2 Bakolinto 2
1 Yango wana nazwaki mokano ya kozongela bino te mpo ete nayokisa bino lisusu mawa te.
That's why I decided that I would avoid another sad visit with you.
2 Pamba te soki nayokisi bino mawa, banani bakosepelisa ngai lisusu soki kaka te bino oyo ngai nayokisi mawa?
For if I make you sad, who will be there to make me happy? It won't be those I've made sad!
3 Nakomelaki bino ndenge mpe nasali yango sik’oyo mpo ete bato oyo basengeli kosepelisa ngai bayokisa ngai mawa te tango nakoya. Nandimisami penza na tina na bino nyonso ete esengo na ngai ezali mpe esengo na bino nyonso.
That's why I wrote what I did, so that I wouldn't be sad over those who should make me happy. I was so sure that all of you would share in my happiness.
4 Solo, tango nakomelaki bino, nazalaki kati na pasi makasi, kati na komitungisa na motema na ngai, mpe kati na kolela makasi; ezalaki te mpo na koyokisa bino mawa, kasi mpo ete boyeba mozindo ya bolingo na ngai mpo na bino.
I was crying many tears when I wrote to you, in great anguish and with a heavy heart—not to make you sad, but so you would know how much love I have for you.
5 Soki moko kati na bino ayokisaki moninga na ye mawa, ayokisaki yango ngai te kasi ayokisaki nde bino nyonso to ndambo kati na bino, mpo nalekisa ndelo te.
Not to put it too strongly, but the person caused more pain to all of you than to me.
6 Mpo na yango, ekokaki penza ete bato oyo baleki ebele kati na bino bapamela ye.
This person suffered enough punishment from the majority of you,
7 Nzokande sik’oyo, bosengeli kolimbisa ye mpe kobondisa ye, mpo ete azala na mawa makasi te.
so now you should forgive him and be kind to him. Otherwise he may sink into despair.
8 Yango wana, nazali kosenga na bino ete bolinga ye lisusu.
So I urge you to publicly affirm your love towards him.
9 Pamba te nakomelaki bino lisusu mpo na komeka bino mpe mpo na kotala soki botosaka na makambo nyonso.
That's why I wrote: so I could discoverer your true character and whether you're doing everything you were told to do.
10 Moto nyonso oyo bino bolimbisi, ngai mpe nalimbisi ye; mpe likambo oyo ngai nalimbisi, soki ezalaki penza na likambo ya kolimbisa, nalimbisi yango mpo na bolamu na bino na miso ya Klisto,
Anyone you forgive, I forgive too. What I have forgiven, whatever it may be, I have forgiven before Christ for your benefit.
11 mpo ete Satana akonza biso te, pamba te toyebi malamu makanisi na ye.
In this way Satan will not be able to take us in, because we know the tricks he thinks up.
12 Tango nakomaki na Troasi mpo na kosakola Sango Malamu ya Klisto, Nkolo afungolelaki ngai bikuke mpo ete nakoka kosala mosala na ngai.
Now when I arrived in Troas to spread the good news of Christ, the Lord opened a door of opportunity for me.
13 Kasi motema na ngai etikalaki kozala na kimia te mpo ete namonaki kuna te ndeko na ngai, Tito. Boye, natikaki bango mpe nakendeki na Masedwane.
But my mind wasn't at peace because I couldn't find my brother Titus. So I said goodbye and went over to Macedonia.
14 Sik’oyo, tika ete matondi ezonga epai na Nzambe oyo, mpo na bomoko na biso na Klisto, atambolisaka biso tango nyonso kati na molongo na Ye ya balongi, mpe azwaka biso lokola bisalelo na Ye mpo na kopanza boyebi ya Klisto, na bisika nyonso, lokola solo kitoko ya malasi.
But praise be to God, who always leads us in a triumphal procession in Christ, and reveals through us the sweet scent of his knowledge wherever we go!
15 Pamba te, mpo na Nzambe, tozali solo kitoko ya Klisto kati na bato oyo bazali na nzela ya lobiko mpe kati na ba-oyo bazali kobunga.
We are like a fragrance of Christ to God, rising up from among those who are being saved as well as those who are dying.
16 Mpo na bamoko, tozali solo ya kufa, oyo ezali komema bango na kufa; mpe mpo na bamosusu, tozali solo ya bomoi, oyo ezali komema bango na bomoi. Boye nani azali na makoki mpo na mosala ya lolenge oyo?
To those who are dying it is the smell of decay, while to those who are being saved it is the scent of life! But who is up to such an assignment?
17 Solo, biso tozali te lokola ebele ya bato oyo bakomisaka Liloba na Nzambe mombongo na bango mpo na kokoma na bomengo. Kati na Klisto, tosakolaka nde Liloba na bosolo nyonso lokola batindami ya Nzambe.
We are not like the majority who trade in the word of God for profit. Quite the opposite: we are sincere in sharing the word of God in Christ, knowing God is watching us.
