< Ba-Ebre 3 >

1 Yango wana, bandeko basantu, bino oyo Nzambe abenga mpo na kozwa bomengo ya Likolo, botalela kaka Yesu oyo biso tozali kondima lokola Ntoma mpe Mokonzi ya Banganga-Nzambe.
Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;
2 Solo, azali sembo na miso ya Nzambe oyo aponaki Ye, ndenge Moyize azalaki sembo kati na Ndako mobimba ya Nzambe.
Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house.
3 Yesu amonanaki ete akoki mpo na kozwa lokumu monene koleka Moyize; ndenge moko mpe motongi ndako azali na lokumu monene koleka ndako yango moko.
For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house.
4 Pamba te, ezali na ndako moko te oyo ezangi motongi; nzokande Nzambe azali motongi ya biloko nyonso.
For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.
5 Moyize azalaki sembo lokola mosali kati na Ndako mobimba ya Nzambe, mpo na kotatola na tina na makambo oyo Nzambe akoloba na mikolo oyo ezalaki kolanda.
And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after;
6 Kasi Klisto azali sembo lokola Mwana, Mokonzi ya Ndako ya Nzambe. Mpe biso, tozali Ndako na Ye, soki kaka tozali kobatela makasi kino na suka, kondima mpe lokumu oyo elikya epesaka biso.
But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
7 Yango wana, kolanda ndenge Molimo Mosantu alobi: « Lelo, soki boyoki mongongo na Ye,
Wherefore ( as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,
8 boyeisa mitema na bino mabanga te, ndenge bosalaki tango botombokelaki Nzambe, na mokolo ya komekama kati na esobe
Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
9 epai wapi batata na bino bamekaki ngai mpe balukaki kotala mozindo ya motema na ngai atako bamonaki misala na ngai
When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.
10 mibu tuku minei. Yango wana, natombokelaki bato ya ekeke wana mpe nalobaki: ‹ Mitema na bango ezali kobeba tango nyonso, mpe bayebaki banzela na ngai te. ›
Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.
11 Boye, kati na kanda na ngai, nakataki seleka: ‹ Bakotikala kokota te kati na bopemi na ngai! › »
So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)
12 Bandeko na ngai, bosala keba ete moto moko te kati na bino azala na motema mabe mpe azanga kondima kino kokabwana na Nzambe na bomoi;
Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
13 kasi bolendisanaka bino na bino mokolo na mokolo, na tango nyonso oyo bakoki nanu koloba « lelo, » mpo ete moko te kati na bino akosama na masumu mpe akoma motema libanga.
But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
14 Pamba te tozali solo lisanga na Klisto soki tosimbi makasi, kino na suka, elikya oyo tozwaki wuta na ebandeli,
For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
15 kolanda ndenge elobama: « Lelo, soki boyoki mongongo na Ye, boyeisa mitema na bino mabanga te, ndenge bosalaki tango botombokelaki Nzambe. »
While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
16 Banani bayokaki mongongo ya Nzambe mpe batombokelaki Ye? Ezali te bato nyonso oyo Moyize abimisaki na Ejipito?
For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.
17 Asilikelaki banani mibu tuku minei? Ezali te bato oyo basalaki masumu, oyo bibembe na bango ekweyaki kati na esobe?
But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?
18 Epai ya banani Nzambe akataki seleka ete bakokota te kati na bopemi na Ye? Ezali te epai ya bato oyo baboyaki kotosa Ye?
And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?
19 Boye, tomoni ete balongaki te kokota mpo ete bazangaki kondima.
So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.

< Ba-Ebre 3 >