Bafilipi 2
1 Boye, soki kolendisama ezali kati na Klisto, soki kobondisama ezali kati na bolingo, soki boyokani ezali kati na Molimo, soki bolamu mpe mawa ezali kati na bino,
IF there be then any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any communion of spirit, if any bowels and compassions,
2 botondisa motema na ngai na esengo na kozalaka motema moko, bolingo moko, likanisi moko mpe posa moko.
fulfil ye my joy, that ye may be united in sentiment, having the same love, of one soul, of one mind.
3 Bosala eloko moko te na kowelana to na koluka lokumu ezanga tina; kasi na komikitisa nyonso, bomona baninga lokola nde baleki bino.
Let nothing be done contentiously or vain-gloriously; but in humility reckoning others superior to yourselves.
4 Tika ete moko te kati na bino aluka bolamu na ye moko kaka, kasi aluka mpe bolamu ya bandeko mosusu.
Let not each aim at their own particular interests, but every man at those of others.
5 Bozala na posa ya kozalaka na bizaleli ya boye kati na bino ndenge mpe Yesu-Klisto azalaki na yango.
Let the same sentiment of mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
6 Ye oyo azalaki na lolenge ya Nzambe, amonaki yango te lokola eloko ya kowelela,
who being in the form of God counted it no usurpation to claim equality with God:
7 kasi amikomisaki moto pamba, akomaki lokola mowumbu, amikomisaki lokola moto mpe amonanaki bongo lokola moto;
but emptied himself, assuming the form of a servant, made after the similitude of mortal men;
8 amikitisaki penza mpe atosaki kino na kufa, ata na kufa ya ekulusu.
and found in fashion as man, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, even to the death of the cross.
9 Yango wana mpe Nzambe atombolaki Ye na likolo ya nyonso mpe apesaki Ye Kombo oyo eleki bakombo nyonso,
Wherefore God also hath transcendently exalted him, and bestowed on him a name which is above every name:
10 mpo ete, na Kombo na Yesu, mabolongo nyonso efukama kati na Likolo, na mokili mpe na se ya mabele,
that to the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of beings celestial and terrestrial, and infernal;
11 mpe minoko nyonso etatola ete Yesu-Klisto azali Nkolo mpo na nkembo ya Nzambe Tata.
and every tongue should confess that the Lord Jesus is Messiah, to the glory of God the Father.
12 Yango wana, balingami na ngai, ndenge bozalaki tango nyonso na botosi, bokoba kosala mpo na lobiko na bino, na kobanga mpe na kolenga: bokosalaka bongo kaka te tango nazali elongo na bino, kasi mpe sik’oyo, na kolekisa, tango nazali elongo na bino te;
Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always been obedient, not only during my presence with you, but now much more in my absence, with fear and trembling work out your own salvation.
13 pamba te ezali Nzambe nde apesaka posa mpe makoki ya kosala makambo nyonso, ndenge ezali mabongisi na Ye ya bolingo.
For it is God who worketh effectually in you both to will and to perform of his good pleasure.
14 Bosalaka likambo moko te na koyimayima mpe na tembe,
Do all things without murmurings or disputes:
15 mpo ete bozanga pamela mpe bozala peto lokola bana na Nzambe oyo bazangi mbeba kati na molongo ya bato babunga nzela mpe ya mobulu. Kati na molongo yango, bozali kongenga lokola minda kati na mokili
that ye may be blameless and harmless, the children of God, inoffensive, in the midst of an untoward and perverse generation, among whom ye shine as luminaries in the world;
16 mpo bosimbi makasi Liloba ya bomoi. Boye, na mokolo ya Klisto, bokosala lokumu na ngai, pamba te nakimaki mbangu mpe nasalaki mosala na pamba te.
holding up the word of life, that I may glory in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, nor laboured in vain.
17 Mpe ata soki makila na ngai ekoki kosopana lokola mbeka ya masanga na likolo ya mbeka oyo ezali mosala ya kondima na bino, nakozala na esengo mpo na yango mpe nakosepela elongo na bino nyonso.
Yea, and should I become the victim, in the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.
18 Bino mpe ndenge moko, bosepela mpo na yango mpe bosepela elongo na ngai.
In like manner do ye also joy and rejoice with me.
19 Kati na Nkolo Yesu, nazali na elikya ya kotindela bino Timote kala mingi te, mpo ete nalendisama na basango oyo akopesa ngai na tina na bino.
But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy shortly unto you, that I also may be refreshed in spirit, when I know your affairs.
20 Pamba te nazali awa na moto mosusu te, longola kaka ye, oyo azali kokabola na ngai makanisi moko mpe azali komitungisa na ndenge ya solo mpo na bolamu na bino;
For I have no one like minded with him, who will genuinely care for your affairs.
21 bato nyonso oyo batikali balukaka kaka bolamu na bango moko, kasi bamipesaka te na makambo ya Yesu-Klisto.
For all seek their own interests, not those of Christ Jesus.
22 Nzokande, bino moko boyebi ndenge nini Timote alakisaki molende na ye, pamba te asalaki elongo na ngai mosala ya kopanza Sango Malamu, ndenge mwana asalaka elongo na tata na ye.
But ye have known the trial of him, that, as a son with a father, he hath served with me in the gospel.
23 Yango wana nazali na elikya ya kotinda ye epai na bino tango kaka nakoyeba ndenge nini makambo na ngai ekosuka.
Him therefore I hope to send immediately as soon as I see clearly what will become of me.
24 Nandimisami solo kati na Nkolo ete nakoya kotala bino kala mingi te.
But I have confidence in the Lord that I myself shall come shortly.
25 Kasi nakanisi ete ezali na tina mingi ya kotindela bino ndeko na ngai, Epafrodite, moninga na ngai ya mosala mpe ya etumba, ntoma oyo botindaki epai na ngai mpo na komemela ngai biloko oyo nazalaki na yango na bosenga.
But I have thought it necessary to send unto you Epaphroditus, my brother, and fellow-labourer, and fellow-soldier, but your messenger, and the minister who supplied my want.
26 Pamba te azali na posa makasi ya komona bino nyonso mpe ayokaki pasi mingi na motema mpo boyokaki ete azali kobela.
For indeed he greatly longed after you all, and was very sorry that ye had heard that he had been sick.
27 Azalaki penza kobela kino akomaki pene ya kokufa, kasi Nzambe ayokelaki ye mawa, mpe ye moko kaka te kasi ngai mpe, mpo ete natonda na mawa te.
For sick indeed he was, nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow.
28 Yango wana nazali kotinda ye noki penza mpo ete, tango bokomona ye lisusu, bosepela, mpe mawa na ngai esila.
I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that seeing him once more ye may rejoice, and I be less sorrowful.
29 Boyamba ye na esengo makasi kati na Nkolo mpe bomemiaka bato ya lolenge wana,
Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy, and honourably treat those that are such:
30 pamba te akomaki pene ya kokufa mpo na mosala ya Klisto: atiaki bomoi na ye kati na likama mpo na kopesa ngai lisungi oyo bino moko bokokaki te kopesa ngai.
for in the work of Christ he was nigh unto death indifferent about life, that he might afford me that service which it was not in your power to render me.
