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?
Must we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some, letters of recommendation to you, or letters of recommendation 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 out letter, written on our hearts, known and read of 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.
For you are plainly declared Christ's letter, ministered by us, written, not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not on tables of stone, but on fleshly tables of the heart.
4 Yango nde elikya oyo tozali na yango kati na Nzambe, na nzela ya Klisto.
Now we have such confidence through Christ, toward 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 competent by ourselves to reckon anything as from ourselves: but our competency 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 has made us competent ministers of a new institution; not of letter, but of spirit: for the letter kills; but the spirit makes alive.
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,
For if the ministration of death in letters engraved on stone was with glory, so that the children of Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses, because of the glory of his face, which was to be abolished;
8 ndenge nini lotomo ya Molimo eleka na nkembo te?
how much rather shall not the ministration of the Spirit be with 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 was glorious, much more does the ministration of justification abound in glory.
10 Tokoki ata koloba ete nkembo ya kala ebungisa kongenga na yango liboso ya nkembo ya sika oyo eleki penza monene.
For, indeed, that which was glorified, was not glorified, in this respect, by reason of the transcendent glory.
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 abolished was with glory, much more that which continues, is with glory.
12 Lokola tozali na elikya ya lolenge oyo, tozali na bobangi te;
Having, therefore, such confidence, we use great plainness of speech;
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, who put a vail upon his face, that the children of Israel might not steadfastly look to the end of that which is abolished.
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.
Indeed, their minds were blinded: for, till this day, the same vail remains in the reading of the Old Institution; it not being discovered that it is abolished in Christ.
15 Solo, kino na mokolo ya lelo, tango nyonso bana ya Isalaele batangaka mikanda ya Moyize, vwale moko ezipaka mitema na bango.
Moreover, till this day, when Moses is read, the vail lies upon their heart.
16 Kasi tango nyonso moto abalukaka epai ya Nkolo, vwale yango elongwaka.
But when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken from around it.
17 Sik’oyo, Nkolo azali Molimo; mpe epai Molimo ya Nkolo azali, epai mpe bonsomi ezali.
Now, the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
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.
And we all, with unvailed face, beholding, as in a mirror, the glory of the Lord; are transformed into the same image, from glory to glory, as by the Lord, the Spirit.
