Ba-Ebre 12
1 Yango wana, lokola batatoli ebele bazingeli biso, tobwaka mikumba mpe masumu nyonso oyo ezali kozingela biso na bangambo nyonso mpe topota mbangu, na molende nyonso, kati na momekano oyo ezali liboso na biso.
Since, then, we have so great a cloud of witnesses placed before us, laying aside every incumbrance, and the sin which easily entangles us, let us run, with perseverance, the race set before us;
2 Tika ete miso na biso etalaka kaka Yesu oyo azali Mobandisi mpe Mokokisi ya kondima; pamba te, na esika ya esengo oyo ebongisama mpo na Ye, andimaki kokufa na ekulusu mpe koyoka soni makasi, mpe avandi sik’oyo na ngambo ya loboko ya mobali ya Kiti ya Bokonzi ya Nzambe.
looking to Jesus, the leader and perfecter of the faith; who, for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
3 Bokundolaka mozindo ya Ye oyo akangaki motema liboso ya basumuki oyo bazalaki konyokola Ye, mpo ete bobungisa te molende mpe mpiko na bino.
Consider him who, from sinners, endured such opposition against himself, lest, becoming discouraged in your minds, you grow weary;
4 Na etumba na bino ya kotelemela masumu, nanu bobundi te kino kondima ata kokufa.
you have not yet resisted to blood, struggling against this sin.
5 Mpe bobosani maloba nyonso ya malendisi oyo ayebisaki bino ndenge tata ayebisaka bana: « Mwana na Ngai, kozwa na pamba te etumbu ya Nkolo, mpe kobungisa mpiko na yo te soki apameli yo.
Besides, have you forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children, "My son, do not think lightly of the Lord's chastisement, neither faint when you are rebuked by him:
6 Pamba te Nkolo apamelaka moto oyo Ye alingaka, apesaka etumbu na moto nyonso oyo Ye ayebaka lokola mwana na Ye. »
for whom the Lord loves he chastises, and scourges every son whom he receives."
7 Bokangaka motema liboso ya bapasi oyo Nzambe apesaka bino lokola etumbu, pamba te azwaka bino lokola bana na Ye. Boni, ezali solo na mwana oyo tata na ye apesaka ye etumbu te?
If you endure chastisement, God deals with you as his children. For what son is there whom his father does not chastise?
8 Soki bapesi bino etumbu te ndenge bana nyonso bazwaka, elingi koloba ete bozali bana bazanga tata, kasi bana ya ndako te.
But if you be without chastisement, of which all sons are partakers, certainly you are bastards, and not sons.
9 Mpo ete biso nyonso tozalaki na batata ya mosuni, oyo bazalaki kopesa biso bitumbu, mpe tozalaki kaka kotosa bango, bongo mpo na nini te kotosa Tata ya milimo mpo ete tozwa bomoi?
Farther, we have had fathers of our flesh, who chastised us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of our spirits, and live?
10 Batata na biso bazalaki kopesa biso bitumbu mpo na mwa tango moke, ndenge mitema na bango ezalaki kolinga; kasi Nzambe apesaka biso etumbu mpo na bolamu na biso, mpo ete tokoka kosangana na bosantu na Ye.
For they, indeed, during a very few days, chastised us according to their pleasure; but he, for our advantage, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
11 Moto moko te azalaka na esengo soki bapesi ye etumbu, pamba te epesaka mawa; kasi sima na tango, etumbu ebotaka lokola mbuma, epai ya moto oyo bapesi yango: bomoi ya bosembo mpe ya kimia.
Now, no chastisement, indeed, for the present, seems to be matter of joy, but of sorrow. Nevertheless, afterward it returns the peaceful fruit of righteousness to them who are trained by it.
12 Yango wana, bolendisa maboko na bino, oyo ebandi kolemba mpe bokembisa mabolongo na bino, oyo ekomi kolenga.
Wherefore, bring to their right position, the arms that hang down, and the weakened knees.
13 Bosala banzela ya alima mpo na makolo na bino, mpo ete lokolo ya tengu-tengu elongwa te, kasi ebika nde.
And make smooth paths for your feet, that that which is lame, may not be put out of joint, but that it may rather be healed.
14 Bolukaka kovanda na kimia elongo na bato nyonso mpe kotambola na bomoi ya bosantu, pamba te moko te akomona Nkolo soki azangi bosantu.
