2 Bakolinto 6
1 Lokola tozali basali elongo na Nzambe, tozali kolendisa bino ete bozwa ngolu ya Nzambe na pamba te;
And as aiders we entreat of you, that the grace of God which ye have received, may not be ineffectual in you.
2 pamba te Nzambe alobi: « Na tango ya malamu, nayanolaki yo; mpe na mokolo ya lobiko, nasungaki yo. » Nzokande, tango ya malamu ezali nde sik’oyo; mokolo ya lobiko ezali nde lelo.
For he hath said, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in the day of life I have aided thee. Behold, now is the acceptable time! and behold, now is the day of life!
3 Tobetisaka moto moko te mabaku, mpo ete mabe elobama te na tina na lotomo na biso.
Give ye no occasion of offence to any one in any thing, that there may be no reproach on our ministry.
4 Kasi tomikumisaka nde lokola basali ya Nzambe, kati na makambo nyonso: na koyika mpiko makasi kati na minyoko, kozanga mpe pasi na motema;
But we, in all things, would show ourselves to be the ministers of God, in much endurance, in afflictions, in necessity, in distresses,
5 kati na kobetama, boloko mpe mobulu; kati na misala makasi, kozanga kolala mpe kokila bilei;
in scourgings, in imprisonments, in tumults, in toil, in watching, in fasting;
6 kati na bopeto, boyebi, kokanga motema mpe boboto; kati na Molimo Mosantu mpe bolingo ya solo;
by purity, by knowledge, by long suffering, by benignity, by the Holy Spirit, by love unfeigned,
7 kati na Liloba ya bosolo mpe nguya ya Nzambe; kati na bibundeli ya bosembo mpo na kobundisa monguna mpe komibatela;
by the speaking of truth, by the energy of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left;
8 kati na lokumu mpe soni, kosakolama lokola bato malamu mpe lokola bato mabe. Mpe lisusu, kati na koyebana lokola bato oyo balobaka lokuta, nzokande tolobaka solo;
amid honor and dishonor, amid praise and contumely; as deceivers, and yet true;
9 koyebana lokola bato oyo bayebani te, nzokande toyebani makasi; koyebana lokola bakufi, nzokande tozali bato ya bomoi; koyebana lokola bato bakweyisama, nzokande baboma biso te;
as not known, and yet we are well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastised, yet not killed;
10 koyebana lokola bato na mawa, nzokande tozalaka na esengo tango nyonso; koyebana lokola babola, nzokande tokomisaka bato ebele bazwi; koyebana lokola bato bakelela, nzokande tozali na nyonso.
as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as indigent, yet enriching many; as possessing nothing, yet having all things.
11 Bandeko ya Kolinto, tolobi na bino na bosembo nyonso mpe na mitema ya kofungwama.
O ye Corinthians, our mouth is opened towards you, and our heart expanded.
12 Tozali kobombela bino te bolingo na biso, kasi bino bozali kobombela biso oyo ya bino.
Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.
13 Nazali koloba na bino lokola na bana na ngai ya bolingo: Bosala lokola biso! Bino mpe bofungolela biso mitema na bino!
I speak as to my children, Pay me the debt which ye owe, and expand your love towards me.
14 Bosanganaka te na bato oyo bazangi kondima. Pamba te boyokani nini ezali kati na bosembo mpe mabe? Boni, pole ekoki solo kosangana na molili?
And be ye not yoke-fellows with them that believe not: for what fellowship hath righteousness with iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness?
15 Klisto akoki solo koyokana na Satana? Eloko nini ekoki kosangisa mondimi elongo na moto oyo azangi kondima?
or what concord hath the Messiah with Satan? or what part hath a believer with an unbeliever?
16 Boyokani nini ekoki kozala kati na Tempelo ya Nzambe mpe banzambe ya bikeko? Pamba te biso tozali Ndako ya Nzambe na bomoi, kolanda maloba na Ye moko: « Nakovanda kati na bango mpe nakotambola elongo na bango. Nakozala Nzambe na bango, mpe bango bakozala bato na ngai. »
or what agreement hath the temple of God with that of demons? For ye are the temple of the living God; as it is said, I will dwell among them, and walk among them, and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
17 Yango wana, « Bobima kati na bango mpe bokabwana na bango, elobi Nkolo; bosimba eloko moko te ya mbindo, mpe ngai nakoyamba bino. »
Wherefore, come ye out from among them, and be ye separate from them, saith the Lord; and come not near the unclean thing, and I will receive you;
18 Mpe, « Nakozala Tata mpo na bino, mpe bino bokozala bana mibali mpe bana basi mpo na ngai, elobi Nkolo, Mokonzi ya mampinga. »
and will be to you a Father, and ye shall be sons and daughters to me, saith the Lord Almighty.
