Bagalatia 2
1 Sima na mibu zomi na minei, nazongaki lisusu na Yelusalemi elongo na Barnabasi; namemaki mpe Tito.
Then, after fourteen years, I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus also with me.
2 Nakendeki kuna mpo na kotosa emoniseli oyo nazwaki. Natalisaki na bakambi Sango Malamu oyo nateyaka kati na Bapagano, na esika oyo tozalaki kaka biso moko mpo nalingaki ete mosala oyo nazalaki kosala mpe oyo nasilaki kosala ezwama na motuya.
And I went up according to revelation; and communicated to them the gospel, which I preach among the Gentiles, but apart to them who seemed to be some thing: lest perhaps I should run, or had run in vain.
3 Nzokande, ezala Tito oyo azalaki elongo na ngai, batindaki ye kutu te na makasi ete akatisa ngenga, atako azalaki Mogreki.
But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Gentile, was compelled to be circumcised.
4 Esalemaki bongo likolo ya bandeko ya lokuta oyo basilaki kokota kati na biso na mayele mabe mpo na kolandela bonsomi oyo tozali na yango kati na Yesu-Klisto mpe mpo na koluka kokomisa biso bawumbu.
But because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privately to spy our liberty, which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into servitude.
5 Kasi totikelaki bango ata tango te mpo ete bosolo ya Sango Malamu etikala mpo na bino.
To whom we yielded not by subjection, no not for an hour, that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.
6 Bato oyo bazalaki bakambi babakisaki ata eloko moko te na mateya na ngai; lokumu nyonso oyo bazalaki na yango ezalaki na motuya moko te epai na ngai, pamba te Nzambe aponaka bilongi te.
But of them who seemed to be some thing, (what they were some time, it is nothing to me, God accepteth not the person of man, ) for to me they that seemed to be some thing added nothing.
7 Kutu, bamonaki penza ete Nzambe apesaki ngai mokumba ya koteya Sango Malamu epai ya bato oyo bakatama ngenga te, ndenge apesaki na Petelo mokumba ya koteya Sango Malamu epai ya Bayuda.
But contrariwise, when they had seen that to me was committed the gospel of the uncircumcision, as to Peter was that of the circumcision.
8 Pamba te Nzambe oyo asalaki kati na Petelo mpo ete azala ntoma ya bato oyo bakatama ngenga asalaki mpe kati na ngai lokola mpo ete nazala ntoma ya Bapagano.
(For he who wrought in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, wrought in me also among the Gentiles.)
9 Boye Jake, Petelo mpe Yoane oyo bazalaki makonzi ya Lingomba bandimaki ngolu oyo Nzambe apesaki ngai. Yango wana basanganaki elongo na ngai mpe Barnabasi mpo na kolakisa ete tokomi moko; mpe toyokanaki ete biso tokende epai ya Bapagano, mpe bango bakende epai ya bato oyo bakatama ngenga.
And when they had known the grace that was given to me, James and Cephas and John, who seemed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship: that we should go unto the Gentiles, and they unto the circumcision:
10 Basengaki na biso kaka ete tokoba kokanisa babola. Mpe nasalaki nyonso mpo na kokokisa mokumba yango.
Only that we should be mindful of the poor: which same thing also I was careful to do.
11 Tango Petelo ayaki na Antioshe, natelemelaki ye makasi mpo ete azalaki kati na libunga.
But when Cephas was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.
12 Pamba te liboso ete bato oyo bawutaki epai ya Jake bakoma, Petelo azalaki kolia mesa moko elongo na Bapagano; kasi sima na bango kokoma, akomaki kobenda nzoto mpe akabwanaki na Bapagano yango mpo ete azalaki kobanga Bayuda.
For before that some came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them who were of the circumcision.
13 Bayuda mosusu basanganaki na ye kati na lokuta na ye kino Barnabasi mpe akotaki na lokuta na bango.
And to his dissimulation the rest of the Jews consented, so that Barnabas also was led by them into that dissimulation.
14 Kasi tango ngai namonaki ete bazali kotambola te na bomoi ya sembo kolanda bosolo ya Sango Malamu, nalobaki na Petelo na miso ya bango nyonso: « Ozali Moyuda, kasi ozali kobika bomoi na yo lokola Mopagano! Ndenge nini ozali kosenga na makasi ete Bapagano batambola lokola Bayuda?
But when I saw that they walked not uprightly unto the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all: If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of the Gentiles, and not as the Jews do, how dost thou compel the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
15 Biso tobotama Bayuda, tozali Bapagano te oyo bazali basumuki.
We by nature are Jews, and not of the Gentiles sinners.
16 Toyebi ete moto akoki kokoma sembo te na nzela ya kotosa maloba ya Mobeko, kasi kaka na nzela ya kondima kati na Yesu-Klisto. Yango wana biso mpe tondimelaki Yesu-Klisto mpo ete tokoma sembo na nzela ya kondima kati na Klisto, kasi na nzela te ya kotosa maloba ya Mobeko, pamba te moto moko te akoki kokoma sembo na nzela ya kotosa maloba ya mibeko.
But knowing that man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ; we also believe in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: because by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified.
17 Kasi soki, wana tozali koluka kokoma sembo kati na Klisto, emonani lisusu ete biso moko Bayuda tozali mpe basumuki lokola Bapagano, boni, elingi koloba ete Klisto azali kotombola masumu? Ata moke te!
But if while we seek to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners; is Christ then the minister of sin? God forbid.
18 Soki ngai natomboli lisusu biloko oyo nasilaki kobebisa, wana nazali penza mobuki mibeko.
For if I build up again the things which I have destroyed, I make myself a prevaricator.
19 Pamba te, na nzela ya Mobeko, ngai nasilaki kokufa na oyo etali Mobeko mpo ete nakoka kobika bomoi na ngai mpo na Nzambe. Nabakamaki na ekulusu elongo na Klisto;
For I, through the law, am dead to the law, that I may live to God: with Christ I am nailed to the cross.
20 boye ezali lisusu ngai te moto nazali kobika, kasi ezali Klisto nde azali kobika kati na ngai. Bomoi oyo nazali kobika sik’oyo kati na nzoto na ngai lokola moto, nazali kobika yango na nzela ya kondima kati na Mwana na Nzambe, oyo alingaki ngai mpe amikabaki mpo na ngai.
And I live, now not I; but Christ liveth in me. And that I live now in the flesh: I live in the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and delivered himself for me.
21 Nazali kolongola te ngolu ya Nzambe, pamba te soki ezali na nzela ya kotosa Mobeko nde bato bakomaka sembo, wana Klisto akufaki mpo na pamba. »
I cast not away the grace of God. For if justice be by the law, then Christ died in vain.
