< 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.
Having therefore these promises, beloved, let’s cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness 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.
Open your hearts to us. We wronged no one. We corrupted no one. We took advantage of 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 say this not to condemn you, for I have said before that you are in our hearts to die together and 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.
Great is my boldness of speech toward you. Great is my boasting on your behalf. I am filled with comfort. I overflow with joy in all our affliction.
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 even when we had come into Macedonia, our flesh had no relief, but we were afflicted on every side. Fightings were outside. Fear was inside.
6 Kasi Nzambe oyo abondisaka mitema ya bato oyo batutami alendisaki biso na nzela ya boyei ya Tito.
Nevertheless, he who comforts the lowly, God, comforted us by the coming 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 by his coming only, but also by the comfort with which he was comforted in you while he told us of your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced still more.
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.
For though I grieved you with my letter, I do not regret it, though I did regret it. For I see that my letter made you grieve, though just for a while.
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.
I now rejoice, not that you were grieved, but that you were grieved to repentance. For you were grieved in a godly way, that you might suffer loss by us in nothing.
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 godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world produces 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 you were grieved in a godly way, what earnest care it worked in you. Yes, what defense, indignation, fear, longing, zeal, and vindication! In everything you demonstrated yourselves to be pure in the 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.
So although I wrote to you, I wrote not for his cause that did the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered the wrong, but that your earnest care for us might be revealed in you in the sight of 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.
Therefore we have been comforted. In our comfort we rejoiced the more exceedingly for the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been 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.
For if in anything I have boasted to him on your behalf, I was not disappointed. But as we spoke all things to you in truth, so our glorying also which I made before Titus was found to be 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.
His affection is more abundantly toward you, while he remembers all of your obedience, how with fear and trembling you received him.
16 Nazali na esengo ya kotiela bino motema na makambo nyonso.
I rejoice that in everything I am confident concerning you.