2 Bakolinto 7
1 Balingami na ngai, lokola tozali na bilaka ya lolenge oyo, tomipetolaka na nyonso oyo ekomisaka nzoto mpe molimo mbindo, mpo na kotambola na bomoi ya bosantu, kati na kotosa Nzambe.
Seeing, therefore, we have these promises, my beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of the flesh and of the spirit; and let us work righteousness, in the fear of God.
2 Bopesa biso esika kati na mitema na bino! Tosalaki moto moko te mabe, tobebisaki moto moko te, tokosaki moto moko te mpo na kobotola ye biloko.
Bear with us, my brethren; we have done evil to no one; we have corrupted no one; we have wronged no one.
3 Nalobi bongo te mpo ete bosalaki ngai mabe. Nasilaki koyebisa bino ete bozali na esika ya motuya kati na mitema na biso, ezala mpo na kokufa to mpo na kozala na bomoi elongo na bino.
I speak thus, not to condemn you; for I have said before, that ye are treasured in our hearts, to die and to live together.
4 Nalobaki na tina na bino na bosembo monene, mpe namikumisaka makasi na tina na bino. Kati na pasi na biso nyonso, nalendisamaki makasi, mpe natondi na esengo.
I have great assurance before you, and have much glorying in you; and I am full of comfort. And joy greatly aboundeth to me, in all my afflictions.
5 Pamba te, tango kaka tokomaki na Masedwane, tozwaki ata tango ya kopema te; tokutanaki na pasi ya lolenge nyonso: bitumba na libanda, mpe bobangi kati na mitema na biso.
For, after we came to Macedonia, there was no rest for our body, but we were distressed in every thing; without was conflict, and within was fear.
6 Kasi Nzambe oyo abondisaka mitema ya bato oyo batutami alendisaki biso na nzela ya boyei ya Tito.
But God who comforteth the depressed, comforted us by the arrival of Titus.
7 Tolendisamaki na nzela ya boyei ya Tito kaka te, kasi mpe na nzela ya kobondisama oyo ye Tito azwaki epai na bino. Atalisaki biso posa makasi oyo bozali na yango ya komona ngai, kolela na bino, mpe komipesa na bino mpo na ngai. Mpe nyonso wana esalaki ete esengo na ngai ebakisama lisusu makasi.
And not merely by his arrival, but also by the refreshing with which he was refreshed by you. For he told us of your love towards us, and of your grief, and of your zeal in our behalf: and when I heard it, my joy was great.
8 Yango wana, soki nayokisaki bino mawa na nzela ya mokanda na ngai, ezali kosala ngai pasi te kati na motema na ngai. Solo, esalaki ngai nanu pasi na motema, na kotala ndenge eyokisaki bino mawa mpo na mwa tango moke.
And although I made you sad by the epistle, I do not regret it, though I did regret it; for I see that that epistle, though for a time it made you sad,
9 Kasi sik’oyo, nazali kosepela: ezali te mpo boyokaki mawa, kasi mpo ete mawa yango ememaki bino na kobongola mitema. Pamba te mawa na bino ezalaki malamu na miso ya Nzambe; mpe na bongo, tosalaki bino mabe te.
yet it procured me joy, not because ye had sorrow, but because your sorrow brought you to repentance; for ye sorrowed in godly sorrow; so that ye received no detriment from us.
10 Mawa oyo ewutaka na mokano ya Nzambe ememaka moto na kobongola motema, mpe kobongola motema ememaka na lobiko, mpe bayokelaka yango pasi na motema te. Kasi mawa oyo ewutaka na baposa ya mokili ememaka na kufa.
For, sorrowing on account of God, worketh a conversion of the soul which is not reversed, and a turning unto life: but the sorrowing of the world worketh death.
11 Botala makambo oyo mawa ya malamu na miso ya Nzambe ememaki kati na bino: bolingo, molende mpo na kolimbisana, koboya mabe, kotosa, posa makasi ya komona ngai, komipesa na mosala, molende ya kopamela mabe. Na nyonso, bolakisaki penza ete bosalaki mabe te kati na likambo oyo.
For behold this same thing, that ye were distressed on account of God, what solicitude it wrought in you, and apologizing and indignation, and fear, and love, and zeal, and revenge? And in all things ye have shown, that ye are now pure in that matter.
12 Boye, soki nakomelaki bino, ezalaki te likolo na moto oyo asalaki mabe to likolo na moto oyo basalaki mabe, kasi ezalaki mpo ete bolingo na bino mpo na biso etalisama kati na bino liboso ya Nzambe.
And it will be seen that I wrote to you, not for the sake of him who did the wrong, nor for the sake of him who received the wrong, only, but that your solicitude in respect to us might be known before God.
13 Yango wana, tobondisamaki na nzela ya makambo oyo nyonso. Mpe esengo makasi ebakisamaki na kobondisama na biso na kotala esengo ya Tito, pamba te bino nyonso bokitisaki ye motema.
Wherefore we were comforted; and with our consolation, we were the more joyful for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all:
14 Namikumisaki epai na ye na tina na bino mpe nakoyokela yango soni te, pamba te ndenge kaka makambo nyonso oyo tolobaki na bino ezali ya solo, ndenge mpe kaka lokumu oyo totombolaki na tina na bino epai ya Tito ezali penza ya solo.
so that I was not ashamed of that in which I had gloried to him, respecting you; but as in every thing we spoke the truth to you, so also our glorying before Titus, is found to be in truth:
15 Mpe bolingo na ye mpo na bino nyonso ekomaka lisusu monene tango akanisaka botosi na bino nyonso mpe ndenge boyambaki ye na kobanga mpe na kolenga.
and also his bowels are the more enlarged towards you, while he remembereth the submission of you all, and how ye received him with fear and trembling.
16 Nazali na esengo ya kotiela bino motema na makambo nyonso.
I rejoice, that in every thing I have full confidence in you.