Pursue peace with all men, and holiness, without which, no one shall see the Lord:
15 Bosenzelaka ete moto moko te azanga ngolu ya Nzambe; bosenzelaka mpe ete mosisa moko te ya bololo ebotama mpo na kokotisa mobulu mpe kobebisa bomoi ya bato ebele kati na bino.
carefully observing, lest any one come short of the favor of God; lest some bitter root springing up, trouble you, and by it many be polluted;
16 Bosenzelaka ete moto moko te atambola na bomoi ya pite to atiola Nzambe lokola Ezawu oyo atekaki bokulutu na ye likolo ya biloko ya kolia.
lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau; who, for one meal, gave away his birthrights.
17 Boyebi malamu ete, na sima, tango alingaki kokitana na lipamboli kowuta na tata na ye, azangelaki yango, pamba te alongaki te kobongola mokano ya tata na ye atako asengaki lipamboli yango na kolela.
And you know, that although afterward he wished to inherit the blessing, he was reprobated: for he found no scope for effecting a change, though he earnestly sought it with tears.
18 Bino, bopusani te, lokola bana ya Isalaele, pene ya ngomba oyo bakokaki kosimba mpe ezali kopela moto, pene ya lipata, pene ya molili makasi, pene ya mopepe makasi,
Now you are not come to a tangible mountain, which burned with fire; and to blackness, and to darkness, and to tempest,
19 pene ya lokito ya kelelo to mpe pene ya mongongo oyo ezali kobimisa maloba na lolenge ete bato oyo bayokaki maloba yango basengaki ete bayoka lisusu te ata liloba moko,
and to the sound of a trumpet, and to the voice of words, the hearers of which earnestly entreated that a word more might not be addressed to them:
20 pamba te babangaki mitindo oyo epesamaki: « Moto nyonso oyo akosimba ngomba, ezala soki ezali nyama, bakoboma ye to yango na mabanga. »
for they could not bear this threat, "Even if a beast touch the mountain, it shall shall be stoned."
21 Mpo na somo makasi ya makambo oyo amonaki, Moyize agangaki: « Nazali kolenga na somo! »
And so terrible was the appearance, that Moses said, "I exceedingly fear and tremble."
22 Kasi, bopusani nde pene ya ngomba Siona, pene ya Yelusalemi ya Likolo, engumba ya Nzambe na bomoi; pene ya bankoto na bankoto ya ba-anjelu oyo basangani mpo na kosepela,
But you are come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of messengers,
23 pene ya lisanga ya bana liboso ya Nzambe, ba-oyo bakombo na bango ekomama kati na Likolo; pene ya Nzambe, Mosambisi ya bato nyonso; pene ya milimo ya bato ya sembo oyo Nzambe akomisaki bato ya kokoka;
to the general assembly and congregation of the first-born, who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
24 pene ya Yesu, Moyokanisi ya Boyokani ya sika; mpe pene ya makila na Ye, oyo esopanaki mpe egangaka koleka makila ya Abele.
and to Jesus the mediator of the new institution, and to the blood of sprinkling, which speaks better things than that of Abel.
25 Bosala penza keba ete boboya te koyoka Ye oyo alobaka! Pamba te soki bato wana bazangaki te kozwa etumbu tango baboyaki koyoka Ye oyo azalaki kokebisa bango awa na mokili, ekozala ndenge nini mpo na biso soki toboyi koyoka Ye oyo akebisaka biso wuta na Likolo?
Take care that you refuse not him who speaks: for if they did not escape, who refused him who spoke on earth, much more we shall not escape, who turn away from him that speaks from heaven:
26 Ye oyo mongongo na Ye eningisaki mokili na tango ya kala apesi lelo elaka oyo: « Na mbala oyo lisusu, nakoningisa kaka mabele te, kasi nakoningisa mpe Likolo. »
whose voice then shook the earth; but now he has promised, saying, "Yet once I shake not the earth only, but also the heavens."
27 Maloba oyo « na mbala oyo lisusu » elakisi ete biloko oyo ekoki koningana elimwe mpo ete oyo eninganaka te etikala mpo na libela.
Now this speech, "YET ONCE," signifies the removing of the things shaken, as of things which were constituted, that the things not shaken may remain.
28 Yango wana, lokola tozali kozwa Bokonzi oyo eninganaka te, tozongisaka matondi mpe tosalelaka Nzambe na lolenge oyo esepelisaka Ye: na botosi mpe na kobanga.
Wherefore, we having received a kingdom not shaken, let us have gratitude, by which we may serve God acceptably, with reverence and religious fear.
29 Pamba te Nzambe na biso azali moto oyo ezikisaka.
For truly our God is a consuming fire.
