2 Bakolinto 13
1 Ekozala mbala na ngai ya misato ya koya epai na bino. Bosolo ya likambo nyonso endimamaka na litatoli ya bato mibale to misato.
This is the third time that I have prepare to come to you; that, by the mouth of two or three witnesses, every word may be established.
2 Nasilaki kokebisa bino tango nayaki epai na bino mpo na mbala ya mibale, mpe, wana nazali nanu mosika na bino, nazali kozongela yango lisusu epai ya bato oyo basalaki masumu liboso mpe epai ya bato nyonso, ete, tango nakoya lisusu, nakoyokela moto ata moko te mawa,
I have before said to you, and again I say to you beforehand, (as also I said to you a second time, while I was with you; and now also, while absent, I write to those who have sinned and to the others, ) that if I come again, I will not spare:
3 lokola bozali kosenga elembo oyo ezali kolakisa ete Klisto alobaka na nzela na ngai; pamba te azali na bolembu te mpo na bino, kasi asalaka na nguya kati na bino.
because ye demand proof, that it is the Messiah that speaketh by me, who hath not been powerless among you, but powerful among you.
4 Solo, atako babakaki Ye na ekulusu kati na bolembu, kasi azali na bomoi na nzela ya nguya ya Nzambe. Biso mpe ndenge moko: tozali na bolembu kati na Ye, kasi tokomilakisa bato ya bomoi elongo na Ye na nzela ya nguya ya Nzambe, na lolenge na biso ya kosala mpo na bolamu na bino.
For, though he was crucified in weakness, yet he liveth with the power of God. We also are weak with him; yet we are alive with him, by that power of God which is among you.
5 Bomimeka bino moko mpe botala soki bozali kati na kondima; bomitala penza bino moko malamu. Boyebi te ete Yesu-Klisto azali kati na bino? Loba ete bosila kokweya liboso ya komekama.
Examine yourselves, whether ye stand in the faith: prove yourselves. Do ye not acknowledge that Jesus the Messiah is in you? And if he is not, ye are reprobates.
6 Kasi nazali na elikya: bokoyeba solo ete biso tokweyaki te liboso ya komekama.
But, I trust, ye will know that we are not reprobates.
7 Sik’oyo, tozali kobondela Nzambe mpo ete bosala mabe ata moko te; ezali te mpo bato bamona ete biso tolonga komekama, kasi mpo ete bino bosala bolamu, mpe biso tomonana lokola bato oyo balonga te.
And I beseech God, that there may be no evil in you, so that the proof of us may appear: and yet, that ye may be doers of good things, though we be as reprobates.
8 Pamba te tozali na nguya te ya kotelemela solo, kasi tozali kaka na nguya ya kokokisa yango.
For we can do nothing against the truth, but only for the truth.
9 Tozali na esengo ya kozala na bolembu, kasi bino bozali makasi; mpe tosengaka na Nzambe kati na mabondeli na biso ete bokoma bato ya kokoka.
And we rejoice, when we are weak and ye are strong. And this also we pray for, that ye may be perfected.
10 Yango wana, nazali kokomela bino makambo yango nyonso, awa nazali nanu mosika na bino, mpo ete, tango nakoya, bomona ngai te lokola moto ya makambo makasi na lolenge na ngai ya kosalela bokonzi oyo Nkolo apesaki ngai mpo na kolendisa kondima na bino, kasi mpo na kokweyisa yango te.
Therefore, while absent, I write these things; lest when I come, I should act with rigor, according to the authority which my Lord hath given me for your edification, and not for your destruction.
11 Bandeko na ngai, nasukisi mokanda na ngai na maloba oyo: Bosepelaka! Bolukaka kokoma bato ya kokoka, bolendisanaka bino na bino, bozalaka na likanisi moko, bobikaka bomoi na bino na kimia. Bongo Nzambe ya bolingo mpe ya kimia akozala na bino elongo.
Finally, my brethren, rejoice, and be perfected, and be comforted: and may harmony and quietness be among you; and the God of love and of peace will be with you.
12 Bopesanaka mbote na beze ya bule.
Salute ye one another, with a holy kiss.
13 Basantu nyonso oyo bazali awa batindeli bino mbote.
All the saints salute you.
14 Tika ete ngolu ya Nkolo Yesu-Klisto, bolingo ya Nzambe mpe lisanga na Molimo Mosantu ezala na bino nyonso!
The peace of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.
