2 Bakolinto 9

1 Mpo na ngai, ezali na tina te ya kokomela bino na tina na lisungi ya kopesa na basantu,

With reference, indeed, to the fund for your fellow Christians, it is quite superfluous for me to say anything to you.

2 pamba te nayebi molende na bino mpo na kosunga, mpe nazalaki komikumisa na tina na yango epai ya bato ya Masedwane. Nazalaki koloba na bango: « Kati na Akayi, wuta na mobu oyo eleki, bazali ya kobongama mpo na kopesa. » Mpe bolingo na bino etindikaki bato mingi kati na bango na kosunga.

I know, of course, your willingness to help, and I am always boasting of it to the Macedonians. I tell them that you in Greece have been ready for a year past; and it was really your zeal that stimulated most of them.

3 Kasi nazali kotindela bino bandeko mpo ete, na likambo yango, lolendo na biso na tina na bino emonana te lokola ya pamba, kasi mpo ete bozala penza ya kobongama, ndenge kaka nalobaki yango.

So my reason for sending our friends is to prevent what we said about you from proving, in this particular matter, an empty boast, and to enable you to be as well prepared as I have been saying that you are.

4 Pamba te soki bato ya Masedwane bayei elongo na ngai mpe bakuti bino bozali ya kobongama te, tokoyoka penza soni, mpo ete tozali penza kotiela bino motema; mpe ekozala soni na biso kaka te, kasi soni na bino mpe lokola.

Otherwise, if any Macedonians were to come with me, and find you unprepared, we – to say nothing of you – should feel ashamed of our present confidence.

5 Yango wana, namonaki ete ezali malamu kosenga na bandeko yango ete bakoma epai na bino liboso na ngai, mpo na kobongisa makabo oyo bolakaki. Boye ekomizalela tango ngai nakokoma, mpe ekolakisa ete bopesaki yango na esengo mpe na bonsomi, kasi na makasi te.

Therefore I think it necessary to beg the friends to go to you in advance, and to complete the arrangements for the gift, which you have already promised, so that it may be ready, as a gift, before I come, and not look as if it were being given under pressure.

6 Bokanisaka likambo oyo: Moto oyo alonaka moke abukaka mpe moke, mpe moto oyo alonaka ebele abukaka mpe ebele.

Remember the saying – “Scanty sowing, scanty harvest; plentiful sowing, plentiful harvest.”

7 Tika ete moko na moko kati na bino apesa oyo akanaki kopesa kati na motema na ye, na mawa te mpe na makasi te, pamba te Nzambe alingaka moto oyo apesaka na esengo.

Let everyone give as he has determined before hand, not grudgingly or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver.

8 Nzambe azali mpe na makoki ya kotondisa bino na mapamboli ya ndenge na ndenge mpo ete, na tango nyonso mpe kati na makambo nyonso, bozala na nyonso oyo bozali na yango na bosenga mpe botonda lisusu na oyo bokosala na yango misala ya malamu ya lolenge nyonso,

God has power to shower all kinds of blessings on you, so that, having, under all circumstances and on all occasions, all that you can need, you may be able to shower all kinds of benefits on others.

9 kolanda ndenge ekomama: « Akabelaka babola na motema ya esengo, mpe bosembo na Ye ewumelaka libela na libela. » (aiōn g165)

(As scripture says – “He shared freely, he gave to the poor; his righteousness continues for ever.” (aiōn g165)

10 Mpe Ye oyo apesaka nkona epai ya moloni mpe lipa lokola bilei akopesa lisusu, akofulukisa nkona na bino mpe akokolisa bambuma ya bosembo na bino.

And he who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for eating, will supply you with seed, and cause it to increase, and will multiply the fruits of your righteousness).

11 Boye bokokoma bazwi ya biloko nyonso mpo ete bokoka kokabaka tango nyonso; bongo bato epai ya banani tokopesa makabo na bino bakozongisa matondi epai ya Nzambe.

Rich in all things yourselves, you will be able to show liberality to all, which, with our help, will cause thanksgiving to be offered to God.

12 Pamba te lotomo ya makabo na bino ezali kaka te mpo na kokokisa bosenga ya basantu, kasi ezali mpe mpo ete matondi mingi ezonga epai ya Nzambe.

For the rendering of a public service such as this, not only relieves the needs of your fellow Christians, but also results in the offering to God of many a thanksgiving.

13 Mpo ete lotomo yango ekotalisa bosolo ya komipesa na bino, basantu bakokumisa Nzambe mpo na botosi ya kondima na bino kati na Sango Malamu ya Klisto, mpe mpo na esengo oyo mitema na bino ezali na yango mpo na kokabola biloko na bino elongo na bango mpe elongo na bato nyonso.

Through the evidence afforded by the service rendered, you cause people to praise God for your fidelity to your profession of faith in the good news of the Christ, as well as for the liberality of your contributions for them and for all others.

14 Mpe bakosambela mpo na bino, mpo na kolakisa bolingo makasi oyo bazali na yango mpo na bino, likolo ya ngolu monene oyo Nzambe apesa bino.

And they also, in their prayers for you, express their longing to see you, because of the surpassing love of God displayed toward you.

15 Tika ete matondi epesamela Nzambe mpo na likabo na Ye, oyo bato bakoki kolimbola te!

All thanks to God for his inestimable gift!