2 Petelo 1
1 Ngai Simona Petelo, mosali mpe ntoma ya Yesu-Klisto; Epai ya bato oyo bazwaki kondima ya motuya moko na kondima na biso, na nzela ya bosembo ya Yesu-Klisto, Nzambe na biso mpe Mobikisi na biso:
Simon Peter, slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained with us the same kind of faith in the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ:
2 Tika ete ngolu mpe kimia epesamela bino na bofuluki, na nzela ya koyeba Nzambe mpe Yesu, Nkolo na biso!
may grace and peace be multiplied to you through a real knowledge of God and of our Lord Jesus,
3 Nzambe apesaki biso, na nzela ya nguya na Ye ya bonzambe, nyonso oyo tosengeli na yango mpo na kobika bomoi ya botosi kati na makambo ya Nzambe mpe mpo na kokangama na Ye; asalaki yango na kopesa biso boyebi ya Ye oyo abenga biso mpo ete tosangana na nkembo mpe na bolamu na Ye.
in that His divine power has granted to us all things pertaining to life and godliness, through the real knowledge of the One who called us by glory and excellence,
4 Na nzela ya nkembo mpe bolamu yango, apesaki biso bilaka minene mpe ya motuya makasi mpo ete, na nzela na yango, bosangana na bonzambe mpe bokima libebi oyo baposa mabe ezali kovandisa kati na mokili.
through which He has granted to us such precious and extraordinary promises, so that through these you may become partakers of a divine nature, having escaped the depravity that is in the world because of lust.
5 Mpo na yango, bosala makasi mpo na kobakisa na likolo ya kondima na bino, bolamu; na likolo ya bolamu, boyebi;
So for this very reason, making every effort, to your faith add excellence, and to the excellence knowledge,
6 na likolo ya boyebi, komikanga; na likolo ya komikanga, mpiko; na likolo ya mpiko, botosi kati na makambo ya Nzambe;
and to the knowledge self-control, and to the self-control perseverance, and to the perseverance godliness,
7 na likolo ya botosi kati na makambo ya Nzambe, bondeko ya solo; mpe na likolo ya bondeko ya solo, bolingo.
and to the godliness brotherly affection, and to the brotherly affection love.
8 Pamba te soki bozali na bizaleli oyo ya malamu kati na bino mpe botondi na yango, ekosala ete bozala basali ya goyigoyi te mpe bokola makasi na boyebi ya Nzambe na biso mpe ya Yesu-Klisto, Nkolo na biso.
Because with these things existing and increasing in you, it makes you to be neither useless nor unfruitful in the real knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 Kasi moto nyonso oyo azangi yango amonaka mosika te, azali lokola mokufi miso; abosani ete basila kopetola ye, wuta kala, na masumu na ye.
For he who lacks these things is blind, being so myopic, having forgotten the cleansing from his past sins.
10 Yango wana, bandeko na ngai, bosala lisusu makasi koleka mpo na kolakisa na bato ete Nzambe abenga penza bino mpe apona bino; pamba te soki bosali bongo, bokotikala kokweya te.
Therefore, brothers, you should be all the more diligent to make your calling and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble.
11 Na bongo, bokoyambama malamu kati na Bokonzi ya seko ya Yesu-Klisto, Nkolo mpe Mobikisi na biso. (aiōnios g166)
Because in this way you will be granted the abundant entrance into the unending kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. (aiōnios g166)
12 Boye, nakobanda kozongisaka yango tango nyonso na makanisi na bino, atako boyebi yango malamu mpe bokangami makasi na bosolo oyo bozali na yango sik’oyo.
So then, I will not neglect to keep reminding you about these things, though you know and are established in the present truth.
13 Namoni ete ezali malamu mpo na ngai kolamusa makanisi na bino awa nazali nanu na bomoi kati na ndako ya kapo ya nzoto oyo;
Yes, I think it right to stir you up by a reminder, as long as I am in this ‘tent’,
14 pamba te nayebi malamu ete, kala mingi te, nakokabwana na nzoto yango, ndenge Yesu-Klisto, Nkolo na biso, ayebisaki ngai yango.
knowing that the shedding of my ‘tent’ is imminent, just as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.
15 Nzokande, nakosala makasi mpo ete bozalaka tango nyonso na makoki ya kokanisaka yango, ezala nasila na ngai kokende.
Moreover I will take pains to provide a reminder of these things for you to have, as needed, after my exit.
16 Solo, tango toyebisaki bino makambo oyo etali koya ya Yesu-Klisto, Nkolo na biso, kati na nguya na yango nyonso, tolandaki te basambole oyo bato basalaka na mayele na bango, kasi na miso na biso moko, tomonaki Ye kati na kongenga nyonso ya nkembo na Ye.
Now then, we did not follow craftily devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ; rather we were attentive eyewitnesses of His majesty
17 Pamba te Nzambe Tata apesaki Ye lokumu mpe nkembo, tango mongongo kowuta na nkembo monene ya Nzambe elobaki na Ye: « Oyo azali Mwana na Ngai ya bolingo, nasepelaka na Ye mingi. »
—because He received from God the Father honor and glory when that Voice was directed to Him by the Magnificent Glory, “This is my Son, the beloved, in whom I am always well pleased”—
18 Mpe, biso moko, tango tozalaki elongo na Ye na likolo ya ngomba ya bule, toyokaki mongongo yango kowuta na Likolo.
yes, we heard this Voice being uttered from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain.
19 Tozali lisusu kondima bosolo ya maloba ya basakoli oyo, bozali solo kosala malamu wana bozali kotia makanisi na bino kati na yango lokola na mwinda oyo ezali kopela kati na esika ya molili, kino tongo etana mpe monzoto ya tongo engenga kati na mitema na bino.
And so we have the most reliable prophetic Word, to which you do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts;
20 Liboso na nyonso, boyeba malamu ete moko te, na mayele na ye moko, akoki kolimbola maloba ya basakoli, oyo ezali kati na Makomi,
knowing this first, that no Prophecy of Scripture comes to be from private release;
21 pamba te maloba yango ya basakoli eyaki te na nzela ya mokano ya moto, kasi ezali Molimo Mosantu nde atindikaki bato na koloba kowuta na Nzambe.
for no Prophecy ever came by the will of man, rather holy men of God spoke as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
