2 Bakolinto 3
1 Boni, tokomi lisusu komikumisa biso moko? Boni, tozali lisusu na posa, lokola bato mosusu, ya kopesa bino mikanda ya matatoli to ya kosenga bino mikanda ya matatoli?
Do we begin again to commend ourselves? Or do we need (as some do) epistles of commendation to you, or from you?
2 Bino nde bozali mokanda na biso, mokanda oyo ekomama kati na mitema na biso, mokanda oyo bato nyonso bayebi mpe batangaka.
You are our epistle, written in our hearts, which is known and read by all men:
3 Bozali penza kolakisa ete bozali mokanda ya Klisto, bozali mbuma ya lotomo na biso, mpe ete bozali mokanda oyo ekomamaki na nzela ya mayi ya ekomeli te kasi na nzela ya Molimo ya Nzambe na bomoi, mokanda oyo ekomamaki na likolo ya bitando ya mabanga te kasi kati na mitema ya bato.
Being manifested, that you are the epistle of Christ, ministered by us, and written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in the fleshly tables of the heart.
4 Yango nde elikya oyo tozali na yango kati na Nzambe, na nzela ya Klisto.
And such confidence we have, through Christ, towards God.
5 Tosengeli te kokanisa ete ezali na ndenge na biso moko nde tozwi makoki ya kosala likambo songolo; te, makoki na biso ewutaka nde na Nzambe.
Not that we are sufficient to think any thing of ourselves, as of ourselves: but our sufficiency is from God.
6 Ezali Nzambe nde apesaki biso makoki ya kozala basali ya Boyokani ya sika oyo evandisami na Mibeko te kasi na Molimo; pamba te Mibeko ebomaka, kasi Molimo apesaka bomoi.
Who also hath made us fit ministers of the new testament, not in the letter, but in the spirit. For the letter killeth, but the spirit quickeneth.
7 Sik’oyo, soki lotomo ya kufa, oyo ekomamaki na likolo ya bitando ya mabanga, eyaki na nkembo, na ndenge ete bana ya Isalaele balongaki te kowumela kotala elongi ya Moyize likolo ya kongenga ya nkembo na yango, nzokande nkembo yango esengelaki kosila,
Now if the ministration of death, engraven with letters upon stones, was glorious; so that the children of Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses, for the glory of his countenance, which is made void:
8 ndenge nini lotomo ya Molimo eleka na nkembo te?
How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather in glory?
9 Pamba te, soki lotomo oyo ememelaki bato etumbu ezalaki na nkembo, ndenge nini lotomo oyo esalaki ete Nzambe akomisa bato sembo eleka na nkembo te?
For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more the ministration of justice aboundeth in glory.
10 Tokoki ata koloba ete nkembo ya kala ebungisa kongenga na yango liboso ya nkembo ya sika oyo eleki penza monene.
For even that which was glorious in this part was not glorified, by reason of the glory that excelleth.
11 Mpe soki oyo esengelaki kosila ezalaki na nkembo, ndenge nini nkembo ya oyo ekowumelaka seko na seko eleka monene te?
For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is in glory.
12 Lokola tozali na elikya ya lolenge oyo, tozali na bobangi te;
Having therefore such hope, we use much confidence:
13 tozali te lokola Moyize oyo azalaki kosalela vwale mpo na kozipa elongi na ye, mpo na kopekisa bana ya Isalaele kotala suka ya nkembo oyo esengeli kosila.
And not as Moses put a veil upon his face, that the children of Israel might not steadfastly look on the face of that which is made void.
14 Kasi mayele na bango ekomaki bozoba. Kino na mokolo ya lelo, tango batangaka mikanda ya Boyokani ya Kala, vwale yango ezalaka kaka, elongwe nanu te kati na bango, pamba te elongwaka kaka kati na Klisto.
But their senses were made dull. For, until this present day, the selfsame veil, in the reading of the old testament, remaineth not taken away (because in Christ it is made void).
15 Solo, kino na mokolo ya lelo, tango nyonso bana ya Isalaele batangaka mikanda ya Moyize, vwale moko ezipaka mitema na bango.
But even until this day, when Moses is read, the veil is upon their heart.
16 Kasi tango nyonso moto abalukaka epai ya Nkolo, vwale yango elongwaka.
But when they shall be converted to the Lord, the veil shall be taken away.
17 Sik’oyo, Nkolo azali Molimo; mpe epai Molimo ya Nkolo azali, epai mpe bonsomi ezali.
Now the Lord is a Spirit. And where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
18 Mpe biso nyonso oyo bilongi na biso ezipama te, biso oyo tomonisaka nkembo ya Nkolo, tozwaka elilingi na Ye kati na nkembo oyo kongenga na yango ebakisamaka se kobakisama. Nyonso wana ezali mosala ya Nkolo oyo azali Molimo.
But we all beholding the glory of the Lord with open face, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, as by the Spirit of the Lord.
