
8 Mpo na yango, nabondelaki Nkolo mbala misato mpo ete nzube yango elongwa na nzoto na ngai.
Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away 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 grace is sufficient for yoʋ, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest 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.
So I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, and in distresses for the sake of Christ. For 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.
I have become a fool by boasting; you compelled me to do it. I ought to have been commended by you, for in no way have I been inferior to these “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.
12 Bilembo oyo elakisaka ete nazali ntoma emonisamaki kati na bino: molende, bilembo ya kokamwa mpe bikamwa.
The signs of a true apostle were performed among you with great perseverance, with signs, wonders, and miracles.
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!
In what way were you treated as inferior to the rest of the churches, except that I myself did not burden you? Forgive me this injustice!
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, I am ready to come to you a third time, and I will not burden you, for I do not seek what belongs to you, but you yourselves. For children are not obligated to save up for their parents, but parents for their 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?
So I will most gladly spend and be entirely spent for the sake of your souls, even if the more 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 that as it may, I did not burden you. But crafty fellow that I am, I apparently took you in by deceit!
17 Boni, kati na bato oyo natindaki epai na bino, ezali na moko oyo natindaki mpo na kozwa bino biloko na mayele mabe?
Did I take advantage of you through any of the men I sent to 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 urged Titus to visit you and sent our brother with him. Did Titus take advantage of you? Did we not walk in the same spirit and in the same footsteps?
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.
Do you still think that we are defending ourselves to you? In the sight of God we are speaking in Christ, and everything we do, beloved, is 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.
For I fear that when I come I may not find you as I wish, and that you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarrels, jealousies, fits of anger, selfish ambitions, insults, words of gossip, puffed up behaviors, and disorderly actions.
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.
I fear that when I come again my God will humble me before you, and I may have to mourn over many who have previously sinned and not repented of the impurity, fornication, and sensuality they have practiced.
